List of Bradford City A.F.C. players

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For the players with fewer than 50 league appearances for Bradford City, see List of Bradford City A.F.C. players with fewer than 50 league appearances.

Bradford City A.F.C. is an English professional association football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Bradford City been a member of the Football League since its formation in 1903. The following contains two lists; a list of all current players who have made at least one appearance in the Football League, and a list of former players who have made 50 or more appearances in the Football League for Bradford City.

Current players[]

As of 11 December 2021
Name Nation Years Apps Goals Notes
Lee Angol  England 2021– 8 4
Niall Canavan  Republic of Ireland 2021– 30 1
Andy Cook  England 2021, 2021– 36 15 [a]
Callum Cooke  England 2019–2020, 2020– 78 4 [b]
Finn Cousin-Dawson  Northern Ireland 2019– 30 0
Abo Eisa  Sudan 2021– 3 0
Gareth Evans  England 2009–2011, 2020– 116 17
Matty Foulds  England 2021– 8 0
Alex Gilliead  England 2017, 2017–2018, 2021– 72 2 [c]
Sam Hornby  England 2019– 20 0
Fiacre Kelleher  Republic of Ireland 2021– 4 0
Caolan Lavery  Northern Ireland 2021– 11 1
Paudie O'Connor  Republic of Ireland 2019, 2019– 91 5 [d]
Richard O'Donnell  England 2018– 122 0
Liam Ridehalgh  England 2021– 18 0
Theo Robinson  Jamaica 2021– 14 2
Kian Scales  England 2020– 22 1
Jorge Sikora  Poland 2019– 1 0
Yann Songo'o  Cameroon 2021– 16 1
Reece Staunton  Republic of Ireland 2017– 9 1
Levi Sutton  England 2020– 48 4
Oscar Threlkeld  England 2021– 15 0
Charles Vernam  England 2021– 36 6
Elliot Watt  Scotland 2020– 66 4

Former players[]

The following is a list of Bradford City players who have made over 50 appearances in the Football League for Bradford City.

