Andrew Gayle (born 19 September 1970) is an English former professional

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. He played in

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for

Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is a professional association football club in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. As of the 2025–26 EFL League Two, 2025–26 season, the team competes in EFL League Two, the fourth level of the Eng ...

and

Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crewe, Cheshire, England. Its first team competes in League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Railwaymen' ...

. He is assistant coach of Rossendale United. Gayle was a trainee with

and played once in the league for them during the 1988–89 season. He joined

, but again played just once. He had spell with Bury without playing in the league before dropping out of

on joining Horwich RMI. He had a spell in Malta with

Naxxar Lions Naxxar Lions Football Club is a professional football club from the town of Naxxar in northern Malta. Their historical and arch-rivals are Mosta FC. A match between Naxxar Lions and Mosta FC, is known as the derby of the north, but because th ...

before returning to Horwich. He subsequently played for

Stalybridge Celtic Stalybridge Celtic Football Club is an English football club based in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester. They are currently members of the and play at Bower Fold. The team traditionally plays in a blue and white strip. In 1921, Stalybridge Celti ...

Accrington Stanley Accrington Stanley Football Club is a professional association football club based in Accrington, Lancashire, England, that compete in the , the fourth level of the English football league system. They have spent their entire history playing a ...

, Horwich (for a third time),

Ashton United Ashton United Football Club is a football club in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England. They are currently members of and play at Hurst Cross. Having been founded as Hurst in 1892, they folded in 1892, before being reformed in 1909. ...

, Flixton, Witton Albion,

Chorley Chorley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, north of Wigan, south west of Blackburn, north west of Bolton, south of Preston and north west of Manchester. The town's wealth ca ...

and

Oldham Town Oldham Borough F.C. was an English association football club based in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. The club was founded in 1964 as Oldham Dew F.C., changing their name in 1985 to Oldham Town, again in 2009 to Oldham Boro before making th ...

before joining Nantwich Town. He scored over 30 times in the 1999–2000 season and signed for Rossendale United in the 2000 close-season. However, he quit Rossendale in October 2000 to join St Helens Town as a protest at the sacking of Rossendale manager Micky Graham. He stayed just a month with St Helens, joining

Mossley Mossley (/ˈmɒzli/) is a town and civil parish in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, in the upper River Tame, Greater Manchester, Tame Valley and the foothills of the Pennines, south-east of Oldham and east of Manchester. The town grew ...

in November 2000. In March 2003 he signed for

Winsford United Winsford United Football Club are a football club based in Winsford, Cheshire, England. The club was founded in 1883, they're nicknamed ''The Blues'' and their home ground is ''Barton Stadium''. Their all-time top scorer is Perry Plowman with 25 ...

and in July 2003 joined

Abbey Hey Abbey Hey is an area of Gorton, in the city of Manchester, England. It is known mainly for Debdale Park and Wright Robinson College. Borders The neighbourhood is bordered on the east by the former Stockport Branch Canal (now Yellow Brick Roa ...

. He later became a coach with Rossendale United where he was reported to be also working as a

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gayle, Andy 1970 births Living people Footballers from Manchester English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players Crewe Alexandra F.C. players Bury F.C. players Leigh Genesis F.C. players Naxxar Lions F.C. players Stalybridge Celtic F.C. players Accrington Stanley F.C. players Ashton United F.C. players Flixton F.C. players Witton Albion F.C. players Chorley F.C. players Oldham Borough F.C. players Nantwich Town F.C. players Rossendale United F.C. players St Helens Town A.F.C. players Mossley A.F.C. players Winsford United F.C. players Abbey Hey F.C. players English Football League players