Andy York

Andy York
Personal information
Date of birth (1894-06-14)14 June 1894[1]
Place of birth Blyth, England
Date of death 1977 (aged 82–83)
Playing position Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Sleekburn Albion
– Bedlington United
– Blyth Spartans
1921 Sunderland 1 (0)
– Coventry City 16 (0)
– Northampton Town 24 (0)
1927–1930 Lincoln City 106 (6)
– Newark Town
– Scarborough
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Andrew "Andy" York[lower-alpha 1] (14 June 1894 – 1977) was an English professional footballer who made 147 appearances in the Football League playing for Sunderland, Coventry City, Northampton Town and Lincoln City. He played as a left back.[3]

York was born in Blyth, Northumberland. He began his career in local football in his native north-east of England before signing for Sunderland,[3] for whom he played just once in the First Division[4] before moving south to play for Coventry City in the Second Division and for Third Division clubs Northampton Town and Lincoln City.[3] Already well into his thirties when he signed for Lincoln, he found himself playing regular first-team football for the first time in his career – he missed only four matches in his first two seasons – and helped them reach runners-up spot in 1927–28. He made 114 appearances in all competitions for Lincoln[1] before finishing his career in non-league football with Newark Town and Scarborough. He died in 1977.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Both the Lincoln City FC Archive[1] and the English National Football Archive[2] spell the surname York, but Joyce's Football League Players' Records[3] and the Sunderland-related source The Stat Cat[4] both spell it Yorke.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Andrew York". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  2. ↑ "Player search". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 30 September 2013. (Registration required (help)).
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 290. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  4. 1 2 "1921-22: Football League Division 1 – Match 9". The Stat Cat. Retrieved 19 April 2013.


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