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Ebor Reed

**Ebor Reed** (30 November 1899 – 1971) was an English professional footballer who played as a defender. He played in the Football League for Cardiff City, Nottingham Forest and Rotherham United before playing for several teams in Ireland.

## Career

Born in Spennymoor, Reed began his career with Newcastle United in 1922. However, he struggled to break into the first team and left the club in 1925 without making a senior appearance. He instead joined Cardiff City where he made his professional debut in the Football League First Division, making six appearances during the 1925–26 season. He left the club at the end of the season and spent a similar one season spell with Nottingham Forest.

In 1927, he joined Third Division North side Rotherham United where he spent two seasons as a first team regular and made over 60 appearances in all competitions. He joined Derry City in 1929 ahead of their first season in the Irish League, scoring six times from the penalty spot during the season. However, at the end of his first season with Derry, he was unable to agree terms with the club for a second season after they refused his request of £5 per week in wages and a £50 signing fee.

He instead moved to Dundalk, helping the club finish as runner-up in the league and reach the final of the FAI Cup in his first season. The arrival of Albert Harrison the following season saw Reed move to an unfamiliar role at wing half. He played in the club's 7–3 victory over Shamrock Rovers in the final of the LFA President's Cup in September 1931 but the club's struggles in the league, coupled with financial difficulties, led to Reed and several other players being released at the end of the season. He later played for Portadown.

## Honours

**Dundalk**

* LFA President's Cup winner: 1931–32

## References

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Gary Strodder

**Gary Strodder** (born 1 April 1965) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre half.

## Career

Born in Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, Strodder came through the youth system of Yorkshire Amateur. He joined Lincoln City in 1982, spending five years at the club and being voted the club's player of the year in 1986, before signing for West Ham United. After three years at West Ham, he moved on to West Bromwich Albion, who he helped to promotion via the playoff final at Wembley Stadium in a team managed by Argentinian and Tottenham Hotspur legend Ossie Ardiles. In 1996 he signed for Notts County, where he was selected for the Third Division PFA Team of the Year in 1997–98. In 1998–99 he had a spell on loan at Rotherham United, before joining Hartlepool United. In 2001 he dropped into non-League football with Guiseley. After retiring from playing he worked for the community development section at Leeds United, before going into business in Menorca.

## References

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1. ↑ History Yorkshire Amateur A.F.C.
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3. ↑ Paul Smith (2018) *Record Breakers: The Inside Story of Notts County's Momentous 1997/98 Title Triumph*
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John Pearson (footballer, born 1963)

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**John Stuart Pearson** (born 1 September 1963) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Sheffield Wednesday, Charlton Athletic, Leeds United, Rotherham United, Barnsley, Hull City, Carlisle United, Mansfield Town and Cardiff City. Pearson is now part of the commentary team for Sheffield Wednesday's matches on Wednesday Player along with Rob O'Neill.

As a player, he was part of the Leeds United team that won promotion to the First Division in 1990 as Second Division champions. He played for Leeds from 1986 to 1991, and although he only found the net 12 times in 99 league appearances during that time, this included a hat-trick against Sheffield United in the Second Division on 19 March 1988 in a 5–0 win at Elland Road.

## References

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Ian Vaughan (footballer)

**Ian Vaughan** (born 3 July 1961) is an English former professional football defender. He played in the Football League for Rotherham United and Stockport County.

Vaughan was an apprentice with Rotherham United, later turning professional with Rotherham and making his league debut in the 1979–80 season. He played 25 times in the league for Rotherham, scoring a blinding right footed volley in the memorable FA Cup first-round game vs York City during the 1980/1 season. He also made 6 appearances while on loan to Stockport County, before leaving to join then non-league Burton Albion. He subsequently joined Mossley, playing 11 times in the 1986–87 season before leaving to finish his career with Toddick Town.

## References

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1. ↑ Template:Hugman
2. ↑ Rotherham United - 1946/47 - 2008/09. Neil Brown. Retrieved on March 5, 2010.
3. ↑ Complete A-Z of players 1919-2010: Uttley to Volp. Mossley A.F.C.. Retrieved on March 5, 2010.
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Fred Briggs (footballer)

**Fred Briggs** (1 May 1908 – 25 January 1998) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward for Rotherham United, Reading and Southampton in the 1930s.

