Wayne Andrews was a journeyman striker who spent a month on loan at Elland Road in October 2007 with Leeds struggling to field an attack. Jermaine Beckford and Tresor Kandol were suspended after being sent off at Gillingham, while Leon Constantine and Tore Andre Flo were both unavailable through injury. Dennis Wise signed Andrews from Coventry and Leicester City's Mark De Vries on loan to mitigate the crisis.

The initial deal for Andrews was a one-month arrangement with the option to extend until the end of December. The striker saw the move as an opportunity to resurrect his career as he slipped down the pecking order at the Ricoh Arena. He said at the time, 'We've got six or seven forwards at Coventry, and I haven't been playing. I've scored plenty of goals for the reserves and I feel sharp, but that's not enough for me. This is the sort of opportunity I've been looking for because I had to get out and play. But I wanted it to be the right club, and I didn't want to go to a club where I'd be a bit-part player. It's important that I make a big contribution wherever I go.

'I don't know exactly what my future is, and it might still be with Coventry, but [Dennis Wise] has said that if I do well for him then something else might come of it. At this stage of my career, it's important to look at the bigger picture.'

Andrews made two appearances, against Oldham in League One and in the Johnstones Paint Trophy defeat of Darlington, but failed to impress and returned to Coventry having made just two appearances for Leeds.

The Londoner began his career with Watford in 1994 and he made his debut for the Hornets on 17 August 1996, coming on as substitute in a 2-1 victory at Bournemouth. Ten days later he made his first league start and appeared in more than half the club's games that season. He broke an ankle early in 1997/98, and in October 1998, with Watford back in Division One, Andrews was sent out on loan to Cambridge and then Peterborough in February 1999. He scored four goals on his debut for the Posh, a 5-2 defeat of Barnet, and five in ten appearances all told.

Speaking to Watford Legends, Andrews said, 'I was from London and played for a club called North Paddington. I was at a school that was very rugby orientated, and even though I was good at football, they wouldn't let me go to train at Watford, as they wanted me to concentrate on rugby. My team at North Paddington got to a cup final. Steve Perryman's son was playing against me in the final and after the game Steve asked if I would be interested to join him there. After that the school allowed me to go.

'Rob Smith used to pick us up from Watford Junction and we would go training from there. I would go backwards and forwards on the trains, but I suppose that was at a time when as young lads it was safe to do so.

'I did a lot of my training under Kenny Jackett and eventually Kenny gave me a YTS contract, along with Robert Page and Bruce Dyer. I remember my nickname with Kenny was "Black Flash" as I was pretty quick! I even get called it sometimes now which is quite funny when I see players I haven't seen for ages, and they remember it as my nickname. People ask if that nickname means I am a bit "big time", but I just tell them I used to be quick!'

His progress was hampered by an ankle injury and Watford released Andrews from his contract in April 1999 and he joined non-league St Albans City for a season, going on to spend a year each at Aldershot Town and Chesham United, before Iain Dowie brought him back into the Football League with Oldham in the summer of 2002. He scored 11 goals in 36 appearances for the Latics before signing for Colchester in 2003. A year later he was reunited with Dowie, who had taken over at Crystal Palace and led the Eagles into the Premiership. The fee was £100,000.

Andrews said, 'Looking back now, I probably wouldn't have gone but I kept on getting phone calls about it and I was almost spending the money before I had got it. I had pre-season with Colchester and then the manager called me in and said that I wasn't going anywhere. I went down to speak to Palace but Colchester still refused to let me go but I said that if they didn't let me sign then I wouldn't be in the same frame of mind that I had been bearing in mind that Palace were in the Premiership. I ended up signing at two minutes to twelve, just before the deadline.'

Andrews remained a couple of seasons at Selhurst Park without establishing himself and his contract was cancelled by mutual consent in June 2006, allowing him to sign for Coventry City.

'While I was at Palace, I was always in the squad but never playing but he wouldn’t let me go on loan as I must have had about 12 clubs come in wanting to take me on loan. In the end my contract finished and I had the chance to go to Coventry. I had the hardest pre season at Coventry but I was the fittest I had been. The last match before the start of the season I played in the second half and scored but a few minutes later I got smashed from behind and ruptured my ankle and was out for 12 weeks. I was gutted as I had been in contention for a regular starting place. I ended up going on loan to Sheffield Wednesday which was the best football I had for a little while. I was brought back as I had done well but was put in to train with the kids. Mickey Adams then ended up getting sacked which I wasn’t bothered about as we didn’t really get on. Iain Dowie came in but I had already gone on loan and he was unable to get me back for a while. Then I had an op on my knee as I had dislocated it while on loan at Bristol Rovers and that was my last season at Coventry.'

He was released by Coventry at the end of the 2007/08 campaign and spent pre-season recovering from a knee injury by training with Bristol Rovers in the hope of earning a contract. He signed a short-term deal for Luton in October 2008, but was released at the beginning of 2009, going on to train with Yeovil, Leyton Orient and Yeovil again as he sought unsuccessfully to find a club willing to offer him a deal. He retired from professional football soon afterwards.

Andrews began working as a personal trainer, with Jermaine Jenas and Andy Cole among his clients. In May 2024, he joined National League club Wealdstone as head of strength and conditioning.

Andrews had a shock return to the field in January 2025 as a 47-year-old. With Wealdstone facing the Brighton under-21 side in National League Cup action, Andrews was named among the substitutes. He came off the bench in the 76th minute as a replacement for 23-year-old Micah Obiero wih Wealdstone losing 1-0. Andrews had little impact with the game finishing with the same score.