Andy Ritchie is a Scottish former professional footballer. He was known famously for both a less than slimline figure and an expertise in free-kicks. He learned his expertise in free kicks through observing the Brazilians train for the 1974 World Cup. He enjoyed a long career at Greenock Morton F.C., where his favourite move was to bend the ball into the net from a corner kick, something which he did on several occasions to the delight of the local support. He also famously almost broke a leg falling over a tele photographer, Jim Sinclair, after failing to stop on a long run up the field. He played briefly for Celtic F.C. before joining Morton. He was transferred from Morton to Motherwell F.C. He was player manager for Albion Rovers F.C. for a period in the late 1970s and although considerably overweight at the time still had a far amount of ball skills. Later, he took up a coaching/scouting role at Celtic Park. Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... A free-kick in football describes the situation where a player on the opposing team has committed a foul, and you are given the ball to play from the position where the offence took place. ... The 1974 Football World Cup was held in West Germany. ... Greenock Morton Football Club are an Association football club, whose first team currently plays in the Bells Scottish Football League Second Division. ... Celtic Football Club, more commonly referred to simply as Celtic (pronounced sel tik), is based in the Scottish city of Glasgow. ... Motherwell Football Club is a Scottish football team, who play their home matches at Fir Park. ... Albion Rovers Football Club (Albion Rovers F.C.) are a Scottish football team from the North Lanarkshire town of Coatbridge, who currently playing in the Scottish Football League. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Celtic Park is a football stadium in Parkhead, Glasgow, Scotland. ...

Andy Ritchie was undeniably the best Scottish footballer never to be capped by the Scotland national football team. First international Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Largest win Scotland 9 - 0 Wales (Glasgow, Scotland; 23 March 1878) Worst defeat Uruguay 7 - 0 Scotland (Basel, Switzerland; 19 June 1954) World Cup Appearances 8 (First in 1954) Best result Round 1, all European Championship Appearances 2 (First...