{{short description|English footballer, manager, and scout}} {{Use British English|date=April 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Andy Feeley | fullname = Andrew James Feeley<ref name="Timeless" /> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1961|9|30}}<ref name="Hugman" /> | birth_place = Hereford, England<ref name="Hugman" /> | height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/210 |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 |date=1987 |publisher=Queen Anne Press |isbn=978-0-356-14354-5 |editor-last=Dunk |editor-first=Peter |location=London |page=[https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/210 210]}}</ref> | position = Right back, midfielder | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1979 | youthclubs1 = Hereford United | years1 = 1978–1980 | clubs1 = Hereford United | caps1 = 50 | goals1 = 3 | years2 = 1980 | clubs2 = → Chelsea (loan) | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1980 | clubs3 = Moorfields | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 1980–1984 | clubs4 = Trowbridge Town | caps4 = 85 | goals4 = 12 | years5 = 1984–1987 | clubs5 = Leicester City | caps5 = 76 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 1987–1989 | clubs6 = Brentford | caps6 = 67 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 1989–1991 | clubs7 = Bury | caps7 = 57 | goals7 = 3 | years8 = 1991 | clubs8 = Northwich Victoria | caps8 = 13 | goals8 = 1 | years9 = 1991–1996 | clubs9 = Atherton Laburnum Rovers | caps9 = 57 | goals9 = 2 | years10 = | clubs10 = Highfield United | caps10 = | goals10 = | caps11 = | years11 = | clubs11 = Seedfield Sports | goals11 = | manageryears1 = 2008–2009 | managerclubs1 = Ramsbottom United }}
'''Andrew James Feeley''' (born 30 September 1961) is an English retired professional footballer who played in the Football League for Leicester City, Brentford, Bury and Hereford United as a right back. He later became manager of North West Counties League club Ramsbottom United and also worked as scout.
==Playing career==
===Hereford United=== A right back, Feeley joined hometown club Hereford United as an apprentice and made his first team debut in a Fourth Division match versus Bournemouth on 14 October 1978, at the age of just 17 years and 14 days.<ref name="archive">{{Cite web |title=Feeley, Andy |url=http://www.herefordunitedarchives.com/archives/Players/F/Feeley,Andy.html |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810052527/http://www.herefordunitedarchives.com/archives/Players/F/Feeley%2CAndy.html |archive-date=10 August 2014 |access-date=20 November 2014 |website=The Unofficial Hereford United Online Archive}}</ref> He became a regular pick throughout the rest of the 1978–79 season, making 25 appearances and even captaining the club, the youngest player ever to do so.<ref name="archive" /><ref name="bullsnews">{{Cite web |title=Andy Feeley |url=http://www.bullsnews.co.uk/archive/players/feeley.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129074829/http://www.bullsnews.co.uk/archive/players/feeley.htm |archive-date=29 November 2014 |access-date=20 November 2014 |website=The Independent Hereford United Online Resource}}</ref> After signing a professional contract,<ref name="BBB80s">{{Cite book |last=Croxford |first=Mark |title=The Big Brentford Book of the Eighties |last2=Lane |first2=David |last3=Waterman |first3=Greville |publisher=Legends Publishing |year=2011 |isbn=978-1906796716 |location=Sunbury, Middlesex |pages=363–364}}</ref> he was again a first team regular during the 1979–80 season, making 29 appearances and scoring three goals.<ref name="archive" /> He departed Edgar Street in 1980, after making 53 appearances and scoring three goals.<ref name="archive" />
=== Moorfields === For a time after leaving Hereford United, Feeley played for Herefordshire Sunday League Second Division club Moorfields.<ref name="bullsnews" />
=== Trowbridge Town === Feeley signed for Southern League Midland Division club Trowbridge Town in 1980.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 February 1998 |title=Sidelines |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/sidelines-1146087.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/sidelines-1146087.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |access-date=1 October 2016 |website=The Independent}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He enjoyed a good season with the club, which finished third and was the only club from the division to win promotion to the Alliance Premier League.<ref name="Trowbridge Town F.C.">{{Fchd|id=TROWBRIT|name=Trowbridge Town F.C.}}</ref> Feeley averaged 28 games per season in the Alliance Premier League for struggling Trowbridge, before departing Frome Road in January 1984.<ref name="foxestalk" /> He made 85 appearances and scored 12 goals during his time with the club in the Alliance Premier League.<ref name="SportingHeroes">{{Cite web |title=Andy Feeley – League appearances – Leicester City FC |url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football/leicester-city-fc/andy-feeley-15526/league-appearances_a40256/ |access-date=28 April 2022 |website=Sporting Heroes}}</ref>
