List of Burnley F.C. players (50–99 appearances)

Burnley Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Burnley, Lancashire. Founded on 18 May 1882, the club was one of the first to become professional (in 1883), putting pressure on the Football Association (FA) to permit payments to players.[1] In 1885, the FA legalised professionalism, so the team entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1885–86, and were one of the twelve founding members of the Football League in 1888–89.[1] Burnley have played in all four professional divisions of English football from 1888 to the present day.[2] The team have been champions of England twice, in 1920–21 and 1959–60, have won the FA Cup once, in 1913–14, and have won the FA Charity Shield twice, in 1960 and 1973.[2][3] Burnley are one of only five teams to have won all four professional divisions of English football, along with Wolverhampton Wanderers, Preston North End, Sheffield United and Portsmouth. They were the second to achieve this by winning the Fourth Division in the 1991–92 season.[4][5]

Charlie Austin (here playing for Queens Park Rangers in 2015) scored 45 goals in 90 appearances for Burnley between 2011 and 2013.

In 1909, Arthur Ogden scored three times in six minutes in an FA Cup away match at Bristol Rovers—the fastest hat-trick in the club's history.[6] Charlie Austin, who netted 45 goals in 90 appearances for Burnley,[7] scored in a tied club record eight consecutive matches from 15 September 2012 to 23 October 2012.[8] Two players who made between 50 and 99 appearances for Burnley, Alan Brown and Billy Dougall, went on to manage the team. Brown was appointed in 1954 and remained in the role until 1957.[9] Under Brown and chairman Bob Lord,[10] Burnley became one of the first clubs to set up a purpose-built training ground, at Gawthorpe in 1955.[11][12] The club also became renowned for its youth policy and scouting system, which yielded many young talents.[10][13] Dougall succeeded Brown in 1957 but his tenure lasted only half a year as he was forced to relinquish the post due to poor health.[9] Jimmy Hogan, who grew up in the town of Burnley,[11] played 52 matches for the club and scored 12 goals between 1903 and 1905.[14] After his playing career ended in 1913,[15] he became one of the most pioneering football managers in continental Europe.[16][17]

All players who have played between 50 and 99 first-team matches for the club, either as a member of the starting eleven or as a substitute, are listed below. Each player's details include the duration of his career with Burnley, his typical playing position while with the club, and the number of matches played and goals scored in all senior competitive matches.

Key

• Statistics are correct as of the match played on 3 February 2021.
• Players are initially arranged by alphabetical order of surname.
• Appearances as a substitute are included. This feature of the game was introduced in the Football League at the start of the 1965–66 season.[18]
• Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Football League, including test matches and play-offs, Premier League, FA Cup, Football League Cup, Charity Shield, European Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, UEFA Europa League, Texaco Cup, Watney Cup, Anglo-Scottish Cup, Football League Group Cup, and Associate Members' Cup / Football League Trophy. Wartime fixtures and expunged matches are not included.

Symbol	Meaning
	Player still at the club
*	Player represented his country at senior international level during his time at the club

Positions key[lower-alpha 1]

Pre-1960s		1960s–
GK	Goalkeeper
FB	Full back	DF	Defender
HB	Half back	MF	Midfielder
FW	Forward

List of players

List of Burnley F.C. players with between 50 and 99 appearances[lower-alpha 2]

