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Andrew "Andy" Thomson (born 1 April 1971 in Motherwell) is a former Scottish professional football player. He played in 549 league matches, scoring 195 league goals in a career that saw him play for Queen of the South, Partick Thistle, Falkirk and Stenhousemuir in Scotland and Southend United, Oxford United, Gillingham and Queens Park Rangers in England. ==Queen of the South (1st spell)== Thomson signed on 28 July 1989 for Dumfries club Queen of the South from Motherwell-based boys' club Jerviston as an 18-year-old. As he became more experienced the goals started to flow and never stopped in his five seasons at Palmerston Park. Arguably his finest achievement with Queens was the 1990-91 Scottish League Cup run to the quarter finals. Queens knocked out higher division opponents Dundee and Dunfermline Athletic before being eliminated by a late goal away to Celtic.〔(Andy Thomson interview and career profile www.Qosfc.com )〕 Thomson scored 109 goals in all competitions during his first spell at Queens. In 1993-94 he was Queens Player of the Year and also awarded the Scottish Second Division award, as he had been two seasons before, as well as being the country's top scorer.〔 Aberdeen offered £150,000 for Thomson but this was rejected. Southend United offered £250,000 and a deal was struck that led to Thomson leaving for Essex on 4 July 1994 to join the Shrimpers 〔 http://www.southendunited-mad.co.uk/ 〕 at Roots Hall 〔 http://www.southendunited.co.uk/club/contactus/ 〕 and their manager at that time, Peter Taylor. As well as being a record transfer fee paid at that particular time by the Shrimpers, this still remains the highest fee received by Queens.〔 Andy Thomson returned to Palmerston Park to play for a Queen of the South select on 23 April 1995. The opposition in the 2-2 draw was Rangers in a game to mark Queens' 75th anniversary and the opening of the new stand. Other guests for Queens included Ted McMinn, Davie Irons and Rowan Alexander.〔〔"The Queens" by Iain McCartney on Creedon Publications, 2004〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andy Thomson (Scottish footballer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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