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Club career

Birmingham City

Initially, Johnson's career was held back by the perception that he was too small to prosper as a top level striker. He began his footballing career at Birmingham City, where he suffered a set-back, missing a deciding penalty, in the 2001 Worthington Cup Final shootout defeat, to Liverpool. Birmingham City Football Club are an English professional football club based in the city of Birmingham. ... The 2001 Worthington Cup Final was played between Liverpool and Birmingham City at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff on Sunday 25 February 2001. ... The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup, is an English football competition. ... Liverpool Football Club are an English professional football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside, who play in the Premier League; they are historically the most successful club in the history of English football, having won more trophies than any other English club. ...

After only a few noteworthy appearances, he was sold to Crystal Palace in 2002, following the Blues' promotion to the Premier League. Johnson was used as the makeweight in a transfer deal for Clinton Morrison, taking the value of £750,000 for the purposes of the transaction. Crystal Palace Football Club is an English professional football team based in the London Borough of Croydon. ... For other sports leagues which may be referred to by this name, see List of professional sports leagues. ... Clinton Morrison (born May 14, 1979 in Wandsworth, London, U.K.) is an English-born professional footballer of Jamaican, Irish and Trinidadian heritage who currently plays for Crystal Palace F.C.. Morrison, a centre forward, plays his international football for Ireland due to his grandmother being from Dublin. ...

Crystal Palace

Whilst his arrival was not greeted with any real excitement at Palace, the transfer turned out to be an excellent move for both Johnson and Palace. He soon made himself very popular with Palace fans with a hat-trick in the 5-0 demolition of deadly rivals Brighton & Hove Albion on 26 October 2002, and then another, in the very next game, at Walsall. In sports, a hat-trick (more often rendered in North America as hat trick, without the hyphen) is associated with achieving something in a group of three. ... Discussions are underway on the talk page regarding the section of Honours and Manager list. ... is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Walsall Football Club are an English football club based in Walsall, West Midlands, currently reigning champions in the season in Football League Two. ...

However, manager Trevor Francis continued to play his preferred main strike partnership of Ade Akinbiyi and Dele Adebola, keeping both Johnson and Palace legend Dougie Freedman on the left-wing and bench, respectively. When Francis was dismissed, and with the Eagles mid-table, he was replaced by Steve Kember, who decided to partner Freedman with Neil Shipperley, while Johnson was left to play the role of support striker. The new strike partnership initially worked well, with Palace winning their first three games and topping the table. However, the good start to the season did not continue and, with Palace languishing in 20th place in November, Kember was dropped. Trevor John Francis (born April 19, 1954 in Boxhill, Plymouth, England), was a noted footballer and Englands first £1 million player. ... Adeola (Ade) Peter Oluwatoyin Akinbiyi (born October 10, 1974 in Hackney, London) is an England born Nigerian footballer. ... Bamberdele Adebola (born June 23, 1975 in Portugal) is a Nigerian footballer, who currently plays at centre-forward for Coventry City. ... Douglas Dougie Freedman (born May 25, 1974, in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish footballer who plays for Crystal Palace in The Championship. ... Stephen Dennis Steve Kember (born September 8, 1948 in Croydon, south London) was a footballer who played in the centre of midfield during his career, before going into management. ... Neil Shipperley (born October 30, 1974 in Chatham, Kent) is a English football player, who captained Crystal Palace during the 2003/2004 season, when the team earned promotion to the FA Premier League. ...

Under the aegis of new manager and coach Iain Dowie, Johnson's all-round game improved. Now partnering Shipperley, Johnson ended the season as top scorer in the 2003-04 Football League First Division season with 32 goals. Palace reached the playoffs and were promoted to the Premier League for 2004-05 after beating West Ham United 1-0 in the final - five months after they had occupied 19th place in the league. Iain Dowie, (born January 9, 1965 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England), is a football manager and coach, and former professional football player and Northern Ireland international. ... The 2003-2004 season was the 124th season of competitive football in England. ... From 1889 until 1992, this was the highest division overall of organized football in England. ... Look up goal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A playoff in sports (North American professional sports in particular) is a game or series of games played after the regular season is over with the goal of determining a league champion, or a similar accolade. ... The 2004-2005 season was the 125th season of competitive football in England. ... West Ham United Football Club is an English football club based in West Ham, London Borough of Newham, East London, and have played their home matches at the 35,146 capacity Boleyn Ground stadium since 1904. ...

