Andy Saville

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]

Andy Saville

Personal information
Full name	Andrew Victor Saville[1]
Date of birth	(1964-12-12) 12 December 1964 (age 60)[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

Saville 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

Saville works as a host for the hospitality boxes at Hull City.^[9]

Honours

Preston North End

• Football League Third Division: 1995–96

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

1. "Andy Saville". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
2. Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 198. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
3. "Andy Saville". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Archived from the original on 2 January 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
4. Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
5. Beill, Andy (5 June 2007). "Season by season top scorers for the club". Hull City Online. FootyMad. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
6. Sewell, Albert, ed. (1996). News of the World Football Annual 1996–97. London: Invincible Press. pp. 31, 369. ISBN 978-0-00-218737-4.
7. "1992/93 Squad". In The Mad Crowd. John Phillips. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
8. Matthews, p. 228.
9. "What happened next to Hull City's Great Escape squad". 24 March 2019.
10. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1996). The 1996–97 Official PFA Footballers Factfile. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. p. 285. ISBN 978-1-85291-571-1.