Andy Firth

Andrew Firth (born 26 September 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Cymru Premier club Connah's Quay Nomads.

Andy Firth
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-09-26) 26 September 1996
Place of birth Ripon, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Connah's Quay Nomads
Youth career
Cockermouth
2007–2015 Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Liverpool 0 (0)
2015 → Witton Albion (loan)
2018 → Chester (loan) 11 (0)
2018–2019 Barrow 18 (0)
2019–2022 Rangers 1 (0)
2022 → Partick Thistle (loan) 0 (0)
2022– Connah's Quay Nomads 32 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 June 2023

Early and personal life

Firth was born in Ripon, North Yorkshire.[1]

Career

Firth began his career with Cockermouth.[2] He joined Liverpool at under-11 level.[1] He spent time on loan at Witton Albion in 2015,[3] and moved on loan to Chester in January 2018,[4] and made 11 appearances for the club before returning to Liverpool in May.[5] Firth had obtained his coaching badges whilst with the Liverpool Academy, and due to financial constraints at Chester he acted on occasion as coach for loanee Will Jääskeläinen.[6]

After leaving Liverpool in the summer of 2018, he signed for Barrow in July.[3] He moved to Scottish club Rangers in January 2019,[7] after 18 league appearances for Barrow.[8] He made his senior debut for Rangers against Kilmarnock in May 2019.[9][10] Firth signed a new one-year deal with Rangers on 29 April 2021.[11] On 12 February 2022, Firth joined Partick Thistle on loan in the Scottish Championship.[12]

Firth left Rangers in June 2022[13] and joined Connah's Quay Nomads in July 2022.[14]

Honours

Rangers

References
  1. "Andrew Firth". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  2. "Meet the Academy... Andrew Firth". Liverpool FC. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  3. "Andy Firth". Barrow AFC. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  4. "Liverpool's Andy Firth joins Chester on loan for rest of season". BBC Sport. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  5. John McDougall (1 May 2018). "Andy Firth thanks Chester FC as loan spell comes to an end". CheshireLive. Reach. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  6. John McDougall (21 June 2018). "Liverpool goalkeeper Andy Firth reflects on 'great experience' of Chester FC loan spell". CheshireLive. Reach. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  7. "Rangers sign keeper Andy Firth from Barrow on 18-month deal". BBC Sport. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  8. Andy Firth at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  9. "Games played by Andy Firth in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  10. Gabriel McKay (29 December 2019). "Andy Firth huckled by Celtic steward as Rangers keeper attempts to send Allan McGregor message". Daily Record. Reach Scotland. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  11. "Andy Firth Signs Contract Extension". www.rangers.co.uk.
  12. "Andy Firth has today joined @PartickThistle on-loan until the end of the season". Twitter, Inc. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  13. "Leon Balogun leaves Rangers at end of contract as Andy Firth also departs Ibrox". HeraldScotland.
  14. "Former Liverpool and Rangers goalkeeper joins Connah's Quay". Y Clwb Pêl Droed.
  15. "Rangers top-flight champions for first time since 2011 after Celtic drop points". BBC Sport. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.


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