Andy Thackeray

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Andy Thackeray
Personal information
Full name Andrew John Thackeray
Date of birth (1968-02-13) 13 February 1968 (age 55)
Place of birth Huddersfield, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
198x–1986 Manchester City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1986–1987 Huddersfield Town 2 (0)
1987–1988 Newport County 54 (4)
1988–1992 Wrexham 152 (14)
1992–1997 Rochdale 162 (13)
1997–1999 Halifax Town 79 (7)
1999–2003 Nuneaton Borough 125 (10)
2003–2005 Ashton United
2005–2007 Mossley
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrew John Thackeray (born 13 February 1968 in Huddersfield) is an English former professional footballer who made more than 400 appearances in the Football League playing as a defender. [1]

Thackeray was part of the Manchester City youth team which won the FA Youth Cup in 1986, [2] but moved on to Huddersfield Town without appearing for City's first team. He played only twice for Huddersfield, then spent a season with Newport County, before making more than 150 league appearances for each of his next two employers, Wrexham and Rochdale. [1] In the 1997–98 season he helped Halifax Town to promotion from the Conference and played one more season in the Football League. [3] Thackeray then returned to the Conference, spending four seasons with Nuneaton Borough. [1] In 2003, he joined Ashton United, where he scored 5 goals from 91 games in all competitions, and for a time acted as assistant manager. [4] His final club before retirement was Mossley, where he scored 4 goals from 74 games, and won the Player of the Year award in helping them to the Northern Premier League Division One title in the 2005–06 season. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Andy Thackeray". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2 October 2009.
  2. ↑ Bevan, Chris (12 April 2006). "Lake sees bright future for City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 October 2009.
  3. ↑ "Andy Thackeray". ShaymenOnline. Paul Holroyd. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2009.
  4. ↑ "Tabner - Tyler". Ashton United (Hurst FC) Player Database. www.ashtonutd.com. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2009.
  5. ↑ "Tabner to Tyrer". Complete A-Z of Players 1919–2009. Mossley A.F.C. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2009.


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