page_title: Andy Carroll
section_title: 2012–13
hierarchical_section_title: Andy Carroll / Club career / West Ham United / 2012–13
caption_attribution_description: English: West Ham United player Andy Carroll during their Premier League game at The Boleyn Ground against Southampton in October 2012
context_page_description: Andrew Thomas Carroll is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Newcastle United. He has played in the Premier League and English Football League for Newcastle United, Preston North End, Liverpool, West Ham United and has 9 caps for the England national team.
  Carroll began his professional career with Newcastle United in 2006, before spending a brief period on loan with Preston North End, during which time he scored his first league goal. He established himself as a regular in the Newcastle first team by 2008, and following Newcastle's relegation from the Premier League to the Championship in 2009, scored 17 goals in 39 appearances to help Newcastle finish first in the league, earning immediate promotion back to the Premier League in the process. He continued to play for Newcastle in the Premier League, scoring 11 goals in 19 appearances.
  On 31 January 2011, the last day of that month's transfer window, Carroll signed for Liverpool for a fee of £35 million, at the time the highest amount paid for a British footballer. He was bought to replace Fernando Torres, who moved from Liverpool to Chelsea on the same day for a fee of £50 million.
context_section_description: On 30 August 2012, it was agreed that Carroll would spend the 2012–13 season on loan to fellow Premier League club West Ham United, who were newly promoted to the division at the time. Liverpool initially wanted a £17 million option for a permanent transfer written into the loan deal, but dropped the demand to facilitate the deal, and West Ham ultimately paid a £2 million loan arrangement fee and also all of Carroll's £80,000-a-week Liverpool wages.
  Carroll made his debut on 1 September, setting-up two goals in a 3–0 home win against Fulham. He scored his first goal on 25 November 2012 in a 3–1 away defeat against Tottenham Hotspur. After making his first start since November due to injury, Carroll scored the only goal in a home win against Swansea City on 2 February 2013. Carroll ended the loan spell with seven goals in 24 appearances.
caption: Carroll playing for West Ham United in 2012
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