{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Use British English|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Andy Halls | image = Andy Halls 18-02-11.png | image_size = 175 | caption = Halls playing for Stockport County in 2012 | fullname = Andrew Thomas Halls<ref name="Hugman2009-10">{{Cite book | editor-first = Barry J. | editor-last = Hugman | title = The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10 | year = 2009 | publisher = Mainstream Publishing | isbn = 978-1-84596-474-0}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|4|20|df=y}}<ref name="Hugman2009-10"/> | birth_place = Urmston, England | height = {{height|m=1.83}}<ref name="Hugman2009-10"/> | position = Defender | currentclub = F.C. United of Manchester<br>(on loan from Chorley) | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2009 | youthclubs1 = Stockport County | years1 = 2009–2013 | clubs1 = Stockport County | caps1 = 98 | goals1 = 1 | years2 = 2013–2017 | clubs2 = Macclesfield Town | caps2 = 152 | goals2 = 1 | clubs3 = Chester | years3 = 2017–2018 | caps3 = 39 | goals3 = 0 | clubs4 = Guiseley | years4 = 2018–2019 | caps4 = 37 | goals4 = 2 | clubs5 = Curzon Ashton | years5 = 2019–2020 | caps5 = 30 | goals5 = 3 | clubs6 = Chorley | years6 = 2020– | caps6 = 19 | goals6 = 1 | clubs7 = → F.C. United of Manchester (loan) | years7 = 2021– | caps7 = 8 | goals7 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2014–2016 | nationalteam1 = England C | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | club-update = 21:35, 15 February 2022 (UTC) }} '''Andrew Thomas Halls''' (born 20 April 1992) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Chorley.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chorleyfc.com/first-team/andy-halls-2/|title = Andy Halls | Chorley FC}}</ref>
==Club career==
===Stockport County=== Born in Urmston, Greater Manchester, Halls made his first team debut for Stockport County on 11 April 2009 as part of a 1–0 defeat to Leeds United. In May 2011 he was offered a new one-year deal by the club<ref name="2011-12 retained list revealed">{{cite web|date=25 May 2011 |title=2011–12 retained list revealed |url=http://www.stockportcounty.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10419~2363060,00.html? |publisher=Stockport County F.C |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402221438/http://www.stockportcounty.com/page/LatestNews/0%2C%2C10419~2363060%2C00.html |archivedate=2 April 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref> which the club announced he had signed in July 2011.<ref name="kits">{{cite web|date=8 July 2011 |title=New Kits & Welcome Back to Danny, Danny and Andy |url=http://www.stockportcounty.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10419~2387574,00.html |publisher=Stockport County F.C |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402222128/http://www.stockportcounty.com/page/LatestNews/0%2C%2C10419~2387574%2C00.html |archivedate=2 April 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref>
He was offered a further deal by the club in May 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stockportcounty.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10419~2764978,00.html? |title=Hatters squad taking shape |date=9 May 2012 |publisher=Stockport County FC |accessdate=9 May 2012 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Halls scored his first professional goal in a 4–3 defeat against Southport on 1 December 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/20474575|title= Stockport 3–4 Southport|date=1 December 2012|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=1 December 2012}}</ref>
===Macclesfield Town=== On 17 August 2013 Halls signed for Conference National side Macclesfield Town<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtfc.co.uk/news/article/silkmen-sign-halls-170813-997645.aspx|title=Silkmen sign Halls|date=17 August 2013|publisher=Macclesfield Town FC|accessdate=17 August 2013}}</ref> after being released by Stockport at the end of the previous season.
