Andy Roberts (footballer)

For other people named Andy Roberts, see Andy Roberts (disambiguation).

Andy Roberts
Personal information
Full name Andrew James Roberts[1]
Date of birth (1974-03-20) 20 March 1974 (age 50)[1]
Place of birth Dartford, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
000?–1991 Millwall
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1995 Millwall 138 (5)
1995–1998 Crystal Palace 108 (2)
1998–2002 Wimbledon 101 (6)
2002 → Norwich City (loan) 5 (0)
2002–2004 Millwall 66 (3)
Total 418 (16)
International career
1995 England U21 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:59, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Andrew James Roberts (born 20 March 1974 in Dartford) is an English retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Roberts began his career at Millwall in 1991. In 1995, he moved to Crystal Palace, where he was the club's Player of the Year in 1996. In 1998, he signed for Wimbledon, where he stayed until 2002. He had a loan spell at Norwich City in that year before returning to Millwall. During his second spell at Millwall he helped them reach the 2004 FA Cup Final, playing in their semi-final triumph over Sunderland.[2] However he missed the final because of injury.[3] He retired from playing in 2004, aged 30.

He was also capped five times by the England U21 team during the mid-1990s.

  1. ^ a b c Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2003). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004. Queen Anne Press. p. 360. ISBN 1-85291-651-6.
  2. ^ "Sunderland 0-1 Millwall". BBC. 4 April 2004. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Lions ready for dream date". BBC. 20 May 2004. Retrieved 18 August 2017.