Andy Woodman

Infobox Football biography


playername = Andy Woodman
fullname = Andrew John Woodman
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1971|8|11
cityofbirth = Camberwell, London
countryofbirth = England
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position = Goalkeeper
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years = 1989–1994
1994–1995
1995–1999
1999
1999–2001
2000
2000
2000
2001–2002
2002
2002–2004
2004–2005
2005
2005
2005–2006
clubs = Crystal Palace
Exeter City
Northampton Town
→ Brentford (loan)
Brentford
→ Peterborough United (loan)
→ Southend United (loan)
→ Colchester United (loan)
Colchester United
→ Oxford United (loan)
Oxford United
Stevenage Borough
Redbridge
Thurrock
Rushden & Diamonds
caps(goals) = 000 (0)
006 (0)
160 (0)
001 (0)
060 (0)
000 (0)
017 (0)
006 (0)
048 (0)
012 (0)
089 (0)
021 (0)


003 (0)
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Andrew John "Andy" Woodman (born 11 August 1971) is an English football coach and former player. He is currently goalkeeping coach at Charlton Athletic. As a player, his highest claim to fame was being goalkeeper for Northampton Town when they won the Division Three playoffs in 1997.

Playing career

Woodman played for a number of clubs in his career, starting out at Crystal Palace in the 1989–90 season, he stayed with them for several years, until 1993–94. He then moved to Exeter City. His spell at Exeter was cut short following two red cards in quick succession, one against Leyton Orient for violent conduct, and secondly against Colchester United in the FA Cup, for deliberate handball outside the area, when after making a total hash of a back pass he decided to dive on the ball with both hands. Exeter fans never forgave him for this, and when he later played in goal for Northampton in a home game with Exeter he was forced to endure repeated chants of "We remember Colchester" from the away fans behind his goal.

Following his red cards he moved to Northampton Town which lasted until 1998–99. Woodman is regarded as something of a cult figure at Sixfields after this time there, and was granted a testimonial by the club in summer 2007. He was also on loan to Brentford during this time, and moved there on a free during 1998–99.While at Brentford he was loaned to several clubs; Peterborough United (1999–2000), Southend United (2000–01) and Colchester United (2000–01).

He joined Colchester on a free transfer in the 2001–02 season, and was loaned to Oxford United in that season. Woodman then moved into non-league football with Stevenage Borough in 2004–05, as well as Redbridge, Thurrock and a trial at Torquay United. He joined Rushden & Diamonds in the 2005–06 season, but injured his Achilles tendon early on in the season, which ruled him out for a number of months.

Non-playing career

Coaching career

In the spring of 2006 he was appointed assistant manager at Rushden and Diamonds. When the club was relegated at the end of that season, he chose to join his old team-mate Alan Pardew's staff at West Ham United. When Pardew moved to Charlton Athletic, Woodman joined him in the summer of 2007 as goalkeeping coach.

Other activities

He is a close friend of ex-England international and Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate, with whom he has written a book about life in the youth ranks of Crystal Palace, their first club. The book is called "Woody & Nord: A Football Friendship", and describes an enduring friendship forged in the Palace youth team that has survived Southgate and Woodman's wildly differing fortunes in the professional game. The book won the Sporting Book of the Year Award for 2004 from the National Sporting Club.

External links

* [http://www.uptheposh.com/people/507/ Profile] at [http://www.uptheposh.com/ UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database]
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