Despite Palace's relegation back to the Championship the following season, Johnson was the highest scoring English player with 21 goals. Although Johnson's detractors noted that eight of these came from penalties rather than open play (a record for the Premier League), he himself won seven of the penalties. Regardless of the proportion of goals that were penalties, Johnson's tally was seen as an impressive achievement for a player in their first season of Premier League football. The Football League Championship (often referred to as The Championship for short, or the Coca-Cola Football League Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League. ... Bonaventure Kalou of the Ivory Coast takes a penalty against Dragoslav Jevrić of S&M during the 2006 World Cup. ...

Palace were relegated at the end of 2004-05 and Johnson requested a transfer prompting much speculation as to which club he might move to. However, on 2 August 2005, Johnson signed a five year contract with Palace for an improved wage (believed to be around £24,000 a week, making him one of the highest-paid players ever to play outside the English top flight) and pledged to help them regain their place in the top flight. Palace chairman Simon Jordan blamed Johnson's agent Leon Angel for pressurising Johnson into handing in the transfer request. is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Simon Jordan (born 24 September 1967, Thornton Heath, United Kingdom) is the chairman of Crystal Palace Football Club, a football club who are, as of the 2006-2007 season, in the Championship, the second level of English football. ...

Johnson was soon playing alongside Clinton Morrison, who had rejoined Palace from Birmingham for a fee of £2m (three years after Birmingham had bought him in a deal for £4.25m plus Johnson). Morrison was reported as saying that he had returned to Palace specifically to play alongside Johnson, much to the amusement of many Eagles fans, who saw the irony of the deal, Birmingham having effectively paid Crystal Palace £2.25m to take Andy Johnson. The two transfers took place between the Eagles and the former Palace manager Steve Bruce, who had been seen by fans as having betrayed the club by defecting to the Midlands side. Stephen Roger Bruce (born December 31, 1960, in Corbridge, near Hexham in England) is a British football manager currently in charge of Birmingham City. ...

However, due to injury to Johnson, and Morrison's lack of form, the pairing was limited in the early part of the season. With a return to fitness and form, the two soon became Dowie's first choice pairing as the season progressed, with Dougie Freedman adding experience to the strike force.

Palace comfortably made it into a top-six position but in the playoffs failed to recover from a first leg defeat at the hands of Watford, being beaten on aggregate in the semi-finals. Johnson scored 15 goals in the Championship that season. It has been suggested that Harry the Hornet be merged into this article or section. ...

In 2005, Johnson was voted into Palace's Centenary XI, the only player at the club at the time to be selected, and, following the retirement of Nigel Martyn, he is now the only member of the team still actively playing on a professional basis. Crystal Palace Football Club is an English professional football team based in the London Borough of Croydon. ... Anthony Nigel Martyn (born August 11, 1966 in St Austell, Cornwall) is a former English football goalkeeper who has played more than 500 competitive matches in English football. ...

Everton

After Crystal Palace's failure to return to top-flight football, speculation about Johnson's future at the club began with a transfer to a Premier League club seeming highly likely. However, when an initial bid from Everton of £7.25 million was rejected, it looked more likely that the club would be able to keep Johnson for a further year after all. Nevertheless, the controversial departure of manager Iain Dowie only increased the likelihood of Johnson's departure, and on 24 May 2006 Palace accepted an £8.5million bid from Wigan Athletic for Johnson. This bid was matched by fellow Lancashire club Bolton Wanderers a day later, which was also accepted. Everton Football Club is an English football club located in the city of Liverpool. ... is the 144th day of the year (145th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wigan Athletic Football Club is a professional football team based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. ... Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional football club based in Horwich, in the Borough of Bolton, North West England. ...

With Johnson having indicated a preference for a move to Merseyside, Everton, prompted by the two other bids, improved their offer to £8.6 million the following day. On 30 May, he passed his medical and completed the move to Goodison Park, signing a five-year contract. He is believed to be Everton's highest paid player on £40,000 per week, although some reports suggested he was in fact on equal pay with former Everton striker James Beattie at around £30,000 a week. Johnson's move set new club transfer records, both as Everton's most expensive purchase and Palace's most expensive sale. He stated that his reason for moving to Everton was the size and stature of the club and the size of the club's fanbase. is the 150th day of the year (151st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Goodison Park is the home ground of Everton F.C. in Liverpool. ... James Scott Beattie (born February 27, 1978 in Lancaster) is an English football player who currently plays for Sheffield United F.C. // At age 14, James Beattie attended Queen Elizabeths Grammar School, a co-educational independent school in Blackburn, Lancashire. ...

