Andy Firth

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.

Andy Firth

Personal information
Date of birth	(1996-09-26) 26 September 1996 (age 28)
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

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] 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

As of 12 January 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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

1. One appearance in FA Trophy, one appearance in Cheshire Senior Cup, one appearance in Mid-Cheshire Cup
2. Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Rangers

• Scottish Premiership: 2020–21^[19]

References

1. "Andrew Firth". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
2. "Meet the Academy... Andrew Firth". Liverpool FC. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
3. "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. "Andy Firth has today joined @PartickThistle on-loan until the end of the season". Twitter, Inc. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
13. "Leon Balogun leaves Rangers at end of contract as Andy Firth also departs Ibrox". HeraldScotland.
14. "Former Liverpool and Rangers goalkeeper joins Connah's Quay". Y Clwb Pêl Droed.
15. "Time to move on to the next…". Instagram.
16. "Goalkeeper Records 1934-2023". www.wittonalbionfc.co.uk.
17. "2015-16 Results". www.wittonalbionfc.co.uk.
18. "Andy Firth | Connah's Quay Nomads Football Club". www.the-nomads.co.uk.
19. "Rangers top-flight champions for first time since 2011 after Celtic drop points". BBC Sport. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.