Andy Webster

Andrew Neil "Andy" Webster (born 23 April 1982) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a centre back for St. Mirren.

He began his career with Arbroath in the Scottish Second Division before moving to Heart of Midlothian for £75,000 in 2001. In two separate spells, he played a total of nine Scottish Premier League seasons for Hearts, amassing 272 appearances across all competitions. His first spell ended in a transfer saga in which he invoked updated FIFA transfer regulations to leave for Wigan Athletic, a move which has been compared to the landmark Bosman ruling and is now known as the Webster ruling. He played only four Premier League matches for Wigan and returned to Scotland, spending three seasons troubled by injury at Rangers. He won the Scottish Cup in 2010 when on loan at Dundee United, and also won it two years later in his second spell at Hearts.

Webster made his debut for Scotland in 2003 and earned 28 caps in a decade-long international career, scoring once.

Club career

Andrew Webster (cricketer)

Andrew John Webster (born 5 March 1959) is a former English cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Worcestershire during the early 1980s. He also appeared at List A level for Staffordshire and Minor Counties.

Webster played briefly for Derbyshire's Second XI in 1979, but he made his first-class debut for Worcestershire against Kent at Canterbury at the very end of the 1981 season. In a weather-affected match he bowled six wicketless overs and scored 6.

In 1982 Webster began the year in the seconds, but made his way into the first team by mid-season, and once there retained his place for most of the rest of the summer. His best performance came against Hampshire in August, when he took his career-best of 5/87 in the first innings, then (batting at ten) stayed with number 11 Stephen Perryman as the two added 6 to complete a one-wicket victory. However, he was unable to match this feat, and by the end of the year was back in the Second XI, where he never returned, due to spinal injury.