Andy Leaning
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Andrew John Leaning[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 18 May 1963||
Place of birth | Howden, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
York Railway Institute | |||
–1985 |
Rowntree Mackintosh | ||
1985–1987 | York City | 69 | (0) |
1987–1988 | Sheffield United | 21 | (0) |
1988–1994 | Bristol City | 75 | (0) |
1994–1996 | Lincoln City | 36 | (0) |
1996 | Dundee | 0 | (0) |
1996–2000 | Chesterfield | 22 | (0) |
Total | 223 | (0) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Andrew John Leaning (born 18 May 1963) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and has since been employed as a goalkeeping coach.
Having started his career in the amateur game with York Railway Institute and
Playing career
Leaning had trials with
Having made 86 appearances for York in all competitions, he was allowed to leave the club in 1987 and following a brief trial with
Coaching career
Following his retirement from playing, Leaning moved into specialist coaching and he became goalkeeping coach at Chesterfield,[11][12] later having appointments at Scarborough and Barnsley.[3] He holds UEFA 'A' licences in coaching and goalkeeping coaching.[3] He worked as a coach for the York College Football Development Centre in 2006.[3] He became goalkeeping coach at former club Sheffield United at the beginning of the 2002–03 season,[13] before leaving the club in May 2010.[11][14] Leaning was appointed goalkeeping coach at former club York City on a part-time basis on 8 July 2010.[15] He departed the club a little under a year later on 16 June 2011 after the appointment of Paul Musselwhite as player-goalkeeping coach.[16] He joined Leeds United as academy goalkeeping coach during 2012, and later coached the club's first-team goalkeepers before leaving in July 2014.[17][18] Leaning returned to York for a second spell as goalkeeping coach on 19 May 2015, working under manager Russ Wilcox.[19] Jackie McNamara later became manager, and Leaning left the club on 8 December 2015.[20] Some weeks later he was briefly employed as a goalkeeping coach at Port Vale.[21]
Personal life
Born in Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire, Leaning's son Jack is a cricketer who has represented Yorkshire at junior level from the age of 11.[22] In June 2008 his unbeaten 164 for the county under-14 team against Cheshire was the highest score ever by a Yorkshire youth player.[22]
Career statistics
Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
York City | 1985–86 | Third Division | 30 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
1986–87 | Third Division | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 47 | 0 | |
Total | 69 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 86 | 0 | ||
Sheffield United | 1987–88 | Second Division | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
Bristol City | 1988–89 | Third Division | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
1989–90 | Third Division | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
1990–91 | Second Division | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
1991–92 | Second Division | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
1992–93 | First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 75 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 91 | 0 | ||
Lincoln City | 1993–94 | Third Division | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
1994–95 | Third Division | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
1995–96 | Third Division | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
Total | 36 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 51 | 0 | ||
Dundee | 1996–97 | Scottish First Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chesterfield | 1996–97 | Second Division | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
1997–98 | Second Division | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
1998–99 | Second Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
1999–2000 | Second Division | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
Total | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
Career total[a] | 223 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 282 | 0 |
- Rowntree Mackintoshnot recorded.
Honours
Individual
- Lincoln City F.C. Player of the Year: 1995
Bristol City
- Football League Third Division second-place promotion: 1989–90
References
- ^ ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
- ^ ISBN 0-9531005-0-2.
- ^ a b c d "Leaning power for 'keepers". Evening Press. York. 21 January 2006. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-85983-633-0.
- ^ a b "City's Keepers – 1970–94". York City South. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- ^ "Andy leaning towards York again". Vital York. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- ^ Batters. York City: The Complete Record. pp. 368–413.
- ^ a b c d e "Andy Leaning". Soccerbase. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- ^ "Whistle blowing proves a Korea move for Una". The Northern Echo. Darlington. 4 May 2010. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- ^ "Andy Leaning". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- ^ a b "Andy Leaning – Goalkeeper Coach". Sheffield United F.C. 4 November 2008. Archived from the original on 16 July 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- ^ "Chesterfield : 1946/47 – 2008/09". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- ^ "Cooper plans return". Evening Press. York. 14 September 2002. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
- ^ "Keeper coach Leaning leaving Lane". The Star. 17 May 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- ^ "York City sign Andy Leaning as goalkeeping coach". BBC Sport. 8 July 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- ^ "City Sign New Goalkeeper". York City F.C. 16 June 2011. Archived from the original on 21 June 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ^ "Redfearn aided by "City" axis". The Press. York. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ "Leeds goalkeeping Andy Leaning coach leaves club". Yorkshire Post. Leeds. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ "Andy Leaning is back as York City goalkeeping coach". The Press. York. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ Flett, Dave (8 December 2015). "York City part company with goalkeeping coach Andy Leaning". The Press. York. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ Baggaley, Mike (26 January 2017). "Former England keeper Chris Kirkland coaching at Port Vale". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ a b Carroll, Steve (10 July 2008). "Heworth ace re-writes the Yorkshire youth record-books". The Press. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
- ^ Andy Leaning at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)