List of Birmingham City F.C. players

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Maik Taylor, the club's most capped player

This list of Birmingham City F.C. players includes all those who have played 100 or more first-team matches in national and international competition for Birmingham City Football Club and the club's predecessors Small Heath Alliance, Small Heath and Birmingham. Some players who have played fewer matches are also listed; these are players from the club's early days, when they played fewer matches in a season, and players who fell short of the 100 total but made a significant contribution to the club's history, for instance by setting a club record.

Frank Womack holds the record for Birmingham league appearances, having played 491 matches between 1908 and 1928, closely followed by Gil Merrick with 485 between 1946 and 1959. If all senior competitions are included, Merrick has 551, followed by Womack's 515 which is the record for an outfield player.^[1] As of 31 May 2008, the player who has won most international caps while at the club is Maik Taylor with 39 for Northern Ireland.^[2]

The goalscoring record is held by Joe Bradford, with 249 league goals, and 267 in total, scored between 1920 and 1935. No other player comes close; Trevor Francis is the nearest with 119 league goals, 133 in total, scored between 1970 and 1979. Walter Abbott holds the records for the most goals scored in a season, set in 1898–99, with 34 league goals in as many games in the Second Division and 42 goals in all competitions.^[3] Bradford holds the record for league goals scored in a top flight season with 29 in 1927–28.^[4]

As of the end of the 2007–08 season, 191 players have reached the milestone of 100 senior appearances for the club, of whom 161 have played 100 or more league matches. Two, Damien Johnson and Maik Taylor, still play for the club.

[edit] Players

Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances are included. Statistics are correct as of 31 May 2008.

Players with name in bold still play for the club.
Players with nationality in bold won full international caps for their country while with the club.

