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Tony McAndrew
Personal information
Date of birth	11 April 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Aston Villa (youth team manager)
Youth career
–	Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years	Team
1973–1982	Middlesbrough
1976	→ Vancouver Whitecaps (loan)
1982–1984	Chelsea
1984–1986	Middlesbrough
–	Willington
1988–1989	Darlington
1989	Hartlepool United
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Anthony "Tony" McAndrew (born 11 April 1956 in Glasgow) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a defender in the Football League for Middlesbrough, Chelsea, Darlington and Hartlepool United,^[1] and in the North American Soccer League for the Vancouver Whitecaps.^[2] He is currently youth team manager at Aston Villa.^[3]

A tough-tackling centre half, McAndrew began his career at Middlesbrough in 1973, where he established himself at the heart of defence. Later becoming captain – and the club's youngest scorer of a hat-trick when playing as an emergency striker – he was at Ayresome Park for almost ten years, before leaving for Chelsea when Middlesbrough were relegated from the First Division in 1982.^[4] He also spent a summer in the North American Soccer League playing for the Vancouver Whitecaps.^[5]

He returned to Middlesbrough in 1984, and played for the club for a further two years, before being released in the summer of 1986 as they almost went out of business. After brief spells at Darlington, Hartlepool United, and in non-league football with Willington and Billingham Synthonia, McAndrew joined the coaching staff at Darlington under manager Brian Little.^[1]^[4] He worked alongside Little at Leicester City, Aston Villa, and Stoke City, before returning to Aston Villa in 1999 as a youth coach.^[6]^[7] He led Villa's youth team to victory in the FA Youth Cup in 2002.^[8]

^ ^a ^b "Tony McAndrew". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
^ "North American Soccer League: K - O". National Soccer Hall of Fame. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
^ "Who's Who". Aston Villa F.C. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Tony McAndrew 1973-82 and 1984-86". Middlesbrough F.C. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
^ "North American Soccer League Players". NASL Jerseys. Dave Morrison. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
^ Mercer, Nathan; Phillips, Owen (13 April 2007). "Where are they now?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
^ Howell, Bill (19 March 2008). "Tony McAndrew hails his Aston Villa 'special' ones". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
^ "Villa lift FA Youth Cup". BBC Sport. 18 May 2002. Retrieved 16 November 2009.

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