Andy Sandell

Andy Sandell

Sandell playing for Newport County in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Andrew Charles Sandell
Date of birth	(1983-09-08) 8 September 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth	Calne, England
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Striker, Left back, left winger
Youth career
1999–2000	Forest Green Rovers
2000–2002	Bristol City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Malmesbury Victoria
	Melksham Town
2004–2005	Paulton Rovers
2005–2007	Bath City	46	(8)
2006–2007	Bristol Rovers	36	(3)
2007–2009	Salisbury City	49	(8)
2008–2009	→ Aldershot Town (loan)	7	(1)
2009–2010	Aldershot Town	52	(6)
2010–2011	Wycombe Wanderers	43	(7)
2011	→ Forest Green Rovers (loan)	3	(0)
2011–2012	Chippenham Town	5	(0)
2012–2015	Newport County	113	(14)
2015–2018	Chippenham Town	106	(61)
2018–2020	Melksham Town	2	(1)
2020–	Paulton Rovers	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:13, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

Andrew Charles Sandell (born 8 September 1983) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker after a professional career as a left sided defender or midfielder.

Career

Trainee and non-League football

Sandell began his career as a trainee at Bristol City after coming through the youth system at Forest Green Rovers. Spells at Malmesbury Victoria and Melksham Town followed before he moved to Western League Premier Division side Paulton Rovers. He then joined Bath City for £1,500 and he was then offered a trial at Swansea City at the end of 2005. In the 2005–06 season he scored eight goals for Bath City, as they finished as runners-up, in the Southern Football League Premier Division. They went on to lose the subsequent play-off semi-final to Bedford Town.

Bristol Rovers

In the summer of 2006, Sandell joined Bristol Rovers and made his Football League debut at Peterborough United on the opening day of the season. That season Bristol Rovers reached the League Two Play-off Final, where they beat Shrewsbury Town 3–1. Bristol Rovers also reached the Football League Trophy final, which they lost 3–2 to Doncaster Rovers.

Salisbury City

In August 2007, Sandell joined Salisbury City on a month's loan from Bristol Rovers, ^[1] with the move eventually made permanent. He scored three goals throughout the season. In the 2008–09 season Sandell played 16 games for Salisbury City and scored five times.

Aldershot Town

In November 2008, Sandell joined Aldershot Town on loan until January. ^[2] The move was made permanent when the transfer window opened and Sandell signed a contract until the end of the 2009–10 season. ^[3]

Wycombe Wanderers

Sandell joined Wycombe Wanderers upon expiry of his contract in June 2010, penning a two-year deal. ^[4] In his first season for the club he gained the reputation of a free kick specialist, scoring 5 times from set pieces in the 2010–11 season.

On 10 October 2011, Sandell signed for Forest Green Rovers in a three-month loan deal, returning to the club where he was a member of the under 18's squad over a decade before. ^{[5] [6]} Sandell made his Forest Green debut the next day in an away loss against Hayes & Yeading United. ^[7] Sandell went on to make further appearances against AFC Telford United ^[8] and Kettering Town ^[9] for Forest Green until his loan contract was terminated early following an incident at the club. Sandell subsequently returned to Wycombe but was however released on 7 November 2011. ^[10]

Chippenham Town

On 10 November 2011, Sandell joined Chippenham Town so that he could get back to match fitness to look for a new Football League club in the January transfer window.

In December 2011, Sandell reached the final stages of an open try out at Major League Soccer outfit Chicago Fire. ^[11]

Newport County

On 6 January 2012 Sandell joined Conference National club Newport County. Sandell made his Newport debut the following day in a 2–0 loss against Luton Town. ^[12] He then agreed a new contract with the club to remain at Newport for the 2012–13 season in June 2012. ^[13] In the 2012–13 season he was part of the Newport team that finished 3rd in the league, reaching the Conference National playoffs. Newport County won the playoff final versus Wrexham at Wembley stadium 2–0 to return to the Football League after a 25-year absence with promotion to League Two. ^[14]

He was released by Newport in May 2015 at the end of his contract. ^[15]

Chippenham Town

In July 2015, Sandell signed for Chippenham Town as a forward. In August it was also announced that Andy would take the vacant Commercial Manager role at the club.

At the end of the 2015/16 season, Sandell was awarded the Southern League Premier Division Golden Boot after scoring the most goals in the league, 22 in total. ^[16]

In the 2016/17 season, Sandell helped Chippenham to win the Southern League Premier Division. He was once again awarded the Southern League Premier Division Golden Boot after scoring 27 goals in the league. ^[17]

Sandell left Chippenham Town in December 2018 to recover from an ACL Injury.

