Wayne Andrews

Football player infobox
playername = Wayne Andrews


fullname = Wayne Michael Hill Andrews
height = 5 ft 10 in
nickname = Flash
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1977|11|25
cityofbirth = Paddington, Westminster
countryofbirth = England
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Striker
youthyears =
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years = 1994–1999
1998
1999
1999–2000
2000–2001
2001–2002
2002–2003
2003–2004
2004–2006
2006–2008
2006
2007
2007
2008
clubs = Watford
→ Cambridge United (loan)
→ Peterborough United (loan)
St Albans City
Aldershot Town
Chesham United
Oldham Athletic
Colchester United
Crystal Palace
Coventry City
→ Sheffield Wednesday (loan)
→ Bristol City (loan)
→ Leeds United (loan)
→ Bristol Rovers (loan)
caps(goals) = 280 (4)
02 0(0)
100 (5)
24 (11)
37 (10)
31 (20)
36 (11)
46 (14)
33 0(1)
10 0(1)
09 0(1)
07 0(2)
01 0(0)
01 0(0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 16 May 2008 (UTC)
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Wayne Michael Hill Andrews (born November 25 1977 in Paddington, Westminster in Greater London) is an English footballer of Barbadian heritage who is currently without a club after his contract with Coventry was not renewed.. He joined Coventry on June 2 2006 following his release from Crystal Palace.

Career

Watford

Andrews began his career with Watford, making his debut as a substitute in a 2–1 away victory against Bournemouth. He started the following game and made 27 more appearances in his first professional season. Early in the 1997–98 season, Andrews broke his ankle and subsequently missed the rest of the campaign. In his absence Watford were promoted to Division One and Andrews found himself behind a number of other strikers. He was loaned to Cambridge United, for whom he only played twice, and, in February 1999, to Peterborough United, for whom he scored four goals on his debut, a 5–2 win over Barnet.

Upon being released from his contract in April 1999, Andrews moved into non-league football with St Albans City, Aldershot Town and Chesham United before being spotted and signed by Iain Dowie for Oldham Athletic in summer 2002.

Crystal Palace

In the summer of 2003, Andrews moved to Colchester United, for whom he played 36 times, scoring 16 goals. At end of the 2004 summer transfer window, Dowie, who had managed Crystal Palace to promotion the previous season, signed Andrews to bolster his Premiership squad.

Andrews found it very difficult to establish a first-team place at Crystal Palace. He found himself behind a number of more established strikers at the club and was even tested as a winger. Following the lack of opportunities, both parties decided to go their separate ways.

Coventry City

Shortly after his release he was signed by Coventry City. He had only scored one goal for Palace in his two seasons there, ironically against Coventry.

After impressing in a game against his Sheffield Wednesday side, Brian Laws signed Andrews on loan in time for their next game to fill in for the injured Wade Small on the right wing. Andrews made nine appearances for the South Yorkshire team in which they only lost twice. He scored his only goal in the 11th minute of a Yorkshire derby against Barnsley in a 3–0 victory at Oakwell.

On 19 January 2007, Andrews began a one month loan spell at League One promotion contenders Bristol City and, after coming on at half time, Andrews notched his first goal for the club against previous employers Oldham Athletic. Bristol City won the game 3–0. He then continued this form by scoring City's only goal in a win away to Blackpool. This was arguably one of the most important goals in City's season as they finished only two points above Blackpool, clinching a promotion spot.

Andrews returned to Coventry, where he failed to force himself into first team contention; he started only one game at the start of the 2007–08 season. Andrews was sent on loan to Leeds United on 1 October with the intention of easing their striker shortage problem. Andrews initially joined on a one-month loan deal with the option to extend the deal until the end of December, but he was sent back to Coventry at the end of the month having made only to starts for the club.. [cite news
date=2007-10-01
url=http://www.leedsunited.com/page/NewsroomDetail/0,,10273~1124481,00.html
title=DUO JOIN UP
publisher=Leeds United AFC
accessdate=2008-03-24]

On 24 March 2008 it was confirmed that Andrews would be released by Coventry at the end of the 2007–08 season. [cite news
date=2008-03-24
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/7311439.stm
title=Coventry to release eight players
publisher=BBC Sport
accessdate=2008-03-24] It was announced shortly afterwards that he would join Bristol Rovers on loan for the rest of the season, at which point he would become a free agent. [cite news
date=2008-03-27
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bristol_rovers/7316468.stm
title=Rovers make double loan signings
publisher=BBC Sport
accessdate=2008-03-27] Unfortunately for Andrews, he suffered knee ligament damage just seventeen minutes into his debut with Bristol Rovers, bringing an early end to his season. [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bristol_rovers/7322272.stm |title= Pirates rocked by Andrews injury |work=BBC Sport |date=2008-03-31 |accessdate=2008-07-16]

Following his release by Coventry, Andrews spent the 2008 pre-season at Bristol Rovers recuperating from his knee injury and attempting to earn a contract with the West Country club. During July 2008 he spent some time at Lilleshall, where he received treatment on his knee. [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bristol_rovers/7505934.stm |title= Rovers send Andrews to Lilleshall |work=BBC Sport |date=2008-07-14 |accessdate=2008-07-16]

Trivia

Andrews had a small role in the film "Mean Machine", which starred ex-footballer Vinnie Jones. [cite web|url=http://cinema.theiapolis.com/movie-0LTM/mean-machine/cast.html|title=Mean Machine (2001) - casting|publisher=Theiapolis Cinema|accessdate=2008-07-14]

References

External links

* [http://www.ccfc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10269~22370,00.html Wayne Andrews player profile] at ccfc.co.uk
*soccerbase|id=8950|name=Wayne Andrews
* [http://www.uptheposh.com/people/980/ Profile] at [http://www.uptheposh.com/ UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database]