Andy Gurney
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew Gurney | ||
| Date of birth | 25 January 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Bristol, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender/Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1997 | Bristol Rovers | 108 | (9) |
| 1997–1999 | Torquay United | 67 | (10) |
| 1999–2001 | Reading | 67 | (3) |
| 2001–2004 | Swindon Town | 132 | (22) |
| 2004–2006 | Swansea City | 28 | (1) |
| 2005–2006 | → Swindon Town (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2005–2006 | Swindon Town | 16 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Clevedon Town | 8 | (2) |
| 2007 | Weston-super-Mare | 10 | (3) |
| 2007 | Havant & Waterlooville | 0 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Weston-super-Mare | 7 | (1) |
| 2008 | Newport County | 28 | (9) |
| 2008– | Weston-super-Mare | 4 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2009– | Weston-super-Mare | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:40, 31 August 2009 (PDT). |
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Andrew Gurney (born 25 January 1974) is an English footballer. He can play at right back as well as in the centre of defence, central midfield or as a sweeper. He currently plays for and manages of Weston-super-Mare.
Gurney was born in Bristol, England, and began his career as an apprentice with his hometown club Bristol Rovers, turning professional in July 1992. His league debut came in the 1993-94 season and he went on to make 108 league appearances scoring 9 goals before being released in the summer of 1997. He began training with Cardiff City and was also linked with a move to Cambridge United, but on 8 July 1997 he signed a three-month contract with Torquay United.
His form in the early part of the season was good enough for manager Kevin Hodges to upgrade his contract to a yearly deal, and his partnership with Paul Gibbs led to one of the most effective wing-back partnerships in the Third Division that season as Torquay made the play-offs.
He left Plainmoor on 10 January 1999, signing for Reading for a fee of £100,000, having scored 10 times in 64 league games for the Gulls, a better strike rate than many of the forwards to have played for United during the 1990s. He settled in well at the Madejski Stadium and was a regular member of the side until early 2001 when he lost his place. He was transfer listed at his own request in February 2001 and was released in the summer, joining local rivals Swindon Town on 30 June.
He was made captain at Swindon, where he clocked up almost 150 games for the Robins. Shortly after the 2004-05 season had started, Gurney surprisingly left the County Ground and joined Swansea City on a free transfer. Swindon's then manager Andy King explained that the club could no longer afford to turn down Swansea's wage offer to Gurney, which was deemed surprising because Gurney had one more year left on his Swindon Town contract. Subsequent rumours began to circulate on the internet that an alleged personal feud with a team-mate was the real reason for his departure.
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