List of Stevenage F.C. players

Stevenage Football Club is an English association football club based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, currently playing in League One. Following the demise of the town's former club, Stevenage Athletic, Stevenage Borough was formed in 1976. Following promotions through both the United Counties and Isthmian leagues,[1] Stevenage gained Football Conference status in 1994 and have remained in the league to date.[2] Below, is a list of players who have made 50 or more appearances for the Hertfordshire side, as well as including those who have, after leaving Stevenage, gone on to play in either of the two highest tiers of English football. Certain players are included who fell short of the 50 total but have been included due to making a significant contribution to the club's history. In addition to this, the table also illustrates players who hold any records at the club.

The list also includes those who have won the Stevenage Player of the Year. The Stevenage Player of the Year award is voted for annually by Stevenage's supporters in recognition of the best overall performance by an individual player throughout the football season.[3] Since the inaugural award was made to Mark Smith in 1994, two players have won the award twice, most recently defender Jason Goodliffe in 2002 and 2003; and subsequently is the only player to have won the award in consecutive seasons.[3] Three players, Ronnie Henry, Scott Laird and Mark Roberts, have won the award and still play for the club.[4]

Mark Smith holds the record for Stevenage appearances, having played 466 times for the club between 1992 and 2004, and is followed by Martin Gittings with 397 during his fifteen year tenure at the Hertfordshire side.[5] Gittings also holds the club record for total goals scored, 209.[5] He is also the only player at the club to have scored over 100 goals, with Steve Morison coming closest with 89 in all competitions.[6]

Contents

Key

Players are listed according to the date of their first professional contracted signed with the club. Appearances are for first-team competitive matches only. Substitute appearances are included. All figures are correct as of 2 January 2012.

      Players who have won the 'Stevenage Player of the Year' award
      Club captains who have won a major Senior competition at the club
      Players who hold a record at the club

