List of Stevenage F.C. players

Stevenage Football Club is an English association football club based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, currently playing in League Two. 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 spent sixteen straight seasons in the highest tier of non-league football, before they were promoted to League Two in 2010.[2] In their first ever Football League season, Stevenage won promotion to League One, the third tier of English football.[3] Below, is a list of players who have made 50 or more appearances for the Hertfordshire club. 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.

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

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.[4] Three players have won the award twice; Mark Smith in 1995 and 2001, Jason Goodliffe in 2002 and 2003 and most recently defender Mark Roberts winning the award in 2009 and 2012.[4]

Ronnie Henry holds the record for Stevenage appearances with 502, and is followed by Mark Smith with 468.[5] Martin Gittings holds the club record for total goals scored, 217.[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.[5][6]

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 10 August 2020.

  Players who have won the 'Stevenage Player of the Year' award
  Players who hold a record at the club

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

List of players

Name	Nationality	Position	Stevenage career	Appearances^[A]	Goals	Notes
Danny Dance	England  England	Forward	1980–1982 1986	88	48
Peter Gittings	England  England	Midfielder	1980–1982 1985–1987	85	18
Andy Hughes	England  England	Midfielder	1980–1985	132	19
Tim Jolly	England  England	Striker	1980–1982	55	22
Trevor Metcalfe	England  England	Striker	1980–1984 1988	103	53
Doug Pirie	England  England	Midfielder	1980 1983–1989 1991	140	20
Martyn Thompson	England  England	Goalkeeper	1980–1982 1985–1987	60	0
Mitch Dee	England  England	Defender	1981–1983	60	2
Martin Gittings	England  England	Striker	1981–1994	378	217	^[B]
Wes Atwell	England  England	Forward	1982–1984	60	11
Graham Cox	England  England	Midfielder	1982–1990	286	58
Mick Adamson	England  England	Goalkeeper	1983–1984 1987	87	0
Paddy Butcher	England  England	Forward	1983–1985	85	32
Colin Cardines	England  England	Forward	1983–1984 1988–1989 1990–1993	54	27
Ricky Marshall	England  England	Striker	1983–1988	176	48
Denny Tyler	England  England	Defender	1983–1988	211	9
Steve Armsby	England  England	Forward	1984–1987 1990–1992	96	47
Tim Ball	England  England	Midfielder	1984–1987	71	2
Peter Shadbolt	England  England	Defender	1984–1987	74	1
Phil Driver	England  England	Forward	1985–1986	51	18
Des Gallagher	England  England	Goalkeeper	1985–1988 1992–2000	358	1
Lawrence Honey	England  England	Defender	1985–1988	120	1
Chris Myers	England  England	Forward	1985–1988	105	31
Richard Nugent	England  England	Defender	1985–1986 1989 1993–1995	139	16
David Watkins	England  England	Midfielder	1985–1988	137	8
Dave Brown	England  England	Midfielder	1986–1987 1990–1994	204	25
Dave Cooper	England  England	Defender	1986–1988	90	5
Paul Cumberbatch	England  England	Forward	1986–1988	86	20
John Templeton	England  England	Defender	1987–1989	82	6
Mark Timpson	England  England	Midfielder	1987–1990	93	27
Noel Blackwell	England  England	Defender	1988–1998	243	15
Gary Bambrick	England  England	Defender	1988–1990	93	2
Jimmy Hughes	England  England	Forward	1988 1990–1991	69	35
Shaun Marshall	England  England	Striker	1988–1996	195	51
Mark Taverner	England  England	Midfielder	1988–1990	72	6
Steve Taverner	England  England	Defender	1988–1990	64	4
Gary Williams	England  England	Forward	1988–1990	72	30
Lee Bozier	England  England	Goalkeeper	1989–1990	55	0
Shaun Debnam	England  England	Midfielder	1989–1994	190	27
Tony Martin	England  England	Defender	1989–1991	108	0
Rob McComb	England  England	Striker	1989–1993	68	36
Miguel Luque	England  England	Midfielder	1990–1994	148	4
Colin McGill	England  England	Defender	1990–1991 1993–1994	65	3
Duncan Hardy	England  England	Midfielder	1990–1992	68	18
Tony Ward	England  England	Midfielder	1990–1993	54	7
Lee Western	England  England	Goalkeeper	1990–1991	51	0
Ian Whitehead	England  England	Defender	1990–1992	110	1
Paul Bowgett	England  England	Defender	1991–1993	97	6
Mickey Nunn	England  England	Midfielder	1991–1993	51	5
Andy Walker	England  England	Striker	1991–1992	51	10
Richard Wilmot	England  England	Goalkeeper	1991–1998	159	0
Mark Smith	England  England	Defender	1992–2001 2003–2004	468	29
Neil Trebble	England  England	Striker	1992–1994 1996–1998	140	44
Steve Graham	England  England	Midfielder	1992–1994	83	7
Stuart Beevor	England  England	Midfielder	1993–1999	183	19
Rudi Hedman	England  England	Defender	1993–1995	77	4
Gary Crawshaw	England  England	Striker	1994–1998	147	52
Tony Joyce	England  England	Defender	1993–1994	68	0
Efe Sodje	Nigeria  Nigeria	Defender	1994–1997	137	13
Dave Venables	England  England	Midfielder	1993–1996	159	44
Barry Hayles	Jamaica  Jamaica	Striker	1994–1997	154	76	^[C]
Phil Simpson	England  England	Midfielder	1994–1995	65	7
Tony Lynch	England  England	Striker	1994–1996	85	19
Kenny Webster	England  England	Defender	1995–1997	85	8
Corey Browne	England  England	Striker	1995–1997 2000	93	35