## Playing career

### Rotherham United

He was born in Wombwell and played as a youth for Mexborough Town and Wombwell before joining Third Division North team Rotherham United in May 1932. Essentially a right winger, Briggs came into the side at the start of the 1932–33 season and played in nine of the opening ten games. His subsequent appearances were spread out, with six successive games being his best spell. He had only netted a couple of goals before he rounded off the season with a brace in the last game of the season, a 6–1 home victory over Halifax Town.

Following the arrival of George Raynor the next season, Briggs switched to inside-forward missing just five league games; he stepped up his scoring rate, finding the net in four consecutive league games in March with seven goals in eight games. After the first six games of the 1934–35 season he lost his place to Roland Bastow and played just three more games, his last being a 2–2 home draw against Crewe Alexandra on 15 December 1934. In his three years with the Millers, Briggs made a total of 80 appearances, scoring 18 goals.

### Reading

He moved south to join Reading in June 1935, where he found first team opportunities scarce, making only 27 league appearances in three seasons.

### Southampton

In May 1938, he was signed on a free transfer by Second Division Southampton. Manager Tom Parker saw him as the ideal player to pair with Harry Osman up front. Briggs made his first start on 24 September 1938 in a defeat at Newcastle United, but soon settled into the side, forming a "useful partnership" with centre-forward Reg Tomlinson. In a run of twelve matches from mid-October to Christmas, he scored ten goals including a hat-trick at home to Swansea Town on 26 November. By the end of the season he was the Saints' top scorer with 14 goals.

### Later career

The outbreak of war then brought Briggs's playing career to a premature end. Although he played for the "Saints" in the first wartime season, he moved on to guest for several clubs, including Wrexham, Accrington Stanley, Fulham and Watford.

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Gerry Gow

**Gerry Gow** (29 May 1952 – 10 October 2016) was a footballer who played for Bristol City in the 1970s, making 375 appearances for them in The Football League. Gow made his debut for Bristol City in 1970 at the age of 17. He was a member of the side which achieved promotion in 1976 to the First Division. He left Bristol City aged 28 following the team's relegation to the Second Division in 1980.

After his time at Bristol City he played for Manchester City, appearing in the 1981 FA Cup Final, and Rotherham United, before transferring to Burnley in August 1983. He then moved to Yeovil Town where he was player manager for a time.

Bristol City granted Gow a retrospective testimonial in 2012, when a Legends team played against a Manchester City Legends side.

Gerry Gow is mentioned in the song 'This One's for Now' by the band Half Man Half Biscuit on their album *Urge For Offal*.

He died of cancer on 10 October 2016 at the age of 64.

## References

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1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Template:NeilBrownPlayers
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3. ↑ Clarets mad – Burnley players. Claretsmad.co.uk.
4. ↑ Manchester City's enforcer Gerry Gow hailed at testimonial. Manchestereveningnews.co.uk.
5. ↑ Bristol City legend Gerry Gow dies after losing battle with cancer. Bristol Post (10 October 2016).
6. ↑ Gerry Gow: Former Bristol City midfielder dies aged 64. BBC Sport (10 October 2016).
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Rod Johnson (footballer)

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**Rodney Johnson** (8 January 1945 – December 2019) was an English professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

## Career

Born in Leeds, Johnson played for Leeds United, Doncaster Rovers, Rotherham United, Bradford City and Gainsborough Trinity.

He was also an England youth international.

He died in December 2019, aged 74.

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Jacob Parsons

**Jacob Parsons** (27 February 1903 – 1953) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Accrington Stanley, Barrow, Exeter City, Mansfield Town, Southport and Thames.

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John Galley

**John Edward Galley** (born 7 May 1944) is an English former professional footballer who scored 149 goals from 409 games in the Football League playing as a centre forward for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Rotherham United, Bristol City, Nottingham Forest, Peterborough United and Hereford United during the 1960s and 1970s. He was part of the Hereford United side that won the Third Division title in 1976. After 14 seasons in the Football League, he dropped down into non-league football to play for Telford United.

Galley's older brothers Gordon and Maurice Galley also played in the Football League.

