Andy Preece
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Andrew Preece | ||
Date of birth | 27 March 1967 | ||
Place of birth | Evesham, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Chorley (manager) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1986–1987 | Worcester City | ||
1987–1988 | Evesham United | ||
1988–1989 | Northampton Town | 1 | (0) |
1989–1990 | Worcester City | ? | (?) |
1990–1991 | Wrexham | 51 | (7) |
1991–1994 | Stockport County | 97 | (42) |
1994–1995 | Crystal Palace | 20 | (4) |
1995–1998 | Blackpool | 129 | (35) |
1998–2003 | Bury | 166 | (27) |
2003–2005 | Carlisle United | 40 | (10) |
2005–2007 | Worcester City | ||
2010–2012 | Northwich Victoria | 1 | (0) |
Total | 505 | (125) | |
Managerial career | |||
1999–2003 | Bury | ||
2005–2007 | Worcester City | ||
2009–2012 | Northwich Victoria | ||
2012–2016 | Airbus UK Broughton | ||
2017 | Southport | ||
2022– | Chorley | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Andrew Preece (born 27 March 1967) is an English
After serving as Chorley's director of football, he became the club's manager in May 2022.As a player, he was a
Playing career
Worcester City
Born in
Evesham United and Northampton Town
He subsequently played briefly for Evesham United, then planned to return to Australia; however, someone at the club knew Graham Carr, manager at Northampton Town. The wheels were put in motion, and Preece joined the Cobblers in August 1988 on a non-contract basis.[5] He made one appearance, as a substitute, before being released at the end of the following season.[4]
Worcester City and Wrexham
In July 1989, he rejoined Worcester City briefly, and in March 1990 signed for Wrexham, for whom he scored his first known goals. In 51 league appearances, he scored seven times.[4]
Stockport County
In December 1991, Preece joined
Blackpool
Preece struggled to establish himself at
Preece played in the forward line with the likes of Andy Watson, briefly, then Tony Ellis and James Quinn,[4] and under Nigel Worthington in 1997–98 he was made captain for a period.[5]
Bury
In July 1998, Preece joined Bury on a free transfer and went on to become player-manager.[6]
Carlisle United
After leaving Bury in December 2003,
Worcester City and Northwich Victoria
He returned to Worcester City, as player-manager, in 2005, where he remained for five years, before finishing his playing career with Northwich Victoria in 2012. He became the club's manager in 2009, remaining in the role for three years.[4]
Coaching and management career
Bury
In 1999, Preece was appointed join player-manager (with Steve Redmond)[4] of Bury.[11] David Nugent was signed by Preece after unsuccessful trials with Crewe Alexandra and Northampton Town, and went on to net Bury close to £1 million.[12] Preece kept the team in League 1 for two seasons until the collapse of ITV Digital[13] forced the sale of several players and administration for the club in 2001,[14][15] resulting in their relegation to League Two. Preece's Bury reached the League Two play-offs in the 2002–03 season.[16] Preece was released in December 2003 as Bury again tried to cut costs.[17] Bury director Roger Barlow said that Preece's departure was for financial reasons and nothing to do with results on the pitch.[7]
Worcester City
In February 2005, Preece joined
Northwich Victoria
Preece became caretaker manager of Northwich Victoria on 25 February 2009.[21]
In the 2009–10 season, he led Northwich to the second round of the FA Cup, a considerable achievement, and saw his side defeat former Premier League side
On 21 August 2010, at the age of 43, he returned to football action for the first time in three years by coming off the substitutes' bench in the 90th minute, in a game which Northwich won 1–0 against
He resigned from the club on 16 January 2012, along with the rest of his management team, with the club reporting that he was expected to be appointed Director of Football at
Airbus UK Broughton
As expected, on 17 January 2012, Preece was appointed to the Airbus UK role.[28] He led the part-time side to runners-up in the Welsh Premier League in his first full season qualifying for the Europa League . This was the first time Airbus had finished in the top half of the table and the first time that a black English manager had led a team into Europe.[29] In Europe, Airbus were only eliminated on away goals by Latvian side Venspils.[30] The following season Airbus finished runners up again to full timers TNS. They qualified for the Europa league losing 3–2 on aggregate to Norwegian side FK Haugesund.[31] Preece became the first Black English coach to lead a team into Europe in two successive seasons.[29]
Preece left Airbus in August 2016 by mutual consent.[32]
Southport
On 8 February 2017, he returned to the North West to become the new manager of National League side Southport, replacing Steve Burr,[33] until the end of the season.[34]
Chorley
After a spell coaching in Vietnam, Preece moved into his current role of Director of Football at Chorley, combining first-team coaching with leading the club's education programme.[1][4] Preece was appointed manager of Chorley on 28 May 2022 following the departure of Jamie Vermiglio.[35] In April 2023 he took charge of his 750th match as a manager.[36]
Personal life
Preece's wife and daughter were only a couple of rows behind Crystal Palace supporter Matthew Simmons when the
In 2021, Preece named the best XI he had played with. They were:
Preece's best friend is Andy Morrison, who was his teammate at Blackpool and with whom he has worked in coaching and managerial roles thereafter.[5]
He is a regular guest on the Preview Show, Blackpool's weekly in-house Tangerine TV production, alongside Ged Mills.
