Andy Saville

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Andy Saville

| image =

| fullname = Andrew Victor Saville{{Hugman|17510|access-date=1 May 2020}}

| height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}}{{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Dunk |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |date=1987 |page=[https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/198 198] |isbn=978-0-356-14354-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/198}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|12|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Hull, England

| currentclub =

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 = 1979–1983 | youthclubs1 = Hull City

| years1 = 1983–1989 | clubs1 = Hull City | caps1 = 101 | goals1 = 18

| years2 = 1989–1990 | clubs2 = Walsall | caps2 = 38 | goals2 = 5

| years3 = 1990–1992 | clubs3 = Barnsley | caps3 = 82 | goals3 = 21

| years4 = 1992–1993 | clubs4 = Hartlepool United | caps4 = 37 | goals4 = 14

| years5 = 1993–1995 | clubs5 = Birmingham City | caps5 = 59 | goals5 = 17

| years6 = 1994–1995 | clubs6 = → Burnley (loan) | caps6 = 4 | goals6 = 1

| years7 = 1995–1996 | clubs7 = Preston North End | caps7 = 56 | goals7 = 30

| years8 = 1996–1997 | clubs8 = Wigan Athletic | caps8 = 25 | goals8 = 4

| years9 = 1997–1999 | clubs9 = Cardiff City | caps9 = 35 | goals9 = 12

| years10= 1998 | clubs10= → Hull City (loan) | caps10= 3 | goals10= 0

| years11= 1999 | clubs11= Scarborough | caps11= 9 | goals11= 0

| years12= 1999–2000 | clubs12= Gainsborough Trinity

| years13= 2000–2001 | clubs13= Goole

| totalcaps = 449

| totalgoals = 132

}}

Andrew Victor Saville (born 12 December 1964) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. His professional career lasted sixteen years, spent at a total of ten lower-division clubs in the Football League.{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/andysaville.html |title=Andy Saville |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |access-date=12 December 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090102212527/http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/andysaville.html| archive-date= 2 January 2009 | url-status= live}}

Career

Saville was born in Hull. He made more than 100 appearances for his home-town club, Hull City, whom he joined from school.{{cite book |last=Matthews |first=Tony |title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record |date=1995 |publisher=Breedon Books |location=Derby |page=122 |isbn=978-1-85983-010-9}} He was his club's leading scorer on several occasions, at Hull City in 1986–87,{{cite web |url=http://www.hullcity-mad.co.uk/feat/edy6/top_scorers_280916/index.shtml |last=Beill |first=Andy |title=Season by season top scorers for the club |website=Hull City Online |publisher=FootyMad |date=5 June 2007 |access-date=27 February 2011}} at Birmingham City in 1993–94, and again in 1995–96 for Preston North End, where he scored 30 goals in all competitions, his 29 League goals making him overall top scorer in the Third Division.{{cite book |editor-last=Sewell |editor-first=Albert |title=News of the World Football Annual 1996–97 |date=1996 |publisher=Invincible Press |location=London |pages=31, 369 |isbn=978-0-00-218737-4}}

In 1992–93 he had the rare distinction of becoming top scorer for two clubs in the same season, scoring 20 goals in all competitions for Hartlepool United{{cite web |url=http://inthemadcrowd.co.uk/UI/Season.aspx?oid=1992%2f93&t=2 |title=1992/93 Squad |website=In The Mad Crowd |publisher=John Phillips |access-date=1 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928011721/http://www.inthemadcrowd.co.uk/cgi-bin/itmc_view_squad.asp?seasonoid=1992%2F93 |archive-date=28 September 2007 |url-status=live}} before moving to Birmingham in March 1993, where his ten games produced seven goals, a total which no other Birmingham player bettered over the whole season.Matthews, p. 228.

Personal life

Saville works as a host for the hospitality boxes at Hull City.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/hull-city-great-escape-season-2680508|title = What happened next to Hull City's Great Escape squad|date = 24 March 2019}}

Honours

Preston North End

Football League Third Division: 1995–96

Wigan Athletic

Football League Third Division: 1996–97

Individual

PFA Team of the Year: 1995–96 Third Division{{cite book |editor-first=Barry J. |editor-last=Hugman |title=The 1996–97 Official PFA Footballers Factfile |year=1996 |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=Harpenden |isbn=978-1-85291-571-1 |page=285}}
Third Division Golden Boot: 1995–96