Andy Morrell

Football player infobox


playername= Andy Morrell
fullname = Andrew Jonathan Morrell
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1974|9|28
cityofbirth = Doncaster
countryofbirth = England
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currentclub = Bury
clubnumber = 18
position = Striker
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years = 1997-1998
1998-2003
2003-2006
2006-2008
2008-
clubs = Newcastle Blue Star
Wrexham
Coventry City
Blackpool
Bury
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109 (40)
098 (17)
078 (21)
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pcupdate = 21:39, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Andrew Jonathan Morrell (born 28 September 1974 in Doncaster, South Yorkshire) is an English professional footballer currently playing for Bury.

Brought up in Market Bosworth, he played for the Leicestershire County Cricket Club from under-15 to under-19 level. He then decided to make the move north to University of Newcastle to study Sports science. It was then that he started playing for Newcastle Blue Star.

Morrell's first big break came when he started talking to Sky Sports presenter Rob McCaffrey, and it turned out that Rob was helping to write the autobiography of Joey Jones, who was then Wrexham's first-team coach, and so Rob arranged for him to have a trial at the club.

After a week's trial he was kept on at Wrexham and was coached by their striking coach Ian Rush, from whom he learnt a great deal. With his new strike partner Lee Trundle he scored 34 league goals in only 45 games in the 2002-03 season, making him top scorer in all four divisions that year, having only scored two goals the entire previous season. This caught the eye of Coventry City manager Gary McAllister who signed him on a free transfer that summer.

Morrell scored nine goals in 19 starts in his first season with Coventry; however, this decreased to six goals the following season following a transition to a wide midfield position.

Morrell signed for Blackpool on a free transfer on 15 August, 2006, after failing to make an appearance for Coventry during the first three games of the 2006-07 season.

On 5 May, 2007, he scored four goals in Blackpool's 6-3 victory at Swansea City. cite news
title = Swansea 3-6 Blackpool
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2007-05-05
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_2/6603011.stm
accessdate = 2008-05-07 ] He also scored against Oldham Athletic in the second leg of the play-off semi-final, which put his league goals in his nine months with Blackpool at 17 , which was the total he scored in three years with Coventry. He finished the 2006-07 season as Blackpool's top scorer with 20 goals in all competitions.

On 7 May, 2008, Morrell was offered a new contract by Blackpool. cite news
title = Retained List Latest
publisher = Blackpool F.C.
date = 2008-05-07
url = http://www.blackpoolfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10432~1307664,00.html
accessdate = 2008-05-07 ] On 9 August, he signed a two-year contract with League Two club Bury. cite news
title = Goal scorer signs For Bury
publisher = Bury F.C.
date = 2008-08-09
url = http://www.buryfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10422~1352008,00.html
accessdate = 2008-08-09 ]

Honours

Blackpool
*League One play-off final winner: 2006-07

References

External links

* [http://www.blackpoolfc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10432~10012,00.html Andy Morrell profile] at blackpoolfc.co.uk
* [http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=16011 Profile at soccerbase.com]
* [http://www.playerhistory.com/Default.aspx?page=player_details&playerID=5404 Profile at PlayerHistory.com]