Sid Burrows

{{Short description|Northern Irish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Sidney Burrows

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|3|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Antrim, Northern Ireland

| position =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Carnmoney Colts

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 = Ballyclare Comrades

| years1 = 1982–1986

| clubs1 = Crusaders

| caps1 =

| goals1 = 10

| years2 = 1986–1991

| clubs2 = Linfield

| caps2 = 184

| goals2 = 27

| years3 = 1991–1998

| clubs3 = Crusaders

| caps3 = ?

| goals3 = 54

| nationalteam1 = Irish League XI

| nationalyears1 = 1984–1995

| nationalcaps1 = 17

| nationalgoals1 = 2

}}

Sid Burrows (born 27 October 1964 in Belfast) is a retired footballer from Northern Ireland who played as a left winger.

Sid began his senior career with Crusaders, before joining Linfield in October 1986. He scored 27 goals in 184 games for Linfield, before he was surprisingly sold to old club Crusaders in 1991, remaining there as captain until 1997 when a cruciate knee ligament injury sustained against Cliftonville ended his career. He coached Crusaders Reserves after his retirement.[https://archive.today/20130629161717/http://www.linfieldfc.com/interview.asp?inv=954] He was inducted into Crusaders Hall of Fame in 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.crusadersfc.com/fans/Hall%20of%20Fame%20Vote.htm|title=Crusaders Special Efforts Committee announce Hall of Fame nominees|publisher=Crusaders|accessdate=4 November 2010}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Now living in Portadown, Burrows previously was coach at intermediate club Laurelvale. More recently he has had coaching spells with some youth teams in the area including most recently Annagh United. A Christian, he is also an Assistant Pastor in the Pentecostal Church.

Honours

Crusaders

Linfield

References