Andy Cook (footballer, born 1969)

For other people with the same name, see Andy Cook (disambiguation).

Andrew Charles Cook (born 10 August 1969) is an English former professional footballer who played as a left-back and who is now the physiotherapist at National League side Eastleigh.

Andy Cook

Personal information
Full name	Andrew Charles Cook
Date of birth	(1969-08-10) 10 August 1969 (age 56)
Place of birth	Romsey, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Eastleigh (physio)
Youth career
1985–1987	Southampton
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1991	Southampton	16	(1)
1991–1993	Exeter City	70	(1)
1993–1997	Swansea City	62	(0)
1997	→ Portsmouth (loan)	5	(0)
1997–1998	Portsmouth	4	(0)
1998–1999	Millwall	5	(0)
1999–2006	Salisbury City
2008	Woking	0	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

After playing for Halterworth and Mountbatten school teams, Cook gained representative honours for Eastleigh and Winchester Schools, and Hampshire Schools, before signing as a trainee at Southampton in 1985. He signed full professional terms in July 1987, and made his full first-team debut at home to Manchester United on 15 August that year.^[1]

Having only played 22 first-team games in all competitions, and scoring one goal, and failing to settle into a regular first-team slot at either left-back or left-midfield, Cook signed for Exeter City (then managed by former Southampton player Alan Ball) in September 1991^[1] for a fee of about £50,000.

Cook's nomadic career has subsequently taken him to Swansea City, Portsmouth, Millwall, and, lastly, Salisbury City.^[2]

Career as physiotherapist

He retired at the end of the 2005–06 season, becoming Salisbury's Football in the Community Officer. He then became manager of the club's reserve team before becoming part of City's physio staff.

In Summer 2008, he left Salisbury to become Woking's physio and also registering as a player.^[3] Following the departure of Kim Grant as manager, he was briefly joint caretaker boss of Woking with Phil Gilchrist.^[4]

In 2009, Cook joined Conference South side Eastleigh as a physio.^[5]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ^[6][7][8]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Southampton
	1987–88	First Division	2	0	0	0	0	0	—		2	0
	1988–89	First Division	3	0	0	0	2	0	—		5	0
	1989–90	First Division	4	1	0	0	0	0	—		4	1
	1990–91	First Division	7	0	1	0	2	0	1[a]	0	11	0
	Total		16	1	1	0	4	0	1	0	22	1
Exeter City	1991–92	Third Division	38	0	5	0	0	0	—		43	0
	1992–93	Second Division	32	1	2	1	2	0	6[b]	1	42	3
	Total		70	1	7	1	2	0	6	1	85	3
Swansea City
	1993-94	Second Division	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	0
	1994-95	Second Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	1995-96	Second Division	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	0
	Total		62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Portsmouth (loan)	1996–97	First Division	5	0	0	0	0	0	—		5	0
Portsmouth
	1996–97	First Division	3	0	0	0	0	0	—		3	0
	1997–98	First Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		1	0
	Total		9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
Millwall
	1997–98	Second Division	3	0	0	0	0	0	—		3	0
	1998–99	Second Division	2	0	0	0	0	0	—		2	0
	Total		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Career total			162	2	8	1	6	0	7	1	183	4

1. Appearances in Full Members' Cup
2. Appearances in EFL Trophy