Burnley 1980s squad
Every player who appeared for Burnley in the 1980s — 133 in all, with their career-at-club league appearances and goals. Alan Stevenson made the most appearances (438). Paul Fletcher scored the most (71).
| Player | Pos | Apps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Stevenson | GK | 438 | 0 | 75 |
| Jim Thomson | DF | 297 | 3 | 72 |
| Billy Ingham | MF | 211 | 22 | 72 |
| Derek Scott | DF | 285 | 24 | 72 |
| Billy Hamilton | FW | 200 | 58 | 72 |
| Martin Dobson | MF | 186 | 20 | 71 |
| Steve Taylor | FW | 86 | 37 | 71 |
| Andy Farrell | MF | 257 | 19 | 71 |
| Peter Noble | FW | 243 | 63 | 71 |
| Ray Deakin | DF | 213 | 6 | 70 |
| Vince Overson | DF | 211 | 6 | 70 |
| Paul Fletcher | FW | 293 | 71 | 70 |
| Billy Rodaway | DF | 203 | 1 | 70 |
| Wayne Biggins | FW | 78 | 30 | 69 |
| Chris Pearce | GK | 181 | 0 | 69 |
| Ian Measham | DF | 182 | 2 | 69 |
| Ian Brennan | DF | 175 | 11 | 68 |
| Joe Jakub | DF | 163 | 8 | 68 |
| Alan Taylor | FW | 64 | 23 | 68 |
| Winston White | MF | 104 | 14 | 67 |
| Mike Phelan | MF | 168 | 9 | 67 |
| John Deary | MF | 209 | 6 | 67 |
| Steve Davis | DF | 147 | 11 | 67 |
| Kevin Hird | MF | 83 | 23 | 67 |
| Kevin Young | MF | 120 | 11 | 67 |
| Paul Comstive | DF/MF | 82 | 17 | 66 |
| George Oghani | FW | 74 | 21 | 66 |
| Ian Britton | MF | 108 | 10 | 66 |
| Ashley Hoskin | MF | 88 | 11 | 65 |
| Brian Laws | DF | 125 | 12 | 65 |
| Leighton James | MF | 79 | 13 | 65 |
| Peter Hampton | DF | 118 | 2 | 64 |
| Brian Flynn | MF | 80 | 11 | 64 |
| Roger Hansbury | GK | 83 | 0 | 64 |
| Roger Eli | FW | 99 | 20 | 64 |
| Joe Neenan | GK | 81 | 0 | 63 |
| Trevor Steven | MF | 74 | 11 | 63 |
| Brendan O'Connell | MF | 64 | 17 | 63 |
| Malcolm Smith | FW | 85 | 17 | 62 |
| Steve Gardner | DF | 95 | 0 | 62 |
| Phil Malley | MF | 95 | 5 | 61 |
| Neil Grewcock | FW | 202 | 26 | 61 |
| Tommy Hutchison | MF | 92 | 4 | 60 |
| Kevin Reeves | FW | 31 | 12 | 60 |
| David Holt | DF | 84 | 1 | 60 |
| Mark Monington | DF | 84 | 5 | 60 |
| Derrick Parker | FW | 43 | 10 | 59 |
| Paul McGee | FW | 34 | 9 | 58 |
| Tommy Cassidy | MF | 72 | 4 | 58 |
| Phil Cavener | MF | 69 | 4 | 58 |
| Peter Mumby | FW | 46 | 9 | 57 |
| Eric Potts | MF | 56 | 5 | 57 |
| Andy Wharton | DF | 65 | 6 | 57 |
| Les Lawrence | FW | 31 | 8 | 57 |
| Peter Devine | MF | 56 | 4 | 56 |
| Willie Donachie | DF | 60 | 3 | 56 |
| Peter Robinson | DF | 55 | 3 | 55 |
| Brian Hall | MF | 51 | 3 | 54 |
| Peter Leebrook | DF | 52 | 0 | 54 |
| Joe Gallagher | DF | 47 | 3 | 53 |
| David Williams | GK | 24 | 0 | 53 |
| Shaun McGrory | DF | 46 | 2 | 53 |
| Jason Hardy | DF | 43 | 1 | 53 |
| Terry Donovan | FW | 18 | 6 | 52 |
| Darren Heesom | DF | 38 | 1 | 51 |
| Jim Heggarty | DF | 36 | 1 | 51 |
