Andrew McNair's Sportswriter Profile

Andrew McNair joined September 2007

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About Andrew »

Andrew has been around on Bleacher virtually from the start and a community leader for around 2 years in the World Football section. He is a former professional footballer in the South African lower leagues with a love for very much everything football.

24 year old Andrew spent the last 3 months of the 2008/09 season as a Setanta football reporter for http://www.setanta.com/uk in the Scottish Premier League section. He writes match reports, gives out player ratings and covers the post match interviews every weekend from an SPL ground.

Sadly, the demise of Setanta means he will be looking for new employment during his final year of his BA Journalism degree at university but has something in the pipeline. He'll keep you all posted.

For anyone checking out this site it is important to know Andrew used his work on Bleacher Report to land his job at Setanta as well as an article published in the Thomas Cook travel magazine. This is not only practice for a career in the industry, this is very much a shop window for young writers so aspiring journalists should keep this in mind.

Bio:-

Andrew moved to South Africa as a 13 year old and grew up in a culture of sport in the rainbow nation. He returned to Scotland in 2008 with a failed football career and a Diploma in Journalism under his belt. During his studies he spent plenty of time at St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth, working with the Protea's and some of the best cricketers in the world. Come to think of it, a year full of once in a lifetime moments.

If you are on Facebook then please join my group, Andrew McNair: A journalist in the making at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=35412076250.

The Shortlist »

Favorite Athletes

Barry Ferguson, Ally McCoist, James McFadden, Brian Laudrup, Kris Boyd, Alan Hutton, Colin McRae and David Coulthard. Oh and the one and only Darren Fletcher! Andre Nel, Herschelle Gibbs, Kelly Holmes, Rebecca Adlington, Chris Hoy, Andy Murray, Nathan Hines, Euen Murray, Chris Paterson!
Favorite Sports Teams

Glasgow Rangers and Scotland (in anything).
Favorite Coaches

Walter Smith
All Time Sports Moment

Scotland doing the double over France in the Euro 2008 qualifying campaign! 1-0 and 1-0!
Most Memorable Game Attended

Scottish Cup Final 1997. Kilmarnock beat Falkirk 1-0, thanks to a Paul Wright goal at Ibrox.
Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Rangers and Celtics 9 Scottish League Championships in a row!
Ruth or Mays?

Ruth (Unless you mean Queen Guitarist Brian May, and his brother James of Top Gear fame)
Unitas or Montana?

Montana (What a legend, well that's what I've heard)
Jordan or Russell?
Gretzky or Orr?
Pele or Maradona?

Maradona (Closer to my generation and an all round genius)
Federer or Sampras?

Federer (He's half South African you know)
Tiger or Nicklaus?

Tiger (He just is)
Petty or Earnhardt?
Schumacher or Senna?

Jim Clark (A tragic end to a potentially massive career)
Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

I'll get back to you on that one!

Latest Articles »

Birmingham City's Barry Ferguson Must Play For Scotland Again

11/19/2009

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Robin Van Persie Vs. Emmanuel Adebayor: Someone Must Be Lying

09/14/2009

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What Makes Fantasy Football So Much Fun?

09/10/2009

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Scotland's "Glorious Failures" Outplay Holland With Total Football

09/09/2009

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Barney said...

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Hey,

Henry's handball has got the whole football world talking. What better time for another Great Debate? Should Henry have owned up? Is he a cheat? Should FIFA have allowed a replay? Have your say in the great debate!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/294359-the-great-debate-should-fifa-allow-ireland-vs-france-to-be-replayed

Cheers,
Barney

1 day ago

Salaar Shamsi said...

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Hey,

After what is being called 'the greatest injustice in sport', the question is, what on earth is FIFA doing?

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/294209-the-bottom-corner-fifa-just-a-bunch-of-muppets

Have a look
Thanks
SS.

1 day ago

Andrew Jordan said...

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Andrew, after the Henry handball yesterday, I have decided that replay must be implemented in the beautiful game somehow. Please tell me your reaction.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/293561-why-football-needs-replay-now-and-how-it-could-be-used

2 days ago

Carolina Tiger said...

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Hey Andrew take a look at my latest piece and tell me what you think?

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/288755-hull-citys-ian-ashbee-unsung-hero-of-english-football?just_published=1

9 days ago

Carolina Tiger said...

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I've finally got around to writing something about the Tiger's current plight. Take a look for me and see what you think.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/284692-hull-city-and-an-uncertain-future

16 days ago

Andrew Jordan said...

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Hey Andrew, I just made a slideshow over what are the ten best international football rivalries. I would appreciate it if you could give me your reaction.

Thanks, Andrew

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/272899-ten-best-rivalries-in-international-football

36 days ago

Naveed Tariq said...

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Hey Andy, in what I hope to be a new feature to the site, I've written a comprehensive biography of France Legend Michel Platini, it's long so I can understand if you don't have the time to look at it but otherwise I'd really appreciate your opinion on it.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/262769-legends-revisited-the-life-and-times-of-michel-platini

54 days ago

Mohamed Eldin Masri said...

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With both FIFA and PES coming out, I thought I'd write an article about them.

Hope you enjoy it.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/262764-fifa-10-vs-pes-10-which-game-is-worth-your-cash

54 days ago

Keith Griffin said...

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Im guessing that at this stage, Darren Fletcher is probably a god to you!

After his recent heroics, I think he has endeared himself to a lot of people.

Then again, you were always a huge fan anyway!

54 days ago

Mohamed Eldin Masri said...

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http://bleacherreport.com/articles/261585-dear-awesome-eldintm-rafa-the-penguin-edition

Got a letter from Rafa, check it out

57 days ago

Miles Kent said...

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Have a look at my latest article, 'Cristiano Ronaldo will never be a Manchester United legend' and let me know what you think.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/258809-cristiano-ronaldo-will-never-be-a-manchester-united-legend

Miles

61 days ago

Joseppio said...

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Some interesting stats from the first weeks in the EPL.
I'd be interested in your opinion.
Cheers,
Joe
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/258672-4-draws-and-52-wins-ago-the-premier-league-season-so-far

62 days ago

Alex Stamp said...

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Lol sometimes you just have to. My pleasure.

68 days ago

Adrian Staehle said...

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http://bleacherreport.com/articles/252862-adrian-staehle-presents-project-99

71 days ago

John Houmes said...

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Bleacher Report Champions League
http://en.uclfantasy.uefa.com/
Pick your team. Enter both leagues. Below our the codes for the leagues:

Most points wins : 1593-496
Head to Head with top 8 teams qualifying for Knock-Out: 1593-518

Please enter this in 5 other soccer writer's bulletin boards on their bleacher report page.

Thanks. John

72 days ago