Andy Brownrigg
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew David Brownrigg[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 2 August 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Chapeltown, Sheffield, England | ||
| Positions | |||
| Youth career | |||
| Hereford United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1995 | Hereford United | 8 | (0) |
| 1995–1997 | Norwich City | 0 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | →Kettering Town (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Rotherham United | 0 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | →Stalybridge Celtic (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 1998 | Yeovil Town | 0 | (0) |
| 1998 | Stalybridge Celtic | 10 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Stocksbridge Park Steels | 29 | (4) |
| 1999–2000 | Kidderminster Harriers | 20 | (3) |
| 2000 | Greenock Morton | 2 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Hartlepool United | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Andrew David Brownrigg (born 2 August 1976) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender and midfielder. He made appearances in the English Football League with Hereford United and also played extensively in non-league football.
Brownrigg began his career with Hereford United, making his debut during the 1994–95 season. In March 1995, after just eight league games, he was transferred to Norwich City for £100,000. He spent part of the following season on loan to Kettering Town and moved to Rotherham United in 1997. He was an unused substitute for Norwich in a Premier League match against Arsenal at Highbury on 1 April 1995.
After being named on the bench for Rotherham’s opening game of the 1997–98 season, his career was disrupted by a violent assault in which he suffered severe facial injuries. Following a spell out, he joined Stalybridge Celtic on loan and was released at the end of the season.
Brownrigg went on to play for a number of clubs including Yeovil Town, Stocksbridge Park Steels, and Kidderminster Harriers, with whom he won the Football Conference title in 1999.[2]
He later played in Scotland with Greenock Morton,[3] before returning to England to appear for clubs including Hartlepool United, Northwich Victoria, Hednesford Town, Gainsborough Trinity, Wakefield & Emley, Maltby Main, Scarborough, Hallam, Buxton, Sheffield, Staveley Miners Welfare, Ossett Albion, Worksop Town and AFC Emley.
Personal life
In June 2008, Brownrigg entered the Sporting Chance Clinic, a facility established by former England international Tony Adams for athletes facing addiction issues.[4] He has remained in recovery since that time.
