List of York City F.C. players

Richard Cresswell was sold to Sheffield Wednesday for a club record fee of £950,000 in 1999.

York City Football Club is an English association football club based in York, North Yorkshire. Formed in May 1922, the club failed to be elected to the Football League for the coming season, but succeeded in gaining admission to the Midland League.^[1] After seven seasons of competing in the Midland League, the club was elected to play in the Football League ahead of the 1929–30 season.^[2] After 75 years of League membership, York were relegated to the Football Conference in 2004.^[3] This is where the club remained for eight years before promotion back into the League was achieved with victory in the 2012 Conference Premier play-off Final.^[4]

The club's first team have competed in numerous competitions, and all players who have played in 100 or more first-team 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 York 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. The names are ordered first by number of appearances in total, then by number of league matches played, and then if necessary by date of debut. All statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 25 April 2015.

Introduction

Barry Jackson holds the record for York total and league appearances, having played 539 games in all competitions and 482 games in the Football League between 1958 and 1970.^[5] He is followed by Andy McMillan, who made 492 total appearances and 421 league appearances from 1987 to 1999.^[5] The appearance record for a goalkeeper is held by Tommy Forgan, having played 428 games between 1954 and 1966.^[6] The player who has won the most international caps while at the club is Peter Scott with seven for Northern Ireland from 1976 to 1978.^[7]

The goalscoring record is held by Norman Wilkinson, with 127 league goals, and 143 in total, scored between 1954 and 1966.^[5] Keith Walwyn came three goals from equalling Wilkinson's total goals record, with 140 goals, including 119 in the league, scored between 1981 and 1987.^[5] Jimmy Cowie holds the records for the most league and total goals scored in a season, set in 1928–29, with 49 league goals in as many games in the Midland League and 56 goals in all competitions.^[8] For the Football League-era, the record for most goals in a season is held by Arthur Bottom, who scored 39 in the 1954–55 season.^[9]

Key

Player

• Players marked * were registered for the club as at the date specified above.
• Players with name in italics and marked were on loan from another club for the duration of their York career. The loaning club is noted in the Notes column.
• Players marked have won the York City Clubman of the Year award.^[10][11]

Position

• Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. Thus the change in the names of defensive and midfield positions reflects the tactical evolution that occurred from the 1960s onwards.

Club career

• Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.

League appearances and League goals

• League appearances and goals comprise those in the Midland League, the Football League and the Football Conference. Appearances in the 1939–40 Football League season, abandoned after three games because of the Second World War, are excluded.^[12]

Total appearances and Total goals

• Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Midland League, Football League (including play-offs), Football Conference (including play-offs), FA Cup, Football League Third Division North Cup, Football League Cup, Associate Members' Cup/Football League Trophy, FA Trophy and Conference League Cup. Matches in wartime competitions are excluded.^[12]

International selection

• Countries are listed only for players who have been selected for international football. Only the highest level of international competition is given, except where a player competed for more than one country, in which case the highest level reached for each country is shown.
• For players having played at full international level, the caps column counts the number of such appearances during his career with the club.

Players with 100 or more appearances

Paul Barnes, who was York City's top scorer in each of his four seasons at the club, won the Clubman of the Year award in the 1993–94 season.^[13]

Matty Blair scored the goal that sent York back to the Football League with the winner in the 2012 Conference Premier play-off Final.^[4]

Chris Brass was player-manager from 2003 to 2004, in which time the club was relegated to the Conference National.^[14]

Wally Gould was noted for his speed while playing on the wing for York from 1961 to 1963.^[15]

Michael Ingham is the second highest appearing goalkeeper in York's history behind Tommy Forgan.

Dean Kiely played in goal in York's penalty shoot-out victory over Crewe Alexandra in the 1993 Football League Third Division play-off Final.^[16]

John Mackin was a key figure in the York side that won promotion to the Third Division in the 1970–71 season.^[17]

Graeme Murty was sold to Reading for a fee of £700,000 in 1998.^[18]

Chris Smith captained the York team that won the 2012 FA Trophy and the 2012 Conference Premier play-offs.^[19][20]

Gordon Staniforth was voted Clubman of the Year in successive seasons, winning the award in 1977–78 and 1978–79.

