Andy Holt (footballer, born 1978)

Andrew Holt (born 21 April 1978, Stockport, Greater Manchester) is an English former professional footballer who last played as a defender for Corby Town.

Andy Holt
Personal information
Full name Andrew Holt
Date of birth (1978-04-21) 21 April 1978
Place of birth Stockport, England
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1993–1995 Oldham Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–2001 Oldham Athletic 114 (10)
2001Hull City (loan) 12 (2)
2001–2004 Hull City 61 (1)
2002Barnsley (loan) 7 (0)
2003Shrewsbury Town (loan) 9 (0)
2004–2006 Wrexham 81 (9)
2006–2012 Northampton Town 191 (16)
2012 Corby Town 0 (0)
Total 475 (38)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Oldham Athletic

Holt started his career at Oldham Athletic where he stayed for six years, playing 114 times and scoring 10 goals. Holt sufficiently impressed Hull City during a loan spell, who paid £150,000 to secure his services. He came up through the club's centre of excellence.

Hull City and Wrexham

His career at Hull City was quite good to start; he played 30 times in his first season. However, the following year, he found himself surplus to requirements, first loaned out to Barnsley and then Shrewsbury Town. In the 2003–04 season, only starting six of his 25 games that season. He found himself moving to Wrexham on a free transfer. At Wrexham, he played 86 matches, scoring on 10 occasions. He took part in the club's Football League Trophy win in 2005.[1] At the end of his two-year contract, he got offered a deal by League One side Northampton Town, allowing him to prove himself in the next league up.

Northampton

In his first season at Northampton, having been snapped up on a Bosman transfer by manager John Gorman, able to play in many positions he was used as a utility man, he played 37 games, none of them from the bench as had been his career's main problem, and scored twice. He was retained by the club at the end of the 2006–07 season. However at the end of the 2009/2010 season, Holt turned down a new 2-year deal with Northampton. But on 9 June, Holt signed a new 2-year deal with Northampton, a month after turning down the previous offer.

Corby Town

In July 2012, following his release from Northampton, Holt rejoined former Northampton Town manager Ian Sampson at local Conference North side, Corby Town. However, in August 2012 Holt was forced to retire from football having suffered a knee injury.[2]

Post-playing career

After retirement he moved back to Manchester.

References

  1. "Southend 0-2 Wrexham". BBC. 10 April 2005. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  2. Jon Wilkinson BBC Northampton (16 August 2012). "BBC Sport - Corby defender Andy Holt retires with knee injury". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
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