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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 10-K

                        FOR ANNUAL AND TRANSITION REPORTS
                    PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

               [X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                   FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2000
                                       OR
             [ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                         COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 0-16358

                              ANDOVER BANCORP, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

        DELAWARE                                                  04-2952665
(State or other jurisdiction of                               (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                               Identification No.)


     61 MAIN STREET, ANDOVER, MA                                   01810
(Address of principal executive office)                          (Zip Code)


       REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (978)749-2000

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           SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT:

                                      NONE

           SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT:

                          COMMON STOCK, $0.10 PAR VALUE
                                (Title of Class)
                        PREFERRED STOCK PURCHASED RIGHTS
                                (Title of Class)

     Indicate by check mark whether: the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant
was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days. Yes  X   No
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     Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item
405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. [ ]

     The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of
the Registrant, based on the closing sale price for the Registrant's Common
Stock on March 1, 2001, as reported by Nasdaq, was $206,838,892.50.

     The number of shares outstanding of each of the Registrant's classes of
Common Stock, as of the latest practicable date, is:

                 Class: Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share
                Outstanding as of March 1, 2001: 6,698,944 shares

                      DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

     Portions of the Andover Bancorp, Inc. Definitive Notice of Annual Meeting
and Proxy Statement for the 2001 Annual Meeting of Shareholders are incorporated
by reference into Part III of Form 10-K.

This document contains 101 pages.  The exhibit index is on pages 5-7.


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                                    FORM 10-K
                              CROSS REFERENCE INDEX



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                                     PART 1
Item 1  Business...................................................................     3         29

Item 2  Properties................................................................. 11-12      37-38

Item 3  Legal Proceedings..........................................................    12         38

Item 4  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders........................    12         38

                                     PART II

Item 5  Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters......    13         39

Item 6  Selected Consolidated Financial Data.......................................    14         40

Item 7  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
        Results of Operations......................................................    15         41

Item 7A Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.................    37         63

Item 8  Financial Statements and Supplementary Data............................ (See Item
        ........................................................................14 below)

Item 9  Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on
        Accounting and Financial Disclosure............................... Non-Applicable

                                    PART III

The information called for by Part III (Items 10 through 13) is incorporated
herein by reference from Andover's Definitive Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy
Statement for the 2000 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

                                     PART IV

Item 14 Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules and Reports on Form 8-K

(a)(1)  Financial Statements-
           Independent Auditors' Report..........................................      39         65

           Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2000 and 1999..........      40         66

           Consolidated Statements of Operations for each of the years ended
           December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998......................................      41         67

           Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity
           for each of the years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998..........      42         68
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     Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for each of the years ended
     December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998........................................ 43-44      69-70

     Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.............................. 45-69      71-95

(2)  All financial statement schedules are omitted because they are not
     applicable, the data is not significant, or the required information is
     shown elsewhere in this report.

(b)  Reports on Form 8-K. There were no reports filed on Form 8-K during the
     three months ended December 31, 2000.

(c)  List of Exhibits - See Exhibit Index.....................................  5-7
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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                         ANDOVER BANCORP, INC.

March 19, 2001                           By:/s/ Gerald T. Mulligan
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                                            Gerald T. Mulligan, President
                                            and Chief Executive Officer


     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this
Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Company
and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature                       Title                         Date
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/s/ Gerald T. Mulligan          President, Chief              March 19, 2001
-------------------------       Executive Officer and
Gerald T. Mulligan              Director (Principal
                                Executive Officer)

/s/ Joseph F. Casey             Chief Financial Officer       March 19, 2001
-------------------------       and Treasurer (Principal
Joseph F. Casey                 Financial and Accounting
                                Officer)


/s/ John P. Bachini             Director                      March 19, 2001
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John P. Bachini


/s/ Thomas F. Caffrey           Director                      March 19, 2001
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Thomas F. Caffrey


/s/ Paul J. Donahue, Sr.        Director                      March 19, 2001
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Paul J. Donahue, Sr.


/s/ Clifford E. Elias           Director                      March 19, 2001
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Clifford E. Elias


/s/ John E. Fenton, Jr.         Director                      March 19, 2001
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John E. Fenton, Jr.


/s/ Naomi A. Gardner            Director                      March 19, 2001
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Naomi A. Gardner


/s/ Frank D. Goldstein          Director                      March 19, 2001
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Frank D. Goldstein


/s/ Cornelius J. McCarthy       Director                      March 19, 2001
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Cornelius J. McCarthy


/s/ Irving E. Rogers, III       Director                      March 19, 2001
-------------------------
Irving E. Rogers


/s/ Robert J. Scribner          Director                      March 19, 2001
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Robert J. Scribner


/s/ Fred P. Shaheen             Director                      March 19, 2001
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Fred P. Shaheen


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                              EXHIBITS TO FORM 10-K
                              ANDOVER BANCORP, INC.

