Keogh: Andrew Declan (Andy)
2003-2005
(Player Details)
Forward
Born: Dublin, Republic of Ireland: 16-05-1986
Debut: v Portsmouth (a) (substitute): 26-10-2004
6’0” 11st 2 lb (2007)
Keogh began his playing career at Cabinteely FC and St Josephs' Boys AFC in South Dublin
before moving to Leeds United at the age of sixteen. He never managed to make his mark at
Leeds, and so was subsequently loaned out to then League Two side Scunthorpe United at the
beginning of the 2004-05 season. There, he made his league debut on 7th August 2004 in a 3-1
win over Rochdale. He scored two goals in twelve appearances, of which three were off the
bench, before an injury crisis at Elland Road caused him to be recalled to his parent club.
He made his only appearance for Leeds as an eighty-sixth minute substitute for Sean Gregan
in a 2-1 League Cup loss to Portsmouth. He then spent the rest of 2004 playing reserve games
for Leeds, until he was loaned to Bury in January 2005 as a replacement for Preston-bound
David Nugent. In February 2005, while on loan at Bury, where he had scored twice in just
four starts, Scunthorpe United Manager Brian Laws made an offer to Leeds United. And on 14th February 2005, Keogh rejoined the club he had started the season with, for £50,000. He only scored only one further goal, but was part of the team which won promotion to League One as runners-up behind Yeovil Town. He truly made his mark in the 2005-06 season, notably after Scunthorpe United signed fellow nineteen-year-old striker Billy Sharp for £100,000 from Sheffield United. Keogh became part of the most potent strike-force in League One, scoring thirty-eight goals between them, with Keogh netting fifteen of them. He also scored Scunthorpe's goal in the FA Cup 3rd Round visit to Manchester City, beating England International goalkeeper David James in the process. On 12th January 2007, it was announced that Andy had rejected an improved contract offer from Scunthorpe United and would therefore be free to leave the club at the end of the 2006-07 season. He received a League One Championship medal when Scunthorpe were crowned Champions at the end of the season. As he was under the age of twenty-four,
Scunthorpe were able to command a fee for him, either as a direct offer or via a tribunal.
Having had a bid of £500,000 turned down, Keogh signed for Wolverhampton Wanderers on 23rd
January 2007. He signed a three and a half year contract with the transfer set to cost
Wolves an initial £600,000 and potentially rising to £850,000 with add-ons. He had scored
twenty-three goals in eighty starts and seventeen substitute appearances for the Irons.
Keogh earned plaudits for his displays for Wolves. He notched five goals for the club before
the end of the season which helped them to reach the play-offs. His good form was rewarded
with his first call-up to the Republic of Ireland squad by Steve Staunton in March 2007, as
a replacement for the injured Ex-Leeds Junior Caleb Folan. He went on to make his debut for
the senior team on 23rd May 2007 in a friendly against Ecaudor in New York and kept his
place in the squad for the early-season friendly in Denmark in 2007-08. He was allocated
the number nine jersey for the 2007-08 campaign and scored eleven goals as Wolves missed out
on the play-offs on goal difference. 2008-09 saw Keogh's first team opportunities limited as
Chris Iwelumo and Sylvan Ebanks-Blake led the CCCL top scorers list. In February 2009 Keogh
signed a new contract with the club until Summer 2012 and also qualified for a CCCL
championship medal. Injuries to other strikers meant that Keogh was the first choice Wolves
striker in the early 2009-10 season and he scored the winner at Wigan Athletic. In December
2009 he suffered an ankle injury that needed surgery and side-lined him for three months. He
was only able to feature fleetingly in substitute roles after his recovery as Wolves fought
for EPL survival. At the end of the 2009-10 season, Keogh's record at Molineux was nineteen
League goals scored in seventy-nine starts and thirty-six substitute appearances, while in the
F.A. Cup he had netted three times in five games, one of which was from the bench He had also
managed one goal in three starts and three more from the bench in the League Cup and two
play-off Finals games without scoring. On the International front, he had scored once in
twelve games for the Republic of Ireland. He had also represented the Republic at Youth level
and seven times at Under-twenty-one and twice at “B” level, scoring one goal.