List of Bury F.C. players
For a list of all Bury players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Bury F.C. players. This is a list of footballers who have played for Bury F.C. who have played 100 or more senior matches for the club.
Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only. Wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded, as are matches from the abandoned 1939–40 season.
| Name | Nationality | Position | Club career | League
apps |
League
goals |
Total
apps |
Total
goals |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Barbour |  Scotland
|
DF | 1894-1898 | 101 | 11 | 109 | 11 | |
| Harry Millar | Scotland
|
FW | 1894-1898 | 109 | 38 | 119 | 47 | |
| Joe Clegg |  England
|
DF | 1894-1899 | 104 | 6 | 115 | 6 | |
| Tommy Davidson | Scotland
|
DF | 1894-1900 | 116 | 0 | 131 | 0 | |
| George Ross | England
|
MF | 1894-1906 | 366 | 10 | 403 | 14 | |
| Jack Plant | England
|
MF | 1894-1907 | 319 | 57 | 350 | 67 | |
| Jack Pray | Scotland
|
MF | 1895-1902 | 185 | 8 | 202 | 10 | |
| Archie Montgomery | Scotland
|
GK | 1895-1905 | 210 | 0 | 218 | 0 | |
| Jack Darroch | Scotland
|
DF | 1896-1901 | 143 | 1 | 157 | 1 | |
| Joe Leeming | England
|
DF | 1897-1908 | 258 | 18 | 280 | 20 | |
| James McLuckie | Scotland
|
FW | 1898-1901 | 94 | 31 | 106 | 36 | |
| Charles Sagar | England
|
FW | 1898-1905 | 186 | 71 | 210 | 90 | |
| Billy Wood | England
|
FW | 1899-1905 | 189 | 63 | 211 | 70 | |
| Billy Richards | England
|
MF | 1899-1908 | 233 | 24 | 258 | 27 | |
| Jimmy McEwen | England
|
DF | 1900-1903 | 102 | 0 | 112 | 0 | |
| Frank Thorpe | England
|
DF | 1901-1906 | 130 | 6 | 143 | 7 | |
| John Johnston | Scotland
|
MF | 1901-1907 | 180 | 2 | 196 | 3 | |
| Jimmy Lindsay | England
|
DF | 1901-1910 | 247 | 28 | 272 | 31 | |
| Jack Dewhurst | England
|
DF | 1905-1911 | 186 | 6 | 196 | 8 | |
| Tom Kay | England
|
FW | 1905-1914 | 221 | 74 | 231 | 76 | |
| Billy Humphreys | England
|
MF | 1905-1915 | 240 | 1 | 258 | 1 | |
| Jimmy Raeside | Scotland
|
GK | 1906-1911 | 156 | 3 | 165 | 3 | |
| Billy Hibbert | England
|
FW | 1906-1911 | 178 | 99 | 188 | 105 | |
| Bob Currie | Scotland
|
FW | 1907-1912 | 116 | 33 | 124 | 35 | |
| Teddy Bullen | England
|
MF | 1907-1915 | 188 | 7 | 199 | 7 | |
| Tom Millington | England
|
DF | 1908-1914 | 133 | 0 | 143 | 0 | |
| Chris Duffy | England
|
MF | 1908-1915 | 145 | 15 | 155 | 17 | |
| Tom McDonald | England
|
GK | 1911-1915 | 142 | 0 | 153 | 0 | |
| Bob Heap | England
|
MF | 1911-1921 | 110 | 3 | 113 | 3 | |
| Jock Goldie | Scotland
|
MF | 1912-1920 | 142 | 6 | 153 | 6 | |
| Billy Peake | England
|
FW | 1912-1922 | 168 | 35 | 181 | 41 | |
| Bob Perry | Scotland
|
MF | 1912-1923 | 137 | 18 | 148 | 18 | |
| Jock Allan | Scotland
|
