List of Torquay United F.C. players

Torquay United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Torquay, Devon. This is a list of players who have made 100 or more competitive appearances for Torquay United. It includes all competitive first-team matches since the club was elected into the Football League in 1927, but does not include appearances made in Wartime Leagues or local cup competitions such as the Devon Bowl. Substitute appearances are included.

History

After joining the Football League in 1927, the first player to make 100 appearances for Torquay United was Bob Smith. The former Plymouth Argyle left-half joined Torquay in 1928 and reached the century milestone in January 1931, narrowly beating full-back Jack Fowler to the honor by a few weeks. Despite this, Fowler would eventually overtake Smith and set the Torquay appearance record at 190 in 1934. However, the player with the most pre-War appearances for Torquay was Albert Hutchinson. Beginning his career as a forward, Hutchinson eventually played at every position for Torquay (including the goalkeeper) before the Football League was abandoned in September 1939, by which point he had notched up 338 appearances for the club.

Hutchinson's record was eventually broken by winger Ron Shaw in 1955, closely followed by wing-half Dennis Lewis. Lewis eventually overtook Shaw and retired in 1958 having set a record of 473 appearances which stood for almost 50 years. 1958 was also the year in which Sammy Collins set the club's goalscoring record at 219, a total which has yet to be surpassed. In the 1960s, Tommy Northcott came closest to matching both records with 150 goals in 443 games, while defender Ian Twitchin joined the elite band of players to make 400 appearances for United in 1980.

Dennis Lewis's record was eventually broken by Kevin Hill in 2008 when he came on as a late substitute in the FA Trophy Final to make his 474th and final appearance for Torquay. The current player with the most appearances for Torquay United is Dean Moxey, while Shaun MacDonald is the latest player to make 100 appearances for the club.

Players with 100 or more appearances

Statistics correct as of 3 May 2014. Players marked in bold are still playing for the club.

