List of Middlesbrough F.C. players

This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Middlesbrough. Generally, this means players that have played 100 or more first-class matches for the club, or been an officially designated captain.

Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club. Appearances are for first-team competitive matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances included. Statistics correct as of 5 May 2008.

Notable players

  Middlesbrough Legend (as voted for by fans in the Evening Gazette in 2007)
  Club captains who have won a major senior competition (competitions noted in notes section)
  Club record holder
  Played their full career at Middlesbrough (professional teams only, including loans)
(n/a) = Information not available

NameNationalityPosition[1]Boro careerCaptaincyAppearancesGoalsNotes
Peter McCracken  Scotland Left-half
Left-back
1899190018991900340[2]
Andrew Ramsey  Scotland Left-back189919041361
William Higgins  England Centre-half1900190119001901294
David Smith  Scotland Right-half190019051901190311412
Andy Davidson  Scotland Left-half
Centre-half
190019062018
Joseph Cassidy  Scotland Inside-left
Centre-forward
1901190613534
Abraham Jones  England Centre-half190119061499
George Friend  England Left-back20121003
Tim Williamson  England Goalkeeper1901192319??19146022[3]
John Hogg  Scotland Right-back190219061000
Sam Aitken  Scotland Right-half
Centre-half
19031910190719??2426
Alf Common  England Forward190519101905190717865[4]
Steve Bloomer  England Inside-right1905191013062
Billy Barker  England Wing-half190519131132
Sammy Cail  England Inside-left
Centre-forward
1906191314355
Donald McLeod  Scotland Right-back190819131480
George Elliott  England Centre-forward
Inside-forward
1909192519131921365213[5]
Andy Jackson  Scotland Centre-half19101915191419151373
William Carr  England Centre-half191019241184
Jacky Carr  England Inside-forward
Outside-right
1910193044981
John Stirling  Scotland Outside-right191119141128
George Malcolm  England Right-half191219151011
Stewart Davidson  Scotland Right-half191319232164
Walter Holmes  England Full-back191419281741
Jack Marshall  Scotland Right-back191919231210
Robert Pender  Scotland Left-half
Inside-left
1919192411010
William Ellerginton  England Centre-half
Left-half
191919241310
William Victor Fox  England Full-back
Left-half
191919241121
Billy Birrell  Scotland Inside-right
Outside-right
192019271926192723563[6]
Jack Clough  England Goalkeeper192219261280
Reginald Freeman  England Full-back19231930192419261870
Robert Furguson  Scotland Centre-half
Right-back
192419311592
Donald Ashman  England Full-back
Half-back
192419321742
George Camsell  England Centre-forward19251939453345[7][8]
Joseph Miller  Northern Ireland Right-half192619301530
John Smith  Scotland Full-back192619301230
Billy Pease  England Outside-right19261933238102
James Mathieson  Scotland Goalkeeper192619342640
John Reid McKay  Scotland Inside-forward1926193410920
Joseph Peacock  England Wing-half1927193019291930854
Bobbie Bruce  Scotland Inside-forward1927193525371[4]
Jack Elkes  England Inside-left
Centre-half
192919331134
John McFarlane  Scotland Wing-half
Inside-forward
192919331010
John Jennings  England Full-back
Right-half
192919371930193220510
Bill Forrest  Scotland Left-half192919393338
William Brown  England Right-half
Right-back
193119462742
Tom Griffiths  Wales Centre-half
Right-back
1932193519321935921[4]
Frederick Gibson  England Goalkeeper193219361200
Bobby Baxter  Scotland Centre-half
Inside-left
19321939193?193?26620
John Martin  England Wing-half193219391373
Micky Fenton  England Centre-forward19321950269162
Ralph Birkett  England Outside-right1934193810136[4]
David Cumming  Scotland Goalkeeper193619491570
Wilf Mannion  England Inside-forward19361954368110[9]
George Hardwick  England Full-back1937195019??19??1667
Johnny Spuhler  England Centre-forward1945195424181
Jimmy Gordon  Scotland Wing-half19461954195119522534
Henry Bell  England Wing-half1946195531510
Richard (Dickie) Robinson  England Full-back194619594161
Ronald Dicks  England Wing-half194719581956195833410
Tommy Blenkinsopp  England Defender194819521000
Alex McCrae  Scotland Defender1948195313049
Lindy Delapenha  Jamaica Forward1949195827093[10]
Arthur Fitzsimons  Ireland Inside-forward1949195923151
Raymond Barnard  England Full-back195119611180
Ray Bilcliff  England Full-back195119611900[11]
John Brian Phillips  England Centre-half195419601242
Alan Peacock  England Centre-forward19541964238141
Bill Harris  Wales Inside-forward
Wing-half
1954196519??19??37872[4][12]
Brian Clough  England Centre-forward1955196119??19??222204[8]
Derek McLean  England Inside-forward1952196112330
William Day  England Outside-right1955196213121
Edwin Holliday  England Outside-left19561962
