Personal information | |||
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Full name | Adrian Thorpe | ||
Date of birth | 1963 | ||
Place of birth | Chesterfield, England | ||
Playing position | Winger / Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
Mansfield Town | 2 | (1) | |
Heanor Town | |||
1985–1987 | Bradford City | 17 | (1) |
→ Tranmere Rovers (loan) | 5 | (3) | |
Notts County | 59 | (9) | |
Walsall | 27 | (1) | |
Northampton Town | 52 | (6) | |
Instant-Dict | |||
Arnold Town | |||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
Adrian Thorpe (born 1963), also known as Aidey Thorpe, is a former English footballer who played as a winger or a forward.
Born in Chesterfield in 1963,[1] Thorpe started his career with Mansfield Town. He moved to non-league Heanor Town, before he returned to the Football League in July 1985 with Bradford City following their promotion to Division Two.[1] He played 17 league games, scoring just once,[2] and also had a loan spell with Tranmere Rovers, before he moved to Notts County in November 1987 for £50,000.[1][3] He went on to play with Walsall and Northampton Town before he moved to Hong Kong with Instant-Dict. He currently works as a firefighter in Nottingham where he recently was promoted to junior fire officer.
Aidey is married to Susan. They have two daughters.