List of Linfield F.C. players

Linfield F.C. is a semi-professional association football club based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The club plays in the NIFL Premiership, the highest level of the Northern Ireland Football League. They have played at their current home ground, Windsor Park, since 1905. Previous to this they had played at Ulsterville Avenue from 1889 until 1905 and The Meadow from their foundation in 1886 to 1889. They were one of the founding clubs of the league in 1890, and since that time the club has competed in numerous nationally and internationally organised competitions.

For a list of all Linfield players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see the Linfield F.C. players category. For the current first-team squad, see the main Linfield F.C. article.

Players who have made 100 or more appearances for Linfield are listed below. Players are listed according to the date their first contract was signed with the club.

Forward Tommy Dickson is Linfield's record goal scorer, with 454 goals in 660 appearances between 1948 and 1965. A one-club man and former club captain, defender Noel Bailie holds the record for the most Linfield appearances, playing 1,013 times for the club during a career that spanned 22 years between his debut in 1989 and his retirement in 2011.

Players
As of end of the 2014–15 season.
  • Notes:
    • Appearances and goals are counted for competitive matches in all first-team competitions. Wartime matches and friendly/pre-season matches are excluded.
    • Substitute appearances are listed in parentheses (if known) and are included in the total.
    • Players listed in bold are still active at the club.
PlayerPositionYears activeAppearances
(inc. as sub)		GoalsGoals/games
ratio
Joe Bambrick FW 1927–1935 183 286 1.56
Tommy Dickson FW 1948–1965 660 454 0.69
Phil Scott FW 1958–1962
1963–1973		 400 220 0.55
Trevor Anderson FW 1979–1987 327 96 0.29
David Jeffrey DF 1982–1992 269 69 0.26
Stephen Baxter FW 1987–1993 219 (50) 102 0.47
Noel Bailie DF 1989–2011 1,013 (24) 25 0.02
Stephen Beatty MF 1990–2001 455 52 0.11
Dessie Gorman FW 1992–1997 166 (15) 56 0.34
William Murphy DF 1997–2013 639 (12) 48 0.08
Glenn Ferguson FW 1998–2009 519 (42) 284 0.55
Michael Gault MF 1999–2014 480 (50) 30 0.06
Alan Mannus GK 2000–2009 366 1 0.01
Peter Thompson FW 2001–2008
2010–2015		 418 (73) 230 0.55
Steven Douglas DF 2003–2013 266 (29) 13 0.05
Paul McAreavey MF 2003–2009 180 (33) 39 0.22
Aidan O'Kane MF 2003–2011 268 (75) 31 0.12
Jamie Mulgrew MF 2005–present 389 (53) 38 0.09
Aaron Burns MF 2008–2012
2013–present		 166 (32) 44 0.27
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