Andrew Charles Rhodes (born 23 August 1964) is an English former football

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting ...

and ex-assistant manager of

Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is a professional football club in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The history of Oldham Athletic be ...

. Rhodes played for

between 1988 and 1990, capping his time at

Boundary Park Boundary Park is a football stadium in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. Its name originates from the fact that it lies at the northwestern extremity of Oldham, with Royton and Chadderton lying immediately north and west respectively. Bou ...

with an appearance in the

1990 Football League Cup Final The 1990 Football League Cup Final took place at Wembley Stadium on 29 April 1990. It was the 30th League Cup Final, and was contested between Nottingham Forest and Oldham Athletic. Nigel Jemson scored the only goal of the game, shooting lo ...

, which Oldham lost to

Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ...

. He later rejoined Oldham as goalkeeping coach. Rhodes spent six years playing in the Scottish Premier League with Dunfermline Athletic and

Perth Perth is the list of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the Australian states and territories of Australia, state of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth most populous city in Aust ...

side

St Johnstone St Johnstone Football Club is a professional association football club in Perth, Scotland which is a member of the Scottish Premiership for the 2022–23 season. The club's name is derived from St John's Toun ''aka'' Saint Johnstoun – an ol ...

, and in 1995 had a brief stint on loan at

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pik ...

. Rhodes was the goalkeeping coach at Ipswich Town from 2004 to May 2008. In October 2004, he became registered as an Ipswich Town player to cover for injuries. He remained a reserve keeper at Ipswich until 2008. Ipswich manager Jim Magilton praised his work with the club however after another failed promotion attempt he wanted to shake up his backroom staff. He was the last member of former Ipswich manager Joe Royle's backroom staff to leave the club. After eight years as head of goalkeeping for

Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1867 as an offshoot ...

, he left to become assistant manager at

. He is the father of Scotland international

striker Striker or The Strikers may refer to: People *A participant in a strike action *A participant in a hunger strike *Blacksmith's striker, a type of blacksmith's assistant *Striker's Independent Society, the oldest mystic krewe in America People wi ...

Jordan Rhodes Jordan Luke Rhodes (born 5 February 1990) is a Scottish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), striker for EFL Championship, Championship club Huddersfield Town A.F.C., Huddersfield Town and ...

References

External links

* *
Rhodes released by ITFCAndy Rhodes
at Footballdatabase {{DEFAULTSORT:Rhodes, Andy 1964 births Living people Footballers from Doncaster Men's association football goalkeepers English men's footballers Barnsley F.C. players Doncaster Rovers F.C. players Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players St Johnstone F.C. players Norwich City F.C. players Bolton Wanderers F.C. players Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) players Scarborough F.C. players Ipswich Town F.C. players English Football League players Scottish Football League players Barnsley F.C. non-playing staff Ipswich Town F.C. non-playing staff Oldham Athletic A.F.C. non-playing staff Preston North End F.C. non-playing staff Sheffield Wednesday F.C. non-playing staff English people of Scottish descent Association football goalkeeping coaches