Players
Some information on Leicester's great (and not so great) players of the past
Thanks to Ian List for putting this page together
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BORN: LEICESTER 10/4/1903
LEICESTER: FEBRUARY 1923 TO JULY 1935
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 434 (51 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 26 (1 GOAL)
TOTAL: 460 (52 GOALS)
JOHNNY ANDERSON
BORN: RENFREWSHIRE 8/12/1929
LEICESTER: DECEMBER 1948 TO JULY 1960
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 261 F.A.CUP: 16
TOTAL: 277
COLIN APPLETON
BORN: SCARBOROUGH 7/3/1936
LEICESTER: MARCH 1954 TO MAY 1966
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 277 (19 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 27 LEAGUE CUP: 20 (2 GOALS) EUROPE: 4 (1 GOAL)
TOTAL: 328 (22 GOALS)
GORDON BANKS
BORN: SHEFFIELD 30/12/1938
LEICESTER: MAY 1959 TO APRIL 1967
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 293 F.A.CUP: 34 LEAGUE CUP: 25 EUROPE: 4
TOTAL: 356
ALAN BIRCHENALL
BORN: LONDON 22/8/1945
LEICESTER: SEPTEMBER 1971 TO SEPTEMBER 1977
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 156 (12 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 14 (1 GOAL) LEAGUE CUP: 6 ( 1 GOAL)
TOTAL: 176 (14 GOALS)
ADAM BLACK
BORN: STIRLINGSHIRE 18/2/1898
LEICESTER: JANUARY 1920 TO 1935
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 528 (4 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 29
TOTAL: 557 (4 GOALS)
JACK BOWERS
BORN: SANTON 22/2/08
LEICESTER: NOVEMBER 1936
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 79 (52 GOALS) F.A.CUP:5 (4 GOALS) WW2:115 (71 GOALS)
TOTAL: 115 (71 GOALS)
BORN: CORBY 4/9/1936
LEICESTER: JANUARY 1956 TO JUNE 1966
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 171 (4 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 20 LEAGUE CUP: 9 EUROPE: 4
TOTAL: 204 (4 GOALS)
ARTHUR CHANDLER
BORN: LONDON 27/11/1895
LEICESTER: JUNE 1923 TO JUNE 1935
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 393 (259 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 26 (14 GOALS)
TOTAL: 419 (273 GOALS)
ALBERT CHEESEBROUGH
BORN: BURNLEY 17/1/1935
LEICESTER: JUNE 1959 TO JULY 1963
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 112 (40 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 11 (2 GOALS) LEAGUE CUP: 4 (1 GOAL) EUROPE: 1
TOTAL: 138 (43 GOALS)
ALLAN CLARKE
BORN: STAFFORDSHIRE 31/7/1946
LEICESTER: JUNE 1968 TO JUNE 1969
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 36 (12 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 8 (1 GOAL) LEAGUE CUP: 2 (3 GOALS)
TOTAL: 46 (16 GOALS)
GRAHAM CROSS
BORN: LEICESTER 15/11/1943
LEICESTER: NOVEMBER 1960 TO JUNE 1976
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 495 (29 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 59 (6 GOALS) LEAGUE CUP: 40 (2 GOALS) EUROPE: 2
TOTAL: 596 (37 GOALS)
WILLIE CUNNINGHAM
BORN: ANTRIM 20/2/1930
LEICESTER: NOVEMBER 1954 TO SEPTEMBER 1960
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 127 (4 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 11
TOTAL: 138 (4 GOALS)
DEREK DOUGAN
BORN: BELFAST 20/1/1939
LEICESTER: MAY 1965 TO MARCH 1967
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 68 (35 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 5 (1 GOAL) LEAGUE CUP: 3 (5 GOALS)
TOTAL: 76 (41 GOALS)
