Andrew Gayle (born 19 September 1970) is an English former professional footballer. He played in The Football League for Oldham Athletic and Crewe Alexandra.[2] He is currently assistant coach of Rossendale United.[3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew Gayle | ||
| Date of birth | 19 September 1970[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Manchester, England | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1989 | Oldham Athletic | 1 | (0) |
| 1989–???? | Crewe Alexandra | 1 | (0) |
| Bury | 0 | (0) | |
| Horwich RMI | |||
| Naxxar Lions | |||
| Horwich RMI | |||
| Stalybridge Celtic | |||
| Accrington Stanley | |||
| Horwich RMI | |||
| Ashton United | |||
| Flixton | |||
| Witton Albion | |||
| Chorley | |||
| Oldham Town | |||
| ????–2000 | Nantwich Town | ||
| 2000 | Rossendale United | ||
| 2000 | St Helens Town | ||
| 2000–2002 | Mossley | ||
| 2003 | Winsford United | ||
| 2003–???? | Abbey Hey | ||
| Rossendale United | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gayle was a trainee with Oldham Athletic and played once in the league for them during the 1988–89 season.[4] He joined Crewe Alexandra, but again played just once.[5] He had spell with Bury without playing in the league before dropping out of The Football League on joining Horwich RMI. He had a spell in Malta with Naxxar Lions before returning to Horwich. He subsequently played for Stalybridge Celtic, Accrington Stanley, Horwich (for a third time), Ashton United, Flixton, Witton Albion, Chorley and Oldham Town before joining Nantwich Town. He scored over 30 times in the 1999–2000 season and signed for Rossendale United in the 2000 close-season. However, he quit Rossendale in October 2000 to join St Helens Town as a protest at the sacking of Rossendale manager Micky Graham.[6]
He stayed just a month with St Helens, joining Mossley in November 2000.[7]
In March 2003 he signed for Winsford United[8] and in July 2003 joined Abbey Hey.[1]
He later became a coach with Rossendale United where he was reported to be also working as a taxicab driver.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Andy Gayle". NonLeagueDaily. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Complete A–Z of players 1919–2010: Gabrielson to Gurney". Mossley A.F.C. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ^ a b "Rossendale United FC – Players & Coaches". Rossendale United FC. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ^ "Oldham Athletic 1946/47 – 2008/09". Neil Brown. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ^ "Crewe Alexandra 1946/47 – 2008/09". Neil Brown. Archived from the original on 30 January 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ^ "Gayle quits in Graham protest". Lancashire Evening Telegraph. 13 October 2000. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ^ "Doolan released". Accrington Stanley Mad. 17 November 2000. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ^ "Winsford's survival is in their own hands". Winsford Guardian. 26 March 2003. Retrieved 17 February 2010.