## References

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1. ↑ John Galley. *UK A–Z Transfers*. Neil Brown. Retrieved on October 15, 2009.
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Les Chappell

**Les Chappell** (born 6 February 1947 in Nottingham, England) is an English footballer who played as a striker.

Chappell began his career with Rotherham United in 1965 and was a part of the team for over three seasons, scoring regularly. Following the Millers' relegation he joined Blackburn Rovers before moving onto Reading in 1969.

He became a key player for Reading over the next five years before moving to Doncaster Rovers. Chappell finished his league football career with Swansea City, joining the coaching staff. He was caretaker manager from March to May 1984 following the dismissal of John Toshack and again in December 1984 following the dismissal of Colin Appleton.

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Dean Barrick

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**Dean Barrick** (born 30 September 1969) is an English former footballer.

He played primarily as a left back for Preston North End, Rotherham United and Cambridge United amongst other clubs in a career spanning 17 years.

As a manager, he took Hucknall Town to the 2005 FA Trophy final.
He was the head of physical education at The British School in Warsaw, Poland.

Dean Barrick was also a physical education teacher at Hatfield Visual Arts College in Hatfield, Doncaster.

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Ken Bower

**Kenneth Bower** (18 March 1926 – August 2002) was an English footballer who scored 45 goals from 102 appearances in the Football League playing for Third Division North clubs Darlington and Rotherham United in the years following the Second World War. He played as a centre forward.

## References

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1. ↑ Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10. *Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database*. Neil Brown. Retrieved on April 18, 2014.
2. ↑ Rotherham United – 1946/47–2012/13. *Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database*. Neil Brown. Retrieved on April 18, 2014.
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Fred Liddle

**James Frederick Liddle** (born 29 November 1910) was an English professional footballer. He played for Queens Park Rangers, Huddersfield Town, Rotherham United, Newcastle United, Gillingham, Coventry City and Exeter City between 1927 and 1939.

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Dave Gwyther

**David Gwyther** (born 6 December 1948) is a former Wales Under-23 international footballer.

## Career

A tall, strong striker he began his career with Swansea Town and was their top scorer for four successive seasons scoring 60 goals in 216 matches. In 1971 Gwyther was selected for the Football Association of Wales tour of Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia and Malaysia but these matches were not classed as international cap matches.

He moved on to Halifax Town and Rotherham United.

In 1979, he joined Newport County and partnered John Aldridge and Tommy Tynan during the most successful period in the club's history. Gwyther played in the team that won promotion to Football League Third Division and the Welsh Cup and in the subsequent season reached the quarter-final of the European Cup Winners Cup.

He finished his career with Crewe Alexandra and Port Talbot Town.

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1. ↑ FAW Tour
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Keith Pring

**Keith David Pring** (11 March 1943 – 25 January 2018) was a Welsh professional footballer and Wales international. As a winger, he began his career as an apprentice at Newport County and made his debut in 1961. He made 61 Football League appearances for Newport, scoring 3 goals before joining Rotherham United in October 1964 for a fee of £10,000. Pring later moved on to Notts County F.C. and finished his career at Southport due to a bad leg break.

Born in Newport, Monmouthshire, Pring attained 3 caps for the Wales national football team, making his international debut on 1 December 1965 in place of the injured Gil Reece in a 4–2 defeat to Denmark.

Keith had a son Gareth born in Nottingham in 1968 and later a daughter Caroline born in Southport in 1975.

Keith David Pring resided in Churchtown, Southport where he also had seven grandchildren: Emmy, Robert, Will, Max, Zac, Ashleigh and Sam, the latter two being the niece and nephew of former Everton and Chester star Stuart Rimmer.

Pring's former club Rotherham United confirmed they were saddened to learn about his death on Sunday evening.

## References

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1. ↑ Keith Pring. Rotherham United F.C. (17 November 2004).
2. ↑ Keith Pring. Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database.
3. ↑ Keith Pring died. Rotherham United Twitter.
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Jimmy McConnell

**James McConnell** (23 February 1899 – 1949) was a Scottish professional footballer born in Ayr who played as a centre forward in the Football League for Carlisle United, Crewe Alexandra and Rotherham United.

