Andy Oakes (footballer)

Andrew Mark Oakes (born 11 January 1977) is an English former football goalkeeper. His uncle is the Manchester City midfielder Alan Oakes. His cousin Michael Oakes, also a goalkeeper, played for Aston Villa, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Cardiff City.

Andy Oakes

Personal information
Full name	Andrew Mark Oakes[1]
Date of birth	11 January 1977
Place of birth	Northwich, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Barnton
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1997	Macclesfield Town	0	(0)
1998	Winsford United	?	(?)
1998–1999	Hull City	19	(0)
1999–2005	Derby County	43	(0)
1999	→ Port Vale (loan)	0	(0)
2004–2005	→ Bolton Wanderers (loan)	1	(0)
2005–2006	Walsall	34	(0)
2006–2007	Swansea City	5	(0)
2007–2009	Darlington	16	(0)
Total		118	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He spent his early years at Macclesfield Town and Winsford United, before playing for Hull City in 1998–99. He then was signed by Premier League side Derby County for £465,000. He spent his six years at Pride Park as a back-up keeper, and also spent brief spells on loan at Port Vale and Bolton Wanderers. He signed with Walsall in March 2005, before moving on to Swansea City in August 2006. He signed with Darlington in May 2007, before leaving the game two years later.

Playing career

Oakes started his career with Barnton, but joined Macclesfield Town in the 1996–97 season as cover for regular goalkeeper Ryan Price as the club battled towards promotion into the Football League.[3] Oakes played once for the "Silkmen", in a 2–0 FA Cup defeat to Rochdale, where he reportedly played with a broken finger.[3] After the season finished he moved on to Northern Premier League side Winsford United. In December 1998 he returned to the Football League when he signed with Third Division club Hull City, who were then managed by Warren Joyce. He played twenty games of the 1998–99 season, and his performances at Boothferry Park earned him a £465,000 move to Premier League side Derby County in June 1999.[4] He immediately went out on loan with Port Vale, but returned to Pride Park within three weeks having failed to make an appearance for Brian Horton's "Valiants".

He was the understudy to Mart Poom, before becoming the first choice keeper in 2001–02, playing 22 games. He had lost his first team place when manager Jim Smith resigned in October 2001, but won back his place when Colin Todd was sacked and replaced by John Gregory in January. The "Rams" were relegated at the end of the season, finishing ten points behind 17th place Sunderland. Teenager Lee Grant was favoured more in 2002–03, and Oakes was restricted to seven First Division appearances. He played ten games in 2003–04, as Grant continued to be favoured by new boss George Burley. Grant was dropped in 2004–05, only for 20-year-old Lee Camp to claim the first team jersey. Oakes joined Bolton Wanderers on loan at the start of the 2004–05 season as back-up to Jussi Jääskeläinen,[5] but only made the one appearance.

He moved on to Paul Merson's Walsall on a free transfer in March 2005,[6] and featured in the last nine games of the campaign. He played 30 games in 2005–06, having missed September to December. With the "Saddlers" suffering relegation, he was released from the Bescot Stadium in May 2006.[7] He signed with Kenny Jackett's Swansea City in August 2006.[8] Playing six games of the 2006–07 season, with only one appearances coming at the Liberty Stadium, he was not offered a new contract in the summer by new boss Roberto Martínez.[9] Oakes signed with Darlington in May 2007.[10] He made 18 appearances for Dave Penney's "Quakers", before retiring from the game in 2009.

Statistics

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Macclesfield Town	1997–98[11]	Conference	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Hull City	1998–99[12]	Third Division	19	0	0	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	20	0
Derby County	1999–2000[13]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2000–01[14]	Premier League	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
	2001–02[15]	Premier League	20	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	22	0
	2002–03[16]	First Division	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
	2003–04[17]	First Division	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
	2004–05[18]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		43	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	46	0
Port Vale (loan)	1999–2000[13]	First Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bolton Wanderers (loan)	2004–05[18]	Premier League	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Walsall	2004–05[18]	League One	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
	2005–06[19]	League One	25	0	3	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	30	0
	Total		34	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	39	0
Swansea City	2006–07[20]	League One	5	0	0	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	6	0
Darlington	2007–08[21]	League Two	6	0	0	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	7	0
	2008–09[22]	League Two	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
	Total		16	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	18	0
Career total[lower-alpha 2]			118	0	6	0	3	0	4	0	131	0

1. Appearance/s in the EFL Trophy.
2. Statistics for Winsford United not recorded.

References

1. "Andy Oakes". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
2. "FootballSquads - Port Vale - 1999/00". www.footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
3. "Profile". silkmenarchives.org.uk. Archived from the original on 5 November 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
4. "Profile". darlington-fc.net. Archived from the original on 21 March 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
5. "Oakes joins Bolton on loan". BBC Sport. 31 August 2004. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
6. "Oakes quits Derby to join Walsall". BBC Sport. 18 March 2005. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
7. "Saddlers release goalkeeper Oakes". BBC Sport. 9 May 2006. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
8. "Swansea complete Oakes transfer". BBC Sport. 1 August 2006. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
9. "Swans release Williams and Oakes". BBC Sport. 7 May 2007. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
10. "Darlington bag ex-Swansea keeper". BBC Sport. 1 June 2007. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
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