List of Wrexham A.F.C. players explained

Wrexham Association Football Club is an association football club based in Wrexham, Wales. Founded in October 1864, it is the oldest football club in Wales and the third-oldest professional association football team in the world.^[1] After playing in the Combination and regional leagues for several years, Wrexham joined the Football League shortly after the First World War, as a founding member of the new Third Division North. The club remained in the Football League for over 85 years, before they were relegated to the National League in 2008.^[2] They remained in the fifth tier of English football for the next 15 seasons, missing out on promotion through the play-offs on five separate occasions.^[3] Wrexham were promoted in two consecutive seasons between 2022 and 2024, and will play in League One for the first time since 2005.^[4]

Wrexham's first team has competed in numerous nationally and internationally organised competitions. As of the end of the 2023–24 season, a total of 209 players have appeared in 100 or more such matches for the club. Arfon Griffiths holds the record for the greatest number of appearances for Wrexham. In two spells between 1959 and 1979, the Welsh winger played 721 times in all competitions for the club.^[5] As of 2001, eleven other players have made more than 400 appearances for Wrexham.^[6] The club's goalscoring record is held by Tommy Bamford, who scored 209 goals in all competitions between 1929 and 1934.^[7] To date, Bamford is the only player to have scored 200 goals for Wrexham.^[7] He also holds the club records for most goals in a season (51 in 1933–34) and most goals per game (0.855).^{[8] [9]} Ten players on this list went on to manage Wrexham – Ken Barnes, Arfon Griffiths, Mel Sutton, Dixie McNeil, Brian Flynn, Joey Jones, Brian Carey, Andy Morrell, Dean Keates and Bryan Hughes.^[10]

Key

• The list is ordered first by date of debut, and then if necessary in alphabetical order.
• Appearances as a substitute are included. This feature of the game was introduced in the Football League at the start of the 1965–66 season.^[11]
• Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 27 April 2024. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.

Positions key

Pre-1960s		1960s–
GK	Goalkeeper
FB	Full-back	DF	Defender
HB	Half-back	MF	Midfielder
FW	Forward

Players

Players highlighted in bold are still actively playing at Wrexham.