McConnell began his football career following service during World War I. In June 1920, he played one game, scoring one goal, for Kilmarnock F.C. In February 1921, he joined Stevenston United F.C. In May 1921, his professional career began with Nithsdale Wanderers. In 1926, McConnell moved to the United States where he joined the Springfield Babes. He played only three games with Springfield before being sent to Providence. In August 1927, McConnell moved to Bethlehem Steel. He got off to a quick start, scoring seven goals in Bethlehem's first eight games of the season. When his production dried up, Bethlehem shipped him to J&P Coats. In 1928, McConnell moved to English side Carlisle United. He later played in England for Crewe Alexandra before retiring from football in 1934.

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4. ↑ Jimmy McConnell. *Hall of Fame*. Carlisle United Football Club & FLPTV Ltd. (25 June 2007).
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Jamie Yates

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**Jamie Yates** (born 24 December 1988) is an English footballer who is player/coach for The World's Oldest Football Club Sheffield F.C. .

## Career

He signed a new one-year contract with Rotherham in May 2008.

In January 2009, Yates joined Conference National club Burton Albion initially on a month's loan, which was subsequently extended to the end of the season. He scored his first goal for Burton in a 1–0 win away to Grays Athletic in only his second game for the club, a match which also set a new Conference record of twelve consecutive wins.

In 2015 Jamie Yates was appointed Head Coach of Matlock Town youth system, which saw him develop and see several players go into the Professional and Semi Professional game. In 2019 Yates left Matlock Town and was appointed Player coach of current club Sheffield F.C. a role which involves working closely with the club's youth system in Partnership with Leeds United.

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Danny Hudson

**Danny Hudson** (born 25 June 1979) is an English footballer who played in The Football League for Rotherham United. He also played non-League football for Doncaster Rovers, Halifax Town and Belper Town.
He retired from football to pursue a career as a prison officer.

## References

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David Currie (footballer)

**David Norman Currie** (born 27 November 1962) is an English former footballer who played as a striker for Middlesbrough, Darlington, Barnsley, Nottingham Forest, Oldham Athletic, Rotherham United, Huddersfield Town, Carlisle United and Scarborough.

He joined Barnsley in 1988 and played 80 league games for them, scoring 30 goals. Currie joined Nottingham Forest in January 1990, and made his debut for them on 3 February, although in August 1990 he moved again to join Oldham.

## References

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1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 David Currie. Neil Brown.
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Ken Waterhouse

**Kenneth Waterhouse** (23 January 1930 – 4 April 2016) was a professional footballer who played in the Football League for Preston North End, Rotherham United, Bristol City and Darlington. He was a member of Rotherham's 1961 Football League Cup Final team. Waterhouse became manager of Morecambe in 1965 and left in 1969. However just several months later he was back at *The Shrimps* where he spent another two years.

## References

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1. ↑ http://www.pnefc.net/news/article/kenneth-waterhouse-preston-north-end-3043751.aspx
2. ↑ http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player2/royironside.html
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John Green (footballer, born 1958)

**John Richard Green** (born 7 March 1958) is a former footballer who scored 17 goals from 478 appearances in the Football League playing as a centre back for Rotherham United (two spells), Scunthorpe United and Darlington in the 1970s and 1980s.

## References

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1. ↑ A–Z Past Players (DOC). Rotherham United F.C.. Archived from the original on February 8, 2012.
2. ↑ The Iron Alphabet. Scunthorpe United F.C.. Archived from the original on December 22, 2007.
3. ↑ John Green. *Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database*. Neil Brown. Retrieved on May 6, 2014.
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Glyn Jones (footballer, born 1936)

**Glyn Jones** (born 8 April 1936) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Mansfield Town, Rotherham United and Sheffield United.

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Dean Emerson

**Dean Emerson** (born 27 December 1962) is an English former professional footballer who made 383 appearances in the Football League playing as a midfielder for Stockport County (167 league matches in two spells), Rotherham United, Coventry City (114 top-flight matches), Hartlepool United and Preston North End. He also played non-league football for East Manchester, Chorley, VS Rugby, Hinckley United and Stafford Rangers.

He was a Coventry City player when they reached the 1987 FA Cup Final but missed the match because of injury.

## References

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John Woodall (footballer)

**Bertram John Woodall** (born 16 January 1949), more commonly known as **John Woodall**, is an English former footballer.

