Andrew Matthew Reid (born 29 July 1982) is an Irish professional

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and former

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. He is currently an academy coach at Premier league club Nottingham Forest. A

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, he turned professional in August 1999 making his debut for Nottingham Forest on 29 November 2000 against

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. Reid moved from Forest to

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in 2005, then to

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in 2006,

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in 2008 and

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in 2011. In July 2011 he signed a two-year deal back at

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. He also represented the

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internationally.

Personal life

Reid was born in

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, Ireland. He went to school at

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, Dublin. Football was in his blood as his father Bill played for St Patrick's Athletic and his uncle Victor played for Shelbourne. He started his footballing career with Irish youth clubs – Lourdes Celtic and Cherry Orchard. He turned down

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and

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to sign for

. Openly declared a socialist, Andy has a

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tattoo on his left arm, and a

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tattoo on his right arm.

Club career

Nottingham Forest

Reid started his career with the

youth academy, after joining from Cherry Orchard. Reid said "I chose Forest years ago because they made me feel wanted, because they had more time for me as a young kid than I felt at Arsenal or United". He turned professional in August 1999, and scored on his first team debut on 29 November 2000 against

. In the 2001–02 season Reid failed to score a goal, although he played in 31 games. He eventually scored a goal on 15 May 2003 against

in the 2003 Football League Division One play-off semi-final, although Nottingham Forest lost the match 4–3. (5–4 on aggregate). He scored two goals in the 3–1 win over

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on 27 August 2003. Reid then scored 13 goals in the 2003–04 season, finishing as Nottingham Forest's top scorer of the season, and named in the PFA Division One Team of the Year. He handed in a transfer request at the start of August 2004 saying "I feel I have no other choice than to formally state my desire to leave the club". Reid left the Nottinghamshire club having scored 21 goals in 144 appearances.

Tottenham Hotspur

After protracted negotiations, lasting for the bulk of his last season at the club, Reid completed his move from Forest to

on the last day of the January 2005 transfer window. He was joined by Michael Dawson for a combined fee of £8 million. He made his debut in a 3–1 win over

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on 5 February 2005, with

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saying "Andy Reid also did well on his debut, and you worry a bit how new players will cope with the Premiership". Despite a promising start Reid failed to recapture the form he had shown at Forest and had to wait until May before netting for his new club, coming against

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in a 5–1 win at the end of the season. Making only 20 starts in 26 appearances he scored just one goal for Tottenham leading him to be listed by one journalist as one of the worst signings of the January

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Charlton Athletic

Reid joined

for a fee of around £3 million in August 2006. He scored his first goal for Charlton against Everton on 25 November 2006. Charlton were relegated at the end of the season to the

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. Reid scored both goals against

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in a 2–0 win in September 2007, from two penalties in the space of two minutes. "The captain Andy Reid was brilliant, he was driving us on all night",

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said about his performance that day. Reid's form had not gone unnoticed and he was eventually sold having played 40 games and scored 9 goals in all competitions during his two seasons at Charlton.

Sunderland

At the end of January 2008, on the last day of the transfer window, Reid joined

in a three-and-a-half-year deal worth £5m, making the step back up to the

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. Sunderland's Greg Halford went in the other direction in a six-month loan spell as part of the deal. Reid explained that he wanted Sunderland to be challenging for European places, and will not be happy fighting relegation season-after-season. He made his début at the start of February 2008 against

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, coming on as a 74th-minute substitute and assisted Daryl Murphy by playing a cross field pass for him to score a goal. Reid scored his first goal for Sunderland at the end of March in a 2–1 win over

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, his 95th minute volley earning Sunderland their first back-to-back

victory since December 2001. He scored his first goal of the 2008–09 campaign with a header in a 4–0 win over

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. Reid scored his first goals of the 2009–10 campaign with a brace against

in the League Cup – where

went on to win 4–1. His impressive display won him man of the match. Reid then scored his first Premier League goal of the season in a 4–1 win over

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, he also provided the cross which led to a Kamil Zayatte own goal to make it 4–1 to Sunderland. After drifting out of first team contention Reid joined

on a month's loan at the end of October 2010, with Sheffield manager

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stating "he is of undoubted Premier League quality and therefore a good addition to the squad." He made his début for the Blades a few days later, coming on as a second-half substitute against

. Reid went on to score his first goal for the Blades on in mid November to help secure the team a 1–0 victory at

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. After two months at Bramall Lane Reid was hit by a three match ban following an incident at

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in a game against

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and so returned early to his parent club. He left

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having played nine times and scored two goals for the South Yorkshire club.

