Calvin Hyden Andrew (born 19 December 1986) is an English former professional

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who played as a striker. Andrew began his career at

Luton Town Luton Town Football Club () is a professional association football club based in the town of Luton, Bedfordshire, England, that competes in the EFL Championship, Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1 ...

, making his debut in the 2004–05 League One title winning season. He was loaned out to

Grimsby Town Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that in the 2022–23 season will compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system, following the victory in t ...

and

Bristol City Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England, which compete in the , the second tier of English football. They have played their home games at Ashton Gate since moving from St John's Lane in 1904. The ...

, before becoming a first team regular for Luton in the 2007–08 relegation season. He moved on to

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club

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, where he was dogged by injuries. He spent four years at

Selhurst Park Selhurst Park is a football stadium in Selhurst in the London Borough of Croydon which is the home ground of Premier League side Crystal Palace. The stadium was designed by Archibald Leitch and opened in 1924. It has hosted international ...

, and spent time on loan at

Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club (), commonly referred to simply as Brighton, is an English professional football club based in the city of Brighton and Hove. They compete in the Premier League, the top tier of the English football league ...

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Swindon Town Swindon Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The team currently competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club has played home matches at the County Ground sin ...

, and

Leyton Orient Leyton Orient Football Club is a professional football club based in Leyton, East London, England, who compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They are the second oldest football club in London to play at a profes ...

. He signed with

Port Vale Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in . Vale are the only English Football League club not to be named after a place; their name being a reference to the valley of ...

in November 2012, and helped the club to secure promotion out of

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in 2012–13. He joined

Mansfield Town Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Stags', they play in a blue and y ...

for a brief stay in August 2013. He signed with

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for a brief spell in March 2014, before joining

Rochdale Rochdale ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, at the foothills of the South Pennines in the dale on the River Roch, northwest of Oldham and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough ...

four months later. He stayed at Rochdale for six seasons, making 231 league and cup appearances. He joined Barrow briefly in March 2021.

Career

Luton Town

Born in

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, Bedfordshire, Andrew began his career at

in their youth system and signed a professional contract with the club on 25 September 2004. He made his full first-team debut three days later, in a 2–0 defeat to

Swansea City Swansea City Association Football Club (; cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Cymdeithas Dinas Abertawe) is a professional football club based in Swansea, Wales that plays in the Championship, the second tier of English football. Swansea have played their ...

in a

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match at

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. He made his

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debut on 7 December, replacing

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84 minutes into a 3–0 win over

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. He made his first league start four days later, in a 1–0 victory over

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. He totalled 11 appearances in the 2004–05 season as Mike Newell's Luton were promoted as champions. Andrew began 2005–06 on loan at

club

. He played nine matches for Grimsby, and scored his first goal in the

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on 27 August, in a 1–0 win over Barnet at Underhill. His loan spell at

Blundell Park Blundell Park is a football ground in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England and home to Grimsby Town Football Club. The stadium was built in 1899, but only one of the original stands remains. The current capacity of the ground is 9,05 ...

was ended on 20 November. He spent the second half of 2005–06 on loan at

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, but because of a knee injury he made just one start and two substitute appearances during his time at Ashton Gate. He returned to Luton to score in a 2–1 win over

Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle Football Club is a professional football club based in the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. As of the 2021–22 season, the team are competing in League One, the third tier of English football. They have played at Home Park ...

Home Park Home Park is a football stadium in Plymouth, England. The ground has been the home of Football League One club Plymouth Argyle since 1901.2006–07 season that saw Luton relegated from the

until the end of March. He featured seven times towards the end of the season, scoring once in a 3–1 win over

Southend United Southend United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of English football. Southend are known as ...

