List of Stevenage F.C. players

For a list of all Stevenage players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Stevenage F.C. players.

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Steve Morison, pictured here as club captain in 2009, scored 89 goals for Stevenage in 152 appearances between 2006 and 2009.

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, Stevenage gained Football Conference status in 1994 and spent sixteen straight seasons in the highest tier of non-league football, before they were promoted to League Two in 2010. In their first ever Football League season, Stevenage won promotion to League One, the third tier of English football. 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. Since the inaugural award was made to Mark Smith in 1994, three players have won the award twice, most recently defender Mark Roberts winning the award in 2009 and 2012. Jason Goodliffe has also won the award twice, in 2002 and 2003; and subsequently is the only player to have won the award in consecutive seasons. Defender Jon Ashton is the only player in the current squad to have won the award.

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. Gittings also holds the club record for total goals scored, 209. 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.

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 June 2014.

      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

• Note 1: Players in bold are still currently playing for Stevenage.

• Note 2: Players included in the list have to have made 50 appearances or more for Stevenage, or have to have gone on to play in the Premier League.

List of players

Name	Nationality	Position	Stevenage career	Captaincy	Appearances	Goals	Notes
Martin Gittings	England England	Striker	1980–1995		397	209
Ricky Marshall	England England	Striker	1983–1988		202	47
Des Gallagher	England England	Goalkeeper	1985–1988 1992–2000		387	1
Lawrence Honey	England England	Defender	1985–1988		142	2
Denny Tyler	England England	Defender	1985–1988		236	9
David Watkins	England England	Midfielder	1985–1988		144	9
Noel Blackwell	England England	Defender	1988–1998		255	8
Gary Bambrick	England England	Defender	1989–1990		53	1
Miguel Luque	England England	Midfielder	1989–1996		152	4
Tony Martin	England England	Defender	1989–1992		109	0
Rob McComb	England England	Striker	1989–1994		68	36
Colin McGill	England England	Defender	1989–1994		67	3
Stephen Gallagher	Ireland Ireland	Midfielder	1989–1993		61	47
Dave Brown	England England	Midfielder	1990–1994		174	20
Lee Burns	England England	Striker	1990–1991		50	7
Shaun Debnam	England England	Midfielder	1990–1994		193	28
Duncan Hardy	England England	Midfielder	1990–1992		71	17
Shaun Marshall	England England	Striker	1990–1996		207	52
Tony Ward	England England	Midfielder	1990–1993		61	7
Ian Whitehead	England England	Defender	1990–1992		110	1
Paul Bowgett	England England	Defender	1991–1993		97	6
Mickey Nunn	England England	Midfielder	1991–1994		55	6
Andy Walker	England England	Striker	1991–1992		54	10
Richard Wilmot	England England	Goalkeeper	1991–1998		163	0
Mark Smith	England England	Defender	1992–2001 2003–2004		466	30
Glen Alzapiedi	England England	Defender	1992–1994		51	4
Neil Trebble	England England	Striker	1992–1994 1996–1998		142	43
Steve Graham	England England	Midfielder	1992–1994		84	7
Stuart Beevor	England England	Midfielder	1993–1999		178	18
Rudi Hedman	England England	Defender	1993–1995		77	4
Gary Crawshaw	England England	Striker	1993–1998		124	44
Tony Joyce	England England	Defender	1993–1995		67	0
Efe Sodje	Nigeria Nigeria	Defender	1993–1997		140	13
Dave Venables	England England	Midfielder	1993–1997		101	2
Barry Hayles	Jamaica Jamaica	Striker	1994–1997		129	68
Phil Simpson	England England	Midfielder	1994–1995		65	6
Kenny Webster	England England	Defender	1994–1997		86	8
Tony Lynch	England England	Striker	1994–1996		85	19
Corey Browne	England England	Striker	1995–1997 2000–2001		91	35
Paul Barrowcliff	England England	Midfielder	1995–1997		101	12
Steve Berry	England England	Midfielder	1995–1997 1998–1999	1995–1997	83	2
Robbie Mutchell	England England	Defender	1995–1997		100	1
Ryan Kirby	England England	Defender	1996–2001		171	7
Michael Love	England England	Defender	1997–2000		121	12
Jason Soloman	England England	Midfielder	1997–1998		53	8
Robin Trott	England England	Defender	1997–2003	1997–2000	192	13
Kieren Webb	England England	Striker	1998–2000		11	4
Lee Howarth	England England	Defender	1998–2000		82	2
Lee Harvey	England England	Defender	1998–2000		92	0
Chris Taylor	England England	Goalkeeper	1998–2001		103	0
Paul Armstrong	England England	Striker	1999–2002		67	10
Dean Martin	England England	Midfielder	1999–2001		60	7
Richard Leadbeater	England England	Striker	1999–2001		62	12
Sam McMahon	England England	Midfielder	1999–2003	2000–2002	115	10
Nathan Bunce	England England	Defender	2000–2001 2003–2004		67	3
Adrian Clarke	England England	Midfielder	2000–2002		86	19
Neil Illman	England England	Striker	2000–2002		59	17
Martin Williams	England England	Midfielder	2001–2003		55	5
Lee Boylan	England England	Striker	2001 2008–2011		74	23
DJ Campbell	England England	Striker	2001–2003		31	5
Jason Goodliffe	England England	Defender	2001–2007	2002–2005	158	15
Sam Sodje	Nigeria Nigeria	Defender	2001–2002		32	2
Simon Wormull	England England	Midfielder	2001–2004		98	11
George Boyd	Scotland Scotland	Midfielder	2002–2007		123	31
Simon Travis	England England	Defender	2002–2004		72	1
Mark Westhead	England England	Goalkeeper	2002–2005		53	0
Jon Brady	Australia Australia	Midfielder	2003–2005		65	6
Anthony Elding	England England	Striker	2003–2006		124	56
Barry Laker	England England	Defender	2003–2006		118	6
Dino Maamria	Tunisia Tunisia	Striker	2003–2006 2009		108	38
Lionel Pérez	France France	Goalkeeper	2003–2006		38	0
Justin Gregory	England England	Defender	2003–2006		82	1
Michael Warner	England England	Defender	2003–2006		112	0
Michael Brough	England England	Midfielder	2004–2006 2009		53	4
Rob Quinn	Ireland Ireland	Midfielder	2004–2006		69	2
Dannie Bulman	England England	Midfielder	2004–2006		95	3
Matt Hocking	England England	Defender	2004–2006		60	1
Jon Nurse	Barbados Barbados	Striker	2004–2007		108	21
Ronnie Henry	England England	Defender	2005–2012	2005–2008	329	4
Alan Julian	Northern Ireland Northern Ireland	Goalkeeper	2005–2008 2011–2012		165	0
Darryn Stamp	England England	Striker	2005–2007		62	21
Santos Gaia	England Brazil	Defender	2006–2007		59	2
John Nutter	England England	Defender	2006–2007		73	8
Luke Oliver	England England	Defender	2006–2009		90	4
Adam Miller	England England	Midfielder	2006–2008		67	13
Craig Dobson	England Jamaica	Midfielder	2006–2008		75	17
Barry Fuller	England England	Defender	2006–2008		75	1
Steve Morison	Wales Wales	Striker	2006–2009	2008–2009	152	89
Mitchell Cole	England England	Midfielder	2007–2010		146	23
Daryl McMahon	Ireland Ireland	Midfielder	2007–2009		74	10
Lawrie Wilson	England England	Midfielder	2007–2012		191	15
Peter Vincenti	England England	Midfielder	2008–2011		76	7
Scott Laird	England England	Defender	2008–2012		230	23
Mark Albrighton	England England	Defender	2008–2010		61	1
Andy Drury	England England	Midfielder	2008–2010		75	13
David Bridges	England England	Midfielder	2008–2011		82	15
Michael Bostwick	England England	Midfielder	2008–2012		207	22
Chris Day	England England	Goalkeeper	2008–		238	0
Mark Roberts	England England	Defender	2008–2013	2009–2013	239	27
Jon Ashton	England England	Defender	2009–	2014–	215	5
Joel Byrom	England England	Midfielder	2009–2012		100	11
Chris Beardsley	England England	Striker	2009–2012		119	22
Yemi Odubade	Nigeria Nigeria	Striker	2009–2011		68	18
Stacy Long	England England	Midfielder	2009–2012		88	10
Darren Murphy	Ireland Ireland	Midfielder	2008–2012		54	2
John Mousinho	England England	Midfielder	2010–2012, 2014		81	12
Darius Charles	England England	Defender	2010–		133	15
Craig Reid	England England	Striker	2011–2012, 2014		58	9
Luke Freeman	England England	Midfielder	2011–2014		129	17
Robin Shroot	Northern Ireland Northern Ireland	Midfielder	2011–2014		74	11
Lucas Akins	England England	Midfielder	2012–2014		86	15
David Gray	Scotland Scotland	Defender	2012–2014		58	0
James Dunne	England England	Midfielder	2012–2014		59	7
Greg Tansey	England England	Midfielder	2012–2014		56	9
Filipe Morais	Portugal Portugal	Midfielder	2012–2014		55	7

