Andrew Victor Saville (born 12 December 1964) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. His professional career lasted sixteen years, spent at a total of ten lower-division clubs in the Football League.[3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew Victor Saville[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 12 December 1964[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Hull,[1] England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1979–1983 | Hull City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1989 | Hull City | 101 | (18) |
| 1989–1990 | Walsall | 38 | (5) |
| 1990–1992 | Barnsley | 82 | (21) |
| 1992–1993 | Hartlepool United | 37 | (14) |
| 1993–1995 | Birmingham City | 59 | (17) |
| 1994–1995 | → Burnley (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| 1995–1996 | Preston North End | 56 | (30) |
| 1996–1997 | Wigan Athletic | 25 | (4) |
| 1997–1999 | Cardiff City | 35 | (12) |
| 1998 | → Hull City (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1999 | Scarborough | 9 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Gainsborough Trinity | ||
| 2000–2001 | Goole | ||
| Total | 449 | (132) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editSaville was born in Hull. He made more than 100 appearances for his home-town club, Hull City, whom he joined from school.[3][4] He was his club's leading scorer on several occasions, at Hull City in 1986–87,[5] at Birmingham City in 1993–94,[4] and again in 1995–96 for Preston North End, where he scored 30 goals in all competitions, his 29 League goals making him overall top scorer in the Third Division.[6]
In 1992–93 he had the rare distinction of becoming top scorer for two clubs in the same season, scoring 20 goals in all competitions for Hartlepool United[7] before moving to Birmingham in March 1993, where his ten games produced seven goals, a total which no other Birmingham player bettered over the whole season.[8]
Personal life
editSaville works as a host for the hospitality boxes at Hull City.[9]
Honours
editPreston North End
Wigan Athletic
- Football League Third Division: 1996–97
Individual
- PFA Team of the Year: 1995–96 Third Division[10]
- Third Division Golden Boot: 1995–96
References
edit- ^ a b c "Andy Saville". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 198. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
- ^ a b "Andy Saville". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Archived from the original on 2 January 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
- ^ a b Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- ^ Beill, Andy (5 June 2007). "Season by season top scorers for the club". Hull City Online. FootyMad. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- ^ Sewell, Albert, ed. (1996). News of the World Football Annual 1996–97. London: Invincible Press. pp. 31, 369. ISBN 978-0-00-218737-4.
- ^ "1992/93 Squad". In The Mad Crowd. John Phillips. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ Matthews, p. 228.
- ^ "What happened next to Hull City's Great Escape squad". 24 March 2019.
- ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1996). The 1996–97 Official PFA Footballers Factfile. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. p. 285. ISBN 978-1-85291-571-1.