JOHNNY DUNCAN
BORN: FIFE 14/2/1896
LEICESTER: JUNE 1922 TO 1930
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 279 (88 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 16 (7 GOALS)
TOTAL: 295 (95 GOALS)
BORN: CIRENCESTER 18/8/1961
LEICESTER: SEPTEMBER 1982 TO AUGUST 1984
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 29 (3 GOALS) LEAGUE CUP: 2 (1 GOAL)
TOTAL: 31 (4 GOALS)
RODNEY FERN
BORN: BURTON-ON-TRENT 13/12/1948
LEICESTER: DECEMBER 1966 TO JUNE 1972
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 133 (32 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 22 (5 GOALS) LEAGUE CUP: 12 (3 GOALS)
TOTAL: 167 (40 GOALS)
GORDON FINCHAM
BORN: PETERBOROUGH 8/1/1935
LEICESTER: NOVEMBER 1952 TO JUNE 1958
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 50 F.A.CUP: 4
TOTAL: 54
BILLY FRAME
BORN: LANARKSHIRE 7/5/1912
LEICESTER: OCTOBER 1933 TO 1950
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 220 F.A.CUP: 19 W.W.2: 220
TOTAL: 459
JACK FROGATT
BORN: SHEFFIELD 17/11/1922
LEICESTER: MARCH 1954 TO NOVEMBER 1957
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 143 (18 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 5
TOTAL: 148 (18 GOALS)
WILLIE GARDINER
BORN: STIRLINGSHIRE 15/8/1929
LEICESTER: AUGUST 1955 TO NOVEMBER 1958
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 69 (48 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 2 (1 GOAL)
TOTAL: 71 (49 GOALS)
DAVID GIBSON
BORN: WEST LOTHIAN 23 / 9 / 1938
LEICESTER: JANUARY 1962 TO SEPTEMBER 1970
APPEARANCES.....LEAGUE: 274 (41 GOALS) F.A. CUP: 29 (5 GOALS) LEAGUE CUP: 30 (7 GOALS)
TOTAL: 333 (53 GOALS)
LEN GLOVER
BORN: LONDON 31/ 1/ 1944
LEICESTER: NOVEMBER 1967 TO MAY 1976
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 245 (38 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 35 (8 GOALS) LEAGUE CUP: 17 (2 GOALS)
TOTAL: 297 (48 GOALS)
JAMES GOODFELLOW
BORN: EDINBURGH 30/7/1938
LEICESTER: MAY 1963 TO MARCH 1968
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 96 (26 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 9 (3 GOALS) LEAGUE CUP: 14 (7 GOALS)
TOTAL: 119 (36 GOALS)
MAL GRIFFITHS
BORN: MERTHYR TYDFIL 8/3/1919
LEICESTER: SEPTEMBER 1938 TO 1956
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 373 (66 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 36 (10 GOALS) W.W.2: 11 (3 GOALS)
TOTAL: 420 (79 GOALS)
BORN: CHORLEY 4/5/1909
LEICESTER: NOVEMBER 1929 TO 1941
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 228 (2 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 12 W.W.2: 41 (2 GOALS)
TOTAL: 281 (4 GOALS)
ERNIE HINES
BORN: YORKSHIRE 9/4/1901
LEICESTER: JANUARY 1926 TO MAY 1932
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 247 (148 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 12 (8 GOALS)
TOTAL: 259 (156 GOALS)
DEREK HINES
BORN: WOODVILLE 8/2/1931
LEICESTER: JUNE 1947 TO NOVEMBER 1961
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 299 (116 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 18 (1 GOAL)
TOTAL: 317 (117 GOALS)
DEREK HOGG
BORN: LANCASHIRE 4/11/1930
LEICESTER: OCTOBER 1952 TO APRIL 1958
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 161 (26 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 4
TOTAL: 165 (26 GOALS)
DAVID JONES
BORN: CARDIFF 28/10/1910
LEICESTER: MAY 1933 TO OCTOBER 1947
