Darlington Football Club, an English association football club based in Darlington, County Durham, was founded in 1883. They entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1885–86, [1] were founder members of the Northern League in 1889, [2] turned professional in 1908 and joined the North Eastern League, [1] which they won in 1913 and 1921. [2] The latter win preceded election to the Football League as members of its newly formed Third Division North. [1] Runners-up in their first season, Darlington were Northern Section champions three years later, thus winning promotion to the Second Division. Their 15th-place finish in 1926 remains their best League performance, and they were relegated back to the Third Division the following year. After 68 years of continuous membership, they were relegated from the Football League in 1988–89. Having made an immediate return as Conference champions, they remained in the League until 2010, when they again dropped into the Conference. [2] After Darlington failed to exit administration in a manner acceptable to the Football Association, that body treated it as a new club, required it to change its name (to Darlington 1883), and placed its team in the Northern League, the ninth tier of English football, for the 2012–13 season. [3] Five years later, the FA approved the club's request to resume its traditional name. [4]
The club's first team have competed in numerous nationally organised competitions, and all players who have played in between 25 and 99 such matches, either as a member of the starting eleven or as a substitute, are listed below. Each player's details include the duration of his Darlington career, his typical playing position while with the club, and the number of games played and goals scored in domestic league matches and in all senior competitive matches. Where applicable, the list also includes the national team for which the player was selected, and the number of senior international caps he won.
Of the more than 350 men who made 25 career appearances for Darlington in national competitions but fell short of the 100 mark, several hold club records. Jason de Vos was the first to play senior international football while a Darlington player, [5] and Franz Burgmeier made most senior international appearances, with seven for Liechtenstein during the 2008–09 season. [6] At 15 years 318 days, Curtis Main became Darlington's youngest Football League debutant when he entered the League Two visit to Peterborough United on 3 May 2008 as a second-half substitute. [6] [7] The sale of de Vos to Dundee United for £400,000 in 1998 generated the club's record transfer fee received, and the record for fee paid, of £100,000, was set in 2006 when Julian Joachim was signed from Boston United and equalled the following year with the purchase of Pawel Abbott from Swansea City. [6]
Others made an important contribution to the club despite relatively few appearances in national competition. Dick Healey's career was coming to an end by the time the club was elected to the Football League, but he was their top scorer with 41 goals as they won the North-Eastern League title in 1913 and captained the club to their second title in 1921, as well as scoring four goals in as many matches for the England amateur team and representing the Amateur XI in the 1913 FA Charity Shield. [8] Dick Jackson played in 26 FA Cup matches while player-manager of Darlington either side of the First World War, [9] and George Brown –a former England international and three-time League winner with Huddersfield Town –had a spell as player-manager in the 1930s. [9] Lol Morgan, Mick Tait [9] and Martin Gray went on to manage the club: Morgan managed the team to promotion from the Fourth Division in 1965–66, [10] and Gray led the team to three promotions in four seasons after taking over as manager in 2012. [11] Marco Gabbiadini was the only player with fewer than 100 League appearances to be voted by supporters into a "Dream Team" as part of the 2003 Farewell to Feethams celebrations (when the club left their long-time home). [12]
