19 Facts About Andy Kilner

Andrew William Kilner was born on 11 October 1966 and is an English former professional footballer and manager.

Andy Kilner began his career with Burnley, progressing through the club's youth system and making his professional debut in 1986 before being released.

Andy Kilner went on to make 49 appearances in all competitions and spent time on loan at Rochdale and Bury before leaving the club in 1992.

Andy Kilner later played for Witton Albion and Norwegian side Fredrikstad FK before retiring due to injury at the age of 28.

Andy Kilner is the manager of the Swedish football club, Vanersborgs IF as of 2019.

Bond later relented on the condition that Andy Kilner was available to play in a fixture against Manchester United, during which he suffered a broken leg that ruled him out for five months but led to severe complications later in his career.

Andy Kilner was handed his professional debut on 1 January 1986 against Wrexham and made four further appearances in the following month without scoring, making his final appearance against Torquay United on 4 February 1986, before being released at the end of the season.

Andy Kilner returned to Sweden soon after, joining Vanersborgs IF before scoring 20 times in the 1990 season for Jonsereds IF despite suffering a broken leg for the second time in his career in 1989.

Andy Kilner was offered a trial with Stockport County by assistant manager John Sainty who had coached him as a youngster at Burnley.

Andy Kilner played two matches for Stockport's reserve side, scoring st Rochdale and twice against Crewe Alexandra.

Andy Kilner quickly established himself in the first team and scored eleven league goals to help the club win promotion from the Fourth Division.

However, manager Danny Bergara later made several tactical changes to the club's style of play that ultimately led to Andy Kilner falling out of favour and, after brief loan spells with Rochdale and Bury, he left the club.

Andy Kilner enjoyed a prolific season, scoring fifteen times in eighteen league matches including two hat-tricks, as the club finished in second place and missed out on promotion by a point.

Andy Kilner was one of the first graduates on the newly introduced UEFA A License by the Football Association of England where other graduates included ex-Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers.

Andy Kilner helped the club reach the fifth round of the FA Cup for the first time in over fifty years.

Andy Kilner later criticised Elwood, stating his belief that the club had continually sold their best players and provided insufficient funds to replace them.

Andy Kilner commented, "If you sell your best players and replace them at a fraction of the cost, then it's not going to be the same".

Andy Kilner revealed that his wife and son had received verbal and physical abuse from Stockport fans prior to his sacking.

On 28 November 2019, it was confirmed that Andy Kilner would join Swedish side, Vanersborgs IF as their manager.