Andy Woon

Andy Woon
Personal information
Full name	Andrew Geoffrey Woon
Date of birth	26 June 1952 (age 72)
Place of birth	Bognor Regis, England
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1970–1973	Bognor Regis Town
1973–1975	Brentford
1975–1976	Maidstone United
1976–1979	Gravesend & Northfleet
	Hastings United
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrew Geoffrey "Andy" Woon (born 26 June 1952) is an English retired football forward who made 50 appearances in the Football League for Brentford.^[1] He later played non-league football for Maidstone United, Gravesend & Northfleet and Hastings United before injuries ended his career.

Career

Bognor Regis Town

Woon began his career with hometown non-league club Bognor Regis Town, top scoring two seasons in a row to send the club to two successive promotions out of the Sussex League and into the Southern League Division One South.^[1]^[2] He departed Nyewood Lane in February 1973.^[1]

Brentford

Woon earned a move to the Football League with Division Three strugglers Brentford in February 1973, signing for a £1,000 fee.^[1] He had a whirlwind start to life at Griffin Park, becoming the only Brentford player to score a hattrick on his debut and helping to beat Port Vale 5–0 on 10 February.^[1] He was the club's second-leading scorer during the 1973–74 season, before falling out of favour with incoming manager John Docherty in 1975 and departing the club at the end of the 1974–75 season.^[1]

Non-league football

After his departure from Brentford, Woon played on in non-league football with Southern League sides Maidstone United, Gravesend & Northfleet and Hastings United, with injuries ending his career at the latter club.^[1]

Honours

Bognor Regis Town

Sussex League Division One: 1971/72^[1]
Sussex League Division Two: 1970/71^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920-2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. pp. 171–172. ISBN 978-0955294914.
^ "Football Club History Database - Bognor Regis Town". fchd.info. Retrieved 15 June 2015.

[:1-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920-2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. pp. 171–172. ISBN 978-0955294914.

[2] "Football Club History Database - Bognor Regis Town". fchd.info. Retrieved 15 June 2015.

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