Name	Nationality	Caps[5]	Position	BCFC career	League[6] apps	League goals	Total[7] apps	Total goals	Notes
Stanley, EddyEddy Stanley	England		Inside forward	1882–1890	13	5	35	19	[8]
Morris, HarryHarry Morris	England		Wing half	1884–1893	42	2	69	4	[9]
Charsley, ChrisChris Charsley	England	1	Goalkeeper	1886–1891 1891–1894	55	0	80	0	[10]
Devey, WillWill Devey	England		Centre forward	18881–1891	40	35	51	52	[11]
Jenkyns, CaesarCaesar Jenkyns	Wales	4	Centre half	18881–1895	131	19	155	21	[12]
Speller, FrederickFrederick Speller	England		Full back	18881–1893	75	0	93	0	[13]
Devey, TedTed Devey	England		Wing half	18883–1895	138	5	155	9
Walton, BillyBilly Walton	England		Inside forward / Wing half	1889–1902	201	56	232	70
Hallam, JackJack Hallam	England		Outside right	18901–1896	133	54	151	62
Wheldon, FredFred Wheldon	England		Inside forward	18901–1896	155	99	175	116
Hands, TommyTommy Hands	England		Outside left	18902–1896	134	40	149	43
Ollis, WilliamWilliam Ollis	England		Wing half	1891–1896	121	2	134	2
Mobley, FrankFrank Mobley	England		Centre forward	1892–1896	96	62	103	64
Leake, AlexAlex Leake	England		Defender	1895–1902	199	21	221	23
Robertson, WilliamWilliam Robertson	Wales		Wing half	18961–1899 1902–1903	92	14	103	15
Pratt, BillyBilly Pratt	England		Full back	18962–1901	126	0	139	0
Abbott, WalterWalter Abbott	England		Inside forward	18963–1899 1910–1911	77	57	86	66	[14]
Archer, ArthurArthur Archer	England		Full back	1897–1902	154	4	170	4
Wharton, SidSid Wharton	England		Outside left	1897–1903	151	20	167	25
McRoberts, BobBob McRoberts	Scotland		Centre forward	1898–1905	173	70	187	82	[15]
Wigmore, WalterWalter Wigmore	England		Centre half	18991–1912	329	23	355	25
Robinson, NatNat Robinson	England		Goalkeeper	18992–1908	283	0	306	0
Athersmith, CharlieCharlie Athersmith	England		Outside right	1901–1905	100	12	106	13
Jones, BillyBilly Jones	England		Centre forward	1901–1909 1912–1913	236	99	253	102
Beer, BillyBilly Beer	England		Wing half	19021–1909	236	34	250	35	[15]
Dougherty, JimJim Dougherty	England		Wing half	19022–1907	130	3	136	3
Dorrington, JackJack Dorrington	England		Goalkeeper	19023–1912	106	0	111	0
Green, BennyBenny Green	England		Inside forward	1903–1908	185	43	198	46
Stokes, FrankFrank Stokes	England		Full back	1903–1910	199	1	213	1
Glover, JackJack Glover	England		Full back	1904–1907	116	2	124	2
Womack, FrankFrank Womack	England		Full back	1908–1928	491	0	515	0	[16]
Bumphrey, JamesJames Bumphrey	England		Wing half	1909–1915	137	7	143	7
Gardner, AlbertAlbert Gardner	England		Wing half	1909–1919	113	4	120	4
Ball, WilliamWilliam Ball	England		Full back	19111–1921	152	0	165	0
Gibson, RichardRichard Gibson	England		Outside right	19112–1921	110	16	120	19
Tinkler, AlfAlf Tinkler	England		Centre half	19113–1915	97	3	103	3
McClure, AlecAlec McClure	England		Centre half	1912–1923	192	4	198	4
Roulson, JoeJoe Roulson	England		Wing half	1913–1922	116	4	125	4
Barton, PercyPercy Barton	England	7	Full back	1914–1929	331	13	349	14
Tremelling, DanDan Tremelling	England	1	Goalkeeper	1919–1931	382	0	395	0
Whitehouse, JackieJackie Whitehouse	England		Inside forward	1919–1923	110	31	115	35
Crosbie, JohnnyJohnny Crosbie	Scotland	1	Inside forward	19201–1932	409	71	431	72
Liddell, GeorgeGeorge Liddell	England		Wing half / Full back	19201–1932	323	6	345	6	[15]
Jones, JackJack Jones	England		Full back	19202–1927	228	1	237	1
Bradford, JoeJoe Bradford	England	12	Centre forward	19203–1935	414	249	445	267	[17]
Linley, TedTed Linley	England		Outside left	1921–1926	113	11	118	11
Dale, DickieDickie Dale	England		Wing half	1922–1928	146	0	150	0
Cringan, JimmyJimmy Cringan	Scotland		Wing half	1923–1934	261	12	285	12
Briggs, GeorgeGeorge Briggs	England		Outside right	1924–1933	298	98	324	107