Steve Tutill made 366 appearances for York between 1987 and 1997.

Norman Wilkinson is York's record goalscorer with 143 goals in a 12-year career with the club.

Players with 100 or more competitive appearances for York City F.C.

Player	Position	Club career	League apps	League goals	Total apps	Total goals	International selection	Caps	Notes	Refs
Jackson, BarryBarry Jackson	DF	1958–1970	482	9	539	10	—	& —	[upper-alpha 1]
McMillan, AndyAndy McMillan	DF	1987–1999	421	5	492	5	—	& —
Topping, ChrisChris Topping	DF	1968–1978	412	11	463	13	—	& —
Hall, WayneWayne Hall	DF	1989–2001	373	9	438	11	—	& —
Ford, GaryGary Ford	MF	1978–1987	366	53	435	64	—	& —
Forgan, TommyTommy Forgan	GK	1954–1966	388	0	428	0	—	& —	[upper-alpha 2]
Canham, TonyTony Canham	MF	1985–1995	347	57	413	70	—	& —
Wilkinson, NormanNorman Wilkinson	FW	1954–1966	354	127	401	143	—	& —	[upper-alpha 3]
Burrows, PhilPhil Burrows	DF	1966–1974	337	14	390	15	—	& —
Hughes, BillyBilly Hughes	FW	1951–1961	349	55	380	58	—	& —
Tutill, SteveSteve Tutill	DF	1987–1997	301	6	366	7	—	& —
Storey, SidSid Storey	FW	1947–1956	330	40	354	42	—	& —
Hood, DerekDerek Hood	DF / MF	1980–1988	300	32	354	36	—	& —
Brown, GordonGordon Brown	FW / HB	1950–1958	322	25	351	25	—	& —
Howe, GeorgeGeorge Howe	FB	1954–1961	307	0	338	0	—	& —
McGurk, DavidDavid McGurk	DF	2004–2014	284	6	332	6	—	& —	[L 1]
Ingham, MichaelMichael Ingham *	GK	2003 2008–	272	0	325	0	Northern Ireland	0	[L 2]	[21]
Parslow, DannyDanny Parslow *	DF	2006–	260	3	315	4	Wales semi-pro	& —		[7]
Swallow, BarryBarry Swallow	DF	1969–1976	269	21	312	27	—	& —	[upper-alpha 4]
Spence, RonRon Spence	HB	1948–1958	280	25	306	26	—	& —
Pollard, BrianBrian Pollard	MF	1972–1977 1981–1984	264	60	302	68	England youth	& —		[22]
Wragg, PeterPeter Wragg	FW / HB	1956–1963	264	78	297	87	—	& —
Walwyn, KeithKeith Walwyn	FW	1981–1987	245	119	291	140	—	& —
Pepper, NigelNigel Pepper	MF	1990–1997	235	40	281	45	—	& —
Crawford, GraemeGraeme Crawford	GK	1971–1977 1980	252	0	280	0	—	& —
Fenton, BillyBilly Fenton	FW	1951–1958	257	118	278	124	—	& —	[upper-alpha 5]
Patrick, MattMatt Patrick	U	1946–1954	248	47	261	48	—	& —	[upper-alpha 6]
Middlemas, JackJack Middlemas	HB	1923–1929	228	4	259	5	—	& —
Woods, AlanAlan Woods	MF	1960–1966	228	4	259	4	England youth	& —		[25]
Wass, TedTed Wass	FB / HB	1932–1939	222	0	253	0	—	& —
Fenoughty, TomTom Fenoughty	FW	1926–1934	229	97	252	104	—	& —
Hathway, TedTed Hathway	HB / FW	1933–1939	218	38	250	43	—	& —	[upper-alpha 7]
Aimson, PaulPaul Aimson	FW	1964–1966 1969–1973	219	98	248	113	—	& —
Patrick, AlfAlf Patrick	FW	1946–53	228	109	241	117	—	& —	[upper-alpha 6][upper-alpha 8]
