Andy Ritchie (English footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew Timothy Ritchie | ||
| Date of birth | 28 November 1960 | ||
| Place of birth | Manchester, Lancashire, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position |
Midfielder Forward |
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| Youth career | |||
| Manchester United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977–1980 | Manchester United | 42 | (13) |
| 1980–1983 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 102 | (26) |
| 1983–1987 | Leeds United | 159 | (44) |
| 1987–1995 | Oldham Athletic | 250 | (104) |
| 1995–1997 | Scarborough | 76 | (20) |
| 1997–1999 | Oldham Athletic | 32 | (3) |
| Total | 661 | (210) | |
| National team | |||
| 1982 | England U21 | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1998–2001 | Oldham Athletic | ||
| 2005–2006 | Barnsley | ||
| 2007–2008 | Huddersfield Town | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Andrew Timothy "Andy" Ritchie (born 28 November 1960 in Manchester, Lancashire) is an English former footballer and manager.
After playing for England Schoolboys (once scoring three goals against Germany) Ritchie started his career in 1977–78 with Manchester United and scored a hat-trick against Leeds United while aged just 18 and another hat-trick against Spurs when 19, but was then surprisingly sold to Brighton & Hove Albion.
He was later sold to Leeds United, where he made some fine performances, notably in the 1984–85 season when he scored two hat-tricks. He also helped the club reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup in the 1986–87 season.
He served the Elland Road club until 1987, when he signed for Oldham Athletic. He would stay at Oldham for eight years, during one of the most successful periods of the club's history. This included a run to the final of the Football League Cup in 1990, reaching the FA Cup semi-finals in the same year (where they took Manchester United to a replay), before sealing the Second Division title in 1991. They stayed in the top flight for three years, becoming founder members of the FA Premier League in 1992, and reached another FA Cup semi-final in 1994, where Oldham took a 1–0 lead against Manchester United in extra time before a late equaliser forced a replay, which Oldham lost 4–1.
On leaving Oldham in 1995, he spent two years in Division Three with Scarborough.
In his senior career, he made 661 appearances (88 as substitute) and scored 210 goals. He played his last game, for Oldham, in the 1998–99 season, by which time he had returned to the Boundary Park club as player-coach.
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