Andrew John Thackeray (born 13 February 1968 in Huddersfield) is an English former professional footballer who made more than 400 appearances in the Football League playing as a defender. Thackeray was part of the

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youth team which won the

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in 1986, but moved on to Huddersfield Town without appearing for City's first team. He played only twice for Huddersfield, then spent a season with Newport County, before making more than 150 league appearances for each of his next two employers, Wrexham and Rochdale. In the 1997–98 season he helped Halifax Town to promotion from the

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and played one more season in the Football League. Thackeray then returned to the Conference, spending four seasons with Nuneaton Borough. In 2003, he joined

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, where he scored 5 goals from 91 games in all competitions, and for a time acted as assistant manager. His final club before retirement was Mossley, where he scored 4 goals from 74 games, and won the Player of the Year award in helping them to the

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Division One title in the 2005–06 season.

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* 1968 births Living people Footballers from Huddersfield English men's footballers English Football League players Men's association football defenders Manchester City F.C. players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Newport County A.F.C. players Wrexham A.F.C. players Rochdale A.F.C. players Halifax Town A.F.C. players Nuneaton Borough F.C. players Ashton United F.C. players Mossley A.F.C. players {{England-footy-defender-1960s-stub