Andy Woon
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew Geoffrey Woon[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 26 June 1952 | ||
| Place of birth | Bognor Regis, England | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970–1973 | Bognor Regis Town | ||
| 1973–1975 | Brentford | 50 | (12) |
| 1975–1976 | Maidstone United | ||
| 1976–1979 | Gravesend & Northfleet | (32) | |
| Hastings United | |||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Andrew Geoffrey "Andy" Woon (born 26 June 1952) is an English retired professional football forward who made 50 appearances in the Football League for Brentford.[1] He later played non-league football for Maidstone United, Gravesend & Northfleet and Hastings United before injuries ended his career.
Career
Bognor Regis Town
Woon began his career with hometown non-league club Bognor Regis Town, top scoring two seasons in a row to send the club to two successive promotions out of the Sussex League and into the Southern League Division One South.[1][2] He departed Nyewood Lane in February 1973.[1]
Brentford
Woon joined with Division Three strugglers Brentford on trial in October 1972 and impressed enough to sign a professional contract in February 1973,[3] signing for a £1,000 fee.[1] He had a whirlwind start to life at Griffin Park, becoming the only Brentford player to score a hattrick on his debut and helping to beat Port Vale 5–0 on 10 February.[4] He was the club's second-leading scorer during the 1973–74 season,[4] before falling out of favour with incoming manager John Docherty in 1975 and departing the club at the end of the 1974–75 season.[1]
Non-league football
After his departure from Brentford, Woon played on in non-league football with Southern League sides Maidstone United, Gravesend & Northfleet and Hastings United, with injuries ending his career at the latter club.[1]
Honours
- Sussex League Division One: 1971–72[1]
- Sussex League Division Two: 1970–71[1]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Brentford | 1972–73[4] | Third Division | 6 | 3 | — | — | 6 | 3 | ||
| 1973–74[4] | Fourth Division | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 7 | |
| 1974–75[4] | 17 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 50 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 56 | 15 | ||
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. pp. 171–172. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- ↑ "Football Club History Database – Bognor Regis Town". fchd.info. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ↑ Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Seventies. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. p. 266. ISBN 978-1906796709.
- 1 2 3 4 5 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 392–393. ISBN 0951526200.