Salutations to Andy Halliday, a Scottish born football player who decided to grace the world on 18th October 1991. Currently at the ripe age of 34, Halliday is primarily serving as a central midfielder for Motherwell. Sizes sometimes have a direct correlation to the abilities of men, and for Halliday, that size is 5ft 8in (1.73m) and he weighs a light 10st 7lb (67kg), not a heavyweight by any means. As a clear attention seeker, Halliday has chosen to don the divergent number 11 jersey. In the strange world of football valuations, he's currently worth a princely sum of about £128k, according to Transfermarkt.
Ensconced in the picturesque town of Livingston, Andy Halliday began his career with the local Premiership club in 2007. Our lad made his mark slowly yet steadily, with his appearances increasing from a measly one in his debut season to a far more robust 32 in the 2009-2010 season, when he managed to knock in 14 goals.
By May 2010, Middlesbrough felt the urge to hand up to £100k to Livingston's executives for the privilege of having Halliday, and the midfielder made his merry way to the English Championship. By loaning him out to Walsall in the 2011-2012 season, one could easily surmise that Middlesbrough weren't exactly thrilled with his performances, but alas, the wanderer returned to his English Championship home.
After a series of lacklustre seasons at Middlesbrough and a spell on loan at Blackpool, Halliday found his way to Bradford City in 2014 before being summoned by the 'Beck and Call FC', Rangers, in the Scottish Premiership in 2015. While at Rangers, Halliday demonstrated a surprising work rate, with his first team appearances topping at 35 in his debut season, where he managed to score 5 goals.
In what can only be described as an adventurous career detour, Halliday ventured out to the sunny, exotic lands of Azerbaijan, playing for Qəbələ FC on loan in 2017, only to scamper back to Rangers by January 2018.
In September 2020, another 'Premiership' beckoned and this time it was Hearts. A serviceable tenure at Hearts saw Halliday, primarily a midfielder, scoring a total of seven goals over three seasons before being shipped to Motherwell in a swap deal.
Ever since joining Motherwell in 2024, first on loan, then in a permanent transfer, Halliday has been a steady fixture in the side, clocking in regular first team appearances, and contributing a few goals too. If you're following his performances in the current season and are curious to know, then let me put your beating heart to rest. As per last official reports, Halliday has made two first team appearances in league matches.
