Andy Woodman

{{Infobox football biography

| image =

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| name = Andy Woodman

| fullname = Andrew John Woodman{{Cite book

| editor-first = Barry J.

| editor-last = Hugman

| title = The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004

| year = 2003

| publisher = Queen Anne Press

| isbn = 1-85291-651-6

| page = 461 }}

| height = {{height|ft=6|in=3}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1971|8|11}}

| birth_place = Camberwell, England

| currentclub = Bromley (manager)

| position = Goalkeeper

| youthyears1 = {{0|000}}?–1989

| youthclubs1 = Crystal Palace

| years1 = 1989–1994

| years2 = 1994–1995

| years3 = 1995–1999

| years4 = 1999

| years5 = 1999–2001

| years6 = 2000

| years7 = 2000

| years8 = 2000

| years9 = 2001–2002

| years10 = 2002

| years11 = 2002–2004

| years12 = 2004–2005

| years13 = 2005

| years14 = 2005

| years15 = 2005–2006

| clubs1 = Crystal Palace

| clubs2 = Exeter City

| clubs3 = Northampton Town

| clubs4 = → Brentford (loan)

| clubs5 = Brentford

| clubs6 = → Peterborough United (loan)

| clubs7 = → Southend United (loan)

| clubs8 = → Colchester United (loan)

| clubs9 = Colchester United

| clubs10 = → Oxford United (loan)

| clubs11 = Oxford United

| clubs12 = Stevenage Borough

| clubs13 = Redbridge

| clubs14 = Thurrock

| clubs15 = Rushden & Diamonds

| caps1 = 0

| caps2 = 6

| caps3 = 163

| caps4 = 1

| caps5 = 60

| caps6 = 0

| caps7 = 17

| caps8 = 6

| caps9 = 48

| caps10 = 12

| caps11 = 89

| caps12 = 21

| caps13 = 1

| caps14 = 14

| caps15 = 3

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| goals5 = 0

| goals6 = 0

| goals7 = 0

| goals8 = 0

| goals9 = 0

| goals10 = 0

| goals11 = 0

| goals12 = 0

| goals13 = 0

| goals14 = 0

| goals15 = 0

| totalcaps = 438 | totalgoals = 0

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| nationalteam1 =

| nationalcaps1 =

| nationalgoals1 =

|manageryears1 = 2017

|managerclubs1 = Whitehawk

|manageryears2 = 2021–

|managerclubs2 = Bromley

}}Andrew John Woodman (born 11 August 1971) is an English football manager and former player, who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the manager of EFL League Two club Bromley.

Woodman made league appearances for 10 clubs in England during his playing career. Following his retirement, aside from his managerial career, he has been a goalkeeping coach at several Premier League clubs, including Newcastle United, West Ham United, Crystal Palace, and Arsenal.

Playing career

Woodman spent the first five years of his career playing at Crystal Palace without making a first team appearance. In 1994, he moved to Exeter City making his debut at Lincoln City on the opening day of the season, but his time at St. James' Park was cut short following red cards in two successive matches. He was first sent off against Leyton Orient for violent conduct and then a week later for deliberate handball against Colchester United in the FA Cup. In both games, Woodman was replaced by 15-year old substitute Ross Bellotti, who remains the youngest goalkeeper ever to appear in the football league or FA Cup proper.{{cite web|url=http://grecianarchive.exeter.ac.uk/items/show/836 |title=The Grecian Archive |access-date=1 February 2017}}

Woodman moved to Northampton Town in March 1995 where he is regarded as something of a cult figure, being granted a testimonial by the club in summer 2007. He was loaned to Brentford in January 1999 and then moved there on a free transfer. After loans spells at Southend United and Colchester United in 2000, he signed permanently for Colchester United for the start of the 2001–02 season. Woodman found himself loaned out again, this time to Oxford United in January 2002, before signing permanently for them when the loan ended in March. Woodman was released by Oxford United in 2004 and then played for Stevenage Borough, Redbridge and Thurrock. His final match for Thurrock was a 4-2 Conference South play-off defeat against Eastbourne Borough on 3 May 2005.{{cite web|url=https://soccerfactsuk.co.uk/s2004/player_details.php?playerid=1797|title=Player Details: Season 2004-2005-Andy Woodman|website=Soccer Facts UK.co.uk|access-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317001346/http://soccerfactsuk.co.uk/s2004/player_details.php?playerid=1797|archive-date=17 March 2016|url-status=dead}} Woodman then briefly returned to the Football League with Rushden & Diamonds, making the final appearance of his career in a 2–1 defeat at Barnet on 29 October 2005.{{cite web|url=https://www.11v11.com/players/andy-woodman-4342/team/rushden-and-diamonds/#clubmatches|title=Andy Woodman|website=11v11.com}}