Other players took part in significant matches in the history of the club. Tommy Barbour, Percy Sutcliffe, Alf Dolphin and Arthur Wolstenholme played in Darlington's first match in the Football League, a 2–0 win at home to Halifax Town on 27 August 1921. [6] Tommy Moran scored twice and created two other goals, one for Ron Harbertson, as Darlington eliminated Chelsea, League champions only three seasons earlier, in the fourth round of the 1957–58 FA Cup to progress to the last 16 of the competition for only the second time in their history. [13] Gary Coatsworth scored the goal that confirmed Darlington as winners of the 1989–90 Football Conference title. [14] John McReady, Gary Smith and Michael Smith played in Darlington's last match in the Football League, against Dagenham & Redbridge on 8 May 2010. [15] After Tommy Wright struck the bar in the 120th minute of the 2011 FA Trophy Final, substitute Chris Senior was first to the rebound to head Darlington's winning goal. Jamie Chandler was man of the match, and the team included seven other men listed here. [16]
Still others earned their notability elsewhere. In Jack Beby's time as manager of AEK –the club's website dubs him the "great reformer" –he led the team to successive victories in the Greek Cup in 1949 and 1950. [17] Tom Burlison was an active trade unionist who became deputy general secretary of the GMB, treasurer of the Labour Party and, as Baron Burlison of Rowlands Gill, was the first former professional footballer to enter the House of Lords, where he was a Government whip. [18]
Pre-1960s | 1960s– | ||
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GK | Goalkeeper | ||
FB | Full back | DF | Defender |
HB | Half back | MF | Midfielder |
FW | Forward |
Player | Pos | Club career | League | Total | International selection | Refs | ||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||||
Ricky Ravenhill | MF | 2007–2009 | 88 | 6 | 99 | 6 | — | |
Don Ratcliffe | MF | 1966–1967 | 86 | 12 | 99 | 17 | — | |
George Wardle | HB | 1951–1954 | 95 | 6 | 98 | 6 | — | |
Peter Skipper | DF | 1980–1982 | 91 | 4 | 98 | 7 | — | |
Bert Burridge | HB | 1922–1926 | 92 | 7 | 96 | 7 | — | |
Mick Wright | DF | 1969–1973 | 89 | 0 | 96 | 0 | — | |
Dave Edgar | FW | 1933–1936 | 88 | 20 | 96 | 22 | — | |
Ken Parkinson | GK | 1936–1939 | 87 | 0 | 96 | 0 | — | |
David Speedie | FW | 1980–1982 | 88 | 21 | 95 | 22 | ![]() | [24] |
Steve O'Shaughnessy | MF | 1992–1994 | 88 | 2 | 95 | 2 | ![]() | [25] |
Marco Gabbiadini | FW | 1998–2000 | 82 | 47 | 95 | 52 | ![]() | [26] |
Alan Ogley | GK | 1975–1977 | 80 | 0 | 95 | 0 | ![]() | [27] |
Colin Blant | DF | 1974–1976 | 89 | 0 | 94 | 0 | — | |
Kallum Griffiths * | DF | 2021–present | 86 | 2 | 94 | 2 | — | |
Carl Airey | FW | 1984–1986 | 75 | 28 | 94 | 34 | — | |
Brian Close | DF / MF | 2004–2007 | 83 | 0 | 93 | 0 | ![]() | [28] |
Harry Yates | FW | 1950–1952 | 91 | 29 | 92 | 29 | — | |
Neil Hague | DF / MF | 1977–1979 | 80 | 4 | 92 | 0 | ![]() | [29] |
Albert Quinn | FW | 1948–1951 | 86 | 43 | 91 | 44 | — | |
Mick Tait | MF | 1990–1992 | 79 | 2 | 91 | 2 | — | |
Micky Cummins | MF | 2006–2008 | 79 | 10 | 91 | 0 | ![]() | [30] |
Bryan Conlon | FW | 1964–1967 | 75 | 27 | 91 | 35 | — | |
Harry Wilson | DF | 1980–1983 | 85 | 0 | 90 | 0 | ![]() | [31] |
Colin Tinsley | GK | 1958–1961 | 79 | 0 | 90 | 0 | — | |
Rob Purdie | MF | 2007–2009 | 79 | 6 | 90 | 6 | ![]() | [32] |
David Currie | FW | 1986–1988 | 76 | 33 | 90 | 36 | — | |
Denis Howe | DF | 1951–1954 | 88 | 1 | 89 | 1 | — | |