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 226 (4 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 12 W.W.2: 54 (2 GOALS)
TOTAL: 292 (6 GOALS)
BERNARD KELLY
BORN: LANARKSHIRE 21/10/1932
LEICESTER: JULY 1958 TO APRIL 1959
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 24 (13 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 3 (2 GOALS)
TOTAL: 27 (15 GOALS)
KEN KEYWORTH
BORN: ROTHERHAM 24/2/1934
LEICESTER: MAY 1958 TO DECEMBER 1964
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 177 (63 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 23 (7 GOALS) LEAGUE CUP: 11 (4 GOALS) EUROPE: 4 (3 GOALS)
TOTAL: 215 (77 GOALS)
JOHN (IAN) KING
BORN: MIDLOTHIAN 27/5/1937
LEICESTER: JUNE 1957 TO MARCH 1966
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 244 (6 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 27 LEAGUE CUP: 22 (1 GOAL) EUROPE: 4
TOTAL: 297 (7 GOALS)
JOHNNY KING
BORN: GREAT GIDDING 5/11/1926
LEICESTER: SEPTEMBER 1943 TO JULY 1955
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 197 (5 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 21 W.W.2: 40 (2 GOALS)
TOTAL: 258 (7 GOALS)
TEDDY KING
BORN: LEICESTER 1884
APPEARANCES: MAY 1906 TO 1920
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 227 (26 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 9 W.W.1: 121 (24 GOALS)
TOTAL: 357 (50 GOALS)
FRANK LARGE
BORN: LEEDS 26/1/1940
LEICESTER: NOVEMBER 1967 TO JUNE 1968
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 26 (8 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 6 (3 GOALS)
TOTAL: 32 (11 GOALS)
JOHN (JACK) LEE
BORN: SILEBY, LEIC. 4/11/1920
LEICESTER: FEBRUARY 1941 TO JUNE 1950
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 123 (74 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 14 (10 GOALS) W.W.2: 26 (13 GOALS)
TOTAL: 163 (97 GOALS)
KENNY LEEK
BORN: PONTYPRIDD 26/7/1935
LEICESTER: APRIL 1958 TO JUNE 1961
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 93 (34 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 17 (9 GOALS) LEAGUE CUP: 1
TOTAL: 111 (43 GOALS)
DANNY LIDDLE
BORN: WEST LOTHIAN 17/2/1912
LEICESTER: MAY 1932 TO JULY 1946
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 255 (64 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 19 (7 GOALS) W.W.2: 115 (21 GOALS)
TOTAL: 389 (92 GOALS)
GARY LINEKER
BORN: LEICESTER 30/11/1960
LEICESTER: JULY 1977 TO JUNE 1985
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 187 (95 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 13 (6 GOALS) LEAGUE CUP: 9 (2 GOALS)
TOTAL: 209 (103 GOALS)
ANDY LOCHHEAD
BORN: DUNBARTONSHIRE 9/3/1941
LEICESTER: OCTOBER 1968 TO FEBRUARY 1970
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 40 (12 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 12 (3 GOALS) LEAGUE CUP: 6 (4 GOALS)
TOTAL: 58 (19 GOALS)
ARTHUR LOCHHEAD
BORN: LANARKSHIRE 18/12/1897
LEICESTER: OCTOBER 1925 TO 1934
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 303 (106 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 17 (8 GOALS)
TOTAL: 320 (114 GOALS)
STEVIE LYNEX
BORN: WEST BROMWICH 23/1/1958
LEICESTER: FEBRUARY 1981 TO MARCH 1987
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 200 (57 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 12 (1 GOAL) LEAGUE CUP: 14 (2 GOALS)
TOTAL: 226 (60 GOALS)
GARY McALLISTER
