Andy Toman

Football player infobox| playername= Andy Toman
fullname = Andrew James Toman
dateofbirth =birth date and age|1962|3|7
cityofbirth = Northallerton
countryofbirth = England
height = height|ft=5|in=10
currentclub = Seaham Red Star FC (manager)
position = Midfielder
years = 1984-1985
1985-1986
1986-1987
1986-1989
1989-1993
1992-1993
1993-1994
1993-1996
1996-1999
1999-2000
1999-2000
2002
clubs = Bishop Auckland
Lincoln City
Bishop Auckland
Hartlepool
Darlington
→ Scarborough (loan)
Scunthorpe United
Scarborough
Whitby Town
Blyth Spartans
Barrow
Spennymoor United (coach)
caps(goals) =00? 00(?)
024 00(4)
00? 00(?)
112 0(28)
115 0(10)
006 00(0)
015 00(5)
045 00(3)
00? 00(?)
00? 00(?)
00? 00(?)
00? 00(?)
manageryears = 2002-2003
2005
2005-2007
2007-2008
2008-
managerclubs = Peterlee Newtown (player)
Durham City
Guisborough Town
Northallerton Town
Seaham Red Star FC

Andrew James 'Andy' Toman (born 7 March 1962) is a former English footballer and his playing position was as a midfielder. He is currently the manager of Northallerton Town.

Playing career

Midfielder Toman started his career in the Northern League with Shildon, before joining Bishop Auckland. In the summer of 1985, Toman was offered his first taste of league football when Lincoln City paid £10,000 to secure his services. After a season with Lincoln, Toman returned to Bishop Auckland. In January 1987, Hartlepool United offered Toman a second chance at league football, paying Bishop Auckland £6,000 for him.

In the summer of 1989, a £40,000 fee saw him link up with Brian Little's Darlington for their successful campaign in the Football Conference. He remained at Feethams for a further three seasons, joining Scarborough on loan at the end of the 1992-1993 season, before being released in the summer of 1993.

He joined Scunthorpe United for the 1993-1994 season but, despite scoring 5 goals in just 15 league appearances, he moved on to join Scarborough, this time on a permanent basis. He remained at Scarborough until the summer of 1996 which marked the end of his league career after 317 league appearances and 50 league goals.

He linked up with Whitby Town, scoring in their 3-0 FA Vase final victory over North Ferriby United at Wembley Stadium on 10 May, 1997. After three seasons at Whitby, he had a short spell at Blyth Spartans, leaving after being sent-off for dissent towards his own goalkeeper in the 5-3 defeat to Leigh RMI in the FA Cup on 18 September, 1999. He joined Barrow where he remained until the end of the season.

Management and coaching career

In September 2000, he joined Spennymoor United as player-coach but left after one month [cite news
url=http://archive.thenorthernecho.co.uk/2000/10/20/189132.html
title=The Unibond league
publisher=The Northern Echo
date=20 October 2000
accessdate=2008-04-02] . In October 2002, he joined Peterlee Newtown as player-manager [cite news
url=http://archive.thenorthernecho.co.uk/2002/10/28/116328.html
title=Relief for Toman as Yale strikes late to earn win
publisher=The Northern Echo
date=28 October 2002
accessdate=2008-04-02] . Toman steered the club away from relegation from the Northern League Division One winning four and drawing two of their final six games to overhaul Prudhoe Town after which Toman announced his resignation [cite news
url=http://archive.thenorthernecho.co.uk/2003/4/28/94320.html
title=The Albany Northern League Today: Toman quits as Peterlee complete great escape
publisher=The Northern Echo
date=28 April 2003
accessdate=2008-04-02] but, having received financial assurances from the club, had a change of heart and continued in charge [cite news
url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=11062
title=Toman has a change of heart
publisher=Non league Daily
date=3 July 2003
accessdate=2008-04-02] . He finally left Peterlee in September 2004 stating that "I feel that I've taken the club as far as I can, plus I'm not enjoying it any more" [cite news
url=http://archive.thenorthernecho.co.uk/2004/9/27/38394.html
title=Toman quits Peterlee post after seeing his side progress in Vase
publisher=The Northern Echo
date=27 September 2004
accessdate=2008-04-02] .His next appointment came in March 2005 when Durham City appointed him to the manager's post [cite news
url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=25283
title=Durham appoint Toman
publisher=Non league Daily
date=19 March 2005
accessdate=2008-04-02] . However, he was relieved of the post in April 2005, with Toman describing himself as "flabbergasted" at the decision to replace him [cite news
url=http://archive.thenorthernecho.co.uk/2005/4/18/16305.html
title=The Albany Northern League: No escape route for clubs at the bottom
publisher=The Northern Echo
date=18 April 2005
accessdate=2008-04-02] .In November 2005 he took the hotseat at Guisborough Town who were then bottom of the Northern League Division Two [cite news
url=http://archive.thenorthernecho.co.uk/2005/11/21/211953.html
title=Northern League: Boss Toman sees good things around the corner
publisher=The Northern Echo
date=21 November 2005
accessdate=2008-04-02] . After steering them away from the bottom of the table in the 2005-2006, and having a more promising season in 2006-2007, he reigned in April 2007 [cite news
url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=41458
title=Toman leaves Guisborough
publisher=Non league Daily
date=2 April 2007
accessdate=2008-04-02] .In May 2007 he was appointed to his current role as manager at Northallerton Town [cite news
url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=42482
title=Toman back in post
publisher=Non league Daily
date=28 May 2007
accessdate=2008-04-02] . Toman is employed as the football academy co-ordinator at Middlesbrough College. In 2007 the college was awarded the title of best female football development centre in the country by the FA and Toman travelled to Wembley Stadium to receive the award [cite news
url=http://ts5.gazettelive.co.uk/2007/12/top_fa_award_for_middlebrough.html
title=Top FA award for Middlebrough College female football development centre
publisher=Middlesbrough Evening Gazette
date=3 December 2007
accessdate=2008-04-02] .

Honours

As a player

"'Darlington
*GM Vauxhall Conference Title winner: 1989–90
*Fourth Division Title winner: 1990–91

Whitby Town
*FA Vase winner: 1996-97

References

External links

*soccerbase|7985|Andy Toman
* [http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=toma01 Lincoln City official profile]
* [http://www.barrowfc.com/index.php?inc=player&lnk=T-U&id=94 Barrow profile]
* [http://www.inthemadcrowd.co.uk/cgi-bin/itmc_view_person.asp?oid=803 Hartlepool United statistical record, version 1]
* [http://www.poolstats.co.uk/players/0724.htm Hartlepool United statistical record, version 2]