List of Stoke City F.C. players

Stoke City F.C. is an English association football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. The club was formed in 1863 as Stoke Ramblers F.C., and played their first competitive match in November 1883, when they entered the First Round of the 1883–84 FA Cup they. In 1888 They joined the inaugural Football League thus becoming founding members. The club was renamed Stoke City F.C. in 1925, and they moved to Britannia Stadium in 1997. Since playing their first competitive match, more than 1000 players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club, many of whom have played 100 matches+ (including substitute appearances); those players are listed here.

Despite a lack of success Stoke have had a number of famous players over the years such as Stanley Matthews, Gordon Banks, Jimmy Greenhoff and Denis Smith. Stoke City's record appearance-maker is Eric Skeels who made 592 appearances between 1959–1976. Stoke's top senior goalscorer is John Ritchie with 171 goals.

Contents

List of players

Statistics correct as of match played 2 January 2012

Table headers
Positions key
Pre-1960s Post-1960s
GK Goalkeeper
FB Full back DF Defender
HB Half back MF Midfielder
FW Forward
U Utility player1
Name Nationality Position Stoke City
career		 Starts Subs Total Goals
Appearances
Tony Allen  England DF 1957–1970 470 3 473 4
Ron Andrew  England DF 1957–1963 129 0 129 2
Bobby Archibald  Scotland FW 1925–1931 276 0 276 40
Len Armitage  England HB 1924–1932 200 0 200 19
Bill Asprey  England FB 1954–1965 341 0 341 26
Amos Baddeley  England FW 1907–1912 101 0 101 56
George Baddeley  England HB 1901–1908 225 0 225 19
Sam Baddeley  England DF 1908–1915 203 0 217 9
Frank Baker  England FW 1936–1949 174 0 174 33
Gordon Banks  England GK 1967–1972 246 0 246 0
Arthur Beachill  England FB 1926–1933 136 0 136 0
Keith Bebbington  England FW 1962–1966 123 1 124 22
Carl Beeston  England MF 1985–1997 252 8 260 22
Mike Bernard  England DF 1965–1972 167 10 177 11
George Berry  Wales DF 1982–1990 261 8 269 30
Keith Bertschin  England FW 1984–1987 93 10 103 33
Wayne Biggins  England FW 1989–1994 156 2 158 59
Alan Bloor  England DF 1961–1977 470 4 474 19
Steve Bould  England DF 1980–1988 207 4 211 17
George Bourne  England DF 1952–1956 109 0 109 1
Frank Bowyer  England FW 1937–1960 436 0 436 149
Paul Bracewell  England MF 1979–1983 135 6 141 6
James Bradley  England FB 1898–1915 256 0 256 6
Dave Brammer  England MF 2005–2007 96 16 112 3
Gerry Bridgwood  England MF 1960–1968 106 5 111 8
Harry Brigham  England FB 1936–1946 119 0 119 0
Tom Brittleton  England FB 1920–1925 123 0 123 5
Jimmy Broad  England FW 1921–1923 116 0 116 67
Davy Brodie  Scotland HB 1889–1897 218 0 218 3
Charlie Burgess  England FB 1901–1907 195 0 195 0
Harry Burrows  England FW 1965–1974 272 2 274 79
Walter Bussey  England FW 1925–1932 197 0 197 49
John Butler  England DF 1988–1995 271 2 273 7
Bobby Cairns  Scotland MF 1954–1961 196 0 196 11
Cliff Carr  England DF 1987–1991 134 9 143 1
Martin Carruthers  England FW 1993–1996 70 35 105 14
Mark Chamberlain  England MF 1982–1985 123 2 125 18
Lee Chapman  England FW 1978–1982 103 4 107 38
Davy Christie  Scotland HB 1889–1894 140 0 140 3
Tommy Clare  England FB 1883–1897 251 0 251 6
Clive Clarke  Ireland DF 1999–2005 224 21 245 9
George Clarke  England HB 1919–1923 165 0 165 4
Neville Coleman  England FW 1953–1958 126 0 126 52
Terry Conroy  Ireland FW 1967–1979 302 31 333 66
Andy Cooke  England FW 2000–2003 78 24 102 23
Ian Cranson  England MF 1989–1996 250 4 254 11
Garth Crooks  England FW 1976–1980 154 10 164 53
