Andy Firth

Andy Firth
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-09-26) 26 September 1996 (age 30)
Place of birth Ripon, England
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Altrincham (player-coach)
Youth career
Cockermouth
2007–2015 Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Liverpool 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Witton Albion (loan) 10 (0)
2018 → Chester (loan) 11 (0)
2018–2019 Barrow 18 (0)
2019–2022 Rangers 1 (0)
2022 → Partick Thistle (loan) 0 (0)
2022–2024 Connah's Quay Nomads 55 (0)
2026– Altrincham 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15:18, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Andrew Firth (born 26 September 1996) is an English footballer who is a player-goalkeeping coach for Altrincham.

Early and personal life

Firth was born in Ripon, North Yorkshire.

Career

Firth began his career with Cockermouth. He joined Liverpool at under-11 level. He spent time on loan at Witton Albion in 2015, and moved on loan to Chester in January 2018, and made 11 appearances for the club before returning to Liverpool in May. 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.

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

Firth left Rangers in June 2022, and joined Connah's Quay Nomads in July 2022.

Firth announced on 15 June 2024 he would be leaving Connah's Quay Nomads to join Al Ettifaq as a goalkeeping coach.

In August 2026 he became a player-goalkeeping coach at Altrincham.

Career statistics

As of 12 January 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Domestic Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liverpool 2015–16 Premier League 0000000000
2016–17 Premier League 0000000000
2017–18 Premier League 0000000000
Total 0000000000
Witton Albion (loan) 2015–16 NPL Division One North 100002030150
Chester (loan) 2017–18 National League 11000—00110
Barrow 2018–19 National League 18010—10200
Rangers 2018–19 Scottish Premiership 1000000010
2019–20 Scottish Premiership 0000000000
2020–21 Scottish Premiership 0000000000
2021–22 Scottish Premiership 0000000000
Total 1000000010
Partick Thistle (loan) 2022–23 Scottish Championship 0000000000
Connah's Quay Nomads 2022–23 Cymru Premier 320503000400
2023–24 Cymru Premier 120301020180
Total 440804020580
Altrincham 2026–27 National League 0000000000
Career total 8409060601050
  1. ↑ One appearance in FA Trophy, one appearance in Cheshire Senior Cup, one appearance in Mid-Cheshire Cup
  2. ↑ Appearance in FA Trophy
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Rangers

References

  1. 1 2 "Andrew Firth". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "Meet the Academy... Andrew Firth". Liverpool FC. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Andy Firth". Barrow AFC. Retrieved 25 January 2019.[dead link]
  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. 3 June 2022.
  14. ↑ "Former Liverpool and Rangers goalkeeper joins Connah's Quay". Y Clwb Pêl Droed. 13 July 2022.
  15. ↑ "Time to move on to the next…". Instagram.
  16. ↑ "Goalie Andy Firth joins the Robins". Altrincham FC.
  17. ↑ "Altrincham sign former Rangers goalkeeper Andy Firth". BBC Sport. 7 August 2026.
  18. ↑ "Goalkeeper Records 1934-2023". www.wittonalbionfc.co.uk.
  19. ↑ "2015-16 Results". www.wittonalbionfc.co.uk.
  20. ↑ "Andy Firth | Connah's Quay Nomads Football Club". www.the-nomads.co.uk.
  21. ↑ "Rangers top-flight champions for first time since 2011 after Celtic drop points". BBC Sport. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.