Andrew Gorton (born 23 September 1966) is an English former professional

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goalkeeper. He played in the

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for

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, Lincoln City and

Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crewe, Cheshire, England. Its first team competes in League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Railwaymen' ...

. Gorton was born in

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and joined

as an apprentice. He progressed to their first team, eventually replacing

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when he left for

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. He had loan spells with

and

before leaving Oldham to join Stockport in 1988. At the end of the 1988–89 season he joined Lincoln City, but was transferred after 20 games, joining non-league

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for their club record fee paid of £3000 in 1989. He rejoined Oldham Athletic in 1990, again for a fee of £3000, but moved on to

on non-contract terms without appearing in the league for Oldham. He played three times for Crewe before joining Witton Albion. Gorton moved from Witton to

Mossley Mossley (/ˈmɒzli/) is a town and civil parish in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, in the upper River Tame, Greater Manchester, Tame Valley and the foothills of the Pennines, south-east of Oldham and east of Manchester. The town grew ...

playing four times during the 1991–92 season. He later joined Bury, from where he was on loan to

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in May 1993.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gorton, Andy 1966 births Footballers from Salford English men's footballers Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players Stockport County F.C. players Tranmere Rovers F.C. players Lincoln City F.C. players Glossop North End A.F.C. players Crewe Alexandra F.C. players Witton Albion F.C. players Mossley A.F.C. players Bury F.C. players Altrincham F.C. players English Football League players Living people Men's association football goalkeepers