Andrew Firth (born 26 September 1996) is an English football coach and former professional player who is a goalkeeping coach for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ettifaq.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 September 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Ripon, England | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Ettifaq (Goalkeeping Coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cockermouth | |||
| 2007–2015 | Liverpool | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2018 | Liverpool | 0 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Witton Albion (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Chester (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Barrow | 18 | (0) |
| 2019–2022 | Rangers | 1 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Partick Thistle (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Connah's Quay Nomads | 55 | (0) |
| Total | 95 | (0) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Early and personal life
editFirth was born in Ripon, North Yorkshire.[1]
Career
editFirth 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] Firth signed a new one-year deal with Rangers on 29 April 2021.[11] On 12 February 2022, Firth joined Partick Thistle on loan in the Scottish Championship.[12]
Firth left Rangers in June 2022[13] and joined Connah's Quay Nomads in July 2022.[14]
Firth announced on 15 June 2024 he would be leaving Connah's Quay Nomads to join Al Ettifaq as a goalkeeping coach.[15]
Career statistics
edit- As of 12 January 2024
| Club | Season | League | Domestic Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Liverpool | 2015–16 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Witton Albion (loan) | 2015–16[16][17] | NPL Division One North | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Chester (loan) | 2017–18 | National League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Barrow | 2018–19 | National League | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Rangers | 2018–19 | Scottish Premiership | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Partick Thistle (loan) | 2022–23 | Scottish Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connah's Quay Nomads[18] | 2022–23 | Cymru Premier | 32 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| 2023–24 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Total | 44 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 84 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 105 | 0 | ||
- ^ One appearance in FA Trophy, one appearance in Cheshire Senior Cup, one appearance in Mid-Cheshire Cup
- ^ Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
- ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League
Honours
editRangers
References
edit- ^ a b "Andrew Firth". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ "Meet the Academy... Andrew Firth". Liverpool FC. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Andy Firth". Barrow AFC. Retrieved 25 January 2019.[dead link]
- ^ "Liverpool's Andy Firth joins Chester on loan for rest of season". BBC Sport. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ John McDougall (1 May 2018). "Andy Firth thanks Chester FC as loan spell comes to an end". CheshireLive. Reach. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ John McDougall (21 June 2018). "Liverpool goalkeeper Andy Firth reflects on 'great experience' of Chester FC loan spell". CheshireLive. Reach. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ "Rangers sign keeper Andy Firth from Barrow on 18-month deal". BBC Sport. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ Andy Firth at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ "Games played by Andy Firth in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Andy Firth Signs Contract Extension". www.rangers.co.uk.
- ^ "Andy Firth has today joined @PartickThistle on-loan until the end of the season". Twitter, Inc. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ^ "Leon Balogun leaves Rangers at end of contract as Andy Firth also departs Ibrox". HeraldScotland.
- ^ "Former Liverpool and Rangers goalkeeper joins Connah's Quay". Y Clwb Pêl Droed.
- ^ "Time to move on to the next…". Instagram.
- ^ "Goalkeeper Records 1934-2023". www.wittonalbionfc.co.uk.
- ^ "2015-16 Results". www.wittonalbionfc.co.uk.
- ^ "Andy Firth | Connah's Quay Nomads Football Club". www.the-nomads.co.uk.
- ^ "Rangers top-flight champions for first time since 2011 after Celtic drop points". BBC Sport. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.