Hibbs, HarryHarry Hibbs	England	25	Goalkeeper	1926–1938	358	0	389	0
Leslie, AlecAlec Leslie	Scotland		Wing half	1927–1931	132	0	143	0
Randle, JackJack Randle	England		Full back	1927–1932	111	1	116	1
Morrall, GeorgeGeorge Morrall	England		Centre half	1927–1936	243	5	266	7
Curtis, ErnieErnie Curtis	Wales	2	Outside left	1928–1933	163	44	180	53
Barkas, NedNed Barkas	England		Full back	1928–1937	257	9	288	9
Booton, HaroldHarold Booton	England		Full back	19301–1935	149	2	162	2
Fillingham, TomTom Fillingham	England		Centre half	19302–1938	183	8	192	9
Stoker, LewisLewis Stoker	England	3	Wing half	19303–1938	230	2	246	2
Calladine, CharlieCharlie Calladine	England		Wing half	1931–1935	115	4	127	4
Grosvenor, TomTom Grosvenor	England	3	Inside forward	1931–1936	107	17	115	18
White, FrankFrank White	England		Outside right	1933–1938	147	45	156	50
Harris, FredFred Harris	England		Inside forward / Wing half	19341–1950	280	61	312	68
Jones, WilsonWilson Jones	Wales	2	Centre forward	19342–1946	135	63	150	69
Dearson, DonDon Dearson	Wales	3	Utility player	19343–1947	131	17	136	17
Hughes, BillyBilly Hughes	Wales	10	Full back	1936–1947	104	0	110	0
Jennings, DennisDennis Jennings	England		Winger / Full back	1936–1950	192	12	212	14
Trigg, CyrilCyril Trigg	England		Centre forward / Full back	1936–1954	268	67	291	72
Duckhouse, TedTed Duckhouse	England		Defender	1938–1950	119	4	139	4
Bodle, HaroldHarold Bodle	England		Inside forward	1939–1949	95	32	110	36
Dougall, NeilNeil Dougall	Scotland	1	Inside forward	1946–1949	93	15	108	18	[18]
Merrick, GilGil Merrick	England	23	Goalkeeper	1946–1959	485	0	551	0	[15][19]
Mitchell, FrankFrank Mitchell	Australia		Full back	1946–1949	93	6	106	8
Green, KenKen Green	England		Full back	19471–1958	401	3	443	3
Berry, JohnnyJohnny Berry	England		Outside right	19472–1951	104	6	114	6
Stewart, JackieJackie Stewart	Scotland		Outside right	1948–1954	203	52	218	55
Badham, JackJack Badham	England		Full back / Wing half	1948–1957	175	4	190	4
Boyd, LenLen Boyd	England		Wing half	19491–1956	255	14	282	14
Ferris, RayRay Ferris	Northern Ireland	3	Wing half	19492–1953	93	3	106	4
Atkins, ArthurArthur Atkins	England		Centre half	19493–1954	97	0	105	0
Warhurst, RoyRoy Warhurst	England		Wing half	1950–1957	213	10	239	10
Hall, JeffJeff Hall	England	17	Full back	1951–1959	227	1	264	1
Murphy, PeterPeter Murphy	England		Inside forward	19521–1960	245	107	278	127	[20]
Watts, JohnnyJohnny Watts	England		Wing half	19522–1963	206	3	248	3
Schofield, JohnnyJohnny Schofield	England		Goalkeeper	19523–1965	212	0	237	0
Govan, AlexAlex Govan	Scotland		Outside left	1953–1958	165	53	187	60
Kinsey, NoelNoel Kinsey	Wales	3	Inside forward	1953–1958	149	48	173	56
Astall, GordonGordon Astall	England	2	Outside right	1953–1961	235	59	271	67
Smith, TrevorTrevor Smith	England	2	Centre half	1953–1964	365	3	430	3
Allen, GeorgeGeorge Allen	England		Full back	19541–1962	135	0	165	0
Brown, EddyEddy Brown	England		Centre forward	19542–1958	158	74	185	90
Farmer, BrianBrian Farmer	England		Full back	19561–1962	117	0	145	0
Orritt, BryanBryan Orritt	Wales		Inside forward	19562–1962	99	23	119	27
Sissons, GrahamGraham Sissons	England		Defender	19571–1962	90	0	106	0
Neal, DickDick Neal	England		Wing half	19572–1961	165	15	197	18
Hellawell, MikeMike Hellawell	England	2	Outside right	19583–1964	178	30	213	33
Hooper, HarryHarry Hooper	England		Outside left	19574–1960	105	34	119	42
Gordon, JohnnyJohnny Gordon	England		Inside forward	1958–1961	96	32	115	40
Beard, MalcolmMalcolm Beard	England		Wing half	19601–1970	350	26	405	33
Bloomfield, JimmyJimmy Bloomfield	England		Inside forward	19602–1964	123	28	147	31
Withers, ColinColin Withers	England		Goalkeeper	19602–1964	98	0	116	0
Harris, JimmyJimmy Harris	England		Forward	19603–1964	93	37	115	53
