Andy Hayward

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Andy Hayward
Personal information
Full name Andrew William Hayward
Date of birth (1970-06-21) 21 June 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Barnsley, England
Position(s) Midfielder, striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Frickley Athletic
1994–1998 Rotherham United 120 (15)
1998 → Woking (loan) 2 (4)
1998–1999 Hednesford Town
1998 → Doncaster Rovers (loan) 3 (0)
1999 Barrow
1999–2000 Frickley Athletic
2000–2004 Bradford Park Avenue
2004–2005 Stalybridge Celtic 46 (16)
2005–2007 Ossett Town 53 (32)
2007 North Ferriby United
2007–2008 Frickley Athletic
2008–2009 Garforth Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrew William Hayward is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder and striker.

Hayward started his career in non-league football, and his prolific goalscoring record soon attracted attention from bigger clubs. He turned professional at the age of 24, joining Rotherham United from Frickley Athletic in 1994. He played 120 league games in four seasons before leaving the club in 1998. Whilst at Rotherham he was a part of the team that won the 1996 Football League Trophy Final.[1] While at Rotherham he was lauded for his volleying ability and was considered the best in this regard within the lower leagues of English Professional Football. He has since played for numerous teams in non-league football.

He signed for Hednesford Town, and had a brief loan spell with Doncaster Rovers. He then moved on to Barrow in February 1999,[2] and helped the club secure survival in the Football Conference league when he scored the opening goal in a 2–1 win against Kidderminster Harriers on the last day of the season.[3] He returned to his old club Frickley Athletic, before being signed by Bradford Park Avenue in September 2000 for a club record fee.[4] He stayed there for several seasons before moving on to Stalybridge Celtic in March 2004.[5] He stayed there until the summer of 2005, scoring 16 goals in 46 appearances.[6][7]

He went on to play for Ossett Town,[8] playing 53 times and scoring 32 goals,[9][10] and North Ferriby United. He returned for a third spell at Frickley Athletic, this time as a player-assistant manager before joining Garforth Town.[11]

He last played for Royston Railway in the Barnsley Sunday league football and currently works as a PE instructor at Evolve Academy, a pupil referral unit in Wakefield. [12]

Hayward currently manages his local Sunday League club Royston FC. His greatest managerial accomplishment to date is winning the Wakefield and District Premier Division Cup in a thrilling 1-0 victory over Beechwood WMC in the 2024/24 season.

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  2. ^ "Holker Street Newsletter 290 – 16th February 1999". Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  3. ^ "Holker Street Newsletter 361 – 3rd May 1999". Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  4. ^ "Archive News September 2000". 26 September 2000. Archived from the original on 12 May 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  5. ^ "Blues News". Official Frickley Athletic Website. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  6. ^ "Player Details: Season 2003–2004". SoccerFactsUK. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  7. ^ "Player Details: Season 2004–2005". SoccerFactsUK. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  8. ^ "Where are they now? – Rotherham United FC". MillersMad. 13 April 2007. Archived from the original on 28 October 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
  9. ^ "Player Details: Season 2005–2006". SoccerFactsUK. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  10. ^ "Player Details: Season 2006–2007". SoccerFactsUK. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  11. ^ "Caught in Time: Rotherham United win the Auto Windscreens Shield, 1996". The Sunday Times. 18 January 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2010.[dead link]
  12. ^ http://www.clubwebsite.co.uk/roystonvillagefc/114633/player_profile.pl?player=1091139[permanent dead link]