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A man wearing a football shirt with alternate light and dark stripes: his arms folded, standing in front of an indistinct background. He has short dark hair and a moustache.
Dick Pudan from the 1904-05 Southern League championship winning team
A middle aged man wearing shirt, grey pullover and light grey anorak, holding a trophy cup. other people behind him, all standing on grass. Bottom right of picture cut off by a wall.
Bristol Rovers record goalscorer, Geoff Bradford, who scored 355 goals for the club, 242 of which were in The Football League. Picture taken in 1988, when he was aged 61.
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Ben Appleby, who played 180 games in the Southern League for Bristol Rovers
For the current Bristol Rovers squad, see Bristol Rovers F.C.#Current squad.

Bristol Rovers F.C. is an English professional association football club based in Bristol, playing in Football League One, the third tier of the English football league system, as of the 2009–10 season. The club was formed in 1883 under the name Black Arabs F.C.[1] playing their home games at Purdown in Bristol,[2] but they used the name for only a single season, becoming Eastville Rovers[1] and moving to a site known as Three Acres in 1884. Eastville Rovers were somewhat nomadic, moving home in 1891 to the Schoolmaster's Cricket Ground, in 1892 to Durdham Down, and in 1894 to Ridgeway, before finally settling at Eastville Stadium and changing their name to Bristol Eastville Rovers in 1897.[2] Two years later, in 1899, they adopted their current name of Bristol Rovers when they became founder members of the Southern League.[1] They remained at Eastville Stadium for 99 years, before taking the decision to leave in 1986 when financial pressures meant that they could no longer afford to pay the rent, whereupon they moved to Bath City's Twerton Park, a move which saved the club £30,000 a year.[3] After ten years playing in Bath, the club returned to Bristol in 1997 when they agreed to share Bristol Rugby's Memorial Stadium.[4] Since joining The Football League in 1920, when the top division of the Southern League effectively became the Football League Third Division, Rovers have spent the majority of their time in the second and third tiers of the English football league system, having never played in the top flight and only spent six years from 2001 until 2007 in the fourth tier.[5][6]

In the football club's early history the appearance record was held by goalkeeper Arthur Cartlidge, who played in 258 Southern League games between 1901 and 1908. His record stood until broken by another goalkeeper, Jesse Whatley, who played fourteen times in the Southern League and a further 372 in The Football League, making a total of 386 overall. When Manager Bert Tann joined Rovers in 1950 he introduced a no buy/no sell policy, which led to some players in that era having a very high number of appearances for the club, in fact all of the top nine most used players played under Tann's management, each playing over 400 times. These nine were Bobby Jones (421 appearances), Alfie Biggs (424), Ray Warren (450), Harold Jarman (452), George Petherbridge (457), Geoff Bradford (462), Jackie Pitt (466), Harry Bamford (486), and the club's all-time leading appearance maker Stuart Taylor, who played in 546 League games between 1965 and 1980. The club's highest goalscorer by a wide margin is Geoff Bradford, who scored 242 times in The Football League,[7] beating the next highest scorer Alfie Biggs by 64 goals.[8]

Players with at least 100 professional league appearances

Includes professional league appearances only, which are games played in the Southern League (1899–1920) and Football League (1920 onwards). Includes substitute appearances. Statistics are correct as of 26 December 2009, and current players are marked in bold.

