Andy Woodman

Andy Woodman
Personal information
Full name Andrew John Woodman[1]
Date of birth (1971-08-11) 11 August 1971 (age 52)[1]
Place of birth Camberwell, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Bromley (manager)
Youth career
000?–1989 Crystal Palace
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1994 Crystal Palace 0 (0)
1994–1995 Exeter City 6 (0)
1995–1999 Northampton Town 163 (0)
1999 → Brentford (loan) 1 (0)
1999–2001 Brentford 60 (0)
2000 → Peterborough United (loan) 0 (0)
2000 → Southend United (loan) 17 (0)
2000 → Colchester United (loan) 6 (0)
2001–2002 Colchester United 48 (0)
2002 → Oxford United (loan) 12 (0)
2002–2004 Oxford United 89 (0)
2004–2005 Stevenage Borough 21 (0)
2005 Redbridge 1 (0)
2005 Thurrock 14 (0)
2005–2006 Rushden & Diamonds 3 (0)
Total 438 (0)
Managerial career
2017 Whitehawk
2021– Bromley
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrew John Woodman (born 11 August 1971) is an English football manager and former player, who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the manager of National League club Bromley.

Woodman made league appearances for 10 clubs in England during his playing career. Following his retirement, aside from his managerial career, he has been a goalkeeping coach at several Premier League clubs, including Newcastle United, West Ham United, Crystal Palace, and Arsenal.

Playing career

Woodman spent the first five years of his career playing at Crystal Palace without making a first team appearance. In 1994, he moved to Exeter City making his debut at Lincoln City on the opening day of the season, but his time at St. James' Park was cut short following red cards in two successive matches. He was first sent off against Leyton Orient for violent conduct and then a week later for deliberate handball against Colchester United in the FA Cup. In both games, Woodman was replaced by 15-year old substitute Ross Bellotti, who remains the youngest goalkeeper ever to appear in the football league or FA Cup proper.[2]

Woodman moved to Northampton Town in March 1995 where he is regarded as something of a cult figure, being granted a testimonial by the club in summer 2007. He was loaned to Brentford in January 1999 and then moved there on a free transfer. After loans spells at Southend United and Colchester United in 2000, he signed permanently for Colchester United for the start of the 2001–02 season. Woodman found himself loaned out again, this time to Oxford United in January 2002, before signing permanently for them when the loan ended in March. Woodman was released by Oxford United in 2004 and then played for Stevenage Borough, Redbridge and Thurrock. His final match for Thurrock was a 4-2 Conference South play-off defeat against Eastbourne Borough on 3 May 2005.[3] Woodman then briefly returned to the Football League with Rushden & Diamonds, making the final appearance of his career in a 2–1 defeat at Barnet on 29 October 2005.[4]

Coaching career

Coaching

In spring of 2006 he was appointed assistant manager at Rushden & Diamonds but left the club after they were relegated from the Football League at the end of that season to join his former teammate Alan Pardew at West Ham United as a coach. When Pardew moved to Charlton Athletic, Woodman followed him in the summer of 2007 as goalkeeping coach. In December 2010 he linked up with Pardew again at Newcastle United as goalkeeping coach and on 31 July 2015, he joined Crystal Palace in the same position to work under Pardew again. On 9 January 2017, following Pardew's departure and the appointment of Sam Allardyce as manager of Crystal Palace, it was announced that Woodman had left the club.[5]

Management

Whitehawk

Woodman was appointed to his first managerial role on 1 February 2017 at National League South Whitehawk.[6][7] He left the club later that year after ensuring National League South safety.[8]

Bromley

On 29 March 2021, he left his position as Head of Goalkeeping at Arsenal and was appointed as the new manager of National League club Bromley.[9] After guiding the club to the play-offs on the final day of the season, Woodman was awarded the league's Manager of the Month award for May 2021.[10]

On 18 January 2022, Bromley announced that they had received an official approach from League One side Gillingham for permission to speak to Woodman regarding their managerial vacancy.[11] Bromley went on to say that permission had been granted for both parties to speak. On 30 January Bromley announced that Woodman would stay on as manager after turning down the approach from Gillingham.[12]

Woodman won his first trophy as a manager, the FA Trophy, in May 2022.

A strong start to the 2023–24 season saw Woodman awarded the Manager of the Month award for a second time for September 2023, guiding his side to nineteen points from a possible twenty-one.[13]

Personal life

Woodman's son, Freddie, is a goalkeeper with Preston North End. Gareth Southgate is Freddie's godfather.[14]

Woodman co-authored a book Woody & Nord: A Football Friendship with England manager Gareth Southgate about their close friendship which grew from their time together as youth players at Crystal Palace, followed by their wildly differing fortunes in the professional game. Southgate's nickname Nord was given to him by Wally Downes, who thought he sounded like Denis Norden.[15] The book won the best sports autobiography category at the 2004 British Sports Book Awards.[16]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 24 October 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Whitehawk[17] England 1 February 2017 7 June 2017 18 6 3 9 21 31 −10 033.33
Bromley[18] England 29 March 2021 Present 134 61 41 32 201 157 +44 045.52
Total 152 67 44 41 222 188 +34 044.08

Honours

Player

Northampton Town[19][20]
Brentford[22]

Manager

Bromley

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2003). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004. Queen Anne Press. p. 461. ISBN 1-85291-651-6.
  2. ^ "The Grecian Archive". Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Player Details: Season 2004-2005-Andy Woodman". Soccer Facts UK.co.uk. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Andy Woodman". 11v11.com.
  5. ^ "Club Statement". cpfc.co.uk. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  6. ^ Anthony Scott (1 February 2017). "Andy Woodman appointed Hawks Boss". Whitehawk F.C. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  7. ^ Musgrove, Andrew (1 February 2017). "Ex-Newcastle United goalkeeping coach Andy Woodman gets his first job - at non-league club". chroniclelive.co.uk.
  8. ^ Owen, Brian (24 May 2017). "Woodman parts company with Whitehawk". The Argus.
  9. ^ "Andy Woodman: Arsenal head of goalkeeping appointed as new Bromley manager". BBC Sport. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  10. ^ a b "National League's May Monthly Award Winners Revealed!". www.thenationalleague.org.uk. 4 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Club Statement: Andy Woodman". Bromley FC Official Site. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  12. ^ "Andy Woodman: Bromley boss turns down approach from Gillingham". BBC. 30 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  13. ^ a b "Woodman Chops His Rivals As 'The Bear' Show His Claws!". www.thenationalleague.org.uk. 12 October 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  14. ^ "Why Fred Woodman is about to make the battle for the number one spot interesting at Newcastle United". Chronicle Live.co.uk. 12 October 2015.
  15. ^ Brian Viner (27 March 2004). "Gareth Southgate and Andy Woodman: Contrasting futures beckon for football's unlikely double act". Independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  16. ^ British Sports Book Awards, official website.
  17. ^ "2016–17 Whitehawk Fixtures and Results". Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  18. ^ "Latest Bromley Results, Fixtures & Betting Odds | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  19. ^ "Division Three (League Two) Play-off Finalists". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
  20. ^ "Division Two (League One) Play-off Finalists". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
  21. ^ Fox, Norman (25 May 1997). "Football: Swansea run over by Frain". The Independent. Independent Digital News & Media. Archived from the original on 27 October 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  22. ^ "Tier Four (League Two) Honours". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
  23. ^ "Bromley beat Wrexham to win FA Trophy". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 May 2022.

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