Andy Mutch

Infobox Football biography


playername = Andy Mutch
fullname = Andrew Todd Mutch
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1963|12|28
cityofbirth = Liverpool
countryofbirth = England
height = height|ft=5|in=10
nickname = 'Mutchy'
position = Striker (retired)
currentclub = Burscough (manager)
youthyears =
youthclubs = Liverpool
Everton
years = 1984–1986
1986–1993
1993–1996
1995
1996–1998
1998–1999
1999
1999–2000
clubs = Southport
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Swindon Town
→ Wigan Athletic (loan)
Stockport County
Barrow
Southport
Telford United
caps(goals) = 075 0(29)
239 0(96)
050 00(6)
007 00(1)
063 0(10)
028 00(9)
001 00(0)
00- 00 (-)
manageryears = 2007–2008
2008–
managerclubs = Vauxhall Motors
Burscough
nationalyears = 1989
1989
nationalteam = England B
England U21
nationalcaps(goals) = 003 00(0)
001 00(0)

Andrew Todd Mutch (born December 28, 1963 in Liverpool) is an English former professional footballer most known for his partnership with Steve Bull at Wolverhampton Wanderers. He is now a manager, at non league side Burscough.

Playing career

Mutch was a trainee at Liverpool and Everton but was not taken on as a professional. He was playing for non-league Southport when then-Third Division Wolverhampton Wanderers signed him in February 1986. He made his Wolves debut on 8 March 1986 in a goalless draw with fc|Rotherham United, but despite scoring 7 goals in 15 games could not halt relegation to the bottom tier.

The following season saw the start of his prolific goalscorign partnership with Steve Bull which propelled the team to the play-offs, where they narrowly missed out. In the 1987-88 season, Mutch and Bull scored 53 league goals between them and helped Wolves win Fourth Division Championship. The following season the duo scored a further 58 (83 in all competitions), to fire Wolves to the Third Division Championship. Mutch also scored in Wolves’ 2–0 victory over Burnley in the Sherpa Van Trophy at Wembley in May 1988.

Mutch’s goal-scoring prowess was recognised by a call-up to the England B squad in 1989 - making three appearances against Switzerland, Norway and Iceland. He also represented his country at under-21 level.

In August 1993, Mutch left Molineux for Premier League new boys Swindon Town in a £250,000 deal. His total record at Wolves was 106 goals in 288 appearances (13 as substitute).

After two seasons at Swindon - including his one and only season in the top flight - Mutch was loaned to Wigan Athletic but the move was not made permanent, and he instead moved to Stockport County. He spent two seasons at Edgeley Park, which saw the club win promotion to the second tier and reach the semi-finals of the League Cup under Dave Jones.

He left Stockport at the end of the 1997-98 season, signing for non-league Barrow, and later returning to play a game for his former club Southport. He ended his playing career while working as a coach at Telford United in 2000.

Management career

As his playing career had ended, Mutch went into coaching, with spells as assistant manager of both Telford United (while still playing) and Morecambe (2001-2004). He joined Vauxhall Motors in July 2007 as assistant manager, but soon stepped up to become manager in October 2007 after the resignation of Carl Macauley. He left the club after their 6-0 defeat at home to Kettering Town in March 2008, as Carl Macauley returned to the club.

In October 2008, he was appointed manager of Burscough of the Conference North.

Mutch also works for a car company that specialises in selling cars to footballers.

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