Andy Linighan
| Andy Linighan | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Andrew Linighan | |
| birthday | June 18, 1962 | |
| place of birth | Hartlepool , England | |
| position | Central defender | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Smith's Dock | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1980-1984 | Hartlepool United | 110 (4) |
| 1984-1986 | Leeds United | 66 (3) |
| 1986-1988 | Oldham Athletic | 87 (6) |
| 1988-1990 | Norwich City | 74 (6) |
| 1990-1997 | Arsenal FC | 118 (5) |
| 1997-2000 | Crystal Palace | 111 (5) |
| 1998-1999 | → Queens Park Rangers (loan) | 7 (0) |
| 2000 | Oxford United | 13 (0) |
| 2001 | St Albans City | 4 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1989 | England B | 1 (0) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Andrew "Andy" Linighan (born June 18, 1962 in Hartlepool ) is a former English football player and part of the successful team of Arsenal FC in the early 1990s.
life and career
Linighan, whose brothers David and Brian were also professional footballers, began his career in the hometown of Hartlepool United . He moved to Leeds United in 1984 before moving to Oldham Athletic and Norwich City in succession . Especially with his good performance at the "Canaries" in Norwich, he recommended himself for top English clubs and so he finally hired for a transfer fee of 1.25 million pounds in 1990 at Arsenal FC .
With the "Gunners" Linighan celebrated the greatest successes of his career. The central defender won the English championship, the FA Cup - in the final he scored the decisive goal despite a broken nose - and the English league cup. To the success in the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1994 he contributed only insignificantly; after a use in the first round first leg against Odense BK , he lost his regular place to Martin Keown and then no longer appeared in the competition. In 1997 he was sold to Crystal Palace , where he was once again team captain rose in the same year in the top English division. After the club's financial problems, Linghan had to be loaned to the Queens Park Rangers and shortly after his return, the final sale to Oxford United followed . He ended his professional playing career in 2001 and then resumed his "civil profession" as a plumber .
successes
- English Championship : 1991
- English Cup : 1993
- English League Cup : 1993
literature
- Mike Davage: Glorious Canaries - Past and Present 1902-1994 . Norwich City FC Ltd, Norfolk 1994, ISBN 0-9523857-0-8 , pp. 223 f .
Web links
- Profile at Flown from the Nest
- Andy Linighan in the soccerbase.com database
- Profile on saintsstatistics.co.uk
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Linighan, Andy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Linighan, Andrew |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hartlepool |