Andrew Sambrook

Andy Sambrook

Personal information
Full name	Andrew John Sambrook
Date of birth	(1979-07-13) 13 July 1979
Place of birth	Chatham, England
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Welling United
Youth career
	Gillingham
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–2001	Gillingham	1	(0)
2001–2005	Rushden & Diamonds	69	(0)
2005–2008	Grays Athletic	86	(0)
2008	Fisher Athletic	9	(0)
2008–2009	Thurrock	6	(0)
2009	AFC Wimbledon	4	(0)
2009–2012	Welling United	?	(?)
International career
	England Schoolboys
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:39, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Andrew John "Andy" Sambrook (born 13 July 1979 in Chatham, Kent) is a former professional footballer who played for a number of lower-league English clubs including Gillingham, Rushden & Diamonds, and Grays Athletic.

Football career

Early career

Sambrook began his career at Gillingham whilst still in full-time education at Rainham Mark Grammar School. Sambrook won a scholarship to Hartwick College, New York where he combined his football career with further education. Prior to his leaving the UK, he featured for England schoolboys.

Professional football career

On his return to England, Sambrook signed for Rushden & Diamonds, making over sixty appearances before transferring to Grays Athletic in the summer of 2005. He signed a one-year contract extension at the end of the 2006–07 season.

In April 2007, Sambrook won the "Chairman's Player of the Year" trophy at the annual Grays Athletic awards ceremony.

Semi-professional football career

Despite being offered a new contract for the 2008–09 season, Sambrook did not re-sign for Grays and subsequently was released. He joined Conference South side Fisher Athletic in July 2008, a move that was to be cut-short by extreme financial difficulties at the club.

Due to these problems Sambrook, along with a handful of other players, was released from Fisher by mutual consent on 10 November 2008 and subsequently signed for Conference South rivals Thurrock.

Less than three months later, on 30 January 2009, Sambrook left Thurrock for AFC Wimbledon. He signed for Welling United in May 2009, at the end of the 2008–09 season, making it his fifth club in under a year.

Sambrook retired from competitive football in July 2012 due to a series of chronic ankle injuries. He is now in training to be an accountant.

Honours

• FA Trophy: 2006

External links

• Andrew Sambrook career statistics at Soccerbase