Manny Andruszewski
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Emanuel Franciszek Andruszewski | ||
| Date of birth | 4 October 1955 | ||
| Place of birth | Eastleigh, Hampshire, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Holy Cross F.C. | |||
| 1970–1972 | Southampton | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1972–1980 | Southampton | 83 | (3) |
| 1979–1981 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 30 | (1) |
| 1980–1981 | Tampa Bay Rowdies (indoor) | 13 | (2) |
| 1982 | Southampton | 0 | (0) |
| 1982–1983 | Aldershot | 25 | (2) |
| 1983–1984 | Andover | ? | (?) |
| 1984 | Houston Dynamos | ? | |
| 1984–1985 | Dallas Sidekicks (indoor) | 23 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Emanuel Franciszek "Manny" Andruszewski (born 4 October 1955) in Eastleigh, Hampshire of Polish parents, is a former footballer who played for Southampton He played at full back and centre back during the late 1970s.
He joined Southampton as an associate schoolboy in November 1970, having played for St. George`s School and represented Southampton & Hampshire Schools. Ted Bates and Lawrie McMenemy signed him firstly as an amateur, and then, in October 1973, as a professional. He graduated through the reserves, making his first team debut on 1 February 1975 in a 3-0 victory away to West Bromwich Albion in League Division 2. He had replaced Steve Mills, who had been seriously injured in a road crash. He retained his place for the rest of the 1974-75 season, in which he made sixteen appearances. The following season, Saints had signed Peter Rodrigues and Andruszewski was to make only a handful of appearances in the first team, and did not figure at all in the squad who went on to win the FA Cup on 1 May 1976.
Over the next few seasons, he was unable to establish himself as a first choice player although he did make two appearances in the quarter-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup against Anderlecht in March 1977.
He was an uncompromising tackler and was at his best when given a particular opponent to shadow and was often brought in to the side to perform a specific man-marking task. He rarely got forward into attack, but the few goals that he did score were usually fairly special. On 5 March 1977, he scored the winner against Charlton Athletic, when he crashed a shot past the keeper after running on to a return pass from Mick Channon.
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