Andy Halliday, an unexceptional entity standing at 5 feet, 8 inches (or a slightly more impressive 1.73m if you prefer your measurements in metric), and weighing in at a far from staggering 10 stone 7 lbs. (alternatively, for the continental among us, 67kg), was tossed into existence up here in grey old Scotland on 18th October 1991. Now 34, he adopts the role of central midfielder for Motherwell, where he's been assigned the equally unremarkable number 11 jersey.
Let's talk hard cash. Or rather, let's talk a modest amount of cash. The marketplace, where footballers are bought and sold like common cattle, values our man Andy at €200k. Or, in the Queen's less than sterling, £175k, rounded to the convenience of a whole number according to Transfermarkt.
Andy spent his embryonic years as a trainee with Livingston, a club in Scotland's Premiership. Over three seasons he made a grand total of 46 appearances and boasted a slightly undistinguished score sheet of 15 goals.
From there, it was a transfer south of the border to Middlesbrough in 2010, for the princely sum of £100k. During his tenure, his performances could be kindly described as sporadic, with 37 appearances spanning four seasons and a lone goal to his name. And if you found that uninspiring, his seven-match loan to Walsall was truly the stuff of yawns.
The tedium continued when in 2014 he transferred to Blackpool, and then really peaked as he moved on to Bradford City later that same year. He dutifully made his appearances, gamely kicked the ball about, and occasionally, almost as if by accident, found the back of the net.
In 2015 he made the ill-advised decision to transfer to Rangers, where he stayed around for a leisurely five seasons. Despite clocking up 107 appearances, he only netted 10 goals. Even a brief sojourn overseas to Qəbələ in Azerbaijan seemed to do little to restore his mojo.
Finally saved from his own mediocrity, he was transferred to Hearts in 2020, where he managed a semi-respectable seven goals in 58 appearances over three seasons.
But now, he has reached the dizzying heights of Motherwell, where he has scored a merely pedestrian four goals in 52 matches since 2024. As of now, in the current season, he has made two underwhelming appearances. All this comes after an earth-shatteringly dull stint in the League Cup and Scottish Cup, both for Motherwell, with a sprinkling of starts and substitute appearances.
All in all, it's been an illustrious career for a player who has blazed a decidedly unspectacular trail through Scottish and English football. We can only wish him the best of luck as he continues on this middle of the road journey.
