Andy Beattie
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew Beattie | ||
| Date of birth | 11 August 1913 | ||
| Place of birth | Kintore, Aberdeenshire, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 20 September 1983 (aged 70) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 19??–1935 | Inverurie Loco Works | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1935–1947 | Preston North End | 125 | (5) |
| National team | |||
| 1937–1939 | Scotland | 7 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1947–1949 | Barrow | ||
| 1949–1952 | |||
| 1952–1956 | Huddersfield Town | ||
| 1954 | Scotland | ||
| 1958–1960 | Carlisle United | ||
| 1959–1960 | Scotland | ||
| 1960–1963 | Nottingham Forest | ||
| 1963–1964 | Plymouth Argyle | ||
| 1964–1965 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
| 1967 | Notts County | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Andrew "Andy" Beattie (11 August 1913 – 20 September 1983) was a Scottish professional football player and manager. He was the first manager of the Scottish national team.
Beattie was born in Kintore, Aberdeenshire and was employed as a young quarry-man at the Inverurie Loco Works. He was soon to join the Inverurie Loco Works FC where he established himself as an accomplished full-back before attracting the interest of English First Division club Preston North End. They paid £135 for him in March 1935, but World War II was to sadly interrupt his career and he made just 125 Football League appearances for the Lilywhites, scoring five goals, before retiring from his only professional club in March 1947.
The war also curtailed a promising international career which saw him awarded seven Scotland caps between April 1937 and December 1938. In spite of spending part of his military service abroad Beattie was also to gain a further five unofficial caps for Scotland during wartime internationals and appear as a 'guest' player for several clubs. Most notably though he helped his own side Preston North End secure the 1940–41 double of the North Regional League Championship and the Wartime League Cup, which they won by beating Arsenal 2–1 after a 1–1 draw.
After the war, and with his playing days now behind him, Beattie accepted the position of secretary-manager with Barrow, then a mid-table club in the old English regional Third Division North, after leaving Preston in March 1947. Barrow had long been 'also-rans' and in the 25 years since joining the Football League had already been forced to seek re-election five times – but Beattie’s arrival was to change all that. The 1946–47 season saw them finish 9th but Beattie was to create a local sensation by having his players report back for pre-season training a whole month before the new season’s start. The new team spirit he fostered paid rich dividends and, after beating Halifax Town 2–1 on Boxing Day, his Barrow team topped the table for the first time ever.
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