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104:Right back
72:, Scotland
53:1925-02-22
1635:Davenport
1419:Griffiths
1239:Henderson
1203:Welbourne
712:Henderson
702:Johnstone
632:MacKenzie
376:Southport
295:Southport
290:1964–1965
267:1954–1955
214:Southport
209:1963–1965
191:1949–1963
173:1946–1949
95:, England
39:Full name
1689:A.Wright
1545:M.Wright
1005:Fielding
845:managers
772:McMillan
768:22
758:21
748:20
738:19
728:18
718:17
708:16
698:15
692:Anderson
688:14
678:13
668:12
658:11
648:10
642:Hamilton
612:Davidson
602:Docherty
403:See also
368:Scotland
350:Deepdale
339:Diamonds
317:Born in
272:Scotland
1891: (
1887:Bentley
1873: (
1855: (
1837: (
1819: (
1801: (
1783: (
1779:Maamria
1765: (
1747: (
1729: (
1711: (
1707:Coleman
1693: (
1675: (
1657: (
1639: (
1621: (
1603: (
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1567: (
1549: (
1531: (
1527:Futcher
1513: (
1495: (
1477: (
1459: (
1441: (
1423: (
1405: (
1387: (
1369: (
1365:Perkins
1351: (
1333: (
1329:Johnson
1315: (
1297: (
1293:Hampson
1279: (
1275:McNally
1261: (
1243: (
1225: (
1207: (
1189: (
1171: (
1153: (
1149:Meadows
1135: (
1117: (
1099: (
1081: (
1077:Bingham
1063: (
1045: (
1027: (
1023:Newcomb
1009: (
991: (
987:Hitchen
973: (
955: (
951:Commins
937: (
919: (
915:Commins
901: (
883: (
865: (
861:Clayton
782:Beattie
762:Copland
742:Binning
722:Mathers
638:9
628:8
618:7
608:6
598:5
588:4
578:3
565:2
555:1
397:1953–54
382:Honours
358:1953–54
1869:Watson
1851:Davies
1833:Preece
1797:Bishop
1761:Carden
1743:Brabin
1671:Watson
1653:Brabin
1599:Watson
1563:Wilson
1455:Kettle
1437:Taylor
1401:Murphy
1383:Gibson
1257:Fisher
1131:Parker
1095:McEvoy
933:Pelham
897:Parker
732:Wilson
682:Ormond
672:Fernie
662:Mochan
559:Martin
473:
393:FA Cup
1725:Foyle
1581:Walsh
1509:Moore
1311:Brown
1221:Brown
1185:Melia
879:Maley
752:Combe
652:Brown
622:Cowie
592:Evans
226:Total
115:Years
1893:2023
1877:–23)
1875:2018
1859:–18)
1857:2017
1839:2017
1823:–17)
1821:2016
1815:Burr
1803:2016
1787:–16)
1785:2015
1767:2015
1751:–15)
1749:2014
1731:2014
1715:–14)
1713:2013
1695:2013
1679:–13)
1677:2008
1659:2008
1643:–08)
1641:2007
1625:–07)
1623:2006
1617:Cook
1607:–06)
1605:2003
1587:2003
1571:–03)
1569:2001
1553:–01)
1551:1999
1535:–99)
1533:1997
1515:1997
1499:–97)
1497:1996
1491:Joel
1481:–96)
1479:1995
1473:Ayre
1463:–95)
1461:1989
1445:–89)
1443:1987
1427:–87)
1425:1985
1409:–85)
1407:1984
1389:1984
1371:1984
1353:1983
1347:Ross
1337:–83)
1335:1981
1319:–81)
1317:1980
1301:–80)
1299:1979
1283:–79)
1281:1978
1265:–78)
1263:1977
1247:–77)
1245:1976
1227:1976
1211:–76)
1209:1975
1191:1975
1175:–75)
1173:1973
1167:Ball
1157:–73)
1155:1971
1139:–71)
1137:1970
1119:1970
1113:Peat
1103:–70)
1101:1968
1085:–68)
1083:1965
1067:–65)
1065:1964
1047:1964
1041:Hunt
1031:–64)
1029:1960
1013:–60)
1011:1959
995:–59)
993:1958
977:–58)
975:1936
969:Hunt
959:–36)
957:1933
941:–33)
939:1930
923:–30)
921:1928
905:–29)
903:1925
885:1925
869:–25)
867:1921
582:Aird
471:ISBN
440:2017
323:Fife
249:1952
237:(12)
155:1946
125:Apps
119:Team
70:Fife
572:(c)
361:Cup
279:(0)
261:(0)
232:545
221:(0)
203:(3)
200:437
185:(9)
167:(0)
133:Gls
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