Position key: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

Name	Nationality	Position	Torquay career	Appearances	Goals	Notes
Jack Fowler	England	DF	1928–1934	190	11
Bob Smith	England	MF	1928–1932	147	3
WallerHarry Waller	England	FW	1928–1932	122	24
Albert Hutchinson	England	FW	1930–1939	338	84
George Stabb	England	FW	1931–1934	103	48
TappLew Tapp	England	DF	1931–1937	171	0
MaggsPercy Maggs	England	GK	1932–1939	223	0
Leslie Lievesley	England	DF	1933–1937	144	5
JonesJack Jones	Wales	MF	1934–1938	170	8
MorganMorton Morgan	Wales	FW	1934–1937	133	26
Fred Beedall	England	FW	1934–1938	132	21
Phil Joslin	England	GK	1936–1948	149	0
Bert Head	England	DF	1936–1950	242	6
Ralph Calland	England	DF	1946–1953	222	13
Jack Conley	England	FW	1946–1950	168	74
Bill Towers	England	DF	1946–1955	292	0
Ron Shaw	England	MF	1946–1958	412	106
Dennis Lewis	Wales	MF	1947–1958	473	33
Hugh Cameron	Scotland	FW	1948–1951	127	21
Sammy Collins	England	FW	1948–1958	379	219
ToppingDave Topping	Scotland	DF	1948–1952	158	3
Tommy Northcott	England	FW	1949–1952 1957–1966	443	150
Don Mills	England	FW	1949 1952–1962	367	84
WebberGeorge Webber	Wales	GK	1950–1954	123	0
Eric Webber	England	DF	1951–1955	159	0
NormanGriff Norman	Wales	MF	1952–1958	234	6
DobbieHarold Dobbie	England	FW	1953–1957	119	48
Graham Bond	England	FW	1953–1962	142	54
Harry Smith	England	DF	1953–1961	202	1
SmithJohn V. Smith	England	DF	1954–1960	179	0
George Northcott	England	DF	1954–1962	172	2
John James	England	FW	1955–1961	134	11
Mervyn Gill	England	GK	1956–1962	174	0
Colin Bettany	England	DF	1957–1966	361	4
Ernie Pym	England	MF	1957–1965	307	94
Larry Baxter	England	MF	1957–1962	181	22
Geoff Cox	England	MF	1957–1967	286	68
Alan Smith	England	DF	1957–1968	303	3
Dave Hancock	England	MF	1959–1963	188	14
Terry Adlington	England	GK	1962–1965	164	1
George Allen	England	DF	1962–1965	146	0
Robin Stubbs	England	FW	1963–1969 1972–1973	263	133
John Benson	Scotland	DF	1964–1970	265	8
Doug Clarke	England	MF	1965–1968	131	22
Ron Barnes	England	MF	1966–1969	127	26
John Bond	England	DF	1966–1969	145	13
Bill Kitchener	England	DF	1966–1967 1967–1971	184	9
Jimmy Dunne	Republic of Ireland	DF/MF	1967–1970 1976–1979	274	19
DonnellyAndy Donnelly	Scotland	GK	1967–1971	178	0
Alan Welsh	Scotland	FW	1967–1972	161	50
Micky Cave	England	MF	1968–1971	129	21
SandercockKen Sandercock	England	MF	1968–1969 1971–1974	180	6
John Rudge	England	FW	1969–1972	110	40
MitchinsonTommy Mitchinson	England	MF	1969–1971	123	9
Phil Sandercock	England	DF	1969–1977	225	13
LucasMal Lucas	Wales	DF	1970–1974	135	3
Dick Edwards	England	DF	1970–1973	116	7
JacksonCliff Jackson	England	FW	1970–1974	139	15
Ian Twitchin	England	DF	1970–1981	435	17
Mike Mahoney	England	GK	1970–1975	167	0
HarrisonDerek Harrison	England	DF	1971–1975	137	5
Clint Boulton	England	DF	1971–1979	286	36
David Stocks	England	DF	1972–1976	161	4
MorrallSteve Morrall	England	MF	1972–1977	175	13
Dave Kennedy	England	MF	1973–1977	166	8
Willie Brown	Scotland	FW	1975–1978	154	56
Terry Lee	England	GK	1975–1978	121	0
Les Lawrence	England	FW	1977–1982	215	54
Peter Coffill	England	MF	1977–1981	133	11
Steve Cooper	England	FW	1978–1984	271	90
Donal Murphy	Republic of Ireland	MF	1978–1980 1981	100	22
John Turner	England	GK	1978–1980 1983–1984	128	0
Freddie Pethard	Scotland	DF	1979–1982	119	0
WilsonBrian Wilson	England	DF	1979–1983	151	8
JonesGraham Jones	England	DF	1980–1983	131	6
Vince O'Keefe	England	GK	1980–1982	121	0
Colin Anderson	England	DF/MF	1982–1985	124	11
John Impey	England	DF	1983–1985 1986–1988	154	3
PughSteve Pugh	England	DF	1983–1986	137	5
Derek Dawkins	England	MF	1984–1988	211	11
