First Team Squad

Player profile and performance records.

Andy Irving (Midfielder)

Squad Number: 39
Position: Midfielder
Born: 13th May 2000 (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Signed: 1st Sep 2023 (£0)
Contract: 3 years (signed September 2023)
Previous Club: Austria Klagenfurt

KUMB Awards: None.

Irving grew up in Edinburgh and attended Portobello High School before joining local side Hearts.

In June 2017, he joined Berwick Rangers on loan until January 2018. In January 2018 Irving signed a new contract, extending his stay at the club until 2020.

On 31 July 2018, he was loaned to Scottish Championship side Falkirk until January 2019. In June 2021, Irving signed for 3. Liga side Turkgucu Munchen after the expiration of his contract at Hearts.

In July 2022, he signed for Austrian Bundesliga outfit Austria Klagenfurt, after financial problems at Turkgucu Munchen forced the club to resign from the 3 Liga in March 2022.

Irving was sold to West Ham United on transfer deadline day in September 2023, then immediately loaned back to Austria Klagenfurt. The fee has never been disclosed.

Irving moved to Sparta Prague - the Czech club owned by Hammers director Daniel Kretinsky - for ??1.5million in the January transfer window.

2025/26 Match Notes & Ratings

vs Manchester United

1-1: Wednesday, 3rd December
(Played 7 minutes, sub)

(Soucek 83') His first touch was the corner that led to the goal. After a string of bad ones, Irving delivered better than all with his.

vs AFC Bournemouth

2-2: Saturday, 22nd November

Did not play.

vs Leeds United

1-2: Saturday, 25th October
(Played 90 minutes)

He has a lovely left foot. Put him under little pressure, give him time, he'll pick out a nice floaty pass to the wide areas. That's all he offers.

vs Brentford

0-2: Saturday, 18th October
(Played 90 minutes)

He can play a nice pass, especially given time. But you don't get much of that in the Premier League, certainly not in areas where you can do anything important with it. He has none of the hustle, physicality, stamina or running to make a dent in the current Premier League. The experiment failed.

vs Everton

1-1: Monday, 29th September

(Fullkrug 94') On the field for the final few moments only.

vs Tottenham Hotspur

0-3: Saturday, 13th September

(Ward-Prowse 90+') Seemed to be waiting for 10 minutes to get on, and then got a few minutes of stoppage time play.

vs Nottingham Forest

3-0: Sunday, 31st August
(Played 15 minutes, sub)

(Ward-Prowse 75') 10 passes, all completed, and little else to note.

vs Sunderland

0-3: Saturday, 16th August
(Played 8 minutes, sub)

(Todibo 82') Looked a far better playmaker than Paqueta, with decent crosses from that lovely left foot.

vs AFC Bournemouth

2-0: Sunday, 3rd August

Did not play.

vs Everton

2-1: Wednesday, 30th July

Did not play.

vs Manchester United

1-2: Saturday, 26th July

Did not play.

2024/25 Match Notes & Ratings

vs Ipswich Town

3-1: Sunday, 25th May

Did not play.

vs Leicester City

2-0: Tuesday, 25th February

(Soucek 90') Introduced too late to make an impact.

vs Chelsea

1-2: Monday, 3rd February
(Played 77 minutes)

Seemed to do a good job rattling the cages of some Chelsea players, and a little less honesty could have seen him get Fernandez sent off. One very good cross for Kudus aside, he lacked an impact on the ball.

vs Aston Villa

1-1: Saturday, 25th January
(Played 2 minutes, sub)

(Alvarez 88) For a very late sub performance, this was good. Made an impact up and down, a couple shots and could have ended with a big impact, if only for the offside.

vs Fulham

3-2: Tuesday, 14th January
(Played 18 minutes, sub)

(Soler, 72) Produced one sublime pass on the left flank. Industrious and energetic.

vs Southampton

1-0: Thursday, 26th December

Did not play.

vs AFC Bournemouth

1-1: Saturday, 14th December

Did not play.

vs Arsenal

2-5: Saturday, 30th November

(Soler 78) One lovely pass nearly got Ings in.

vs Newcastle United

2-0: Saturday, 23rd November

(Summerville 84) Drifts nicely with the ball and passes with good tempo.

vs Brentford

1-1: Saturday, 28th September

(Replaced Bowen, 90) No comments.

vs Chelsea

0-3: Saturday, 21st September

(Replaced Paqueta, 72) Kept the ball, looked eager, tried a couple shots. Arguably West Ham's man of the match.