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Andy Walls

Footballer (born 1993)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 30, 2025
Entity authorityQ4761447
Source-derived summary

Andrew Walls (born 2 September 1993) is a Scottish former footballer who played for Raith Rovers in the Scottish First Division.

Career

Walls earned a full-time contract with Raith Rovers in June 2010 after progressing through the youth sides. In September 2011 he was part of a Raith side who won the SFL Reserve League Cup defeating Livingston 2–1 in the final.

He made his senior debut on 30 July 2011 as a substitute in a 4–1 victory against Montrose in a Scottish League Cup fixture replacing teammate Brian Graham. Walls was released by Raith in May 2012.

Career statistics

As of 4 June 2012.

a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the Scottish Challenge Cup.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Andy Walls” as footballer (born 1993). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1993, 2010, 2011, 2012—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1993-09-02. The account is most persuasive where Andy, Walls and Footballer can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as footballer (born 1993). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 30, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q4761447. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1993, 2010, 2011 and 2012.

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Public reputation and documentary evidence do not always develop together; absence from a summary is not evidence of historical absence. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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This entry incorporates text from Andy Walls” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.