Player	Nationality	Position	Club career	Appearances	Goals	Notes
Walter Abbott	England	FW	1908–1910	65	18
Charlie Austin	England	FW	2011–2013	90	45	[7]
Kevin Ball	England	MF	2000–2002	90	2
Billy Bannister	England*	FB	1899–1901, 1910–1912	58	5
Phil Bardsley	Scotland	DF	2006, 2017–	72	0	[19]
Paul Barnes	England	FW	1996–1998	75	31
Marvin Bartley	England	MF	2011–2014	72	3	[20]
Joey Barton	England	MF	2015–2016, 2017	58	4	[21]
George Bellis	England	FB	1932–1935	91	0
Wayne Biggins	England	FW	1984–1985	94	37
André Bikey	Cameroon*	DF	2009–2012	78	4	[22]
Jack Billingham	England	FW	1937–1947	96	36
Colin Blant	England	DF	1964–1970	62	9
Stan Bowsher	Wales*	FB	1929–1933	85	2
Robbie Brady	Republic of Ireland*	MF	2017–	83	6	[23]
Alan Brown	England	FB	1946–1948	98	0
Tommy Cassidy	Northern Ireland*	MF	1980–1983	98	8
Phil Cavener	England	MF	1979–1983	90	5
Richard Chaplow	England	MF	2003–2005	74	7
Tommy Chester	Scotland	FB	1937–1939	54	1
Terry Cochrane	Northern Ireland*	MF	1976–1978	85	18
Herman Conway	England	GK	1930–1934	87	0
Jimmy Crabtree	England*	FB/HB	1888–1890, 1892–1895	77	9
Paul Crichton	England	GK	1998–2001	93	0
Peter Daniel	England	MF	1987–1989	52	0
Jimmy Davidson	Scotland	FW	1895–1897, 1900–1902	67	7
Steven Defour	Belgium*	MF	2016–2019	58	3	[24]
Peter Devine	England	MF	1984–1987	66	10
Willie Donachie	Scotland	DF	1982–1984	80	4
Billy Dougall	Scotland	FB	1926–1929	63	1
Tom Douglas	Scotland	FW	1933–1936	65	13
Billy Down	England	GK	1927–1930	82	0
Percy Downes	England	HB	1934–1936	69	6
Billy Elliott	England*	HB	1951–1953	82	16
Jock Espie	Scotland	HB	1891–1896	95	9
Charlie Fletcher	England	FW	1936–1937	65	22
Mark Ford	England	MF	1997–2000	58	1
Danny Fox	Scotland	DF	2010–2011	56	1	[25]
Albert Freeman	England	FW	1923–1929	82	19
Ron Futcher	England	FW	1989–1991	73	30
Joe Gallagher	England	DF	1983–1987	54	3
Arthur Gnohéré	Ivory Coast	DF	2001–2004	93	6
Andre Gray	England	FW	2015–2017	78	33	[26]
Andy Gray	Scotland	FW	2006–2008	73	30	[27]
Benny Green	England	FW	1909–1911	77	33
Brian Hall	Scotland	MF	1977–1980	51	3
Jason Hardy	England	DF	1988–1992	51	2
Steve Harper	England	MF	1991–1993	91	12
Jack Harris	Scotland	HB	1910–1912	62	5
Ray Harrison	England	FW	1946–1949	70	26
Jimmy Hogan	England	FW	1903–1905	52	12
Harry Hubbick	England	FB	1935–1937	63	1
Chris Iwelumo	Scotland*	FW	2010–2011	50	11	[28]
Evan Jenkins	Wales	HB	1930–1933	70	17
Bill Jenkinson	England	FW	1897–1901, 1903–1904	54	14
Ronnie Jepson	England	FW	1998–2001	68	3
Lenny Johnrose	England	MF	1999–2002, 2004	91	5
Bob Johnson	England	FB	1934–1949	85	0
Cliff Jones	England	FB	1913–1922	85	0
Steve Jones	Northern Ireland*	FW	2006–2009	64	6	[29]
Tommy Jones	England	FW	1930–1933	99	24
Stephen Jordan	England	DF	2007–2010	83	0	[30]
Walter Joyce	England	HB/MF	1954–1964	89	3
Warren Joyce	England	MF	1993–1996	90	12
Jack Keenan	England	FB	1884–1893	78	1	[lower-alpha 3]
Michael Kightly	England	MF	2013–2017	88	6	[32]
Kyle Lafferty	Northern Ireland*	FW	2005–2008	89	10	[33]
Alex Leake	England	FB	1907–1910	90	2
Peter Leebrook	England	DF	1987–1988	59	0
Aaron Lennon	England	MF	2018–2020	55	1	[34]
James Lindsay	Scotland	FW	1914–1923	80	21
George Lockhart	Scotland	FB	1900–1903	98	0
Kevin Long	Republic of Ireland*	DF	2010–	82	4	[35]
Joe Loughran	England	FB	1939–1949	73	0
Alan Mahon	Republic of Ireland	MF	2006–2009	77	4	[36]
Joe Mantle	England	FW	1926–1931	52	22
Len Martindale	England	FB	1937–1951	73	2
Damian Matthew	England	MF	1996–1998	71	9
Brad Maylett	England	MF	1998–2003	50	0
Tommy Mayson	England	FW	1907–1911	71	17
Kevin McDonald	Scotland	MF	2008–2011	64	5	[37]
Bill McFettridge	Scotland	FB	1886–1892	95	4	[lower-alpha 3]
Mark McGregor	England	DF	2001–2004	65	3
Shaun McGrory	England	DF	1987–1990	58	2
Peter McKay	Scotland	FW	1954–1957	66	38
William McLaren	Scotland	FB	1910–1913	73	0
Ted McMinn	Scotland	MF	1994–1996	58	3
Dwight McNeil	England	MF	2018–	89	6	[38]
Tyrone Mears	Jamaica	DF	2009–2011	88	2	[39]
Micky Mellon	Scotland	MF	1999–2001	93	5
Peter Mellor	England	GK	1969–1972	81	0
Nikolaos Michopoulos	Greece*	GK	2000–2003	93	0
Willie Miller	Scotland	FW	1936–1938	77	19
Alan Moore	Republic of Ireland	MF	2001–2004	85	8
