Andrew McQuarrie (born 2 October 1939) is a Scottish former professional

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who played as a

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in the

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for

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and in the English

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for Chesterfield and

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. He was capped for Scotland at Junior level in 1961 while a Largs Thistle player, spent three years in South Africa with

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club

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, and played in the English Southern League for Gloucester City and

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Life and career

McQuarrie was born in

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. He played football for Shettleston Juniors before joining Largs Thistle in 1959. While with Largs, McQuarrie was capped once for Scotland at Junior level, in a match against the

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ground on 24 March 1961. He opened the scoring in a 2–0 win. He moved into senior football with

ahead of the

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season, and finished as their top scorer with 21 goals in all competitions. In the following season, he made eight appearances, scoring twice, before continuing his career in England. After "protracted negotiations", during which the cash-strapped club's supporters raised some part of the £3,000 fee, McQuarrie signed for Chesterfield of the English Fourth Division in November 1962. He admitted years later that the thigh injury he suffered on his last outing for Albion Rovers was such that he should have pulled out of the move, and he regretted having arrived "unable to show hose supporterswhat ewas capable of." He finished the season with 7 goals from 21 league appearances, and in 1963–34, despite playing more for the reserves in the

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than for the first team, he took his Football League totals to 12 goals from 38 matches. McQuarrie moved on to another Fourth Division club,

, in July 1964. He rarely played, unable to dislodge the likes of former England international Bobby Smith and team captain

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from the forward line as the team gained promotion to the Third Division. He was released at the end of the season, and by July was playing for

of the South African

. He was a member of the team that lost to

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in the final of the 1965 UTC Bowl, and remained a regular in the side, either at

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or in the forward line, for the next two seasons. After returning home, McQuarrie continued his football career in the English Southern League with two spells at Gloucester City either side of two seasons with

. In his first season, Gloucester were promoted to the Premier Division, and over his two-year stint McQuarrie made 91 appearances in all competitions and scored 10 goals, of which 7 were in league matches. After two seasons with Worcester City, also a Premier Division team, McQuarrie spent the 1972–73 campaign as club captain of Gloucester City. While in Scotland, he had played part-time while working in chemistry; his football career tailed off in the lower levels of

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, where he worked at the Coal Research Establishment at

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McQuarrie, Andy 1939 births Living people Footballers from Glasgow Scottish men's footballers Scotland men's junior international footballers Men's association football forwards Largs Thistle F.C. players Albion Rovers F.C. players Chesterfield F.C. players Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players Cape Town City F.C. (1960) players Gloucester City A.F.C. players Worcester City F.C. players Scottish Junior Football Association players Scottish Football League players English Football League players National Football League (South Africa) players Southern Football League players Glasgow United F.C. players Scottish expatriate sportspeople in South Africa Scottish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa Longlevens A.F.C. players