Gordon Jones | FB | 1973–1975 | 85 | 5 | 89 | 5 | ![]() | [33] |
Alex Purver | MF | 2021–2023 | 81 | 3 | 89 | 3 | — | |
Jack Lambert | FW |
| 79 | 20 | 89 | 26 | — | [L 1] [34] [35] |
Paul Olsson | MF | 1994–1996 | 76 | 8 | 88 | 12 | — | |
Julian Joachim | FW | 2006–2008 | 76 | 13 | 87 | 16 | ![]() | [28] |
Tommy Wright | FW |
| 75 | 21 | 87 | 24 | ![]() | [36] |
Kevin Stonehouse | FW | 1987–1989 | 72 | 20 | 87 | 24 | — | |
Harvey Saunders | FW | 2017–2019 | 82 | 12 | 86 | 12 | — | [L 2] |
Phil Turnbull | MF | 2015–2018 | 81 | 1 | 86 | 1 | — | |
Joey Hutchinson | DF | 2003–2006 | 79 | 0 | 86 | 0 | — | |
John Middleton | FW | 1933–1935 | 77 | 22 | 86 | 25 | — | |
Brian Honour | MF | 1982–1984 | 74 | 4 | 86 | 7 | — | |
Harry Holdcroft | GK | 1928–1931 | 83 | 0 | 85 | 0 | ![]() | [37] |
Mark Beck | FW |
| 77 | 34 | 85 | 37 | ![]() | [38] |
Jack Beby | GK | 1934–1936 | 74 | 0 | 84 | 0 | — | |
Bobby Cummings | FW | 1965–1968 | 74 | 43 | 84 | 46 | — | |
Gary Smith | MF | 2009–2011 | 71 | 2 | 84 | 6 | — | |
Mitch Cook | DF / MF |
| 70 | 8 | 84 | 8 | — | |
Gary Chapman | FW | 1993–1995 | 74 | 9 | 83 | 9 | — | |
Aaron Brown | DF | 2010–2012 | 70 | 2 | 83 | 2 | — | |
Martin Gray | MF | 1999–2001 | 66 | 0 | 83 | 0 | — | |
Jim Keers | FW | 1952–1955 | 74 | 15 | 82 | 15 | — | |
Bill Scott | FB | 1933–1935 | 73 | 0 | 82 | 0 | — | |
Steve Tutill | DF | 1997–2000 | 70 | 0 | 82 | 1 | ![]() | [39] |
Robbie Blake | FW | 1995–1997 | 68 | 21 | 82 | 23 | — | |
Dave Syers | MF | 2016–2018 | 75 | 18 | 81 | 18 | — | |
Stan Webb | FW | 1974–1976 | 74 | 21 | 81 | 23 | — | |
Gregg Blundell | FW | 2007–2009 | 71 | 11 | 81 | 13 | ![]() | [32] |
Ken Allison | FW | 1963–1966 | 74 | 39 | 80 | 40 | — | |
Harry Charlton | MF | 1979–1981 | 72 | 4 | 80 | 5 | — | |
Charles Allan | FB |
| 69 | 1 | 80 | 1 | — | |
Simon Betts | MF | 2001–2003 | 69 | 1 | 80 | 1 | — | |
Ken Bower | FW | 1946–1949 | 75 | 35 | 79 | 37 | — | |
Josh Gillies | FW | 2016–2018 | 75 | 19 | 79 | 19 | ![]() | [32] |
Lloyd Maitland | MF | 1977–1979 | 71 | 6 | 79 | 6 | — | |
Mike Boyle | FB | 1937–1939 | 74 | 3 | 78 | 3 | — | |
John Logan | HB | 1935–1937 | 65 | 5 | 78 | 5 | — | |
Joe McAninly | FW | 1937–1939 | 72 | 7 | 77 | 7 | — | |
Harry Clarke | FW |
| 70 | 47 | 76 | 51 | — | [40] [lower-alpha 1] |
Tommy Moran | FW | 1956–1958 | 70 | 13 | 76 | 16 | — | |
Adriano Moke | MF | 2022–2024 | 70 | 0 | 76 | 0 | — | |
Joe Turner | GK | 1957–1960 | 68 | 0 | 76 | 0 | — | |
Ashley Nicholls | MF | 2002–2004 | 67 | 6 | 76 | 7 | ![]() | [41] |
Simon Johnson | FW | 2005–2007 | 66 | 9 | 76 | 10 | ![]() | [36] |
Jamie Chandler | MF |
| 66 | 4 | 76 | 6 | ![]() | [L 3] [42] |
Gary Gill | MF | 1989–1992 | 64 | 9 | 76 | 11 | — | |
Tim Gilbert | DF / MF | 1982–1984 | 65 | 3 | 75 | 3 | — | |
Johnny Spuhler | FW | 1954–1956 | 67 | 19 | 74 | 21 | ![]() | [43] |
Ken Murray | FW | 1950–1953 | 70 | 19 | 73 | 21 | — | |
Tom Ruddy | FW | 1925–1928 | 66 | 37 | 73 | 43 | — | |
Paul Campbell | MF | 1998–2003 | 61 | 6 | 73 | 8 | — | |
Percy Sutcliffe | HB | 1914–1923 | 53 | 0 | 73 | 0 | — | |
David Corner | DF | 1989–1991 | 56 | 9 | 73 | 16 | ![]() | [36] |
George Luke | MF | 1961–1963 | 68 | 11 | 72 | 11 | — | [44] [lower-alpha 1] |
Ernie Price | HB | 1949–1951 | 69 | 0 | 71 | 0 | — | |
Jamie Crumley | GK | 1924–1926 | 66 | 0 | 71 | 0 | — | |
George Hurst | FW | 1930–1933 | 63 | 21 | 71 | 24 | — | |
Jack Saunders | HB | 1946–1948 | 67 | 0 | 70 | 0 | — | |
Neil Austin | DF | 2007–2009 | 62 | 5 | 70 | 5 | ![]() | [36] |
Jacob Hazel | FW | 2022–2023 | 62 | 21 | 70 | 24 | ![]() | [45] |
Harry Kirk | MF | 1967–1969 | 61 | 7 | 70 | 8 | — | |
Bobby Sinclair | FW | 1946–1948 | 68 | 11 | 69 | 11 | — | |
Harry Smith | HB / FB | 1937–1939 | 65 | 0 | 69 | 0 | — | |
Ron Harbertson | FW |
| 63 | 23 | 69 | 30 | — | |
