Wayne Andrews
Personal information
Full name	Wayne Michael Hill Andrews
Date of birth	25 November 1977 (1977-11-25) (age 32)
Place of birth	Paddington, Westminster, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	None
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994–1999 1998 1999 1999–2000 2000–2001 2001–2002 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–2006 2006–2008 2006 2007 2007 2008 2008	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) Luton Town	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) 07 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:30 20 December 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Wayne Michael Hill Andrews (born 25 November 1977 in Paddington) is an English footballer of Barbadian heritage who is currently a free agent.

[edit] Career

[edit] Watford, non-league and Oldham

Andrews began his career with Watford, making his debut on 17 August 1996, the first day of the season, as a substitute in a 2–1 away victory against Bournemouth. On 27 August 1996 he started his first league game and he went on to make 27 more appearances in Watford's first season back in the third tier for 17 years. 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. In October 1998 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. During his time in non-league football Andrews had a small role in the film Mean Machine, which starred ex-footballer Vinnie Jones.^[1]

[edit] Colchester and 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 led 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, Andrews was released by mutual consent in June 2006.

[edit] 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.^[2] He scored his first Coventry goal in a 1-0 win over Barnsley in October 2006, the goal coming seconds after Andrews came off the bench.^[3]

In November 2006, 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 a Yorkshire derby away at Barnsley, the first in a 3–0 victory.^[4]

On 19 January 2007 Andrews joined League One promotion contenders Bristol City on a month long loan. The following day he made his debut, coming on at half time to score the third goal in a 3–0 win over previous employers Oldham Athletic.^[5] On 17 February 2008 he scored City's only goal in a win away to promotion rivals Blackpool,^[6] who would eventually finish in third behind City, with two points less. He also scored once for City in the Football League Trophy, against Brighton.^[7]

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 2007 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 two starts for the club.^[8]

On 24 March 2008 it was confirmed by Coventry that Andrews would be released at the end of the 2007–08 campaign.^[9] Shortly afterwards he joined Bristol Rovers on loan for the rest of the season.^[10] Unfortunately for Andrews, he suffered knee ligament damage just seventeen minutes into his debut with Bristol Rovers, bringing an early end to his time with the club.^[11]

[edit] Luton Town

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 club. During July 2008 he spent some time at Lilleshall, where he received treatment on his knee.^[12]. On 17 October 2008 Andrews signed for Luton Town on a short term contract^[13] and made his debut the following day against Accrington Stanley. Andrews' contract was not renewed, and he was released by Luton at the beginning of 2009, having made 10 appearances in all competitions.

Following his release from Luton, he had a trial period at Yeovil Town, the club where he had injured his knee the previous season while playing for Bristol Rovers. He was not offered a contract with the Somerset club however, as it was felt that he was lacking match fitness. He then spent some time training with Leyton Orient before returning to Yeovil for a second spell on trial in February 2009.^[14]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Wayne Andrews career stats at Soccerbase
• Wayne Andrews player profile at ccfc.co.uk
• Profile at UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database