| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew John Thackeray | ||
| Date of birth | 13 February 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Huddersfield, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 198x–1986 | Manchester City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1987 | Huddersfield Town | 2 | (0) |
| 1987–1988 | Newport County | 54 | (4) |
| 1988–1992 | Wrexham | 152 | (14) |
| 1992–1997 | Rochdale | 162 | (13) |
| 1997–1999 | Halifax Town | 79 | (7) |
| 1999–2003 | Nuneaton Borough | 125 | (10) |
| 2003–2005 | Ashton United | ||
| 2005–2007 | Mossley | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Andrew John Thackeray (born 13 February 1968 in Huddersfield) is an English former professional footballer who made more than 400 appearances in the Football League playing as a defender.[1]
Thackeray was part of the Manchester City youth team which won the FA Youth Cup in 1986,[2] but moved on to Huddersfield Town without appearing for City's first team. He played only twice for Huddersfield, then spent a season with Newport County, before making more than 150 league appearances for each of his next two employers, Wrexham and Rochdale.[1] In the 1997–98 season he helped Halifax Town to promotion from the Conference and played one more season in the Football League.[3] Thackeray then returned to the Conference, spending four seasons with Nuneaton Borough.[1] In 2003, he joined Ashton United, where he scored 5 goals from 91 games in all competitions, and for a time acted as assistant manager.[4] His final club before retirement was Mossley, where he scored 4 goals from 74 games, and won the Player of the Year award in helping them to the Northern Premier League Division One title in the 2005–06 season.[5]