Andy Rollings Explained

Andy Rollings
Fullname:	Andrew Nicholas Rollings
Birth Date:	14 December 1954
Birth Place:	Portishead, England
Position:	Centre back
Youthyears1:	–1972
Youthclubs1:	Norwich City
Years1:	1972–1974
Clubs1:	Norwich City
Caps1:	4
Goals1:	0
Years2:	1974–1980
Clubs2:	Brighton & Hove Albion
Caps2:	168
Goals2:	11
Years3:	1980–1981
Clubs3:	Swindon Town
Caps3:	12
Goals3:	1
Years4:	1981–1983
Clubs4:	Portsmouth
Caps4:	29
Goals4:	1
Years5:	1983
Clubs5:	Torquay United
Caps5:	2
Goals5:	0
Years6:	1983
Clubs6:	Brentford
Caps6:	1
Goals6:	0
Clubs7:	Maidstone United
Caps7:	8
Goals7:	3
Years8:	1986–1987
Clubs8:	Brighton & Hove Albion
Caps8:	0
Goals8:	0
Clubs9:	Gorleston

Andrew Nicholas Rollings (born 14 December 1954) is an English retired professional footballer, best remembered for his six years as a centre back in the Football League with Brighton & Hove Albion.^[1] He also played League football for Portsmouth, Swindon Town, Norwich City, Torquay United and Brentford.^[2]

Personal life

In the mid-1980s, Rollings opened the Chalet Cafe in Preston Park, Brighton, with his wife, Judy.^{[3] [4]} As of October 2019, he was still running the cafe.^[5]

Career statistics

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Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Norwich City	1973–74	First Division	4	0	0	0	0	0	—		4	0
Brighton & Hove Albion	1979–80	First Division	7	1	0	0	0	0	—		7	1
Swindon Town	1980–81^[6]	Third Division	12	1	0	0	4	1	—		16	2
Portsmouth	1981–82^[7]	Third Division	19	1	2	0	3	0	1^[8]	0	25	1
	1982–83		10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11	0
	Total		29	1	2	0	3	0	2	0	36	1
Brentford	1983–84^[9]	Third Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Career total			53	3	2	0	7	1	2	0	64	4

1. Book: Haynes . Graham . Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006 . Coumbe . Frank . Yore Publications . 2006 . 978-0955294914 . Harefield . 137.
2. Book: Croxford . Mark . The Big Brentford Book of the Eighties . Lane . David . Waterman . Greville . Legends Publishing . 2011 . 978-1906796716 . Sunbury, Middlesex . 345–346.
3. Web site: Profile: Andy Rollings . 1 October 2016 . Friends of Preston Park. 10 May 2013 .
4. Web site: Firefighter call for action before cafe is burned to the ground . 1 October 2016 . The Argus.
5. Web site: Rollings on his Norwich beginnings and Albion memories . 11 November 2022 . www.brightonandhovealbion.com . en.
6. Web site: Andy Rollings – Player Profile . 16 January 2017 . Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk.
7. Web site: Andy Rollings . 28 April 2019 . PompeyRama.
8. Appearance in Hampshire Professional Cup
9. Book: 100 Years Of Brentford . Brentford FC . 1989 . 0951526200 . White . Eric . 397.

Honours

Brighton & Hove Albion

• Football League Second Division second-place promotion: 1978–79^[10]
• Football League Third Division second-place promotion: 1976–77

Portsmouth

• Football League Third Division: 1982–83^[11]