Neil Moore	England	DF	1997–1999	62	4
Peter Mumby	England	FW	1989–1992	58	13
Gifton Noel-Williams	England	FW	2005–2007	56	7
Brendan O'Connell	England	MF	1988–1990	78	23
Peter O'Dowd	England	FB	1930–1931	67	8
Arthur Ogden	England	FW	1906–1910	52	18
George Oghani	England	FW	1987–1989	93	27
Derrick Parker	England	FW	1974–1977, 1985–1987	55	14
Eric Potts	England	MF	1980–1982	67	7
Tommy Prest	England	FW	1930–1935	82	17
Eric Probert	England	MF	1969–1973	72	11
Frank Rayner	England	FB	1935–1939	83	7
Bob Reid	Scotland	HB	1910–1914	89	0
Tommy Roberts	England	FW	1924–1926	50	29
Liam Robinson	England	FW	1994–1997	76	12
Peter Robinson	England	DF	1976–1980	66	3
Lee Roche	England	DF	2003–2005	66	2
Jimmy Ross	Scotland	FW	1897–1899	63	33
Harold Rudman	England	FB	1942–1957	75	0
Alex Scott	England	GK	1933–1936	65	0
Charlie Smethams	England	HB	1907–1910	69	6
William Smith	England	FB	1936–1939	56	0
John Spicer	England	MF	2005–2008	74	5	[40]
Roy Stephenson	England	HB	1949–1956	80	28
Alec Stewart	Scotland	FB	1889–1892, 1901–1902	66	7
Harry Storer	England	FB	1929–1931	54	5
Mike Summerbee	England	FW	1975–1976	61	0
Peter Swan	England	FW	1995–1997, 1998–2000	79	7
Harry Swift	England	FB	1910–1913	68	2
Willie Tatham	England	GK	1895–1901	53	0
Alan Taylor	England	FW	1984–1986	75	32
Freddy Taylor	England	FW	1937–1948	50	7
Wayne Thomas	England	DF	2005–2007	54	1	[41]
Des Thompson	England	GK	1952–1955	69	0
Les Thompson	England	DF	1992–1994	53	0
Steve Thompson	England	MF	1995–1997	53	1
Levy Thorpe	England	FB	1913–1920	79	5
Wilf Toman	England	FW	1896–1899	74	35
Ian Towers	England	FW	1957–1966	51	14
Keith Treacy	Republic of Ireland*	MF	2011–2014	75	5	[42]
Matěj Vydra	Czech Republic*	FW	2018–	57	7	[43]
David Walders	England	FB	1903–1906	97	6
Thomas Wallace	England	FB	1933–1936	67	1
Alan West	England	MF	1968–1973	53	3
Andy Wharton	England	DF	1979–1984	84	9
Fred Whittaker	England	FW	1905–1908	61	22
Tom Willighan	Ireland*	FB	1928–1934	61	0

Footnotes

1. For more information, see formation
2. Statistics are sourced from Simpson (2007), The Clarets Chronicles up to and including the 2006–07 season. Statistics from 2007 onwards are sourced from Soccerbase.
3. Player appeared in competitive matches for Burnley before the commencement of the Football League in 1888.[31]

References

General

• Simpson, Ray (2007). The Clarets Chronicles: The Definitive History of Burnley Football Club 1882–2007. Burnley Football Club. ISBN 978-0-9557468-0-2.

Specific

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28. "Chris Iwelumo". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 22 December 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
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32. "Michael Kightly". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 22 December 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
33. "Kyle Lafferty". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 22 December 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
34. "Aaron Lennon". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 22 December 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
35. "Kevin Long". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
36. "Alan Mahon". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
37. "Kevin McDonald". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 22 December 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
38. "Dwight McNeil". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
39. "Tyrone Mears". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 22 December 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
40. "John Spicer". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 22 December 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
41. "Wayne Thomas". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 22 December 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
42. "Keith Treacy". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 22 December 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
43. "Matej Vydra". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 December 2020.