Andy Ripley (footballer)

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Andy Ripley
Personal information
Full name Andrew Ian Ripley [1]
Date of birth (1975-12-10) 10 December 1975 (age 47) [1]
Place of birth Middlesbrough, [1] England
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Darlington
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993–1994 Darlington 2 (0)
Peterlee Newtown
1999–2005 Billingham Synthonia 148 (26)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrew Ian Ripley (born 10 December 1975) is an English former footballer who played as a winger in the Football League for Darlington.

Ripley came through the youth system at Darlington, and made his first-team debut as a 17-year-old, on 9 October 1993, as a substitute in a 2–1 defeat at home to Chester City in the Third Division. He made one more substitute appearance in the league, and started in the second round of the Associate Members' Cup, [2] before moving into non-league football, first with Peterlee Newtown. [3] He later spent six seasons with Billingham Synthonia for whom he made nearly 200 appearances in all competitions, [4] of which 148 were made in the Northern League. [5]

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