Tony McAndrew

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Tony McAndrew
Personal information
Date of birth	11 April 1956
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Position	Defender
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1973–1982 1982–1984 1984–1986 1986–1987 1987–1988 1988–1989	Middlesbrough F.C. Chelsea F.C. Middlesbrough F.C. Darlington F.C. Hartlepool United Billingham Synthonia F.C.
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Tony McAndrew (born 11 April 1956, in Glasgow) is a former Scottish footballer turned coach. He is currently a youth team coach at Aston Villa.

[edit] Biography

A tough-tackling centre-half, McAndrew began his career at Middlesbrough in 1973, where he established himself at the heart of defence. Later becoming captain (and scoring the club's fastest-ever hat-trick whilst playing as an emergency striker), he was at Ayresome Park for almost ten years, before leaving for Chelsea upon Middlesbrough's relegation from the first division in 1982.

He returned to Middlesbrough in 1984, and played for the club for a further two years, before being released in the summer of 1986 as they almost went out of business. Brief spells at Darlington, Hartlepool United, Billingham Synthonia, and future Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson's Bulkhaul followed, before McAndrew moved into coaching as Brian Little's sidekick at Darlington, Leicester City, Aston Villa, and Stoke City. He was later lured back to the Villa to join the coaching staff. Tony supposedly had a child at a young age. He had a son named Sean McAndrew, who was shipped to the United States under the reigns of John and Linda McAndrew. Tony said he had great times with the child, but thought Linda would make a great mom. Some say Sean resides either in the Mississippi area, or Arkansas area. Sean's exact location is only known by those who are closely connected to the family. According to Tony's attorney's Sean is Tony's only biological child and stands to inherit Tony's multi-million dollar fortune that he aquired playing and coaching football.