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[1]
Place of birth Hull,[1] England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Playing 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
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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]

Honours

Preston North End

Wigan Athletic

  • Football League Third Division champions: 1996–97

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.
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