- Andy Monkhouse
Football player infobox
playername = Andy Monkhouse
fullname = Andrew William Monkhouse
height =
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|10|23|df=y
cityofbirth =Leeds
countryofbirth =England
currentclub = Hartlepool United
clubnumber = 11
position =Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1998-2006
2006-2007
2006-2007
2007-
clubs = Rotherham United
Swindon Town
→ Hartlepool United (loan)
Hartlepool United
caps(goals) = 128 (9)
010 (2)
008 (3)
018 (4)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 10:28, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
ntupdate =Andrew William "Andy" Monkhouse (born
23 October 1980 inLeeds ) is a professional football player.Monkhouse began his career with Rotherham United as a trainee before rising to the senior ranks at the age of 17. He scored on his league debut - a 3-0 win over Hartlepool United in September 1998.
After 128 league outings for Rotherham and a couple of long-term injuries Monkhouse became
Dennis Wise 's first signing as manager of Swindon Town onJune 22 ,2006 , signing a one-year contract."Monkey's" time at Swindon was interrupted by injury and he was loaned to Hartlepool United. Following a successful loan spell, a deal was then agreed between Swindon and Hartlepool on
January 10 for Monkhouse to sign for the latter for an undisclosed fee. Ironically, when Monkhouse played for Hartlepool against Swindon on3 February 2007 he scored the winning goal against his former side. Remarkably, the first time he was on the losing side in a league match in 2006/7 was in Hartlepool's defeat against Barnet on7 April 2007 - his 32nd appearance of the season.Monkhouse was named in the PFA League Two Team of the Year for the 2006-07 season.cite news
title = Ronaldo secures PFA awards double
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6582201.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date =2007-04-22
accessdate = 2007-05-19] Having earned the initial nickname 'Monkey', for obvious reasons, this has evolved into various forms over the years, such as 'Monks' and 'Monkmanaman' - taken from has likening, in looks and style of play, to Steve Mcmanaman.References
External links
* [http://www.hartlepoolunited.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10326~9630,00.html Monkhouse’s Official Hartlepool United F.C. profile]
* [http://www.inthemadcrowd.co.uk/cgi-bin/itmc_view_person.asp?oid=1211 Andy Monkhouse profile] at [http://www.inthemadcrowd.co.uk/ In The Mad Crowd]
* [http://www.hartlepool.vitalfootball.co.uk/player.asp?p=458 Vital Hartlepool Profile: Andy Monkhouse]
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