Andy Jackson (footballer, born 1988)

Andy Jackson
Personal information
Full name Andrew Steven Jackson
Date of birth (1988-01-09) 9 January 1988 (age 37)
Place of birth Falkirk, Scotland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2011 St Johnstone 74 (15)
2005 → Cowdenbeath (loan) 13 (4)
2006 → Forfar Athletic (loan) 13 (5)
2010 → Arbroath (loan) 8 (0)
2011–2012 Greenock Morton 29 (5)
2012–2019 Brechin City 211 (68)
2019–2020 Forfar Athletic 12 (1)
2020 → Brechin City (loan) 7 (0)
2020 Brechin City 0 (0)
International career‡
Republic of Ireland U17
Republic of Ireland U18
2008 Republic of Ireland U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:59, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 November 2008

Andrew Steven Jackson (born 9 January 1988) is a Scottish-born Irish football player who plays as a striker. Beginning his career with St Johnstone, Jackson has also played for Greenock Morton, Brechin City and Forfar Athletic, and has also had spells on loan with Cowdenbeath, Forfar Athletic, Arbroath and Brechin City.

Career

Club

Jackson started his career with St Johnstone. He made his league debut on 14 August 2004, in a 3–1 defeat against Queen of the South at McDiarmid Park.[1] During the 2005–06 season, Jackson was loaned out to Cowdenbeath,[2] with whom he scored four goals in thirteen league appearances, and Forfar Athletic,[3] scoring five goals in thirteen appearances.

Jackson scored his first senior goal for St Johnstone on 5 September 2007 in their 2–0 victory over Ross County in the Scottish Challenge Cup.[4] Jackson was awarded the Young Player of the Month for January 2008 after scoring in three consecutive games (against Raith Rovers, Dunfermline Athletic and Stirling Albion).[5] Jackson missed most of the 2008–09 season with an Achilles tendon injury as St Johnstone won the First Division. In July 2009 he was taken to hospital suffering from a bowel complaint that had first troubled him in April 2008, and also hindered his fitness in 2008–09.[6]

Jackson was released by Saints in summer 2011, and played for Greenock Morton for one season before being released in May 2012.[7] Shortly afterwards he signed a deal with Second Division side Brechin City.[8][9] Jackson scored on his début for Brechin, in a Challenge Cup tie against Third Division side Rangers.[10] On 15 April 2014, Jackson signed a new one-year contract at Brechin.[11]

After seven years with Brechin, Jackson signed a two-year deal with Angus rivals Forfar Athletic in May 2019,[12] having previously had a spell on loan with the side in 2006. Jackson made 18 appearances for Forfar, before returning on loan to Brechin in January 2020.[13] Although signing a deal to see him return to the club permanently, he ultimately left the club in August 2020 due to work commitments.[14]

International

He has represented the Republic of Ireland at under-18, under-19 and under-21 level. He made his under-21 début against Austria on 19 August 2008, playing for 63 minutes in a 1–1 draw.[15]

Career statistics

As of 31 August 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
St Johnstone 2004–05[16] Scottish First Division 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2005–06[17] 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2006–07[18] 6 0 4 0 3 0 1[a] 0 14 0
2007–08[19] 34 14 5 2 1 0 4[a] 2 44 18
2008–09[20] 9 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 12 0
2009–10[21] Scottish Premier League 2 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 0
2010–11[22] 17 1 0 0 1 0 — 18 1
Total 74 15 11 2 7 0 5 2 97 19
Cowdenbeath (loan) 2005–06[17] Scottish Third Division 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 4
Forfar Athletic (loan) 2005–06[17] Scottish Second Division 13 5 — 0 0 0 0 13 5
Arbroath (loan) 2009–10[21] 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Greenock Morton 2011–12[23] Scottish First Division 29 5 1 0 2 2 1[a] 4 33 11
Brechin City 2012–13[24] Scottish Second Division 35 16 1 0 1 0 3[b] 3 40 19
2013–14[25] Scottish League One 33 12 3 2 1 0 1[a] 0 38 14
2014–15[26] 34 11 4 3 1 0 4[c] 0 43 14
2015–16[27] 34 5 1 1 1 0 1[a] 0 37 6
2016–17[28] 29 13 0 0 4 1 5[d] 2 38 16
2017–18[29] Scottish Championship 10 0 1 0 4 0 1[a] 0 16 0
2018–19[30] Scottish League One 33 10 1 0 1 0 1[a] 0 36 10
Total 208 67 11 6 13 1 16 5 248 79
Forfar Athletic 2019–20[31] Scottish League One 12 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 18 1
Brechin City (loan) 2019–20[31] Scottish League Two 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Brechin City 2010–21[31] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 324 87 24 8 27 4 22 11 437 119
  1. ^ a b c d e f g Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. ^ One appearance and a goal in the Scottish Challenge Cup; two appearances and two goals in the First Division play-offs
  3. ^ Two appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup and two in the Championship play-offs
  4. ^ One appearance and two goals in the Scottish Challenge Cup; four appearances in the Championship play-offs

Honours

St Johnstone

References

  1. ^ Soccerbase
  2. ^ "Two Saints arrive at Central Park". BBC Sport. 1 September 2005. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Hardie clinches St Johnstone move". BBC Sport. 31 January 2006. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  4. ^ Soccerbase
  5. ^ Jackson wins young player award, BBC Sport
  6. ^ Illness strikes Saints' Jackson, BBC Sport
  7. ^ Steele, Russell (8 May 2012). "Players axed at Morton". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  8. ^ "Andy Jackson signs up". Brechin City F.C. 18 May 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  9. ^ "Scottish Division Two ins and outs". BBC Sport. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  10. ^ Swan, Craig (30 July 2012). "Ramsdens Challenge Cup: Brechin City 1 Rangers 2 (AET)". Daily Record. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  11. ^ "Jackson re-signs at Brechin". Scottish Professional Football League. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  12. ^ "Andy Jackson signs two year contract". Forfar Athletic FC. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  13. ^ Mew, Steven (10 January 2020). "'Jacko' returns". Brechin City FC. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  14. ^ Mew, Steven (31 August 2019). "'Jacko' departs". Brechin City FC. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  15. ^ Stoppage-time equaliser denies Irish U21s victory in Austria, Football Association of Ireland
  16. ^ "Games played by Andy Jackson in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  17. ^ a b c "Games played by Andy Jackson in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  18. ^ "Games played by Andy Jackson in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  19. ^ "Games played by Andy Jackson in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  20. ^ "Games played by Andy Jackson in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  21. ^ a b "Games played by Andy Jackson in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  22. ^ "Games played by Andy Jackson in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  23. ^ "Games played by Andy Jackson in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  24. ^ "Games played by Andy Jackson in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  25. ^ "Games played by Andy Jackson in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  26. ^ "Games played by Andy Jackson in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  27. ^ "Games played by Andy Jackson in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  28. ^ "Games played by Andy Jackson in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  29. ^ "Games played by Andy Jackson in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  30. ^ "Games played by Andy Jackson in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  31. ^ a b c "Games played by Andy Jackson in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  32. ^ "Dunfermline Ath 2-3 St Johnstone". BBC. 25 November 2007. Retrieved 31 March 2021.