| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew Rowland Hill | ||
| Date of birth | 20 January 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Maltby, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Right back Centre back |
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| Youth career | |||
| 1981–1983 | Manchester United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1983–1984 | Manchester United | 0 | (0) |
| 1984–1991 | Bury | 264 | (10) |
| 1990 | → Manchester City (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 1991–1995 | Manchester City | 97 | (6) |
| 1995–1998 | Port Vale | 101 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Andrew Rowland "Andy" Hill (born 20 January 1965) is a retired English footballer.
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Hill was born in Maltby, Yorkshire. Upon leaving school in 1981, he began an apprenticeship at Manchester United. He played in the youth side that finished as FA Youth Cup runners-up to Watford in 1982 and gained England Youth Honours. He later signed as a professional but never got a first team game, and, on 4 July 1984, he signed for Fourth Division Bury. He played 317 matches and scoring 12 goals for the Gigg Lane club, winning promotion to the Third Division in 1985, he was appointed as captain in 1985 at the age of 19.
He signed for Manchester City in a £200,000 deal in March 1991 and scored six goals in 97 games. He joined John Rudge's Port Vale in August 1995 for a £150,000 fee. His first game was a 1–0 Potteries derby win at the Victoria Ground.[1] He played in the 1996 Anglo-Italian Cup Final, as Vale lost 5–2 to Genoa. He stayed at Vale Park for three seasons, playing more than 100 games before he retired at the end of the 1997–98 season.
After retiring Hill went into coaching where he has worked for Bury as the Head of Youth Development, the Academy Director at Nevada Wonders Soccer Academy and since then developed his own successful football academy Pro-Vision North West, based in the Greater Manchester area.[2]