1965-1966
16925
Ronald Burbeck  England Winger1956196315229
Michael McNeil  England Left-back195819641933
Robert Appleby  England Goalkeeper195919671100
Arthur Kaye  England Outside-right1960196518544
Billy Horner  England Defender1960196921712
Gordon Jones  England Full-back1960197319661973[13]5325[14][15]
Alex Smith  England Defender196119721371
William Lazenby Gates  England Centre-half1961197433313
Mel Nurse  Wales Centre-half19621965196219651249[4]
Ian Gibson  Scotland Midfield196219661965196618447[4]
Bryan Orritt  Wales Inside-forward1962196612823[16]
Frank Spraggon  England Defender196219753313
Edward Connachan  Scotland Goalkeeper196319661050
Arthur Horsfield  England Forward1963196912756[17]
Jim Irvine  Scotland Centre-forward1964196710043
Stan Anderson  England Wing-half19651966196?196?222
Richard Rooks  England Centre-half1965196915014[18]
Derrick Downing  England Winger1965197220449
Eric McMordie  Northern Ireland Midfield1965197427726[19]
David Chadwick  India Winger196619701154
John Hickton  England Forward
Utility
19661977499187[20]
Joe Laidlaw  England Midfield
Forward
1967197212823
Willie Maddren  England Central defender1969197835421[21]
David Mills  England Forward19681979
19841985
398111[22]
David Armstrong  England Midfielder1970198143177[23]
Jim Platt  Northern Ireland Goalkeeper19701982????????4810[24]
Nobby Stiles  England Wing-half197119731971197?692
Stuart Boam  England Central defender1971197939316
John Craggs  England Right-back19711982198148814[4]
Alan Foggon  England Winger1972197614150
Peter Brine  England Midfielder197219771018
Bobby Murdoch  Scotland Midfield197319761259
Graeme Souness  Scotland Midfield1973197821627[25]
Tony McAndrew  Scotland Central defender197319821979198135818
Terry Cooper  England Left-back197419781331
Ian Bailey  England Left-back197519821753
Billy Ashcroft  England Forward1977198217925[4]
Mark Proctor  England Midfield19781981
19891993
27320
David Hodgson  England Forward19781982
1987
14320
Terry Cochrane  Northern Ireland Winger1978198312812[4]
David Shearer  England Forward1978198311530
Irving Nattrass  England Right-back19791986198319852212[4]
Mick Baxter  England Central defender198119841388
Heine Otto  Netherlands Midfield1981198518728
David Currie  England Forward1982198612731
Tony Mowbray  England Central defender198219911987199142529[26]
Stephen Pears  England Goalkeeper1983
19851995
4240[27]
Gary Hamilton  Scotland Midfield1983198926828
Gary Pallister  England Central defender19841989
19982000
2507[28]
Colin Cooper  England Defender19841991
19982006
42314
Archie Stephens  England Forward1985198710727
Brian Laws  England Right-back198519881985198612914
Stuart Ripley  England Right-winger1985199231131
Alan Kernaghan  Ireland Central defender198519931991199326822[29]
Bernie Slaven  Ireland Forward19851993381146[30]
Gary Parkinson  England Right-back198619932587
Paul Kerr  England Midfield1987199116218
Nicky Mohan  England Central defender198719941314
Peter Davenport  England Forward19881990285[4]
Jimmy Phillips  England Left-back199019931726
John Hendrie  Scotland Winger
Forward
199019961993199423455[31]
Robbie Mustoe  England Midfield1990200236734
Andy Peake  England Midfield199119941001[32]
Jamie Pollock  England Midfield1991199619319[33]
Curtis Fleming  Ireland Defender199120013174[34]
Alan Moore  Ireland Left-winger1991200114217
Craig Hignett  England Winger1992199719548
Chris Morris  Ireland Full-back199219971044
Phil Stamp  England Midfield199320011548
Neil Cox  England Defender199419961204[4]
Bryan Robson  England Midfield19941997271[35]
Nigel Pearson  England Central defender19941998199419981395[36]
Juninho Paulista  Brazil Midfield19951997
1999
20022004
15534[37][38]
Fabrizio Ravanelli  Italy Forward199619975032[4]
Mikkel Beck  Denmark Striker1996199811531
Andy Townsend  Ireland Midfield1997199919981999884
Gianluca Festa  Italy Central defender1997200217112[39]
Mark Schwarzer  Australia Goalkeeper199720084460[40]
Hamilton Ricard  Colombia Forward1998200213443
Paul Ince  England Midfield19992002199920021069
Joseph-Désiré Job  Cameroon Forward2000200611121
Stuart Parnaby  England Defender/Midfield200020071284
Ugo Ehiogu  England Defender200020071508[4]
Jonathan Greening  England Midfield200120041094[41]
Szilárd Németh  Slovakia Forward2001200614629
Franck Queudrue  France Left-back2001200619912[42]
Gareth Southgate  England Defender20012006200220062044[43]
Stewart Downing  England Midfield2001200919018[44]
George Boateng  Netherlands Midfield20022008200620082229
Massimo Maccarone  Italy Forward2002200710224[4]
Doriva  Brazil Midfield200320061101
Chris Riggott  England Defender20032009;1218[45]
Emanuel Pogatetz  Austria Defender20052010200820101123[46]
Julio Arca  Argentina Midfield2006201320131819
Afonso Alves  Brazil Forward20082009146[47]


