Andrew Barrowman

Barrowman was born in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire.[1] He joined Birmingham City at the age of 16, having been with Rangers for four years as a schoolboy.[2] In 2002, he represented Scotland under-19s in the first qualifying round for the 2003 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[3] He had previously represented Scotland at other youth levels.[2]

He signed his first senior contract at Birmingham for the start of the 2003–04 season, but made his debut in the Football League as a Crewe Alexandra player, in a match against Bradford City on 14 October 2003, after signing on a month-long loan.[4] He hit his first goal in his next match, a 3–0 victory against Derby County four days later.[5]

Between November and the close of the season, he played once in the Premier League for Birmingham City, at home against Leicester City.[6] In the summer of 2004, his contract was renewed.

Loaned to Blackpool for the first three months of the 2004–05 season,[7] Barrowman made his debut against Sheffield Wednesday, coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 home loss. He walked out on the club after another substitute appearance.[8]

Barrowman would prove never to become a regular squad member at St Andrew's. In January 2006 he signed for Walsall. He made his debut in a 5–0 defeat to Brentford, which proved to be the final act of manager Paul Merson's spell as manager. Barrowman gave away a penalty in this game with a "bizarre handball" with the score at 4–0.[9] His fortunes improved the week after when he helped to rescue a point on his home debut against Scunthorpe United. With Walsall down to ten men, Barrowman latched onto a long ball and lobbed the goalkeeper to make it 2–2.[10]

On 26 July 2006, Barrowman returned to Scotland and signed a one-year contract with Scottish Premier League club Kilmarnock,[11] but after initially failing to break into the first team he joined Queen of the South on a month's loan during September.[12] This loan deal was subsequently extended until the end of December. On 1 February 2007, after his release from Rugby Park, he signed a short-term contract with Queen of the South until the end of the season.[13]

Barrowman scored once for Queen of the South, his goal coming in a 2–2 draw against future club Dundee on 17 March 2007.[14] He signed for Ross County for the 2007–08 season. He hit terrific form during his first season with County, scoring a total of 29 goals, 24 in the league, which helped the club to win the Second Division championship. In late May he turned down a contract extension with County[15] in the hope of moving to a bigger club. Inverness Caledonian Thistle manager Craig Brewster captured his main transfer target on 25 June 2008 when, after much deliberation, Barrowman committed himself to a three-year contract with the club.[16][17] He scored on his league debut in a 2–0 win over Aberdeen.

Despite scoring on his debut, Barrowman struggled to live up to his potential and found himself in and out of the Inverness team in his first season.[18]

On 1 February 2010, Barrowman re-signed for title challengers Ross County on an 18-month deal after securing a release from Inverness.[18] He contributed an assist for the second goal as Ross County eliminated Celtic[19] on their way to the 2010 Scottish Cup Final. Barrowman played the whole game as Ross County lost 3–0 to Dundee United.[20] On 12 October 2010, he returned to first-team duty after two months out with a broken foot to score a late equaliser against Partick Thistle in the semi-final of the Scottish Challenge Cup; Ross County won the penalty shootout to qualify for the final.[21][22] He then scored the opening goal in the final as Ross County won the trophy beating Queen of the South 2–0.[23][24]

On 3 June 2011, he left Ross County to join SPL newcomers Dunfermline Athletic on a two-year contract.[25] On 26 March 2013, Dunfermline applied to enter into administration[26] Two days later the club announced that eight players had been made redundant with Barrowman amongst them.[27][28]

On 31 March 2013, it was announced that Barrowman had signed a deal with Dundee until the end of the season, following his release from Dunfermline.[29]

Barrowman signed for Livingston on 23 August 2013, in a deal lasting through to January 2014.[30] He then extended his contract until the end of the season.[31] He was released in May 2014.[32]

After leaving Livingston, Barrowman signed for League One side Greenock Morton.[33] He was released by mutual consent in January 2015.[34] On 13 January 2015, the same day he left Morton, Barrowman signed for former club Dunfermline Athletic on a short term six-month deal. The switch was part of a swap deal which saw Ross Forbes go the other way and head to Morton. He made his second Dunfermline debut at the first opportunity, starting in a 2–2 draw against Airdrieonians on 17 January 2015.

In July 2015, Barrowman signed for Albion Rovers alongside former Raith Rovers midfielder Mark Ferry.[35] His season with Rovers was hampered by injury, though he did make 25 appearances across all competitions, scoring 4 times for the Scottish League One side. At the end of the 2015–16 season, Barrowman confirmed his retirement from football.[36] Towards the end of his playing career, Barrowman had started a degree course in business management.[37]

In the 2018–2019 season, Barrowman made a return to football with Junior club Arthurlie where he made a handful of appearance before going back into retirement due to injury.[38]