Andrew Tod (born 4 November 1971) is a Scottish former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

, who played mainly as a defender.

Career

Tod, a versatile player who could play in

defence Defense or defence may refer to: Tactical, martial, and political acts or groups * Defense (military), forces primarily intended for warfare * Civil defense, the organizing of civilians to deal with emergencies or enemy attacks * Defense indust ...

attack Attack may refer to: Warfare and combat * Offensive (military) * Charge (warfare) * Attack (fencing) * Strike (attack) * Attack (computing) * Attack aircraft Books and publishing * ''The Attack'' (novel), a book * ''Attack No. 1'', comic and ...

. Tod started his professional career at

Dunfermline Athletic Dunfermline Athletic Football Club is a Scottish Association football, football club based in the city of Dunfermline, Fife. Founded in 1885, the club currently play in Scottish League One after being relegated from the 2021–22 Scottish Champ ...

in 1992. After being a regular goal scorer within Junior Football, then manager Bert Paton decided to bring the striker to East End Park. He departed East End Park in 2001 to join

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system and are currently managed by Mark Hughes. ...

for £100,000 after an initial loan spell saw him score four goals in 12 league games, including a double against Wimbledon in October 2001. He fell out of favour at Bradford after joining permanently, however, and returned to Scotland with loan spells at Hearts and

Dundee United Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the city of Dundee. The club name is usually abbreviated to Dundee United. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in ...

before returning permanently with former club Dunfermline Athletic in 2003. During January 2007, Tod was told that he was no longer needed at East End Park by manager Stephen Kenny. On 11 July 2007, Tod moved to

Fife Fife (, ; gd, Fìobha, ; sco, Fife) is a council area, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries with Perth and Kinross ...

rivals

Raith Rovers Raith Rovers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the town of Kirkcaldy, Fife. The club was founded in 1883 and currently competes in the Scottish Championship as a member of the Scottish Professional Football Leag ...

on a free transfer. Without starting a game for Raith in the 2008–09 season, he was loaned out to team up with his former manager Dick Campbell at

Forfar Athletic Forfar Athletic Football Club are a Scottish semi-professional football club from the town of Forfar, Angus. They are members of the Scottish Professional Football League and currently play in Scottish League Two. They play their home games at ...

on 31 October 2008, signing a permanent contract three months later. Tod spent the next two seasons with the Loons before retiring in January 2011 to take up a job as a police officer.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tod, Andy Living people 1971 births Scottish footballers Kelty Hearts F.C. players Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players Stockport County F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players Heart of Midlothian F.C. players Dundee United F.C. players Raith Rovers F.C. players Forfar Athletic F.C. players Scottish Premier League players Scottish Football League players English Football League players Scottish Junior Football Association players Association football defenders