Curtis Main | FW | 2008–2011 | 61 | 5 | 69 | 7 | — | |
Tony Carss | MF | 1995–1997 | 57 | 2 | 69 | 3 | — | |
Ronnie Steel | FW | 1949–1952 | 66 | 5 | 68 | 6 | — | |
Les Robson | FW | 1953–1955 | 66 | 19 | 68 | 20 | — | |
Albert Harris | FW | 1937–1939 | 60 | 7 | 68 | 9 | — | |
Jason Kennedy | MF | 2008–2009 | 59 | 7 | 68 | 9 | — | |
John Craggs | FB | 1983–1984 | 54 | 0 | 68 | 0 | ![]() | [46] |
Richard Hope | DF | 1997–1998 | 63 | 1 | 67 | 1 | — | |
Alun Armstrong | FW |
| 61 | 11 | 67 | 13 | — | |
Ben Liddle | MF | 2022–2024 | 61 | 7 | 67 | 7 | — | |
Mike Pollitt | GK | 1994–1995 | 55 | 0 | 67 | 0 | — | |
Marc Bridge-Wilkinson | FW | 2010–2012 | 55 | 15 | 67 | 17 | — | [L 4] [47] |
Johnny Dowson | FW | 1952–1954 | 65 | 11 | 66 | 11 | — | |
Don Ball | DF | 1979–1981 | 60 | 2 | 66 | 2 | — | |
Gary Brown | DF |
| 55 | 6 | 66 | 6 | — | |
Bobby Noble | DF | 1975–1977 | 54 | 3 | 66 | 3 | — | |
Jack Connors | HB | 1948–1952 | 65 | 0 | 65 | 0 | — | |
Joe Little | FW | 1925–1927 | 62 | 13 | 65 | 14 | — | |
Chris Evans | DF | 1985–1987 | 58 | 1 | 64 | 1 | — | |
Harry Brown | FW | 1932–1934 | 57 | 17 | 63 | 17 | — | |
Nick Pickering | MF | 1991–1993 | 57 | 7 | 63 | 7 | ![]() | [37] |
David McGurk | DF | 2001–2006 | 56 | 6 | 63 | 6 | — | |
Jassem Sukar | DF | 2022–2023 | 55 | 1 | 63 | 1 | — | |
Leon Scott | MF | 2013–2018 | 49 | 0 | 63 | 0 | — | |
Gordon Galley | FW | 1949–1952 | 61 | 12 | 62 | 12 | — | |
Andrew Nelson * | FW |
| 57 | 15 | 62 | 15 | — | [L 5] [48] |
Maurice Peddelty | MF | 1970–1972 | 56 | 1 | 62 | 3 | — | |
Mark Ford | MF | 2001–2002 | 57 | 9 | 61 | 9 | ![]() | [28] |
Alex Storey | DF | 2019–2022 | 44 | 1 | 61 | 2 | — | |
Adam Campbell | FW | 2019–2021 | 43 | 19 | 61 | 22 | ![]() | [49] |
Ron Forster | FW | 1956–1959 | 57 | 4 | 60 | 5 | — | |
Jack Brooks | FB | 1926–1929 | 54 | 0 | 60 | 0 | — | |
Harry Lees | FW | 1927–1929 | 54 | 21 | 60 | 24 | — | |
Neil Aspin | DF | 1999–2000 | 50 | 0 | 60 | 0 | — | |
David Barton | DF | 1983–1984 | 49 | 3 | 60 | 4 | — | [L 6] [50] |
Luke Trotman | DF | 2017–2019 | 56 | 0 | 59 | 0 | ![]() | [51] |
Bobby Whitehead | DF | 1962–1964 | 53 | 0 | 59 | 0 | — | |
Carl Shutt | FW | 1997–1999 | 53 | 9 | 59 | 9 | — | |
Tony Isaacs | MF | 1992–1994 | 51 | 2 | 59 | 2 | — | |
Peter Cartwright | MF | 1983–1984 | 50 | 5 | 59 | 7 | — | |
Drew Coverdale | DF / MF | 1989–1992 | 48 | 4 | 59 | 5 | — | |
Gary Hyde | MF | 1988–1990 | 47 | 3 | 59 | 6 | — | |
Jesper Hjorth | FW | 1999–2001 | 45 | 7 | 59 | 7 | ![]() | [52] |
Bill Allison | FB | 1932–1934 | 52 | 0 | 58 | 0 | — | |
Tommy Clish | GK | 1955–1957 | 52 | 0 | 58 | 0 | — | |
Lee Nogan | FW | 1999–2000 | 49 | 6 | 58 | 9 | ![]() | [53] |
John McReady | MF | 2010–2012 | 56 | 3 | 57 | 3 | — | |
Adam Rundle | MF |
| 55 | 5 | 57 | 5 | — | |
Jim French | FW | 1953–1955 | 52 | 8 | 57 | 8 | — | |
Joe Kendrick | FB | 2004–2006 | 52 | 1 | 57 | 1 | ![]() | [54] |
Kaine Felix | MF | 2022–2023 | 52 | 5 | 57 | 5 | — | [lower-alpha 2] |
Phil Bonnyman | MF | 1987–1989 | 50 | 5 | 57 | 5 | — | |
Mario Dorner | FW | 1997–1999 | 49 | 13 | 57 | 15 | — | |
Neil Robinson | DF | 1988–1990 | 45 | 1 | 57 | 2 | — | |
Graeme Aldred | DF | 1984–1986 | 44 | 0 | 57 | 1 | — | |
Ken Felton | DF / FW | 1967–1970 | 52 | 7 | 56 | 8 | — | |
Len Green | FB | 1956–1961 | 50 | 0 | 56 | 0 | — | |
John Green | DF | 1985–1986 | 45 | 2 | 56 | 2 | — | |
Craig Russell | FW |
| 52 | 4 | 54 | 4 | — | [L 7] |
Nathan Cartman | FW | 2015–2017 | 48 | 7 | 54 | 9 | — | |
Peter Duffield | FW | 1999–2000 | 47 | 14 | 54 | 15 | — | |
David Stockdale | GK | 2006–2008 | 47 | 0 | 54 | 0 | ![]() | [57] |
Omar Holness | MF | 2019–2021 | 38 | 4 | 54 | 7 | ![]() | [58] |
Tommy Knox | GK | 1931–1933 | 48 | 0 | 52 | 0 | — | |
Gary Pearson | DF | 2001–2004 | 48 | 3 | 52 | 3 | — | |
Malcolm Scott | HB | 1961–1963 | 47 | 2 | 52 | 2 | — | |
