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1181:1984:
1173:1983:
1165:1982:
1159:Masson
1157:1981:
1149:1980:
1141:1979:
1135:Vinter
1133:1978:
1125:1977:
1117:1976:
1109:1975:
1103:Masson
1101:1974:
1093:1973:
1085:1972:
1079:Stubbs
1077:1971:
1069:1970:
1063:Masson
1061:1969:
1053:1968:
1047:Gibson
1045:1967:
1037:1966:
1029:1965:
950:Cullen
938:Pearce
920:Hendon
842:Mellon
836:Lennon
812:Taylor
806:Wilder
715:
690:
631:29 May
609:28 May
467:Family
341:club.
246:(loan)
79:Height
1439:Stead
1415:Judge
1243:Short
1227:Withe
1211:Yates
1095:Brown
1087:Bradd
1039:Bates
968:Quinn
860:Nogan
824:Bodin
653:1 May
285:Wales
257:Total
121:Years
1367:Pipe
1319:Dyer
1311:Ward
1219:Pike
1151:Hunt
1127:Mann
974:Jack
972:FW:
966:FW:
960:MF:
956:Ling
954:MF:
948:MF:
942:MF:
936:DF:
930:DF:
924:DF:
918:DF:
914:Ward
912:GK:
858:FW:
852:FW:
846:MF:
840:MF:
834:MF:
828:MF:
822:DF:
816:DF:
810:DF:
804:DF:
800:Ward
798:GK:
713:ISBN
688:ISBN
655:2010
633:2009
611:2009
570:2020
453:caps
238:2009
131:Apps
125:Team
292:(0)
268:(0)
263:490
252:(0)
232:(0)
214:(0)
196:(0)
193:123
178:(0)
175:252
160:(0)
139:Gls
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561:.
508:,
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402:.
325:.
318:.
242:β
229:33
157:81
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773:t
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635:.
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572:.
289:5
249:0
211:1
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