Andy Mutch
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| Andy Mutch | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Andrew Todd Mutch | |
| Date of birth | December 28, 1963 | |
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Liverpool Everton |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1984–1986 1986–1993 1993–1996 1995 1996–1998 1998–1999 1999 1999–2000 |
Southport Wolverhampton Wanderers Swindon Town → Wigan Athletic (loan) Stockport County Barrow Southport Telford United |
75 (29) 239 (96) 50 (6) 7 (1) 63 (10) 28 (9) 1 (0) - (-) |
| National team | ||
| 1989 1989 |
England B England U21 |
3 (0) 1 (0) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2007–2008 | Vauxhall Motors | |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Andrew Todd Mutch (born December 28, 1963 in Liverpool) is an English former professional footballer.
Mutch was a trainee at Liverpool and Everton but was not taken on as a professional. He was playing for non-league Southport when then-Fourth Division Wolverhampton Wanderers signed him in February 1986. His prolific scoring partnership with Steve Bull began the following season as they propelled the team to the playoffs, where they narrowly missed out.
In the 1987-88 season, Mutch and Bull scored 53 league goals between them and helped Wolves win Fourth Division Championship. The following season the duo scored 58, with Wolves winning the Third Division Championship. Mutch also scored in Wolves’ 2-0 victory over Burnley in the Sherpa Van Trophy at Wembley in May 1988.
Mutch’s goal-scoring prowess was recognised by a call-up to the England B squad in 1989 - making three appearances against Switzerland, Norway and Iceland.
In August 1993, Mutch left Molineux for Premier League new boys Swindon Town in a £250,000 deal. His total record at Wolves was 106 goals in 288 appearances (13 as substitute).
After two seasons at Swindon - including his one and only season in the top flight - Mutch was loaned to Wigan Athletic but the move was not made permanent, and he instead moved to Stockport County. He spent two seasons at Edgeley Park, which saw the club win promotion to the second tier and reach the semi finals of the League Cup.
As his playing career had ended, Mutch went into coaching, with spells as assistant manager of both Telford United (while still playing) and Morecambe (2001-2004). He joined Vauxhall Motors in July 2007 as assistant manager, but soon stepped up to become manager in October 2007 after the resignation of Carl Macauley. In his first match in charge, Mutch was sent off after appearing to headbutt AFC Telford United player Lee Vaughan. He left the club after their 6-0 defeat at home to Kettering Town in March 2008, as Carl Macauley returned to the club.
Mutch also works for a car company that specialises in selling cars to footballers.
