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George Hamstead

**George William Hamstead** (born 24 January 1946) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger in the Football League for York City, Barnsley, Bury and Rochdale and was on the books of Rotherham United without making a league appearance. He served as reserve team coach at Bury after retiring from playing.

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Ian MacLean

For those of a similar name, see Iain MacLean (disambiguation).

**Ian MacLean** (born August 13, 1966 in Paisley, Scotland) is a former footballer.

## Club career

MacLean played for Seattle Storm, Portland Timbers, Bristol Rovers, Cardiff City and Rotherham United.

## International career

Although born in Scotland, MacLean has represented Canada 3 times. His international debut was against Portugal in a SkyDome Cup match in Toronto on January 26, 1995, in a 1–1 draw, playing for 45 minutes. On June 4, 1995, he played for 30 minutes in a friendly which Turkey won 3–1. On August 3, 1995, MacLean made his third and final appearance for the national side in a 3–1 win over Trinidad and Tobago in a Caribana Cup match, also in Toronto.

## References

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David Layne

**David "Bronco" Layne** (born Sheffield, 29 July 1939) is an English former footballer most famous for playing for Sheffield Wednesday and his involvement in the British betting scandal of 1964.

## Rotherham United

Layne started his career playing part-time for Rotherham United in the summer of 1957. He only played eleven matches for the Millers over two seasons, but still managed to score four goals before he was given a free transfer.

Layne's nickname was inspired by a popular American Western TV series, *Bronco* which was broadcast in the UK just as Layne was establishing his career. The protagonist, *Bronco Layne*, was played in the series by Ty Hardin.

## Swindon Town

He joined Swindon Town. Layne became a prolific goalscorer whilst at Swindon, netting 28 goals in 41 games.

## Bradford City

He attracted the attention of Bradford City who paid a club record £6,000 for his signature midway through the 1960–61 season. Layne broke the Bantams' goalscoring record in 1961–62 scoring 34 league goals over the course of the season. His goalscoring prowess was now attracting the attention of bigger clubs and he moved in the summer of 1962. Bradford recouped £22,500 for Layne, setting the record for highest fee received by the club at the time.

## Sheffield Wednesday

Layne spent two seasons at Sheffield Wednesday and was the club's top scorer in both with 58 goals in 81 games over the two-year period. Layne's career was however cut short in its prime when he became involved in the British betting scandal of 1964. Layne was found guilty of match fixing and betting against his own team and along with several other players was jailed and banned from football for life. The ban was lifted eight years later. Layne rejoined Wednesday in 1972 but failed to earn a place on the team.

## Hereford United

He was sent on loan to Hereford United. After only four games at the club he retired from league football.

## Matlock Town

He joined Matlock Town where he spent the rest of his career before being forced to retire through injury.

## After playing

In 2006, it was reported that he was working as a pub landlord in Sheffield.

## References

### Notes

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### Sources consulted

* Bradford City Football Club official website. Archived from the original on July 14, 2007. Retrieved on February 25, 2008.
* The Sheffield Wednesday Archive. Retrieved on August 1, 2006.
Graham Leggat

**Graham Leggat** (20 June 1934 – 29 August 2015) was a Scottish international footballer.

## Playing career

Born in Aberdeen, Leggat started his career at his home town club as a right winger. He was part of the Aberdeen team that won the Scottish league title in 1954–55 and the 1955–56 Scottish League Cup. In November 2017, he was one of four inductees into the Aberdeen *Hall of Fame*.

He was transferred to Fulham in 1958 for £16,000, where he formed a right flank partnership with England captain Johnny Haynes. Leggat held the record for the fastest hat-trick in the English league, having scored three goals in three minutes in a 10–1 win for Fulham against Ipswich Town on 26 December 1963. This record was broken in May 2015 by Sadio Mané of Southampton.

He wound down his career with short spells at Birmingham, Rotherham and Bromsgrove Rovers.