=== Leicester City === In a surprise move, Feeley signed for First Division club Leicester City in January 1984.<ref name="foxestalk">{{Cite web |title=Andy Feeley – Leicester City career stats |url=https://www.foxestalk.co.uk/history/players?pid=397 |access-date=20 November 2014 |website=FoxesTalk}}</ref> He had to wait until 10 March to make his debut, which came with a baptism of fire against Manchester United at Old Trafford.<ref name="foxestalk" /> Feeley started in the 2–0 defeat and was brought off for Tommy English.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manchester United v Leicester City, 10 March 1984 |url=http://www.11v11.com/matches/manchester-united-v-leicester-city-10-march-1984-87039/ |access-date=20 November 2014 |website=11v11.com}}</ref> He made two further appearances during what remained of the 1983–84 season.<ref name="foxestalk" /> He established himself in the first team in the 1984–85 season, making 41 appearances and winning the Supporters Club's Player of the Year award.<ref name="foxestalk" /><ref name="lcsupporters">{{Cite web |title=Roll Of Honour – Leicester City Supporters Club Player Of The Year |url=https://www.lcsupportersclub.co.uk/player-of-the-year |access-date=20 November 2014 |website=Leicester City Supporters Club}}</ref> Knee injuries reduced his appearance-count over the next two seasons and he departed the club in June 1987,<ref name="BBB80s" /> after refusing a new contract.<ref name="foxestalk" /> Feeley made 86 appearances during {{frac|3|1|2}} years at Filbert Street.<ref name="foxestalk" />
=== Brentford === Feeley dropped down to the Third Division to sign on trial for Brentford in August 1987 and he subsequently signed a permanent contract.<ref name="BBB80s" /><ref name="Hugman">{{Hugman|6246|accessdate=1 May 2020}}</ref> Though never fully fit during his two years at Griffin Park,<ref name="BBB80s" /> he managed 88 appearances and was a member of the team which reached the quarter-finals of the FA Cup during the 1988–89 season,<ref name="White">{{Cite book |title=100 Years Of Brentford |publisher=Brentford FC |year=1989 |isbn=0951526200 |editor-last=White |editor-first=Eric |pages=399–400}}</ref> going out 4–0 to eventual winners Liverpool.<ref name="Timeless">{{Cite book |last=Haynes |first=Graham |title=Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006 |last2=Coumbe |first2=Frank |publisher=Yore Publications |year=2006 |isbn=978-0955294914 |location=Harefield |page=55}}</ref>
===Bury=== Feeley joined Third Division club Bury in July 1989.<ref name="Hugman" /> He made 57 league appearances and scored three goals in two seasons with the Shakers.<ref name="bullsnews" /> While later working in the club's youth system in 2002, Feeley turned out for a Bury Veterans XI in a benefit match against their Bolton Wanderers counterparts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bury-Veterans |url=http://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/5953196.Bury_Veterans/ |access-date=20 October 2015 |website=Bury Times}}</ref>
=== Northwich Victoria === Feeley dropped back into non-League football in 1991 to sign for Conference club Northwich Victoria.<ref name="bullsnews" /> He made 13 appearances and scored one goal during his spell.<ref name="SportingHeroes" />
=== Atherton Laburnum Rovers === Feeley joined North West Counties League First Division club Atherton Laburnum Rovers in 1991.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wignall |first=Steve |title=You Can Have Chips: The Autobiography of Steve Wignall |publisher=Apex Publishing Ltd |year=2009 |isbn=978-1904444961 |location=Essex}}</ref> He celebrated promotion to the Northern Premier League First Division as champions at the end of the 1993–94 season and remained with the club until 1996.<ref name="Atherton Laburnum Rovers F.C.">{{Fchd|id=ATHERTLR|name=Atherton Laburnum Rovers F.C.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=LR aim to dim City lights! |url=http://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/6207655.LR_aim_to_dim_City_lights_/ |access-date=20 October 2015 |website=Bury Times}}</ref>
=== Highfield United === Feeley had a spell with Manchester League Premier Division club Highfield United in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |title=No hard feelings! |url=http://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/6213455.No_hard_feelings_/ |access-date=20 October 2015 |website=Bury Times}}</ref>
=== Seedfield Sports === Feeley joined Bolton Combination club Seedfield Sports during the 1996 off-season.<ref name="boltonnews">{{Cite web |title=Ex-Bury ace leads new club to flying start |url=http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/6198225.Ex_Bury_ace_leads_new_club_to_flying_start/ |access-date=20 October 2015 |website=The Bolton News}}</ref> He scored with a 30-yard strike to send the club through to the last 16 of the Lancashire Amateur Shield.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Seedfield bounce back for cup glory |url=http://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/6192554.Seedfield_bounce_back_for_cup_glory/ |access-date=20 October 2015 |website=Bury Times}}</ref>
== Managerial and coaching career ==
=== Seedfield Sports === While with Seedfield Sports, Feeley served as the club's assistant manager.<ref name="boltonnews" />