List of Wrexham A.F.C. players with 100 or more appearances

scope=col rowspan="2"	Player	scope=col rowspan="2"	Nationality	scope=col rowspan="2"	Pos	scope=col rowspan="2"	Club career	scope=col	Starts	scope=col	Subs	scope=col	Total	Goals
scope=col colspan="3"	Appearances
<	-- (debut 2 September 1899) -->		FB		142		142	0
<	-- (debut 2 September 1899) -->		FW		106		106	49
<	-- (debut 16 March 1901) -->		FB		309		309	11
<	-- (debut 1 September 1906) -->		HB		370		370	7
<	-- (debut 10 October 1907) -->		HB	1910–1915	264		264	17
<	-- (debut 12 December 1908) -->		FW		214		214	20
<	-- (debut 3 September 1910) -->		GK		195		195	0
<	-- (debut 3 September 1910) -->		FW		275		275	148
<	-- (debut 7 September 1912) -->		HB		389		389	26
<	-- (debut 30 August 1919) -->		HB		130		130	9
<	-- (debut 20 September 1919) -->		FB/FW		174		174	43
<	-- (debut 27 September 1919) -->		GK	1921–1926	188		188	0
<	-- (debut 25 October 1919) -->		FB		104		104	0
<	-- (debut 27 August 1921) -->		FW		106		106	47
<	-- (debut 29 October 1921) -->		HB		216		216	15
<	-- (debut 26 August 1922) -->		HB		127		127	2
<	-- (debut 17 March 1923) -->		GK	1929–1932	118		118	0
<	-- (debut 25 August 1923) -->		FB		581		581	6
<	-- (debut 30 August 1924) -->		FW		254		254	39
<	-- (debut 1 January 1925) -->		FB		190		190	0
<	-- (debut 28 August 1926) -->		HB		146		146	3
<	-- (debut 28 August 1926) -->		FW	1935–1936	149		149	45
<	-- (debut 28 August 1926) -->		HB		197		197	29
<	-- (debut 27 August 1927) -->		FW		129		129	27
<	-- (debut 30 March 1929) -->		FW		241		241	209
<	-- (debut 23 April 1930) -->		FW		103		103	19
<	-- (debut 30 August 1930) -->		FW		121		121	45
<	-- (debut 30 August 1930) -->		FW	1935–1936	103		103	22
<	-- (debut 26 December 1930) -->		HB		152		152	4
<	-- (debut 27 August 1932) -->		HB		138		138	4
<	-- (debut 27 August 1932) -->		FW		102		102	34
<	-- (debut 3 September 1932) -->		FW		108		108	37
<	-- (debut 15 October 1932) -->		HB		165		165	7
<	-- (debut 26 August 1933) -->		FW		235		235	47
<	-- (debut 2 September 1933) -->		FB		185		185	1
<	-- (debut 23 December 1933) -->		HB		111		111	2
<	-- (debut 22 April 1935) -->		GK		126		126	0
<	-- (debut 2 November 1935) -->		FW		160		160	43
<	-- (debut 13 November 1937) -->		FB		256		256	0
<	-- (debut 29 August 1938) -->		HB	1946–1949	104		104	1
<	-- (debut 17 November 1945) -->		FB		122		122	0
<	-- (debut 18 September 1946) -->		FW		133		133	18
<	-- (debut 2 November 1946) -->		FW		112		112	67
<	-- (debut 10 May 1947) -->		FB		242		242	1
<	-- (debut 23 August 1947) -->		FW		265		265	88
<	-- (debut 3 September 1947) -->		HB		109		109	0
<	-- (debut 6 December 1947) -->		FW		111		111	13
<	-- (debut 26 March 1948) -->		HB		203		203	17
<	-- (debut 21 August 1948) -->		GK		140		140	0
<	-- (debut 6 November 1948) -->		HB		158		158	3
<	-- (debut 30 August 1950) -->		HB		192		192	5
<	-- (debut 14 October 1950) -->		HB		128		128	8
<	-- (debut 18 August 1951) -->		FW		260		260	104
<	-- (debut 18 August 1951) -->		FW	1959–1960	267		267	109
<	-- (debut 10 November 1951) -->		FB		247		247	1
<	-- (debut 23 August 1952) -->		FW		107		107	24
<	-- (debut 27 September 1952) -->		FW		107		107	28
<	-- (debut 19 August 1953) -->		FB		478		478	2
<	-- (debut 12 April 1954) -->		HB		412		412	3
<	-- (debut 15 September 1954) -->		FW		126		126	58
<	-- (debut 20 August 1955) -->		HB		263		263	14
<	-- (debut 20 August 1955) -->		FW		281		281	43
<	-- (debut 21 September 1955) -->		GK		119		119	0
<	-- (debut 18 August 1956) -->		FW	1961	116		116	30
<	-- (debut 19 October 1957) -->		HB		208		208	10
<	-- (debut 19 October 1957) -->		FW		144		144	73
<	-- (debut 28 November 1959) -->		MF	1962–1979	713	8	721	143
<	-- (debut 5 March 1960) -->		FB		144		144	0