BORN: MOTHERWELL 25/12/1964
LEICESTER: AUGUST 1985 TO JUNE 1990
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 199 (46 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 5 (2 GOALS) LEAGUE CUP: 14 (3 GOALS) MILK CUP 4
TOTAL: 222 (51 GOALS)
HUGH McILMOYLE
BORN: LANARKSHIRE 29/1/1940
LEICESTER: AUGUST 1959 TO JULY 1962
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 20 (5 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 1 EUROPE: 1 (1 GOAL)
TOTAL: 22 (6 GOALS)
DAVID McLAREN
BORN: PERTHSHIRE 12/6/1934
LEICESTER: JANUARY 1957 TO MAY 1960
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 85 F.A.CUP: 5
TOTAL: 90
SANDY McLAREN
BORN: PERTH 12/12/1910
LEICESTER: FEBRUARY 1933 TO OCTOBER 1940
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 239 F.A.CUP: 17 W.W.2: 30
TOTAL: 286
FRANK McLINTOCK
BORN: GLASGOW 28/12/1939
LEICESTER: JANUARY 1957 TO OCTOBER 1964
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 168 (25 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 20 LEAGUE CUP: 11 (3 GOALS) EUROPE 1
TOTAL: 200 (28 GOALS)
IAN McNEILL
BORN: GLASGOW 24/2/1932
LEICESTER: MAY 1956 TO MARCH 1959
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 72 (26 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 4 (1 GOAL)
TOTAL: 76 (27 GOALS)
ALLY MAUCHLEN
BORN: AYRSHIRE 29/6/1960
LEICESTER: AUGUST 1985 TO JULY 1992
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 228 (11 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 6 LEAGUE CUP: 17 (1 GOAL) MILK CUP: 9
TOTAL: 260 (12 GOALS)
GARY MILLS
BORN: NORTHAMPTON 11/11/1961
LEICESTER: MARCH 1989 TO SEPTEMBER 1994
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 194 (16 GOALS) F.A.CUP 7 LEAGUE CUP: 9 (1 GOAL) MILK CUP 7 OTHER: 9
TOTAL: 226 (17 GOALS)
JOHNNY MORRIS
BORN: RADCLIFFE 27/9/1924
LEICESTER: OCTOBER 1952 TO MARCH 1958
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 206 (33 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 14 (1 GOAL)
TOTAL: 220 (34 GOALS)
JOHN NEWMAN
BORN: HEREFORD 13/12/1933
LEICESTER: NOVEMBER 1957 TO JANUARY 1960
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 61 (2 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 4
TOTAL: 65 (2 GOALS)
DAVID NISH
BORN: BURTON-ON-TRENT 26/9/1947
LEICESTER: JULY 1966 TO AUGUST 1972
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 228 (25 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 28 (4 GOALS) LEAGUE CUP: 16 (2 GOALS)
TOTAL: 272 (31 GOALS)
RICHARD NORMAN
BORN: NEWCASTLE 5/8/1935
LEICESTER: NOVEMBER 1958 TO JUNE 1968
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 303 (2 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 30 LEAGUE CUP: 28 (3 GOALS) EUROPE: 4
TOTAL: 365 (5 GOALS)
JOHN OGILVIE
BORN: MOTHERWELL 28/10/1928
LEICESTER: OCTOBER 1955 TO JANUARY 1960
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 82 (2 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 3
TOTAL: 85 (2 GOALS)
JOHN PATRICK O'NEILL
BORN: DERRY 11/3/1958
LEICESTER: FEBRUARY 1978 TO JULY 1987
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 313 (10 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 19 (1 GOAL) LEAGUE CUP: 13 (1 GOAL)
TOTAL: 345 (12 GOALS)
RUSSELL OSMAN
BORN: DERBYSHIRE 14/2/1959
LEICESTER: JULY 1985 TO JUNE 1988
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 108 (8 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 2 LEAGUE CUP: 8 MILK CUP: 2
