Andy Hinchcliffe

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Andy Hinchcliffe

Full name	Andrew George Hinchcliffe
Date of birth	5 February 1969 (1969-02-05) (age 39)
Place of birth	Manchester, England
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Defender (retired)
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1986–1990 1990–1998 1998–2002	Manchester City Everton Sheffield Wednesday Total	112 0(8) 182 0(7) 086 0(7) 380 (22)
National team
1988 1996–1998	England U21 England	001 0(0) 007 0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Andrew "Andy" George Hinchcliffe (born 5 February 1969 in Manchester, Greater Manchester) is a former English footballer. Formerly of Manchester City, Everton and Sheffield Wednesday, he played as a left sided defender or wing back. Known for his deadball accuracy and powerful free kicks.

Whilst at City, Hinchcliffe was one of the scorers in the Manchester derby on 23 September 1989 in a 5–1 victory over Manchester United.^[1] Hinchcliffe won the 1995 FA Cup while with Everton and enjoyed the best form of his career at the club, winning seven full England caps. His England debut came in a 3–0 away victory over Moldova on 1 September 1996, in what was manager Glenn Hoddle's first game in charge.^[2] After injury problems he was sold by the Toffees to Wednesday where he played for a further two years. Hinchcliffe retired from playing football in March 2002 following surgery on his left knee.^[3]

Hinchcliffe now works in the media, as a football commentator on Magic Manchester 1152 covering all Manchester City games.

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Like his Everton team-mate, Duncan Ferguson, Hinchcliffe has inspired a composition by the Finnish composer Osmo Tapio Räihälä, who wrote an orchestral work titled Hinchcliffe Thumper - Tha' Bloody Intermezzo in 1993. The work was premiered in Malmö, Sweden in 1994.