Coaching career

=Coaching=

In spring of 2006 he was appointed assistant manager at Rushden & Diamonds but left the club after they were relegated from the Football League at the end of that season to join his former teammate Alan Pardew at West Ham United as a coach. When Pardew moved to Charlton Athletic, Woodman followed him in the summer of 2007 as goalkeeping coach. In December 2010 he linked up with Pardew again at Newcastle United as goalkeeping coach and on 31 July 2015, he joined Crystal Palace in the same position to work under Pardew again. On 9 January 2017, following Pardew's departure and the appointment of Sam Allardyce as manager of Crystal Palace, it was announced that Woodman had left the club.{{cite web|url=https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/2017/january/club-statement/|title=Club Statement|date =9 January 2017|website=cpfc.co.uk|access-date=9 January 2017}}

=Management=

== Whitehawk ==

Woodman was appointed to his first managerial role on 1 February 2017 at National League South club Whitehawk.{{cite web|url=http://whitehawkfc.com/andy-woodman-appointed-hawks-boss/|title=Andy Woodman appointed Hawks Boss|date=1 February 2017|publisher=Whitehawk F.C.|author=Anthony Scott|access-date=1 February 2017|archive-date=29 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829202337/http://whitehawkfc.com/andy-woodman-appointed-hawks-boss/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/ex-newcastle-united-goalkeeping-coach-12542003|title=Ex-Newcastle United goalkeeping coach Andy Woodman gets his first job - at non-league club|first=Andrew|last=Musgrove|date=1 February 2017|website=chroniclelive.co.uk}} He left the club later that year after ensuring National League South safety.{{cite web|url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/15304557.Woodman_parts_company_with_Whitehawk|title=Woodman parts company with Whitehawk|work=The Argus|first=Brian| last=Owen|date=24 May 2017}}

== Bromley ==

On 29 March 2021, he left his position as Head of Goalkeeping at Arsenal and was appointed as the new manager of National League club Bromley.{{Cite web| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56564840 |title=Andy Woodman: Arsenal head of goalkeeping appointed as new Bromley manager |publisher=BBC Sport |date=29 March 2021 |access-date=29 March 2021}} After guiding the club to the play-offs on the final day of the season, Woodman was awarded the league's Manager of the Month award for May 2021.

On 18 January 2022, Bromley announced that they had received an official approach from League One side Gillingham for permission to speak to Woodman regarding their managerial vacancy.{{Cite web| url=http://www.bromleyfc.tv/site/club-statement-andy-woodman-2/|title=Club Statement: Andy Woodman |publisher=Bromley FC Official Site |date=18 January 2022 |access-date=18 January 2022}} Bromley went on to say that permission had been granted for both parties to speak. On 30 January Bromley announced that Woodman would stay on as manager after turning down the approach from Gillingham.{{Cite web| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60192509|title=Andy Woodman: Bromley boss turns down approach from Gillingham |publisher=BBC |date=30 January 2022 |access-date=30 January 2022}}

Woodman won his first trophy as a manager, the FA Trophy, in May 2022.

A strong start to the 2023–24 season saw Woodman awarded the Manager of the Month award for a second time for September 2023, guiding his side to nineteen points from a possible twenty-one. {{cite web|url=https://www.thenationalleague.org.uk/woodman-chops-his-rivals-as-the-bear-show-his-claw-78402|title=Woodman Chops His Rivals As 'The Bear' Show His Claws!|website=www.thenationalleague.org.uk|date=12 October 2023|accessdate=13 October 2023}} Having finished 2023 in second place, he won the award for a second time in the season for December. {{cite web|url=https://www.thenationalleague.org.uk/its-wonderful-for-woodman-and-magical-mccallum-79986|title=It's Wonderful For Woodman And Magical McCallum!|website=www.thenationalleague.org.uk|date=18 January 2024|accessdate=19 January 2024}} In May 2024, Bromley won the 2024 National League play-off final which saw the club promoted to the EFL for the first time in their history.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/czd8v92911dt |title=Bromley beat Solihull on penalties to secure EFL promotion |first=Chris |last=Peddy |website=BBC Sport |date=5 May 2024 |access-date=5 May 2024}}

Personal life

Woodman's son, Freddie, is a goalkeeper with Preston North End. Former England player and manager Gareth Southgate is Freddie's godfather.{{cite web|url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/fred-woodman-make-battle-number-10242818|title=Why Fred Woodman is about to make the battle for the number one spot interesting at Newcastle United|website=Chronicle Live.co.uk|date=12 October 2015 }} Woodman co-authored a book with Southgate, Woody & Nord: A Football Friendship, about their close friendship, which grew from their time together as youth players at Crystal Palace, followed by their wildly differing fortunes in the professional game.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/gareth-southgate-and-and-andy-woodman-contrasting-futures-beckon-for-footballs-unlikely-double-act-567731.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/gareth-southgate-and-and-andy-woodman-contrasting-futures-beckon-for-footballs-unlikely-double-act-567731.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Gareth Southgate and {{sic|hide=y|reason=double 'and' error in source title}} Andy Woodman: Contrasting futures beckon for football's unlikely double act|date=27 March 2004|author=Brian Viner|website=Independent.co.uk |access-date=1 February 2017}}{{cbignore}} The book won the Best Sports Autobiography category at the 2004 British Sports Book Awards.[https://sportsbookawards.com/previous-winners/ British Sports Book Awards], official website.

