Andy Porter (footballer)

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Andy Porter
Personal information
Full name Andrew Michael Porter
Date of birth September 17, 1968 (1968-09-17) (age 39)
Place of birth    Holmes Chapel, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Port Vale (coach)
Youth clubs
1985-87 Port Vale
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1986-98
1998-2000
1999
2000
2000-02
2002
2002-03
2004-06
 Port Vale
Wigan Athletic
→ Mansfield Town (loan)
→ Chester City (loan)
Chester City
→ Northwich Victoria (loan)
Kidsgrove Athletic
Port Vale		 357 0 (22)
21 0 0 (1)
5 0 0 (0)
16 0 0 (0)
38 0 0 (4)
9 0 0 (0)

4 0 0 (0)   
Teams managed
2001-02
2002-03		 Chester City (caretaker)
Kidsgrove Athletic

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

Andrew Michael Porter (born September 17, 1968, Holmes Chapel) was a long-serving professional footballer whose playing career spanned from 1986 to 2006, as he came out of retirement in emergency on several occasions with former club Port Vale where he is now a coach.

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[edit] The First Vale Spell

The son of a farmer, midfielder Porter joined Port Vale as a youngster and made his Football League debut for the Valiants in December 1986. It marked the beginning of a long association with the Vale Park club, as more than 350 Football League appearances were made before he departed for Wigan Athletic in July 1998. His spell with Vale had been one of the most successful the club had enjoyed for many years, including appearances at Wembley Stadium, FA Cup giantkilling acts and twice winning promotion to the second tier of English football. He enjoyed a testimonial match against Derby County in 1996.

[edit] Moving On

Porter struggled to establish himself with Wigan and spent time on loan with Mansfield Town in October 1999 before ending the season on loan with Chester City, but he was unable to help them avoid relegation to the Nationwide Conference. In October 2000 he joined Chester on a permanent basis and helped the club win the Nationwide Variety Club Trophy at the end of the season. In December 2001, Porter was named as part of the club's caretaker-managerial team that helped defeat Hayes 3-1 to help Chester in their fight for Nationwide Conference survival.

Despite Porter scoring a winning penalty against Barnet the following month, he was soon deemed surplus to requirements by manager Mark Wright and spent time on loan with Northwich Victoria.

[edit] Back to Vale

After a spell as player-manager with Kidsgrove Athletic, Porter returned to Port Vale as a youth coach. In December 2004, Porter made an unlikely playing comeback when he replaced Levi Reid early in Vale's 3-1 win over Tranmere Rovers. Over the next two seasons he made three more Football League appearances and enjoyed two FA Cup outings under his former team-mate Martin Foyle.

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