Andy Milner

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Andy Milner
Personal information
Full name Andrew John Milner
Date of birth February 10, 1967 (1967-02-10) (age 41)
Place of birth    Kendal, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Striker
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
c.1987-89
1989-90
1990-94
1994-97
1997
1997-2000
2000		 Netherfield
Manchester City
Rochdale
Chester City
Hereford United (loan)
Morecambe
Northwich Victoria		 00? 0(?)
0 00 0 (0)
0127 0(25)
0125 0(24)
0 8 0 (5)
028 0(9)
004 0(0)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Andy Milner (born 10 February 1967 in Kendal), is a retired English football forward.

After making the large jump from non-leaguers Netherfield to Manchester City in January 1989, Milner was given experience of life at a leading Football League club but had not made any appearances when he was snapped up by Rochdale 12 months later for £20,000. He would soon appear in the fifth round of the FA Cup against Crystal Palace and netted a hat-trick on the final day of the season against Hereford United. Apart from some lengthy spells out on the sidelines through injury, Milner would be a regular until he was allowed to move on to Chester City (the club who he had scored his final Dale goal against in February 1994) in the summer of 1994 on a free transfer.

Milner was to chalk up an almost identical tally of league appearances and goals with Chester to his time at Rochdale, with his striking partners including former England forward Cyrille Regis and Chester's record league goalscorer, Stuart Rimmer. Ne netted on his debut against Bradford City and scored four times in a 6-0 thrashing of Doncaster Rovers in 1996-97. However, his most famous achievement at Chester was to score the dramatic late equaliser for the nine-men and relegation bound Blues when they came from behind to draw 2-2 at arch-rivals Wrexham on February 14, 1995, collecting the ball well out from goal and keeping running to fire home a sweet strike.

After losing his place in the side early in 1997-98, Milner dropped into the Football Conference with Hereford United on loan before joining Morecambe, followed by a brief spell with Northwich Victoria. Milner today works as a driving instructor.

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