Jason de Vos | DF | 1996–1998 | 44 | 5 | 52 | 6 | ![]() | [59] |
Harry Walker | GK | 1936–1938 | 50 | 0 | 51 | 0 | — | |
Bobby Bulch | HB | 1958–1959 | 45 | 1 | 51 | 1 | — | |
Gary Bannister | FW | 1995–1996 | 41 | 10 | 51 | 11 | ![]() | [28] |
Paul Newell | GK | 1996–1997 | 41 | 0 | 51 | 0 | — | |
Jim Scarborough | FW | 1951–1954 | 49 | 15 | 50 | 15 | — | |
Brian Redfearn | FW | 1959–1961 | 48 | 16 | 50 | 17 | — | |
Andy Welsh | FB | 1937–1938 | 46 | 0 | 50 | 0 | — | |
Chris Hughes | MF | 2003–2005 | 45 | 2 | 50 | 2 | — | |
Josh Gray | MF | 2008–2011 | 45 | 1 | 50 | 1 | — | |
George Brown | FW | 1936–1938 | 44 | 12 | 50 | 13 | ![]() | [37] |
Darren Collier | GK | 1993–1994 | 44 | 0 | 50 | 0 | — | |
Danny Mellanby | FW | 2001–2003 | 44 | 8 | 50 | 8 | — | |
Alex Smith | DF | 1974–1975 | 43 | 0 | 50 | 0 | — | |
Gavin Worboys | FW | 1994–1996 | 41 | 8 | 50 | 13 | — | |
David McAughtrie | DF | 1987–1989 | 39 | 0 | 50 | 0 | — | |
Reuben Vine | FW | 1929–1931 | 48 | 12 | 49 | 13 | — | |
Tony McFadden | FW | 1981–1983 | 47 | 10 | 49 | 10 | — | |
Mike Peacock | GK | 1960–1962 | 46 | 0 | 49 | 0 | — | |
Steve Ball | MF | 1992–1994 | 42 | 3 | 49 | 3 | — | |
Carlos Logan | MF | 2005–2006 | 42 | 4 | 49 | 6 | — | |
Tony France | FW | 1961–1963 | 47 | 9 | 48 | 9 | — | |
Charles Coates | FW | 1932–1934 | 46 | 9 | 48 | 9 | — | |
Jonjo Dickman | MF | 2005–2006 | 46 | 3 | 48 | 3 | — | |
Danny Rose † | MF | 2021–present | 44 | 1 | 47 | 1 | ![]() | [L 8] [32] |
Tom Platt * | MF | 2023–present | 44 | 0 | 47 | 1 | — | |
Tommy Reynolds | FW | 1954–1956 | 43 | 6 | 47 | 6 | — | |
Doug Fletcher | FW | 1958–1959 | 43 | 13 | 47 | 13 | — | |
Liam Marrs | DF | 2016–2017 | 43 | 0 | 47 | 0 | — | |
Stephen Bell | MF | 1987–1988 | 40 | 3 | 47 | 3 | ![]() | [60] |
Gary Worthington | FW | 1987–1989 | 40 | 15 | 47 | 15 | ![]() | [61] |
Lee Brydon | DF | 1996–1998 | 40 | 0 | 47 | 0 | ![]() | [62] |
Louis Laing | DF | 2019–2020 | 36 | 0 | 47 | 0 | ![]() | [49] |
Bill Tulip | FW | 1956–1957 | 44 | 34 | 46 | 36 | — | |
Bill Atkins | FW | 1973–1975 | 44 | 12 | 46 | 12 | — | |
Akpo Sodje | FW | 2005–2006 | 43 | 9 | 46 | 9 | — | [L 9] |
Tim Ryan | FB | 2007–2009 | 42 | 1 | 46 | 1 | ![]() | [32] |
Charlie Stubbs | FW | 1945–1948 | 41 | 17 | 46 | 18 | — | |
Ian Banks | MF | 1994–1995 | 39 | 1 | 46 | 1 | — | |
Nigel Batch | GK | 1988–1990 | 38 | 0 | 46 | 0 | — | |
Shelton Martis | DF | 2005–2006 | 42 | 2 | 45 | 2 | [63] | |
Pawel Abbott | FW | 2007–2009 | 42 | 17 | 45 | 17 | ![]() | [64] |
Hugh Dow | FB | 1932–1934 | 40 | 1 | 45 | 1 | — | |
Mark Forster | FW | 1984–1985 | 38 | 13 | 45 | 16 | — | |
Francis Wallace | FW | 1928–1931 | 43 | 7 | 44 | 7 | — | |
Arthur Childs | HB |
| 42 | 6 | 44 | 7 | — | |
Jock Archibald | GK | 1927–1928 | 41 | 0 | 44 | 0 | — | |
Roger Wicks | MF | 1981–1983 | 41 | 4 | 44 | 4 | — | |
Tim Parkin | DF | 1992–1993 | 40 | 2 | 44 | 2 | — | |
Albert Brallisford | FW | 1936–1937 | 39 | 26 | 44 | 30 | — | |
Mark Outterside | DF | 1987–1988 | 38 | 0 | 44 | 0 | — | |
Joe Scott | FW | 1926–1928 | 43 | 12 | 43 | 12 | — | |
John McGuire | FW / HB | 1928–1930 | 42 | 7 | 43 | 7 | — | |
Jimmy Maddison | FW | 1949–1950 | 41 | 7 | 43 | 7 | — | |
Terry Poole | HB | 1959–1961 | 41 | 3 | 43 | 4 | — | |
Tom Elliott | MF | 2018–2019 | 41 | 3 | 43 | 3 | — | |
Jordan Nicholson | MF | 2018–2019 | 41 | 11 | 43 | 11 | — | |
Bob Gregg | FW | 1926–1928 | 40 | 21 | 43 | 21 | — | |
Tom Feeney | FW | 1938–1939 | 40 | 22 | 43 | 25 | — | |
Jim Turney | FW | 1948–1950 | 40 | 3 | 43 | 3 | — | |
Toby Lees * | DF | 2023–present | 40 | 2 | 43 | 3 | — | |
Cameron Salkeld * | MF | 2023–present | 40 | 9 | 43 | 9 | — | |
Len Fielden | GK | 1931–1934 | 39 | 0 | 43 | 0 | — | |
Matthew Armstrong | HB | 1936–1939 | 38 | 2 | 43 | 2 | — | |
Neil Heaney | MF | 1999–2000 | 36 | 5 | 43 | 5 | ![]() | [28] |
