Andy Crosby
Andrew Keith Crosby (born 3 March 1973) is an English professional football manager and former player who was most recently manager at EFL League One club Port Vale.
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Crosby as Port Vale manager in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew Keith Crosby | ||
| Date of birth | 3 March 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Rotherham, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 198?–1990 | Leeds United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1991 | Leeds United | 0 | (0) |
| 1991–1993 | Doncaster Rovers | 51 | (0) |
| 1993 | → Halifax Town (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 1993–1998 | Darlington | 181 | (3) |
| 1998–1999 | Chester City | 41 | (4) |
| 1999–2001 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 72 | (5) |
| 2001–2004 | Oxford United | 111 | (12) |
| 2004–2010 | Scunthorpe United | 167 | (15) |
| Total | 624 | (38) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2020–2021 | Northern Ireland U21 (caretaker) | ||
| 2022 | Port Vale (acting manager) | ||
| 2023–2024 | Port Vale | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
A defender during his playing days, he began his career at Leeds United but made his debut in the English Football League after joining Doncaster Rovers in July 1991. He spent two-and-a-half seasons with Rovers before moving on to Darlington in December 1993, following a brief loan spell with Halifax Town. He played 211 games for Darlington in a stay which lasted almost five years. He spent the 1998–99 season with Chester City and was sold to Brighton & Hove Albion for £10,000 in July 1999. He helped Brighton to win the Third Division title in the 2000–01 season before joining Oxford United on a free transfer in December 2001. He was named on the Third Division's PFA Team of the Year for the 2003–04 season and took a free transfer to Scunthorpe United in June 2004. He spent six seasons with Scunthorpe, winning three promotions: from League Two in 2004–05, with the League One title in 2006–07 and via the League One play-offs in 2009. He made 715 league and cup appearances during his 20-year playing career, scoring 43 goals.
He joined the backroom staff at Scunthorpe United and would follow manager Nigel Adkins to Southampton, Reading, Sheffield United and Hull City. During his time at Southampton, the club would win successive promotions from League One into the Premier League in 2010–11 and 2011–12. He served as Northern Ireland U21's caretaker manager in 2020 and joined the coaching staff at Port Vale in March 2021. He served as Port Vale's acting manager during manager Darrell Clarke's absence in the latter half of the 2021–22 season and became manager, initially on an interim basis, following Clarke's sacking in April 2023. Crosby spent ten months in the job before being sacked.