## Career

Woodall was playing for Goole Town before joining York City in February 1967 as a part-timer to provide cover for Ted MacDougall, after being spotted by former Goole manager George Teasdale. He made two appearances for the side before moving onto Selby Town in May 1968, where he played until 1969 when he rejoined Goole. He then played at Gainsborough Trinity before returning to the Football League with Rotherham United in March 1974. He made 26 appearances and scored six goals in the league whilst at the club, after which he joined Scarborough in March 1975. He played in three FA Trophy finals for Scarborough, in 1975, 1976, when he scored in the 3–2 win over Stafford Rangers and 1977. He finished as the club's top scorer in two consecutive seasons; 1975–76 (30 goals) and 1976–77 (24 goals). He later rejoined Selby and then returned to Goole in 1981. He went on to finish his career with a return to Gainsborough.

He won the Player of the year award in 1976, whilst playing for Scarborough.

## Notes

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Gordon Morritt

**Gordon Raymond Morritt** (8 February 1942 – November 2018) was an English footballer who made 265 appearances in the Football League playing as a goalkeeper for Rotherham United, Doncaster Rovers, Northampton Town, York City, Rochdale and Darlington in the 1960s and 1970s. He also played in South Africa for Durban City. He played in some of Rotherham's matches as they reached the first ever League Cup Final in 1961, but Roy Ironside was preferred for the final itself, in which Rotherham lost 3–0 on aggregate to Aston Villa.

Morritt was born in Rotherham in 1942, and died in November 2018 at the age of 76.

## References

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1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gordon Morritt. *Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database*. Neil Brown. Retrieved on August 5, 2014.
2. ↑ A–Z Past Players (DOC). Rotherham United F.C.. Archived from the original on August 10, 2011.
3. ↑ Fort, Didier (25 February 2001). England – League Cup Finals 1961–2001. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved on August 5, 2014.
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David Pugh (footballer, born 1947)

**David Pugh** (born 22 January 1947) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a winger in the Football League for Newport County, Chesterfield, Halifax Town, Rotherham United and York City and in non-League football for Goole Town (as player-manager), Burton Albion and Scarborough. He was a Wales schoolboy and under-23 international. He worked as reserve team and youth team coach at Doncaster Rovers.

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Jim Furnell

**James Furnell** (born 23 November 1937 in Clitheroe, Lancashire) is a former English footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.

## Career

Furnell started his career at his local club Burnley, signing at the age of 17. As third-choice keeper he only played twice in eight seasons at Turf Moor, before being signed by Liverpool in February 1962. Furnell immediately took the No. 1 jersey at Liverpool, playing all 13 of the club's remaining matches that seasons, as they won a Second Division title and promotion to the First Division. However, after breaking his finger in a training ground accident early in the 1962-63 season, he lost his place to Tommy Lawrence. He played two matches in 1963-64 before being sold to Arsenal for £15,000 in November 1963.

Furnell immediately slotted into the Arsenal first team, making his debut the day after he signed, on 23 November 1963 against Blackpool; the match finished 5–3 to Arsenal. Furnell went on to become the long-term successor to Jack Kelsey, playing as Arsenal's No. 1 for the next five seasons (aside from 1964-65, when he shared the spot with Tony Burns). Under manager Billy Wright, however, Arsenal struggled to make an impact in either the League or the Cups.

With the promotion of Bertie Mee to manager in 1966, Arsenal's form began to pick up, although Furnell didn't stay at the club long enough to enjoy it. Although he played in the 1967-68 League Cup Final against Leeds United (which Arsenal lost 1-0), in the following match, an FA Cup tie against Birmingham City, he made an error which let in Birmingham's equaliser. He was dropped with Bob Wilson taking his place, and never played for the Arsenal first team again.

He was sold in September 1968 for £8,000 to Rotherham United; he had played 167 matches for Arsenal in total. After two years with Rotherham he moved to Plymouth Argyle in 1970. He played for five and a half years for Plymouth before his retirement in the summer of 1976. As part of the club's centenary in 2003, Furnell was named as goalkeeper in the Pilgrims' all-time greatest XI by the club's fans.

After retiring as a player, he was a coach at Plymouth before joining Blackburn Rovers in 1981; he served as a coach there until his retirement in 1998.

In a 2007 web poll, Furnell was named Plymouth's best goalkeeper of all time.