TOTAL: 120 (8 GOALS)
PAUL RAMSEY
BORN: DERRY 3/9/1963
LEICESTER: APRIL 1980 TO AUGUST 1991
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 278 (13 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 9 (1 GOAL) LEAGUE CUP: 19 (1 GOAL) MILK CUP: 2
TOTAL: 308 (15 GOALS)
DON REVIE
BORN: MIDDLESBROUGH 10/7/1927
LEICESTER: NOVEMBER 1949 TO OCTOBER 1951
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 96 (25 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 14 (4 GOALS) W.W.2 : 33 (4 GOALS)
TOTAL: 143 (33 GOALS)
HOWARD RILEY
BORN: LEICESTER 18/8/1938
LEICESTER: AUGUST 1955 TO DECEMBER 1965
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 193 (38 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 24 (5 GOALS) LEAGUE CUP: 12 (4 GOALS) EUROPE: 4
TOTAL: 233 (47 GOALS)
ROBERT ROBERTS
BORN: EDINBURGH 2/9/1940
LEICESTER: SEPTEMBER 1963 TO SEPTEMBER 1970
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 224 (26 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 30 (4 GOALS) LEAGUE CUP: 21 (6 GOALS)
TOTAL: 275 (36 GOALS)
PETER RODRIGUES
BORN: CARDIFF 21/1/1944
LEICESTER: DECEMBER 1965 TO OCTOBER 1970
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 139 (6 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 18 LEAGUE CUP: 11
TOTAL: 168 (6 GOALS)
DENNIS ROFE
BORN: EPPING 1/6/1950
LEICESTER: AUGUST 1972 TO FEBRUARY 1980
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 290 (6 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 22 LEAGUE CUP: 12
TOTAL 324 (6 GOALS):
ARTHUR ROWLEY
BORN: WOLVERHAMPTON 21/4/1926
LEICESTER: JUNE 1950 TO JUNE 1958
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 303 (251 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 18 (14 GOALS)
TOTAL: 321 (265 GOALS)
EDDIE RUSSELL
BORN: CRANWELL 15/7/1928
LEICESTER: OCTOBER 1953 TO AUGUST 1958
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 90 (5 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 11
TOTAL: 101 (5 GOALS)
JON SAMMELS
BORN: IPSWICH 23/7/1945
LEICESTER: JULY 1971 TO MARCH 1978
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 236 (21 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 17 (1 GOAL) LEAGUE CUP: 12 (3 GOALS)
TOTAL: 265 (25 GOALS)
PETER SHILTON
BORN: LEICESTER 18/9/1949
LEICESTER: JUNE 1965 TO NOVEMBER 1974
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 286 (1 GOAL) F.A.CUP: 33 LEAGUE CUP: 20
TOTAL: 339 (1 GOAL)
JACKIE SINCLAIR
BORN: FIFE 21/7/1943
LEICESTER: MAY 1965 TO DECEMBER 1967
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 103 (50 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 5 (2 GOALS) LEAGUE CUP: 5 (1 GOAL)
TOTAL: 113 (53 GOALS)
JOHN SJOBERG
BORN: ABERDEEN 17/6/1941
LEICESTER: AUGUST 1958 TO JUNE 1973
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 334 (15 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 44 (1 GOAL) LEAGUE CUP: 34 (3 GOALS)
TOTAL: 412 (19 GOALS)
PETER SMALL
BORN: HORSHAM 23/10/1924
LEICESTER: MARCH 1950 TO SEPTEMBER 1954
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 65 (16 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 7 (4 GOALS)
TOTAL: 72 (20 GOALS)
ALAN SMITH
BORN: BIRMINGHAM 21/11/1962
LEICESTER: JUNE 1982 TO MAY 1987
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 190 (76 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 8 (4 GOALS) LEAGUE CUP: 8 (4 GOALS)
