Andy Lochhead

Andrew Lorimar Lochhead (born 9 March 1941) is a retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He was a tall, strong man, with great ability in the air leading to him scoring many headed goals.

Andy Lochhead
Personal information
Full name Andrew Lorimar Lochhead
Date of birth (1941-03-09) 9 March 1941
Place of birth Milngavie, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Height 5 ft 11.5 in (1.82 m)
Playing position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1968 Burnley 226 (101)
1968–1970 Leicester City 44 (12)
1970–1973 Aston Villa 131 (34)
1973–1975 Oldham Athletic 45 (10)
1974 Denver Dynamos 20 (2)
National team
1962 Scotland U23 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Lochhead was born in Milngavie, Stirlingshire, Scotland. He started his career at Burnley and made his first team debut in 1960. He remains the only player to have scored five goals for the Clarets on two occasions. On December 26, 1963, he scored four goals in a 6-1 win over Manchester United at Turf Moor.

In 1968, he was sold to Leicester City and appeared in their 1969 FA Cup Final 1-0 defeat against Manchester City.

He was sold to Aston Villa after the final and played in the 1971 Football League Cup Final for Villa. In 1972 following his contribution to the Villa's promotion to Division 2 (19 goals) he was voted the midlands footballer of the year in a write-in poll conducted by the Birmingham Evening Mail newspaper. In 1973, he was sold to Oldham Athletic. He had a brief spell in America with Denver Dynamos before retiring.

Lochhead now looks after the sponsors on match days for Burnley as well as being a member of the Dave Clark Five fan club.

Honours

As a player

Leicester City

  • FA Cup finalist 1969

Aston Villa

  • League Cup finalist 1971
  • Division 3 champions 1972

References
  • Hugman, Barry (2005). The PFA Premier and Football League Players' Records 1946-2005.
  • Andy Lochhead at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database


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