Andy Kennedy (footballer born 1964)

Infobox Football biography


playername = Andy Kennedy
fullname = Andrew John Kennedy
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1964|10|8
cityofbirth = Stirling
countryofbirth = Scotland
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height = 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
position = Centre-forward
youthyears =
youthclubs = Sauchie Athletic
years = 1982–1985

1985–1988
1987
1988–1990
1990–1992
1991
1992–1994
1994–1995
1995–
clubs = Rangers
→ Seiko (Hong Kong) (loan)
Birmingham City
→ Sheffield United (loan)
Blackburn Rovers
Watford
→ Bolton Wanderers (loan)
Brighton & Hove Albion
Gillingham
Portadown
Shelbourne
Happy Valley
caps(goals) = 15 00(3)

76 0(19)
09 00(1)
59 0(23)
25 00(4)
01 00(0)
42 0(10)
02 00(0)

Andrew John "Andy" Kennedy (born October 8, 1964 in Stirling, Scotland) is a former Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre-forward.

His first professional club was Rangers, but he only made a few first team appearances for the Glasgow side before being loaned out to Seiko (Hong Kong) and then sold to Birmingham City in March 1985. His goals helped ensure the club's promotion from the Second Division, and in 1985–86, his first full season, he was the club's leading scorer, but with only nine goals for a poor side which failed to avoid relegation. In 1987 he joined Sheffield United on loan, and then moved to Blackburn Rovers, also in the Second Division, followed by Watford in 1990–91. A loan spell at Division Three Bolton Wanderers was cut short after one game when Kennedy sustained a back injury. in 1992 he joined Division Two club Brighton & Hove Albion, spending two seasons there before finishing his Football League career at Gillingham. Still only 30 years of age, he next tried his luck in Northern Ireland with Portadown, then Shelbourne, and then back to Hong Kong with Happy Valley. [cite web
url=http://www.thefootballnetwork.net/main/s474/st86521.htm |title=Andy Kennedy |work=Walking Down The Manny Road (a Bolton Wanderers fansite) |accessdate=2007-09-05] In 2005 he coached on the Rangers Soccer Schools programme. [cite web
url=http://www.rangers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/SoccerSchoolsDetail/0,,5~676228,00.html |title=Gers Launch Soccer Schools In Canada |publisher=Rangers F.C. | year=2005 | accessdate=2007-08-20]

Honours

* with Birmingham City
** Second Division promotion 1985.

References

cite book
author=Matthews, Tony | title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record | year=1995 | publisher=Breedon Books | isbn=1-85983-010-2

External links

[http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/andykennedy.htm Profile] at [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/ Neil Brown's statistics site] .

Persondata
NAME = Kennedy, Andrew John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Kennedy, Andy
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH = 1964-10-08
PLACE OF BIRTH = Stirling, Scotland
DATE OF DEATH =
PLACE OF DEATH =