Andy Gosney

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Andy Gosney
Personal information
Full name Andrew Robert Gosney [1]
Date of birth (1963-11-08) 8 November 1963 (age 60) [1]
Place of birth Southampton, [1] England
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) [2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1979–1981 Portsmouth
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1981–1992 Portsmouth 48 (0)
1991 → York City (loan) 5 (0)
1992–1993 Birmingham City 21 (0)
1993 Exeter City 1 (0)
Total70(0)
International career
1981 England Youth 4 (0)
1981 England U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrew Robert Gosney (born 8 November 1963) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made 70 appearances in the Football League playing for Portsmouth, York City, Birmingham City and Exeter City. [3] He represented England at youth level. [4] [5]

Career

Gosney was born in Southampton, Hampshire, and began his football career as an apprentice with Portsmouth in 1979. He turned professional in November 1981, but never established himself as first choice for the club because of the consistency of Alan Knight. Over a 13-year career with the club Gosney made only 60 first-team appearances in all competitions. [6] He spent a month on loan at York City in 1991 before eventually leaving Portsmouth to join Birmingham City at the start of the 1992–93 season. [6] After one unsuccessful season with Birmingham, at the end of which the club brought in Kevin Miller from Exeter City to replace him, [7] Gosney moved in the opposite direction. He was stretchered off during his only appearance for Exeter, a 6–4 home defeat to Reading, with an injury that ended his career. [8] [9]

Gosney was credited by Anderton himself as the man who gave Darren Anderton the "Sicknote" nickname. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Andy Gosney". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  2. ↑ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 290. ISBN   978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. ↑ "Andy Gosney". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Match results under 18 1980–1990". England Football Online. Chris Goodwin & Glen Isherwood. 9 October 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  5. ↑ "Match results under 20 1981–2019". England Football Online. Chris Goodwin & Glen Isherwood. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  6. 1 2 Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 91. ISBN   978-1-85983-010-9.
  7. ↑ Matthews, p. 111.
  8. ↑ Roderick, Oliver (26 June 2014). "In opposition this season: Reading". Exeter City F.C. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  9. ↑ "Gosney, Andy". The Grecian Archive. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  10. ↑ Longmore, Andrew (24 May 1998). "Football: Anderton cheers before the jeers" . The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2009.


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