Paul Barrowcliff	England  England	Midfielder	1995–1997	109	12
Steve Berry	England  England	Midfielder	1995–1996 1998–1999	82	2	^[D]
Robbie Mutchell	England  England	Defender	1995–1997	99	1
Ryan Kirby	England  England	Defender	1996–2001	167	7
Michael Love	England  England	Defender	1997–2000	124	12
Jason Soloman	England  England	Midfielder	1997–1998	53	8
Robin Trott	England  England	Defender	1997–2003	191	12
Carl Alford	England  England	Forward	1998–2000	95	59
Lee Howarth	England  England	Defender	1998–2000	82	2
Lee Harvey	England  England	Defender	1998–2000	93	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	60	12
Sam McMahon	England  England	Midfielder	1999–2003	114	11
Nathan Bunce	England  England	Defender	2000–2001 2003–2004	67	3
Adrian Clarke	England  England	Midfielder	2000–2002	85	19
Neil Illman	England  England	Striker	2000–2002	58	17
Martin Williams	England  England	Midfielder	2001–2003	56	5
Lee Boylan	England  England	Striker	2001 2008–2011	69	22
Jason Goodliffe	England  England	Defender	2001–2007	158	15
Simon Wormull	England  England	Midfielder	2001–2004	98	11
George Boyd	Scotland  Scotland	Midfielder	2002–2007	126	31	^[E]
Simon Travis	England  England	Defender	2002–2004	72	1
Mark Westhead	England  England	Goalkeeper	2002–2005	54	0
Jon Brady	Australia  Australia	Midfielder	2003–2005	64	6
Anthony Elding	England  England	Striker	2003–2006	125	57
Barry Laker	England  England	Defender	2003–2006	118	5
Dino Maamria	Tunisia  Tunisia	Striker	2003–2006 2009	108	38
Lionel Pérez	France  France	Goalkeeper	2003–2004	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	55	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	106	21
Ronnie Henry	England  England	Defender	2005–2012 2014–2019	502	4	^[F]
Alan Julian	Northern Ireland  Northern Ireland	Goalkeeper	2005–2008 2011–2012	166	0
Darryn Stamp	England  England	Striker	2005–2007	62	21
Santos Gaia	England  Brazil	Defender	2006–2007	58	2
John Nutter	England  England	Defender	2006–2007	73	8
Luke Oliver	England  England	Defender	2006–2009	91	5
Adam Miller	England  England	Midfielder	2006–2008	68	13
Craig Dobson	England  Jamaica	Midfielder	2006–2008	75	16
Barry Fuller	England  England	Defender	2006–2008	76	1
Steve Morison	Wales  Wales	Striker	2006–2009	153	89	^[G]
Mitchell Cole	England  England	Midfielder	2007–2010	144	23
Daryl McMahon	Ireland  Ireland	Midfielder	2007–2009	74	10
Lawrie Wilson	England  England	Midfielder	2007–2012	192	15
Peter Vincenti	England  England	Midfielder	2008–2011	77	7
Scott Laird	England  England	Defender	2008–2012	230	23
Mark Albrighton	England  England	Defender	2008–2010	56	1
Andy Drury	England  England	Midfielder	2008–2010	74	12
David Bridges	England  England	Midfielder	2008–2011	82	14
Michael Bostwick	England  England	Midfielder	2008–2012	206	21
Chris Day	England  England	Goalkeeper	2008–2018	361	0
Mark Roberts	England  England	Defender	2008–2013	237	27	^[H]
Jon Ashton	England  England	Defender	2009–2016	234	5
Joel Byrom	England  England	Midfielder	2009–2012 2018–2020	153	14
Chris Beardsley	England  England	Striker	2009–2012 2014–2015	149	26
Yemi Odubade	Nigeria  Nigeria	Striker	2009–2011	68	17
Stacy Long	England  England	Midfielder	2009–2012	89	10
Darren Murphy	Ireland  Ireland	Midfielder	2008–2012	53	2
John Mousinho	England  England	Midfielder	2010–2012 2014	83	12
Darius Charles	England  England	Defender	2010–2015	167	18
Byron Harrison	England  England	Forward	2010–2012 2016	55	13
Craig Reid	England  England	Forward	2011–2012 2014	61	8
Luke Freeman	England  England	Midfielder	2011–2014	129	17
Robin Shroot	Northern Ireland  Northern Ireland	Midfielder	2011–2014	75	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	62	9
Filipe Morais	Portugal  Portugal	Midfielder	2012–2014	66	12
Marcus Haber	Canada  Canada	Striker	2012–2014	51	7
Roarie Deacon	England  England	Midfielder	2013–2015	58	1
Dean Parrett	England  England	Midfielder	2013–2016 2019–2020	100	10
Charlie Lee	England  England	Midfielder	2014–2017	130	14
Tom Pett	England  England	Midfielder	2014–2018	159	22
Dean Wells	England  England	Defender	2014–2017	97	7
Chris Whelpdale	England  England	Midfielder	2014–2016 2017–2018	101	17
Ben Kennedy	Northern Ireland  Northern Ireland	Midfielder	2015–2020	167	31
Tom Conlon	England  England	Midfielder	2015–2018	73	2
Dale Gorman	Northern Ireland  Northern Ireland	Midfielder	2015–2018	69	3
Michael Tonge	England  England	Midfielder	2015–2017	61	3
Fraser Franks	England  England	Defender	2015–2018	120	8
Jamie Jones	England  England	Goalkeeper	2016–2017	57	0
Luke Wilkinson	England  England	Defender	2016–2019	119	8
Matt Godden	England  England	Striker	2016–2018	87	35
Jack King	England  England	Defender	2016–2018	76	3
Danny Newton	England  England	Forward	2017–	89	24
Terence Vancooten	Guyana  Guyana	Defender	2017–	59	0
Joe Martin	England  England	Defender	2017–2019	50	3
Ben Wilmot	England  England	Defender	2017–2018	15	0	^[I]
Alex Revell	England  England	Forward	2018–2019	57	13
Luther Wildin	Antigua and Barbuda  Antigua and Barbuda	Defender	2018–	64	2
Scott Cuthbert	Scotland  Scotland	Defender	2018–	74	4
Paul Farman	England  England	Goalkeeper	2018–2020	75	0
Emmanuel Sonupe	England  England	Midfielder	2018–2020	51	4
Kurtis Guthrie	England  England	Forward	2018–2020	62	19
Ben Nugent	England  England	Defender	2018–2020	64	1