| Billy O'Rourke | GK | 14 | 0 | 51 |
| Phil Murphy | FW | 15 | 5 | 50 |
| Geoff Palmer | DF | 34 | 0 | 50 |
| Dave Miller | DF | 32 | 3 | 49 |
| Peter Daniel | MF | 41 | 0 | 49 |
| Marshall Burke | MF | 24 | 5 | 49 |
| Tony Arins | DF | 29 | 2 | 48 |
| Steve Daley | MF | 23 | 4 | 48 |
| Dennis Peacock | GK | 8 | 0 | 48 |
| Stuart Robertson | MF | 32 | 0 | 47 |
| Paul Dixon | DF | 24 | 1 | 47 |
| Junior Bent | FW | 9 | 3 | 46 |
| Dennis Tueart | MF | 15 | 5 | 45 |
| Paul Atkinson | MF | 22 | 1 | 45 |
| Peter Zelem | DF | 19 | 2 | 45 |
| Steve Kennedy | DF | 18 | 0 | 44 |
| Ian Wood | DF | 17 | 0 | 44 |
| Malcolm Waldron | DF | 16 | 0 | 44 |
| Neil Whatmore | FW | 8 | 2 | 44 |
| Gary Rowell | FW | 19 | 1 | 43 |
| Paul McKay | DF | 12 | 0 | 42 |
| Phil Harrington | GK | 2 | 0 | 42 |
| Phil Devaney | FW | 13 | 1 | 42 |
| Steve Baker | DF | 10 | 0 | 42 |
| Tony Hancock | FW | 17 | 0 | 41 |
| Steve Davis | DF | 9 | 0 | 41 |
| Tony Woodworth | GK | 1 | 0 | 40 |
| Peter Haddock | DF | 7 | 0 | 40 |
| Barry Powell | MF | 11 | 0 | 40 |
| Colin Anderson | DF | 6 | 0 | 40 |
| Richard Overson | DF | 6 | 0 | 40 |
| Nigel Smith | FW | 13 | 0 | 40 |
| Robert Regis | FW | 4 | 1 | 39 |
| Gerry Gow | MF | 9 | 0 | 39 |
| Mark Rhodes | MF | 9 | 0 | 39 |
| Steve McAdam | DF | 5 | 0 | 39 |
| Andy Robinson | MF | 5 | 1 | 39 |
| Jeff Tate | MF | 5 | 1 | 39 |
| Brian Chippendale | MF | 8 | 0 | 39 |
| Martyn Busby | MF | 4 | 1 | 38 |
| Mark Caughey | FW | 8 | 0 | 38 |
| Lee Dixon | DF | 4 | 0 | 38 |
| Mark Harris | DF | 4 | 0 | 38 |
| Ian Muir | FW | 2 | 1 | 38 |
| Mark Allen | FW | 2 | 1 | 38 |
| Tony Morley | MF | 5 | 0 | 38 |
| Bob Higgins | DF | 3 | 0 | 38 |
| Mike Walsh | DF | 3 | 0 | 38 |
| Jason Harris | MF | 4 | 0 | 37 |
| Kevin Glendon | MF | 4 | 0 | 37 |
| David Jones | FW | 4 | 0 | 37 |
| John Turner | GK | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Tony Norman | GK | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Neil Howarth | DF | 1 | 0 | 36 |
| Phil Ray | DF | 1 | 0 | 36 |
| Tony Chilton | DF | 1 | 0 | 36 |
| Rick Holden | MF | 1 | 0 | 35 |
| Mick Wardrobe | FW | 1 | 0 | 35 |
| Neil Edwards | FW | 1 | 0 | 35 |
| Stuart Hooper | FW | 1 | 0 | 35 |
| Dean Walker | DF | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Michael Southern | DF | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Billy Wright | FW | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Roger Davies | FW | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Glenn Walker | MF | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Graham Houston | MF | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Glyn Chamberlain | DF | — | — | 31 |
Burnley through the decades
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