### International

Leggat was selected in the Scotland squad for the 1958 FIFA World Cup in Sweden, playing in the Scots' matches against Yugoslavia and Paraguay. In total he earned 18 full caps between 1956 and 1960. He also scored six goals for the Scottish League XI in five appearances.

## Coaching and media career

After a brief period working as a coach at Aston Villa, in 1971 Leggat emigrated to Canada and served as the first head coach of the Toronto Metros. Several years later he would become vice-president and Managing Director for the Edmonton Drillers from 1979 to 1980.

He began a second career as an analyst on soccer telecasts for the CBC at the 1976 Summer Olympics and at the World Cup. He later became host of TSN's popular *Soccer Saturday* program as well as an on-air analyst on its soccer telecasts. He was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame in 2001 as a 'builder'. Leggat died in August 2015, aged 81.

## Personal life

His son, also named Graham Leggat, was executive director of the San Francisco Film Society from October 2005 until his death in August 2011.

## International goals

*Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.*

## References

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4. ↑ The Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame Mourns the Loss of Graham Leggat. *www.thesoccerhalloffame.ca*. Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame (30 August 2015).
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6. ↑ Graham Leggat 1960–2011 *The Filmmaker Magazine* 26 August 2011
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Julian Watts

**Julian Watts** (born 17 March 1971) is an English professional footballer, best known as a player for Luton Town and Australian side Northern Spirit who, after a spell of two-and-a-half years, was the manager of Hallam. He resigned from his post in May 2013 before taking up the position as manager at Shirebrook Town later that month. At the start of season 2015–16 he became manager of Rainworth Miners Welfare.

## Playing career

Watts started out with Rotherham United as an apprentice, but after only two years in the first team he moved on to Sheffield Wednesday. He left Sheffield Wednesday in March 1996, after only 18 league appearances, to play for Leicester City. At Leicester he played as they won the 1996 First Division play-off Final. He also contributed to their run in the 1996–97 Football League Cup, being on the pitch as they beat Wimbledon in the semi-final, but was left out of the final squad itself. Whilst at Leicester he scored once; his goal coming in a 3–1 defeat to Chelsea. Watts wore the colours of five more teams before he arrived at Luton Town on loan in 1999. Luton clearly suited Watts, as he became a first team regular, and made 67 league appearances in two seasons. At the end of 2000–01, he decided to join Australian club Northern Spirit, where he played until 2004, when the club folded. Now retired from the game, he returned to England to set up a business in Worksop. In September 2010 he was appointed assistant manager of Maltby Main and in January 2011 manager of Hallam.

On 3 May 2016 Watts, now manager of Nottinghamshire side Rainworth Miners Welfare, was obliged to play once again for a fixture on the final day of the season against Pickering Town; his club were struggling to get a team together due to injuries, work commitments and a youth team cup final. Watts played 54 minutes before replacing himself with substitute Cameron Mitchell. Rainworth lost 4–2.

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## External links

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* Lincoln City F.C. Official Archive Profile
Ted Dransfield

**Edward Dransfield** (28 November 1906–1986) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Mansfield Town, Rotherham United and Swindon Town.

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Julian Darby

**Julian Timothy Darby** (born 3 October 1967) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender and midfielder from 1986 until 2001, notably in the Premier League for Coventry City.

He also played for Bolton Wanderers, West Bromwich Albion, Preston North End, Rotherham United and Carlisle United. During his coaching career he has coached at Nottingham Forest, Derby County, Bolton Wanderers and Preston North End.

## Playing career

He played for Bolton Wanderers from 1986 to 1993, scoring 36 goals in 270 league appearances. He scored in the 1989 Associate Members Cup final, with Bolton beating Torquay United 4–1 at Wembley Stadium, in a side captained by future Derby boss Phil Brown. He subsequently joined Coventry City in 1993 but after 50+ games for them was transferred to West Bromwich Albion on 16 November 1995, making his debut for them shortly afterwards against Sunderland. In 1997, he moved to Preston North End, and following a loan spell at Rotherham United he transferred to Carlisle United in 2000 before retiring as a player in 2001.

