Robbie Winters

Robbie Winters
Personal information
Full name Robert Winters
Date of birth (1974-11-04) 4 November 1974
Place of birth East Kilbride, Scotland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 East Kilbride (player-coach)
Youth career
1991–1992 Muirend Amateurs
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1998 Dundee United 118 (27)
1998–2002 Aberdeen 132 (41)
2002 Luton Town 1 (0)
2002–2008 Brann 134 (42)
2009 Clyde 6 (0)
2009 Ayr United 1 (0)
2009–2011 Livingston 63 (18)
2011 Grindavik 14 (3)
2011–2012 Alloa Athletic 25 (5)
2012–2013 Peterhead 20 (3)
2013 Albion Rovers 3 (2)
2013 Dumbarton 3 (0)
2014–2015 Rossvale
2015 Pollok
2015 East Kilbride
2015 Kilbirnie Ladeside (trial)
2015–2016 Pollok
2016– East Kilbride
National team
1999 Scotland 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:34, 24 August 2016 (UTC).


Robbie Winters (born 4 November 1974) is a Scottish footballer who is a player-coach for Lowland Football League club East Kilbride. He was capped once by Scotland.

Winters started his in career Scotland and played for Dundee United between 1992 and 1997 and Aberdeen between 1998 and 2002. After a short spell at English club Luton Town, Winters played for the Norwegian club Brann between 2002 and 2008 where he won the Norwegian Cup and the Norwegian Premier League.

Winters has later played for Clyde, Ayr United, Livingston, Grindavik, Alloa Athletic, Peterhead and Albion Rovers.

Early life

Winters was born in East Kilbride on 4 November 1974, and started his career with amateur club Muirend. His younger brother David, who would also become a professional footballer, was born in 1983.

Career

Club

Winters began his senior career with Dundee United in 1992 and played 118 league games for the club, scoring 27 times.[1] A move to Aberdeen beckoned, which saw Billy Dodds and cash come to Tannadice in exchange for Winters. His time at Pittodrie was fruitful, with 41 goals from 132 league appearances.[1] In the 2000 Scottish Cup final, Winters came on as a 2nd-minute substitute to replace injured goalkeeper Jim Leighton, who suffered a fractured cheekbone. Playing virtually the whole match in an unorthodox position, Winters let in four goals as Rangers beat Aberdeen 4–0.[2]

After leaving in 2002 when his contract expired, Winters played one match for Luton Town, appearing in the first half of the first match of the season, before moving to Norway with Brann. After several seasons with hints about leaving Bergen due to family issues, Winters stated on 31 October that he no longer had the motivation needed to play for SK Brann, and that he wished to leave the club in January.[3] He was seeking a club, preferably in Scotland, but he also stated that an English Championship club would be interesting. With no contract offer, Winters returned to SK Brann to make peace with manager Mons Ivar Mjelde and fulfil his contract until December 2007. Winters' Scottish team-mate Charlie Miller did leave and subsequently joined Belgian side Lierse.

Winters left Brann after the 2008 season, to join his family who had moved back to Scotland during the summer, due to his children starting school. Winters played 178 matches for Brann, scoring 70 goals.[4] He signed a short term deal with Clyde until the end of the season in April 2009.[5] Winters was released by Clyde in June 2009 along with the rest of the out of contract players, due to the club's financial position.[6]

After an impressive performance as a trialist against Falkirk, Winters signed a professional contract with Livingston on 28 August 2009.

Winters played for Icelandic club Grindavik in 2011. He scored on his debut against Thor. He then played for Alloa Athletic during the 2011–12 season and helped them win the Scottish Third Division championship. In the summer of 2012, Winters signed for Peterhead,[7] before being released in February 2013 and going on a 3-game trial with Albion Rovers. He chose not to sign a contract at the expiration of the trial.[8] He joined Dumbarton in March 2013.[9]

Winters signed for Rossvale in August 2014 and scored two goals on his debut.[10] He then signed for Pollok in April 2015, where he joined his younger brother David.[11] He joined Lowland League team East Kilbride in July 2015,[12] but left the club the following month after "a difference of opinion" with manager Billy Ogilvie.[13] Returning to Junior football, he made one appearance assisting Kilbirnie Ladeside[14] before rejoining Pollok in September 2015.[15]

Winters came off the substitutes bench and scored with his first touch in the 2015–16 Scottish Junior Cup final for Pollok against Beith Juniors.[16] He also scored in the penalty shootout which Pollok eventually lost. In August 2016, Winters rejoined East Kilbride for a second spell, this time in a player-coach role and was reunited with his former Rossvale manager, Martin Lauchlan.[17]

International

Winters has one Scotland cap, when he appeared as a substitute in the 1–0 friendly win against Germany in Bremen, April 1999.

Career statistics

As of 15 January 2015
Season Club Division League National Cup League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1994–95 Dundee United Premier Division 12200——122
1995–96 First Division 3873011—428
1996–97 Premier Division 3685321—4312
1997–98 3083152—3811
1998–99 Premier League 310010—41
1998–99 Aberdeen 281210——2912
1999–00 3374050—427
2000–01 3793111—4111
2001–02 34133110—3814
2002–03 Luton Town Second Division 1000——10
2002 Brann Tippeligaen 8100——10
2003 16710——177
2004 2313612——2925
2005 26840—41349
2006 25731—20308
2007 19543—572815
2008 17133—50254
Career total 3861094325165168461147

Honours

Individual

Dundee United
Aberdeen
Brann
Livingston
Alloa Athletic
Pollok

References

  1. 1 2 "www.soccerbase.com – The Internet Soccer Database". Soccerbase.com. Retrieved 6 September 2008.
  2. ↑ "BBC News | FOOTBALL | Rangers profit from Dons' misery". News.bbc.co.uk. 27 May 2000. Retrieved 6 September 2008.
  3. ↑ Av Farid Ighoubah. "iBergen.no". Pub.tv2.no. Retrieved 6 September 2008.
  4. ↑ Official website profile (translated from Norwegian)
  5. ↑ "Robbie Winters signs". clydefc.co.uk. Retrieved 31 April 2009. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  6. ↑ "Players Released". clydefc.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2009.
  7. ↑ "Scottish Division Two ins and outs". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  8. ↑ "Winters departs Rovers". Scottish Football League. 28 February 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  9. ↑ http://www.dumbartonfootballclub.com/news/?mode=view&id=865
  10. ↑ "Transfer Talk, August 15: Henrik returns; Lennon, Mackay & Moyes linked with Palace job & McFadden in MLS link". Daily Record. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  11. ↑ Daily Record
  12. ↑ Thomson, Paul (28 July 2015). "East Kilbride FC: Robbie Winters to be unveiled as club's latest signing". Daily Record. Glasgow. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  13. ↑ Thomson, Paul (20 August 2015). "East Kilbride FC: Winters walks out on Kilby after 'difference of opinion'". Daily Record. Glasgow. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  14. ↑ O'Donnell, Jim (16 September 2015). "First Robbie Winters helped out at Kilbirnie now he could be about to shoot them down". Evening Times. Glasgow. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  15. ↑ "Juniors: Pollok skipper hails striker David Winters' return to form". Evening Times. Glasgow. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  16. ↑ Macpherson, Graeme (29 May 2016). "Sunshine on Beith as Ayrshire side win Scottish Junior Cup for first time". The Herald. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  17. ↑ Thomson, Paul (23 August 2016). "Robbie Winters returns to East Kilbride in player/coach role". Daily Record. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  18. ↑ http://vglive.no/#eliteguiden=s-borsen-sid-24
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