Jordan Watson | DF |
| 35 | 0 | 43 | 0 | ![]() | [65] |
Michael Liddle | DF | 2019–2021 | 29 | 1 | 43 | 2 | ![]() | [66] |
Steve Harper | MF | 2001–2002 | 40 | 1 | 42 | 1 | — | |
Ryan Bowman | FW | 2011–2012 | 40 | 10 | 42 | 11 | — | |
Guy Wharton | HB | 1948–1950 | 39 | 2 | 42 | 2 | — | |
Paul Cross | DF | 1993–1994 | 39 | 2 | 42 | 3 | — | |
Clyde Wijnhard | FW | 2004–2005 | 39 | 15 | 42 | 15 | — | |
Bernie Slaven | FW | 1994–1995 | 37 | 7 | 42 | 9 | ![]() | [21] |
David Brightwell | DF | 2001–2002 | 36 | 0 | 42 | 0 | — | |
Tom Portas | MF | 2014–2018 | 32 | 0 | 42 | 0 | — | |
Justin Donawa | MF | 2019–2020 | 31 | 6 | 42 | 11 | ![]() | [67] |
Chris Hunter | DF | 2013–2017 | 27 | 0 | 42 | 0 | — | |
Billy Race | FW | 1926–1927 | 40 | 8 | 41 | 8 | — | |
Martin Smith | FW | 2006–2008 | 38 | 5 | 41 | 9 | ![]() | [28] |
Kevin Dos Santos | FW | 2021–2022 | 38 | 4 | 41 | 4 | — | |
Junior Mondal | MF | 2021–2023 | 38 | 3 | 41 | 3 | — | |
Mike Astbury | GK | 1986–1987 | 38 | 0 | 40 | 0 | — | |
Derek Weddle | FW | 1962–1964 | 37 | 10 | 40 | 11 | — | |
Mark Dobie | FW | 1992–1993 | 36 | 8 | 40 | 11 | — | |
Dennis Fidler | MF | 1966–1968 | 34 | 3 | 40 | 5 | — | |
Tyrone O'Neill † | DF |
| 33 | 10 | 40 | 13 | — | [L 10] [L 1] |
Murdoch McKenzie | FW | 1925–1926 | 37 | 17 | 39 | 17 | — | |
Jake Cassidy | FW | 2021–2022 | 37 | 5 | 39 | 5 | ![]() | [68] |
Michael Price | GK | 2003–2004 | 36 | 0 | 39 | 0 | — | |
Kevin Burgess | DF |
| 36 | 4 | 39 | 4 | — | |
Kris Taylor | MF | 2011–2012 | 36 | 0 | 39 | 0 | — | |
Mark Sunley | DF | 1991–1994 | 35 | 0 | 39 | 0 | — | |
Gary Bennett | DF | 1998–2000 | 34 | 4 | 39 | 5 | — | |
Craig James | DF |
| 33 | 1 | 39 | 1 | — | [L 3] |
David Duke | DF | 2005–2006 | 33 | 1 | 39 | 1 | — | |
Archie Stephens | FW | 1989–1990 | 33 | 6 | 39 | 7 | — | |
John Wright | HB | 1937–1939 | 37 | 4 | 38 | 4 | — | |
Cliff Chadwick | FW | 1947–1948 | 37 | 5 | 38 | 5 | — | |
John Clacher | HB | 1937–1938 | 36 | 2 | 38 | 2 | — | |
Ben Burley | FW | 1938–1939 | 35 | 7 | 38 | 8 | — | |
Adrian Webster | MF | 2004–2006 | 35 | 1 | 38 | 1 | ![]() | [69] |
Franz Burgmeier | MF | 2008–2009 | 35 | 2 | 38 | 2 | ![]() | [6] |
Mark Samways | GK | 1998–2000 | 34 | 0 | 38 | 0 | — | |
Jimmy O'Neill | GK | 1964–1965 | 32 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ![]() | [21] |
David Moore | DF | 1988–1989 | 30 | 1 | 38 | 2 | — | |
Dick Healey | FW |
| 21 | 5 | 38 | 20 | ![]() | [8] |
Gavin Liddle | DF | 1982–1983 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 0 | — | |
Michael Smith | FW | 2010–2011 | 37 | 6 | 37 | 6 | — | |
Paddy Wrightson | FW | 1929–1930 | 36 | 16 | 37 | 16 | — | |
David Ferguson | DF |
| 36 | 5 | 37 | 5 | ![]() | [32] |
Greg Taylor | DF | 2011 | 35 | 2 | 37 | 2 | ![]() | [32] |
Ben O'Hanlon | DF | 2018–2019 | 35 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ![]() | [70] |
Gordon Morritt | GK | 1973–1974 | 34 | 0 | 37 | 0 | — | |
Ian Juryeff | FW | 1992–1993 | 34 | 6 | 37 | 7 | — | |
Alf Dolphin | FW | 1921–1922 | 33 | 3 | 37 | 3 | — | |
Bob Johnson | FW | 1932–1933 | 33 | 15 | 37 | 17 | — | |
Keith Hutchinson | FB | 1945–1949 | 31 | 0 | 37 | 0 | — | |
Patrick Collins | DF | 2006–2007 | 31 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ![]() | [36] |
Ron Hewitt | FW | 1950–1951 | 36 | 3 | 36 | 3 | ![]() | [53] |
Fred Laycock | FW | 1929–1930 | 35 | 14 | 36 | 14 | — | |
David Wheater | DF |
| 34 | 3 | 36 | 3 | ![]() | [L 10] [28] |
Lol Morgan | DF | 1964–1965 | 31 | 0 | 36 | 0 | — | |
Alan Smith | DF | 1986–1989 | 31 | 1 | 36 | 1 | — | |
Gary Twynham | MF | 1996–1997 | 31 | 3 | 36 | 3 | — | |
Hugh Foulkes | FB | 1938–1939 | 35 | 1 | 35 | 1 | ![]() | [53] |
Bobby Dodds | HB | 1946–1949 | 35 | 1 | 35 | 1 | — | |
Doug Robson | DF | 1963–1965 | 34 | 0 | 35 | 1 | — | [71] [lower-alpha 1] |
