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

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.
Name Nationality Position Stevenage career Appearances[A] Goals Notes
Danny Dance  England FW 1980–1982
1986		 101 48
Peter Gittings  England MF 1980–1982
1985–1987		 85 18
Andy Hughes  England MF 1980–1985 132 19
Tim Jolly  England FW 1980–1982 55 22
Trevor Metcalfe  England FW 1980–1984
1988		 103 53
Doug Pirie  England MF 1980
1983–1989
1991		 140 20
Martyn Thompson  England GK 1980–1982
1985–1987		 60 0
Mitch Dee  England DF 1981–1983 60 2
Martin Gittings  England FW 1981–1994
 378 217 [B]
Wes Atwell  England FW 1982–1984 60 11
Graham Cox  England MF 1982–1990 286 58
Mick Adamson  England GK 1983–1984
1987		 87 0
Paddy Butcher  England FW 1983–1985 85 32
Colin Cardines  England FW 1983–1984
1988–1989
1990–1993		 54 27
Ricky Marshall  England FW 1983–1988
 176 48
Denny Tyler  England DF 1983–1988 211 9
Steve Armsby  England FW 1984–1987
1990–1992		 96 47
Tim Ball  England MF 1984–1987 71 2
Peter Shadbolt  England DF 1984–1987 74 1
Phil Driver  England FW 1985–1986 51 18
Des Gallagher  England GK 1985–1988
1992–2000		 369 1
Lawrence Honey  England DF 1985–1988 120 1
Chris Myers  England FW 1985–1988 105 31
Richard Nugent  England DF 1985–1986
1989
1993–1995		 139 16
David Watkins  England DF 1985–1988 137 8
Dave Brown  England MF 1986–1987
1990–1994		 204 25
Dave Cooper  England DF 1986–1988 90 5
Paul Cumberbatch  England FW 1986–1988 86 20
John Templeton  England DF 1987–1989 82 6
Mark Timpson  England MF 1987–1990 93 27
Noel Blackwell  England DF 1988–1998 243 15
Gary Bambrick  England DF 1988–1990 93 2
Jimmy Hughes  England FW 1988
1990–1991		 70 36
Shaun Marshall  England FW 1988–1996 195 51
Mark Taverner  England MF 1988–1990 72 6
Steve Taverner  England DF 1988–1990 64 4
Gary Williams  England FW 1988–1990 72 30
Lee Bozier  England GK 1989–1990 55 0
Shaun Debnam  England MF 1989–1994 190 27
Tony Martin  England DF 1989–1991 108 0
Rob McComb  England FW 1989–1993 68 36
Miguel Luque  England MF 1990–1994 148 4
Colin McGill  England DF 1990–1991
1993–1994		 65 3
Duncan Hardy  England MF 1990–1992 68 18
Tony Ward  England MF 1990–1993 54 7
Lee Western  England GK 1990–1991 51 0
Ian Whitehead  England DF 1990–1992 110 1
Paul Bowgett  England DF 1991–1993 97 6
Mickey Nunn  England MF 1991–1993 51 5
Andy Walker  England FW 1991–1992 51 10
Richard Wilmot  England GK 1991–1998 159 0
Mark Smith  England DF 1992–2001
2003–2004		 468 29
Neil Trebble  England FW 1992–1994
1996–1998		 140 44
Steve Graham  England MF 1992–1994 83 7
Stuart Beevor  England MF 1993–1999 183 19
Rudi Hedman  England DF 1993–1995 77 4
Gary Crawshaw  England FW 1994–1998 147 52
Tony Joyce  England DF 1993–1994 68 0
Efe Sodje  Nigeria DF 1994–1997 137 13
Dave Venables  England MF 1993–1996 159 44
Barry Hayles  Jamaica FW 1994–1997 154 76 [C]
Phil Simpson  England MF 1994–1995 65 7
Tony Lynch  England FW 1994–1996 85 19
Kenny Webster  England DF 1995–1997 85 8
Corey Browne  England FW 1995–1997
2000		 93 35
Paul Barrowcliff  England MF 1995–1997 109 12
Steve Berry  England MF 1995–1996
1998–1999		 82 2 [D]
Robbie Mutchell  England DF 1995–1997 99 1
Ryan Kirby  England DF 1996–2001 167 7
Michael Love  England DF 1997–2000 124 12
Jason Soloman  England MF 1997–1998 53 8
Robin Trott  England DF 1997–2003 191 12
Carl Alford  England FW 1998–2000 95 59
Lee Howarth  England DF 1998–2000 82 2
Lee Harvey  England DF 1998–2000 93 0
Chris Taylor  England GK 1998–2001 103 0
Paul Armstrong  England FW 1999–2002 67 10
Dean Martin  England MF 1999–2001 60 7
Richard Leadbeater  England FW 1999–2001 60 12
Sam McMahon  England MF 1999–2003 114 11
Nathan Bunce  England DF 2000–2001
2003–2004		 67 3
Adrian Clarke  England MF 2000–2002 85 19
Neil Illman  England FW 2000–2002 58 17
Martin Williams  England MF 2001–2003 56 5
Lee Boylan  England FW 2001
2008–2011		 69 22
Jason Goodliffe  England DF 2001–2007 158 15
Simon Wormull  England MF 2001–2004 98 11
