Andy Tillson

Andy Tillson
Personal information
Full name	Andrew Tillson
Date of birth	30 June 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth	Huntingdon, England
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1987–1988	Kettering Town
1988–1990	Grimsby Town
1990–1992	Queen Park Rangers
1992	→ Grimsby Town (loan)
1992–2000	Bristol Rovers
2000–2002	Walsall
2002–2003	Rushden & Diamonds
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andy Tillson (born 30 June 1966) is an English football coach and former player who was head coach at Team Bath.^[1] Following Team Bath's decision to disband at the end of the 2008–09 season, Tillson was initially appointed as Weymouth's assistant manager, but on 15 June 2009 it was announced that he would instead join Exeter City as First Team Coach under manager Paul Tisdale.

He was signed for Queens Park Rangers by Don Howe in 1990 from Grimsby Town along with Darren Peacock to cover a major injury crisis at Loftus Road and made his debut in the 1–1 draw with Derby County.

He was a central defender and his chances were limited once Alan McDonald, Danny Maddix and Paul Parker returned from injury. He made just 29 appearances for QPR scoring 2 goals before being signed by Bristol Rovers for a club record fee of £370,000 in 1992.^[2] He became the club captain of Bristol Rovers and made over 250 league appearances for the club before joining Walsall and then Rushden & Diamonds.

Honours

Walsall

Football League Second Division play-offs: 2001

Individual

PFA Team of the Year: 2000–01 Second Division^[3]

References

Andy Tillson at Soccerbase

Andy Tillson from poppiesfans.com. Retrieved 9 November 2006.

^ teambath.com Archived 9 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 9 November 2006.
^ Bristol Rovers club records Archived 13 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine from bristolrovers.co.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2006.
^ "Teams of the year". BBC Sport. 29 April 2001. Retrieved 15 January 2023.