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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew Jonathan Morrell | ||
| Date of birth | 28 September 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Doncaster, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Wrexham (player-manager) | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Nuneaton Borough | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| ?–1997 | Nuneaton Borough | ? | (?) |
| 1997–1998 | Newcastle Blue Star | 31 | (25) |
| 1998–2003 | Wrexham | 109 | (40) |
| 2003–2006 | Coventry City | 98 | (17) |
| 2006–2008 | Blackpool | 78 | (21) |
| 2008–2010 | Bury | 73 | (18) |
| 2010– | Wrexham | 83 | (20) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2011– | Wrexham | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:56, 28 April 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Andrew Jonathan "Andy" Morrell (born 28 September 1974) is an English footballer who is currently player-manager of Wrexham. Initially handed the role on an interim basis after Dean Saunders left to manage Doncaster Rovers, Morrell was given the job until the end of the season after a run of seven wins in nine games.
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Career
Born in Doncaster, South Yorkshire and brought up in Market Bosworth, and attending Twycross House School, he played for the Leicestershire County Cricket Club from under-15 to under-19 level. He started his football career as a youth team player at Nuneaton Borough, before deciding to make the move north to Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne to study Sports science. It was then that he started playing for Newcastle Blue Star.
Morrell's first big break came when he started talking to Sky Sports presenter Rob McCaffrey, and it turned out that Rob was helping to write the autobiography of Joey Jones, who was then Wrexham's first-team coach, and so Rob arranged for him to have a trial at the club.
After a week's trial he was kept on at Wrexham and was coached by their striking coach Ian Rush, from whom he learnt a great deal. With his new strike partner Lee Trundle he scored 34 league goals in only 45 games in the 2002–03 season, making him top scorer in all four divisions that year, having only scored two goals the entire previous season. This caught the eye of Coventry City manager Gary McAllister, who signed him on a free transfer that summer.
Morrell scored nine goals in 19 starts in his first season with Coventry; however, this decreased to six goals the following season following a transition to a wide midfield position.
Morrell signed for Blackpool on a free transfer on 15 August 2006, after failing to make an appearance for Coventry during the first three games of the 2006–07 season.
On 5 May 2007, he scored four goals in Blackpool's 6–3 victory at Swansea City.[1] He also scored against Oldham Athletic in the second leg of the play-off semi-final, which put his league goals in his nine months with Blackpool at 17, which was the total he scored in three years with Coventry. He finished the 2006–07 season as Blackpool's top scorer with 20 goals in all competitions.
On 7 May 2008, Morrell was offered a new contract by Blackpool.[2] On 9 August, he signed a two-year contract with League Two club Bury.[3]
On 28 June 2010, he signed a two-year contract with his former club Wrexham,[4] scoring the winning goal on his debut, a 1–0 win over Cambridge United in the first game of the season. On 23 September 2011, he took over as caretaker player-manager at Wrexham, following the departure of Dean Saunders to Donaster Rovers.[5] After leading Wrexham to seven wins in nine games, he was appointed player-manager on a permanent basis on a contract until the end of the 2011–12 season on 29 October.[6]
Career statistics
- As of 25 September 2010.
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other[7] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Wrexham | 1998–99 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999–2000 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | |
| 2000–01 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | |
| 2001–02 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 4 | |
| 2002–03 | 45 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 35 | |
| Subtotal | 109 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 120 | 43 | |
| Coventry City | 2003–04 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 9 |
| 2004–05 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 7 | |
| 2005–06 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 3 | |
| Subtotal | 98 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 19 | |
| Blackpool | 2006–07 | 40 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 20 |
| 2007–08 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 5 | |
| Subtotal | 78 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 92 | 25 | |
| Bury | 2008–09 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 8 |
| 2009–10 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 9 | |
| Subtotal | 73 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 79 | 18 | |
| Wrexham | 2010–11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 |
| Total | 369 | 99 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 422 | 108 | |
Managerial statistics
- As of 29th April 2012.[8]
| Team | Nation | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Wrexham |  Wales |
23 September 2011 | Present | 43 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 62.79 |
| Total | 43 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 62.79 | |||
Honours
- Blackpool
- League One play-off final winner: 2006–07
- Wrexham
- Conference National Manager of the Month: October 2011
References
- ^ "Swansea 3–6 Blackpool". BBC Sport. 2007-05-05. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_2/6603011.stm. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
- ^ "Retained List Latest". Blackpool F.C. 2008-05-07. http://www.blackpoolfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10432~1307664,00.html. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
- ^ "Goal scorer signs For Bury". Bury F.C. 2008-08-09. http://www.buryfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10422~1352008,00.html. Retrieved 2008-08-09.
- ^ "Reds Make Double Move". Wrexham F.C. 2010-06-28. http://www.wrexhamafc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10311~2079629,00.html. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
- ^ "Andy Morrell Takes On First Team Affairs". Wrexham F.C. 2011-09-23. http://www.wrexhamafc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10311~2460193,00.html. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
- ^ "Andy Morrell appointed Wrexham manager". BBC Sport. 2011-10-29. http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15508980.stm. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ^ Includes matches in other competitive competitions, including Football League Trophy and play-offs.
- ^ "Andy Morrell". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=2420. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Andy Morrell |
- Andy Morrell profile at blackpoolfc.co.uk
- Andy Morrell career stats at Soccerbase
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