Position key: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

Name Nationality[a] Position Bristol Rovers
career		 Appearances[b] Goals[c] References[d]
Junior Agogo  Ghana FW 2003–2006 126 41 [9]
Peter Aitken  Wales MF 1972–1980 234 3
Ian Alexander  Scotland DF 1986–1994 291 6
Ben Appleby  England MF 1903–1908 180 9
Lee Archer  England MF 1991–1997 126 13
Harry Armitage  England DF 1922–1926 122 0
Vitālijs Astafjevs  Latvia MF 2000–2003 110 16
Harry Bamford  England DF 1946–1958 486 5
Bruce Bannister  England FW 1971–1977 206 80
Mike Barrett  England MF 1979–1984 128 18
Phil Bater  Wales DF 1974–1981
1983–1986		 310 3
Peter Beadle  England FW 1995–1998 109 39
Bert Bennett  England DF 1911–1915 101 0
Fred Bennett  England DF 1925–1930 129 2
Alfie Biggs  England FW 1953–1961
1962–1968		 424 178
Geoff Bradford  England FW 1949–1964 462 242
James Brogan  Scotland FW 1910–1915 106 24
John Brown  England FW 1963–1968 156 32
Marcus Browning  Wales MF 1989–1997 174 11
Bryan Bush  England MF/FW 1947–1955 113 19
Stuart Campbell  Scotland MF 2004– 216 2 [10]
Chris Carruthers  England DF 2005 (loan)
2005–2008		 100 1 [11]
Arthur Cartlidge  England GK 1901–1908 258 0
Trevor Challis  England DF 1998–2003 146 1
Justin Channing  England MF 1992–1996 130 10
Billy B. Clark  Scotland FW 1904–1908 133 35
Billy R. Clark  England DF 1987–1997 248 12
Andy Collett  England GK 1994–1999 107 0
Fred Corbett  England FW 1901–1903
1904–1905
1908–1911		 139 52
Ellis Crompton  England FW 1913–1921 150 36
Jamie Cureton  England FW 1996–2000 174 72
Joe Davis  England DF 1960–1967 211 4
Graham Day  England DF 1973–1979 130 1
Craig Disley  England MF 2004–2009 203 25 [12]
Ronnie Dix  England FW 1928–1932 100 33
Alec Donald  Scotland DF 1932–1936 136 0
Hughie Dunn  Scotland DF 1901–1906 155 1
Jim Eadie  Scotland GK 1973–1977 183 0
Nathan Ellington  England FW 1999–2002 116 35
Steve Elliott  England DF 2004– 203 16 [13]
Gordon Fearnley  England FW 1970–1977 120 21
Steve Foster  England DF 1997–2002 197 7
Geoff Fox  England DF 1947–1955 276 2
Ray Graydon  England MF 1965–1971 133 33
Arthur Griffiths  England DF 1897–1904 105 1
Andy Gurney  England DF 1992–1997 108 9
Lewis Haldane  Wales MF/FW 2002– 147 15 [14]
Denzil Hale  England MF/FW 1952–1959 120 12
Bernard Hall  England GK 1959–1967 163 0
Ian Hamilton  England FW 1958–1968 149 60
David Harvie  Scotland DF 1910–1920 219 1
James Haydon  England DF 1921–1930 290 5
Doug Hillard  England DF 1957–1968 318 12
Craig Hinton  England DF 2004–2009 153 3 [15]
Leonard Hodges  England FW 1946–1950 118 20
Ian Holloway  England MF 1981–1985
1987–1991
1996–1999		 397 42
Peter Hooper  Kenya FW 1953–1962 297 101
Bert Hoyle  England GK 1950–1953 104 0
Harold Jarman  England MF 1959–1973 452 127
Bobby Jones  England FW 1956–1966
1967–1973		 421 101
Glyn Jones  Wales DF 1962–1966 153 0
Vaughan Jones  Wales DF 1976–1982
1984 (loan)
1985–1993		 381 12
Wayne Jones  Wales MF 1966–1972 224 28
Vic Lambden  England FW 1945–1955 268 117
Rickie Lambert  England FW 2006–2009 128 51 [16]
Aaron Lescott  England DF 2004 (loan)
2004–		 200 5 [17]
Chris Lines  England MF 2004– 104 13 [18]
James Lofthouse  England FW 1923–1926 105 15
Gary Mabbutt  England DF 1977–1982 131 10
Ray Mabbutt  England MF 1956–1969 395 27
Nigel Martyn  England GK 1987–1989 101 0
Wally McArthur  England MF 1933–1950 261 14
Aidan McCaffrey  England DF 1980–1985 184 11
Jock McLean  Scotland MF 1933–1938 134 1
George McNestry  England FW 1932–1935 113 42
David Mehew  England MF 1985–1994 222 63
Barrie Meyer  England FW 1953–1958 139 60
Paul Miller  England FW 1994–1997 110 20
Jerry Morgan  England FW 1920–1925 114 25
William Morgan  England FW 1946–1952 104 24
Alex Munro  Scotland DF/MF/FW 1962–1971 169 11
Joseph Nicholls  England GK 1936–1939 112 0
Matt O'Mahoney  Ireland DF 1936–1939 101 6
Terence Oldfield  England MF/FW 1958–1966 132 11
William Palmer  England FW 1912–1913
1919–1922		 102 14
Brian Parkin  England GK 1989–1996
1999–2000		 246 0
Tim Parkin  England DF 1981–1986 206 12
Lindsay Parsons  England DF 1963–1977 360 0
Gary Penrice  England MF/FW 1983–1989
1997–2002		 257 60
Billy Peplow  England FW 1908–1915 216 42
George Petherbridge  England FW 1945–1962 457 85
Steve Phillips  England GK 2006– 136 0 [19]
Bill Pickering  England DF 1931–1937 215 1
Jackie Pitt  England MF 1946–1960 466 16
Tony Pounder  England MF 1990–1994 113 10
Frankie Prince  Wales MF 1967–1980 362 22
David Pritchard  England DF 1994–2001 163 1
Dick Pudan  England DF 1902–1907 116 0
Tony Pulis  Wales DF/MF 1975–1981
1982–1984		 130 5
Phil Purnell  England MF 1985–1992 153 22
Walter Pyle  England DF 1955–1962 139 0
Howard Radford  Wales GK 1951–1962 245 0
Paul Randall  England FW 1977–1978
1981–1986		 240 94
Andy Reece  England MF 1987–1993 239 17
Phil Roberts  Wales DF/MF 1968–1973 175 6
Thomas Roberts  England MF/FW 1925–1930 120 6
Peter Roney  Scotland GK 1909–1915 178 1
Bill Roost  England FW 1948–1957 178 49
Peter Sampson  England MF 1948–1961 340 4
Carl Saunders  England FW 1990–1993 142 42
Bill Shaw  Scotland MF 1909–1912 103 6
Dick Sheppard  England GK 1969–1975 151 0
Justin Skinner  England MF 1991–1998 187 11
Neil Slatter  Wales DF 1980–1985 148 4
Jack Smart  England MF 1905–1910 105 3
David Staniforth  England FW 1974–1979 153 32
Tom Stanton  Scotland DF/MF 1968–1976 172 7
Archie Stephens  England FW 1981–1985 127 40
Kenny Stephens  England MF 1970–1977 223 11
Worrell Sterling  England MF 1993–1996 119 6
Marcus Stewart  England FW 1991–1996 171 57
David Stone  England DF 1960–1968 148 6
Norman Sykes  England MF 1952–1964 214 5
Nick Tanner  England DF 1985–1988 107 3
Stuart Taylor  England DF 1965–1980 546 28
Martin Thomas  Wales GK 1977–1983 162 0
Andy Thomson  England DF 1999–2002 127 6
Andy Tillson  England DF 1992–2000 253 11
Geoff Twentyman  England DF 1986–1993 252 6
George Walker  England MF 1912–1915 107 12
Richard Walker  England FW 2004–2009 143 46 [20]
Alan Warboys  England FW 1973–1977 144 53
Dai Ward  Wales FW 1954–1961 175 90
Ray Warren  England MF 1936–1956 450 28
Barry Watkins  Wales DF/FW 1945–1957 115 7
Josser Watling  England DF/FW 1947–1963 323 19
Arthur Weare  Wales GK 1945–1951 141 0
Jesse Whatley  England GK 1919–1930 386 0
Ernest Whatmore  England FW 1923–1928 134 40
Devon White  England FW 1987–1992 202 52
Steve White  England FW 1977–1979
1983–1986		 150 44
Brian Williams  England DF 1981–1985 163 20
David Williams  Wales MF 1975–1985 352 66
Geraint Williams  Wales MF 1980–1985 141 8
Louis Williams  England MF 1909–1912 106 1
Steve Yates  England DF 1986–1993 197 0

