Andrew Mark Bond (born 16 March 1986) is an English professional
footballer
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who last played as a
central midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for club
AFC Telford United
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. He has played in
the Football League
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for
Colchester United
Colchester United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Colchester, Essex, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system.
Founded in 1937, the club spent its earl ...
,
Crewe Alexandra
Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Crewe, Cheshire, that competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Railwaymen' because of ...
,
Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers Football Club are a professional football club in Bristol, England. They compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system.
They play home matches at the Memorial Stadium in Horfield, they have been c ...
,
Stevenage
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and
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 co ...
Career
Wigan Junior Latics 1995-1997. Bond was an integral part of the WJL side that won the Warrington league title 3 seasons in a row. He started as a central midfielder but when manager Dave Harrison was appointed he was deployed as a centre half alongside Chris Travis and in front of the Goalkeeper Paul Harrison. He was spotted by Crewe Scouts against Leigh RMI in an 2-2 draw away where keeper Harrison ran the length of the pitch to celebrate a late Damon Martland Equaliser from 25 yards.
Crewe Alexandra and Barrow
Bond was born in
Wigan
Wigan ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas, Lancashire, River Douglas. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, to the south-east, and Liverpool, to the south-west. Bolton lies to the nor ...
, Greater Manchester. He began his career at
Crewe Alexandra
Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Crewe, Cheshire, that competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Railwaymen' because of ...
, but never made a first-team appearance despite being a regular for the reserve team. He joined
Conference North
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club
Lancaster City
Lancaster City Football Club is an English semi-professional non-League football club based in the northern city of Lancaster, Lancashire. They currently compete in and play at Giant Axe. They are full members of the Lancashire County Footb ...
in August 2005 on
loan
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.
Bond signed for Conference North club
Barrow in 2006 after being released by Crewe. He impressed at Barrow and had a successful spell, helping the club achieve promotion to the
Conference Premier
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through the play-offs in the 2007–08 season.
In the 2009–10 season, Bond was a key player in Barrow's progression to the third round of the
FA Cup
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, where they lost 3–0 to
Sunderland
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and in their victorious
FA Trophy
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campaign. During this season, Bond reportedly attracted the attention of several
Championship
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Championship systems
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Title match system
In this system ...
clubs, including
Leicester City
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,
Peterborough
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and
Preston North End.
[ He left Barrow at the end of the 2009–10 season after turning down the offer of a new contract.
]
Colchester United
Bond signed for League One
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club Colchester United
Colchester United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Colchester, Essex, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system.
Founded in 1937, the club spent its earl ...
on 30 June 2010 on a two-year contract. Manager John Ward described him as "a marauding midfield player with a lot of energy and running work in him."[ He made his ]Football League
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debut on 7 August when starting in a 2–2 draw away to Exeter City
Exeter City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Exeter, Devon, England. The team play in , the third tier of the English football league system. Known as "the Grecians", the origin of their nickname is subject to ...
.[ On 26 July 2011, Bond was involved in a nasty clash of heads with goalkeeper Mark Cousins during a friendly against local rivals ]Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. They play in League One, the third tier of the English football league system.
The club was founded in 1878 but did not turn profession ...
. With medical treatment required at the stadium, the match was abandoned by the match officials, with Bond then taken straight to hospital. He was released from hospital the following day. He went on to make 43 appearances in the 2011–12 season, scoring 4 goals.[ Bond joined his former club Crewe Alexandra, now in League One, on 28 September 2012 on a one-month loan.
Bond scored an 89th-minute winner in the opening match of the 2013–14 season on 3 August 2013 after coming on as a substitute two minutes earlier, with a shot from eight yards from ]Drey Wright
Drey Jermaine Wright (born 30 April 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Scottish Premiership club St Johnstone.
The son of former Ipswich Town and Southampton midfielder Jermaine Wright, Wright progressed thr ...
's pass, to secure a 1–0 away victory over Gillingham. He joined League Two club Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers Football Club are a professional football club in Bristol, England. They compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system.
They play home matches at the Memorial Stadium in Horfield, they have been c ...
on 12 September on a one-month loan, linking up with former manager John Ward. Bond made his debut two days later, starting in a 2–0 away defeat to Dagenham & Redbridge.[ He had his contract with Colchester terminated by mutual consent on 8 January 2014, with his playing time restricted in the 2013–14 season .
]
Chester
Following his release from Colchester, Bond signed for Conference Premier club Chester
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on 24 January 2014 on a contract to the end of the 2013–14 season, having reportedly turned down offers from Football League clubs. He made his debut the following day as a 55th-minute substitute in Chester's 3–0 away defeat to Forest Green Rovers
Forest Green Rovers Football Club are a professional football club based in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England. The team compete in , the third tier of the English football league system, and have played their home games at The New Lawn since ...
.[
]
Crawley Town
The midfielder joined the club on 19 February 2016 on a contract until the end of the season, and made his debut the following day in a 1–1 draw against 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, ...
. He was released by the club in May that year.
AFC Fylde
The midfielder joined the National League North club in the summer of 2016, He helped the team win the league title and promotion in his first season, and then the play-offs in the NAtional League the following year. He was released in May 2019.
York City and later career
Bond signed for National League North
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club York City
York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team compete in the National League, at the fifth tier of the English football league sys ...
on 25 June 2019. After a season with the Minstermen, Bond briefly signed for Northern Premier League
The Northern Premier League is an English football league that was founded in 1968. It has four divisions: the Premier Division (which stands at level 7 of the English football league system), Division One East, Division One West and Divisio ...
side Buxton
Buxton is a spa town in the Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, England. It is England's highest market town, sited at some above sea level. , before switching to divisional rivals Matlock Town
Matlock Town Football Club is a football club based in Matlock, Derbyshire, England. Nicknamed 'the Gladiators', they are currently members of the and play at Causeway Lane.
History
The club was established in 1878 as Matlock Football Club.< ...
before the start of the 2020/21 season. In November 2020, Bond moved again, joining National League North
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AFC Telford United
AFC Telford United is a football club based in Telford, Shropshire, England. The club was formed in 2004 after the original Telford United, founded in 1872, folded due to financial problems. Currently members of the National League North, they ...
.
Career statistics
Honours
Barrow
*Conference North
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play-offs: 2008
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[
*]FA Trophy
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: 2009–10
AFC Fylde
*National League North
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: 2016–17
*FA Trophy: 2018–19
References
External links
Profile
at the York City F.C. season
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1986 births
Living people
Footballers from Wigan
English men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Crewe Alexandra F.C. players
Lancaster City F.C. players
Barrow A.F.C. players
Colchester United F.C. players
Bristol Rovers F.C. players
Chester F.C. players
Stevenage F.C. players
Chorley F.C. players
Crawley Town F.C. players
AFC Fylde players
York City F.C. players
National League (English football) players
English Football League players