Andy Firth

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Andy Firth
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-09-26) 26 September 1996 (age 25)
Place of birth Ripon, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Rangers
Number 13
Youth career
Cockermouth
2007–2015 Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Liverpool 0 (0)
2015 → Witton Albion (loan)
2018 → Chester (loan) 11 (0)
2018–2019 Barrow 18 (0)
2019– Rangers 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 August 2020

Andrew Firth (born 26 September 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays for Scottish Premiership club Rangers as a goalkeeper.

Early and personal life[]

Firth was born in Ripon, North Yorkshire.[1]

Career[]

Firth began his career with Cockermouth.[2] He joined Liverpool at under-11 level.[1] He spent time on loan at Witton Albion in 2015,[3] and moved on loan to Chester in January 2018,[4] and made 11 appearances for the club before returning to Liverpool in May.[5] Firth had obtained his coaching badges whilst with the Liverpool Academy, and due to financial constraints at Chester he acted on occasion as coach for loanee Will Jääskeläinen.[6]

After leaving Liverpool in the summer of 2018, he signed for Barrow in July.[3] He moved to Scottish club Rangers in January 2019,[7] after 18 league appearances for Barrow.[8]

He made his senior debut for Rangers against Kilmarnock in May 2019.[9][10] Andy signed a new one-year deal with Rangers on 29 April 2021.[11]

Honours[]

Rangers

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Andrew Firth". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Meet the Academy... Andrew Firth". Liverpool FC. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Andy Firth". Barrow AFC. Retrieved 25 January 2019.[dead link]
  4. ^ "Liverpool's Andy Firth joins Chester on loan for rest of season". BBC Sport. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  5. ^ John McDougall (1 May 2018). "Andy Firth thanks Chester FC as loan spell comes to an end". CheshireLive. Reach. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  6. ^ John McDougall (21 June 2018). "Liverpool goalkeeper Andy Firth reflects on 'great experience' of Chester FC loan spell". CheshireLive. Reach. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Rangers sign keeper Andy Firth from Barrow on 18-month deal". BBC Sport. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  8. ^ Andy Firth at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  9. ^ "Games played by Andy Firth in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  10. ^ Gabriel McKay (29 December 2019). "Andy Firth huckled by Celtic steward as Rangers keeper attempts to send Allan McGregor message". Daily Record. Reach Scotland. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  11. ^ "Andy Firth Signs Contract Extension". www.rangers.co.uk.
  12. ^ "Rangers top-flight champions for first time since 2011 after Celtic drop points". BBC Sport. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
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