TOTAL: 206 (84 GOALS)
SEP SMITH
BORN: CO. DURHAM 13/3/1912
LEICESTER: MARCH 1928 TO 1949
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 350 (35 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 23 (2 GOALS) W.W.2: 213 (48 GOALS)
TOTAL: 586 (85 GOALS)
MIKE STRINGFELLOW
BORN: KIRKBY IN ASHFIELD 27/1/1943
LEICESTER: JANUARY 1962 TO 1975
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 292 (82 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 26 (7 GOALS) LEAGUE CUP: 26 (8 GOALS)
TOTAL: 344 (97 GOALS)
MARK WALLINGTON
BORN: LINCOLNSHIRE 17/9/1952
LEICESTER: MARCH 1972 TO JULY 1985
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 412 F.A.CUP: 25 LEAGUE CUP: 23
TOTAL: 460
JAMES WALSH
BORN: GLASGOW 3/12/1930
LEICESTER: NOVEMBER 1956 TO 1964
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 176 (79 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 18 (5 GOALS) LEAGUE CUP: 4 (5 GOALS) EUROPE: 1 (2 GOALS)
TOTAL: 199 (91 GOALS)
KEITH WELLER
BORN: LONDON 11/6/1946
LEICESTER: SEPTEMBER 1971 TO FEBRUARY 1979
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 260 (37 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 24 (3 GOALS) LEAGUE CUP: 11 (3 GOALS)
TOTAL: 295 (43 GOALS)
IAN WHITE
BORN: GLASGOW 20/12/1935
LEICESTER: JULY 1958 TO JUNE 1962
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 47 (1 GOAL) F.A.CUP: 3 EUROPE: 4
TOTAL: 54 (1 GOAL)
STEVE WHITWORTH
BORN: LEICESTER 20/3/1952
LEICESTER: JULY 1968 TO MARCH 1979
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 352 F.A.CUP: 29 LEAGUE CUP: 18
TOTAL: 399 (SCORED HIS ONE AND ONLY GOAL IN THE 1971 CHARITY SHIELD)
TOMMY WILLIAMS
BORN: WEST LOTHIAN 18/12/1957
LEICESTER: JULY 1974 TO JULY 1986
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 236 (10 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 18 LEAGUE CUP: 12
TOTAL: 266 (10 GOALS)
IAN WILSON
BORN: ABERDEEN 27/3/1958
LEICESTER: APRIL 1979 TO SEPTEMBER 1987
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 276 (17 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 15 (1 GOAL) LEAGUE CUP: 18 (1 GOAL)
TOTAL: 309 (19 GOALS)
ALAN WOOLLETT
BORN: LEICESTER 4/3/1947
LEICESTER: AUGUST 1963 TO JULY 1978
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE 213 (F.A.CUP: 15 LEAGUE CUP: 17
TOTAL: 245
FRANK WORTHINGTON
BORN: HALIFAX 23/11/1948
LEICESTER: AUGUST 1972 TO SEPTEMBER 1977
APPEARANCES: LEAGUE: 209 (72 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 18 (4 GOALS) LEAGUE CUP: 10 (2 GOALS)
TOTAL: 237 (78 GOALS)
ALAN YOUNG
BORN: FIFE 26/10/1955
LEICESTER: MAY 1979 TO AUGUST 1982
APPEARANCES: 102 (26 GOALS) F.A.CUP: 10 (2 GOALS) LEAGUE CUP: 5 (1 GOAL)
TOTAL: 117 (29 GOALS)
THE FOLLOWING PLAYERS ONLY EVER PLAYED ONCE
FOR OUR BELOVED LEICESTER CITY
ROBERT ALLEYNE VS WEST HAM 1987
R. ATHERLY VS BLACKPOOL 1902
A.ATKINS VS DERBY JUNCTION 189
CHARLES ATTER VS DONCASTER ROVERS 1891
IAN BARACLOUGH VS CHARLTON ATHLETIC 1989
ALFRED BARRATT VS LINCOLN CITY 1915
OLIVER BEEBY VS DONCASTER ROVERS 1955
F.S. BENSON VS BURNLEY 1903
PAUL BROWN VS NOTTS COUNTY 1983
DAVID BRUCE VS BURNLEY 1936
JOHN BUCKLEY VS NEWCASTLE UTD. 1987
JOHN CALDER VS GRIMSBY TOWN 1931
ROGER CARTER VS BURSLEM PORT VALE 1900
TOMMY CHRISTENSEN VS SOUTHAMPTON 1985
MALCOM CLARKE VS LEEDS UTD. 1965 (CAME ON AS SUB IN 89th. MINUTE!)