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on 28 April. He claimed four goals in 48 appearances playing under

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and

Mick Harford Michael Gordon Harford (born 12 February 1959) is an English football manager and former professional player. He is the chief recruitment officer at Luton Town, a club where he has spent a large portion of both his playing and non-playing caree ...

in 2007–08, as points deductions for financial irregularities led to massive problems on and off the field at Kenilworth Road and the club were relegated again as a result. Despite his low tally, Andrew's four goals were enough to win two

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ties and three league points. Luton were deducted a record 30 points at the start of 2008–09, making a third relegation almost certain. With this is mind, the club needed to free-up their wage bill and reduce further debt, and decided to sell Andrew once their appeal was rejected.

Crystal Palace

Andrew moved to

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on 18 July 2008 for a fee believed to be around £80,000. He played seven Championship matches for Palace, scoring one goal in a 4–2 defeat by

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at the

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. In January 2009, Andrew signed on loan with League One club

until the end of the season, with manager

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looking for a physical presence to compliment

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up front. He scored a 90th-minute winner against

Hartlepool United Hartlepool United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. They were founded in 1908 as Hartl ...

on his debut at the

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on 31 January, but had to return to Crystal Palace after tweaking his hamstring during his fourth game for Brighton. He then returned to Albion, now managed by his former Grimsby boss

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, to complete his loan spell and help the club to avoid relegation. However his loan spell ended when he picked up a serious knee injury during a 1–0 win over

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at the

. Palace assistant manager Mick Jones said that it was "one of the worst injuries I have ever seen". Andrew returned to first-team action with Palace in November, and went on to play 32 matches in the rest of 2009–10, scoring goals against

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 ...

and

Preston North End Preston North End Football Club, commonly referred to as Preston, North End or PNE, is a professional football club in Preston, Lancashire, England, who currently play in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league syst ...

. He began

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on the bench under new manager

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, and was loaned out to league rivals

after recovering from a knee injury in November. He featured just three times for

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's Millwall, and spent only three weeks at

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before being recalled to Palace on 13 December after the club lost loanee striker James Vaughan. He enjoyed another brief spell in and around the Palace first team, before joining

on loan in March after two months on the sidelines; the move reunited him with

Paul Hart Paul Anthony Hart (born 4 May 1953) is an English football manager, coach, and former professional player who made 567 appearances in the Football League as a defender. The son of Johnny Hart, who played for and managed Manchester City, an ...

, who was Andrew's manager at Palace for a brief time in early 2010. He played 10 League One matches for Swindon as the lone striker in a 4–5–1 formation, scoring one goal in a 1–0 victory over

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. He was given a new contract at the end of the season, having won over the fans with his hard-working style of play. He featured five times for Palace at the start of 2011–12, but did not feature for ten weeks after scoring the winning goal in a 2–1

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victory over

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on 20 September. On 1 March, he signed for League One club

– and was reunited with manager Russell Slade – on loan until the end of the season. He failed to score in 10 matches for the Orient, though he only started two matches at

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. He left Palace in May 2012, after manager

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rejected the opportunity to offer him a new contract. Andrew stated that "it's no one's fault but my own" for not making the most of the brief first-team opportunities he had been given. On 2 August 2012, Andrew played for

Crawley Town Crawley Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crawley, West Sussex, England. The club was founded as Crawley Football Club in 1896, changed its name to Crawley Town Football Club in 1958. The team com ...

in a pre-season friendly with

Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, south-east London, which compete in . Their home ground is The Valley, where the club have played since 1919. They have also played at The Mount in ...

but failed to earn a contract with the club.