Hennessey, TerryTerry Hennessey	Wales	16	Wing half	19611–1965	178	3	203	3
Foster, WinstonWinston Foster	England		Defender	19612–1968	152	2	170	2
Auld, BertieBertie Auld	Scotland		Outside left	19613–1965	126	26	147	31
Lynn, StanStan Lynn	England		Full back	19614–1965	131	26	148	30
Leek, KenKen Leek	Wales	5	Forward	19615–1964	104	49	120	61
Green, ColinColin Green	Wales	15	Full back	1962–1970	183	1	217	1
Thomson, BobbyBobby Thomson	Scotland		Inside forward	1963–1967	114	23	129	25
Martin, RayRay Martin	England		Full back	19641–1975	333	1	374	1
Vincent, JohnnyJohnny Vincent	England		Midfielder	19642–1970	171	41	194	44
Vowden, GeoffGeoff Vowden	England		Forward	19643–1970	221	79	253	94
Page, MalcolmMalcolm Page	Wales	28	Defender / Midfielder	19651–1980	336	8	391	10
Herriot, JimJim Herriot	Scotland	8	Goalkeeper	19652–1970	181	0	212	0
Wylie, RonRon Wylie	Scotland		Midfielder	19652–1969	128	2	149	2
Hockey, TrevorTrevor Hockey	Wales		Midfielder	19653–1971	196	8	232	13
Murray, BertBert Murray	England		Full back / Winger	1966–1971	132	22	160	23
Bridges, BarryBarry Bridges	England		Forward	1966–1968	83	37	104	46
Summerill, PhilPhil Summerill	England		Forward	1967–1972	118	46	131	52
Robinson, DaveDave Robinson	England		Centre half	1968–1972	112	2	127	4
Pendrey, GarryGarry Pendrey	England		Defender	19691–1979	306	4	360	5	[15]
Latchford, BobBob Latchford	England		Centre forward	19692–1974	160	68	194	84
Latchford, DaveDave Latchford	England		Goalkeeper	19693–1978	206	0	239	0
Hynd, RogerRoger Hynd	Scotland		Centre half	19701–1975	170	4	206	5
Francis, TrevorTrevor Francis	England	12	Forward	19702–1979	280	119	329	133	[15][21]
Campbell, AlanAlan Campbell	Scotland		Midfielder	19703–1975	175	11	211	14
Taylor, GordonGordon Taylor	England		Outside right	19704–1976	166	9	203	10
Burns, KennyKenny Burns	Scotland	8	Centre half / Centre forward	19711–1977	170	45	204	53
Hatton, BobBob Hatton	England		Forward	19712–1976	175	58	218	73
Want, TonyTony Want	England		Defender	1972–1977	101	1	127	2
Calderwood, JimmyJimmy Calderwood	Scotland		Defender / Midfielder	1972–1979	145	4	159	5
Gallagher, JoeJoe Gallagher	England		Centre half	1973–1981	286	17	335	23
Kendall, HowardHoward Kendall	England		Midfielder	1974–1977	115	16	134	18
Hibbitt, TerryTerry Hibbitt	England		Midfielder	1975–1978	110	11	122	11
Broadhurst, KevanKevan Broadhurst	England		Defender / Midfielder	19771–1984	153	10	173	10
Bertschin, KeithKeith Bertschin	England		Centre forward	19772–1981	118	29	141	41
Towers, TonyTony Towers	England		Midfielder	19772–1980	92	4	103	4
Dillon, KevinKevin Dillon	England		Midfielder	19773–1983	186	15	212	19
Ainscow, AlanAlan Ainscow	England		Midfielder	1978–1981	108	16	125	22
Dennis, MarkMark Dennis	England		Full back	1978–1983	130	1	145	1
Van Den Hauwe, PatPat Van Den Hauwe	Wales		Defender	1978–1984	123	1	143	5
Curbishley, AlanAlan Curbishley	England		Midfielder	19791–1983	130	11	155	15
Wealands, JeffJeff Wealands	England		Goalkeeper	19791–1982	102	0	119	0
Gemmill, ArchieArchie Gemmill	Scotland	10	Midfielder	19792–1982	97	12	115	14
Todd, ColinColin Todd	England		Defender	19793–1982	93	0	108	0
Langan, DaveDave Langan	Ireland	10	Full back	1980–1983	92	3	102	3
Coton, TonyTony Coton	England		Goalkeeper	1980–1984	94	0	114	0
Harford, MickMick Harford	England		Striker	1982–1984	92	25	109	33
Hagan, JimJim Hagan	Northern Ireland		Defender	1982–1986	137	0	167	0
Hopkins, RobertRobert Hopkins	England		Forward / Midfielder	19831–1986 1989–1991	173	29	205	33
Kuhl, MartinMartin Kuhl	England		Midfielder	19832–1987	111	5	132	6
Rees, TonyTony Rees	Wales	1	Forward	19833–1988	95	12	111	16
Wright, BillyBilly Wright	England		Centre half	19833–1986	111	8	137	14
Roberts, BrianBrian Roberts	England		Defender	19841–1990	187	0	213	1