Managerial statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" \|+ Managerial record by team and tenure
rowspan="2"\|Team !rowspan="2"\|Nat !rowspan="2"\|From !rowspan="2"\|To !colspan="8"\|Record
{{Tooltip\|G\|Games managed}} !{{Tooltip\|W\|Games won}} !{{Tooltip\|D\|Games drawn}} !{{Tooltip\|L\|Games lost}} !{{Tooltip\|GF\|Goals for}} !{{Tooltip\|GA\|Goals against}} !{{Tooltip\|GD\|Goal difference}} !{{Tooltip\|Win %\|Winning percentage}}
align=left\| Whitehawk{{cite web\|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?season_id=149&team_id=4743&teamTabs=results\|title=2016–17 Whitehawk Fixtures and Results\|publisher=Soccerbase\|access-date=12 February 2017}} \|{{Flagicon\|England}} \|align=left\|1 February 2017 \|align=left\|7 June 2017 {{WDL\|18\|6\|3\|9\|for=21\|against=31\|diff=yes}}
align=left\| Bromley{{Cite web\|title=Latest Bromley Results, Fixtures & Betting Odds {{!}} Soccer Base\|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=335&season_id=153&teamTabs=results\|access-date=2021-06-01\|website=www.soccerbase.com}} \|{{Flagicon\|England}} \|align=left\|29 March 2021 \|align=left\|Present {{WDL\|224\|97\|69\|58\|for=336\|against=271\|diff=yes}}
colspan=4 \| Total {{WDLtot\|242\|103\|72\|67\|for=357\|against=302\|diff=yes}}

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|+ Managerial record by team and tenure

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align=left| Whitehawk{{cite web|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?season_id=149&team_id=4743&teamTabs=results|title=2016–17 Whitehawk Fixtures and Results|publisher=Soccerbase|access-date=12 February 2017}}

|{{Flagicon|England}}

|align=left|1 February 2017

|align=left|7 June 2017

align=left| Bromley{{Cite web|title=Latest Bromley Results, Fixtures & Betting Odds {{!}} Soccer Base|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=335&season_id=153&teamTabs=results|access-date=2021-06-01|website=www.soccerbase.com}}

|{{Flagicon|England}}

|align=left|29 March 2021

|align=left|Present

colspan=4 | Total

Honours

=Player=

Northampton Town

Football League Third Division play-offs: 1997{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-swansea-run-over-by-frain-1263330.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027002521/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-swansea-run-over-by-frain-1263330.html |archive-date=27 October 2018 |title=Football: Swansea run over by Frain |work=The Independent |publisher=Independent Digital News & Media |first=Norman |last=Fox |date=25 May 1997 |access-date=1 May 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://www.Coludaybyday.co.uk/Statistics/Player%20Stats/PlayerHonours/PlayerLeagueTwoPlayoff.html |title=Division Three (League Two) Play-off Finalists |work=Coludaybyday.co.uk}}{{cite web|url=http://www.Coludaybyday.co.uk/Statistics/Player%20Stats/PlayerHonours/PlayerLeagueOnePlayoff.html |title=Division Two (League One) Play-off Finalists |work=Coludaybyday.co.uk}}

Brentford

Football League Third Division: 1998–99{{cite web|url=http://www.Coludaybyday.co.uk/Statistics/Player%20Stats/PlayerHonours/PlayerLeagueTwo.html |title=Tier Four (League Two) Honours |work=Coludaybyday.co.uk}}

=Manager=

Bromley

National League play-offs: 2024{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/czd8v92911dt |title=Bromley beat Solihull on penalties to secure EFL promotion |first=Chris |last=Peddy |website=BBC Sport |date=5 May 2024 |access-date=5 May 2024}}
FA Trophy: 2021–22{{Cite news |title=Bromley beat Wrexham to win FA Trophy |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/61512965 |access-date=22 May 2022}}

Individual

National League Manager of the Month: May 2021,{{cite web|url=https://www.thenationalleague.org.uk/national-leagues-may-monthly-award-winners-reveale-66113|title=National League's May Monthly Award Winners Revealed!|website=www.thenationalleague.org.uk|date=4 June 2021}} September 2023, December 2023

References

External links

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Category:Colchester United F.C. players

Category:Oxford United F.C. players

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