Andrew Kimber
Fri 18th December 2020 | Sandbach United | By Kevin Wright
Earlier this month, Sandbach United sadly announced the passing of their Goalkeeping coach Andy Kimber.
The club have created a 'just giving' page in the hope of raising enough money to go towards a spectator stand to honour him.
If you would like to donate, please see the following link: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/andykimber?utm_term=PwnzqeDWB
Our thoughts are with all at Sandbach United and Andys family.
The following tribute was penned by Mike Senior.
It is with great sadness that we have to say goodbye to one of the finest gentlemen ever to grace the club and the football scene. Andrew Kimber a Goalkeeping coach at Sandbach United FC sadly passed away this month leaving behind a void at the club which will quite simply be impossible to fill.
Andy was heavily involved at the club and would spend most of the week and his spare time at the club as a volunteer to helping anyone who asked, the kids simply adored him. Andy was a very special guy with such an immense sense of pride passion and of course a wicked humour and would be present every weekend without fail morning and afternoon, he has been a huge part of our journey as a 1st team into semi professional football and we could not thank him enough for his support and friendship.
"Father-of-two and grandfather-of-two Andy, 60, was a club legend who trained and prepared the club's senior keepers, coached the junior and women's teams and took on a range of duties around the club. "A fantastic colleague, a wonderful coach and a dedicated volunteer. " Andrew was a well-known and much-loved member of the community. He was an incredibly kind-hearted man who would do anything for anyone. "Football was in his blood; it was the blue of Manchester City and the blue and white of Sandbach United. When he was not working at the club, he was coaching here. Working with so many goalkeepers of varying ages with his enthusiasm and passion to help others. "He will be very sadly missed." As a keeper, Andy was well-known on the grassroots circuit in mid and south Cheshire.
Andy played for Goostrey, Market Tavern and Hays Chemicals in his youth. He moved on to coaching work at Macclesfield Town and with Stoke City's youth team at the time the Potters were in the Premier League. The UEFA A qualified goalkeeper coach also briefly managed Northwich Victoria when they were a Conference side. Andy's daughter Rachael Kimber said: "He was been an avid supporter of Manchester City since he was taken to his first City match as a young boy, but in the past few years, he has favoured watching and supporting Sandbach United. "
Andrew Kimber
Fri 18th December 2020 | Sandbach United
By Kevin Wright
Earlier this month, Sandbach United sadly announced the passing of their Goalkeeping coach Andy Kimber.
The club have created a 'just giving' page in the hope of raising enough money to go towards a spectator stand to honour him.
If you would like to donate, please see the following link: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/andykimber?utm_term=PwnzqeDWB
Our thoughts are with all at Sandbach United and Andys family.
The following tribute was penned by Mike Senior.
It is with great sadness that we have to say goodbye to one of the finest gentlemen ever to grace the club and the football scene. Andrew Kimber a Goalkeeping coach at Sandbach United FC sadly passed away this month leaving behind a void at the club which will quite simply be impossible to fill.
Andy was heavily involved at the club and would spend most of the week and his spare time at the club as a volunteer to helping anyone who asked, the kids simply adored him. Andy was a very special guy with such an immense sense of pride passion and of course a wicked humour and would be present every weekend without fail morning and afternoon, he has been a huge part of our journey as a 1st team into semi professional football and we could not thank him enough for his support and friendship.
"Father-of-two and grandfather-of-two Andy, 60, was a club legend who trained and prepared the club's senior keepers, coached the junior and women's teams and took on a range of duties around the club. "A fantastic colleague, a wonderful coach and a dedicated volunteer. " Andrew was a well-known and much-loved member of the community. He was an incredibly kind-hearted man who would do anything for anyone. "Football was in his blood; it was the blue of Manchester City and the blue and white of Sandbach United. When he was not working at the club, he was coaching here. Working with so many goalkeepers of varying ages with his enthusiasm and passion to help others. "He will be very sadly missed." As a keeper, Andy was well-known on the grassroots circuit in mid and south Cheshire.
Andy played for Goostrey, Market Tavern and Hays Chemicals in his youth. He moved on to coaching work at Macclesfield Town and with Stoke City's youth team at the time the Potters were in the Premier League. The UEFA A qualified goalkeeper coach also briefly managed Northwich Victoria when they were a Conference side. Andy's daughter Rachael Kimber said: "He was been an avid supporter of Manchester City since he was taken to his first City match as a young boy, but in the past few years, he has favoured watching and supporting Sandbach United. "