<	-- (debut 30 April 1960) -->		DF		271	0	271	8
<	-- (debut 19 August 1961) -->		HB		156		156	30
<	-- (debut 19 August 1961) -->		FW		102		102	29
<	-- (debut 17 February 1962) -->		FW		133		133	35
<	-- (debut 10 March 1962) -->		FW		161		161	48
<	-- (debut 11 May 1963) -->		DF		152	2	154	5
<	-- (debut 26 December 1963) -->		FW		170	0	170	61
<	-- (debut 1 January 1966) -->		DF		200	17	217	4
<	-- (debut 26 February 1966) -->		DF		115	4	119	6
<	-- (debut 5 March 1966) -->		FW		292	8	300	100
<	-- (debut 20 August 1966) -->		DF		463	17	480	25
<	-- (debut 19 August 1967) -->		DF		172	6	178	8
<	-- (debut 19 August 1967) -->		FW		193	15	208	71
<	-- (debut 2 October 1967) -->		DF		134	3	137	2
<	-- (debut 20 January 1968) -->		MF	1973–1975	189	11	200	25
<	-- (debut 24 February 1968) -->		DF		604	8	612	21
<	-- (debut 10 August 1968) -->		DF		406	4	410	43
<	-- (debut 11 January 1969) -->		MF/FW		317	19	336	66
<	-- (debut 17 July 1969) -->		GK		117	0	117	1
<	-- (debut 9 August 1969) -->		MF		121	4	125	9
<	-- (debut 14 February 1970) -->		DF		99	2	101	2
<	-- (debut 3 October 1970) -->		FW		246	27	273	95
<	-- (debut 24 February 1971) -->		DF		198	4	202	1
<	-- (debut 1 May 1971) -->		FW		372	24	396	118
<	-- (debut 28 August 1971) -->		GK		333	0	333	0
<	-- (debut 1 January 1972) -->		MF	1991–1993	331	18	349	43
<	-- (debut 12 August 1972) -->		MF		463	8	471	26
<	-- (debut 5 September 1972) -->		FW		122	3	125	51
<	-- (debut 13 January 1973) -->		DF	1978–1982 1987–1992	476	3	479	22
<	-- (debut 23 January 1974) -->		DF		227	13	240	7
<	-- (debut 4 January 1975) -->		DF		236	31	267	8
<	-- (debut 22 March 1975) -->		FW		86	29	115	34
<	-- (debut 14 August 1976) -->		DF		191	2	193	5
<	-- (debut 18 August 1976) -->		FW		177	0	177	58
<	-- (debut 18 December 1976) -->		DF		151	15	166	1
<	-- (debut 13 August 1977) -->		MF		150	4	154	14
<	-- (debut 22 August 1977) -->		GK		143	0	143	0
<	-- (debut 24 September 1977) -->		GK	1985–1987	199	0	199	0
<	-- (debut 24 September 1977) -->		FW	1985	220	2	222	88
<	-- (debut 3 May 1978) -->		FW	1986–1990	230	74	304	67
<	-- (debut 26 December 1978) -->		MF		173	8	181	19
<	-- (debut 11 August 1979) -->		FW		117	15	132	42
<	-- (debut 15 December 1979) -->		MF		116	1	117	8
<	-- (debut 15 March 1980) -->		MF		132	3	135	11
<	-- (debut 25 October 1980) -->		DF	1983–1990	324	1	325	3
<	-- (debut 6 March 1981) -->		DF		109	0	109	6
<	-- (debut 5 September 1981) -->		MF		133	9	142	24
<	-- (debut 28 August 1982) -->		FW		183	12	195	45
<	-- (debut 31 August 1982) -->		FW/MF		125	29	154	35
<	-- (debut 7 September 1982) -->		DF		199	0	199	11
<	-- (debut 11 September 1982) -->		DF		121	1	122	11
<	-- (debut 28 September 1982) -->		MF/FW		91	28	119	16
<	-- (debut 18 December 1982) -->		MF/DF		267	3	270	17
<	-- (debut 29 January 1983) -->		FW	1984–1987	230	0	230	73
<	-- (debut 25 August 1984) -->		MF		184	0	184	28
<	-- (debut 25 August 1984) -->		DF		232	6	238	5
<	-- (debut 3 November 1984) -->		MF		146	5	151	44
<	-- (debut 24 November 1984) -->		MF/DF		126	7	133	11
<	-- (debut 25 January 1986) -->		GK		138	0	138	0
<	-- (debut 17 September 1986) -->		MF/DF		116	26	142	15
<	-- (debut 1 October 1986) -->		DF		140	10	150	9
<	-- (debut 7 March 1987) -->		GK		126	0	126	0
<	-- (debut 15 August 1987) -->		MF		146	11	157	15
<	-- (debut 15 August 1987) -->		FW	1995–2003	336	37	373	80
<	-- (debut 18 August 1987) -->		MF		185	12	197	26
<	-- (debut 20 February 1988) -->		MF		121	10	131	6
<	-- (debut 27 August 1988) -->		DF		150	5	155	4
<	-- (debut 27 August 1988) -->		DF		183	17	200	18
<	-- (debut 19 August 1989) -->		GK		108	0	108	0
<	-- (debut 26 August 1989) -->		FW	2003–2005	94	54	148	35
<	-- (debut 25 October 1989) -->		MF		408	68	476	45
