Andy Legg

Andy Legg
Personal information
Full name Andrew Legg[1]
Date of birth (1966-07-28) 28 July 1966 (age 58)[1]
Place of birth Neath,[1] Wales
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Position(s) Left winger / left back
Youth career
Baglan Boys Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1988 Briton Ferry Athletic
1988–1993 Swansea City 163 (29)
1993–1996 Notts County 89 (9)
1996–1998 Birmingham City 45 (5)
1997Ipswich Town (loan) 6 (1)
1998 Reading 12 (0)
1998Peterborough United (loan) 5 (0)
1998–2003 Cardiff City 175 (12)
2003–2005 Peterborough United 81 (5)
2006 Maesteg Park 1 (0)
2006 Newport County 3 (0)
2006 Llanelli 4 (0)
2006–2007 Hucknall Town 29 (4)
2007Llanelli (loan) 0 (0)
2007–2012 Llanelli 111 (7)
Total 724 (72)
International career
1996–2001 Wales 6 (0)
Managerial career
2007 Hucknall Town
2009–2012 Llanelli
2016 Bangor City
2017–2019 Cardiff City U23
2020–2021 Llanelli
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrew Legg (born 28 July 1966) is a Welsh football manager and former Wales international player.

Born in Neath, he began his professional career with Swansea City after joining the club from local non-league football at the age of 22. He made his senior debut in 1988 and went on to make over 150 appearances for the club in all competitions before being sold to Notts County in 1993.

He also played for Birmingham City, Ipswich Town, Reading, Peterborough United, Cardiff City and Newport County. He was one of the cover athletes of FIFA Soccer 96 alongside Ioan Sabău.

He was known for having the longest throw-in in football, being able to regularly throw the ball over 30 metres and once held the world record with a distance of 44.6 m (48.8 yards).[3][4]

  1. ^ a b c "Andy Legg". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  2. ^ Sewell, Albert, ed. (1996). News of the World Football Annual 1996–97. London: Invincible Press. p. 401. ISBN 978-0-00-218737-4.
  3. ^ "King of the long throws: Andy Legg, not Rory Delap". thisissouthwales.co.uk. 13 November 2008. Archived from the original on 11 January 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
  4. ^ "Legg's arm under microscope". BBC Sport. 4 March 2002. Retrieved 10 March 2010.