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This article concerns football records in England. Unless otherwise stated, records are taken from the Football League or Premier League. Where a different record exists for the top flight, this is also given.
Matthew Simon Taylor is an English professional football coach, manager and former player who was most recently head coach of League Two club Walsall.
Michael Barrington Ricketts is an English former footballer. He played as a striker and was capped once by England, in a friendly against the Netherlands in 2002.
Alan Desmond Lee is an Irish former footballer who played as a striker. He scored 119 goals in 547 appearances in a 19-year professional career in the Football League, and won 10 caps for the Republic of Ireland.
Graham Alexander is a professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of Scottish Premiership club Motherwell. In a lengthy playing career, Alexander represented Scunthorpe United, Luton Town, Preston North End and Burnley. He also made 40 international appearances for Scotland.
Ronald Francis Jepson is an English former football player and manager who is now Neil Warnock's assistant manager at EFL Championship club Huddersfield Town.
Lee Stephen Briscoe is an English former professional footballer who played as a left back and left midfielder.
George Wood is a Scottish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played in the Scottish League for East Stirlingshire and in the English Football League for Blackpool, Everton, Arsenal, Crystal Palace, Cardiff City and Hereford United, before moving into non-league football in Wales.
Simon Davey is a Welsh former professional footballer and football manager. He is now Head Director of a youth club in America called Southern Soccer Academy. He played for Swansea City, Carlisle United and Preston North End and had a short loan spell with Darlington, making a total of 271 appearances in the Football League. After retiring as a player, he spent eight years as a coach at Preston, before going on to manage Barnsley, Darlington and, until October 2010, Hereford United.
Philip Hardy is an English-born former Ireland under-21 footballer who played as a left-back. With Welsh club Wrexham from 1990 to 2001, he played more than 450 games under manager Brian Flynn. He was named on the PFA Team of the Year for the 1991–92 Fourth Division campaign. He picked up both a winners medal and a runners-up medal in the Welsh Cup, and during his time at the club Wrexham reached four FAW Premier Cup finals, winning on three occasions, and were also promoted out of the Third Division in 1992–93. He later played ten games for Port Vale, before leaving the professional game in 2002.
Lee Martin Nogan is a Welsh former professional footballer and manager. He is the elder brother of Kurt Nogan.
Michael Kevin Conroy is a Scottish former professional footballer. He played as a striker.
Andrew Victor Saville is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. His professional career lasted sixteen years, spent at a total of ten lower-division clubs in the Football League.
Carl Dale is a Welsh former professional footballer. During his career, he made over 300 appearances in the Football League for Cardiff City and Chester City, scoring over 100 goals. He remains a cult favourite among the fans of his former teams.
Anthony Philliskirk is an English former footballer. He played as a striker for 11 different clubs between 1983 and 1998.
Robert Atkinson Thompson was an English footballer who played as a centre forward in the Football League for Preston North End, Leeds United, Ashington, Luton Town, Accrington Stanley, Bury, Tranmere Rovers and Hartlepools United. He was a member of the inaugural Leeds United side, was the team's top scorer in their first season, and scored the team's first hat-trick. He also played non-league football for Wingate Albion, Goole Town, Bristol Rovers, Rotherham Town, Durham City, Pontypridd and York City. As a Pontypridd player, he was capped once for the Welsh League XI. Thompson was also a professional sprinter; he won the Powderhall Sprint in 1916.
The 2008–09 season was Cardiff City's sixth consecutive year playing in the Football League Championship and their 82nd season playing in The Football League. It was also the club's final season playing at Ninian Park, their home ground since they had entered The Football League in 1920.
David Hamilton is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He won caps for the England national under-19 football team. He is currently a scout for Championship side Ipswich Town, which he joined in February 2011. He was born in South Shields and was one of three brothers to become a footballer. He also played amateur cricket.
The 2006–07 season was Burnley's 7th season in the second tier of English football. They were managed by Steve Cotterill in his third full season since he replaced Stan Ternent at the beginning of the 2004–05 season.
Cardiff City F.C. played the 1922–23 season in the First Division. The campaign was the 22nd season of competitive football played by Cardiff City F.C. and its second consecutive season in the top tier of The Football League. Cardiff had won promotion to the top tier of English football in 1920–21 by finishing as runners-up in the Second Division, becoming the first Welsh team to reach the top tier of English football.
References
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- ↑ "Preston 2 Arsenal 4". Sporting Life. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
- ↑ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1996). The 1996–97 Official PFA Footballers Factfile. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. p. 285. ISBN 978-1-85291-571-1.
