Andy Awford

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Andy Awford

Full name	Andrew Terence Awford
Date of birth	14 July 1972 (1972-07-14) (age 35)
Place of birth	Worcester, England
Playing position	Defender
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1987–1989 1989–2000	Worcester Portsmouth	313 (3)
National team
1992–1993	England U21	009 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Andy Awford (born July 14, 1972 in Worcester, England) is a former football player, who is currently the first team coach at Oxford United under Jim Smith.

Awford began his career at his home-town club Worcester, where he became the youngest player ever to appear in the FA Cup, aged just 15 years 88 days, when he came on as substitute in a tie at Boreham Wood ^[1].

Impressive displays at left-back meant he signed professional terms with Portsmouth, for whom he went on to make almost 400 first-team appearances, and helped them reach the FA Cup semi-finals in 1992. In this time he also played nine times for England under 21s.

But his career is a prime case of what might have been. He missed out on the Cup final when they lost a penalty shootout to Liverpool, the following season Pompey missed promotion to the Premiership by one goal, and hopes of a big-money move were wrecked by a broken leg which kept him out of the game for 14 months.

His subsequent knee problems never completely healed, and he retired following the 2000/01 season, taking up the position of chief scout at Portsmouth. In April 2006, he was appointed the first team coach at Oxford United.