Andrew Mitchell (footballer, born 1992)

Andrew Mitchell

Mitchell playing for Northern Ireland U19
Personal information
Full name	Andrew Mitchell
Date of birth	(1992-04-06) 6 April 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Glengormley, Northern Ireland
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Full-back/Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Carrick Rangers
Number	8
Youth career
2000–2006	Greenisland
2006–2010	Manchester City
2010–2011	Rangers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2014	Rangers	9	(0)
2013	→ Annan Athletic (loan)	22	(4)
2014	Annan Athletic	17	(2)
2014–2015	Southport	10	(0)
2015	→ Annan Athletic (loan)	12	(1)
2015–2017	Crusaders	38	(1)
2017–2020	Linfield	50	(5)
2020–2023	Larne	53	(9)
2022-2023	→ Carrick Rangers (loan)	31	(4)
2023-	Carrick Rangers	20	(1)
International career‡
2006–2007	Northern Ireland U16	16	(2)
2007–2008	Northern Ireland U17	12	(1)
2009–2011	Northern Ireland U19	6	(0)
2012–2013	Northern Ireland U21	10	(1)
Managerial career
2022-2023	Larne (Youth Academy)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:43, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

Andrew Mitchell (born 6 April 1992) is a Northern Irish semi-professional footballer who current plays for NIFL Premiership side Carrick Rangers.

He started his playing career at Greenisland F.C at the age of 8. He then joined Manchester City featuring in the academy u16, u18 age groups and the reserve team. At the age of 18 he then moved to Rangers. He then gained valuable experience signing for Annan Athletic, initially on loan, then signing permanently after spending five years at Rangers. He moved to Southport in July 2014. On Friday 24 January 2020 Larne Announced the signing of Mitchell after he agreed his release from his contract with Linfield.

Career

Mitchell began his career as a youth player with Northern Ireland side Greenisland. Mitchell was at Greenisland F.C. since he was 8 years old. ^[1] Mitchell then moved to Premier League club Manchester City. He was a vital member in the under-18 side in the season of 2010. He was a big part of the Manchester City under–18 side that won the Al Ain International Championship in 2010, with a penalty shoot out, with Mitchell converting the winning penalty. ^[2] Mitchell also reached the semi-final of the Dallas Cup with City in 2009, being knocked out by São Paulo. ^[3]

Mitchell then joined Scottish Premier League club Rangers in May 2010, initially as a member of the club's under 19–squad. ^[4] He was promoted to the first team squad on 3 March 2012, where he was an unused substitute against Heart of Midlothian. ^[5] He went on to make his first team debut on 17 March 2012, in a 2–1 defeat to Dundee United. ^[6] Mitchell also featured another four times after that in the first team including being an unused substitute in the Old Firm match which was a 3–2 win for Rangers at Ibrox.

On 1 July 2012, Mitchell signed a new one-year contract with Rangers. He was captain of the reserve side that lifted the reserve league trophy. Mitchell's first start of the 2012–13 season came shortly after. Despite playing out of position, at right full-back, Mitchell was voted as Man of the Match in the fixture against Clyde on Saturday 13 April 2013. ^[7] Mitchell also featured in five other first team matches towards the conclusion of the season earning a man of the match award against Berwick Rangers on the final day of the season.

On 13 September 2013, Mitchell signed for Scottish League Two side Annan Athletic on a 93-day loan. ^[8] On 23 November he scored his first career goal in a 4–4 draw with Stirling Albion. ^[9]

On 17 January 2014 Mitchell's contract with Rangers was terminated by mutual consent ^[10] and he rejoined Annan on a permanent deal until the end of the 2013–14 season due to the two club rule. ^[11]

On 19 July 2014, Mitchell joined Southport in the Conference Premier. ^[12]

On 2 February 2015, Mitchell joined Annan on loan to the end of the season for the third time.

On 25 May 2015, Mitchell sign for Crusaders. ^[13]

Career statistics

As of match played on 15 March 2019. ^[14]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup [lower-alpha 1]		League Cup [lower-alpha 2]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Rangers	2011–12	Scottish Premier League	2	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
	2012–13	Scottish Third Division	7	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		7	0
	2013–14	Scottish League One	0	0	0	0	1	0	—		—		1	0
	Total		9	0	0	0	1	0	—		—		10	0
Annan Athletic [lower-alpha 3]	2013–14	Scottish League Two	27	5	4	0	0	0	—		3 [lower-alpha 4]	0	34	5
Southport	2014–15	Football Conference	10	0	2	0	0	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 5]	1	13	1
Annan Athletic (loan)	2014–15	Scottish League Two	12	1	0	0	0	0	—		—		12	1
Crusaders	2015–16	NIFL Premiership	22	1	3	1	1	2	4 [lower-alpha 6]	1	1 [lower-alpha 7]	0	27	4
	2016–17	NIFL Premiership	16	0	1	0	2	0	2 [lower-alpha 6]	0	2 [lower-alpha 8]	0	21	0
	Total		38	1	4	1	3	2	6	1	3	0	54	5
Linfield	2017–18	NIFL Premiership	20	3	1	0	1	0	2	0	2 [lower-alpha 9]	1	24	4
	2018–19	NIFL Premiership	18	1	0	0	3	0	—		—		21	1
	Total		38	4	1	0	4	0	2	0	2	1	47	5
Career total			134	11	11	1	7	2	8	1	9	2	170	17

1. Appearances in the Scottish Cup and Irish Cup.
2. Appearances in the Scottish League Cup and Northern Ireland Football League Cup.
3. Part of the season was during a loan spell.
4. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup and the Scottish League Two playoffs.
5. Appearances in the FA Trophy.
6. Appearances in the UEFA Champions League.
7. Appearance in the NIFL Charity Shield.
8. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup.
9. Appearances in the NIFL Charity Shield and Scottish Challenge Cup.

Honours

Rangers

• Scottish Third Division: 2012–13

Crusaders

• NIFL Premiership: 2015–16

Linfield

• NIFL Premiership: 2018-19
• Northern Ireland Football League Cup: 2018-19

Larne

• County Antrim Shield: (2) 2020–21, ^[15] 2021-22 ^[16]

References

1. "Roll Of Honour". Greenisland F.C. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
2. "U18s win Al Ain trophy on penalties". Manchester City F.C. 8 February 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
3. "Rangers snap up Manchester City youngster". STV Sport. 18 May 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
4. "Rangers sign Northern Ireland U19 international Andrew Mitchell". The Scotsman. 17 May 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
5. "Rangers 1–2 Hearts". BBC Sport. 3 March 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
6. "Dundee United 2–1 Rangers". BBC Sport. 17 March 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
7. "Andrew Mitchell signs as Alejandro Bedoya returns". BBC Sport. 2 July 2012.
8. "Rangers FC defender signs on at Galabank". annanathleticfc.com. 13 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
9. "Annan Athletic 4–4 Stirling Albion". BBC Sport. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
10. "Mitchell Leaves Club". Rangers.co.uk. 17 January 2014. Archived from the original on 21 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
11. "ANDREW MITCHELL RETURNS". Annan Athletic F.C. 17 January 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
12. "MITCHELL AND LYNCH ADDED TO SANDGROUNDERS SQUAD". Southport F.C. 21 July 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
13. "Midfielder Mitchell joins Crusaders". BBC Sport.
14. "Andrew Mitchell". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
15. "Co Antrim Shield final result: Larne beat Glentoran on penalties". BBC Sport. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
16. "Co Antrim Shield: Impressive Larne see off Linfield in gripping final to retain trophy". BBC Sport . BBC. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

External links

• Andrew Mitchell at Soccerbase