Andy Preece

Andy Preece
Personal information
Full name Andrew Preece
Date of birth (1967-03-27) 27 March 1967 (age 57)
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 football manager and former professional footballer who is the manager of Chorley.[1] After serving as Chorley's director of football, he became the club's manager in May 2022.

As a player, he was a forward[1] who played over 500 games as a professional.[2] He notably played in the Premier League for Crystal Palace, and in the Football League for Northampton Town, Wrexham, Stockport County, Blackpool and Bury. From 1999 onwards, Preece combined his playing duties with various coaching and management positions. He became player-manager of Bury in 1999, also going on to manage Worcester City, Northwich Victoria, Airbus UK and Southport.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b Andy Preece Archived 4 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine - Chorley F.C.
  2. ^ "Chorley assistant Andy Preece has the experience to help navigate Magpies to even greater glories in the FA Cup | Lancashire Evening Post".
  3. ^ "Andy Preece | Football Stats | No Club | Age 56 | 1987-2005 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference sfl was invoked but never defined (see the help page).