From The Vault: Andy Robertson - Player Profiles

The Anfield Wrap

Soccer, Sports, Music

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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In the latest edition of our 'From The Vault' series we go back to April 2020, as we traced Andy Robertson's career back from Giffnock to glory. This deep dive into Andy Robertson's career was the first in our series of audio documentaries in which we delve into the backgrounds of members of the current Liverpool squad. To help tell the story, we spoke to his former coaches at Giffnock Soccer Centre, former Queens Park and Dundee United teammate Aidan Connolly, Dundee United and Liverpool fan Roy Henderson and Hull City fan Les Motherby from the Amber Nectar podcast. For more on Andy Robertson including an exclusive interviews with the man himself, as well as reaction to all the news and events that matter to you, subscribe to TAW Player… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This podcast is part of the Sports Social Podcast Network.
0:04.0	I'm John Gibbons from the Anfield Rap with a new series called Player Profiles.
0:09.0	Myself and Josh Sexton will speak to former coaches, managers, supporters and team. and
0:15.0	will speak to former coaches, managers, supporters and teammates of the Cudden Squad
0:16.0	to learn more about their journey to Anfield.
0:19.0	We'll learn more about each player, how they developed and what gave them the desire to succeed.
0:24.0	First up is the story of Andy Robertson, from G the 11th of March 1994 in Glasgow.
0:44.0	His first taste of organized football came at Giffnock Soccer Center,
0:48.0	which is currently on the grounds of St Ninians High School
0:50.0	where Andy also attended.
0:52.0	We went up to Giffnock to speak to some of the coaches there to find
0:55.5	out if anything marked Andy out for greatness as a youngster.
0:58.6	I am Craig Ingalls. I'm the chairman of Giffon soccer centre at the moment.
1:02.8	Well, I'll tell a bit longer.
1:04.8	I'm Bernie early.
1:06.5	I've been chairman, secretary, treasurer, coach since Andy started. because Andy started at
1:14.0	same time as my son started so I've been coaching for 18 years maybe so yeah I've
1:21.6	been here since the early days when we're quite a small club but we're now a very big club with boys, girls disability football, adults and preschool children which is not for me.
1:35.0	So I mean you mentioned there that Andy started the same time as
1:39.0	is your lad so obviously you'll remember him coming I believe he was seven was it that young?
1:43.1	Yeah but it's maybe even younger so it was do a primary school
1:46.4	the police school now and he was probably about six or seven yep and
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