Andy Woon

Andy Woon
Personal information
Full name Andrew Geoffrey Woon[1]
Date of birth (1952-06-26) 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
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Andrew Geoffrey 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

Bognor Regis Town

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. 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.
  2. ↑ "Football Club History Database – Bognor Regis Town". fchd.info. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Seventies. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. p. 266. ISBN 978-1906796709.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 392–393. ISBN 0951526200.
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