DF | 1913-1922 | 132 | 1 | 141 | 1 | |
| Fred Heap | England
|
DF | 1919-1929 | 268 | 5 | 281 | 5 | |
| Ralph Burkinshaw | England
|
FW | 1920-1925 | 104 | 19 | 108 | 19 | |
| Tommy Adamson | Scotland
|
DF | 1920-1929 | 271 | 0 | 286 | 0 | |
| Norman Bullock | England
|
FW | 1920-1935 | 505 | 125 | 537 | 129 | |
| Billy Stage | England
|
FW | 1921-1928 | 202 | 33 | 213 | 33 | |
| Fred Smith | England
|
DF | 1921-1931 | 116 | 4 | 117 | 4 | |
| David Robbie | Scotland
|
MF | 1921-1934 | 420 | 102 | 443 | 109 | |
| Billy Richardson | England
|
GK | 1922-1930 | 216 | 0 | 228 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Porter | Scotland
|
MF | 1922-1936 | 396 | 7 | 421 | 8 | |
| Jack Ball | England
|
FW | 1923-1929 | 203 | 93 | 216 | 99 | |
| Tom Bradshaw | Scotland
|
DF | 1923-1930 | 208 | 8 | 219 | 8 | |
| Wally Amos | England
|
MF | 1923-1935 | 455 | 121 | 482 | 131 | |
| Billy Harrison | England
|
GK | 1924-1933 | 127 | 0 | 137 | 0 | |
| Alick Robinson | England
|
MF | 1927-1933 | 169 | 4 | 181 | 4 | |
| Les Vernon | England
|
FW | 1927-1934 | 127 | 50 | 137 | 55 | |
| Tommy Chester | Scotland
|
DF | 1927-1937 | 249 | 0 | 264 | 0 | |
| George Bradshaw | England
|
DF | 1928-1933 | 140 | 1 | 153 | 1 | |
| John Smith | Scotland
|
FW | 1928-1933 | 157 | 107 | 169 | 112 | |
| Arthur Eggleston | England
|
FW | 1931-1935 | 100 | 31 | 107 | 32 | |
| Billy Whitfield | England
|
MF | 1931-1939 | 208 | 13 | 219 | 14 | |
| Jimmy Gemmell | England
|
DF | 1931-1939 | 255 | 0 | 272 | 0 | |
| Willie Chalmers | Scotland
|
FW | 1932-1936 | 98 | 23 | 104 | 26 | |
| Arthur Buttery | England
|
FW | 1932-1936 | 104 | 38 | 112 | 39 | |
| George Matthewson | England
|
DF | 1932-1939 | 213 | 11 | 224 | 11 | |
| Andy Bell | Scotland
|
DF | 1933-1938 | 111 | 0 | 119 | 0 | |
| Davy Jones | England
|
MF | 1934-1949 | 257 | 12 | 271 | 15 | |
| Eddie Kilshaw | England
|
MF | 1937-1948 | 147 | 17 | 149 | 17 | |
| Reg Halton | England
|
MF | 1938-1948 | 114 | 19 | 120 | 22 | |
| George Bradshaw | England
|
GK | 1938-1950 | 118 | 0 | 122 | 0 | |
| Les Hart | England
|
DF | 1938-1954 | 280 | 2 | 295 | 2 | |
| Bill Griffiths | England
|
DF | 1946-1952 | 193 | 11 | 202 | 12 | |
| George Griffiths | England
|
DF | 1946-1954 | 239 | 7 | 251 | 7 | |
| Eric Massey | England
|
DF | 1946-1956 | 201 | 6 | 210 | 6 | |
| Cyril Fairclough | England
|
DF | 1946-1957 | 191 | 2 | 201 | 2 | |
| Alf Bellis | England
|
MF | 1947-1951 | 95 | 18 | 100 | 20 | |
| Harry Whitworth | England
|
MF | 1947-1951 | 112 | 14 | 118 | 16 | |
| Tommy Daniel | England
|
MF | 1947-1958 | 276 | 57 | 290 | 63 | |
| Les Bardsley | England
|
MF | 1948-1955 | 200 | 2 | 213 | 3 | |
| George Hazlett | Scotland
|
MF | 1949-1952 | 100 | 10 | 103 | 11 | |
| Harold Bodle | England
|
