Stevenage Football Club is an English association football club based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, currently playing in League Two. The club was formed in 1976 following the demise of the town's former club, Stevenage Athletic. They joined the United Counties League in 1980 and progressed through the United Counties and Isthmian leagues over the next decade.[1] Stevenage won promotion into the Football Conference in 1994 and spent sixteen consecutive seasons in the highest tier of non-League football, before they were promoted to League Two in 2010.[2] In their first season in the Football League, Stevenage won promotion to League One, the third tier of English football,[3] before producing their highest league finish during the 2011–12 season.[4] The club were relegated back into League Two at the end of the 2013–14 season.[4] Below, is a list of players who have made 50 or more appearances for the club. In addition to this, the table also includes players who hold any records at the club.

Introduction

More than 160 players have appeared in at least 50 senior competitive matches for the club since its formation in 1976.[5] Defender Ronnie Henry holds the club record for most appearances with 502, accumulated over two spells.[6] He surpassed the previous record of 468, held by Mark Smith, in January 2018.[6][7] Smith had held the record for 17 years.[6] Martin Gittings holds the club record for total goals scored, 217.[6] He is also the only player to have scored over 100 goals for the club, with Steve Morison coming closest with 89 in all competitions.[6][8]

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.[9] Three players have won the award twice; Mark Smith in 1995 and 2001, Jason Goodliffe in 2002 and 2003 and most recently Mark Roberts, in 2009 and 2012.[9]

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 9 May 2023.

  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 playing for Stevenage.
Position
GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

