[Official Site] INTRODUCING THE ALUMNI

Some of us go back as far as those who are in single digits on the list!
(Not really).

 

Joe Joyce for me, my first season 1988/89.

 

It's like being at nursery school on here!

 

Well I do remember J Butterfield so I'm going to claim number 3

 

Barmy bugger!

 

I'm not actually sure what my first game was but the east stand was getting built. Actually now I think about it I bet archdeacon isn't my lowest numbered player but he's the lowest I remember seeing if that makes sense.

 

I'm quite proud of the fact that my lowest number player on the list is a huge legend and huge man. Number 671, the late, great Eric Winstanley.

 

Lowest number that I can remember watching was 654 Eric Brookes from my first season in 1964/65.
When I was in my late teens I played a works match v another pit team. They had a big old centre half that was as hard as nails. Turned out he was number - 621 Henry Walters. Talked to him after game and he was a really nice bloke.

 

Well done to everyone concerned - clearly a lot of hard work gone into this.

Before reading these statistics had someone asked me how many players had played for B.F.C. since 1888 - about 125 seasons - (excluding war years) I would have come up with a guess well in excess of 1376.

I wonder if in recent seasons more players have represented the club each season than in the 'old days?'

 

I see mi owd mate is at 669 he only played once and then transferred to Barrow where he shot them into division 3 and made a hero, good owd Roy

 

There must be thousands that signed on and never played in the 1st team I was one of them my signing on number by the football league was No.12746.