Education
University of Salford.
University of Salford.
He played at both centre back and full back during his career. Nicky played 217 times for Manchester City F.C. and scored twice in two spells at the club between 1977 and 1982 and 1982 and 1987 before transferring to Blackburn Rovers F.C. in July 1987. In 1982, he played on loan to the Seattle Sounders of the North American Soccer League.
Andy also played in the centre of defence.
They also have two other brothers called Simon and Jonathan. Nicky signed for Sligo Rovers as a player in 1997, but took over as player-manager when Jimmy Mullen left in July 1997.
In his first season he took the club on its longest ever unbeaten run and saw them claim the FAI League Cup in February 1998, beating Shelbourne over two legs in the final (Nicky captained the side). Nicky was then released from his contract and he went back to England.
He studied for a part-time degree in Sports Rehabilitation from the University of Salford Nicky was appointed assistant physiotherapist at Burnley in 2000.
He left in 2004 to take up a position with Manchester City, where he stayed until 2005. He was part of Chief Physiotherapist Jim Webb"s staff and was involved mainly with the club"s reserve side. Nicky joined Barrow AFC as their fitness coach in October 2005, before joining Bury Football Club as Chief Physiotherapist in February 2006.
He left them in July 2007 by mutual consent and became physio at Hyde United, and in January 2008 became Paul Lake"s replacement as Macclesfield Town Physio.
He completed a second degree at the University of Salford in 2008, this time in Physiotherapy. He also regularly appears with the City ‘Past Masters’ team
League Cups.