Name Nation Career[e] Apps[f] Goals Notes
Greg Abbott  England 1982–1991 281 32
Stan Alexander  England 1931–1933 61 23
Jimmy Anders  England 1951–1953 51 11
Peter Atherton  England 2000–2005 94 3
Denis Atkins  England 1968–1971 108 0
Will Atkinson  England 2012, 2012–2013 54 2 [g]
Phil Babb  Republic of Ireland 1990–1992 80 14
Steve Baines  England 1978–1980 99 17
Martin Bakes  England 1953–1959 72 7
Bruce Bannister  England 1965–1971 208 60
Sam Barkas  England 1928–1934 202 8
Bill Barnes  Scotland 1958–1961 59 0
Roland Bartholomew  England 1935–1938 100 14
Albert Bartlett  England 1906–1909 52 18
Mick Bates  England 1978–1980 56 1
Bobby Bauld  Scotland 1927–1934 217 34
Peter Beagrie  England 1997–2001 132 20
Peter Bennie  Scotland 1924–1926 73 3
Charlie Bicknell  England 1930–1936 240 2
John Black  Scotland 1980, 1980–1983 55 13 [h]
Robbie Blake  England 1997–2002 153 40
Dicky Bond  England 1909–1922 301 60
Irvine Boocock  England 1910–1922 169 1
Mark Bower  England 1997–2009 231 12
Michael Boulding  England 2008–2010 64 16
David Boyle  England 1956–1961 92 13
Lew Bradford  England 1946–1948 68 1
Marc Bridge-Wilkinson  England 2005–2007 87 12
Ronnie Brown  England 1972–1975 97 11
Walter Bruce  England 1934–1937 76 17
Lee Bullock  England 2008, 2008–2012 120 5 [i]
Ralph Burkinshaw  England 1925–1930 166 30
William Burnicle  England 1933–1937 53 2
Danny Cadamarteri  England 2002–2004, 2005–2006 91 7
Tommy Cairns  Scotland 1927–1931 135 32
Bobby Campbell  Northern Ireland 1979–1983, 1983–1986 274 121
Robert Campbell  Scotland 1906–1915 223 1
Eddie Carr  England 1949–1953 94 49
Andrew Chalmers  Scotland 1922–1926 118 19
George Chaplin  Scotland 1908–1919 88 0
Les Chapman  England 1979–1982 139 3
Samuel Cheetham  England 1921–1926 57 9
Trevor Cherry  England 1982–1985 92 0 [j]
Billy Clarke  Scotland 1905–1908 92 15
Billy Clarke  Republic of Ireland 2014–2017, 2019, 2020–2021 141 27
Matthew Clarke  England 2006–2010 88 4
Sandy Cochrane  Scotland 1929–1931 69 27
Joe Colbeck  England 2004–2009 109 8
James Conlin  England 1904–1906 61 5
Barry Conlon  Republic of Ireland 2007–2009 72 17
Dick Conroy  England 1948–1953 158 0
Joe Cooke  Dominica 1971–1979, 1981–1984 271 68
Ian Cooper  England 1965–1977 443 4
Norman Corner  England 1969–1971 110 16
Sam Cowan  England 1935–1937 57 1
Josh Cullen  Republic of Ireland 2016, 2016–2017 55 1 [k]
Malcolm Currie  Scotland 1956–1961 136 1
Omar Daley  Jamaica 2007–2011 123 15
Stephen Darby  England 2012–2017 194 0
Andrew Davies  England 2011–2012, 2012–2015 110 7 [l]
Aidan Davison  Northern Ireland 1999, 2000–2003 61 0 [m]
Jack Deakin  England 1936–1939 62 45
Malcolm Devitt  England 1958–1963 100 13
Timothée Dieng  France 2016–2018 65 6
Terry Dolan  England 1976–1981 195 43
Clayton Donaldson  Jamaica 2019–2021 55 8
Mitchell Downie  Scotland 1959–1963 134 0
Peter Downsborough  England 1974–1978 225 0
Colin Doyle  Republic of Ireland 2016–2018 79 0
Eoin Doyle  Republic of Ireland 2018–2020 50 11
Nathan Doyle  England 2006–2007, 2012–2014 104 2 [n]
John Dreyer  England 1996–2000 80 2
Donald Duckett  England 1919–1924 155 6
Lee Duxbury  England 1988–1994, 1995–1997 272 32
Mike Duxbury  England 1991–1994 65 0
Edinho  Brazil 1997–1999 59 15
Roy Ellam  England 1961–1966 149 12
Mark Ellis  England 1981–1990 218 30
Lewis Emanuel  England 2001–2006 139 4
Dave Evans  England 1984–1990 223 6
Paul Evans  Wales 2002–2004, 2007–2008 67 5
Jock Ewart  Scotland 1912–1923,1927–1928 283 0
Fred Farren  England 1906–1912 87 0
Hugh Ferguson  Northern Ireland 1948–1952 132 0
Bernard Fisher  England 1963–1965 60 0
Tommy Flockett  England 1957–1963 227 1
Michael Flynn  Wales 2009–2012 91 10
Danny Forrest  England 2001–2006 50 5
Jack Forrest  Scotland 1903–1905 53 18
Oscar Fox  England 1911–1922 164 57
Simon Francis  England 2002–2004 55 1
David Fretwell  England 1971–1978 253 5
Barry Gallagher  England 1978–1983 71 22
Michael Gilhooley  Scotland 1925–1927 52 0
John Gill  England 1930–1933 86 0
Allan Gilliver  England 1972–1974,1979 72 30
Karl Goddard  England 1987–1990 73 0
Don Goodman  England 1983–1987 70 14
John Graham  England 1903–1905 54 8
Andy Gray  Scotland 2002–2004, 2013–2014 92 21
David Gray  Scotland 1948–1956 242 13
Terry Gray  England 1982–1984 69 15
Rodney Green  England 1963–1964 66 39
Frank Greenhoff  England 1948–1952 81 11
Colin Hall  England 1970–1972 66 7
David Hall  England 1975–1977 54 3
John Hall  England 1962–1974 430 63
Gunnar Halle  Norway 1999–2002 70 4
Tom Hallett  Wales 1966–1971 179 2
Fred Halliday  England 1903–1907 72 0
John Hallows  England 1930–1936 164 74
Bobby Ham  England 1967–1971, 1973–1975 188 64