Later career

Sandell had spells at both Melksham Town and Paulton Rovers, taking up a player-coach role at the latter.

Career statistics

As of match played 2 December 2017

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bath City	2005–06 [18]	SFL - Premier Division	46	8	0	0	—		0	0	46	8
Bristol Rovers	2006–07 [19]	League Two	36	3	4	0	1	0	7 [lower-alpha 1]	0	48	3
Salisbury City	2007–08 [20]	Conference Premier	33	3	0	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 2]	0	34	3
	2008–09 [21]	Conference Premier	16	5	0	0	—		0	0	16	5
	Total		49	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	50	8
Aldershot Town (loan)	2008–09 [21]	League Two	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
Aldershot Town		League Two	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	1
	2009–10 [22]	League Two	30	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	34	5
	Total		52	6	3	0	1	0	0	0	56	6
Wycombe Wanderers	2010–11 [23]	League Two	32	7	3	0	1	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	37	7
	2011–12 [24]	League One	11	0	0	0	1	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	13	0
	Total		43	7	3	0	2	0	2	0	50	7
Forest Green Rovers (loan)	2011–12 [24]	Conference Premier	3	0	0	0	—		0	0	3	0
Chippenham Town	2011–12 [18]	SFL - Premier Division	5	0	0	0	—		3 [lower-alpha 2]	0	8	0
Newport County	2011–12 [24]	Conference Premier	10	2	0	0	—		0	0	10	2
	2012–13 [25]	Conference Premier	42	8	0	0	—		3 [lower-alpha 3]	0	45	8
	2013–14 [26]	League Two	23	3	1	0	2	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	27	3
	2014–15 [27]	League Two	38	1	0	0	0	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	39	1
	Total		113	14	1	0	2	0	5	0	121	14
Chippenham Town	2015–16 [18]	SFL - Premier Division	33	22	3	1	—		2 [lower-alpha 4]	1	38	24
	2016–17 [18]	SFL - Premier Division	40	27	3	5	—		3 [lower-alpha 5]	1	46	33
	2017–18 [28]	National League South	14	4	0	0	—		0	0	14	4
	Total		87	53	6	6	0	0	5	2	98	61
Career total			441	100	17	6	6	0	23	2	487	108

1. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
2. Appearances in the FA Trophy
3. Appearances in the Conference Premier play-offs
4. One appearance in the FA Trophy; one appearance and a goal in the Southern League Cup
5. One appearance and a goal in the Wiltshire Premier Shield; one appearance in the FA Trophy; one appearance in the Wiltshire Senior Cup

Honours

Bristol Rovers

• Football League Trophy runner-up: 2006–07 ^[29]

References

1. "Salisbury sign midfielder Sandell". BBC Sport. 20 August 2007. Retrieved 20 August 2007.
2. "Aldershot capture winger Sandell". BBC Sport. 14 November 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
3. "Aldershot sign Sandell until 2010". BBC Sport. 2 January 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
4. "Sandell seals switch". Wycombe Wanderers F.C. 1 July 2010. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012.
5. "Forest Green Rovers net defender Andy Sandell". BBC Sport. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
6. "Rovers seal Sandell loan move". forestgreenroversfc.com. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
7. "Hayes & Yeading United 2–0 Forest Green Rovers". BBC Sport. 11 October 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
8. "Forest Green 2–1 AFC Telford United". BBC Sport. 18 October 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
9. "Forest Green 0–1 Kettering". BBC Sport. 15 October 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
10. "Wycombe Wanderers release defender Andy Sandell". BBC Sport. 7 November 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
11. "Sandell mulls over USA option". Non League Daily. 29 December 2011. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
12. "Luton 2–0 Newport". BBC Sport. 7 January 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
13. "Newport County confirm Andy Sandell signing". BBC Sport. 17 June 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
14. Hughes, Dewi (5 May 2013). "Wrexham 0–2 Newport". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
15. Newport players released
16. "Honours at the Double For Bluebirds". EvoStik League Southern. 1 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
17. "Southern League Top Scorers". EvoStik League Southern. 22 April 2017. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
18. "Andy Sandell". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
19. "Games played by Andy Sandell in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
20. "Games played by Andy Sandell in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
21. "Games played by Andy Sandell in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
22. "Games played by Andy Sandell in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
23. "Games played by Andy Sandell in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
24. "Games played by Andy Sandell in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
25. "Games played by Andy Sandell in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
26. "Games played by Andy Sandell in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
27. "Games played by Andy Sandell in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
28. Andy Sandell at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
29. Hughes, Ian (1 April 2007). "Bristol Rovers 2–3 Doncaster Rovers AET". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 March 2024.

External links

• Andy Sandell at Soccerbase