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Andy Rollings
Personal information
Full name Andrew Nicholas Rollings[1]
Date of birth (1954-12-14) 14 December 1954 (age 69)
Place of birth Portishead, England
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
0000–1972 Norwich City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1974 Norwich City 4 (0)
1974–1980 Brighton & Hove Albion 168 (11)
1980–1981 Swindon Town 12 (1)
1981–1983 Portsmouth 29 (1)
1983 Torquay United 2 (0)
1983 Brentford 1 (0)
Maidstone United 8 (3)
1986–1987 Brighton & Hove Albion 0 (0)
Gorleston
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrew Nicholas Rollings (born 14 December 1954) is an English retired professional footballer, best remembered for his six years as a centre back in the Football League with Brighton & Hove Albion.[2] He also played League football for Portsmouth, Swindon Town, Norwich City, Torquay United and Brentford.[1][3]

Personal life

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In the mid-1980s, Rollings opened the Chalet Cafe in Preston Park, Brighton, with his wife, Judy.[4][5] As of October 2019, he was still running the cafe.[6]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Norwich City 1973–74[7] First Division 4 0 0 0 0 0 — 4 0
Brighton & Hove Albion 1979–80[7] First Division 7 1 0 0 0 0 — 7 1
Swindon Town 1980–81[8] Third Division 12 1 0 0 4 1 — 16 2
Portsmouth 1981–82[9] Third Division 19 1 2 0 3 0 1[a] 0 25 1
1982–83[9] 10 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 11 0
Total 29 1 2 0 3 0 2 0 36 1
Brentford 1983–84[10] Third Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 53 3 2 0 7 1 2 0 64 4
  1. ^ a b Appearance in Hampshire Professional Cup

Honours

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Brighton & Hove Albion

Portsmouth

References

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  1. ^ a b "Andy Rollings". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  2. ^ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 137. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  3. ^ Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Eighties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. pp. 345–346. ISBN 978-1906796716.
  4. ^ "Profile: Andy Rollings". Friends of Preston Park. 10 May 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Firefighter call for action before cafe is burned to the ground". The Argus. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Rollings on his Norwich beginnings and Albion memories". www.brightonandhovealbion.com. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  7. ^ a b Andy Rollings at WorldFootball.net
  8. ^ "Andy Rollings – Player Profile". Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  9. ^ a b "Andy Rollings". PompeyRama. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  10. ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 397. ISBN 0951526200.
  11. ^ a b "Cloughie's 'new Roy McFarland'" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  12. ^ Moore, Johnny. "The Boys Of 83". www.portsmouthfc.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2016.


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