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.

C. ^ Smith won the 1994–95 and 2000–01 Stevenage Player of the Year awards. 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. He has also featured in a World Cup for Nigeria.

E. ^ Hayles played for Fulham in the Premier League between the years 2001–2004. Hayles also won the 1995–96 Stevenage Player of the Year award. 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.

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

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

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

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

J. ^ Taylor won the 1999–00 Stevenage Player of the Year award. 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.

L. ^ Campbell plays for Queens Park Rangers in the Premier League, having signed for QPR for an undisclosed fee in August 2011.

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

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

O. ^ Boyd currently plays for Hull City in the Football League Championship. 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.

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

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

R. ^ Henry won the 2006–07 Stevenage Player of the Year award. 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.

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

T. ^ Morison won the 2007–08 Stevenage Player of the Year award. During his time as captain at the club, Morison lifted the FA Trophy in May 2009. He moved to Millwall for a fee of £130,000 in May 2009, and has since played internationally for Wales. He spent a year-and-a-half playing for Premier League side Norwich City, having signed for them for an undisclosed fee in June 2011. He now plays for Leeds United.

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

V. ^ Roberts won the 2008–09 and 2011–12 Stevenage Player of the Year awards. 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. 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.

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

X. ^ Dunne won the 2012–13 Stevenage Player of the Year award.

Y. ^ Freeman won the 2013–14 Stevenage Player of the Year award.

References

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External links

• Stevenage F.C. official website
• Stevenage F.C. on Soccerbase