Des Hamilton  England 1993–1997 88 5
George Handley  England 1906–1911, 1914–1921 103 30
Harry Hanger  England 1906–1909 73 3
James Hanson  England 2009–2017 283 77
Peter Hardcastle  England 1976–1978 62 1
Joe Hargreaves  England 1912–1924 188 6
Stan Harland  England 1961–1964 120 20
Ken Harper  England 1946–1949 50 0
Derek Hawksworth  England 1948–1951, 1960–1962 119 28
John Hawley  England 1983–1985 67 28
Paul Heckingbottom  England 2003–2004, 2007–2009 96 0 [o]
John Hendrie  Scotland 1984–1988 173 46
George Hepplewhite  England 1953–1954 57 2
Wayne Heseltine  England 1992–1994 54 1
Billy Hibbert  England 1920–1922 53 26
Sam Higginson  England 1906–1909 56 6
George Hinsley  England 1938–1949 114 17
Trevor Hockey  England 1959–1962, 1974–1976 97 6
Darren Holloway  England 2004–2006 57 1
William Howson  England 1920–1923 58 16
Colin Hoyle  England 1992–1994 64 1
Don Hutchins  England 1974–1981 286 52
Richard Huxford  England 1994–1997 61 2
Billy Ingham  England 1980–1982 78 4
Steve Ingle  England 1964–1967 90 15
Gerry Ingram  England 1971–1977 174 64
David Jackson  England 1955–1961 250 61
Peter Jackson  England 1955–1961 199 15
Peter Allan Jackson  England 1979–1986, 1988–1990 336 27
Wayne Jacobs  England 1994–2005 318 12
Robbie James  Wales 1990–1992 89 6
Alf Jefferies  England 1935–1937 55 11
Eoin Jess  Scotland 2000, 2001–2002 62 17 [p]
Paul Jewell  England 1988–1998 269 56 [j]
Eddie Johnson  England 2006–2008 64 7
Rod Johnson  England 1973–1979 192 16
John Johnston  Northern Ireland 1972–1974 59 4
Gary Jones  England 2012–2014 83 8
Claus Bech Jørgensen  Faroe Islands 2001–2003 50 12
Tom Kearney  England 2001–2006 54 2
Brian Kelly  England 1961–1965 83 2
Arnold Kendall  England 1949–1953 113 13
Nathaniel Knight-Percival  England 2016–2019 118 6
Billy Knott  England 2014–2016 64 3
Nicky Law  England 2007, 2008–2009, 2016–2018 121 9 [q]
Jimmy Lawlor  Republic of Ireland 1957–1962 153 5
Jamie Lawrence  Jamaica 1997–2003 156 12
David Layne  England 1960–1962 65 44
Ken Leek  Wales 1965–1968 99 25
Tony Leighton  England 1968–1970 88 23
Mark Leonard  England 1986–1992 157 29
Richard Liburd  England 1994–1998 79 3
Gary Liddle  England 2014–2016 61 3
Pat Liney  Scotland 1967–1971 147 0
Evelyn Lintott  England 1908–1912 53 2
Peter Litchfield  England 1985–1989 88 0
Eddie Lloyd  England 1923–1930 157 4
Peter Logan  Scotland 1908–1925 271 37
Rory McArdle  Northern Ireland 2012–2017 183 12
Stuart McCall  Scotland 1982–1988, 1998–2002 395 45
Sean McCarthy  Wales 1990–1994 131 63
John McCole  Scotland 1958–1959, 1962–1964 88 48
Peter McConnell  England 1969–1971 79 0
Tommy McCulloch  Scotland 1950–1954 109 9
Charles McDermott  England 1933–1946 160 2
Jimmy McDonald  Scotland 1907–1919 202 25
Andy McGill  Scotland 1947–1952 164 24
Billy McGinley  Scotland 1975–1977 60 11
Jimmy McIlvenny  England 1911–1922 132 26
John Mackie  Scotland 1935–1938 91 7
Jimmy McLaren  Scotland 1923–1927 155 0
Jon McLaughlin  Scotland 2008–2014 125 0
Jimmy McLean  Scotland 1904–1905, 1906–1908 58 0
Tony McMahon  England 2015, 2015–2018 111 12 [r]
Brendan McManus  Northern Ireland 1948–1953 125 0
Eric McManus  Northern Ireland 1982–1985 113 0
John McMillan  Scotland 1903–1906 82 24
Stuart McMillan  England 1924–1927 70 6
David McNiven  Scotland 1978–1983 212 64
Mark Marshall  Jamaica 2015–2017 73 6
Eugene Martinez  England 1977��1980 52 5
Mark Mellors  England 1909–1913 68 0
James Meredith  Australia 2012–2017 182 4
John Middleton  England 1972–1979 192 5
Matt Middleton  England 1946–1948 94 0
Peter Middleton  England 1968–1972 131 25
Jimmy Millar  Scotland 1903–1907 118 1
Lee Mills  England 1998–2000 65 29 [s]
Adam Mitchell  Scotland 1928–1936 143 12
Brian Mitchell  Scotland 1987–1992 178 5
Graham Mitchell  England 1994–1996 65 1
Nicky Mohan  England 1995–1997 84 4
Robert Molenaar  Netherlands 2000–2003 77 2
Ron Mollatt  England 1960–1963 88 0
Charlie Moore  England 1926–1939 339 53
Darren Moore  Jamaica 1997–1999 62 3
Filipe Morais  Portugal 2014–2017 54 5
Ben Muirhead  England 2003–2007 112 4
George Mulholland  Scotland 1953–1960 277 0
Bill Murphy  England 1946–1952 146 9
George Murphy  Wales 1934–1947 180 43
Shaun Murray  England 1994–1998 130 8
Andy Myers  England 1999–2003 89 3
John Napier  Northern Ireland 1972–1975, 1976–1978 107 3
Kyle Nix  England 2007–2009 56 6
Graham Oates  England 1970–1974 161 19
Andy O'Brien  Republic of Ireland 1994–2001 133 3
Luke O'Brien  England 2007–2012 131 2
Anthony O'Connor  Republic of Ireland 2018–2021 122 8
Gavin Oliver  England 1985–1994 313 9
Luke Oliver  England 2010, 2010–2014 107 4 [t]
Les O'Neill  England 1970–1972 97 17
Jack Ormandy  England 1932–1936 63 9