## References

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Ian Sawyers

**Ian Sawyers** is an American soccer coach.

Sawyers attended Carnegie College, a division of Leeds Metropolitan University in Leeds, England. He played professional soccer for the Rotherham United club. Sawyers became Director of Soccer for the Mission Viejo Soccer Club, a youth soccer program based in Laguna Hills, California, in the late 1980s.

Sawyers then joined the staff of the Stanford University women's soccer program. He was promoted to acting head coach at Stanford in 1993 when former head coach, Berhane Andeberhan, stepped down. During Sawyers' first season of leadership, the Stanford Cardinal earned a program-record 18 wins and reached the Final Four of the NCAA Division I Championship. Over three seasons, Sawyers led the Cardinal to a 50-8-4 record. Sawyers also served as head coach of the Sacramento Storm, a W-League team, from 1993 to 1998.

Sawyers was named head coach of the Bay Area CyberRays later known as the San Jose CyberRays, one of the eight founding member teams in the Women's United Soccer Association. The CyberRays won the inaugural WUSA championship, and Sawyers was named WUSA Coach of the Year for 2001. Sawyers coached the CyberRays for two more seasons, until the WUSA suspended its operations in 2003.

In 2008, Sawyers was named head coach of Sky Blue FC, a Women's Professional Soccer team based in Somerset County in New Jersey and scheduled to play its first match in April 2009. On May 23, 2009, Sky Blue FC announced that Sawyers had been suspended indefinitely due to differences with the organization's ownership.

## Personal life

Julie Foudy and Sawyers have been married since 1995. Their first child Isabel Ann was born in January 2007, and a son named Declan arrived in December 2008. Sawyers and Foudy have jointly conducted youth soccer camps and worked on other soccer-development projects through the Julie Foudy Sports Leadership Academy.

## References

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3. ↑ http://www.skybluesoccer.com/index.php/eng/about\_sky\_blue/staff/ian\_sawyers
4. ↑ ian sawyers - Goal Blog - The New York Times.
5. ↑ Sky Blue FC suspends coach and general manager Ian Sawyers indefinitely because of differences with ownership.
6. ↑ Archived copy.
7. ↑ Archived copy.
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Steve Thornber

**Stephen John Thornber** (born 11 October 1965) is an English former professional footballer and current youth team manager of Bradford City.

Thornber, a midfielder, began his career as a junior with Halifax Town in 1983. He remained with the Shaymen for five years, making 104 league appearances and scoring four goals.

In 1988, he moved to Swansea City in a £10,000 deal. In three years at the Welsh club he made 117 appearances, scoring six goals.

His next move, in 1992, was to Blackpool, then managed by Billy Ayre, a former teammate and manager of Thornber during his time at Halifax. After a year and just under a quarter-century of appearances at Bloomfield Road, he joined Scunthorpe United on a free transfer.

## References

* Thornber's profile at Soccerbase

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Ian Banks (footballer)

**Ian Frederick Banks** (born 9 January 1961 in Mexborough, West Riding of Yorkshire) was a professional footballer who played for Barnsley, Leicester City, Huddersfield Town, Bradford City, West Bromwich Albion, Rotherham United, Darlington and Emley AFC. He has also been a coach including at Chesterfield and former club Bradford City, both alongside Nicky Law. His son Oliver is also a professional football.

He was the manager of AFC Emley during the 2008–09 and 2009–10 seasons working alongside for the 2nd time, assistant & former Hartlepool United and Darlington defender & current TV Actor Grant Crookes, becoming the first person to be manager of the previous Emley and the current Emley.

## External links

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Harry Deacon

**Henry Deacon** (25 April 1900 – 15 January 1946) was an English professional footballer who made 479 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham, Swansea Town, Crewe Alexandra, Southport, Accrington Stanley and Rotherham United. He played as an inside forward.

## Playing career

Deacon was born in the Darnall district of Sheffield, and played football for Hallam before joining Sheffield Wednesday as an amateur. He moved on to Birmingham in 1920, and made his debut in the First Division on 4 February 1922, deputising for Johnny Crosbie in a home game against Liverpool which resulted in a 2–0 defeat. After two games in two seasons, unable to dislodge Crosbie from the inside right position, Deacon moved on to Swansea Town where he found considerably more success.