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, Isthmian League and United Counties League. B. ^ Club record holder: Gittings holds for the club record for total goals scored, 217, from 1980 to 1995.[7] Gittings also won the Stevenage Player of the Year award for the 1993–94 season.[8] C. ^ Hayles was sold to Bristol Rovers for £250,000 in 1997, which was the club record for a transfer fee received by the club at the time.[9] He won the 1995–96 Stevenage Player of the Year award.[10] D. ^ Berry captained the club to the Conference National title in the 1995–96 season.[11] E. ^ Boyd previously held the club record for the highest transfer fee received by the club, £260,000, which was paid by Peterborough United on 8 January 2007.[12]

F. ^ Club record holder: Henry is the club's all-time record appearance holder having made 502 appearances.[5] He won the 2006–07 Stevenage Player of the Year award.[13] 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.[14] G. ^ During his time as captain at the club, Morison lifted the FA Trophy in May 2009.[15][16] He won the 2007–08 Stevenage Player of the Year award.[17] H. ^ Roberts captained the club to back-to-back promotions during the 2009–10[18] and 2010–11 seasons.[3] He won the 2008–09 and 2011–12 Stevenage Player of the Year awards.[19][20] I. ^ Club record holder: Wilmot was sold to Watford in May 2018 for a club record fee.[21] The fee received was over £1million.[22]

References

General

• "Stevenage FC Players". BoroGuide. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
• "Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
• "Stevenage news index". Stevenage F.C. Retrieved 29 January 2011.

Specific

1. "Stevenage Borough". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
2. "Kidderminster 0–2 Stevenage". BBC Sport. 17 April 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
3. "Stevenage promoted to League One by beating Torquay". BBC Sport. 28 May 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
4. "Player of the Year – History". Stevenage F.C. Supporters' Association. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
5. "Boroguide – Player Records". Boroguide. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
6. "Stevenage Player: Steve Morison profile". BoroGuide. 30 August 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
7. "Stevenage Player: Martin Gittings profile". BoroGuide. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
8. "Martin Gittings – Boroguide". Boroguide. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
9. "Barry Hayles all time playing career". Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
10. "Stevenage Player: Barry Hayles profile". BoroGuide. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
11. "Steve Berry – Boroguide". Boroguide. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
12. "Boyd finalises record Posh switch". BBC Sport. 8 January 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
13. "Stevenage Player: Ronnie Henry profile". BoroGuide. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
14. "Henry the first". TheFA.com. 13 May 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
15. "Stevenage 2–0 York". BBC Sport. 9 May 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
16. "Morison magic for Borough". TheFA.com. 9 May 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
17. "Player of the Year – Steve Morison". Stevenage Supporters' association. 4 May 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
18. "Stevenage secure Football League spot". BBC Sport. 17 April 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
19. "2008–2009 Player of the Year – Mark Roberts". Stevenage F.C. 20 April 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
20. "SA End Of Year Awards". Stevenage F.C. Supporters' Association. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
21. "Ben Wilmot signs with Watford for club record fee". Stevenage F.C. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
22. "Deadline Day: Stevenage's first £1m sale Ben Wilmot leaves Premier League Watford on loan to Udinese". The Comet. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

External links

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