Harry Davies  England FW 1922–1937 410 0 410 101
Rory Delap  Ireland MF 2006– 178 13 191 8
Salif Diao  Senegal MF 2006– 79 24 103 1
William Dickson  Scotland FW 1892–1896 134 0 134 48
Bob Dixon  Scotland GK 1922–1928 200 0 200 0
Peter Dobing  England FW 1963–1973 367 5 372 94
Alan Dodd  England DF 1972–1982 409 7 416 4
Mike Doyle  England DF 1978–1981 128 0 128 6
Michael Duberry  England DF 2004–2007 102 0 102 1
Paul Dyson  England DF 1983–1986 123 0 123 5
George Eastham  England MF 1966–1973 226 13 239 5
Jack Eccles  England FB 1890–1900 193 0 193 1
Alex Elder  Northern Ireland DF 1967–1972 94 6 100 1
Matthew Etherington  England MF 2009– 109 7 116 15
Ray Evans  England DF 1979–1982 105 0 105 2
John Farmer  England GK 1966–1974 185 0 185 0
Ross Fielding  England MF 1902–1908 109 0 109 12
Steve Foley  England MF 1992–1994 134 0 134 13
Tony Ford  England MF 1986–1989 135 0 135 14
Richard Forsyth  England MF 1996–1999 101 5 106 18
Peter Fox  England GK 1978–1993 477 0 477 0
Neil Franklin  England DF 1946–1950 162 0 162 0
Ricardo Fuller  Jamaica FW 2006– 134 61 195 50
Nigel Gleghorn  England FW 1992–1996 178 0 178 30
Jimmy Greenhoff  England FW 1969–1976 338 0 338 97
Andy Griffin  England DF 1996–2010 126 11 137 5
Arthur Griffiths  England FW 1905–1912 121 0 121 51
Bjarni Guðjónsson  Iceland MF 2000–2003 143 18 161 17
Brynjar Gunnarsson  Iceland MF 2000–2004 155 6 161 19
Peter Hampton  England DF 1980–1984 152 4 156 4
Sean Haslegrave  England MF 1970–1976 132 10 142 8
Adrian Heath  England MF 1979–1982 115 3 118 17
Phil Heath  England MF 1983–1988 166 13 179 19
Chris Hemming  England MF 1984–1989 96 9 105 2
Karl Henry  England MF 2000–2006 74 60 134 1
Dennis Herod  England GK 1946–1953 215 0 215 1
Danny Higginbotham  England DF 2006– 125 3 128 14
Sam Higginson  England U 1899–1904 124 0 124 23
Tom Holford  England MF 1898–1908 269 0 269 33
Bobby Howitt  Scotland HB 1958–1963 150 0 150 16
Alan Hudson  England MF 1974–1985 161 1 162 9
Geoff Hurst  England FW 1972–1975 123 5 126 37
Robert Huth  Germany DF 2009– 105 4 109 13
Chris Iwelumo  Scotland FW 2000–2004 52 51 103 22
Freddie Johnson  England FW 1895–1903 196 0 196 20
Joe Johnson  England FW 1931–1937 193 0 193 57
Joe Jones  Wales DF 1911–1920 129 0 129 12
Rodger Jones  England GK 1977–1980 112 0 112 0
Graham Kavanagh  Ireland MF 1996–2001 234 10 244 45
Kevin Keen  England MF 1994–2000 168 33 201 12
Dave Kevan  Scotland MF 1990–1993 96 6 102 2
Johnny King  England FW 1953–1961 311 0 311 113
George Kinnell  Scotland DF 1963–1966 109 2 111 8
Jock Kirton  Scotland MF 1936–1952 249 0 249 2
Liam Lawrence  Ireland MF 2006–2010 108 17 125 24
Norman Lewis  England GK 1929–1935 170 0 170 0
Robert Liddle  England MF 1928–1938 316 0 316 64
Kyle Lightbourne  Bermuda FW 1998–2001 100 29 129 25
John McCue  England DF 1946–1960 542 0 542 2
Bob McGrory  Scotland FB 1921–1935 511 0 511 0
Jimmy McIlroy  Northern Ireland MF 1963–1965 114 2 116 19
Sammy McIlroy  Northern Ireland MF 1982–1985 143 2 145 19
Paul Magurie  Scotland MF 1980–1984 105 15 125 25
John Mahoney  Wales MF 1967–1977 314 15 329 28
John Malkin  England DF 1947–1956 190 0 190 27
John Marsh  England DF 1967–1979 424 9 433 2
Alan Martin  England U 1951–1955 115 0 115 6
Chris Maskery  England MF 1982–1987 96 12 108 5
Stanley Matthews  England MF 1932–1965 355 0 355 62
William Maxwell  Scotland FW 1895–1900 173 0 173 85
Alec Milne  England FB 1912–1926 276 0 276 0
Nicky Mohan  England DF 1999–2001 115 0 115 7
Nicky Morgan  England FW 1986–1990 88 16 104 26
Billy Mould  England DF 1937–1951 194 0 194 0
Frank Mountford  England U 1946–1957 425 0 425 24
George Mountford  England FW 1946–1950 158 0 158 29
