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Marvin Andrews Personal information Full name Marvin Andrews Date of birth December 22, 1975 Place of birth San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Playing position Centre half Club information Current club Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1992–1994 ECM Motown ? (?) 1995–1996 San Juan Jabloteh ? (?) 1996–1997 Malta Carib Alcons ? (?) 1997–2000 Raith Rovers 63 (5) 2000–2004 Livingston 119 (8) 2004–2006 Rangers 53 (7) 2006–2008 Raith Rovers 41 (8) 2009 Raith Rovers 11 (0) 2009–2010 Hamilton Academical 2 (0) 2009–2010 → Queen of the South (loan) 2 (0) 2010 Queen of the South 4 (0) 2010 Wrexham 10 (1) 2011 Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 0 (0) National team‡ 1996– Trinidad and Tobago 101 (10) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 September 2010.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 August 2009Marvin Andrews (born 22 December 1975) is a Trinidadian football defender. He currently plays for Scottish Junior Club side Kirkintilloch Rob Roy.
Andrews's career includes spells at Livingston, with whom he won the Scottish League Cup in 2004, and Rangers, where he won the double of the League Cup and the Scottish Premier League title in 2005.
Between 1996 and 2006 Andrews was a regular for the Trinidad and Tobago national football team, winning 99 caps. He had stated that he wished for another callup in future,[1] and earned his 100th cap in a 2–3 defeat to Costa Rica in a World Cup Qualifying match on 6 June 2009.
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Domestic career
Before moving to Scotland, Andrews played with Carib F.C. of Trinidad.
Tall, strong and very good in the air as he have proven to be with a few goals over the years, Raith Rovers sold Andrews for around £50,000 in a multi-player deal. Andrews signed for Livingston on the 28th, Sept, 2000. Andrews was voted Raith Rovers' "Player of the Day" in the 1999/2000 season and, also Livingston "Player of the Year" for the 2003/2004 season. On 14 March 2004, Andrews picked up his first major medal when Livingston won the Scottish League Cup by beating Hibernian 2–0 with goals by Derek Lilley and Jamie McAllister.
Andrews signed a two-year deal with Rangers in May 2004 and at the end of his first season with Rangers he scooped the Rangers Player of the Year award, the club also won the Scottish Premiership title at the end of the 2004/2005 season and he started the now famous Rangers catchphrase Keep Believing.
He was released by Rangers at the end of the 2005/2006 season and was a free agent for a short while, before being re-signed by his former club Raith Rovers on October 4, 2006.
He is still considered a hero at Rangers. There is a Glasgow Rangers Supporters club in Llandyrnog North Wales who has the motto "Dal I Gredu" which is Welsh for "Keep Believing" as their motto and has it printed on the back on the club polo shirts www.rangersinwales.co.uk
In May 2008, Andrews left Raith Rovers by mutual consent.[2] He appeared for them as a trialist a little less than a year later, playing for the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 win over East Fife. Andrews stated that he wishes to remain with Rovers for the rest of the season and signed up yet again to Raith Rovers on 11 March 2009.[3] After helping Raith Rovers win the Scottish Second Division Championship, Andrews had admitted that he might move on to another club despite a mutual desire between himself and the club to stay.[4] In July 2009, that proved to be the truth as Andrews signed for SPL club Hamilton Academical.[5]
On 7 December 2009 Dumfries club Queen of the South announced Andrews had signed on a one month loan as cover for the suspended David Lilley and Stephen McKenna.[6] Manager Gordon Chisholm gave Andrews his Queens debut on 12 December in the 2–1 win away to Morton.[7] With bad weather causing a series of fixture portponements at Palmerston Park, Andrews played only one other game for Queens during the loan period, the 2–2 draw away at Partick Thistle.[8] However Andrews returned to QoS by signing a six month deal on 29 January 2010.[9][10]
Andrews was released by Queens at the end of the 2009–10 season.[11]
He joined Wrexham in August 2010 on a short term contract for the 2010–11 season in the Conference National.[12]
International
Andrews is also a key player for the Trinidad and Tobago national team. Having made his international debut in 1996 Andrews has joined Angus Eve and Stern John in earning 100 caps for his country. He was a regular member of the national team during their qualification process for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, but a knee injury sustained prior to the opening match against Sweden virtually ruled him out of the tournament. Brent Sancho took his place in the team alongside Dennis Lawrence.[10]
Career statistics
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Scotland League Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Total 1997–98 Raith Rovers Division One 6 0 1998–99 First Division 24 1 1999-00 29 1 2000–01 4 3 2000–01 Livingston First Division 13 0 2001–02 Premier League 33 3 2002–03 33 4 2003–04 38 0 2004–05 Rangers Premier League 30 4 2005–06 23 3 2006–07 Raith Rovers Second Division 22 4 2007–08 Total Scotland 255 23 Career total 255 23 Honours
- Scottish League Cup: 2003–04
- Scottish Second Division: 1
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- 2008–09
Religion
A devout Christian, Andrews also practices faith healing at the "Zion Praise Centre International", a church based in Kirkcaldy which is described as being Pentecostal.[15] Andrews claims his faith was largely inspired by former Livingston teammate Francisco Javier Sánchez Broto.[citation needed]
In the 2004–05 season (his first season with Rangers) he injured the cruciate ligament in his knee while playing. The injury was supposed to keep him off the field for months but Marvin Andrews was only off for one Scottish League Cup match and was back the next week as he believed God would keep him fit, a move which worried medical staff and supporters alike. Andrews' leg and form held up for the rest of the season, which saw his first SPL medal but the same injury eventually caught up with him, ruling him out of Trinidad And Tobago's World Cup 2006 campaign. When Andrews scored for Rangers, or won the Man of the Match at Ibrox Stadium, the song "I'm a Believer" by The Monkees was played.
