Andy Rollings

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Andy Rollings
Personal information
Full name Andrew Nicholas Rollings [1]
Date of birth (1954-12-14) 14 December 1954 (age 70)
Place of birth Portishead, England
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
Easton
–1972 Norwich City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1972–1974 Norwich City 4 (0)
1974–1980 Brighton & Hove Albion 168 (11)
1980–1981 Swindon Town 12 (1)
1981–1983 Portsmouth 29 (1)
1983 Torquay United 2 (0)
1983 Brentford 1 (0)
1984 Aldershot
1984 Maidstone United 8 (3)
Littlehampton Town
1986 Steyning Town
1986–1987 Brighton & Hove Albion 0 (0)
1987 Southwick
Gorleston
Peacehaven & Telscombe
1992 Newhaven
Shoreham
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrew Nicholas Rollings (born 14 December 1954) is an English retired professional footballer, best remembered for his six years as a centre back in the Football League with Brighton & Hove Albion. [2] He also played League football for Portsmouth, Swindon Town, Norwich City, Torquay United and Brentford. [1] [3]

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Personal life

In the mid-1980s, Rollings opened the Chalet Café in Preston Park, Brighton, with his wife, Judy. [4] [5] As of October 2019, he was still running the café. [6]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Norwich City 1973–74 [7] First Division 400000—40
Brighton & Hove Albion 1979–80 [7] First Division710000—71
Swindon Town 1980–81 [8] Third Division 1210041—162
Portsmouth 1981–82 [9] Third Division19120301 [a] 0251
1982–83 [9] Third Division10000001 [a] 0110
Total291203020361
Brentford 1983–84 [10] Third Division1000000010
Career total533207120644
  1. 1 2 Appearance in Hampshire Professional Cup

Honours

Brighton & Hove Albion

Portsmouth

References

  1. 1 2 "Andy Rollings". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 137. ISBN   978-0955294914.
  3. ↑ Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Eighties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. pp. 345–346. ISBN   978-1906796716.
  4. ↑ "Profile: Andy Rollings". Friends of Preston Park. 10 May 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Firefighter call for action before cafe is burned to the ground". The Argus. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Rollings on his Norwich beginnings and Albion memories". www.brightonandhovealbion.com. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  7. 1 2 Andy Rollings at WorldFootball.net
  8. ↑ "Andy Rollings – Player Profile". TownEnders.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  9. 1 2 "Andy Rollings". PompeyRama. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  10. ↑ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 397. ISBN   0951526200.
  11. 1 2 "Cloughie's 'new Roy McFarland'" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  12. ↑ Moore, Johnny. "The Boys Of 83". www.portsmouthfc.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2016.


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