Port Vale

Andrew joined League Two club Port Vale on 26 November 2012 on a two-month contract; the move came days after the club failed to secure

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on loan. The move reunited him with former Brighton manager

, and Andrew said that "I think I'll do well here and score a lot of goals". Assistant manager

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said that his arrival was a "big plus" and that he would provide cover for top goalscorer

Tom Pope Thomas John Pope (born 27 August 1985) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre forward for side Congleton Town. A Crewe Alexandra Academy graduate, he turned professional with the club in 2005 after impressing at non-leag ...

as both players were "big and strong" strikers. He made his full debut at

Vale Park Vale Park is a football stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, England. It has been the home ground of Port Vale F.C. since 1950. The ground has seen its capacity go up and down, its peak being 42,000 in 1954 against Blackpool, although a club record 49, ...

on 4 December, in a 2–0 defeat to

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in the Football League Trophy. Though often on the bench, he ended the month with "a hard-working and eye-catching display" on the left side of midfield in a 3–2 win over

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. After his short-term contract expired, he agreed to extend his stay until the end of

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. He scored his first goal for the Vale after he was given the rare chance to start a match as a striker on 23 February, in a 1–0 win over

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, after a

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shot deflected off Andrew into the net. Vale secured promotion with a third-place finish, with Andrew making 24 appearances. He was not offered a new contract at the end of the season and was released as a free agent.

Mansfield Town

Andrew signed with League Two club

following a trial period in August 2013. He scored his first goal for Mansfield on 28 September 2013, the only goal of the match against local rivals Chesterfield. However, this proved to be his only Mansfield goal in 2013–14, and he was released by the club on 6 January 2014, having made 16 appearances.

York City

Andrew signed for another League Two club,

, on a contract for the remainder of the season on 24 March 2014. He made his debut a day later as an 80th-minute substitute for

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in a 1–0 home win over Torquay. He was released by the club in May 2014.

Rochdale

In July 2014, Andrew signed a two-year deal with newly promoted League One club

after impressing Keith Hill on a trial basis. He scored six goals in 41 appearances in 2014–15, including the only goal of the match against former club Port Vale on 6 April 2015 with a header from a

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in the fifth minute of stoppage time. On 2 January 2016, he scored a brace during a 3–0 win at

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and secured himself a place on the Football League team of the week. He scored six goals in 35 appearances in the 2015–16 season, and signed a new one-year contract in the summer. On 29 October 2016, he elbowed

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in the face during a 1–0 win over

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; the incident was missed by the referee, but he was handed a 12-match suspension following a Football Association video review. This was the longest ban given to a professional footballer in England since

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received the same punishment in 2012. However, Andrew's suspension was later reduced to nine matches. He finished the 2016–17 season with seven goals in 43 appearances, and in December 2016 signed a contract extension until June 2018. He scored five goals in 40 appearances across the course of the 2017–18 campaign, having signed a one-year extension to his contract in November 2017 and then a further contract extension in June 2018 to keep him at the club until 2020. He contributed four goals from 43 appearances during the 2018–19 campaign. He won the League One PFA Player in the Community Award in March 2020, this followed his three successive PFA Community Champion awards from Rochdale. However he was limited to just three league starts in the 2019–20 campaign and was released in June 2020.

Barrow

On 23 March 2021, Andrew joined League Two club Barrow until the end of the

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season. He started his first game for the "Bluebirds" on 27 April, where a 2–0 win at

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secured Barrow's Football League status. However he departed

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Style of play

Speaking in November 2012, Andrew described himself as "a pacey striker, I'm strong, I hold the ball up well, I can play in behind and go past people. I think I'll be quite exciting for the fans." In July 2014, Rochdale manager Keith Hill described him as "left footed with a good touch and had awareness of his team mates and the opposition".

Media career

In August 2021, Andrew joined radio programme, ''BBC Squad Goals'', as a co-presenter, as well as continuing his playing career.

Career statistics

Honours

Port Vale *

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third-place promotion:

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Andrew, Calvin 1986 births Living people Footballers from Luton English footballers Association football forwards Luton Town F.C. players Grimsby Town F.C. players Bristol City F.C. players Crystal Palace F.C. players Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players Millwall F.C. players Swindon Town F.C. players Leyton Orient F.C. players Port Vale F.C. players Mansfield Town F.C. players York City F.C. players Rochdale A.F.C. players Barrow A.F.C. players English Football League players Black British sportsmen English radio presenters