George Boyd  Scotland MF 2002–2007 126 31 [E]
Simon Travis  England DF 2002–2004 72 1
Mark Westhead  England GK 2002–2005 54 0
Jon Brady  Australia MF 2003–2005 64 6
Anthony Elding  England FW 2003–2006 125 57
Barry Laker  England DF 2003–2006 118 5
Dino Maamria  Tunisia FW 2003–2006
2009		 108 38
Lionel Pérez  France GK 2003–2004 38 0
Justin Gregory  England DF 2003–2006 82 1
Michael Warner  England DF 2003–2006 112 0
Michael Brough  England MF 2004–2006
2009		 55 4
Rob Quinn  Republic of Ireland MF 2004–2006 69 2
Dannie Bulman  England MF 2004–2006 95 3
Matt Hocking  England DF 2004–2006 60 1
Jon Nurse  Barbados FW 2004–2007 106 21
Ronnie Henry  England DF 2005–2012
2014–2019		 502 4 [F]
Alan Julian  Northern Ireland GK 2005–2008
2011–2012		 166 0
Darryn Stamp  England FW 2005–2007 62 21
Santos Gaia  Brazil DF 2006–2007 58 2
John Nutter  England DF 2006–2007 73 8
Luke Oliver  England DF 2006–2009 91 5
Adam Miller  England MF 2006–2008 68 13
Craig Dobson  Jamaica MF 2006–2008 75 16
Barry Fuller  England DF 2006–2008 76 1
Steve Morison  Wales FW 2006–2009 153 89 [G]
Mitchell Cole  England MF 2007–2010 144 23
Daryl McMahon  Republic of Ireland MF 2007–2009 74 10
Lawrie Wilson  England MF 2007–2012 192 15
Peter Vincenti  England MF 2008–2011 77 7
Scott Laird  England DF 2008–2012 230 23
Mark Albrighton  England DF 2008–2010 56 1
Andy Drury  England MF 2008–2010 74 12
David Bridges  England MF 2008–2011 82 14
Michael Bostwick  England MF 2008–2012
2022–2023		 257 21
Chris Day  England GK 2008–2018 361 0
Mark Roberts  England DF 2008–2013 237 27 [H]
Jon Ashton  England DF 2009–2016 234 5
Joel Byrom  England MF 2009–2012
2018–2020		 153 14
Chris Beardsley  England FW 2009–2012
2014–2015		 149 26
Yemi Odubade  Nigeria FW 2009–2011 68 17
Stacy Long  England MF 2009–2012 89 10
Darren Murphy  Republic of Ireland MF 2008–2012 53 2
John Mousinho  England MF 2010–2012
2014		 83 12
Darius Charles  England DF 2010–2015 167 18
Byron Harrison  England FW 2010–2012
2016		 55 13
Craig Reid  England FW 2011–2012
2014		 61 8
Luke Freeman  England MF 2011–2014 129 17
Robin Shroot  Northern Ireland MF 2011–2014 75 11
Lucas Akins  England MF 2012–2014 86 15
David Gray  Scotland DF 2012–2014 58 0
James Dunne  England MF 2012–2014 59 7
Greg Tansey  England MF 2012–2014 62 9
Filipe Morais  Portugal MF 2012–2014 66 12
Marcus Haber  Canada FW 2012–2014 51 7
Roarie Deacon  England MF 2013–2015 58 1
Dean Parrett  England MF 2013–2016
2019–2020		 100 10
Charlie Lee  England MF 2014–2017 130 14
Tom Pett  England MF 2014–2018
2020–2021		 193 24
Dean Wells  England DF 2014–2017 97 7
Chris Whelpdale  England MF 2014–2016
2017–2018		 101 17
Ben Kennedy  Northern Ireland MF 2015–2020 167 31
Tom Conlon  England MF 2015–2018 73 2
Dale Gorman  Northern Ireland MF 2015–2018 69 3
Michael Tonge  England MF 2015–2017 61 3
Fraser Franks  England DF 2015–2018 120 8
Jamie Jones  England GK 2016–2017 57 0
Luke Wilkinson  England DF 2016–2019 119 8
Matt Godden  England FW 2016–2018 87 35
Jack King  England DF 2016–2018 76 3
Danny Newton  England FW 2017–2021 131 29
Terence Vancooten  Guyana DF 2017– 176 1
Joe Martin  England DF 2017–2019
2021		 64 3
Ben Wilmot  England DF 2017–2018 15 0 [I]
Alex Revell  England FW 2018–2019
2020		 57 13
Luther James-Wildin  Antigua and Barbuda DF 2018– 202 5
Scott Cuthbert  Scotland DF 2018–2022 107 6
Paul Farman  England GK 2018–2020 75 0
Emmanuel Sonupe  England MF 2018–2020 51 4
Kurtis Guthrie  England FW 2018–2020 62 19
Ben Nugent  England DF 2018–2020 64 1
Elliott List  England MF 2019– 121 27
Charlie Carter  England MF 2019–2022 80 10
Arthur Read  England MF 2020–2023 83 4
Luke Norris  England FW 2021–2023 122 37
Jake Taylor  Wales MF 2021–2023 104 4
Jake Reeves  England MF 2021–2023 85 5
Jamie Reid  England FW 2021– 102 24
Carl Piergianni  England DF 2022– 55 8
Danny Rose  England FW 2022–2023 52 9
Jordan Roberts  England FW 2022– 53 12

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]

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