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Andy Cook (footballer, born 1969)

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Andy Cook
Personal information
Full name Andrew Charles Cook
Date of birth (1969-08-10) 10 August 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Romsey, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Eastleigh (physio)
Youth career
1985–1987 Southampton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1991 Southampton 16 (1)
1991–1993 Exeter City 70 (1)
1993–1997 Swansea City 62 (0)
1997 → Portsmouth (loan) 5 (0)
1997–1998 Portsmouth 4 (0)
1998–1999 Millwall 5 (0)
1999–2006 Salisbury City
2008 Woking 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrew Charles Cook (born 10 August 1969) is an English former professional footballer who played as a left-back and who is now the physiotherapist at National League side Eastleigh.

Playing career

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After playing for Halterworth and Mountbatten school teams, Cook gained representative honours for Eastleigh and Winchester Schools, and Hampshire Schools, before signing as a trainee at Southampton in 1985. He signed full professional terms in July 1987, and made his full first-team debut at home to Manchester United on 15 August that year.[1]

Having only played 22 first-team games in all competitions, and scoring one goal, and failing to settle into a regular first-team slot at either left-back or left-midfield, Cook signed for Exeter City (then managed by former Southampton player Alan Ball) in September 1991[1] for a fee of about £50,000.

Cook's nomadic career has subsequently taken him to Swansea City, Portsmouth, Millwall, and, lastly, Salisbury City.

Career as physiotherapist

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He retired at the end of the 2005–06 season, becoming Salisbury's Football in the Community Officer. He then became manager of the club's reserve team before becoming part of City's physio staff.

In Summer 2008, he left Salisbury to become Woking's physio and also registering as a player.[2] Following the departure of Kim Grant as manager, he was briefly joint caretaker boss of Woking with Phil Gilchrist.[3]

In 2009, Cook joined Conference South side Eastleigh as a physio.[4]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [5][6][7]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Southampton
1987–88 First Division 2 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 0
1988–89 First Division 3 0 0 0 2 0 — 5 0
1989–90 First Division 4 1 0 0 0 0 — 4 1
1990–91 First Division 7 0 1 0 2 0 1[a] 0 11 0
Total 16 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 22 1
Exeter City 1991–92 Third Division 38 0 5 0 0 0 — 43 0
1992–93 Second Division 32 1 2 1 2 0 6[b] 1 42 3
Total 70 1 7 1 2 0 6 1 85 3
Swansea City
1993-94 Second Division 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0
1994-95 Second Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1995-96 Second Division 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0
Total 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Portsmouth (loan) 1996–97 First Division 5 0 0 0 0 0 — 5 0
Portsmouth
1996–97 First Division 3 0 0 0 0 0 — 3 0
1997–98 First Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
Total 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Millwall
1997–98 Second Division 3 0 0 0 0 0 — 3 0
1998–99 Second Division 2 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 0
Total 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Career total 162 2 8 1 6 0 7 1 183 4
  1. ^ Appearances in Full Members' Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in EFL Trophy

References

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  1. ^ a b Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (2003). In That Number – A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. Hagiology Publishing. p. 498. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X.
  2. ^ Youlton, Clive (17 June 2008). "El-Kholti is first signing". www.getsurrey.co.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Gilchrist handed reins at Woking". BBC Sport. 5 September 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  4. ^ Andy Cook Physiotherapist
  5. ^ "Andy Cook career appearances". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Andy Cook career appearances". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Andy Cook career appearances". 11v11.com. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
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