Andrew Gorton (born 23 September 1966) is an English former professional football goalkeeper. He played in the Football League for Oldham Athletic, Stockport County, Tranmere Rovers, Lincoln City and Crewe Alexandra.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew Gorton | ||
| Date of birth | 23 September 1966[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Salford, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Oldham Athletic | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1988 | Oldham Athletic | 26 | (0) |
| 1986–1987 | → Stockport County (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 1988 | → Tranmere Rovers (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 1988–1989 | Stockport County | 34 | (0) |
| 1989 | Lincoln City | 20 | (0) |
| 1989–1990 | Glossop North End | ||
| 1990 | Oldham Athletic | 0 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | Crewe Alexandra | 3 | (0) |
| Witton Albion | |||
| Mossley | |||
| 1992–1993 | Bury | 0 | (0) |
| 1993 | → Altrincham (loan) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gorton was born in Salford and joined Oldham Athletic as an apprentice. He progressed to their first team, eventually replacing Andy Goram when he left for Rangers. He had loan spells with Stockport County[3] and Tranmere Rovers before leaving Oldham to join Stockport in 1988. At the end of the 1988–89 season he joined Lincoln City, but was transferred after 20 games, joining non-league Glossop North End for their club record fee paid of £3000 in 1989.[4] He rejoined Oldham Athletic in 1990, again for a fee of £3000,[4] but moved on to Crewe Alexandra on non-contract terms without appearing in the league for Oldham. He played three times for Crewe before joining Witton Albion. Gorton moved from Witton to Mossley[5] playing four times during the 1991–92 season.
He later joined Bury, from where he was on loan to Altrincham in May 1993.[6]
References edit
- ^ "Andy Gorton". Neil Brown. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
- ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 274. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
- ^ "The 1986–87 season". Stockport County FC. 1 July 2009. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
- ^ a b "Glossop North End". NonLeagueDaily. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
- ^ "Complete A-Z of players 1919–2010: Gabrielson to Gurney". Mossley A.F.C. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ^ "Altrincham players of 1992/93". Altrincham FC. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2010.