20 Facts About Andy Legg

Andrew Legg was born on 28 July 1966 and is a Welsh football manager and former Wales international player.

Andy Legg made his senior debut in 1988 and went on to make over 150 appearances for the club in all competitions before being sold to Notts County in 1993.

Andy Legg played for Birmingham City, Ipswich Town, Reading, Peterborough United, Cardiff City and Newport County.

Andy Legg was one of the cover athletes of FIFA Soccer 96 alongside Ioan Sabau.

Andy Legg's brother, Paul, was a footballer and spent time on trial with Swansea City, Cardiff City, Shrewsbury Town and Hull City.

Andy Legg first joined Middlesbrough on trial, playing up front alongside Bernie Slaven for the club's reserve side.

However, manager Bruce Rioch was unhappy with Andy Legg's hair, describing him as "too scruffy", and told him to cut his hair or to not come back.

Andy Legg was instead offered a trial at Manchester City and played for the reserve side, again as a forward, before being asked to return at the start of the following season for pre-season training in order for manager Mel Machin to assess him.

Andy Legg went on to make over 150 appearances at Vetch Field and helped win the Welsh Cup in 1989 and 1991 as well as featuring in the team's European Cup Winners' Cup campaigns, playing against Panathinaikos and AS Monaco.

Andy Legg was featured on the cover of FIFA 96, alongside Brescia Calcio's Ioan Sabau, a photo taken at that game.

Andy Legg was instead allowed to join Ipswich Town on loan as cover for the injured Bobby Petta and after a month Ipswich manager George Burley attempted to negotiate a permanent deal, which later collapsed.

Andy Legg was initially unpopular with fans due to his previous spell with South Wales rivals Swansea City, even being sent death threats, former teammate Winston Faerber had his finger sliced open after opening one of Andy Legg's letters which contained a razor blade.

Andy Legg underwent surgery several days later at Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham.

The operation to remove it was successful, although he was forced to undergo a 28 session course of radiation therapy, and Andy Legg was able to return to football, despite having believed that he would be forced to retire.

Andy Legg returned to play for Llanelli, and was appointed manager of the side in April 2009, replacing Peter Nicholas.

At the age of 42, Andy Legg was part of the Llanelli side that inflicted a shock defeat on Scottish Premier League side Motherwell in the first qualifying round of the Europa League in July 2009.

Already a holder of a UEFA A coaching licence, Andy Legg began studying for his UEFA Pro Licence in June 2010.

Andy Legg returned to football as manager of Bangor City in August 2016 but was sacked from the job three months later.

Andy Legg returned to Llanelli Town in November 2020 for his second spell as manager before leaving the club in November 2021.

On 31 January 2025, Andy Legg became manager at Barry Town United.