Andy Holt (footballer)

Football player infobox
playername = Andy Holt


fullname = Andrew Holt
height = height|ft=6|in=1
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1978|4|21
cityofbirth = Stockport
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Northampton Town
clubnumber = 11
position = Defender
youthyears = 1993–1995
youthclubs = Oldham Athletic
years = 1995–2001
2001
2001–2004
2002
2003
2004–2006
2006–
clubs = Oldham Athletic
→ Hull City (loan)
Hull City
→ Barnsley (loan)
→ Shrewsbury Town (loan)
Wrexham
Northampton Town
caps(goals) = 114 (10)
010 0(2)
061 0(1)
007 0(0)
009 0(0)
081 0(9)
078 0(4)
pcupdate = 14:52, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Andrew "Andy" Holt (born April 21 1978, in Stockport, Greater Manchester) is an English professional footballer with Northampton Town. He plays as a left-back or a left-midfielder and signed for Northampton from Wrexham in the summer of 2006.

Oldham

Holt started his career at Oldham Athletic [http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=9767] , where he stayed for six years, playing 114 times and scoring 10 goals. The young Holt sufficiently impressed Hull City during a loan spell [http://www.ntfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10425~9185,00.html] , who paid £150,000 to secure his services. He came up through the club's centre of excellence, and became a firm favourite with fans.

Hull and Wrexham

His career at Hull was quite good to start; he played 30 times in his first season [http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=9767] . However, the following year, he found himself surplus to requirements, first loaned out to Barnsley and then Shrewsbury. In the 2003-04 season, he sat on the bench mostly, only starting six of his 25 games that season. He found himself moving to Wrexham on a free transfer. At Wrexham, he played 86 matches, scoring on 10 occasions [http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=9767] . At the end of his two-year contract, he got offered a deal by League One side Northampton, allowing him to prove himself in the next league up.

Northampton

In his first season at Northampton, having been [http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=398897&plid=3337&clid=75&cpid=11 snapped up] on a Bosman transfer by new Cobblers manager John Gorman, he played 37 games, none of them from the bench as had been his career's main problem, and scored twice. He was [http://www.ntfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10425~1019900,00.html retained] by the club at the end of the 2006-07 season.

External links

* [http://www.4thegame.com/club/northampton-town-fc/player-profile/5685/andyholt.html Andy Holt profile at 4thegame.com]
* [http://www.ntfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10425~9185,00.html Andy Holt profile at ntfc.co.uk]
* [http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=9767 Andy Holt profile at Soccerbase]