=== Bury === In the late 1990s, Feeley returned to former club Bury, working in the commercial and community areas.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Football: Ex-Shakers boss returns for cup clash |url=http://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/6149722.Football__Ex_Shakers_boss_returns_for_cup_clash/ |access-date=20 October 2015 |website=Bury Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Little Paul's the Maine man |url=http://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/6160257.Little_Paul_s_the_Maine_man/ |access-date=20 October 2015 |website=Bury Times}}</ref> He later returned to the football club, serving as Director of Youth, overseeing the club's Centre of Excellence and managing the club's youth and reserve teams.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Lane |first=David |title=Cult Bees & Legends: Volume One |publisher=Woodpecker Multimedia |year=2002 |isbn=0-9543682-0-7 |location=Hampton Wick |pages=126–137}}</ref> He oversaw the development of future international players David Nugent and Colin Kazim-Richards.<ref name="Jackson">{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Nick |title=Feeley faces uphill task |url=http://www.burytimes.co.uk/sport/football/ramsbottomunited/3178619.Feeley_faces_uphill_task/ |access-date=20 November 2014 |website=Bury Times}}</ref> He coached the U19 team to the semi-finals of the 1999–00 Youth Alliance Cup, losing 2–0 to Scunthorpe United to be denied a chance of a place in the final at Wembley Stadium.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bury FC Youth – Kids go down fighting |url=http://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/6089330.Bury_FC_Youth___Kids_go_down_fighting/ |access-date=20 October 2015 |website=Bury Times}}</ref> For a time Feeley served as first team coach, before being replaced by Billy Ayre in December 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bury FC: Ayre supplies experience! |url=http://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/6051844.Bury_FC__Ayre_supplies_experience_/ |access-date=20 October 2015 |website=Bury Times}}</ref> While Ayre was receiving treatment for cancer in July 2001, Feeley again stepped into the role.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shakers swoop for young Red |url=http://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/6021550.Shakers_swoop_for_young_Red/ |access-date=20 October 2015 |website=Bury Times}}</ref>
=== Ramsbottom United === Feeley was appointed manager of North West Counties League Premier Division club Ramsbottom United in June 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Higginson |first=Marc |title=Rams appoint new manager |url=http://www.burytimes.co.uk/sport/football/ramsbottomunited/3173184.Rams_appoint_new_manager/?ref=arc |access-date=20 November 2014 |website=Bury Times}}</ref> Despite having to virtually rebuild the playing squad from scratch, he led the Rams to the top of the table early in the 2008–09 season.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Nick |title=Ramsbottom United delight at super opening |url=http://www.burytimes.co.uk/sport/football/ramsbottomunited/3592185.Ramsbottom_United_delight_at_super_opening/ |access-date=20 November 2014 |website=Bury Times}}</ref> Feeley departed the club in February 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ramsbottom United bid to bounce back against Colne |url=http://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/4123955.Ramsbottom_United_bid_to_bounce_back_against_Colne/ |access-date=20 October 2015 |website=Bury Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ramsbottom United History |url=http://www.nwcfl.com/clubpage.php?id=15 |access-date=20 November 2014 |publisher=Nwcfl.com}}</ref>
==Personal life== After leaving professional football, Feeley was employed as a psychiatric nurse at Prestwich Hospital.<ref name="foxestalk" /> In August 2009, he received a 22-month jail sentence for committing Grievous Bodily Harm.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ex-footballer jailed for attack |publisher=BBC News |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/8188422.stm |access-date=20 November 2014}}</ref>
== Career statistics == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="3" |League ! colspan="2" |FA Cup ! colspan="2" |League Cup ! colspan="2" |Other ! colspan="2" |Total |- !Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- | rowspan="3" |Hereford United |1978–79<ref name="archive" /> | rowspan="2" |Fourth Division |25 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— |25 |0 |- |1979–80<ref name="archive" /> |25 |3 |2 |0 |2 |0 | colspan="2" |— |29 |3 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !50 !3 !2 !0 !2 !0 ! colspan="2" |— !54 !3 |- | rowspan="5" |Leicester City |1983–84<ref name="foxestalk" /> | rowspan="4" |First Division |3 |0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |3 |0 |- |1984–85<ref name="foxestalk" /> |35 |0 |4 |0 |2 |0 | colspan="2" |— |41 |0 |- |1985–86<ref name="foxestalk" /> |26 |0 |1 |0 |2 |0 | colspan="2" |— |29 |0 |- |1986–87<ref name="foxestalk" /> |12 |0 |1 |0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— |13 |0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !76 !0 !6 !0 !4 !0 ! colspan="2" |— !86 !0 |- | rowspan="3" |Brentford |1987–88<ref name="White" /> | rowspan="2" |Third Division |34 |0 |1 |0 |2 |0 |2<ref name="FLT" group="lower-alpha">Appearances in Football League Trophy</ref> |0 |39 |0 |- |1988–89<ref name="White" /> |33 |0 |8 |0 |3 |0 |5<ref name="FLT" group="lower-alpha" /> |0 |49 |0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !67 !0 !9 !0 !5 !0 !7 !0 !88 !0 |- ! colspan="3" |Career total !193 !3 !17 !0 !11 !0 !7 !0 !228 !3 |} <references group="lower-alpha" />
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Leicester City F.C. Player of the Year}}
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