In nine seasons with the club, he scored 86 goals in 316 league games, played a major role in their promotion to the Second Division as Third Division South champions in the 1924–25 season, and helped them reach the final of the Welsh Cup and the semi-final of the FA Cup the following season. In recognition of his service to the club, Swansea awarded him a testimonial match which was attended by 9,000 spectators.

Deacon went on to spend three seasons with Crewe Alexandra where he scored 47 goals in 188 Third Division North games. He then began the 1934–35 season at Southport, finishing it with Accrington Stanley, where his 11 goals gave him runner-up spot in their scoring charts despite arriving midway through the season. He ended his professional career with Rotherham United, making his last Football League appearance just before Christmas 1935.

Deacon died in Rotherham, Yorkshire, in 1946 at the age of 45.

## References

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4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 A–Z Past Players (Pre-1939) (DOC). Rotherham United F.C.. Archived from the original on August 10, 2011. Retrieved on May 6, 2009.
5. ↑ Welsh Cup Final 1925/26. Welsh Football Data Archive. Retrieved on June 2, 2019.
6. ↑ Club History. Swansea City A.F.C. (13 May 2008). Archived from the original on April 14, 2009. Retrieved on May 6, 2009.
7. ↑ 1934/35. Archived from the original on August 27, 2008. Retrieved on May 6, 2009.
8. ↑ League Record. *Accrington Stanley History*. Greger Lindberg. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved on May 6, 2009.
League Appearances D–H. *Accrington Stanley History*. Greger Lindberg. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved on May 6, 2009.
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Leigh Jenkinson

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**Leigh Jenkinson** (born 9 July 1969) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder from 1987 until 2003.

He played in the Premier League for Coventry City, and in the Scottish Premier League for St Johnstone, Hearts and Dundee United. He also appeared in the Football League for Hull City, Rotherham United, Birmingham City and Wigan Athletic. He finished his career in non-League football with Barrow and Goole.

## Playing career

Jenkinson, who played on the left wing, began his career with Hull City in 1987 and remained at Boothferry Park for six years, making over 130 league appearances for the Yorkshire club. Whilst at Hull, Jenkinson was reputed to be the fastest winger in the Football League and ran in the final eight of the Rumbelows Sprint Challenge, an ITV-organised sprint competition that was organised to test just who was the fastest.

In 1993, the midfielder moved to Premier League side Coventry City, then under the guidance of Phil Neal. After just two years at Highfield Road, which included a short loan spell at Birmingham City, Jenkinson tried his hand at Scottish football with St Johnstone. He won the First Division championship with the Perth club in 1996-97 before leaving McDiarmid Park in 1998 to return to England with Wigan Athletic. His stay at Springfield Park was short, and he left again for Scotland later the same year to sign for Hearts. In 2000, Jenkinson was reunited with former St Johnstone manager Paul Sturrock when he joined Tayside rivals Dundee United.

He finished out his playing career in non-league football with Barrow and Goole.

## Personal life

After retiring, Jenkinson lived in North Yorkshire and worked away from the game. He also made an appearance for the Hull City Masters team in 2009.

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List of Rotherham United F.C. players

**This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Rotherham United.** The aim is for this list to include all players that have played 100 or more senior matches for the club. Other players who are deemed to have played an important role for the club can be included, but the reason for their notability should be included in the 'Notes' column.

The table should also include details of players who played for the two sides that merged to form United - **Rotherham County** and **Rotherham Town**.

For a list of all Rotherham United players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Rotherham United F.C. players, and for the current squad see the main Rotherham United F.C. article.

## Table

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## References

* List of Rotherham United players since 1925, including total appearances/goals, and seasons they were at the club - at rotherhamunited1925.co.uk Template:Dl
* Rotherham Post-war Football League Player statistics at Neil Brown site (up to 2013/14)
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Dennis Pell

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**Dennis Pell** (19 April 1929 – 2003) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger.

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Jack Grainger (footballer, born 1924)

**John "Jack" Grainger** (3 April 1924 – 10 January 1983) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger.

## Career

Born in Darton, Grainger began his career at Frickley Colliery before making 394 appearances in the Football League for Rotherham United and Lincoln City between 1947 and 1959.

He later played non-League football for Burton Albion.