In February 2006 he controversially labelled homosexuals as "an abomination" and said, "There is a demon in their spirits, their spirits are ill. But God can help them through his church and anyone who doubts this can check the Bible"[16]. Marvin Andrews then, in an interview with the Guardian in October 2007, sought to clarify his beliefs (claiming that what was written in the 2006 article was "a misquote and it was taken out of context") saying that he didn't have anything against homosexuals themselves, rather that it was homosexual acts that he believed were against God's will [17].
After signing for Queen of the South F.C. in December 2009 and being told about Queen of the South being the 'Only team in the Bible', Andrews described this as, "Most interesting".[18]
References
- ^ "Division Two: East Fife 0–1 Raith Rovers". The Daily Record. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/2009/03/09/division-two-east-fife-0-1-raith-rovers-86908-21183569/. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
- ^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Raith | Rover Andrews leaves Stark's Park". BBC News. 2008-05-10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/raith_rovers/7393958.stm. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
- ^ "It's Marvin All Rover Again". Raith Rovers Official Site. 2009-03-11. http://www.raithroversfc.com/cgi-bin/latestnews.cgi?id=2890. Retrieved 2009-03-11.
- ^ "Socawarriors.Net". Socawarriors.Net. 2009-05-04. http://www.socawarriors.net/foreign-based/5425-andrews-to-seek-higher-advice-on-raith-future.html. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
- ^ "Andrews wins deal with Hamilton". BBC Sport. 20 July 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hamilton_academical/8160217.stm. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
- ^ 'New signing Marvin Andrews joins Queens[dead link]
- ^ Morton 1 – 2 Queen of the South[dead link]
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "Latest 'ins and outs'" www.qosfc.com[dead link]
- ^ a b "World Cup Doonhamers" on www.qosfc.com
- ^ "Retained List". qosfc.com. 3 May 2010. http://www.qosfc.com/HeadlineNews/ViewFullStory/tabid/151/selectmoduleid/498/ArticleID/1212/reftab/36/Default.aspx. Retrieved 4 May 2010.[dead link]
- ^ "Retained List". Wrexham FC. 12 August 2010. http://www.wrexhamafc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10311~2120581,00.html. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
- ^ "マーヴィン・アンドリューズ". World-soccer.org. http://www.world-soccer.org/p-09582.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
- ^ "Marvin ANDREWS(マルヴィン・アンドリューズ) @ LEVEL-K". Level-k.com. http://www.level-k.com/player/M_Andrews.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
- ^ Donegan, Lawrence (21 May 2005). "Rangers centre-back whose game rests on divine intervention | Football | The Guardian". London: Football.guardian.co.uk. http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,1489056,00.html. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
- ^ "Footballer offers to "cure" lesbian MSP – from Pink News – all the latest gay news from the gay community". Pink News. 2006-02-27. http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-616.html. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
- ^ "Marvin Andrews - The Rangers legend and Trinidad and Tobago captain gives it to you straight about God, booze and homosexuality". The Guardian. 2007-10-05. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2007/oct/05/smalltalk.sportinterviews. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
- ^ Marvin Andrews all set for Queens' debut[dead link]
External links
Wrexham F.C. – current squad Trinidad and Tobago squad – 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup 
Trinidad and Tobago squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup Categories:- 1975 births
- Living people
- Association football central defenders
- Raith Rovers F.C. players
- Livingston F.C. players
- Rangers F.C. players
- Hamilton Academical F.C. players
- Queen of the South F.C. players
- Trinidad and Tobago Christians
- Trinidad and Tobago footballers
- Trinidad and Tobago international footballers
- Trinidad and Tobago expatriate footballers
- 2006 FIFA World Cup players
- 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- Scottish Premier League players
- Scottish Football League players
- San Juan Jabloteh players
- TT Pro League players
- Expatriate footballers in Scotland
- FIFA Century Club
- Wrexham F.C. players
- Conference National players
- Expatriate footballers in Wales
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