Andy Payton

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Andy Payton

Full name	Andrew Payton
Date of birth	October 23, 1967 (1967-10-23) (age 40)
Place of birth	Padiham, England
Playing position	Striker
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1986-1991 1991 1991-1993 1993-1996 1996-1998 1998-2003 2001-2002 2003-2004 2004	Hull City Middlesbrough Celtic Barnsley Huddersfield Town Burnley Blackpool (loan) Stalybridge Celtic Colne Total	143 0(55) 019 00(3) 036 0(15) 108 0(41) 043 0(17) 156 0(68) 004 00(1) 00? 00(?) 00? 00(?) 509 (200)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2006-10-15. * Appearances (Goals)

Andrew Payton (born October 23, 1967 in Padiham, Lancashire) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.

During his career he played for Hull City, Middlesbrough, Celtic, Barnsley, Huddersfield Town, home town club Burnley and Blackpool, before ending his career in non-league football with Stalybridge Celtic and then Colne.

He was a crowd favourite at Boothferry Park and remained Hull City's record sale for 15 years when he left in 1991 to join Middlesbrough for £750,000. He was also a big favourite at Turf Moor and is regarded as one of the best strikers to play for Burnley in recent years. Known as the 'Padiham Predator', Payton was bought to Burnley by then manager Chris Waddle in a swap deal with striker Paul Barnes.