<	-- (debut 6 February 1990) -->		MF	1999–2002	286	35	321	23
<	-- (debut 10 February 1990) -->		DF/FW		140	7	147	2
<	-- (debut 5 May 1990) -->		DF		481	4	485	1
<	-- (debut 16 October 1990) -->		FW		221	45	266	80
<	-- (debut 23 October 1990) -->		FW	1996 1997 2002–2004	87	53	140	43
<	-- (debut 19 January 1991) -->		DF	1996–2004 2006	381	10	391	20
<	-- (debut 17 August 1991) -->		FW/MF		451	25	476	122
<	-- (debut 9 November 1991) -->		DF		115	37	152	17
<	-- (debut 11 January 1992) -->		DF		127	3	130	5
<	-- (debut 28 March 1992) -->		DF		247	8	255	10
<	-- (debut 18 August 1992) -->		DF		237	15	252	7
<	-- (debut 25 August 1992) -->		FW	1997	174	2	176	114
<	-- (debut 10 October 1992) -->		MF		158	25	183	16
<	-- (debut 24 August 1993) -->		DF		118	4	122	7
<	-- (debut 9 October 1993) -->		GK		269	0	269	0
<	-- (debut 22 January 1994) -->		MF		100	27	127	21
<	-- (debut 30 April 1994) -->		DF		107	11	118	2
<	-- (debut 6 May 1995) -->		DF		309	9	318	14
<	-- (debut 12 August 1995) -->		MF		87	25	112	11
<	-- (debut 12 August 1995) -->		MF		157	4	161	18
<	-- (debut 20 February 1996) -->		MF		181	61	242	15
<	-- (debut 28 January 1997) -->		DF		151	19	170	2
<	-- (debut 12 August 1997) -->		FW/DF		105	20	125	12
<	-- (debut 18 August 1997) -->		MF		105	41	146	15
<	-- (debut 27 September 1997) -->		FW	2006–2008	138	28	166	40
<	-- (debut 27 October 1998) -->		DF		178	9	187	9
<	-- (debut 5 January 1999) -->		MF		65	39	104	9
<	-- (debut 5 January 1999) -->		FW	2010–2013	189	80	269	96
<	-- (debut 27 March 1999) -->		MF		121	29	150	9
<	-- (debut 7 August 1999) -->		GK		100	0	100	0
<	-- (debut 7 August 1999) -->		FW		116	25	141	44
<	-- (debut 7 August 1999) -->		MF	2004–2008	192	6	198	13
<	-- (debut 18 September 1999) -->		MF		349	7	356	34
<	-- (debut 12 August 2000) -->		DF	2005–2007	101	3	104	0
<	-- (debut 12 August 2000) -->		FW		102	87	189	47
<	-- (debut 19 August 2000) -->		MF/DF		169	28	197	28
<	-- (debut 17 February 2001) -->		FW		85	26	111	34
<	-- (debut 17 March 2001) -->		DF		219	10	229	19
<	-- (debut 3 April 2001) -->		DF		191	18	209	2
<	-- (debut 13 October 2001) -->		MF		155	7	162	2
<	-- (debut 10 September 2002) -->		MF	2009–2010	156	40	196	34
<	-- (debut 9 August 2003) -->		MF		87	27	114	5
<	-- (debut 9 August 2003) -->		MF/FW	2006–2008	195	4	199	37
<	-- (debut 27 March 2004) -->		DF		105	23	128	6
<	-- (debut 27 September 2005) -->		DF		112	27	139	6
<	-- (debut 14 January 2006) -->		FW		65	35	100	21
<	-- (debut 13 April 2009) -->		GK	2013	108	0	108	0
<	-- (debut 8 August 2009) -->		MF/FW		64	109	173	21
<	-- (debut 15 August 2009) -->		DF		102	8	110	2
<	-- (debut 20 April 2010) -->		DF		104	31	135	16
<	-- (debut 14 August 2010) -->		DF		243	1	244	16
<	-- (debut 14 August 2010) -->		MF	2020–2021	239	17	256	20
<	-- (debut 14 August 2010) -->		MF		168	16	184	15
<	-- (debut 23 August 2011) -->		MF		157	24	181	19
<	-- (debut 3 December 2011) -->		MF		97	39	136	7
<	-- (debut 21 September 2013) -->		MF		245	29	274	6
<	-- (debut 9 August 2014) -->		FW		95	7	102	23
<	-- (debut 9 August 2014) -->		DF	2017–2018	161	0	161	7
<	-- (debut 6 August 2016) -->		MF		154	45	199	8
<	-- (debut 7 January 2017) -->		DF		130	4	134	10
<	-- (debut 5 August 2017) -->		DF		140	1	141	12
<	-- (debut 5 August 2017) -->		DF		78	24	102	8
<	-- (debut 4 August 2018) -->		GK		143	0	143	0
<	-- (debut 4 August 2018) -->		MF		223	36	259	22
<	-- (debut 7 September 2019) -->		DF		92	8	100	3
<	-- (debut 6 October 2020) -->		MF		102	47	149	37
<	-- (debut 21 August 2021) -->		FW		133	7	140	105
<	-- (debut 28 August 2021) -->		MF		104	28	132	16
<	-- (debut 28 August 2021) -->		DF		137	4	141	7
<	-- (debut 25 January 2022) -->		FW		92	33	125	41
<	-- (debut 6 August 2022) -->		MF		87	19	106	31