PATRICK CLARKE VS MANCHESTER CITY 1935
DONALD COLES VS CHESTERFIELD 1902
ERNEST COULSON VS CHESTERFIELD 1904
ALEXANDER CREWS VS GRIMSBY TOWN 1912
WILLIAM DORRELL VS ROTHERHAM COUNTY 1919
PETER ECCLES VS BLACKBURN ROVERS 1989
SCOTT EUSTACE VS BRISTOL CITY 1993
KEVIN FARMER VS IPSWICH TOWN 1977
GARY FITZPATRICK VS SHEFFIELD UTD. 1990
J. FLINT VS BURTON WANDERERS 1890
G. FRETTINGHAM VS WEDNESBURY OLD ATHLETIC 1892
WILLIAM FURR VS HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 1912
FRANK GARDNER VS DONCASTER ROVERS 1891
PATRICK GAVIN VS CHARLTON ATHLETIC 1990
ERNEST GILL VS GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY 1901
A.GOULD VS LUTON TOWN 1899
ERNEST GWYNNE VS WOOLWICH ARSENAL 1903
A.HALES VS BURNLEY 1902
ERNEST HARPER VS BURTON UNITED 1905
W.H. HARRIS VS ROTHERHAM TOWN 1892
BERTIE HEATHCOCK VS SHEFFIELD UTD. 1927
JOHN HEBBERD VS HUCKNALL ST. JOHN'S 1895
STEVEN HOLDEN VS DERBY COUNTY 1992
BERNARD HUGHES VS HULL CITY 1906
JAMES HYETT VS LIVERPOOL 1905
LESLIE JAKEMAN VS BURNLEY 1954
JAMES JOHNSON VS BURTON WANDERERS 1890
GEORGE KEOGH VS LEEDS CITY 1906
GEORGE KING VS HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 1919
GEORGE LEE VS LINCOLN CITY 1905
C.R. LISLE VS DERBY JUNCTION 1892
IAN McFARLANE VS LUTON TOWN 1958
PETER McFARLANE VS CREWE ALEXANDRA 1895
JAMES McKENNA VS BIRMINGHAM 1932
E. MANSHIP VS BURTON UNITED 1903
FREDERICK MILNES VS LINCOLN CITY 1907
JOSEPH MORAN VS LINCOLN CITY 1904
JAMES MURDOCH VS BURTON WANDERERS 1890
MAURICE PARRY VS WOOLWICH ARSENAL 1898
WILLIAM PEPPER VS LEEDS CITY 1913
GEORGE PERKINS VS LINCOLN CITY 1904
JOHN PHILP VS TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 1933
SAVILLE PILKINGTON VS BIRMINGHAM 1914
STEVEN PRINDIVILLE VS SHREWSBURY TOWN 1988
KEVIN REED VS WREXHAM 1978
W. REYNOLDS VS BIRMINGHAM 1913
FREDERICK RILEY VS BIRMINGHAM 1913
WILLIAM ROWLEY VS LINCOLN CITY 1898
ANDREW RUSSELL VS BIRMINGHAM 1928
W.A. SHARP VS CHESTERFIELD 1903
JOHN SHEPHERD VS STOCKPORT COUNTY 1912
HARVEY SINCLAIR VS GRIMSBY TOWN 1957
RODNEY SLACK VS MANSFIELD TOWN 1960
FRANK SPRIGGS VS BLACKPOOL 1909
ALEXANDER STEWART VS GLOSSOP 1903
DAVID THOMSON VS TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 1962
MAURICE TOMPKIN VS BIRMINGHAM 1938
ERNEST VICKERSTAFFE VS BURSLEM PORT VALE 1904
JOHN VINCETT VS MANCHESTER UTD. 1908
WILLIAM WEBB VS BOLTON WANDERERS 1926
GEORGE WESLEY VS BARNSLEY 1907
ARTHUR WILD VS STOCKPORT COUNTY 1903
E. WILKINS VS DONCASTER ROVERS 1892
R.E. WINTER VS BURSLEM PORT VALE 1892
ARTHUR WOOLLISCROFT VS SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 1929
The scorer of Leicester Fosse's first senior goal at Filbert Street was James Atter.
Steve Whitworth's only goal for Leicester was against Liverpool in the Charity Cup Final at Filbert St. in 1971 City won 1-0.
Jon Sjoberg ("The Tank") is the only City player to have contributed 2 own goals in one game- against W.B.A. April 1966. City lost the game 1-5.
10 City and Fosse players have had a single goal deleted from their records following the abandonment of games in which they have scored. They are...George Warren, Tommy Brown, Frank Large, Gene O'Callaghan, George Dewis, Ike Evenson, Billy Jackson, Danny Liddle, Arthur Chandler, and Willie Muncie.
Leicester Fosse's last goal conceded under that name was in their final game away to Clapton Orient in 1914. Unfortunately it was an own goal scored by Charles Barron.
Goal keeper Gordon Bradley (City / September 1942 to February 1950) scored one goal against City at Filbert Street in 1956 for Notts County as an outfield player after he'd injured his hand in goal.
