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Andy Hinchcliffe

English footballer (born 1969)

Field	Value
name	Andy Hinchcliffe
fullname	Andrew George Hinchcliffe
height
birth_date
birth_place	Manchester, England
position	Left-back
youthyears1	–1986
youthclubs1	Manchester City
years1	1986–1990	years2 = 1990–1998	years3 =1998–2002
clubs1	Manchester City	clubs2 = Everton	clubs3 = Sheffield Wednesday
caps1	112	goals1 = 8	caps2 = 182	goals2 = 7	caps3 = 86	goals3 = 7	totalcaps = 380	totalgoals = 22
nationalyears1	1986	nationalteam1 = England Youth	nationalcaps1 = 6	nationalgoals1 = 0
nationalyears2	1988	nationalyears3 =1996–1998
nationalteam2	England U21	nationalteam3 =England
nationalcaps2	1	nationalgoals2 = 0	nationalcaps3 = 7	nationalgoals3 = 0

Andrew George Hinchcliffe (born 5 February 1969) is an English former professional footballer. He is now a television pundit and match summariser for Sky Sports.

As a player, he was a left-back from 1986 until 2002. He began his career with Manchester City in the old First Division but later played in the Premier League for both Everton and Sheffield Wednesday. He was part of the Everton side that lifted the FA Cup in 1995. He was also capped seven times by England between 1996 and 1998 having initially won a single cap for the England U21 team.

Playing career

For much of his early life, Hinchcliffe played for Manchester City's academy, coming through with a number of other players who would go on to establish themselves for City's senior side. In 1986 he was part of the side that won the club's first-ever FA Youth Cup trophy, playing in a team that also featured Ian Brightwell, Steve Redmond, David White, Paul Lake and Paul Moulden, and which was managed by club legend Tony Book.

Having started his career with City he established himself as the club's first-choice left-back. Whilst at City, Hinchcliffe was one of the scorers in the Manchester derby on 23 September 1989 in a 5–1 victory over Manchester United.{{cite news | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030818124046/http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/sport/2002/11/08/manchester_derby.shtml | url-status = dead | archive-date = 18 August 2003 | access-date =5 October 2007 | access-date =5 October 2007

After injuring his cruciate ligament in December 1996, Hinchcliffe did not return until September 1997, with Everton then under new management after Howard Kendall had replaced Joe Royle. Kendall was not known to be a big Hinchliffe fan, having sold him previously whilst Manchester City manager. He was subsequently sold by the Toffees to Sheffield Wednesday five months into Kendall's reign for £2.65m where he played for a further four years.

Hinchcliffe retired from playing football in March 2002 following surgery on his left knee.{{cite news | access-date =5 October 2007

Media career

Hinchcliffe now works as a co-commentator on Sky Sports. He does co-commentary for both Premier League and Championship games, as well as some Manchester City games in the Women's Super League. He also sometimes appears on Sky Sports News in the morning with other football guests to talk about transfers and games that have gone on recently.

Personal life

Hinchcliffe was educated at Manchester's William Hulme's Grammar School for Boys, a rugby-playing school.

Honours

Manchester City

FA Youth Cup: 1985–86

Everton

FA Cup: 1994–95
FA Charity Shield: 1995

Individual

PFA Team of the Year: 1987–88 Second Division

References

(14 April 2008). "HINCH RECALLS '86 FAYC TRIUMPH". [[Manchester City F.C..
(13 November 2013). "In pictures: Manchester City class of 86 re-union". [[Manchester Evening News]].
(14 April 2008). "HINCH RECALLS '86 FAYC TRIUMPH". [[Manchester City F.C..
Baldi, Ryan. (1 July 2020). "Andy Hinchcliffe on Everton's set-piece success and Willie Donachie's key role". Planet Football.
Lynch. "The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes".

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