Dominic Collins | DF | 2017–2018 | 34 | 0 | 35 | 0 | — | |
Simon Ainge | FW / DF | 2018–2019 | 33 | 4 | 35 | 4 | ![]() | [72] |
Alan Dowson | DF | 1992–1993 | 32 | 0 | 35 | 0 | — | |
Mark Sheeran | FW | 2001–2004 | 32 | 6 | 35 | 7 | — | |
Jack O'Donnell | FB | 1924–1925 | 30 | 0 | 35 | 0 | — | |
Michael Trotter | MF | 1990–1991 | 29 | 2 | 35 | 2 | — | |
Chris Senior | FW | 2010–2011 | 29 | 4 | 35 | 7 | — | |
Neville Chapman | DF | 1967–1969 | 32 | 0 | 34 | 0 | — | |
Jeremy Roberts | GK | 1987 | 29 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ![]() | [73] |
Billy Walsh | HB | 1954–1955 | 28 | 4 | 34 | 5 | — | |
Paul Robinson | FW | 1995–1998 | 26 | 3 | 34 | 4 | — | |
Aman Verma † | MF | 2010–2011 | 26 | 4 | 34 | 7 | — | [L 11] |
Jimmy Ferguson | GK | 1962–1963 | 32 | 0 | 33 | 0 | — | |
Reg Chester | FW | 1937–1938 | 31 | 10 | 33 | 11 | — | |
Reece Styche | FW | 2017–2018 | 31 | 16 | 33 | 18 | [74] [32] | |
Tommy Barbour | FB | 1921–1922 | 29 | 0 | 33 | 0 | — | |
James Grieve | FW | 1931–1933 | 29 | 13 | 33 | 1 | — | |
Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu | FW |
| 29 | 13 | 33 | 14 | — | |
Lawrie Pearson | DF | 1993–1994 | 28 | 4 | 33 | 4 | — | |
Dave Woodcock | MF | 1985–1986 | 27 | 2 | 33 | 2 | — | |
Robin Hulbert | MF | 2008–2009 | 27 | 2 | 33 | 2 | ![]() | [75] |
Chris Moore | MF |
| 25 | 1 | 33 | 3 | — | |
Stuart Elliott | DF | 2000–2001 | 24 | 0 | 33 | 4 | — | |
Luke Charman | FW | 2020–2022 | 22 | 12 | 33 | 19 | — | |
James Mellon | FB | 1924–1928 | 31 | 0 | 32 | 0 | — | |
Reg Siddle | FW | 1930–1933 | 31 | 8 | 32 | 8 | — | |
Norman Tapken | GK | 1947–1948 | 31 | 0 | 32 | 0 | — | |
Geoff Stone | HB | 1950–1951 | 31 | 0 | 32 | 0 | — | |
Des Fawcett | GK | 1926–1928 | 30 | 0 | 32 | 0 | — | |
Barry Hutchinson | FW | 1966 | 30 | 14 | 32 | 14 | — | |
Arthur Wolstenholme | FW | 1921–1922 | 29 | 17 | 32 | 17 | — | |
Joe Mellan | DF | 1924–1928 | 31 | 0 | 32 | 0 | — | |
John Ince | GK | 1933–1934 | 29 | 0 | 32 | 0 | — | |
Eric Johnstone | MF | 1965–1966 | 26 | 9 | 32 | 9 | — | [76] [lower-alpha 1] |
Gary Coatsworth | DF | 1989–1991 | 25 | 3 | 32 | 3 | — | |
Des Lancaster | FW | 1958–1959 | 31 | 18 | 31 | 18 | — | |
John Kirk | FW | 1951–1952 | 30 | 4 | 31 | 4 | — | |
Chris Penman | GK | 1963–1964 | 30 | 0 | 31 | 0 | — | |
Bill Thompson | DF | 1968–1970 | 30 | 5 | 31 | 5 | — | |
Ralph Phillips | DF | 1961–1962 | 29 | 2 | 31 | 2 | — | |
Billy Curley | DF | 1963–1965 | 28 | 1 | 31 | 1 | — | |
Jeff Wealands | GK | 1971–1972 | 28 | 0 | 31 | 0 | — | |
Fred Smith | FW | 1935–1936 | 27 | 8 | 31 | 9 | — | |
Stan Watson | DF | 1958–1959 | 27 | 0 | 31 | 0 | — | |
Ian Davidson | HB | 1967–1968 | 27 | 0 | 31 | 0 | — | |
Gary Hinchley | DF |
| 27 | 1 | 31 | 1 | — | |
Tommy Atkin | FW | 1934–1936 | 26 | 3 | 31 | 3 | — | |
Phil Taylor | MF | 1978–1980 | 26 | 2 | 31 | 2 | — | |
Pete Jameson | GK | 2014–2017 | 22 | 0 | 31 | 0 | — | |
Eric Probert | MF | 1978–1979 | 21 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ![]() | [77] |
Harold Plummer | FB | 1930–1933 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | — | |
John Maughan | GK | 1925–1927 | 28 | 0 | 30 | 0 | — | |
Alf Milner | FW | 1948–1949 | 28 | 5 | 30 | 6 | — | [78] [lower-alpha 1] |
Peter Bell | FW |
| 27 | 5 | 30 | 5 | — | |
Anthony Peacock | MF | 2005–2006 | 27 | 0 | 30 | 0 | — | |
Jimmy Moran | FW | 1962–1963 | 26 | 6 | 30 | 6 | — | |
David Poole | MF | 2008–2009 | 26 | 1 | 30 | 1 | — | |
Sean Reid | FW | 2019–2021 | 23 | 3 | 30 | 3 | — | |
Josh Heaton | DF |
| 29 | 1 | 29 | 1 | — | |
Jonny Maddison | GK | 2018–2019 | 28 | 0 | 29 | 0 | — | |
Jimmy Dunn | FB | 1959–1960 | 27 | 0 | 29 | 0 | — | |
Phil Robinson | MF | 1969–1970 | 27 | 4 | 29 | 4 | — | |
Fred Hopkin | FW | 1931–1932 | 26 | 2 | 29 | 2 | — | |
Tom Burlison | HB | 1964–1965 | 26 | 2 | 29 | 3 | — | |