Kiely, DeanDean Kiely	GK	1991–1996	210	0	239	0	Republic of Ireland England youth	0		[28][29]
Baker, GerryGerry Baker	DF	1963–1968	214	7	234	9	—	& —
McCarthy, JonJon McCarthy	MF	1990–1995 2002	200	31	234	38	Northern Ireland	0		[30]
Stewart, AlanAlan Stewart	HB	1949–1956	208	1	231	1	—	& —
Pinder, JackJack Pinder	FB	1932–1948	199	4	229	4	—	& —	[upper-alpha 6]
Smith, ChrisChris Smith	DF	2001–2004 2010–2013	188	7	222	9	—	& —	[L 3]
Simpson, JohnJohn Simpson	FB	1948–1953	207	0	220	0	—	& —
Brenen, BertBert Brenen	U	1939–1951	204	13	218	15	—	& —	[upper-alpha 6]
Heron, TommyTommy Heron	DF	1961–1966	192	6	216	6	—	& —
Rudd, BillyBilly Rudd	FW	1962–1966	193	30	212	31	—	& —
Spooner, PeterPeter Spooner	FW	1931–1933 1935–1939	189	42	212	48	—	& —
Barras, TonyTony Barras	DF	1994–1999	171	11	206	15	—	& —
Senior, SteveSteve Senior	DF	1981–1987	168	6	206	7	—	& —
Bullock, LeeLee Bullock	MF	1998–2004 2012–2013	183	24	202	27	—	& —
Bushell, SteveSteve Bushell	MF	1991–1998	174	11	201	14	—	& —
Byrne, JohnJohn Byrne	FW	1979–1984	175	55	199	64	Republic of Ireland	0		[28]
McDonald, IanIan McDonald	MF	1977–1981	175	29	195	31	—	& —
Jordan, ScottScott Jordan	MF	1992–2001	167	12	194	16	—	& —
Woodward, JohnJohn Woodward	DF / MF	1971–1977	167	6	191	6	Scotland youth	& —		[31]
Mackin, JohnJohn Mackin	DF	1969–1973	160	7	184	8	—	& —
Himsworth, GaryGary Himsworth	U	1987–1990 1996–1998	157	11	184	13	—	& —
Nogan, LeeLee Nogan	FW	2001–2005	165	35	183	37	Wales	0		[32]
Phillips, ErnieErnie Phillips	FB	1954–1958	164	2	183	2	—	& —
Seal, JimmyJimmy Seal	FW	1972–1976	161	43	183	48	—	& —
Kay, RoyRoy Kay	DF	1978–1982	160	8	183	8	—	& —
Helliwell, IanIan Helliwell	FW	1987–1991	160	40	183	48	—	& —
Hay, AlanAlan Hay	DF	1982–1986 1988	151	3	182	4	—	& —
Andrews, PercyPercy Andrews	FB	1947–1954	176	0	181	0	—	& —
Holmes, IanIan Holmes	MF	1973–1977	159	30	180	35	—	& —
Provan, AndyAndy Provan	MF	1964–1968	160	49	179	54	—	& —
Ranby, SamSam Ranby	FW	1925–1929	158	40	179	52	—	& —
Atkin, PaulPaul Atkin	U	1991–1997	153	3	179	3	England youth	& —		[33]
Sbragia, RickyRicky Sbragia	DF	1982–1987	149	7	179	10	—	& —
Barnes, PaulPaul Barnes	FW	1992–1996	148	76	179	85	—	& —
MacPhail, JohnJohn MacPhail	DF	1983–1986	142	24	173	29	—	& —	[L 4]
Banton, DaleDale Banton	FW	1984–1988	138	49	173	55	—	& —
Haslegrave, SeanSean Haslegrave	MF	1983–1987	142	0	172	0	—	& —
Walker, DennisDennis Walker	FW / MF	1964–1968	154	19	169	19	—	& —
Brass, ChrisChris Brass	DF	2001–2004	152	6	166	8	—	& —	[upper-alpha 4]
Marples, ChrisChris Marples	GK	1988–1993	138	0	166	0	—	& —
Brodie, RichardRichard Brodie	FW	2007–2010	135	53	165	69	England C	& —		[36]