## Coaching career

### Preston

He started his coaching career at Preston and became first-team coach. He joined Billy Davies as first-team coach at Derby County in 2006.

### Nottingham Forest

In January 2009 he again joined up with Billy Davies when he was appointed first team coach at Nottingham Forest. He left in June 2011 following the departure of Billy Davies from the club and the appointment of his successor Steve McLaren.

### Bolton

In 2012, he returned to Bolton as U16 coach at the club's youth academy he assisted Jimmy Phillips during his brief stint as Caretaker Manager following Owen Coyle's sacking in October 2012.

### Nottingham Forest (second spell)

On 7 February 2013, he returned to Nottingham Forest as first team coach to Billy Davies. Darby left the club after Fawaz Al-Hasawi brought an end to Davies' reign as Manager at the club on 24 March 2014. On 20 November 2014, Darby settled with Forest out of court over an unpaid bonus case.

### Leeds United

On 2 July 2015, it was announced that Darby had joined Uwe Rosler's backroom staff at Leeds United as first team coach.

### Third spell at Bolton

In August 2017, it was confirmed that Darby had taken on a full-time role at the Bolton Wanderers academy, having spent the previous season coaching the U-16 team.

Upon the departure of Keith Hill as Bolton manager in the summer of 2020, Darby reverted to his old role with the club's academy.

## Honours

**Player**

* Bolton Wanderers: Football League Trophy 1988-89

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Des Hazel

**Desmond St. Lloyd Hazel** (born 15 July 1967) is a former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a left winger.

## Playing career

### Club career

Born in Bradford, Hazel played with the youth team of Sheffield Wednesday and made his senior debut for them in October 1986.

Hazel made a total of 274 appearances in the Football League for Sheffield Wednesday, Grimsby Town, Rotherham United and Chesterfield.

He later played in Australia for Joondalup City, and also went on trial with Perth Glory in August 1997.

After having issues with his visa, Hazel returned to England to play non-League football for Guiseley.

### International career

Hazel represented Saint Kitts and Nevis at international football. He received his first call-up in March 1998, alongside a number of fellow English-born players - Andy Watson, Kevin Francis and Bobby Bowry. Hazel made his international debut in 2000, and earned four caps that year.

## Coaching career

Hazel worked as the Head of Youth Development at FC Halifax Town. He was previously the head coach of the Halifax Town School of Excellence, before becoming their youth team coach in July 2006.

Hazel has also coached at Manchester City, Bradford City and Leeds United.

He later worked for Bradford (Park Avenue) as an academy coach from October 2019, leaving that role in May 2020.

## Personal life

His son Jacob Hazel is a footballer who also played at professional level for Chesterfield.

## References

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1. ↑ Player profile. PlayerHistory.com. Retrieved on October 28, 2010.
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8. ↑ Who's Who. F.C. Halifax Town (8 January 2012). Retrieved on January 20, 2012.
9. ↑ Town Youngsters Join New League. F.C. Halifax Town (6 July 2006). Retrieved on January 20, 2012.
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Bradford (Park Avenue) part company with experienced academy head coach.
11. ↑ Non-League football: Mickleover Sports striker Jacob Hazel's summer with the Sugar Boyz. *Derby Telegraph* (3 July 2015). Retrieved on September 25, 2015.
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Jim Storrie

**James Storrie** (31 March 1940 – 11 November 2014) was a Scottish professional footballer and manager, best known as a centre forward who helped Leeds United gain promotion in 1964 to the First Division.

## Playing career

Born in Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Storrie began his senior career as a teenager at Airdrieonians, after playing alongside Willie Wallace at Kilsyth Rangers. He made his debut in the 1957–58 season, before being signed by Don Revie for Leeds United as a proven goalscorer for a fee of £15,000 in 1962. He scored the only goal on his debut in Leeds opening match of the 1962–63 season and went on to help Leeds win promotion to the First Division in the 1963–64 season, and to reach the 1965 FA Cup Final. Injuries reduced his first team opportunities and he faded out of the first team before joining Aberdeen in February 1967. He later played for Rotherham United, Portsmouth, Aldershot and St Mirren.