Notes

  • a Players' nationality is defined as the country that they have represented at international level if they have done so, otherwise their country of birth.
  • b Number of league appearances for Bristol Rovers.
  • c Number of league goals scored for Bristol Rovers.
  • d Unless otherwise stated, all player statistics are taken from Byrne & Jay (2003).

References

  1. ^ a b c "Dates & Honours". Bristol Rovers Football Club. 6 August 2007. Retrieved 10 January 2009.
  2. ^ a b Rollin & Rollin (2009), page 114
  3. ^ Bryne & Jay (2003), page 384
  4. ^ Byrne & Jay (2003), page 433
  5. ^ Byrne & Jay (2003), page 456
  6. ^ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2007). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2007–2008. London: Headline. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-7553-1664-9.
  7. ^ Rollin & Rollin (2009), page 115
  8. ^ Jay, Mike; Byrne, Stephen (1994). Pirates in Profile: A Who's Who of Bristol Rovers Players. Bristol: Potten, Baber & Murray. p. 72. ISBN 9780952483502.
  9. ^ "Junior Agogo". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
  10. ^ "Stuart Campbell". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
  11. ^ "Chris Carruthers". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
  12. ^ "Craig Disley". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
  13. ^ "Steve Elliott". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
  14. ^ "Lewis Haldane". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
  15. ^ "Craig Hinton". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
  16. ^ "Rickie Lambert". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
  17. ^ "Aaron Lescott". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
  18. ^ "Chris Lines". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
  19. ^ "Steve Phillips". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
  20. ^ "Richard Walker". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 28 December 2009.

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