Andy Dibble

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Personal information
Andy Dibble
Full name	Andrew Dibble
Date of birth	08/05/65
Place of birth	Cwmbran, Wales
Position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Retired
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1982-1984 1984-1988 1986 1987 1988-1997 1990 1991 1991 1992 1997 1997 1997 1997 1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 1999 2000-2002 2002-2005 2005-2006	Cardiff City Luton Town Sunderland (loan) Huddersfield Town (loan) Manchester City Aberdeen (loan) Middlesbrough (loan) Bolton Wanderers (loan) West Bromwich Albion (loan) Sheffield United (loan) Rangers Sheffield United Luton Town Middlesbrough Altrincham Hartlepool United Carlisle United (loan) Stockport County Wrexham Accrington Stanley	62 (0) 30 (0) 12 (0) 5 (0) 116 (0) 5 (0) 19 (0) 13 (0) 9 (0) 0 (0) 7 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0) 2 (0) 0 (0) 6 (0) 2 (0) 23 (0) 83 (0) 1 (0)
National team**
	Wales	3 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08/07/2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 08/07/2006.

Andy Dibble (born 8 May 1965 in Cwmbran) is a Welsh former professional football player who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently goalkeeping coach at Coventry City.

Dibble is a journeyman who has played for many teams including Cardiff City, Manchester City, Rangers F.C., Luton Town and Stockport County. Arguably, his finest moment was saving a penalty in a League Cup final against Arsenal in 1988 for Luton Town F.C.. His time at Manchester City F.C. was interrupted by injuries and despite being a virtual ever present during his first two seasons, subsequently found himself second to Tony Coton.He was loaned out to numerous teams and only very rarely played first team football for the Manchester team after his first two seasons. In 1998 whilst he was playing for Barry Town F.C. against Carmarthen Town F.C. he was hospitalised after suffering chemical burns as a result of diving on the Richmond Park Turf. He later enjoyed a successful period at Stockport County where he was man of the match in many of the games he played.

Dibble also won two caps for Wales and would perhaps have won more if not for Neville Southall.

Dibble finished his career at Accrington Stanley and became their goalkeeping coach. In November 2006 he moved to Coventry to take up the same role.^[1]