Roy Essandoh


Roy Kabina Essandoh is a former professional footballer.
He is best remembered for his last gasp FA Cup quarter final winner while with Wycombe Wanderers.

Early life

Born in Belfast, Essandoh moved with his family to Ghana when he was seven months old. When he was eight, the family moved back to Northern Ireland, where he attended school.

Career

Essandoh began his career at Motherwell when he was 18 years of age. Following a short spell at East Fife, he moved to Finland to play for VPS Vaasa until the turn of the new millennium when he returned to the United Kingdom.
Upon his return followed the highlight of his career when, somewhat extraordinarily, Essandoh's agent responded to an appeal on Teletext by Wycombe Wanderers manager Lawrie Sanchez looking for a fit, non-cup-tied striker and later went on to secure an FA Cup semi-final appearance at the expense of Leicester City by scoring a last-minute winning header after coming on as a late substitute at Leicester's Filbert Street ground. Essandoh's goal in the FA Cup Quarter-final against Leicester City was voted the 76th best FA Cup moment ever in Andy Gray's FA Cup Madness. It was the only goal he scored for Wycombe.
However, he was released at the end of his first season in English football, and after short stays at Barnet, Cambridge City, Grays Athletic, Bishop's Stortford, Billericay Town, Gravesend & Northfleet and Kettering Town, Essandoh returned to Bishop's Stortford in 2005. In August 2010, Essandoh signed for St Neots Town, before signing for Braintree Town on 31 March 2011.
On played 6 July 2014 he played for Hemingford Veterans FC v Cambridge in a 5–2 win.