## Management career

After leaving St Mirren, Storrie joined Southern League club Waterlooville as player-manager. In 1976, he returned to Scotland as manager of St Johnstone. His last role in football was on the coaching staff back at his first senior club, Airdrie.

## Personal life

Storrie was the stepson of Willie Hewitt who played for Partick Thistle, and the son-in-law of Tony Weldon whose clubs included Airdrieonians and Everton.

He died on 11 November 2014, aged 74.

## Honours

**Leeds United**

* (English) Football League Second Division Championship 1963–64

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Phil Cartwright

**Herbert Philip Cartwright** (8 February 1908 – October 1974) was an English footballer who scored 24 goals in 129 appearances in the Football League playing for Bradford Park Avenue, Hull City, Lincoln City and Carlisle United. He played as an outside forward. He was on the books of Bradford Park Avenue, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic and Rotherham United without appearing in the league, and also played non-league football for Scarborough.

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Neil Moore

For the musician and educator, see Neil Moore (musician).

**Neil Moore** (born 21 September 1972) is an English former professional football defender who used to play for Everton Football Club.

Moore joined Nuneaton Borough in July 2003 following his release from Mansfield Town. He started his career at Everton and had loan spells with Blackpool, Oldham Athletic, Carlisle United, Rotherham United and Norwich City before moving to Burnley and Macclesfield Town.

In 2000, he moved into non-league with Telford United. Moore spent two seasons at Bucks Head, where he was the subject of a £40,000 bid from Chester City. Upon the completion of his contract with Telford, he signed for Division Two side Mansfield Town, where he was captain until the appointment of Keith Curle as manager. He scored his only goal for Mansfield in the League Cup against Derby County. He spent time on loan at Southport before being released and joining Nuneaton Borough, for whom he was skipper for three seasons. Despite being replaced as team captain by Tom Curtis at the start of the 2007–08 campaign, Moore remained a prominent first-team member, and when Curtis left at the end of the season, Moore was given the captaincy again for the 2008–09 season, following Nuneaton's two-league demotion. However, Moore was released by manager Kevin Wilkin in October 2008, so that Wilkin could free up money to buy attackers.

He was a member of the first group of legends ever inducted into the inaugural hall of fame when it began in 2009.

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Dennis Leigh (footballer)

**Dennis Leigh** (born 26 February 1949) is an English former professional footballer who made 402 appearances in the Football League playing for Doncaster Rovers, Rotherham United and Lincoln City. He also played non-league football for Boston United. He played as a left back.

## Life and career

Leigh was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, and began his football career as an apprentice with Doncaster Rovers. He made his debut in February 1967, initially playing on the left of midfield, and made 37 league appearances before, in February 1968, he was part of a multiple transfer in which he and Graham Watson joined fellow Fourth Division club Rotherham United while Colin Clish, Chris Rabjohn and Harold Wilcockson moved in the other direction. Leigh was still just 19, and established himself gradually in the first team at left back and penalty-taker. He averaged 40 games a season over his first four full seasons, but lost his place early in 1972–73 and was transfer-listed.

In February 1973, Leigh became one of Graham Taylor's first signings for Lincoln City, choosing them ahead of Peterborough United. He played regularly as Lincoln came close to promotion in 1974–75 and as they won the Fourth Division title the following season, despite earning himself a reputation for disciplinary problems. He made 229 appearances in all competitions, and left the club after their relegation back to Division Four in 1979, then spending a couple of years in the Alliance Premier League with Boston United.

After retiring from football, Leigh worked for the *Lincolnshire Echo*; in 2001, he was that newspaper's advertising manager.

## References

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1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dennis Leigh. Neil Brown. Retrieved on May 10, 2013.
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Paul Raven (footballer)

**Paul Duncan Raven** (born 28 July 1970 in Salisbury, England) is a former professional footballer who played as a defender between 1987 and 2006. He notably played for West Bromwich Albion and Grimsby Town.