Key to positions

See also

Notes and references

  • Middlesbrough FC. The Who's Who of Middlesbrough. Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-569-2.
  • E End of contract
  • A Initial fee £2.5 million, rising to just over £5 million based on appearances.[48]
  • Glasper, Harry. Middlesbrough, A Complete Record, 1876-1989. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 0-907969-53-4.
  • "Squad Profiles". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2007-08-12.
  • "Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2007-09-17.
  1. For a full description of positions see Football Positions.
  2. Peter McCracken was the first player to captain Middlesbrough in the Football League.
  3. Tim Williamson is the all time appearance record holder.
  4. Was record signing at the time of his purchase.
  5. George Elliott is second in the all time goalscoring tables with 213. Elliott also holds the record for most goals scored in a competitive Middlesbrough game, scoring eleven in a 141 reserve team victory over Houghton Rovers. He was the first Middlesbrough player to be top goalscorer in the Football League, during the 1913-14 season.
  6. Billy Birrell won the Football League Second Division as captain.
  7. George Camsell is Middlesbrough's all-time top goalscorer with 345 goals. Camsell also holds the Middlesbrough record for most goals in the season, with 59 league goals and 63 in all competitions during 1926-27. 59 league goals in one season is a Second Division record. His nine hat-tricks that season is an English football record, and his 24 hat-tricks during his time at Middlesbrough is a club record.
  8. Joint holder of Middlesbrough record for most goals in a single competitive first team game, with five goals. J.Wilkie, A.N.Wilson, J.McClelland and B.H.Clough each achieved this feat once, while G.H.Camsell achieved it in two games.
  9. Wilf Mannion is Middlesbrough's most capped England player.
  10. Lindy Delapenha was Middlesbrough's first black player.
  11. Raymond Bilcliff made more appearances than any other outfield player without scoring a goal.
  12. Bill Harris is the holder of the Middlesbrough record for fastest recorded goal, with a goal 11 seconds into an FA Cup tie with Shrewsbury.
  13. FIX ME:May be to 1971,72,73.
  14. Gordon Jones is second in the all-time Middlesbrough appearance records.
  15. Player of the year 196566 and 1971.
  16. Bryan Orritt was the first substitute ever used by Middlesbrough.
  17. Arthur Horsfield is the club's youngest senior goalscorer.
  18. Player of the year 196768, 196869.
  19. Evening Gazette player of the year 1969.
  20. John Hickton is third in the all-time Middlesbrough appearance records.
  21. Player of the year 19721973.
  22. David Mills' sale to West Bromwich Albion was a British football record transfer fee at the time, with a fee of approximately £500,000.
  23. David Armstrong holds the record for most consecutive appearances with 305 consecutive league games and 358 consecutive games in all competitions between March 1972 and August 1980.
  24. Player of the year 1972, 1981. North East Player of the Year 1981.
  25. Player of the year 197374.
  26. Player of the year 1985, 1986.
  27. North East Player of the Year 1992.
  28. Gary Pallister's sale to Manchester United was a British football record transfer fee at the time, with a fee of £2.3 million.
  29. Alan Kernaghan holds the record for most substitute appearances for Middlesbrough, with 53.
  30. North East Player of the Year 1989.
  31. Supporters' club player of the year 199293.
  32. Players' Player of the Year 199293.
  33. Young player of the year 1991–92.
  34. Supporters' club player of the year 199394.
  35. Bryan Robson is Middlesbrough's oldest-ever goalscorer, aged 38 years and 2 months old, with his goal versus Port Vale on 26 March 1995. Robson is also the oldest player to appear for Middlesbrough, aged 38 years and 355 days old with his appearances versus Arsenal on 1 January 1997.
  36. Nigel Pearson won the Football League Division One as captain.
  37. Juninho holds the record for Middlesbrough's highest transfer fee received, at £12 million in 1997.
  38. Supporters' club player of the year 199697.
  39. Supporters' club player of the year 1998.
  40. Mark Schwarzer holds the record for earning the most international caps while a Middlesbrough player.
  41. Supporters' club player of the year 200203.
  42. Community player of the year 200304.
  43. Gareth Southgate won the Football League Cup as captain. Player of the year 200102.
  44. Supporters' club player of the year 200708. Players' Player of the Year 200708.
  45. Players' Player of the Year 200506.
  46. Supporters' club player of the year 200607. Players' Player of the Year 200607.
  47. Afonso Alves is Middlesbrough's record signing. The club paid a fee of approximately £12.7 million for him in 2008.
  48. "Pompey will have to wait for half of O'Neil's fee". Portsmouth News. 2007-09-05. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
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