Johnson netted his first goal for Everton in his debut on 19 August 2006, in a 2-1 win over Watford, a goal which he celebrated in front of the Hornets fans. In his programme notes, he stated he had "unfinished business" with Watford, following their playoff defeat of Palace. He has continued a good start to his Everton career by scoring against Tottenham Hotspur away to end a 21-year victory drought there and then scoring twice in the 3-0 derby victory against Liverpool. Johnson is currently Everton's top scorer in the 2006-07 Premier League campaign with 11 goals to his name (and one in the FA Cup). However, Johnson was allegedly affected by allegations of simulation,^{[citation needed]} going 13 games without scoring a goal at one stage. is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is an English professional football club which plays in the Premier League. ... Liverpool Football Club are an English professional football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside, who play in the Premier League; they are historically the most successful club in the history of English football, having won more trophies than any other English club. ... Locations of the 20 Premiership clubs in the 2006–2007 season, as green dots. ... This article is about the English FA Cup. ... This article is about the act of simulation in football. ...

After a league match with Chelsea on 17 December 2006, then Chelsea boss José Mourinho branded Johnson "untrustworthy" following a challenge with Chelsea goalkeeper Hilário. Everton issued a statement threatening legal action and calling on Mourinho to apologise,^[1] which he has since done.^[2] Mourinho is not the first to air such sentiments about Johnson; former Sheffield United manager Neil Warnock also having accused Johnson of resorting to "gamesmanship" to win a penalty in a Premier League match between the two clubs.^[3] Chelsea Football Club (also known as The Blues or previously The Pensioners) are an English professional football club based in west London. ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... José Mário dos Santos Félix Mourinho, GOIH (pron. ... A goalkeeper. ... Henrique Hilário Meireles Alves Sampaio, known simply as Hilário, (born October 21, 1975 in São Pedro da Cova in Portugal) is a Portuguese footballer, who plays as a goalkeeper for English Premier League Chelsea. ... Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire. ... Neil Warnock (born December 1, 1948) is a football manager, currently in charge of Crystal Palace. ...

Everton manager David Moyes took the unusual step of contacting the Professional Game Match Officials Board in order to counter these accusations. The board's general manager Keith Hackett agreed that Johnson was being treated harshly and had been denied several clear penalties. On 20 September 2007, Johnson missed two penalties in a 1-1 draw against Metalist Kharkiv. David William Moyes (b. ... The Professional Game Match Officials Board (PGMOB) was formed when English football referees turned professional in 2001, to provide match officials for all professional games played in England. ... Keith Hackett is former FIFA, European and English football referee Categories: | ... is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... FC Metalist Kharkiv (Ukrainian: ) is a football team from Kharkiv, Ukraine currently playing in the Ukrainian Premier League. ...

Johnson got back to scoring ways in Everton's 3-2 defeat to Newcastle.

On 6 November 2007, Johnson signed a new five-year contract with Everton. ^[4] is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

In December 2007, Johnson, along with a host of other players, including Marcus Bent, Gabriel Agbonlahor & Titus Bramble, started celebrting goals by making an A with his hands. It was later revealed that this was infact the players way of signalling the start of a new football based community project scheme - The A-Stars! With its motto being "if you dream it, you can achieve it" the idea is to enable young people to use the talents they have for good, in sporting work places. The Co-founder of the Charity is Queens Park Rangers defender Fitz Hall, who played with Johnson at Palace.^[5] Look up December in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Marcus Nathan Bent (born 19 May 1978 in Hammersmith, England) is an English footballer, who in a short career has managed to play for several different professional sides. ... Gabriel Agbonlahor (born October 13, 1986 in Erdington,[1] Birmingham) is an English footballer who plays for Aston Villa. ... Titus Malachi Bramble (born July 21, 1981 in Ipswich, Suffolk) is an English football player, currently playing for Wigan Athletic in the FA Premier League. ... Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English football club, based at Shepherds Bush in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in West London. ... Fitz Hall (born December 20, 1980, Walthamstow, London, UK) is an English footballer who plays for Wigan Athletic of the Premiership. ...