Ian Ormondroyd  England 1985–1989, 1995–1997 125 26
Frank O'Rourke  Scotland 1907–1914 192 88
Leigh Palin  England 1986–1989 71 10
Wilson Parker  England 1933–1939 125 0
Albert Partridge  England 1929–1933 55 7
Alf Peachey  England 1929–1938 191 1
Harry Peel  England 1929–1936 186 26
Nigel Pepper  England 1997–1998 52 11
Ces Podd Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts 1970–1984 502 4
John Poole  England 1924–1927 97 0
Joe Poole  England 1947–1949 56 5
Fred Potts  England 1912–1922 136 0
Ivor Powell  Wales 1952–1954 83 9
David Pratt  Scotland 1921–1923 50 5
Billy Price  England 1949–1952 54 28
Dudley Price  Wales 1963–1965 62 21
Charlie Rackstraw  England 1967–1969 104 27
Neil Ramsbottom  England 1980–1983 73 0
Simon Ramsden  England 2009–2012 50 1
Jimmy Randall  England 1928–1930 57 15
Ricky Ravenhill  England 2011–2012, 2012–2014 54 2 [u]
Zesh Rehman  Pakistan 2009, 2009–2010 63 2 [v]
John Reid  Scotland 1957–1962 147 32
Kyel Reid  England 2011–2014, 2015–2016 131 12 [w]
Paul Reid  England 1992, 1992–1994 89 15 [x]
Fred Rhodes  England 1923–1926 52 14
Dean Richards  England 1992–1995 86 4
Ted Richardson  England 1926–1928 50 10
Donovan Ricketts  Jamaica 2004–2008 108 0 [y]
Arthur Rigby  England 1921–1925 121 21
John Ritchie  Scotland 1971–1974 64 0
Willie Robb  Scotland 1954–1957 127 4
Colin Roberts  England 1959–1961 57 0
George Robinson  England 1903–1915 343 16
Gary Robson  England 1993–1996 75 3
Peter Rodon  Wales 1964–1967 64 15
Abe Rosenthal  England 1946–1949, 1952–1954, 1955–1956 108 33
Samuel Russell  Northern Ireland 1926–1930 134 1
Les Samuels  England 1955–1957 84 38
Steven Schumacher  England 2004–2007 117 13
Aubrey Scriven  England 1927–1932 105 37
Lee Sharpe  England 1999, 1999–2002 56 4 [z]
Jock Shearer  Scotland 1946–1949 75 17
Watty Shirlaw  Scotland 1924–1927, 1928–1932 99 0
Paul Showler  England 1993–1996 88 15
Frank Shufflebottom  England 1946–1948 56 0
Carl Shutt  England 1994–1997 88 15
Johnny Simm  England 1955–1959 95 22
Martin Singleton  England 1984–1987 71 3
Lee Sinnott  England 1987–1991, 1993–1994, 1998 214 7 [aa]
Alex Smith  England 1965–1968 93 2
Geoff Smith  England 1954–1959 253 0
Mike Smith  England 1961–1965 134 0
Steve Smith  England 1978–1981 105 0
Wallace Smith  England 1905–1909 112 54
Jimmy Speirs  Scotland 1909–1912 86 29 [ab]
Joe Spence  England 1933–1935 75 27
Martin Spendiff  England 1908–1912 54 0
Dave Staniforth  England 1979–1982 115 25
Frank Stapleton  Republic of Ireland 1991–1994 68 2
Robert Steiner  Sweden 1997–1999 52 13
Derek Stokes  England 1957–1960, 1966 126 55
Charlie Storer  England 1913–1924 208 13
Stan Storton  England 1960–1963 111 5
Bruce Stowell  England 1960–1972 401 16
Nicky Summerbee  England 2003–2006 68 4
Willie Summers  Scotland 1927–1932 121 1
Barry Swallow  England 1967–1969 85 7
Dave Syers  England 2010–2012 55 10
Frank Thompson  Northern Ireland 1910–1913 51 1
Garry Thompson  England 2012–2014 84 8
Peter Thorne  England 2007–2010 77 31
Arthur Thorpe  England 1963–1966 81 17
Robbie Threlfall  England 2010, 2010–2012 54 2 [ac]
Brian Tinnion  England 1989–1993 145 22
Neil Tolson  England 1993–1996 63 12
Paul Tomlinson  England 1987–1995 293 0
Steve Torpey  England 1990–1993 96 22
Bob Torrance  Scotland 1908–1915 161 0
Billy Tunnicliffe  England 1953–1955 89 20
Romain Vincelot  France 2016–2018 82 6
Harold Walden  England 1911–1920 54 22
Tommy Walker  Scotland 1924–1926 54 4
Gary Walsh  England 1997, 1997–2003 133 0 [ad]
Ashley Ward  England 2000–2003 84 19
Whelan Ward  England 1948–1954 149 37
Sam Warhurst  England 1934–1937 66 0
Dickie Watmough  England 1931–1934 94 25
Billy Watson  Scotland 1921–1930 330 1
Garry Watson  England 1972–1983 263 28
Bobby Webb  England 1955–1962 208 59
Barry Webster  England 1962–1963 53 9
Nahki Wells  Bermuda 2011–2014 91 42
David Wetherall  England 1999–2008 304 18
Gareth Whalley  Republic of Ireland 1998–2002 103 2
Alf Whittingham  England 1936–1947 87 24
Jock Whyte  Scotland 1950–1957 236 2
Ben Williams  England 2014–2016 57 0
Gary Williams  England 1991–1994 85 5
Steve Williams  England 2009–2013 68 7
George Williamson  England 1950–1957 223 31
William Wilson  England 1903–1905 58 1
Dean Windass  England 1999–2001, 2003–2007 216 76
Norman Winn  England 1921–1926 85 10
Chris Withe  England 1983–1987 143 2
Connor Wood  England 2018–2021 103 2
Mick Wood  England 1978–1982 146 9
Peter Wragg  England 1963–1965 73 5
Bernie Wright  England 1977–1978 66 13
Harry Wright  England 1922–1927 68 4
Charlie Wyke  England 2017–2018 56 21
Mark Yeates  Republic of Ireland 2013–2015 70 5
Eddie Youds  England 1995, 1995–1998 86 8 [ae]