Carl Muggleton  England GK 1993–2001 182 1 183 0
Ernest Mullineux  England DF 1907–1914 189 0 189 0
Willie Naughton  Scotland FW 1890–1895 101 0 101 25
Brendan O'Callaghan  Ireland FW 1977–1984 284 10 294 47
James O'Connor  Ireland MF 1996–2003 207 1 208 22
Jimmy O'Neill  Ireland GK 1960–1964 149 0 149 0
Toddy Orlygsson  Iceland MF 1993–1995 99 3 102 21
Alexander Ormston  England MF 1937–1951 192 0 192 30
Harry Oscroft  England MF 1950–1959 349 0 349 107
Vince Overson  England DF 1991–1996 170 0 170 6
Ian Painter  England FW 1982–1986 114 9 123 24
Calvin Palmer  England MF 1963–1967 196 0 196 27
Steve Parkin  England DF 1983–1989 128 9 137 5
Mike Pejic  England DF 1968–1976 336 0 336 8
Syd Peppitt  England MF 1936–1950 106 0 106 29
Don Ratcliffe  England MF 1954–1963 260 0 260 19
Paul Richardson  England MF 1977–1981 137 5 142 11
John Ritchie  England FW 1962–1975 332 11 343 171
Bill Robertson  England GK 1952–1960 250 0 250 0
Jack Robertson  Scotland DF 1894–1900 113 0 113 3
Jimmy Robertson  Scotland MF 1972–1977 121 18 139 14
William Robertson  Scotland DF 1929–1933 126 0 126 3
Leigh Richmond Roose  Wales GK 1901–1907 159 0 159 0
Bill Rowley  England GK 1887–1896 143 0 143 0
Darel Russell  England MF 2003–2008 176 6 182 16
Tommy Sale  England FW 1930–1946 207 0 207 101
Geoff Salmons  England MF 1974–1977 131 3 134 16
Lee Sandford  England DF 1989–1996 221 2 224 12
Carl Saunders  England FW 1982–1990 151 41 192 31
Joe Schofield  England FW 1891–1899 230 0 230 94
Charlie Scrimshaw  England FB 1929–1938 130 0 130 0
Harry Sellars  England HB 1923–1935 394 0 394 21
John Sellars  England HB 1946–1958 413 0 413 15
Graham Shaw  England FW 1985–1995 124 26 150 29
Ryan Shawcross  England DF 2007– 174 4 178 17
Peter Shilton  England GK 1974–1977 120 0 120 0
Mamady Sidibe  Mali FW 2005– 164 22 186 26
Lárus Sigurðsson  Iceland DF 1994–1999 225 3 228 7
Steve Simonsen  England GK 2004–2010 180 7 187 0
Eric Skeels  England DF 1959–1976 575 17 592 7
Alf Smith  England FW 1903–1915 149 0 149 72
Denis Smith  England DF 1968–1982 481 1 482 41
Dickie Smith  England HB 1919–1922 110 0 110 2
William Smith  England FW 1909–1913 141 0 141 62
Frank Soo  England FW 1933–1945 185 0 185 9
Thomas Sørensen  Denmark GK 2008– 107 1 108 0
William Specer  England FB 1926–1936 354 0 354 0
Freddie Steele  England FW 1933–1949 251 0 251 159
Mark Stein  South Africa FW 1992–1997 134 0 134 72
Willie Stevenson  Scotland MF 1976–1973 94 13 107 7
Albert Sturgess  England FB 1902–1908 135 0 135 4
Billy Tempest  England MF 1912–1924 217 0 217 30
Mickey Thomas  Wales MF 1983–1991 113 7 120 22
Wayne Thomas  England DF 2000–2005 215 2 217 8
Ken Thomson  Scotland DF 1952–1960 302 0 302 7
Peter Thorne  England FW 1997–2001 172 16 188 80
Arthur Turner  England DF 1930–1939 312 0 312 17
George Turner  England DF 1908–1914 189 0 189 17
Arthur Tutin  England HB 1933–1939 198 0 198 3
Alf Underwood  England FB 1887–1893 131 0 131 0
Dennis Viollet  England FW 1962–1967 206 1 207 66
Ray Wallace  England DF 1994–1999 181 27 208 16
Gavin Ward  England GK 1999–2002 100 0 100 0
Paul Ware  England MF 1987–1994 115 26 141 14
Arthur Watkin  England FW 1913–1925 177 0 177 14
Mart Watkins  Wales FW 1900–1908 139 0 139 52
Glenn Whelan  Ireland MF 2008– 112 34 146 8
Dean Whitehead  England MF 2009– 88 22 110 4
Andy Wilkinson  England DF 2001– 113 30 143 0
Norman Wilkinson  England GK 1935–1951 198 0 198 0
Tom Williamson  Scotland HB 1926–1930 162 0 162 15
Dennis Wilshaw  England FW 1957–1961 108 0 108 49
Charlie Wilson  England FW 1925–1930 167 0 167 118
Alf Wood  England HB 1895–1901 134 0 134 10

