Andrew Myler
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Andrew Myler | ||
Date of birth | 2 December 1975 | ||
Place of birth | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
St Kevin's Boys | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
1994–1997 | UCD | 48 | (13) |
1997–1998 | Newry Town | 13 | (2) |
1998–2000 | Monaghan United | 48 | (22) |
2000–2002 | Athlone Town | 55 | (38) |
2001–2002 | Waterford United | 8 | (4) |
2002–2004 | Drogheda United | 91 | (33) |
2005–2006 | Longford Town | 30 | (4) |
2006–2007 | Shamrock Rovers | 45 | (15) |
2008 | Bray Wanderers | 15 | (2) |
Total | 353 | (133) | |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Andrew "Andy" Myler (born 2 December 1975, Dublin) is a retired Irish footballer. He began his professional career at UCD where he made his League debut at St. James's Gate F.C. on 9 January 1994. He scored his first league goal on his first start at Longford Town on 27 March 1994. His first league hat trick was against Finn Harps on 6 September 1996.
He also played for Newry Town, Monaghan United, Athlone Town, Waterford United and Drogheda United before Longford. He claims that his happiest days as a footballer came with Drogheda United where he has officially been accepted into the club's hall of fame. He is now known as a legend in Drogheda and his name is still sung week in week out by the Drogheda fans.
Andy was signed by Shamrock Rovers from Longford Town in July 2006 making his debut against Galway United on 4 August.[1]
Always a Rovers fan, Andy broke into the top 20 all time League of Ireland goal scorers in August 2007.[2]
His hat-trick on 14 September against Galway United brought his all time league total to 129 goals[3]
In his career he has been top scorer in the First Division twice[4]
In his two seasons at Rovers Andy scored 20 goals in 48 total appearances.
He signed for Bray in December 2007[5]
Myler retired at the end of the 2008 season with a total of 131 career league goals and scored in his last game[6]
Andy moved onto managing the Shamrock Rovers A team in the A Championship and League of Ireland Under 20.[7] In his first season he managed the A team to win the league.[8] In his second season he managed the U20s to win the league.[9] He was promoted to the first team staff in 2011 where he was part of the Premier Division league winning and Europa League qualifying set up. Andy left Shamrock Rovers at the end of 2011.
At the end of the 2012 League of Ireland season Myler is sixteenth in the all-time League of Ireland goalscoring list with 131 league goals[10]
Honours
Player
- League of Ireland First Division: 2
- League of Ireland First Division Shield
- UCD 1994/95
- Leinster Senior Cup (football): 2
- UCD 1994/95, 1995/96
Manager
- A Championship:
- Shamrock Rovers – 2009
- U20 Championship:
- Shamrock Rovers – 2010