Andy Ripley (footballer)

{{short description|English footballer}}

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|fullname = Andrew Ian Ripley{{Hugman|16737|accessdate=23 December 2016}}

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|12|10|df=y}}

|birth_place = Middlesbrough, England

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|position = Winger

|youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = Darlington

|years1 = 1993–1994 |clubs1 = Darlington |caps1 = 2 |goals1 = 0

|years2 = – |clubs2 = Peterlee Newtown

|years3 = 1999–2005 |clubs3 = Billingham Synthonia |caps3 = 148 |goals3 = 26

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Andrew Ian Ripley (born 10 December 1975) is an English former footballer who played as a winger in the Football League for Darlington.

Ripley came through the youth system at Darlington, and made his first-team debut as a 17-year-old, on 9 October 1993, as a substitute in a 2–1 defeat at home to Chester City in the Third Division. He made one more substitute appearance in the league, and started in the second round of the Associate Members' Cup,{{cite book |first=Frank |last=Tweddle |title=The Definitive Darlington F.C. |publisher=SoccerData |location=Nottingham |date=2000 |pages=90, 107 |isbn=978-1-899468-15-7}} before moving into non-league football, first with Peterlee Newtown.{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/darlington/darlington.html |title=Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10 |website=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=23 December 2016}} He later spent six seasons with Billingham Synthonia for whom he made nearly 200 appearances in all competitions,{{cite web |url=http://www.synners.co.uk/synners/archives/a-z.php |title=A–Z of 'The Synners' 1945/46–2015/16 |publisher=Billingham Synthonia F.C. |accessdate=23 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017092310/http://www.synners.co.uk/synners/archives/a-z.php |archive-date=17 October 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} of which 148 were made in the Northern League.{{cite web |url=http://www.synners.co.uk/synners/archives/stats9900.php |title=Player Stats – 1999/2000 |postscript=, |access-date=23 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224032716/http://www.synners.co.uk/synners/archives/stats9900.php |archive-date=24 December 2016 |url-status=dead }} {{cite web |url=http://www.synners.co.uk/synners/archives/stats0001.php |title=2000/01 |postscript=, |access-date=23 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224032952/http://www.synners.co.uk/synners/archives/stats0001.php |archive-date=24 December 2016 |url-status=dead }} {{cite web |url=http://www.synners.co.uk/synners/archives/stats0102.php |title=2001/02 |postscript=, |access-date=23 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224032836/http://www.synners.co.uk/synners/archives/stats0102.php |archive-date=24 December 2016 |url-status=dead }} {{cite web |url=http://www.synners.co.uk/synners/archives/stats0203.php |title=2002/03 |postscript=, |access-date=23 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224032908/http://www.synners.co.uk/synners/archives/stats0203.php |archive-date=24 December 2016 |url-status=dead }} {{cite web |url=http://www.synners.co.uk/synners/archives/stats0304.php |title=2003/04 |postscript=none |access-date=23 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224031644/http://www.synners.co.uk/synners/archives/stats0304.php |archive-date=24 December 2016 |url-status=dead }} and {{cite web |url=http://www.synners.co.uk/synners/archives/stats0405.php |title=2004/05 |publisher=Billingham Synthonia F.C. |accessdate=23 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224032148/http://www.synners.co.uk/synners/archives/stats0405.php |archive-date=24 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}