Andy Clements

Andy Clements
Personal information
Full name	Andrew Paul Clements^[1]
Date of birth	(1955-10-11) 11 October 1955^[1]
Place of birth	Swinton, Greater Manchester, England^[1]
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1973–1977	Bolton Wanderers	1	(0)
1977	→ Port Vale (loan)	3	(0)
1977–1981	York City	148	(6)
	Rowntree Mackintosh
Total		152+	(6+)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Andrew Paul "Andy" Clements (born 11 October 1955) is an English former footballer who played as a defender. He scored six goals in 152 league appearances in an eight-year career in the Football League with Bolton Wanderers, Port Vale, and York City.

Playing career

Clements began his career with Bolton Wanderers, who allowed him a two-month loan spell at Roy Sproson's Port Vale in February 1977.^[1] He appeared as a substitute on 7 February in a 2–0 defeat to York City at Vale Park, making his full debut four weeks later in a 1–1 draw with Shrewsbury Town at Gay Meadow.^[1] In total, he featured in just three Third Division games for the "Valiants" at the end of the 1976–77 season.^[1] He played one Second Division game at Burnden Park for Ian Greaves's "Trotters" in the 1977–78 season,^[2] before joining Charlie Wright's York City. Having survived a re-election vote, the "Minstermen" finished tenth in the Fourth Division in 1978–79. York then finished in 17th place in 1979–80, before finishing bottom of the Football League in 1980–81 under the stewardship of Barry Lyons. Clements scored eight goals in 163 league and cup games during his four years at Bootham Crescent. He later played in the Northern Counties East League for Rowntree Mackintosh.^[1]

Sourced from Andy Clements profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Port Vale (loan)	1976–77	Third Division	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Bolton Wanderers	1973–74	Second Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1974–75	Second Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1975–76	Second Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1976–77	Second Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1977–78	Second Division	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
York City	1977–78	Fourth Division	29	0	1	0	0	0	30	0
	1978–79	Fourth Division	46	2	5	1	2	0	53	3
	1979–80	Fourth Division	42	3	3	0	2	1	47	4
	1980–81	Fourth Division	31	1	2	0	0	0	33	1
	Total		148	6	11	1	4	1	163	8
Career Total			152	6	11	1	6	1	169	8

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 61. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
↑ "Only shown are players with surnames beginning with the letter C.". bwfcstats.com. Retrieved 23 January 2013.

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