Andy Gorton

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Andy Gorton
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Full name Andrew Gorton
Date of birth (1966-09-23) 23 September 1966 (age 57) [1]
Place of birth Salford, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Oldham Athletic
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1985–1988 Oldham Athletic 26 (0)
1986–1987 → Stockport County (loan) 14 (0)
1988 → Tranmere Rovers (loan) 1 (0)
1988–1989 Stockport County 34 (0)
1989 Lincoln City 20 (0)
1989–1990 Glossop North End
1990 Oldham Athletic 0 (0)
1991–1992 Crewe Alexandra 3 (0)
Witton Albion
Mossley
1992–1993 Bury 0 (0)
1993 → Altrincham (loan)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrew Gorton (born 23 September 1966) is an English former professional football goalkeeper. He played in the Football League for Oldham Athletic, Stockport County, Tranmere Rovers, Lincoln City and Crewe Alexandra.

Gorton was born in Salford and joined Oldham Athletic as an apprentice. He progressed to their first team, eventually replacing Andy Goram when he left for Rangers. He had loan spells with Stockport County [3] and Tranmere Rovers before leaving Oldham to join Stockport in 1988. At the end of the 1988–89 season he joined Lincoln City, but was transferred after 20 games, joining non-league Glossop North End for their club record fee paid of £3000 in 1989. [4] He rejoined Oldham Athletic in 1990, again for a fee of £3000, [4] but moved on to Crewe Alexandra on non-contract terms without appearing in the league for Oldham. He played three times for Crewe before joining Witton Albion. Gorton moved from Witton to Mossley [5] playing four times during the 1991–92 season.

He later joined Bury, from where he was on loan to Altrincham in May 1993. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Andy Gorton". Neil Brown. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  2. ↑ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 274. ISBN   978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. ↑ "The 1986–87 season". Stockport County FC. 1 July 2009. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  4. 1 2 "Glossop North End". NonLeagueDaily. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2010.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ↑ "Complete A-Z of players 1919–2010: Gabrielson to Gurney". Mossley A.F.C. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  6. ↑ "Altrincham players of 1992/93". Altrincham FC. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
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