List of Bradford City A.F.C. players

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 18 January 2025

Name	Nation	Years	Apps	Goals	Notes
Aden Baldwin	England	2024–	13	0
Jay Benn	England	2024–	12	0	[a]
Neill Byrne	Republic of Ireland	2024–	14	2
Andy Cook	England	2021, 2021–	169	77	[b]
Colin Doyle	Republic of Ireland	2016–2018, 2022–	79	0
Brad Halliday	England	2022–	111	5
Paul Huntington	England	2024–	6	0
Callum Johnson	England	2024–	1	0
Calum Kavanagh	Republic of Ireland	2024–	35	7
Ciaran Kelly	Republic of Ireland	2023–	50	0
Brandon Khela	England	2025–	0	0	[c]
George Lapslie	England	2025–	1	0
Tommy Leigh	England	2025–	1	0
Michael Mellon	Scotland	2025–	0	0	[d]
Clarke Oduor	Kenya	2023–	50	4
Vadaine Oliver	England	2022–	49	3
Alex Pattison	England	2023–	23	5
Bobby Pointon	England	2022–	47	7
Lewis Richards	Republic of Ireland	2023–	44	2
Antoni Sarcevic	England	2024–	10	1
Jack Shepherd	England	2024–	22	2	[e]
Richie Smallwood	England	2022–	112	6
Tyler Smith	England	2023–	43	5
Sam Stubbs	England	2023–	44	1
Jamie Walker	Scotland	2022, 2022–	93	17	[f]
Sam Walker	England	2024–	45	0
Adam Wilson	England	2023–	10	1
Tyreik Wright	Republic of Ireland	2022–2023, 2024, 2024–	43	6	[g]

Former players

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

Contents

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

Name	Nation	Career[h]	Apps[i]	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	[j]
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	[k]
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	[l]
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	[m]
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
Callum Cooke	England	2019–2020, 2020–2022	101	5	[n]
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	[o]
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	[p]
Aidan Davison	Northern Ireland	1999, 2000–2003	61	0	[q]
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
Eoin Doyle	Republic of Ireland	2018–2020	50	11
Nathan Doyle	England	2006–2007, 2012–2014	104	2	[r]
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
Gareth Evans	England	2009–2011, 2020–2022	126	18
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
Alex Gilliead	England	2017, 2017–2018, 2021–2024	174	5	[s]
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	[t]
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	[u]
Paul Jewell	England	1988–1998	269	56	[m]
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	[v]
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
Harry Lewis	England	2022–2024	72	0
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	[w]
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	[x]
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
Paudie O'Connor	Republic of Ireland	2019, 2019–2022	115	6	[y]
Richard O'Donnell	England	2018–2022	122	0
Gavin Oliver	England	1985–1994	313	9
Luke Oliver	England	2010, 2010–2014	107	4	[z]
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
Matthew Platt	England	2022–2024	75	2
Ces Podd	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	[aa]
Zesh Rehman	Pakistan	2009, 2009–2010	63	2	[ab]
John Reid	Scotland	1957–1962	147	32
Kyel Reid	England	2011–2014, 2015–2016	131	12	[ac]
Paul Reid	England	1992, 1992–1994	89	15	[ad]
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	[ae]
Liam Ridehalgh	England	2021–2024	83	1
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	[af]
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	[ag]
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
Yann Songo'o	Cameroon	2021–2023	55	3
Jimmy Speirs	Scotland	1909–1912	86	29	[ah]
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
Levi Sutton	England	2020–2023	83	4
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	[ai]
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
Charles Vernam	England	2021–2022	50	10
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	[aj]
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
Elliot Watt	Scotland	2020–2022	87	5
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	[ak]

Notes

1. On loan from Lincoln City
2. First spell on loan from Mansfield Town
3. On loan from Birmingham City
4. On loan from Burnley
5. On loan from Barnsley
6. First spell on loan from Heart of Midlothian
7. First spell on loan from Aston Villa, second spell on loan from Plymouth Argyle
8. Career refers to years from first to last league appearance
9. Matches in the Football League only. Substitute appearances are included
10. Initially on loan from Hull City
11. Initially on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers
12. Initially on loan from Hartlepool United
13. Retired as a player to become manager
14. First spell on loan from Peterborough United
15. Both spells on loan from West Ham United
16. Initially on loan from Stoke City
17. First spell on loan from Sheffield United
18. Initially on loan from Derby County
19. First two spells both on loan from Newcastle United
20. Second spell initially on loan from Barnsley
21. First spell on loan from Aberdeen
22. First two spells on loan from Sheffield United
23. First spell on loan from Blackpool
24. First ever £1 million signing
25. First spell on loan from Leeds United
26. Initially on loan from Wycombe Wanderers
27. Initially on loan from Notts County
28. Initially on loan from Queens Park Rangers
29. Second spell on loan from Preston North End
30. Initially on loan from Leicester City
31. Initially on loan from Village United
32. Initially on loan from Leeds United
33. Last spell on loan from Oldham Athletic
34. Captain of the 1911 FA Cup winning side
35. Initially on loan from Liverpool
36. Initially on loan from Middlesbrough
37. 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 Transfer Database
• Soccerbase
• Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 0-907969-38-0.