Andy Marriott

Football player infobox
playername = Andy Marriott


fullname = Andrew Marriott
nickname =
height = 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1970|10|11|df=yes
cityofbirth = Sutton-in-Ashfield
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Exeter City
clubnumber = 1
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears = 1987–1988
youthclubs = Arsenal
years = 1988–1989
1989–1993
1989
1989
1990
1991
1993–1998
1998
1998–2001
2001
2001
2001–2003
2003
2003–2004
2004
2004
2004–2005
2005–2006
2006–2007 2007–
clubs = Arsenal
Nottingham Forest
→ West Bromwich Albion (loan)
→ Blackburn Rovers (loan)
→ Colchester United (loan)
→ Burnley
Wrexham
→ Sunderland (loan)
Sunderland
→ Wigan Athletic (loan)
→ Barnsley (loan)
Barnsley
Birmingham City
S.C. Beira-Mar
Coventry City
Colchester United
Bury
Torquay United
Boston United Exeter City
caps(goals) = 000 (0)
011 (0)
003 (0)
002 (0)
010 (0)
015 (0)
225 (0)
000 (0)
002 (0)
000 (0)
000 (0)
054 (0)
001 (0)
024 (0)
000 (0)
000 (0)
019 (0)
057 (0)
046 (0) 039 (0)
nationalyears = 1992 1996–1998
nationalteam = England U21 Wales
nationalcaps(goals) = 001 (0) 005 (0)
pcupdate = 17:15, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
ntupdate = 17:15, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Andrew Marriott (born October 11, 1970) is an English-born Welsh professional footballer, playing as a goalkeeper for Exeter City. He is a journeyman player, having represented a large number of different clubs, and has also played for the Welsh national team.

Football career

Marriott was born in Sutton-in-Ashfield. He began his career as a trainee with Arsenal in April 1987, turning professional in October 1988.cite book | last = Matthews | first = Tony | title = The Who's Who of West Bromwich Albion | publisher = Breedon Books | date = 2005 | pages = p. 151 | isbn = 1-85983-474-4] However, he never made the first team at Highbury, joining Nottingham Forest in June 1989 for a fee of £50,000. He was soon sent out on loan by Brian Clough to gain some first team experience, joining West Bromwich Albion in September 1989. He made his Football League debut with Albion in a 3–1 win at Leicester City on 9 September. Later that season he had loan spells with Blackburn Rovers and Colchester United. He was also loaned out to Burnley in August 1991. After 13 first team games for Forest, he moved to Wrexham, in October 1993, for a fee of £200,000.

He was a regular over the next five years at the Racecourse Ground, playing over 250 times, and winning five Welsh international caps, before joining Sunderland for £200,000 in August 1998. He failed to establish himself at Sunderland however, and was set to join Cardiff City in September 2000. A £300,000 fee had been agreed between the two clubs, but Marriott decided to stay at Sunderland after failing to agree personal terms with Cardiff. [Cite news
title = Marriott rejects Bluebirds' offer
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/913212.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2000-09-06
accessdate = 2008-03-03] A further round of negotiations later that month failed to persuade him to move to South Wales. [Cite news
title = Marriott stays at Sunderland
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/935663.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2000-09-22
accessdate = 2008-03-03] He joined Wigan Athletic on loan in January 2001. [Cite news
title = Marriott joins Wigan on loan
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wigan_athletic/1096097.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2001-01-01
accessdate = 2008-03-03] Another loan spell in 2000–01, this time at Barnsley, led to a permanent move on a free transfer at the end of the season. He acted as the club's PFA representative during his time at Oakwell. [Cite news
last = Hodkinson
first = Mark
title = Barnsley on the brink
url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/football_league/article862255.ece
publisher = TimesOnline
date = 2003-02-03
accessdate = 2008-03-03]

In March 2003 he joined Birmingham City for a nominal fee, as goalkeeping cover after Nico Vaesen suffered injured knee ligaments. [Cite news
title = Marriott joins Birmingham
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/barnsley/2843959.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2003-03-12
accessdate = 2008-03-03] He left at the end of the season after just one Premiership appearance, a 2–1 away defeat against Tottenham Hotspur. Seven minutes into his Blues debut, Marriott collected a tame delivery into the box and dropped the ball at his feet to clear. However, he failed to see behind him Robbie Keane, who stole the ball and rolled it into the net.Cite news
title = Poyet strike lifts Spurs
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/2895723.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2003-04-05
accessdate = 2008-03-03] The goal was named as the Goal of the Week on the BBC Sport website, which described it as "the cheekiest goal of the season" and "one of the goalkeeping clangers of the season". [Cite news
title = Goal of the Week: Clever Keane
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/photo_galleries/2922925.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2003-04-06
accessdate = 2008-03-03] Birmingham manager Steve Bruce said that Marriott will be "haunted forever" by the mistake. [Cite news
title = Blues bemoan Marriott error
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/2922097.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2003-04-06
accessdate = 2008-03-03]

In August 2004 he joined Coventry City on a month-to-month deal, but was not kept on and in September had a trial with Oldham Athletic. [Cite news
title = Marriott on trial at Oldham
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/o/oldham_athletic/3667278.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2004-09-17
accessdate = 2008-03-03] He moved to Colchester United on a one month deal in October 2004, as cover for Aidan Davison. [Cite news
title = Colchester sign ex-Wrexham keeper
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/colchester_united/3756840.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2004-10-19
accessdate = 2008-03-03] The following month he signed an 18-month contract with Bury. [Cite news
title = Marriott leaves U's for Shakers
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bury/3981979.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2004-11-04
accessdate = 2008-03-03] In March 2005 he joined Torquay United, [Cite news
title = Torquay sign Marriott and Abbey
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/4311477.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2005-03-02
accessdate = 2008-03-03] becoming the sixth keeper the club had used that season. He saved two spot-kicks in an FA Cup penalty shootout against Harrogate Town, before converting the winning penalty himself. [Cite news
title = Harrogate 0-0 Torquay (AET)
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/4430906.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2005-11-15
accessdate = 2008-03-03] At the end of the 2005–06 he was offered a new contract at Torquay, but he turned it down, instead opting to sign for Boston United in June. [Cite news
title = Boston complete double signing
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/boston_united/5079272.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2006-06-14
accessdate = 2008-03-03] A year later, following Boston's double demotion to the Conference North, he returned to Devon, joining Exeter City. [Cite news
title = Exeter bring in Marriott & Taylor
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/exeter_city/6743871.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2007-06-12
accessdate = 2008-03-03]

References

External links

* [http://www.exetercityfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10436,00.html Profile] at Exeter City F.C. official site
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