Andrew Barrowman (born 27 November 1984) is a Scottish retired professional

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, who played as a striker. A

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, Barrowman played for 15 different sides during his career, including

Inverness Caledonian Thistle Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club, commonly known as Caley Thistle, Inverness CT or just Inverness, is a professional football club based in Inverness, Scotland. The team competes in , the third tier of the Scottish Professional Footba ...

, Ross County and

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and

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and

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. He spent two years as sporting director of Kelty Hearts before becoming chief executive of

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in 2023.

Career

Birmingham City

Barrowman was born in

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. He joined

at the age of 16, having been with

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for four years as a schoolboy. In 2002, he represented Scotland under-19s in the first qualifying round for the 2003

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. He had previously represented Scotland at other youth levels. He signed his first senior contract at Birmingham for the start of the 2003–04 season, but made his debut in

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as a

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player, in a match against

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on 14 October 2003, after signing on a month-long loan. He hit his first goal in his next match, a 3–0 victory against

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four days later. Between November and the close of the season, he played once in the

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for Birmingham City, at home against

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. In the summer of 2004, his contract was renewed. Loaned to

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for the first three months of the 2004–05 season, Barrowman made his debut against

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, coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 home loss. He walked out on the club after another substitute appearance.

Walsall

Barrowman would prove never to become a regular squad member at St Andrew's. In January 2006 he signed for

. He made his debut in a 5–0 defeat to

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, which proved to be the final act of manager

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's spell as manager. Barrowman gave away a penalty in this game with a "bizarre handball" with the score at 4–0. His fortunes improved the week after when he helped to rescue a point on his home debut against

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. With Walsall down to ten men, Barrowman latched onto a long ball and lobbed the goalkeeper to make it 2–2.

Return to Scotland

On 26 July 2006, Barrowman returned to Scotland and signed a one-year contract with

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club

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, but after initially failing to break into the first team he joined Queen of the South on a month's loan during September. This loan deal was subsequently extended until the end of December. On 1 February 2007, after his release from

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, he signed a short-term contract with Queen of the South until the end of the season. Barrowman scored once for Queen of the South, his goal coming in a 2–2 draw against future club

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on 17 March 2007. He signed for Ross County for the 2007–08 season. He hit terrific form during his first season with County, scoring a total of 29 goals, 24 in the league, which helped the club to win the

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championship. In late May he turned down a contract extension with County in the hope of moving to a bigger club.

manager

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captured his main transfer target on 25 June 2008 when, after much deliberation, Barrowman committed himself to a three-year contract with the club. He scored on his league debut in a 2–0 win over

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. Despite scoring on his debut, Barrowman struggled to live up to his potential and found himself in and out of the Inverness team in his first season.

Ross County, Dunfermline & Dundee

On 1 February 2010, Barrowman re-signed for title challengers Ross County on an 18-month deal after securing a release from Inverness. He contributed an assist for the second goal as Ross County eliminated

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on their way to the 2010 Scottish Cup Final. Barrowman played the whole game as Ross County lost 3–0 to

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. On 12 October 2010, he returned to first-team duty after two months out with a broken foot to score a late equaliser against

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in the semi-final of the

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to qualify for the final. He then scored the opening goal in the

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as Ross County won the trophy beating Queen of the South 2–0. On 3 June 2011, he left Ross County to join SPL newcomers

on a two-year contract. On 26 March 2013, Dunfermline applied to enter into administration Two days later the club announced that eight players had been made redundant with Barrowman amongst them. On 31 March 2013, it was announced that Barrowman had signed a deal with

until the end of the season, following his release from Dunfermline.

Livingston, Morton and return to Dunfermline

Barrowman signed for Livingston on 23 August 2013, in a deal lasting through to January 2014. He then extended his contract until the end of the season. He was released in May 2014. After leaving Livingston, Barrowman signed for League One side

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. He was released by mutual consent in January 2015. On 13 January 2015, the same day he left Morton, Barrowman signed for former club

on a short term six-month deal. The switch was part of a swap deal which saw Ross Forbes go the other way and head to Morton. He made his second Dunfermline debut at the first opportunity, starting in a 2–2 draw against

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on 17 January 2015.

Albion Rovers

In July 2015, Barrowman signed for

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alongside former

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Mark Ferry. His season with Rovers was hampered by injury, though he did make 25 appearances across all competitions, scoring 4 times for the

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side. At the end of the 2015–16 season, Barrowman confirmed his retirement from football. Towards the end of his playing career, Barrowman had started a degree course in business management.

Arthurlie

In the 2018–2019 season, Barrowman made a return to football with Junior club

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where he made a handful of appearance before going back into retirement due to injury.

Post-playing career

After retiring at the end of the 2015–16 season, Barrowman became Scottish brand manager for sportswear firm

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at the beginning of 2017. Barrowman was appointed sporting director of Kelty Hearts in 2021. He left to become chief executive of

in May 2023, left in 2025.

Honours

Ross County *

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: 2007–08 *

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Morton *

: 2014–15

References

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