References

General

• Web site: Player Appearance Totals . Wrexham Archive . 11 August 2024 .

Specific

External links

• Wrexham A.F.C. first team

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jones . Peter . Wrexham AFC History . 11 August 2024 . 15 December 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121215212034/http://www.wrexhamafc.co.uk/club/history/ . live .
2. Web site: Welcome to Wrexham, where celebrity ownership follows years of decline and false hope . King . Ian . . 10 January 2023 . 11 August 2024 .
3. News: National League: Wrexham's 33-year play-off hoodoo . . 27 May 2022 . 11 August 2024 .
4. News: Wrexham secure promotion to League One . . 14 April 2024 . 11 August 2024 .
5. Web site: Find out which Wrexham FC legend scored his first ever goal for the club at Coventry City on Christmas Day 1959 . . 23 December 2020 . 11 August 2024 .
6. Web site: Player Appearance Totals . Wrexham Archive . 11 August 2024 .
7. News: Wrexham AFC's Paul Mullin and his love affair with Reds fans . . 20 May 2022 . 11 August 2024 .
8. Web site: All Time Records . Wrexham AFC Archive . 11 August 2024 .
9. Web site: Player Goals per Game . Wrexham AFC Archive . 11 August 2024 .
10. Web site: Wrexham Manager History: Past & Present . . 11 August 2024 .
11. Web site: Nick . Watts . 1963 to 1988 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160417050452/http://www.fl125.co.uk/history/1963-1988 . . 11 August 2024 . 17 April 2016 .