Player of the Year winners

Year Name Nationality Position
1978 Howard Kendall  England MF
1979 Mike Doyle  England DF
1980 Alan Dodd  England DF
1981 Peter Fox  England GK
1982 Peter Fox  England GK
1983 Mickey Thomas  Wales MF
1984 Steve Bould  England DF
1985 Sammy McIlroy  Northern Ireland MF
1986 Keith Bertschin  England FW
1987 Lee Dixon  England DF
1988 Steve Parkin  England DF
1989 Chris Kamara  England DF
1990 Peter Fox  England GK
1991 Mickey Thomas  Wales MF
1992 Wayne Biggins  England FW
1993 Mark Stein  South Africa FW
1994 Ian Cranson  England MF
1995 Lárus Sigurðsson  Iceland DF
1996 Ray Wallace  England DF
1997 Andy Griffin  England DF
1998 Justin Whittle  England DF
1999 Kevin Keen  England MF
2000 James O'Connor  Ireland MF
2001 Brynjar Gunnarsson  Iceland MF
2002 Wayne Thomas  England DF
2003 Sergei Shtanuk  Belarus DF
2004 Ade Akinbiyi  Nigeria FW
2005 Clint Hill  England DF
2006 Carl Hoefkens  Belgium DF
2007 Danny Higginbotham  England DF
2008 Liam Lawrence  Ireland MF
2009 Abdoulaye Faye  Senegal DF
2010 Matthew Etherington  England MF
2011 Robert Huth  Germany DF

Notes

References

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