## Career

Raven was added to the first team squad at Doncaster Rovers in 1987. After his first season with Rovers, he moved to West Bromwich Albion. Raven played for Albion for the next eleven years, while also spending time on loan with former club Doncaster and Rotherham United.

In July 2000, Raven joined Grimsby Town on a free transfer. Grimsby were managed by Alan Buckley for whom he had previously played at West Brom. Although Buckley was sacked eight weeks later, Raven played for three years at Blundell Park.

In the summer of 2003, he joined Carlisle United along with fellow Grimsby player Steve Livingstone. During his time at Carlisle he scored once against York. After Carlisle, he played out the last two years of his career at Barrow.

## Coaching career

Since 2012 Raven has been employed as an Executive in Education for the Professional Footballers' Association.

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Ian Ross (footballer, born 1986)

**Ian Ross** (born 13 January 1986 in Sheffield) is an English footballer who plays for Boston United.

## Playing career

### Sheffield United

Ross started his career as a trainee with Sheffield United. His "Blades" career was limited to just two League Cup games, the first of which was against Boston United in which he scored the winning goal. He had loan spells with Boston United and Bury during the 2005–06 season. Whilst at Boston he was named League Two's *Player of the Month* for October.

In July 2006, he joined Notts County on a six-month loan deal, which saw him play 31 games and scored one goal. After returning to Bramall Lane in January, the two clubs agreed a new loan deal until the end of the season.

### Rotherham United

On 7 November 2007, he signed a loan deal at League Two side Rotherham United, he then joined permanently until the end of the season in January. Ross was released after his short-team deal at the Millers expired, along with five other players.

### Non-League

Ross signed for Gainsborough Trinity, after a trial period in which he scored in the last minute 2–1 win over Chesterfield on 19 July 2008. On 20 March 2009, Ross was signed by Alfreton Town manager Nicky Law.

On 16 May 2011, Ross signed for Harrogate Town.

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Richard Tracey (footballer)

This article is about the English footballer. For the British politician, see Richard Tracey.

**Richard Tracey** (born 9 July 1979) is an English former professional footballer. He is currently manager of Emley.

## Playing career

Tracey started his professional career at Sheffield United in 1997. On 5 March 1998 he moved to Rotherham United, where he made one start and four substitute appearances before joining Carlisle United, initially on loan, on 12 March 1999. Tracey appeared in the famous Jimmy Glass game against Plymouth Argyle, in which the goalkeeper scored in the 94th minute to keep Carlisle United in The Football League. Tracey went on to make 54 starts and 15 sub appearances for the Cumbrians, scoring 15 goals.

Tracey joined Macclesfield Town in January 2001 and played for the club 37 times, scoring five goals. On 8 March 2002 after falling out of favour with then manager David Moss, Tracey signed for Scarborough but made only one appearance in which he suffered a bad injury for the "Seadogs" before leaving the professional game and moving into semi-professional football.

Tracey played for several other non-league clubs, including Bradford Park Avenue and Ossett Town, and Ossett Albion.

## Managerial career

Tracey managed Ossett Albion between 2013 and 2018. He was appointed manager of Emley in May 2019.

## Teaching career

Tracey has been a PE teacher at St Wilfrid’s for many years. He’s a senior staff member and has been head of year for multiple different year groups. He is currently an interim assistant head teacher.

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Trevor Phillips (footballer)

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**Trevor Phillips** (born 18 September 1952) is an English retired professional footballer who played in The Football League for four clubs between 1969 and 1984.

Phillips was raised in the Oakwell area of Barnsley and attended Grove Street School. he went on to play for the Yorkshire Old Boys League, the youth English international team, and four football league clubs.

## Playing career

Phillips began his career as an apprentice with Rotherham United, where he turned professional and made his debut during the 1969–70 season. Over the next decade Phillips made more than 300 Football League appearances for the Millers, scoring 80 goals.

In June 1979, Phillips moved to fellow Football League Division Three side Hull City, but the following March he joined Chester for a club record £55,000. Phillips made his debut in a 1–0 defeat at Plymouth Argyle on 15 March 1980, alongside Ian Rush, and went on to be a regular in the side before joining Stockport County on loan in March 1982. He finished as the club's joint highest scorer in 1980–81 with seven goals.

