David Winters (footballer)

David Winters (born 7 March 1980) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a striker for Lowland Football League side Caledonian Braves.

David Winters
David Winters in September 2015
Personal information
Full name David Winters
Date of birth (1980-03-07) 7 March 1980
Place of birth Paisley, Scotland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Utility man
Club information
Current team
 Caledonian Braves
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2003 Dundee United 19 (0)
2001 → Forfar Athletic (loan) 3 (3)
2003 → Ross County (loan) 10 (1)
2003–2006 Ross County 97 (24)
2006–2008 Hamilton Academical 45 (8)
2008–2009 Ross County 12 (2)
2009–2010 Livingston 29 (5)
2010 Arbroath 2 (1)
2010 Dumbarton 15 (5)
2010–2011 Can Tho 11 (8)
2011–2012 Dumbarton 12 (1)
2012 Annan Athletic 17 (4)
2012–2013 Ayr United 30 (4)
2013 Queen's Park 1 (0)
2013–2014 Sauchie Juniors
2014–2017 Pollok
2017–2018 Kilwinning Rangers
2018–2019 BSC Glasgow
2019– Caledonian Braves
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 July 2019

He has previously played in the Scottish Premier League for Dundee United.

Career

Winters, like older brother Robbie, started his career with Dundee United and played in 19 league matches between 1999 and 2003. During this time, he had loans spells with Forfar Athletic and Ross County, and made the permanent move to Victoria Park in 2003.

After three seasons with The Staggies he moved to Hamilton Academical at the start of season 2006–07. Winters spent the following pre-season at Halifax Town after turning down a deal from Hamilton at the end of the season. He even played, and scored, as a trialist for Halifax against Hamilton in a friendly. However, he signed a contract, until the end of the 2007–08 season, for Hamilton in August.[1] Winters was released by Hamilton in January 2008[2] and rejoined Ross County in February.[3] He joined Livingston in January 2009.

Winters moved to Dumbarton in March 2010, scoring three goals in his first five appearances. Winters left Dumbarton in May 2010 and moved to Vietnam to play for Can Tho F.C. On 5 August 2011 Winters re-signed for Dumbarton on a one-year deal. He left in January 2012 after failing to establish himself in the Sons first eleven.[4] After appearing as a trialist for Annan Athletic, Winters signed a deal until the end of the season, before moving on to Ayr United in the summer.[5][6]

In August 2013, Winters joined Junior side Sauchie Juniors.[7] On 21 March 2014, Winters joined Pollok.[8] He started his impressive goal tally for the Southside Glasgow Giants with four goals on his debut. His seven goals in the final five games of the season could not prevent Lok from being relegated to the West First Division. In March 2015, Winters signed a contract extending his current contract for another year at Newlandsfield.[9] With ten matches left in the league season, David's brother, Robbie joined Pollok on loan where the front two would spearhead their attack for the final run-in. Pollok were crowned First Division Champions in May 2015 with Winters scoring 34 Goals that season, with two coming in a 3–0 win in the Evening Times Winners' Cup Final against Blantyre Victoria – Robbie scoring the other.[10] Since his 'Lok debut, he has only missed one competitive fixture through injury. He left Pollok in June 2017 following 127 appearances and 83 goals.[11]

After leaving Pollok, Winters joined fellow Super League Premier Division team Kilwinning Rangers.[12] After a season at Abbey Park, Winters moved to BSC Glasgow.[13] In July 2019, he signed for Edusport Academy.[14]

Personal life

Winters also coaches young people throughout Glasgow in his role with coaching and groupwork company A&M Training. He is married to former Scotland women footballer Suzanne Grant.[15]

Honours
Hamilton Academical
Ross County
Livingston
Pollok
BSC Glasgow
  • Lowland League Cup: 2018–19

References
  1. Winters seals return to Hamilton – BBC Sport website
  2. Winters Released – Hamilton Accies FC website
  3. Accies' Winters moves to County – BBC Sport website
  4. Alan Findlay (6 January 2012). "Squad Update". Dumbarton FC. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  5. "07/02/2012 – Player Updates". Annan Athletic FC. 7 February 2012. Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-13. Despite the transfer window closing Harry has managed to secure the services of David Winters until the end of the seasonly, the 29-year-old striker signed the paperwork before training this evening.
  6. Wilson, Mike (3 August 2012). "Ayr United move for David Winters and Darren Martin". Ayrshire Post. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
  7. "Signings". SJFA News. Scottish Junior Football Association. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
  8. http://www.pollokfc.com/news/
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/13334769.Winters__wonderland_as_David_and_Robbie_fire_Pollok_to_Evening_Times_glory/
  11. "David Winters". Twitter. Pollok FC. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  12. "Kilwinning Rangers sign David Winters". Ayr Advertiser. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  13. "David Winters". BSC Glasgow F.C. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  14. Edusport Academy (3 July 2019). "Signing". @EdusportAcademy. Twitter. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  15. "Suzanne Winters says career-ending knee injury was 'devastating'". BBC Sport. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
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