Clarke, WayneWayne Clarke	England		Striker	19842–1987	92	38	105	43
Bremner, DesDes Bremner	Scotland		Midfielder	19843–1989	168	5	195	5
Ranson, RayRay Ranson	England		Full back	19844–1988	137	0	158	0
Dicks, JulianJulian Dicks	England		Full back	1985–1988	89	1	102	2
Whitton, SteveSteve Whitton	England		Striker	19861–1989	103	30	119	35
Handysides, IanIan Handysides	England		Midfielder	19862–1988	118	6	133	12
Frain, JohnJohn Frain	England		Defender / Midfielder	19863–1996	274	23	336	28
Overson, VinceVince Overson	England		Centre half	19864–1991	182	3	212	5
Peer, DeanDean Peer	England		Midfielder	19865–1993	120	8	150	12
Atkins, IanIan Atkins	England		Midfielder	19881–1990 1991–1992	101	7	117	9
Tait, PaulPaul Tait	England		Midfielder	19882–1997	170	14	211	18
Clarkson, IanIan Clarkson	England		Full back	19883–1993	136	0	172	0
Thomas, MartinMartin Thomas	Wales		Goalkeeper	19884–1993	144	0	176	0
Sturridge, SimonSimon Sturridge	England		Forward	19885–1993	150	30	186	38
Matthewson, TrevorTrevor Matthewson	England		Centre half	19891–1993	168	12	203	13
Gleghorn, NigelNigel Gleghorn	England		Midfielder	19892–1992	142	33	176	42
Rodgerson, IanIan Rodgerson	England		Midfielder	1990–1993	95	13	116	6
Donowa, LouieLouie Donowa	England		Winger	1991–1996	116	18	158	20
Bennett, IanIan Bennett	England		Goalkeeper	1993–2004	287	0	354	0
Claridge, SteveSteve Claridge	England		Striker	19941–1996	88	35	120	42
Hunt, JonathanJonathan Hunt	England		Midfielder	19942–1997	77	18	102	25
Poole, GaryGary Poole	England		Defender	19942–1996	72	0	102	3
Johnson, MichaelMichael Johnson	Jamaica	11	Defender	1995–2003	262	13	313	17	[22]
Devlin, PaulPaul Devlin	Scotland	10	Winger / Forward	19961–1998 2002–2003	123	32	139	38	[23]
Grainger, MartinMartin Grainger	England		Full back	19962–2004	226	25	266	28
Ablett, GaryGary Ablett	England		Defender	19963–1999	104	1	124	2
Furlong, PaulPaul Furlong	England		Striker	19963–2002	131	50	153	56
O'Connor, MartinMartin O'Connor	Cayman Islands	1	Midfielder	19964–2002	187	16	223	19	[24]
Hughes, BryanBryan Hughes	England		Midfielder	19971–2004	248	34	291	42
Ndlovu, PeterPeter Ndlovu	Zimbabwe	12	Winger / Forward	19972–2001	107	22	134	28	[25]
McCarthy, JonJon McCarthy	Northern Ireland	14	Winger	19973–2002	124	8	142	8	[26]
Adebola, DeleDele Adebola	Nigeria		Forward	19981–2001	129	31	152	41
Purse, DarrenDarren Purse	England		Centre half	19982–2004	200	9	168	11
Rowett, GaryGary Rowett	England		Defender	19983–2000	87	6	103	11
Johnson, AndrewAndrew Johnson	England		Forward	19984–2002	83	8	104	13
Holdsworth, DavidDavid Holdsworth	England		Centre half	1999–2001	85	7	101	8
Lazaridis, StanStan Lazaridis	Australia	33	Winger	1999–2006	191	8	222	8	[27]
Horsfield, GeoffGeoff Horsfield	England		Striker	2000–2003	108	23	126	29
Johnson, DamienDamien Johnson	Northern Ireland	34	Midfielder	20021–	182	4	202	4	[28][29]
Cunningham, KennyKenny Cunningham	Ireland	32	Defender	20022–2006	134	0	144	0	[30]
Clemence, StephenStephen Clemence	England		Midfielder	20031–2007	121	8	135	9
Upson, MatthewMatthew Upson	England	7	Centre half	20032–2007	113	5	128	5	[31]
Taylor, MaikMaik Taylor	Northern Ireland	39	Goalkeeper	20033–	167	0	188	0	[2]
Forssell, MikaelMikael Forssell	Finland	27	Striker	20034–2005 2005–2008	101	30	118	37	[32]

[edit] References

• Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9. 
• Matthews, Tony (October 2000). The Encyclopedia of Birmingham City Football Club 1875-2000. Cradley Heath: Britespot. ISBN 978-0-9539288-0-4. 
• Sewell, Albert (ed) (1996). News of the World Football Annual 1996-97. London: Invincible Press. ISBN 978-0-00-218737-4. 
• Birmingham City at Soccerbase.
• Birmingham City at the Football Club History Database.
• Birmingham City at Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database.

[edit] Notes