## Personal life

His brother Colin and cousins Jack, Dennis and Edwin Holliday were also all professional footballers.

## References

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1. ↑ Player profile. Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved on November 7, 2010.
2. ↑ Dennis Grainger player profile. leeds-fans.org.uk. Retrieved on November 7, 2010.
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Dave Smith (footballer, born 1947)

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**David Smith** (born 8 December 1947) is an English former professional footballer who scored 55 goals from 406 games in the Football League playing as an outside left or left-sided midfielder for Middlesbrough, Lincoln City and Rotherham United.

## Career

Smith was born in Thornaby-on-Tees, Yorkshire. An England schoolboy international, he began his career on Manchester United's books, but signed for Middlesbrough as an apprentice and then as a professional. He played only three times for that club in four seasons, and joined Lincoln City in 1968. He went straight into the first team, finished the 1968–69 season as the club's top scorer with 11 goals, and remained a first-choice player for ten years. He missed only one game as Lincoln won the Fourth Division title in the 1975–76 season, and scored their 100th goal of that season. Released in 1978 after playing more than 400 games for the club, a total which placed him third behind only Grant Brown and Tony Emery in the club's all-time appearance list, he finished his professional career with 43 appearances for Rotherham United, then played and coached in Sunday league football for many years.

After retiring as a footballer, Smith had several different jobs, including running a pub, working on an oil rig, factory work and selling insurance.

## References

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1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 #12 – Dave Smith. *League Legends*. Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved on May 8, 2010.
2. ↑ Middlesbrough : 1946/47 – 2008/09. *UK A–Z Transfers*. Neil Brown. Retrieved on May 7, 2010.
3. ↑ Lincoln City : 1946/47 – 1986/87 & 1988/89 – 2008/09. *UK A–Z Transfers*. Neil Brown. Retrieved on May 7, 2010.
4. ↑ Rotherham United : 1946/47 – 2008/09. *UK A–Z Transfers*. Neil Brown. Retrieved on May 7, 2010.
5. ↑ Appearances. *The Lincoln City FC Archive*. Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved on May 8, 2010. Access to 1968–69 season details via Season Stats dropdown menu near foot of page.
6. ↑ Past players (Word document). Rotherham United F.C. Archived from the original on August 10, 2011. Retrieved on May 8, 2010.
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John Dungworth

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**John Henry Dungworth** (born 30 March 1955) is an English former professional footballer and coach.

## Career

Born in Rotherham, then in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Dungworth began his playing career at Huddersfield Town, where he signed schoolboy forms in 1969, and scored on his first-team début against Middlesbrough in 1972. He was then transferred to Oldham Athletic in 1975 followed by a successful spell at Aldershot, where he scored 66 goals in 118 games. In 1977–78 he scored 23 goals in 45 league games and was voted Supporters Player of the Year. The following season he was ever present, scoring 26 times to break the all time Shots record for league goals in a season. However some of his best performances in 1978–79 were in the FA Cup where Aldershot lost in a 5th Round Replay, with Dungworth scoring 8 times in the club's cup run to make him the second highest scorer in the country with 34 goals. He won the Golden Boot Award for being the leading marksman in the Fourth Division. He joined Shrewsbury Town in October 1979, a Football League Tribunal setting the fee at £100,000, a club record fee for Aldershot. At Shrewsbury, he struggled to repeat his past scoring records. Later he moved into the back four and ended his career as a centre-half at his home town club Rotherham United.

Since he ended his playing career, he has been a coach at Sheffield United and manager of Leeds United's academy. Subsequently, he rejoined Huddersfield Town, initially as reserve team coach, and then being appointed First Team Coach in December 2006, when Terry Yorath resigned due to ill health. He left on 3 April 2008, announced as by 'mutual consent', following the departure of manager Andy Ritchie two days earlier. He joined Sheffield Wednesday in early 2009 with primary responsibility for coaching the reserve team, but departed in December 2009 along with manager Brian Laws.

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Gary Scott (footballer)

**Gary Craig Scott** (born 3 February 1978 in Liverpool, England) is an English footballer, who was last attached to Altrincham.

Scott made his debut for Altrincham on 3 October 2000, against Stalybridge Celtic.

## Honours

### Club

Leigh RMI
* Peter Swales Challenge Shield (1): 1999–2000

## References

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