Andy Flounders
{{short description|English footballer}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Andy Flounders
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| fullname = Andrew John Flounders{{cite book
| editor-last = Hugman
| editor-first = Barry J.
| title = The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005
| year = 2005
| publisher = Queen Anne Press
| location = Harpenden
| isbn = 978-1-85291-665-7 }}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1963|12|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kingston upon Hull, England
| height =
| position = Striker
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1981–1987
| clubs1 = Hull City
| caps1 = 126
| goals1 = 54
| years2 = 1987–1991
| clubs2 = Scunthorpe United
| caps2 = 186
| goals2 = 87
| years3 = 1991–1993
| clubs3 = Rochdale
| caps3 = 82
| goals3 = 31
| years4 = 1993
| clubs4 = → Rotherham United (loan)
| caps4 = 6
| goals4 = 2
| years5 = 1993
| clubs5 = → Carlisle United (loan)
| caps5 = 5
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 1994
| clubs6 = → Carlisle United (loan)
| caps6 = 1
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 1994
| clubs7 = Halifax Town
| caps7 = 0
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 1994
| clubs8 = Northampton Town
| caps8 = 2
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 1995
| clubs9 = Guangdong Winnerway
| caps9 = 0
| goals9 = 0
| years10 = 1995-96
| clubs10 = Brigg Town
| caps10 = 0
| goals10 = 0
| years11 = 1996-2001
| clubs11 = North Ferriby United
| caps11 = 0
| goals11 = 0
| totalcaps = 408
| totalgoals = 175
}}
Andrew John Flounders (born 13 December 1963) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker in the Football League for Hull City, Scunthorpe United, Rochdale and Northampton Town, also seeing loan spells at Rotherham United and Carlisle United.
Career
Flounders began his career with his local club Hull City and was a regular presence in the side managed by Brian Horton that won promotion to the Third Division in 1983 and to the Second Division in 1985.
He joined Scunthorpe United during the 1986–87 season and continued his prolific scoring form, which was maintained when he joined Rochdale for a fee of £80,000 after rejecting a contract extension at Scunthorpe{{cite web |title=Once an Iron... Andy Flounders |url=https://www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk/news/2020/march/once-an-iron-andy-flounders/ |website=Scunthorpe United Official |date=27 March 2020 |publisher=Scunthorpe United Football Club |access-date=4 September 2024}} in 1991. Loan spells at Rotherham United and Carlisle United and a brief stay at Northampton Town and Guangdong Hongyuan (between March and April 1995) followed before he joined Brigg Town, playing in the FA Vase final for the club in 1996{{cite news |title=Stead's goals pave the way |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/stead-s-goals-pave-the-way-1347019.html |access-date=4 September 2024 |work=The Independent |date=12 May 1996}} and finally North Ferriby United, for whom he scored over 150 goals{{cite web |title=590 Andy Flounders |url=https://www.oncloudseven.com/590-andy-flounders/ |website=On Cloud Seven |access-date=4 September 2024}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050302060217/http://www.oncloudseven.com/flounders-a.htm Career Stats]
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Category:Footballers from Kingston upon Hull
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Hull City A.F.C. players
Category:Scunthorpe United F.C. players
Category:Rochdale A.F.C. players
Category:Rotherham United F.C. players
Category:Carlisle United F.C. players
Category:Northampton Town F.C. players
Category:Brigg Town F.C. players
Category:North Ferriby United A.F.C. players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in China
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:English Football League players
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