List of players

Name Nationality Position Stevenage career Captaincy Appearances[A] Goals Notes
Gittings, MartinMartin Gittings England  England Striker 1980–1995
 397 209 [B]
Marshall, RickyRicky Marshall England  England Striker 1983–1988
 202 47
Gallagher, DesDes Gallagher England  England Goalkeeper 1985–1988
1992–2000		 387 1
Honey, LawrenceLawrence Honey England  England Defender 1985–1988 142 2
Tyler, DennyDenny Tyler England  England Defender 1985–1988 236 9
Watkins, DavidDavid Watkins England  England Midfielder 1985–1988 144 9
Blackwell, NoelNoel Blackwell England  England Defender 1988–1998 255 8
Bambrick, GaryGary Bambrick England  England Defender 1989–1990 53 1
Luque, MiguelMiguel Luque England  England Midfielder 1989–1996 152 4
Martin, TonyTony Martin England  England Defender 1989–1992 109 0
McComb, RobRob McComb England  England Striker 1989–1994 68 36
McGill, ColinColin McGill England  England Defender 1989–1994 67 3
Brown, DaveDave Brown England  England Midfielder 1990–1994 174 20
Burns, LeeLee Burns England  England Striker 1990–1991 50 7
Debnam, ShaunShaun Debnam England  England Midfielder 1990–1994 193 28
Hardy, DuncanDuncan Hardy England  England Midfielder 1990–1992 71 17
Marshall, ShaunShaun Marshall England  England Striker 1990–1996 207 52
Ward, TonyTony Ward England  England Midfielder 1990–1993 61 7
Whitehead, IanIan Whitehead England  England Defender 1990–1992 110 1
Bowgett, PaulPaul Bowgett England  England Defender 1991–1993 97 6
Nunn, MickeyMickey Nunn England  England Midfielder 1991–1994 55 6
Walker, AndyAndy Walker England  England Striker 1991–1992 54 10
Wilmot, RichardRichard Wilmot England  England Goalkeeper 1991–1998 163 0
Smith, MarkMark Smith England  England Defender 1992–2001
2003–2004		 466 30 [C]
Alzapiedi, GlenGlen Alzapiedi England  England Defender 1992–1994 51 4
Trebble, NeilNeil Trebble England  England Striker 1992–1994
1996–1998		 142 43
Graham, SteveSteve Graham England  England Midfielder 1992–1994 84 7
Beevor, StuartStuart Beevor England  England Midfielder 1993–1999 178 18
Hedman, RudiRudi Hedman England  England Defender 1993–1995 77 4
Crawshaw, GaryGary Crawshaw England  England Striker 1993–1998 124 44
Joyce, TonyTony Joyce England  England Defender 1993–1995 67 0
Sodje, EfeEfe Sodje Nigeria  Nigeria Defender 1993–1997 140 13 [D]
Venables, DaveDave Venables England  England Midfielder 1993–1997 101 2
Hayles, BarryBarry Hayles Jamaica  Jamaica Striker 1994–1997 129 68 [E]
Simpson, PhilPhil Simpson England  England Midfielder 1994–1995 65 6
Webster, KennyKenny Webster England  England Defender 1994–1997 86 8
Lynch, TonyTony Lynch England  England Striker 1994–1996 85 19
Browne, CoreyCorey Browne England  England Striker 1995–1997
2000–2001		 91 35
Barrowcliff, PaulPaul Barrowcliff England  England Midfielder 1995–1997 101 12 [F]
Berry , SteveSteve Berry England  England Midfielder 1995–1997
1998–1999		 1995–1997 83 2 [G]
Mutchell, RobbieRobbie Mutchell England  England Defender 1995–1997 100 1
Kirby, RyanRyan Kirby England  England Defender 1996–2001 171 7
Love, MichaelMichael Love England  England Defender 1997–2000 121 12
Soloman, JasonJason Soloman England  England Midfielder 1997–1998 53 8
Trott, RobinRobin Trott England  England Defender 1997–2003 1997–2000 192 13 [H]
Alford, CarlCarl Alford England  England Striker 1998–2000 95 59
Howarth, LeeLee Howarth England  England Defender 1998–2000 82 2
Harvey, LeeLee Harvey England  England Defender 1998–2000 92 0 [I]
Taylor, ChrisChris Taylor England  England Goalkeeper 1998–2001 103 0 [J]
Armstrong, PaulPaul Armstrong England  England Striker 1999–2002 67 10
Martin , DeanDean Martin England  England Midfielder 1999–2001 60 7
Leadbeater, RichardRichard Leadbeater England  England Striker 1999–2001 62 12 [K]
McMahon, SamSam McMahon England  England Midfielder 1999–2003 2000–2002 115 10
Bunce, NathanNathan Bunce England  England Defender 2000–2001
2003–2004		 67 3
Clarke , AdrianAdrian Clarke England  England Midfielder 2000–2002 86 19
Illman, NeilNeil Illman England  England Striker 2000–2002 59 17
Williams , MartinMartin Williams England  England Midfielder 2001–2003 55 5
Boylan, LeeLee Boylan England  England Striker 2001
2008–2011		 74 23
Campbell, D.J.D.J. Campbell England  England Striker 2001–2003 31 5 [L]
Goodliffe, JasonJason Goodliffe England  England Defender 2001–2007 2002–2005 158 15 [M]
Sodje, SamSam Sodje Nigeria  Nigeria Defender 2001–2002 32 2 [N]
Wormull, SimonSimon Wormull England  England Midfielder 2001–2004 98 11
Boyd, GeorgeGeorge Boyd Scotland  Scotland Midfielder 2002–2007 123 31 [O]
Travis, SimonSimon Travis England  England Defender 2002–2004 72 1
Westhead, MarkMark Westhead England  England Goalkeeper 2002–2005 53 0
Brady, JonJon Brady England  England Midfielder 2003–2005 65 6
Elding, AnthonyAnthony Elding England  England Striker 2003–2006 124 56
Laker, BarryBarry Laker England  England Defender 2003–2006 118 6
Maamria, DinoDino Maamria Tunisia  Tunisia Striker 2003–2006
2009		 108 38
Pérez, LionelLionel Pérez France  France Goalkeeper 2003–2006 38 0 [P]
Gregory, JustinJustin Gregory England  England Defender 2003–2006 82 1
Warner, MichaelMichael Warner England  England Defender 2003–2006 112 0
Brough, MichaelMichael Brough England  England Midfielder 2004–2006
2009		 53 4
Quinn, RobRob Quinn Ireland  Ireland Midfielder 2004–2006 69 2
Bulman, DannieDannie Bulman England  England Midfielder 2004–2006 95 3 [Q]
Hocking, MattMatt Hocking England  England Defender 2004–2006 60 1
Nurse, JonJon Nurse Barbados  Barbados Striker 2004–2007 108 21
Henry, RonnieRonnie Henry England  England Defender 2005– 2005–2008 312 4 [R]
Julian, AlanAlan Julian Northern Ireland  Northern Ireland Goalkeeper 2005–2008
2011–		 164 0 [S]
Stamp, DarrynDarryn Stamp England  England Striker 2005–2007 62 21
Gaia, SantosSantos Gaia England  Brazil Defender 2006–2007 59 2
Nutter, JohnJohn Nutter England  England Defender 2006–2007 73 8
Oliver, LukeLuke Oliver England  England Defender 2006–2009 90 4
Miller, AdamAdam Miller England  England Midfielder 2006–2008 67 13
Dobson, CraigCraig Dobson England  Jamaica Midfielder 2006–2008 75 17
Fuller, BarryBarry Fuller England  England Defender 2006–2008 75 1
Morison, SteveSteve Morison Wales  Wales Striker 2006–2009 2008–2009 152 89 [T]
Cole, MitchellMitchell Cole England  England Midfielder 2007–2010 142 22
McMahon, DarylDaryl McMahon England  England Midfielder 2007–2009 74 10
Wilson, LawrieLawrie Wilson England  England Midfielder 2007– 162 12
Vincenti, PeterPeter Vincenti England  England Midfielder 2008–2011 76 7
Laird, ScottScott Laird England  England Defender 2008– 202 19 [U]
Albrighton, MarkMark Albrighton England  England Defender 2008–2010 61 1
Drury, AndyAndy Drury England  England Midfielder 2008–2010 75 13
Bridges, DavidDavid Bridges England  England Midfielder 2008–2011 82 15
Bostwick, MichaelMichael Bostwick England  England Midfielder 2008– 179 17
Day, ChrisChris Day England  England Goalkeeper 2008– 184 0
Roberts , MarkMark Roberts England  England Defender 2008– 2009– 163 21 [V]
Ashton, JonJon Ashton England  England Defender 2009– 131 4 [W]
Byrom, JoelJoel Byrom England  England Midfielder 2009– 74 7
Beardsley, ChrisChris Beardsley England  England Striker 2009– 103 21
Odubade, YemiYemi Odubade Nigeria  Nigeria Striker 2009–2011 68 18
Long, StacyStacy Long England  England Midfielder 2009– 74 10
Murphy, DarrenDarren Murphy Ireland  Ireland Midfielder 2008– 54 2
Mousinho, JohnJohn Mousinho England  England Midfielder 2010– 60 10

