Andy Moore (footballer)

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Andy Moore
Personal information
Full name Andrew Roy Moore [1]
Date of birth (1965-11-14) 14 November 1965 (age 58) [1]
Place of birth Cleethorpes, [1] England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) [2]
Position(s) Central defender
Youth career
0000–1983 Grimsby Town
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1983–1987 Grimsby Town 65 (1)
1987–1988 Lincoln City 28 (1)
1988–1989 Shamrock Rovers 25 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrew Roy Moore (born 14 November 1965) is an English former professional footballer who played as a central defender. Moore made 65 appearances in the Football League for Grimsby Town between 1983 and 1987, [3] and also played Conference football for Lincoln City. [4] [5]

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Career

Shamrock Rovers

Moore signed for Shamrock Rovers in August 1988 and made his League of Ireland debut on the opening day of the 1988–89 season in a 1–0 loss to Athlone Town at Dalymount Park. [6]

He scored his first goal on 16 October in a 3–2 home win over Limerick. [7]

In a home game against Cork City on 11 November, Moore scored with a header for Rovers to lead 2–1 but then in injury time he caught the ball from a corner thinking the referee had blown the full-time whistle. Cork duly scored from the resultant penalty. [8]

He was sent off as Rovers lost at Limerick in December 1988. [9]

He made two appearances in the FAI Cup as well as 25 in the League.

Personal life

Moore came from a footballing family; his two brothers David and Kevin, his father Roy and his uncle Norman all also played for Grimsby Town. [10]

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References

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  2. Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p.  178. ISBN   978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. "Grimsby Town: 1946/47–2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
  4. "Andy Moore". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  5. Harman, John, ed. (2005). Alliance to Conference 1979–2004: The first 25 years. Tony Williams. p. 419. ISBN   978-1-869833-52-7.
  6. Monday, 5 September 1988 – Page 002. The Irish Times (1988-09-05). Retrieved on 2012-09-09.
  7. Monday, 17 October 1988 – Page 003. The Irish Times (1988-10-17). Retrieved on 2012-09-09.
  8. Saturday, 12 November 1988 – Page 012. The Irish Times (1988-11-12). Retrieved on 2012-09-09.
  9. Thursday, 29 December 1988 – Page 002. The Irish Times (1988-12-29). Retrieved on 2012-09-09.
  10. Joshua Burch (25 January 2014). "Young Reporter: Our beloved Grimsby Town". Grimsby Telegraph. Retrieved 12 August 2016.[ permanent dead link ]