Phillips returned to Chester to play for the club in their final game of the season but then made a permanent switch to Edgeley Park in the summer of 1982. However, he was back at Chester for the start of the 1983–84 season on a non–contract basis. He was released by the club in February 1984, shortly after the arrival of new manager John McGrath. Along with Trevor Storton, Phillips joined non-league side Oswestry Town. He spent two years with Oswestry before finishing playing.

After leaving professional football, Phillips began working as a painter and decorator while living in Tarvin near Chester.

## Career honours

**Rotherham United**

* Football League Division Four promotion as third place team: 1974–75.

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Paul Murphy (English footballer)

**Paul Murphy** (born 16 March 1954) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League as a forward.

## References

**General**

* Template:ENFA. Retrieved 20 October 2013.

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Phil Whelan

**Philip James Whelan** (born 7 August 1972) is an English former professional footballer. A defender, he played for Ipswich Town, Middlesbrough, Oxford, Rotherham and Southend.

## Playing career

Born in Reddish in Stockport, Whelan began his career at Ipswich Town, signing professional terms with the club on 2 July 1990. He made his Ipswich debut in a Full Members Cup first round match against Bristol Rovers on 2 October 1991. He spent most of the 1991–92 season playing for the reserves in the Football Combination, not making his league debut until 4 April, when he scored the first goal in a 2–1 win at Southend United. He scored again in his second match for the first team three days later as Ipswich beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1 at Portman Road, although he never scored for the club again. He went on to play six more games that season, as Ipswich won Division Two, earning promotion to the new Premier League.

The following season saw Whelan become a first-team regular, playing in 32 of the club's 42 Premier League matches. He also became an England U21 international, and was a member of the Great Britain team that competed in the World Student games in July 1993, qualifying as he was completing an accountancy degree at the University of East Anglia.

In 1993–94 Whelan played 28 league matched for Ipswich, but the following season saw him restricted to 12 league appearances. In March 1995 he was sold to Middlesbrough for £300,000, with his final Ipswich game being a 3–0 defeat to Norwich City in the East Anglian Derby. After 28 appearances, he left Middlesbrough in May 1997, signing for Oxford United for £170,000. He spent three seasons at Oxford, making 51 league appearances, and also had a brief loan spell at Rotherham United towards the end of the 1998–99 season.

In the summer of 2000, Whelan signed for Southend on a free transfer. He spent three seasons at Roots Hall, playing 100 league matches, before retiring at the end of the 2002–03 season.

Whelan later became a teacher and moved to Cheshire.

## References

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4. ↑ Southend United (0) 1 - 2 (0) Ipswich Town Pride of Anglia
5. ↑ Ipswich Town (0) 2 - 1 (0) Wolverhampton Wanderers Pride of Anglia
6. ↑ World Student Games: Whelan returns to bolster Britain's battle for honours: Coach's daring gamble pays off as Britain's footballers move within sight of a medal despite defeat by Russia The Independent, 23 July 1993
7. ↑ Premiership Star Whelan comes to Nantwich The Dabber, 8 October 2013
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Robert Williams (footballer, born 1932)

**George Robert Williams** (18 November 1932 – March 2003) was an English professional footballer who played as a right half.

## Career

Born in Felling, Williams spent his early career with Rotherham United, Sheffield United and Wisbech Town. He signed for Bradford City from Wisbech Town in June 1956. He made 6 league appearances for the club, before moving to Mansfield Town in July 1957.

## Sources

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4. ↑ Frost, p. 390
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Will Varty

**John William "Will" Varty** (born 1 October 1976 in Workington, Cumbria) is an English former footballer who played as a defender.

He played for Carlisle United and Rotherham United before dropping into non-league football in 2002 to play for his hometown club Workington. He retired from football in 2005 due to family and work commitments.