List of players

Ronnie Henry is Stevenage's all-time record appearance holder having made 502 appearances over two spells with the club.
Mark Roberts captained the club through its most successful period, making 237 appearances between 2008 and 2013.
Steve Morison scored 89 goals for Stevenage in 152 appearances between 2006 and 2009.
NameNationalityPositionStevenage careerAppearances[A]GoalsNotes
Danny Dance  England FW1980–1982
1986
10148
Peter Gittings  England MF1980–1982
1985–1987
8518
Andy Hughes  England MF1980–198513219
Tim Jolly  England FW1980–19825522
Trevor Metcalfe  England FW1980–1984
1988
10353
Doug Pirie  England MF1980
1983–1989
1991
14020
Martyn Thompson  England GK1980–1982
1985–1987
600
Mitch Dee  England DF1981–1983602
Martin Gittings  England FW1981–1994
378217[B]
Wes Atwell  England FW1982–19846011
Graham Cox  England MF1982–199028658
Mick Adamson  England GK1983–1984
1987
870
Paddy Butcher  England FW1983–19858532
Colin Cardines  England FW1983–1984
1988–1989
1990–1993
5427
Ricky Marshall  England FW1983–1988
17648
Denny Tyler  England DF1983–19882119
Steve Armsby  England FW1984–1987
1990–1992
9647
Tim Ball  England MF1984–1987712
Peter Shadbolt  England DF1984–1987741
Phil Driver  England FW1985–19865118
Des Gallagher  England GK1985–1988
1992–2000
3691
Lawrence Honey  England DF1985–19881201
Chris Myers  England FW1985–198810531
Richard Nugent  England DF1985–1986
1989
1993–1995
13916
David Watkins  England DF1985–19881378
Dave Brown  England MF1986–1987
1990–1994
20425
Dave Cooper  England DF1986–1988905
Paul Cumberbatch  England FW1986–19888620
John Templeton  England DF1987–1989826
Mark Timpson  England MF1987–19909327
Noel Blackwell  England DF1988–199824315
Gary Bambrick  England DF1988–1990932
Jimmy Hughes  England FW1988
1990–1991
7036
Shaun Marshall  England FW1988–199619551
Mark Taverner  England MF1988–1990726
Steve Taverner  England DF1988–1990644
Gary Williams  England FW1988–19907230
Lee Bozier  England GK1989–1990550
Shaun Debnam  England MF1989–199419027
Tony Martin  England DF1989–19911080
Rob McComb  England FW1989–19936836
Miguel Luque  England MF1990–19941484
Colin McGill  England DF1990–1991
1993–1994
653
Duncan Hardy  England MF1990–19926818
Tony Ward  England MF1990–1993547
Lee Western  England GK1990–1991510
Ian Whitehead  England DF1990–19921101
Paul Bowgett  England DF1991–1993976
Mickey Nunn  England MF1991–1993515
Andy Walker  England FW1991–19925110
Richard Wilmot  England GK1991–19981590
Mark Smith  England DF1992–2001
2003–2004
46829
Neil Trebble  England FW1992–1994
1996–1998
14044
Steve Graham  England MF1992–1994837
Stuart Beevor  England MF1993–199918319
Rudi Hedman  England DF1993–1995774
Gary Crawshaw  England FW1994–199814752
Tony Joyce  England DF1993–1994680
Efe Sodje  Nigeria DF1994–199713713
Dave Venables  England MF1993–199615944
Barry Hayles  Jamaica FW1994–199715476[C]
Phil Simpson  England MF1994–1995657
Tony Lynch  England FW1994–19968519
Kenny Webster  England DF1995–1997858
Corey Browne  England FW1995–1997
2000
9335
Paul Barrowcliff  England MF1995–199710912
Steve Berry  England MF1995–1996
1998–1999
822[D]
Robbie Mutchell  England DF1995–1997991
Ryan Kirby  England DF1996–20011677
Michael Love  England DF1997–200012412
Jason Soloman  England MF1997–1998538
Robin Trott  England DF1997–200319112
Carl Alford  England FW1998–20009559
Lee Howarth  England DF1998–2000822
Lee Harvey  England DF1998–2000930
Chris Taylor  England GK1998–20011030
Paul Armstrong  England FW1999–20026710
Dean Martin  England MF1999–2001607
Richard Leadbeater  England FW1999–20016012
Sam McMahon  England MF1999–200311411
Nathan Bunce  England DF2000–2001
2003–2004
673
Adrian Clarke  England MF2000–20028519
Neil Illman  England FW2000–20025817
Martin Williams  England MF2001–2003565
Lee Boylan  England FW2001
2008–2011
6922
Jason Goodliffe  England DF2001–200715815
Simon Wormull  England MF2001–20049811
George Boyd  Scotland MF2002–200712631[E]
Simon Travis  England DF2002–2004721
Mark Westhead  England GK2002–2005540
Jon Brady  Australia MF2003–2005646
Anthony Elding  England FW2003–200612557
Barry Laker  England DF2003–20061185
Dino Maamria  Tunisia FW2003–2006
2009
10838
Lionel Pérez  France GK2003–2004380
Justin Gregory  England DF2003–2006821
Michael Warner  England DF2003–20061120
Michael Brough  England MF2004–2006
2009
554
Rob Quinn  Republic of Ireland MF2004–2006692
Dannie Bulman  England MF2004–2006953
Matt Hocking  England DF2004–2006601
Jon Nurse  Barbados FW2004–200710621
Ronnie Henry  England DF2005–2012
2014–2019
5024[F]
Alan Julian  Northern Ireland GK2005–2008
2011–2012
1660
Darryn Stamp  England FW2005–20076221
Santos Gaia  Brazil DF2006–2007582
John Nutter  England DF2006–2007738
Luke Oliver  England DF2006–2009915
Adam Miller  England MF2006–20086813
Craig Dobson  Jamaica MF2006–20087516
Barry Fuller  England DF2006–2008761
Steve Morison  Wales FW2006–200915389[G]
Mitchell Cole  England MF2007–201014423
Daryl McMahon  Republic of Ireland MF2007–20097410
Lawrie Wilson  England MF2007–201219215
Peter Vincenti  England MF2008–2011777
Scott Laird  England DF2008–201223023
Mark Albrighton  England DF2008–2010561
Andy Drury  England MF2008–20107412
David Bridges  England MF2008–20118214
Michael Bostwick  England MF2008–2012
2022–2023
25721
Chris Day  England GK2008–20183610
Mark Roberts  England DF2008–201323727[H]
Jon Ashton  England DF2009–20162345
Joel Byrom  England MF2009–2012
2018–2020
15314
Chris Beardsley  England FW2009–2012
2014–2015
14926
Yemi Odubade  Nigeria FW2009–20116817
Stacy Long  England MF2009–20128910
Darren Murphy  Republic of Ireland MF2008–2012532
John Mousinho  England MF2010–2012
2014
8312
Darius Charles  England DF2010–201516718
Byron Harrison  England FW2010–2012
2016
5513
Craig Reid  England FW2011–2012
2014
618
Luke Freeman  England MF2011–201412917
Robin Shroot  Northern Ireland MF2011–20147511
Lucas Akins  England MF2012–20148615
David Gray  Scotland DF2012–2014580
James Dunne  England MF2012–2014597
Greg Tansey  England MF2012–2014629
Filipe Morais  Portugal MF2012–20146612
Marcus Haber  Canada FW2012–2014517
Roarie Deacon  England MF2013–2015581
Dean Parrett  England MF2013–2016
2019–2020
10010
Charlie Lee  England MF2014–201713014
Tom Pett  England MF2014–2018
2020–2021
19324
Dean Wells  England DF2014–2017977
Chris Whelpdale  England MF2014–2016
2017–2018
10117
Ben Kennedy  Northern Ireland MF2015–202016731
Tom Conlon  England MF2015–2018732
Dale Gorman  Northern Ireland MF2015–2018693
Michael Tonge  England MF2015–2017613
Fraser Franks  England DF2015–20181208
Jamie Jones  England GK2016–2017570
Luke Wilkinson  England DF2016–20191198
Matt Godden  England FW2016–20188735
Jack King  England DF2016–2018763
Danny Newton  England FW2017–202113129
Terence Vancooten  Guyana DF2017–1761
Joe Martin  England DF2017–2019
2021
643
Ben Wilmot  England DF2017–2018150[I]
Alex Revell  England FW2018–2019
2020
5713
Luther James-Wildin  Antigua and Barbuda DF2018–2025
Scott Cuthbert  Scotland DF2018–20221076
Paul Farman  England GK2018–2020750
Emmanuel Sonupe  England MF2018–2020514
Kurtis Guthrie  England FW2018–20206219
Ben Nugent  England DF2018–2020641
Elliott List  England MF2019–12127
Charlie Carter  England MF2019–20228010
Arthur Read  England MF2020–2023834
Luke Norris  England FW2021–202312237
Jake Taylor  Wales MF2021–20231044
Jake Reeves  England MF2021–2023855
Jamie Reid  England FW2021–10224
Carl Piergianni  England DF2022–558
Danny Rose  England FW2022–2023529
Jordan Roberts  England FW2022–5312

