Andy Penman

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| name = Andy Penman

| image =

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1943|2|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Rosyth, Fife, Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1994|7|19|1943|2|20}}

| death_place =

| height =

| position = Midfielder

| years1 = 1958

| clubs1 = Everton

| caps1 = 0

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1958–1967

| clubs2 = Dundee

| caps2 = 215

| goals2 = 100

| years3 = 1967–1973

| clubs3 = Rangers

| caps3 = 101

| goals3 = 36

| years4 = 1973–1976

| clubs4 = Arbroath

| caps4 = 79

| goals4 = 10

| years5 = 1976–1979

| clubs5 = Inverness Caledonian

| caps5 =

| goals5 =

| totalcaps = 395

| totalgoals= 146

| nationalyears1 = 1960–1965[http://www.fitbastats.com/scotlandu23/player.php?playerid=69 Scotland U23 player Penman, Andy], FitbaStats

| nationalteam1 = Scotland U23

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1961{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lITgDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT215|title=Scotland in the 60s: The Definitive Account of the Scottish National Football Side During the 1960s|author=Ronnie McDevitt|year=2016|publisher=Pitch Publishing|isbn=9781785312458}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

| nationalteam2 = SFL trial v SFA

| nationalcaps2 = 1

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 1960–1967

| nationalteam3 = Scottish League XI

| nationalcaps3 = 6

| nationalgoals3 = 3

| nationalyears4 = 1966–1967

| nationalteam4 = Scotland

| nationalcaps4 = 4

| nationalgoals4 = 0

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Andy Penman (20 February 1943 – 19 July 1994) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Dundee, Rangers and Arbroath.{{NeilBrownPlayers|player/andypenman}} Penman helped Dundee win the Scottish league championship in 1962. He made four appearances in full internationals for Scotland.

Career

Penman started his career at Everton in 1958 as a 15 year old. He played for the Everton first team twice, against Liverpool in a Floodlit Challenge Trophy match and against a touring South African team.{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newsliverpool/two-everton-first-team-players-who-were-even-younger-than-thierry-small/ar-BB1d92Jd|title = Two Everton first team players who were even younger than Thierry Small}} He returned to Scotland later that year with Dundee, and made his first league appearance just before his 16th birthday.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dundee-mad.co.uk/feat/ed32/andy_penman_838376/index.shtml|title = Andy Penman}} Penman was part of the Dundee team that won the Scottish league championship in 1962, and reached the semi-final of the 1962–63 European Cup. He moved to Rangers in 1967 and played there for five seasons. Penman played in two Scottish Cup Finals for Rangers, both of which were lost to Celtic. He left Rangers in 1973 and joined Arbroath. Penman then played for Inverness Caledonian in the Highland League before retiring in 1979.

Penman made his debut international appearance for Scotland in a 3–0 defeat to the Netherlands on 11 May 1966.[http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/match_details.cfm?matchid=57709 Match details Scotland v Netherlands], Scottish Football Association He made three further appearances during a 1967 overseas tour that the Scottish Football Association decided in October 2021 to reclassify as full internationals,{{cite web |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/news/former-scotland-players-to-be-recognised-with-international-caps-including-sir-alex-ferguson/?rid=14258 |title=Former Scotland players to be recognised with international caps including Sir Alex Ferguson |website=www.scottishfa.co.uk |publisher=Scottish Football Association |date=9 October 2021 |accessdate=10 October 2021}} which increased Penman's cap tally from one to four. He also represented the Scottish League XI six times.{{cite news|url=https://www.londonhearts.com/SFL/players/andrewpenman.html|title=SFL player Andrew Penman|website=London Hearts Supporters' Club|accessdate=27 November 2011}}

Legacy

Penman died in 1994, at the age of 51. There is a lounge at Dundee's Dens Park named in his honour.[http://www.dundeefc.co.uk/news/andy-penman-lounge-12042014 'The Andy Penman Lounge'] Dundee FC