Andy Rollings

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.^[2] He also played League football for Portsmouth, Swindon Town, Norwich City, Torquay United and Brentford.^[1][3]

Andy Rollings

Personal information
Full name	Andrew Nicholas Rollings[1]
Date of birth	(1954-12-14) 14 December 1954 (age 69)
Place of birth	Portishead, England
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
0000–1972	Norwich City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1972–1974	Norwich City	4	(0)
1974–1980	Brighton & Hove Albion	168	(11)
1980–1981	Swindon Town	12	(1)
1981–1983	Portsmouth	29	(1)
1983	Torquay United	2	(0)
1983	Brentford	1	(0)
	Maidstone United	8	(3)
1986–1987	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	(0)
	Gorleston
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Personal life

In the mid-1980s, Rollings opened the Chalet Cafe in Preston Park, Brighton, with his wife, Judy.^[4][5] As of October 2019, he was still running the cafe.^[6]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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

Honours

Brighton & Hove Albion

• Football League Second Division second-place promotion: 1978–79^[11]
• Football League Third Division second-place promotion: 1976–77^[11]

Portsmouth

• Football League Third Division: 1982–83^[12]

References

1. "Andy Rollings". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
2. Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 137. ISBN 978-0955294914.
3. Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Eighties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. pp. 345–346. ISBN 978-1906796716.
4. "Profile: Andy Rollings". Friends of Preston Park. 10 May 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
5. "Firefighter call for action before cafe is burned to the ground". The Argus. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
6. "Rollings on his Norwich beginnings and Albion memories". www.brightonandhovealbion.com. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
7. Andy Rollings at WorldFootball.net
8. "Andy Rollings – Player Profile". Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
9. "Andy Rollings". PompeyRama. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
10. White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 397. ISBN 0951526200.
11. "Cloughie's 'new Roy McFarland'" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
12. Moore, Johnny. "The Boys Of 83". www.portsmouthfc.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2016.