Notes[]

  1. ^ First spell on loan from Mansfield Town
  2. ^ First spell on loan from Peterborough United
  3. ^ First two spells both on loan from Newcastle United
  4. ^ First spell on loan from Leeds United
  5. ^ Career refers to years from first to last league appearance
  6. ^ Matches in the Football League only. Substitute appearances are included
  7. ^ Initially on loan from Hull City
  8. ^ Initially on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers
  9. ^ Initially on loan from Hartlepool United
  10. ^ a b Retired as a player to become manager
  11. ^ Both spells on loan from West Ham United
  12. ^ Initially on loan from Stoke City
  13. ^ First spell on loan from Sheffield United
  14. ^ Initially on loan from Derby County
  15. ^ Second spell initially on loan from Barnsley
  16. ^ First spell on loan from Aberdeen
  17. ^ First two spells on loan from Sheffield United
  18. ^ First spell on loan from Blackpool
  19. ^ First ever £1 million signing
  20. ^ Initially on loan from Wycombe Wanderers
  21. ^ Initially on loan from Notts County
  22. ^ Initially on loan from Queens Park Rangers
  23. ^ Second spell on loan from Preston North End
  24. ^ Initially on loan from Leicester City
  25. ^ Initially on loan from Village United
  26. ^ Initially on loan from Leeds United
  27. ^ Last spell on loan from Oldham Athletic
  28. ^ Captain of the 1911 FA Cup winning side
  29. ^ Initially on loan from Liverpool
  30. ^ Initially on loan from Middlesbrough
  31. ^ Initially on loan from Ipswich Town

Sources[]

  • List of Bradford City A.F.C. players at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
  • Soccerbase
  • Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 0-907969-38-0.
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