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

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Exhibit No.       Description of Exhibit                                                               Page No.
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2.1               Agreement and Plan of Merger by and between Andover Bancorp,
                  Inc. and GBT Bancorp, dated January 26, 2000 (incorporated herein
                  by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Andover's Current Report on
                  Form 8-K filed February 9, 2000).                                                       --

3.1               Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Andover (incorporated herein
                  by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to
                  Andover's Registration Statement on Form S-4, No. 33-11891 filed
                  on March 5, 1987).                                                                      --

3.2               By-laws of Andover, as amended and restated, January 23, 1997
                  (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Andover's Form
                  10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996).                                      --

4.1               Specimen of Andover Bancorp, Inc. common stock certificate
                  (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4 to Andover's
                  Registration Statement on Form S-4, Registration No. 33-11891,
                  filed on February 11, 1987).                                                            --

4.2               Shareholder Rights Agreement between Andover Bancorp, Inc.
                  and BankBoston (incorporated herein by reference to an
                  Exhibit to Andover's Current Report on Form 8-A filed
                  January 22, 1999).                                                                      --

10.1              Employment Agreement between Andover, Andover Bank
                  and Gerald T. Mulligan, dated May 16, 1991 (incorporated
                  herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Andover's Form
                  10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999).                                      --

10.2              Special Termination Agreement between Andover, Andover
                  Bank and Gerald T. Mulligan, dated May 16, 1991, as amended
                  and restated through January 23, 1997 (incorporated herein by
                  reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Andover's Form 10-K for the fiscal
                  year ended December 31, 1996).                                                          --

10.3              Special Termination Agreement between Andover, Andover Bank and
                  Joseph F. Casey, dated December 17, 1992, as amended and restated
                  through January 23, 1997 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
                  10.3 to Andover's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
                  1996).                                                                                  --
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10.4              Special Termination Agreement between Andover, Andover Bank and
                  Michael J. Ecker, dated December 17, 1992, as amended and restated
                  through January 23, 1997 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
                  10.4 to Andover's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
                  1996).                                                                                  --

10.5              Special Termination Agreement between Andover, Andover Bank and John
                  R. Heerwagen, dated December 17, 1992, as amended and restated
                  through January 23, 1997 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
                  10.5 to Andover's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
                  1996).                                                                                  --

10.6              Special Termination Agreement between Andover, Andover Bank and
                  Octavio C. Bolivar, dated January 24, 1994 as amended and restated,
                  January 23, 1997 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to
                  Andover's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996).                       --

10.7              Special Termination Agreement between Andover, Andover Bank and
                  Raymond P. Smith, dated December 12, 1995, as amended and restated,
                  January 23, 1997 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to
                  Andover's Form 10-K for the fiscal year  ended December 31, 1996).                      --

10.8              Employment Agreement between Andover, Gloucester Bank & Trust Company
                  and David L. Marsh, dated July 1, 2000 (incorporated herein by
                  reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Andover's Form 10-Q for the fiscal
                  quarter ended June 30, 2000).                                                           --

10.9              Andover Bancorp, Inc. Stock Option Plan dated May 8, 1986, as amended
                  May 22, 1986, January 29, 1987 and November 2, 1987 (incorporated
                  herein by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to Andover's Form 10-K for the
                  fiscal year ended December 31, 1999).                                                   --

10.10             Andover Bancorp, Inc. 1995 Stock Incentive Plan, dated February 16,
                  1995.                                                                                    8

10.11             Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors of Andover Bancorp,
                  Inc. and its Subsidiaries, effective July 1, 1993, as amended and
                  restated, February 22, 1996.                                                            16

10.12             Andover Bancorp, Inc. Special Termination Plan, effective January 23,
                  1997 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.12
                  to Andover's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996).                    --
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10.13             Stock Option Agreement, dated January 26, 2000 by and between Andover
                  Bancorp, Inc. and GBT Bancorp (incorporated herein by reference to
                  Exhibit 10.1 to Andover's Current Report on Form 8-K filed
                  February 9, 2000).                                                                      --

11                The computation of per share earnings can be readily determined from
                  the material contained in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
                  fiscal year ended December 31, 2000.                                                    --

12                As the Company does not have any debt securities registered under
                  Section 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, no ratio of earnings to
                  fixed charges appears in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.                               --

13                Andover Bancorp, Inc. 2000 Annual Report, which, except for those
                  portions expressly incorporated herein by reference, is furnished
                  only for the information of the Securities and Exchange Commission
                  and is not deemed to be filed.                                                          21

21                The Company has two subsidiaries, Andover Bank and Gloucester Bank &
                  Trust. Andover Bank is a Massachusetts savings bank in stock form
                  while Gloucester Bank & Trust Company is a Massachusetts-chartered
                  trust company. Both subsidiaries are included in the Consolidated
                  Financial Statements filed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
                  fiscal year ended December 31, 2000. Gloucester Bank & Trust
                  Company's results are reflected after July 1, 2000.                                     --

23.1              Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.                                                      101
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