Honours
Individual
References
- ^ a b c Andy Preece Archived 4 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine - Chorley F.C.
- ^ "Chorley assistant Andy Preece has the experience to help navigate Magpies to even greater glories in the FA Cup | Lancashire Evening Post".
- ^ "Andy Preece | Football Stats | No Club | Age 56 | 1987-2005 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Focus On.....Andy Preece – Southern Football League, 16 March 2021
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Andy Preece Talks Tangerine" – Deidcated 2 U podcast, episode 21, 12 November, 2020
- ^ "Bury Former Managers" – Bury F.C.
- ^ a b "Bury show Preece door" – The Guardian, 16 December 2003
- ^ "Preece joins Carlisle". BBC News. 19 December 2003.
- ^ "Former favourite Preece joins BBC". 5 August 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Preece to stay at Carlisle". BBC News. 9 June 2004.
- ^ "Bury former managers. Bury F.C Website" https://www.buryfc.co.uk/history2/former-managers/
- ^ Buckley, Will "A nugget like Nugent keeps Bury from being dead and buried" 15 July 2007 [1]
- ^ "ITV Digital woes bring football crisis". 28 March 2002 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Shakers putting their faith in buckets" – The Independent, 8 March 2020
- ^ "Clubs in the danger zone". 16 May 2002 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Stalemate at Gigg Lane". 10 May 2003 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Bury release manager Preece". BBC News. 16 December 2003.
- ^ "BBC - Hereford and Worcester - Sport - Andy Preece is City's new player-manager". www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Worcester boss Preece plots upset" – BBC Sport, 30 November 2005
- ^ "City say little on Preece compensation". www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "League Managers Association - ANDY PREECE". leaguemanagers.com.
- ^ Brown, Oliver (8 November 2009). "Northwich Victoria 1 Charlton Athletic 0: match report". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 30 September 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ "Preece wins manager of the month" – BBC Sport, 7 May 2009
- Northwich Victoria F.C. Archived from the originalon 15 January 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ "Northwich Victoria manager Andy Preece says his team were worthy winners at Retford United". Northwich Guardian. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ Smith, Steven (20 February 2011). "Vics 10–1 Barnton". Barnton F.C. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ "Preece quits as Northwich Manager". NonLeagueDaily.com. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
- ^ "Airfield stability the lure for Preece". Welsh Premier League. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ a b "Europa League: Andy Preece makes history in breaking colour bar and targets the top" – The Independent, 4 July 2013
- ^ "Airbus UK bow out of Europa League" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Europa League: Airbus UK boss Andy Preece praises team" BBC News. 4 July 2014. [2]
- ^ "Mutual parting of the ways for Airbus and Andy Preece". airbusfc.com.
- ^ Lopez-SOU, Jamie (8 February 2017). "Southport FC appoint former Bury player/manager as new boss". southportvisiter.co.uk.
- ^ "Preece Says Thank You To Supporters And Sponsors As He Happily Returns To The Terraces From June 30th". Southport F.C. 17 May 2017. Archived from the original on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ "Preecy takes charge | Chorley FC".
- ^ "'24 years as a black manager & nothing has changed'" – via www.bbc.com.
- ^ Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 150.
External links
- Andy Preece at Soccerbase
- Andy Preece management career statistics at Soccerbase