Andy Woodward
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew Woodward | ||
| Date of birth | 23 September 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Stockport, Cheshire, England | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1995 | Crewe Alexandra | 20 | (0) |
| 1995–2000 | Bury | 115 | (1) |
| 2000–2001 | Sheffield United | 3 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | → Scunthorpe United (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Halifax Town | 30 | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | Northwich Victoria | 8 | (0) |
| Total | 188 | (2) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Andrew Woodward (born 23 September 1973) is an English former professional footballer who played in the English Football League for Crewe Alexandra, Bury, Sheffield United, Scunthorpe United (two loan spells) and Halifax Town.[1] Later a serving police officer, dismissed for gross misconduct in November 2016, he shortly after revealed he had been a victim of child sexual abuse, writing a book about his experiences.
Woodward signed his first professional contract with Crewe in July 1992, and made his first team debut on 17 April 1993, coming on as a substitute in a Third Division match at Walsall; he made eight further substitute appearances that season including in the play-off final against York City at Wembley on 5 May 1993.[2] He made his first of 11 starts for Crewe on 17 August 1993, playing in a League Cup tie against Wrexham at Gresty Road.[2] He made 14 appearances for Crewe during their promotion-winning 1993–94 campaign, but then made only two further substitute appearances for the Railwaymen.[2]
He joined Bury on 13 March 1995 and played for the Lancashire club 135 times in five years. He scored his first league goal on 26 December 1998 against his former club, Crewe, in a 3–1 defeat at Gresty Road.[3] He was then signed by Sheffield United in March 2000. He played only four games for the Blades, and had two loan spells at Scunthorpe, before joining Halifax Town in the summer of 2001.[1] He scored his second league goal, for Halifax in a 2–2 draw against Carlisle United, on 29 March 2002. When Halifax went into administration in the summer of 2002, Woodward was sacked, and subsequently joined Northwich Victoria.[4]