Andy Jackson (footballer, born 1988)

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Andy Jackson
Personal information
Full name Andrew Steven Jackson
Date of birth (1988-01-09) 9 January 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Falkirk, Scotland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2011 St Johnstone 74 (15)
2005 → Cowdenbeath (loan) 13 (4)
2006 → Forfar Athletic (loan) 13 (5)
2010 → Arbroath (loan) 8 (0)
2011–2012 Greenock Morton 29 (5)
2012–2019 Brechin City 211 (68)
2019–2020 Forfar Athletic 12 (1)
2020 → Brechin City (loan) 7 (0)
2020 Brechin City 0 (0)
International career‡
0000 Republic of Ireland U17
0000 Republic of Ireland U18
2008 Republic of Ireland U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:59, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 November 2008

Andrew Steven Jackson (born 9 January 1988) is a Scottish-born Irish football player who plays as a striker. Beginning his career with St Johnstone, Jackson has also played for Greenock Morton, Brechin City and Forfar Athletic, and has also had spells on loan with Cowdenbeath, Forfar Athletic, Arbroath and Brechin City.

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Career

Club

Jackson started his career with St Johnstone. He made his league debut on 14 August 2004, in a 3–1 defeat against Queen of the South at McDiarmid Park. [1] During the 2005–06 season, Jackson was loaned out to Cowdenbeath, [2] with whom he scored four goals in thirteen league appearances, and Forfar Athletic, [3] scoring five goals in thirteen appearances.

Jackson scored his first senior goal for St Johnstone on 5 September 2007 in their 2–0 victory over Ross County in the Scottish Challenge Cup. [4] Jackson was awarded the Young Player of the Month for January 2008 after scoring in three consecutive games (against Raith Rovers, Dunfermline Athletic and Stirling Albion). [5] Jackson missed most of the 2008–09 season with an Achilles tendon injury as St Johnstone won the First Division. In July 2009 he was taken to hospital suffering from a bowel complaint that had first troubled him in April 2008, and also hindered his fitness in 2008–09. [6]

Jackson was released by Saints in summer 2011, and played for Greenock Morton for one season before being released in May 2012. [7] Shortly afterwards he signed a deal with Second Division side Brechin City. [8] [9] Jackson scored on his début for Brechin, in a Challenge Cup tie against Third Division side Rangers. [10] On 15 April 2014, Jackson signed a new one-year contract at Brechin. [11]

After seven years with Brechin, Jackson signed a two-year deal with Angus rivals Forfar Athletic in May 2019, [12] having previously had a spell on loan with the side in 2006. Jackson made 18 appearances for Forfar, before returning on loan to Brechin in January 2020. [13] Although signing a deal to see him return to the club permanently, he ultimately left the club in August 2020 due to work commitments. [14]

International

He has represented the Republic of Ireland at under-18, under-19 and under-21 level. He made his under-21 début against Austria on 19 August 2008, playing for 63 minutes in a 1–1 draw. [15]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Scottish Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
St Johnstone 2004–05 [16] Scottish First Division 4000000040
2005–06 [17] 2010000030
2006–07 [18] 6040301 [lower-alpha 1] 0140
2007–08 [19] 341452104 [lower-alpha 1] 24418
2008–09 [20] 90102000120
2009–10 [21] Scottish Premier League 200000—20
2010–11 [22] 1710010—181
Total741511270529719
Cowdenbeath (loan) 2005–06 [17] Scottish Third Division 134000000134
Forfar Athletic (loan) 2005–06 [17] Scottish Second Division 135—0000135
Arbroath (loan) 2009–10 [21] 8000000080
Greenock Morton 2011–12 [23] Scottish First Division 29510221 [lower-alpha 1] 43311
Brechin City 2012–13 [24] Scottish Second Division 351610103 [lower-alpha 2] 34019
2013–14 [25] Scottish League One 331232101 [lower-alpha 1] 03814
2014–15 [26] 341143104 [lower-alpha 3] 04314
2015–16 [27] 34511101 [lower-alpha 1] 0376
2016–17 [28] 291300415 [lower-alpha 4] 23816
2017–18 [29] Scottish Championship 10010401 [lower-alpha 1] 0160
2018–19 [30] Scottish League One 331010101 [lower-alpha 1] 03610
Total2086711613116524879
Forfar Athletic 2019–20 [31] Scottish League One 121105100181
Brechin City (loan) 2019–20 [31] Scottish League Two 7000000070
Brechin City 2010–21 [31] 0000000000
Career total324872482742211437119
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. ↑ One appearance and a goal in the Scottish Challenge Cup; two appearances and two goals in the First Division play-offs
  3. ↑ Two appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup and two in the Championship play-offs
  4. ↑ One appearance and two goals in the Scottish Challenge Cup; four appearances in the Championship play-offs

Honours

St Johnstone

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  15. ↑ Stoppage-time equaliser denies Irish U21s victory in Austria, Football Association of Ireland
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