Calvin Hyden Andrew (born 19 December 1986) is an English footballer, who plays as a striker. Calvin is currently contracted to Championship team Crystal Palace.

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Born in Luton, Bedfordshire, Andrew began his career at Luton Town, signing for the Hatters' academy in 2004.

Andrew has enjoyed loan spells at Grimsby Town and Bristol City. At Grimsby, Andrew played five times, scoring once against Barnet.^[1] At Bristol City, his fortunes changed for the worse, only starting one match without scoring.

Nevertheless, these loan spells helped Andrew develop as a player, and he returned to feature in Luton's 2005–06 campaign. A knee ligament injury prevented him from featuring much in the Hatters' ill-fated 2006–07 season that saw them relegated from The Championship, and he only returned as the season reached its conclusion, with the Hatters looking doomed already.

He played most of their 2007–08 campaign, as points deductions for financial irregularities led to massive problems on and off the field at Kenilworth Road, and the club were relegated again as a result. Luton were deducted a record 30 points from their 2008–09 season haul, making a third relegation almost certain. With this is mind, the Hatters needed to free-up their wage bill and reduce further debt, and decided to sell Andrew once their appeal was rejected, with him moving to Crystal Palace in the summer of 2008 for a fee of £80,000.^[2]

On January 29, 2009, it was revealed that Andrew had signed on loan with League One rivals Brighton & Hove Albion until the end of the season.^[3]. Andrew returned to Crystal Palace after picking up a hamstring injury during the Johnstone's Paint Trophy Southern Final defeat against Luton Town which ruled him out of action for 7 weeks, before returning to Brighton for the game against Swindon Town on the weekend of the 11 April ^[4]. Andrew scored his first goal for Brighton, netting the winner in the 2-1 victory at Bristol Rovers ^[5] before scoring his second goal during the 2-2 draw at Huddersfield Town ^[6].

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(correct as of 2 January 2009)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Calvin Andrew career stats at Soccerbase