Goal keeper Ian Black (Fulham) was similarly playing in an outfield position when he scored a consolation goal for Fulham in City's Second Division home win of 6-1 in August 1952.
Goalkeeper Alex Stepney (Manchester United) briefly became his side's leading scorer when he put a penalty past Peter Shilton during City's 2-1 win at Old Trafford in September 1973.
Peter Shilton remains City's only goalkeeper to score at league level with a long-distance effort against Southampton in a 5-1 win to City in October 1967.
Arthur Chandler scored the most home goals for City...173 at Filbert Street (Arthur Rowley scored 163)
Arthur Rowley scored the most away goals for City...102 (Arthur Chandler scored 100)
Chandler scored 15 times against each of Aston Villa and Newcastle. Rowley totalling 15 aginst Bury.
Chandler scored a hat trick or better on 17 occasions, a feat managed 16 times for City by Rowley.
Chandler scored in 7 league and one F.A. Cup games in succession during 1924/25.
Rowley scored in 7 league games in succession (twice!) during 1951/52 and 1956/57.
Jack Bowers scored in each of his first 6 games for the club
Of the six City players to pass the 100 goal mark for the club in peacetime football, Arthur Rowley achieved the feat the quickest- his 100 coming up in his 122nd. appearance. Arthur Chandler took 140 games, Ernie Hine 185, Gary Lineker 214, Derek Hines 259 and Arthur Lochhead 267 appearances.
Leicester Foose's first F.A.Cup game was against Burton Wanderers at home on 4/10/1890
Graham Cross holds the record for most appearances for City in each of the major cup competitions.
Most F.A. Cup goals for Leicester...Arthur Rowley 14 / Arthur Chandler 14 / Billy Dorrell 11
City's F.A. Cup final goal scorer at Wembley was Mal Griffiths against Wolves in 1949, when City lost 1-3.
Ken Keyworth was City's other F.A.Cup final goal scorer. He scored against Manchester United in the 1963 1-3 defeat.
Horace Bailey was the first Leicester player to be capped by England while on the club's books.
Andy Aitken was the first Leicester player to be capped by Scotland while on the club's books.
Dick Jones and Alf Watkins jointly were the first Leicester players to be capped by Wales while on the club's books.
Mick Cochrane was the first Leicester player to be capped by Ireland while on the club's books.
Following the partition of Ireland, and the institution of seperate national sides.....Tommy Goodwin was the first City man to represent the Republic and Willie Cunningham was the first City man to represent Northern Ireland.
Finland's Jari Ratanen was the first "overseas" International to be capped while at Leicester.
Most capped players while on City's books...Gordon Banks 37 / John O'Neill 39 / Willie Cunningham 23
David Buchanan ...16 years, 192 days
Peter Shilton...16 years, 228 days
Dennis Cheney...16 years, 132 days
Ray Iggleden...16 years, 201 days
Billy Wright...16 years, 206 days
David Timson...16 years, 231
Neil Grewcock...16 years, 311 days
Arthur Rowley 41 / Sep Smith 26 / Steve Lynex 23 / Gary McAllister 15 / David Nish 14 / Bob Pollock 14.
Former City players to be honoured..
Don Revie (Manchester City)1955 / Frank McLintock (Arsenal)1971 / Gordon Banks (Stoke)1972 /
Peter Shilton (Notts. Forest) 1978 / Gary Lineker (Everton)1986 and (Spurs)1992 (F.W.A).
John Sammels , Steve Whitworth, Len Glover, Keith Weller, Steve Earle, Frank Worthington, and Alan Birchenall all faced Arsenal 7 times in the 1974/75 season. 2 League / 3 F.A. Cup and 2 League Cup matches!
Peter Shilton is the safest pair of hands we have had at Leicester. He conceded an average of 1.118 goals per game for City.Other keepers facts.........George Hebden 1.135 / Mark Wallington 1.319 / Herbert Bown 1.370 / Jimmy Thraves 1.453 / Gordon Banks 1.486 / Sandy McLaren 1.750 / Johnny Anderson 1.762 / Jim McLaren 1.805
Mark Wallington was an ever-present for Leicester for 7 seasons 1975/76 to 1980 /81 inclusive, plus 1982/83.
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