During the new season, Johnson has scored some vital goals for Everton, including a Premier League winner away at West Ham. He scored Everton's first goal in the 2-1 away victory against Wigan Athletic, and was bizzarely denied a the winning goal at Blackburn Rovers, incorrectly adjudged to have been offside. Wigan Athletic Football Club is a professional football team based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. ... Blackburn Rovers is an English Premier League football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. ...

Johnson scored in Everton's 6-1 trashing over SK Brann in the UEFA Cup. He scored Everton's second and sixth goal and the last goal was a driven shot from outside the box. Some have said it is the best goal he has scored for the Merseyside club. Johnson also scored in Everton's Round of 16 tie against Fiorentina. Johnson picked up a groin injury in Everton's match at the Craven Cottage against Fulham. ACF Fiorentina, formerly Associazione Calcio Fiorentina, is an Italian football club based in Firenze (Florence). ...

International career

Johnson was first capped for England at U20 level, being selected in the team for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship alongside Stuart Taylor, Ashley Cole, Peter Crouch and Matthew Etherington. The team finished bottom of their group, losing all three games without scoring. The FIFA U-20 World Cup, is the world championship of football for male players under the age of 20 and is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). ... Stuart James Taylor (born November 28, 1980 in Romford, England) is an English football goalkeeper. ... Ashley Cole (born 20 December 1980, Stepney, London) is an English footballer of Barbadian descent. ... Peter James Crouch (born January 30, 1981 in Macclesfield, Cheshire) is an English international football player. ... Matthew Etherington (born August 14, 1981 in Truro, Cornwall) is an English football player. ...

In the 2004-05 season, as the top English goalscorer in the Premier League, there were many calling for him to be selected for the full England squad. Midway through the season, Johnson revealed that he would accept a call-up to the Poland squad, which hurried England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson into giving Johnson his first call-up, to face the Netherlands on 9 February 2005, and he made his first appearance in that game, replacing Wayne Rooney in the 61st minute. The 2004-05 season of the FA Premier League began in August 2004 and ended in May 2005. ... First international Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Biggest win Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Ireland; 18 February 1882) Biggest defeat Hungary 7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954) World Cup Appearances 12 (First in 1950) Best result Winners, 1966 European Championship Appearances 7 (First in...   (IPA: , born 5 February 1948) is a Swedish football manager. ... is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

A second cap came when Johnson made his full debut for England, in a 2-1 friendly win over the United States, during England's tour of America in the summer of 2005.

On 9 May 2006, Johnson was put on stand-by by Eriksson in his squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. He was also an unused substitute in the England B game against Belarus and the first team's wins over Hungary (who included former Palace team-mates Gábor Király and Sándor Torghelle in their side) and Jamaica. is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 World Cup redirects here. ... England B team England B is a secondary football team run occasionally as support for the England national football team. ... Gábor Ferenc Király (born April 1, 1976) (IPA: ) is a Hungarian footballer who is a goalkeeper. ... Sándor Torghelle (born May 5, 1982 in Budapest) is a Hungarian footballer, playing as a striker. ...

When Steve McClaren was installed as England coach, Johnson got further opportunites to play for his country in the Euro 2008 qualifiers. Johnson made substitute appearances against Andorra (at Old Trafford on 2 September 2006) and away to Macedonia (on 6 September 2006). Johnson then made his first competitive start for England in the Euro 2008 qualifier with Israel. For the ice hockey player, see Steve McLaren. ... The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2008, will take place in Austria and Switzerland, from 7 June to 29 June 2008. ... Old Trafford (given the nickname The Theatre of Dreams by Sir Bobby Charlton) is an all-seater football stadium in the Greater Manchester borough of Trafford, and is the home of Manchester United F.C.. The ground has been Uniteds permanent home since 1910, bar an eight year absence... is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... First International Slovenia 1 - 4 Macedonia (Kranj, Slovenia; October 13, 1993) Largest win Liechtenstein 1- 11 Macedonia (Vaduz, Liechtenstein; September 9, 1996) Worst defeat Macedonia 0 - 5 Belgium (Skopje, Macedonia; June 7, 1995) World Cup Appearances none (First in -) Best result - European Championship Appearances none (First in -) Best result - The... is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

References

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External links

• Andrew Johnson career stats at Soccerbase
• Andrew Johnson's official web site at icons.com
• Andrew Johnson profile at Everton F.C.'s web site
• Andrew Johnson statistics, honours, timeline at footballdatabase.com