## Honours

Carlisle United
* Football League Trophy winner: 1997

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Phil Crosby (footballer)

**Philip Alan Crosby** (born 9 November 1962) is an English former professional footballer who played as a left back.

## Career

Born in Leeds, Crosby played for Grimsby Town, Rotherham United, Peterborough United and York City.

Crosby also participated at the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship, making four appearances in the tournament.

## References

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1. ↑ Profile. Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database.
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Terry Farmer

**Terence Farmer** (11 May 1931 – 9 May 2014) was an English footballer.

## Career

Farmer joined Rotherham United from Gainsborough Trinity in July 1952. After making 61 appearances and scoring 24 goals in the league, he joined York City in January 1958. He featured prominently for the club as they won promotion to the Third Division and scored the goal which won promotion against Aldershot in April 1959. He joined Scarborough in July 1960, after making 67 appearances and scoring 28 goals. He died on 9 May 2014.

## Notes

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Peter Nix

**Peter Nix** (born 25 January 1958 in Rotherham) is an English former footballer who played for Rotherham United and Penrith City. Peter's son, Kyle Nix, is also a footballer and currently plays in the Thai Premier League for Chiangrai United F.C..

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Mark Foran

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**Mark James Foran** (born 30 October 1973) is an English former professional footballer.

Notable achievements include winning the 1991 FA Youth Cup with Millwall F.C.

Mark Foran was once referred to as a "giant" by the then Peterborough United manager Barry Fry. The 6'4" defender featured briefly during footage of the video "Great Balls of Fire" hosted by Vinny Jones when Fry was heard to shout "We've got a giant, why don't you fucking use him!" at one of his players.Template:Citation needed

During an FA Cup tie, playing for then Division 3 Bristol Rovers against then Premiership Derby County he man marked Fabrizio Ravanelli, the former Italian international. Rovers won the tie 3–1 at Pride Park.

A five-game loan spell at Wycombe Wanderers in the mid-1990s saw Foran voted by supporters as the worst ever player to represent the club.Template:Citation needed He did however return to haunt those who had given him this unwanted tag when he scored a headed goal against them whilst playing for Peterborough United.

A compendium of injuries contributed to Foran's shortened career, suffering three broken legs including one while playing for Crewe reserves.

He drifted into semi-professional football in the early 2000s before retiring to pursue a career outside the game.

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Tom Atter

**John Tom Atter** (9 May 1901 – 6 October 1958) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

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Ron Thompson (footballer, born 1921)

**Ronald Thompson** (24 December 1921 – 1988) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Rotherham United and York City, in non-League football for Wadsley Common and Gainsborough Trinity, and was on the books of Sheffield Wednesday without making a league appearance.

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Viktor Johansson

For the swimmer, see Victor Johansson.

**Viktor Tobias Johansson** (born 14 September 1998) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for English club Rotherham United, as a goalkeeper.

## Club career

Johansson spent his early career with Stuvsta, Hammarby, Aston Villa, Alfreton Town and Leicester City.

In September 2020 he signed for Rotherham United. He made his first appearance in a 2–1 win at home against Preston North End on 7 November 2020.

## International career

Johansson has represented Sweden at under-17, under-19 and under-21 youth levels.

## Career statistics

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## References

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1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sweden - V. Johansson - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway.
2. ↑ Landslagsdatabasen: Viktor Johansson.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rotherham sign goalkeeper Johansson.
4. ↑ REPORT | Rotherham 2 v 1 Preston.
5. ↑ Viktor Johansson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll.
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Tom McGoldrick

**Thomas Joseph McGoldrick** (20 September 1929 – 14 January 2018) was an English footballer.

## Life and career

McGoldrick was born in Doncaster, England. He played for Maltby Main, Rotherham United and Chesterfield. McGoldrick died in Convoy, County Donegal in Ireland in January 2018 at the age of 88.

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Wally Ardron

**Wally Ardron** (19 September 1918 – 1978) was a footballer born in Swinton, West Riding of Yorkshire, and who played as a centre forward. He joined Rotherham United from Denaby United, and went on to score 98 Football League goals for Rotherham, either side of World War II.