Staniforth, GordonGordon Staniforth	FW	1976–1979 1987–1988	147	34	164	40	—	& —	[L 5]
Barratt, TonyTony Barratt	DF / MF	1989–1995	147	10	164	10	—	& —
Clements, AndyAndy Clements	U	1977–1981	148	6	163	8	—	& —
Meredith, JamesJames Meredith	DF	2009–2012	131	3	162	3	—	& —
Bottom, ArthurArthur Bottom	FW	1954–1958	137	92	158	105	—	& —	[upper-alpha 5]
Fountain, JackJack Fountain	HB	1960–1964	130	3	152	4	—	& —
Fox, StanStan Fox	FW	1932–1938	136	4	151	5	—	& —
Bingley, WalterWalter Bingley	DF	1960–1963	130	5	151	5	—	& —
Blackstone, IanIan Blackstone	FW	1990–1994	129	37	148	42	—	& —
Purkiss, BenBen Purkiss	DF	2007–2010	120	2	148	3	—	& —	[L 6]
Edmondson, DarrenDarren Edmondson	DF	2000–2004	131	6	147	6	—	& —
Jones, BarryBarry Jones	DF	1997–2001	134	5	145	6	—	& —	[L 7]
Jones, RogerRoger Jones	GK	1982–1985	122	0	141	0	England under-23	& —		[37]
Murty, GraemeGraeme Murty	MF / DF	1993–1998	117	7	141	9	Scotland	0		[38]
Baines, RegReg Baines	FW	1924–1926 1931–1933 1937–1938	129	88	140	93	—	& —
Fettis, AlanAlan Fettis	GK	2000–2003	125	0	140	0	Northern Ireland	0		[39]
Chambers, AshleyAshley Chambers	MF	2010–2014	121	21	140	23	England C	& —	[L 8]	[36][40]
Gould, WallyWally Gould	MF	1961–1963	120	25	138	27	—	& —
Wharton, NormanNorman Wharton	GK	1936–1939	117	0	138	0	—	& —
Johnson, SamSam Johnson	FB	1929–1933	124	0	137	0	—	& —
Allen, BillyBilly Allen	HB	1946–1950	130	23	136	24	—	& —	[upper-alpha 6][upper-alpha 7]
Panther, MannyManny Panther	MF	2005–2008	121	4	136	4	Scotland youth	& —		[41]
Gledhill, SammySammy Gledhill	HB	1936–1949	123	6	135	8	—	& —	[upper-alpha 6][upper-alpha 7]
Thompson, OllieOllie Thompson	HB	1929–1932	121	2	133	2	—	& —
Dunning, DarrenDarren Dunning	MF	2003–2006	121	7	131	9	—	& —
Beck, HarryHarry Beck	HB	1929–1932	119	12	131	12	—	& —
Potter, GrahamGraham Potter	DF	2000–2003	114	5	131	8	England under-21	& —		[42]
Naylor, GlennGlenn Naylor	FW	1990–1996	111	30	129	32	—	& —
Hughes, JimmyJimmy Hughes	FW	1934–1939	106	30	127	36	—	& —
Boyer, PhilPhil Boyer	FW	1968–1970	109	27	126	34	England	0		[43]
Mills, SimonSimon Mills	MF	1985–1987	99	4	126	8	England youth	& —		[44]
Mollatt, RonRon Mollatt	HB	1955–1960	124	1	125	1	—	& —
Cresswell, RichardRichard Cresswell	FW	1996–1999 2013	106	23	124	26	England under-21	& —	[upper-alpha 9][L 4]	[47]
Dunmore, DaveDave Dunmore	FW	1952–1954 1965–1967	111	38	123	41	—	& —
Reid, ShaunShaun Reid	MF	1988–1992	106	7	122	8	—	& —
James, SteveSteve James	DF	1976–1980	105	1	119	2	England youth	& —		[48]
Howlett, GaryGary Howlett	MF	1988–1991	101	13	119	13	Republic of Ireland	0		[28]
Merris, DaveDave Merris	DF	2003–2006	109	2	118	3	—	& —
Randall, KevinKevin Randall	FW	1977–1981	107	27	118	31	—	& —	[upper-alpha 4]