Paul Compton	England	DF	1984–1986 1991–1992	137	4
Kenny Allen	England	GK	1984–1985 1986–1988 1989	158	0
LoramMark Loram	England	FW	1985–1986 1987–1992 1993	332	63
Mario Walsh	England	FW	1985–1987	113	23
Tom Kelly	Scotland	DF	1986–1989 1993–1996	290	8
Jim McNichol	Scotland	DF	1986–1989 1991	162	19
ColeDavid Cole	England	DF	1986–1989	139	7
Chris Myers	England	MF	1986–1987 1990–1993 1993–1994	135	8
LloydPhil Lloyd	England	DF	1987–1992	217	11
Dean Edwards	England	FW	1988–1991	155	34
Paul Holmes	England	DF	1988–1992 1999–2003	271	6
Sean William Joyce	England	MF	1988–1993	194	17
Matt Elliott	Scotland	DF	1989–1992	158	20
John Uzzell	England	DF	1989–1991	115	5
Paul Hall	Jamaica	MF	1989–1993	111	4
Chris Curran	England	DF	1990–1995	185	5
HowellsGareth Howells	England	GK	1990–1992	105	0
Scott Colcombe	England	DF/MF	1991–1995	108	2
Duane Darby	England	FW	1991–1995	127	29
Darren Moore	Jamaica	DF	1992–1995	124	11
Robbie Herrera	England	DF	1992 1998–2001	136	1
Paul Trollope	Wales	MF	1992–1994	132	17
Lee Barrow	England	DF	1993–1997	192	8
Richard Hancox	England	MF	1993–1997 2005	101	14
Ian Hathaway	England	MF	1993–1997	166	17
Ashley Bayes	England	GK	1993–1996	119	0
Tony Bedeau	Grenada	FW	1995–2006 2006–2007	373	65
Wayne Thomas	England	DF	1995–2000	142	7
Alex Watson	England	DF	1995–2001	230	9
Kevin Hill	England	MF	1997–2008	474	57
Steve Tully	England	DF	1997–2002	125	3
Jimmy Aggrey	England	DF	1998–2001	110	2
Eifion Williams	Wales	FW	1999–2002	122	24
Matthew Hockley	England	MF	2000–2008	265	10
David Graham	Scotland	FW	2001–2004 2007	137	49
Alex Russell	England	MF	2001–2005	163	21
Kevin Dearden	England	GK	2001–2005	107	0
Steve Woods	England	DF	2001–2009	283	11
Lee Canoville	England	DF	2001–2005	121	2
Jason Fowler	England	MF	2001–2005	107	8
Martin Gritton	Scotland	FW	2002–2004 2010–2011	115	26
Jo Kuffour	Ghana	FW	2002–2006	160	33
Craig Taylor	England	DF	2003–2005	138	6
Lee Mansell	England	MF	2006–2014	391	25
Chris Robertson	Scotland	DF	2007–2012	203	11
Elliot Benyon	England	FW	2007–2011 2013	199	47
Chris Hargreaves	England	MF	2007–2010	130	14
Kevin Nicholson	England	DF	2007–2014	345	13
Tim Sills	England	FW	2007–2010	136	47
Danny Stevens	England	MF	2007–2013 2014	224	28
Chris Zebroski	England	FW	2007–2008 2009–2011	141	40
Mark Ellis	England	DF	2007–2012 2022–2023	149	15
Nicky Wroe	England	MF	2008–2011	130	23
Michael Poke	England	GK	2008 2008–2009 2009–2010 2012–2014	124	0
Scott Bevan	England	GK	2008–2011	112	0
Damon Lathrope	England	MF	2010–2014 2016–2018	157	0
Eunan O'Kane	Republic of Ireland	MF	2010–2012	122	14
Joe Oastler	England	DF	2010–2011 2011–2013	113	1
Aaron Downes	Australia	DF	2012–2015	109	15
Luke Young	England	MF	2014–2018	132	16
Jamie Reid	Northern Ireland	FW	2015 2016–2017 2017 2017–2020	163	57
Ruairi Keating	Republic of Ireland	FW	2017–2020	107	14
Connor Lemonheigh-Evans	Wales	MF	2018 2018–2019 2019–2020 2020–2022	149	26
Asa Hall	England	MF	2018–2024	174	39
WynterBen Wynter	England	DF	2018–2022	145	8
Dean Moxey	England	DF	2020–	140	3
Jake Andrews	England	MF	2018–2021	104	19
Courtney Richards	England	MF	2014–2017	103	6
Kyle Cameron	Scotland	DF	2018–2021	101	5
Shaun MacDonald	England	GK	2018–2022	101	0

References

General

• Edwards, Leigh; Jon Gibbes; John Lovis (1999). Torquay United, The Official Centenary History, 1899–1999. Yore Publications. ISBN 1-874427-38-0.
• "Soccerbase".
• "Torquayunited.com". Archived from the original on 1 September 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2012.

Specific

External links

• "TFF History Room". Archived from the original on 26 February 2011.
• "TUFC History". Archived from the original on 12 May 2008.