Andrew John Thackeray (born 13 February 1968 in

Huddersfield Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into ...

) is an English former professional

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who made more than 400 appearances in

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playing as a defender. Thackeray was part of the Manchester City youth team which won the FA Youth Cup in 1986, but moved on to

Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The team have played home games at the Kirklees Stadium since moving from Leeds Road in 1994. Th ...

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,

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and

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. In the 1997–98 season he helped

Halifax Town FC Halifax Town is a professional association football club based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. They currently compete in and play at the Shay. They replaced Halifax Town A.F.C., which went into administration in the 2007–08 season. ...

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from the Conference and played one more season in the Football League. Thackeray then returned to the Conference, spending four seasons with

Nuneaton Borough Nuneaton Borough Football Club is an English football club that is based in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The men's 1st team competes in the , the seventh tier of English football. In 1889, Nuneaton St. Nicholas FC was the first team in Nuneaton t ...

. In 2003, he joined Ashton United, 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

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, where he scored 4 goals from 74 games, and won the Player of the Year award in helping them to the Northern Premier League 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