He joined Nottingham Forest after his time at Rotherham. Ardron scored on his league debut for Nottingham Forest on 20 August 1949 in the 2-2 draw away to Brighton. He holds the record for scoring most Forest league goals in one season (36 in 1950–51)  and is their third highest goal scorer in all competitions.

## References

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Paul Dillon (footballer)

**Paul Dillon** (born 22 October 1978) is an Irish retired footballer who played over 100 first-team games in The Football League and other competitions for Rotherham United, and, following a serious injury that derailed his career, non-League football for Alfreton Town and Maltby Main.

Having come to prominence by excelling in the Kennedy Cup competition for the Limerick District Schoolboy League selection, Dillon was the only Limerick player chosen to play for the Republic of Ireland u-15 team in the 1993/94 season, winning his first international cap against Austria. At this point he was still playing for Geraldines, the famous nursery club in Limerick, where he was renowned for his flying runs up the left flank and his excellent set-piece ability. Dillon was the stand-out player in what was called "The Dream Team", a crack Geraldines side put together in an attempt to win the national (Evans) cup competition (but who lost surprisingly to New Ross, of Wexford, in the last eight. In 1995, Dillon had a successful trial with Rotherham United FC and moved over to England. Despite some tempestuous displays in the reserve team, including a fist-fight with Coventry City's former Benfica star Isiais, Dillon quickly broke into the first team at Millmoor and - by the latter part of the 1996/97 season, he was a regular at left-back in the first team. He scored an outrageous goal from 50 yards against Gillingham which brought him back to the notice of the Ireland scouts. Accordingly, Dillon was included in the Republic of Ireland national under-19 football team for the 1997 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship finals in Iceland, and played all of the games in that tournament as the first choice at left-back. Dillon also went on to win one cap for the Republic of Ireland under-21 team, playing against the Czech Republic in a friendly in Olomouc in March 1998. Serious injury prevented him from winning any other international caps. Dillon was a first team regular for Rotherham for three and a half seasons, and had attracted notice from scouts of teams at Premiership and Championship level, before serious injury struck and Dillon drifted out of the professional game.

Dillon's potential was recognised by the developers of the famous Championship Manager computer game. In the 1997/98 version of the game, Paul Dillon was one of the players with most potential. He was regularly included in lists of most valuable players and smartest buys for that version of the game.

## References

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Ronnie Robinson (footballer)

**Ronald Robinson** (born 22 October 1966) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender in the Football League for Leeds United F.C., Doncaster Rovers, West Bromwich Albion, Rotherham United, Peterborough United, Exeter City, Huddersfield Town and Scarborough.

## References

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1. ↑ Ronnie Robinson. *UK A–Z Transfers*. Neil Brown. Retrieved on October 27, 2009.
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Mark Druce

**Mark Andrew Druce** (born 3 March 1974) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward for various teams in the Football League.

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Vic Wright

**Ernest Victor "Vic" Wright** (24 January 1909 – 4 March 1964) was an English-born footballer who played as an inside forward in the 1920s and 1930s, notably with Rotherham United and Liverpool. He was the son of William Wright and Patience Wootton of Bloxwich, and a first cousin to Aston Villa player Charlie Athersmith.

## Career

Wright began his career with hometown club Bloxwich Strollers. In 1929, Wright signed for Bristol City. After a short spell at Bristol City, Wright signed for Rotherham United. In 1930, Wright joined Sheffield Wednesday, where he made two league appearances. A year later, Wright re-signed for Rotherham United, playing for the club for three years. On 14 March 1934, Wright signed for Liverpool. He made his debut against Birmingham on 17 March 1934. His last appearance came on 10 April 1937, and in all he scored 33 times in his 85 games for the club. Following his spell at Liverpool, Wright joined Plymouth Argyle for a transfer fee of £1,000. In 1938, Wright signed for Chelmsford City, playing in Chelmsford's debut season. In World War II, Wright guested for Millwall, Crystal Palace and Walsall.

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