Josh Falkingham | MF | 2016–2017 | 26 | 1 | 29 | 1 | — | |
John McGrath | FW | 1958–1959 | 25 | 6 | 29 | 9 | — | |
Garry Haire | MF | 1984–1986 | 25 | 2 | 29 | 2 | — | |
John Campbell | FW | 2011 | 24 | 5 | 29 | 5 | — | |
Chris Elliott | GK | 2019–2020 | 24 | 0 | 29 | 0 | — | |
Mark Kilty | DF | 2000–2002 | 23 | 1 | 29 | 1 | — | [79] [lower-alpha 1] |
Curtis Fleming | DF | 2004–2005 | 27 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ![]() | [21] |
Ron Ward | GK | 1956–1957 | 26 | 0 | 28 | 0 | — | |
Bill Smith | FW | 1963–1964 | 26 | 7 | 28 | 9 | — | |
John Peachey | FW |
| 26 | 9 | 28 | 10 | — | [L 5] |
James Caton | MF | 2017–2018 | 26 | 1 | 28 | 1 | ![]() | [80] |
Evan Edwards | FW | 1928–1929 | 25 | 3 | 28 | 3 | ![]() | [81] |
Ernie Adams | GK | 1972–1973 | 25 | 0 | 28 | 0 | — | |
Liam Hardy | FW | 2016–2017 | 25 | 8 | 28 | 9 | — | |
David Rowson | MF | 2006–2007 | 24 | 2 | 28 | 2 | ![]() | [28] |
Jeff Smith | MF | 2009–2010 | 24 | 0 | 28 | 0 | — | |
Dave Wakefield | MF | 1983–1984 | 22 | 0 | 28 | 0 | — | |
Tommy Johnston | FW | 1951–1952 | 27 | 9 | 27 | 9 | — | |
Tadhg Purcell | FW |
| 27 | 10 | 27 | 10 | — | [L 12] |
Norman Callender | HB | 1946–1948 | 26 | 1 | 27 | 1 | — | |
Chris Leonard | DF | 1951–1953 | 26 | 0 | 27 | 0 | — | |
Alex Forsyth | FW | 1952–1953 | 26 | 7 | 27 | 7 | — | |
Dennis Windross | HB | 1961–1962 | 25 | 4 | 27 | 4 | — | |
Ian McDonald | MF | 1970–1971 | 25 | 3 | 27 | 3 | — | |
Billy Yeats | FW | 1973–1974 | 25 | 7 | 27 | 7 | — | |
Keith Coleman | DF | 1979–1980 | 25 | 0 | 27 | 0 | — | |
Graeme Lee | DF | 2011–2012 | 24 | 1 | 27 | 1 | — | |
James McGiffen | FW | 1927–1929 | 23 | 4 | 27 | 4 | — | |
David Geddis | FW | 1990 | 22 | 3 | 27 | 3 | ![]() | [82] |
John Agnew | FW | 1954–1956 | 25 | 4 | 26 | 4 | — | |
Adam Bartlett | GK | 2017 | 25 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ![]() | [32] |
Mitchell Curry | FW | 2023–2024 | 25 | 5 | 26 | 5 | — | |
Jimmy O'Neill | FW | 1967–1968 | 24 | 4 | 26 | 4 | ![]() | [83] |
Alex Henshall | MF | 2018–2019 | 24 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ![]() | [84] |
Harry Houlahan | FW | 1954–1955 | 23 | 8 | 26 | 10 | — | |
Arthur Marsh | DF | 1974–1975 | 23 | 1 | 26 | 1 | — | |
Keith Granger | GK | 1988 | 23 | 0 | 26 | 0 | — | |
Jake Cooper † | DF |
| 23 | 3 | 26 | 3 | — | [L 13] [L 14] [85] |
Harry Harrison | GK | 1928–1929 | 22 | 0 | 26 | 0 | — | |
Paul Clayton | FW | 1988–1989 | 22 | 3 | 26 | 5 | — | |
Simon Brown † | GK | 2008 | 22 | 0 | 26 | 0 | — | [L 15] |
Malcolm Poskett | FW | 1985–1986 | 21 | 4 | 26 | 5 | — | |
Kirk Jackson | FW | 2001 | 21 | 1 | 26 | 1 | ![]() | [32] |
Darren Holloway | DF | 2006–2007 | 21 | 1 | 26 | 1 | ![]() | [28] |
Dick Jackson | FB / HB | 1908–1912 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | — | |
Alan Spence | FW | 1960–1962 | 24 | 11 | 25 | 11 | ![]() | [86] |
Alan Duffy | MF | 1973–1974 | 24 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ![]() | [87] |
John Williams | MF | 2000–2001 | 24 | 5 | 25 | 5 | — | |
Adolfo Gregorio | MF | 2004–2005 | 24 | 2 | 25 | 2 | ![]() | [88] |
Paul Terry | MF | 2010–2011 | 24 | 2 | 25 | 2 | — | |
Tommy Dawson | FW | 1936–1938 | 23 | 3 | 25 | 3 | — | |
Ashley Fickling † | DF |
| 23 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ![]() | [L 16] [L 8] [89] |
Stuart Whitehead | DF | 2002–2003 | 23 | 0 | 25 | 0 | — | |
John Hannah | FW | 1984 | 22 | 8 | 25 | 9 | — | |
John Stanger | FW | 1936–1937 | 21 | 5 | 25 | 7 | — | |
Ken Ellis | DF | 1979–1980 | 21 | 0 | 25 | 0 | — | |
Danny Hone † | DF | 2010 | 21 | 1 | 25 | 1 | — | [L 17] |
Richie Foran † | FW |
| 21 | 5 | 25 | 5 | ![]() | [L 18] [90] |
Billy Clarke † | FW | 2008 | 20 | 8 | 25 | 9 | ![]() | [L 19] [91] |
Player statistics include games played while on loan from:
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