Blackpool

On 31 January 2011, Reid joined

on a deal until the end of the season. Struggling to make an impact on the first team he made only five appearances for the Bloomfield Road team before being released at the end of May following Blackpool's relegation from the Premier League.

Return to Nottingham Forest

On 1 July 2011, Nottingham Forest announced the signing of Reid on a two-year deal, returning to the club where he started his career. He became

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's first signing since joining the club as manager. Following his return to Forest, Reid became an integral part of the squad, providing goals and assists on a regular basis. On 5 January 2014, Billy Davies said Reid had signed a contract extension of two and a half years to remain at

until the summer of 2016. Despite the club ending the 2013-14 Championship season in eleventh place and missing a number of games through injury, Reid scored ten goals in thirty-six games in all competitions. This led to him being named Forest's Player of the Year for the second time, as well as being named in the PFA Championship Team of the Year. Having been an ever-present in Forest's starting XI in the

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, Reid came off with injury in the forty-third minute of their home-tie against local rivals

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on 14 September 2014. Reid would not play again until 17 August 2015, when he made his return from injury for Forest's under-21 side. On 13 March 2016, Reid's manager

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was sacked and replaced by first team coach

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. The following day, Reid accepted a coaching role assisting Williams until the end of the 2015–16 season. Although he was yet to feature for the club that season due to injury, Reid still harboured hopes of playing again and told Forest Player HD "I'm going to be coupling this with my rehab – I had my operation four weeks ago – and I'm still trying to get back". In July 2016, Reid announced his retirement from football due to long-term injury problems.

International career

Reid was part of the team that won the U16 Nordic Cup on 8 August 1998 and scored in the final win over England. He also appeared for the Republic of Ireland Under-21 team where he played 15 games and scored 4 goals, and also for the Republic of Ireland senior team where he made 27 appearances and scored 4 goals. He débuted for the senior football team in a 3–0 win over

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. The first of his international goals was a

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against

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on 18 November 2003. His first international goal in a competitive game saw him score a shot from open play against

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in a

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qualifier on 18 August 2004. He also scored a consolation goal in a 2–1 friendly defeat by

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on 17 August 2005. He also opened up the scoring in the last game at

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before redevelopment, a game in which Ireland won 5–0 against

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on 15 November 2006. He provided an assist with a low through ball for

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in a 4–0 victory against

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in a friendly on 22 August 2007. Reid said that ex-Republic of Ireland manager,

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, should not have been sacked. Reid explained, "I do not believe they should have done it. I believe he should have been given more time". Reid fell out of favour with Ireland's previous manager,

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, since the pair had a late night dispute in 2008 at the team hotel in

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. After a five-year exile from international football, interim manager Noel King recalled Reid to the Irish squad for the qualifiers against

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and

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. Reid spoke of his gratitude for King for recalling him to the Ireland squad fearing that the opportunity would not come along again to play for his country. On 15 October 2013, Reid made his return in an Irish jersey against Kazakhstan playing 75 mins before being replaced by

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in a 3–1 win in

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Coaching career

On 10 January 2020,

announced that Reid had returned to the club as academy technical coach for the U-23s. On 18 January 2021, Reid was appointed the head coach of Forest's Under 23s side following Chris Cohen's departure in September 2020.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Republic of Ireland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Reid goal.''

Honours

Republic of Ireland U16 *

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Individual *

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: 2003–04 First Division, 2013–14 Championship

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Reid, Andy 1982 births Living people Association footballers from Dublin (city) Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Republic of Ireland men's youth international footballers Republic of Ireland men's under-21 international footballers Republic of Ireland men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Cherry Orchard F.C. players Nottingham Forest F.C. players Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players Charlton Athletic F.C. players Sunderland A.F.C. players Sheffield United F.C. players Blackpool F.C. players Premier League players English Football League players People educated at Synge Street CBS Republic of Ireland expatriate men's association footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Irish expatriate sportspeople in England People from Crumlin, Dublin Irish association football coaches Nottingham Forest F.C. non-playing staff 21st-century Irish sportsmen