Yorkshireman Andy Monkhouse began his career at Rotherham United and scored against Hartlepool on his league debut for the Millers. In 2006, after eight years at Millmoor, he signed for Swindon Town who had just been relegated to League Two alongside Pools. Danny Wilson brought the wide midfielder to Victoria Park on loan in November 2006. Monkhouse proved to something of a lucky charm during his loan spell at the Vic. He played in eight games and Pools won all of them without conceding a goal! Monkhouse himself weighed in with three goals including winners at Notts County and Mansfield. He certainly did enough to impress the management at Pools, as Wilson signed him on a permanent basis when the transfer window opened in January 2007. Monkhouse remained in the side throughout the rest of what became a club record 23-game unbeaten run. He scored the only goal against former club Swindon, and added further strikes against Chester, Stockport and Darlington. Having contributed so much to the team, the winger’s season ended in bitter disappointment. Red-carded in the penultimate game at Rochdale, Monkhouse could only watch as Pools played Bristol Rovers on the last day, losing both the match and the chance of the divisional title. With promotion secured, Pools spent the next six seasons in League One. Monkhouse was a first team regular throughout most of those six years, taking his appearance tally well past 250 games, and contributing a decent number of goals. He top-scored from midfield in both 2009/10 and 2012/13. The latter of those seasons saw speculation from the terraces that the player’s time at the club might be up. With relegation looking certain, and the 32-year-old midfielder out of contract, he looked a likely candidate for release. However, four goals in the last four games of the season went some way towards ensuring that Monkhouse’s services were retained for at least another year. The 2013/14 season proved to Monkhouse's last at the club. He had been a consistent performer in quite a youthful side as Pools looked good for a top ten finish, but was injured in the early stages of a 4-0 victory against Bristol Rovers in March. By the time he returned a month later, a promising season had collapsed and Pools even flirted with the possibility of relegation before finishing in 19th place. With manager Colin Cooper looking to freshen up his squad in order to improve on that disappointing finish, Monkhouse was released in the summer of 2014. He finished just two games short of becoming the 12th player to make 300 league appearances for the club, but he comfortably exceeded that figure in all competitions and scored a total of 52 goals.