Crosby, MalcolmMalcolm Crosby	MF	1981–1985	103	4	117	4	—	& —
Stephenson, PaulPaul Stephenson	MF	1995–1998	97	8	117	9	England youth	& —		[49]
Spence, JoeJoe Spence	FB / HB	1950–1953	110	0	115	0	—	& —
Scott, PeterPeter Scott	DF	1975–1978	100	3	114	3	Northern Ireland England youth	7	[upper-alpha 10]	[7][50]
Walsh, JimmyJimmy Walsh	DF	1978–1981	99	2	114	2	—	& —
Loughran, JimmyJimmy Loughran	HB	1925–1928 1931	97	12	114	16	—	& —
Evans, ChrisChris Evans	DF	1982–1985	96	1	114	1	—	& —
Taylor, ArchieArchie Taylor	MF	1968–1971	96	8	112	9	—	& —
Rankine, MichaelMichael Rankine	FW	2009–2011 2013	93	20	111	24	—	& —	[L 9]	[51]
Farrell, CraigCraig Farrell	FW	2006–2009	91	21	111	27	England youth	& —		[52]
Warburton, RayRay Warburton	DF	1989–1993	90	9	111	11	—	& —
Cooper, RichardRichard Cooper	MF	2001–2004	100	4	110	4	England youth	& —		[53]
Hodgson, BillyBilly Hodgson	FW	1967–1970	98	3	110	3	—	& —
Rowe, RodneyRodney Rowe	FW	1997–1999	97	21	110	28	—	& —
Hocking, MattMatt Hocking	DF	1999–2002	97	2	110	2	—	& —	[L 5]
McMahon, KevinKevin McMahon	FW	1969–1972	93	31	110	35	—	& —
Cave, MickyMicky Cave	MF	1974–1977	96	13	109	15	—	& —
Duckworth, DickDick Duckworth	HB	1936–1939	88	0	109	0	—	& —	[upper-alpha 4]
Jones, ChrisChris Jones	FW	1973–1975	95	34	107	37	—	& —
Hewitt, DickDick Hewitt	FW	1969–1972	91	7	106	9	—	& —
Oyebanjo, LanreLanre Oyebanjo	DF	2011–2014	92	2	105	3	Republic of Ireland under-21	& —		[54]
Faulkner, SteveSteve Faulkner	DF	1978–1981	90	7	105	8	—	& —
Linaker, JohnnyJohnny Linaker	FW	1950–1951 1953–1955	98	20	103	20	—	& —
Coulson, MichaelMichael Coulson *	MF	2012–	94	15	103	16	England C	& —		[36]
Stancliffe, PaulPaul Stancliffe	DF	1991–1994	91	3	103	3	—	& —
Pouton, AlanAlan Pouton	MF	1996–1999	90	7	103	8	—	& —
Tinkler, MarkMark Tinkler	MF	1997–1999	90	7	103	7	England youth	& —		[55]
Davidson, IanIan Davidson	MF	1969–1971	86	4	102	8	—	& —
Woolford, MartynMartyn Woolford	MF	2006–2008	86	22	102	25	England C	& —		[7]
Tolson, NeilNeil Tolson	FW	1996–1999	84	18	102	24	—	& —
Blair, MattyMatty Blair	MF	2011–2013	85	16	101	27	England C	& —		[36]
Sodje, OnomeOnome Sodje	FW	2007–2009	81	21	101	24	—	& —

Players with fewer than 100 appearances

Footnotes

Player statistics include games played while on loan from:

References

General

• Batters, Dave (2008). York City: The Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-633-0. 
• Windross, Dave; Jarred, Martin (1997). Citizens and Minstermen, A Who's Who of York City FC 1922–1997. Selby: Citizen Publications. ISBN 978-0-9531005-0-7. 
• "York City". Soccerbase. 

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