===Later career===
Following his departure from Macclesfield, Halls played joined Chester. He signed for Guiseley in July 2018<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://guiseleyafc.co.uk/andy-halls-signs-for-guiseley/|title = Andy Halls Signs for Guiseley}}</ref> but left the club in May 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/17651679.ten-players-depart-from-guiseley/|title=Ten players depart from Guiseley|date=20 May 2019|accessdate=22 May 2019|publisher=Telegraph & Argus}}</ref> He subsequently signed for Curzon Ashton before joining Chorley.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curzon-ashton.co.uk/news/post/let--s-go-menthol--halls-signs-up|title=Curzon Ashton FC : News}}</ref> On 31 December 2021, he was sent out on a one-month, loan to Northern Premier League Premier Division side F.C. United of Manchester so that he could regain fitness after an injury lay-off.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chorleyfc.com/2021/12/31/halls-joins-fc-united-on-loan/|title=HALLS JOINS FC UNITED ON LOAN|date=31 December 2021|accessdate=15 February 2022|first=Alex|last=Birch}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{Updated|15 July 2017}}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals !Apps!!Goals !Apps!!Goals !Apps!!Goals !Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="6"|Stockport County ||2008–09<ref name="AH08">{{soccerbase season|51307|2008|accessdate=15 July 2017}}</ref> |rowspan="2"|League One |5||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||5||0 |- |2009–10<ref name="AH09">{{soccerbase season|51307|2009|accessdate=15 July 2017}}</ref> |11||0||0||0||0||0||1<ref group=lower-alpha name="FLT">Appearance in the Football League Trophy</ref>||0||12||0 |- |2010–11<ref name="AH10">{{soccerbase season|51307|2010|accessdate=15 July 2017}}</ref> |League Two |19||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||20||0 |- |2011–12<ref name="AH11">{{soccerbase season|51307|2011|accessdate=15 July 2017}}</ref> |rowspan="2"|Conference Premier |29||0||0||0||colspan="2"|---||0||0||29||0 |- |2012–13<ref name="AH12">{{soccerbase season|51307|2012|accessdate=15 July 2017}}</ref> |34||1||1||0||colspan="2"|---||0||0||35||1 |- !colspan="2"|Stockport total !98!!1!!1!!0!!1!!0!!1!!0!!101!!1 |- |rowspan="5"|Macclesfield Town |2013–14<ref name="AH13">{{soccerbase season|51307|2013|accessdate=15 July 2017}}</ref> |rowspan="2"|Conference Premier |37||0||4||0||colspan="2"|---||0||0||41||0 |- |2014–15<ref name="AH14">{{soccerbase season|51307|2014|accessdate=15 July 2017}}</ref> |37||0||0||0||colspan="2"|---||0||0||37||0 |- |2015–16<ref name="AH15">{{soccerbase season|51307|2015|accessdate=15 July 2017}}</ref> |rowspan="2"|National League |41||0||1||0||colspan="2"|---||0||0||42||0 |- |2016–17<ref name="AH16">{{soccerbase season|51307|2016|accessdate=15 July 2017}}</ref> |37||1||3||0||colspan="2"|---||0||0||40||1 |- !colspan="2"|Macclesfield total !152!!1!!8!!0!!colspan="2"|---!!0!!0!!160!!2 |- |Chester |2017–18<ref name="AH17">{{soccerbase season|51307|2017|accessdate=15 July 2017}}</ref> |National League |0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|---||0||0||0||0 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !250!!2!!9!!0!!1!!0!!1!!0!!261!!2 |}
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==Honours== '''Macclesfield Town''' *FA Trophy runner-up: 2016–17<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/39994737 |title=York beat Macclesfield to win FA Trophy |website=BBC Sport |date=21 May 2017 |access-date=13 February 2023}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{Soccerbase}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Halls, Andy}} Category:1992 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Urmston Category:English men's footballers Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Stockport County F.C. players Category:Macclesfield Town F.C. players Category:Chester F.C. players Category:Guiseley A.F.C. players Category:Curzon Ashton F.C. players Category:Chorley F.C. players Category:F.C. United of Manchester players Category:English Football League players Category:National League (English football) players Category:Northern Premier League players Category:21st-century English sportsmen