Footnotes

A. ^ Appearances and goals in the Conference National (including play-offs), Conference League Cup, FA Cup, Football League Cup, Football League Trophy, FA Trophy and the Isthmian League.

B. ^ Club record holder: Gittings holds for the club record for total goals scored, 209, from 1980 to 1995.[7]

C. ^ Smith won the 1994–95 and 2000–01 Stevenage Player of the Year awards.[3] Club record holder: Smith holds the club record for total appearances during his two spells at the club, playing 466 times.

D. ^ Sodje played for Southend United in the Football League Championship in the 2006–07 season.[8] He has also featured in a World Cup for Nigeria.[9]

E. ^ Hayles played for Fulham in the Premier League between the years 2001–2004.[10] Hayles also won the 1995-96 Stevenage Player of the Year award.[11] He was sold to Bristol Rovers for £250,000 in 1997; £10,000 short of the club record for a transfer fee received by the club.[10]

F. ^ Barrowcliff won the 1996–96 Stevenage Player of the Year award.[3]

G. ^ During his time as captain at the club, Berry lifted the Football Conference Championship in 1995–96.[12]

H. ^ Trott won the 1997–98 Stevenage Player of the Year award.[3] As well as captaining the club between the years 1998 and 2000, Trott also captained the side briefly in 2002.[13]

I. ^ Harvey won the 1998–99 Stevenage Player of the Year award.[3]

J. ^ Taylor won the 1999–00 Stevenage Player of the Year award.[3] This made him the first goalkeeper to win the award.

K. ^ Club record holder: Leadbetter holds the club record for the highest official transfer fee paid by the club, £20,000, which was paid to Hereford United on 25 February 1999.[14]

L. ^ Campbell played for Blackpool in the Premier League, now plying their trade in the Football League Championship.[15][16]

M. ^ Goodliffe won back-to-back Stevenage Player of the Year awards for both 2001–02 and 2002–03.[3][17]

N. ^ Sam Sodje played for Reading in the Premier League during the club's 2006–07 campaign,[18] and has also represented Nigeria internationally.

O. ^ Boyd currently plays for Peterborough United in the Football League Championship.[19] Club record holder: holds the club record for the highest transfer fee received by the club, £260,000, which was paid by Peterborough United on 8 January 2007.[20]

P. ^ Perez won the 2003–04 Stevenage Player of the Year award.[3]

Q. ^ Bulman won the 2004–05 Stevenage Player of the Year award.[3]

R. ^ Henry won the 2006–07 Stevenage Player of the Year award.[21] During his time as captain at the club, Henry lifted the FA Trophy in May 2007. This also meant that Henry became the first ever player to lift a competitive trophy at the new Wembley Stadium.[22]

S. ^ Julian won the 2005–06 Stevenage Player of the Year award.[23]

T. ^ Morison won the 2007–08 Stevenage Player of the Year award.[24] During his time as captain at the club, Morison lifted the FA Trophy in May 2009.[25][26] He moved to Millwall for a fee of £130,000 in May 2009,[27] and has since played internationally for Wales.[28] He now plays for Premier League side Norwich City, having signed for them for an undisclosed fee in June 2011.[29]

U. ^ Laird won the 2009–10 Stevenage Player of the Year award.[30]

V. ^ Roberts won the 2008–09 Stevenage Player of the Year award.[31] Roberts is the current captain at the club, and helped guide Stevenage to winning the 2009–10 Conference National; finishing as league champions with two games to spare.[32] He also captained the side in their first ever Football League season, helping the side achieve back-to-back promotions following their 1–0 play-off final victory against Torquay United in May 2011.[33]

W. ^ Ashton won the 2010–11 Stevenage Player of the Year award.[34]

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