# List of Stevenage F.C. players

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. 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. In their first season in the Football League, Stevenage won promotion to League One, the third tier of English football, before producing their highest league finish during the 2011–12 season. The club were relegated back into League Two at the end of the 2013–14 season. 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. Defender Ronnie Henry holds the club record for most appearances with 502, accumulated over two spells. He surpassed the previous record of 468, held by Mark Smith, in January 2018. Smith had held the record for 17 years. Martin Gittings holds the club record for total goals scored, 217. 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.
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. 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.

## 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.

## List of players

| Name | Nationality | Position | Stevenage career | Appearances | Goals |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Stephen Gallagher | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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. Gittings also won the Stevenage Player of the Year award for the 1993–94 season.
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. He won the 1995–96 Stevenage Player of the Year award.
D. ^ Berry captained the club to the Conference National title in the 1995–96 season.
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.
F. ^ Club record holder: Henry is the club's all-time record appearance holder having made 502 appearances. He won the 2006–07 Stevenage Player of the Year award. 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.
G. ^ During his time as captain at the club, Morison lifted the FA Trophy in May 2009. He won the 2007–08 Stevenage Player of the Year award.
H. ^ Roberts captained the club to back-to-back promotions during the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons. He won the 2008–09 and 2011–12 Stevenage Player of the Year awards.
I. ^ Club record holder: Wilmot was sold to Watford in May 2018 for a club record fee. The fee received was over £1million.