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.[10] Gittings also won the Stevenage Player of the Year award for the 1993–94 season.[11]

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.[12] He won the 1995–96 Stevenage Player of the Year award.[13]

D. ^ Berry captained the club to the Conference National title in the 1995–96 season.[14]

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.[15]

F. ^ Club record holder: Henry is the club's all-time record appearance holder having made 502 appearances.[6] He won the 2006–07 Stevenage Player of the Year award.[16] 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.[17]

G. ^ During his time as captain at the club, Morison lifted the FA Trophy in May 2009.[18][19] He won the 2007–08 Stevenage Player of the Year award.[20]

H. ^ Roberts captained the club to back-to-back promotions during the 2009–10[21] and 2010–11 seasons.[3] He won the 2008–09 and 2011–12 Stevenage Player of the Year awards.[22][23]

I. ^ Club record holder: Wilmot was sold to Watford in May 2018 for a club record fee.[24] The fee received was over £1million.[25]

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. 1 2 "Stevenage promoted to League One by beating Torquay". BBC Sport. 28 May 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  4. 1 2 "BoroGuide – Stevenage seasons". BoroGuide. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  5. ↑ "BoroGuide – Player Directory". BoroGuide. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "BoroGuide – Player Records". BoroGuide. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  7. ↑ "Ronnie 469: A history of our record breaking captain". Stevenage F.C. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  8. ↑ "Stevenage Player: Steve Morison profile". BoroGuide. 30 August 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  9. 1 2 "Player of the Year – History". Stevenage F.C. Supporters' Association. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
  10. ↑ "Stevenage Player: Martin Gittings profile". BoroGuide. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  11. ↑ "Martin Gittings – BoroGuide". BoroGuide. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  12. ↑ "Barry Hayles all time playing career". Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
  13. ↑ "Stevenage Player: Barry Hayles profile". BoroGuide. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  14. ↑ "Steve Berry – BoroGuide". BoroGuide. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  15. ↑ "Boyd finalises record Posh switch". BBC Sport. 8 January 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
  16. ↑ "Stevenage Player: Ronnie Henry profile". BoroGuide. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  17. ↑ "Henry the first". The Football Association. 13 May 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
  18. ↑ "Stevenage 2–0 York". BBC Sport. 9 May 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
  19. ↑ "Morison magic for Borough". The Football Association. 9 May 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
  20. ↑ "Player of the Year – Steve Morison". Stevenage F.C. Supporters' Association. 4 May 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
  21. ↑ "Stevenage secure Football League spot". BBC Sport. 17 April 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  22. ↑ "2008–2009 Player of the Year – Mark Roberts". Stevenage F.C. 20 April 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
  23. ↑ "SA End of Year Awards". Stevenage F.C. Supporters' Association. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  24. ↑ "Ben Wilmot signs with Watford for club record fee". Stevenage F.C. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  25. ↑ "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.
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