FW | 1949-1952 | 119 | 40 | 124 | 41 | |
| Ken Plant | England
|
FW | 1950-1953 | 119 | 54 | 121 | 55 | |
| Jimmy Greenhalgh | England
|
MF | 1950-1955 | 122 | 1 | 125 | 1 | |
| Lewis Goram | Scotland
|
GK | 1950-1957 | 114 | 0 | 115 | 0 | |
| Walter Kelly | Scotland
|
FW | 1952-1957 | 159 | 77 | 168 | 79 | |
| Don May | England
|
MF | 1952-1962 | 134 | 11 | 141 | 11 | |
| Norman Nielson |  South Africa
|
DF | 1954-1956 | 100 | 5 | 107 | 5 | |
| Stan Pearson | England
|
FW | 1954-1957 | 121 | 56 | 128 | 57 | |
| Johnny Robinson | England
|
MF | 1954-1959 | 120 | 21 | 126 | 21 | |
| Bobby Conroy | Scotland
|
DF | 1955-1961 | 217 | 2 | 235 | 2 | |
| Gordon Atherton | England
|
MF | 1955-1964 | 334 | 14 | 368 | 14 | |
| John McGrath | England
|
DF | 1956-1961 | 148 | 2 | 158 | 2 | |
| Frank Adams | England
|
GK | 1956-1962 | 169 | 0 | 184 | 0 | |
| Eddie Robertson | Scotland
|
DF | 1956-1963 | 196 | 7 | 214 | 7 | |
| Don Watson | England
|
FW | 1957-1961 | 172 | 65 | 184 | 69 | |
| Harry Bunner | England
|
DF | 1957-1965 | 105 | 0 | 116 | 0 | |
| Tony Bartley | England
|
MF | 1958-1964 | 116 | 24 | 132 | 29 | |
| Brian Gallagher | England
|
DF | 1958-1965 | 130 | 1 | 140 | 1 | |
| Brian Turner | England
|
MF | 1958-1970 | 455 | 23 | 500 | 25 | |
| Bill Holden | England
|
FW | 1959-1962 | 100 | 33 | 112 | 36 | |
| Johnny Hubbard | South Africa
|
MF | 1959-1962 | 109 | 29 | 120 | 32 | |
| Alan Jackson | England
|
FW | 1959-1962 | 124 | 43 | 135 | 50 | |
| Bill Calder | Scotland
|
FW | 1959-1963 | 174 | 67 | 194 | 75 | |
| Brian Eastham | England
|
DF | 1959-1967 | 189 | 3 | 213 | 4 | |
| George Jones | England
|
FW | 1961-1964
1966-1973 |
319 | 116 | 355 | 131 | |
| Chris Harker | England
|
GK | 1961-1967 | 178 | 0 | 197 | 0 | |
| Vince Leech | England
|
DF | 1962-1967 | 111 | 0 | 122 | 0 | |
| Tommy Claxton | England
|
MF | 1963-1969 | 102 | 3 | 111 | 6 | |
| Alec Lindsay | England
|
DF | 1964-1969 | 127 | 13 | 139 | 16 | |
| Ray Parry | England
|
MF | 1964-1972 | 147 | 17 | 160 | 18 | |
| Bobby Owen | England
|
FW | 1965-1968
1977 |
88 | 37 | 100 | 40 | |
| Jimmy Kerr | Scotland
|
MF | 1965-1970 | 152 | 38 | 168 | 41 | |
| Roy Parnell | England
|
MF | 1966-1970 | 97 | 2 | 110 | 2 | |
| Neil Ramsbottom | England
|
GK | 1966-1971 | 174 | 0 | 192 | 0 | |
| Brian Grundy | England
|
MF | 1967-1971 | 99 | 10 | 107 | 10 | |
| Hugh Tinney | Scotland
|
DF | 1967-1973 | 238 | 3 | 262 | 3 | |
| Mike Saile | England
|
DF | 1968-1973 | 93 | 0 | 101 | 0 | |
| John Forrest | England
|
GK | 1968-1980 | 430 | 0 | 500 | 0 | |
| David Holt | England
|
DF | 1969-1974 | 179 | 9 | 198 | 9 | |
| Terry McDermott | England
|
MF | 1970-1973 | 90 | 8 | 101 | 10 | |
| Jimmy Robson | England
|
FW | 1970-1973 | 103 | 3 | 116 | 4 | |
| John Connelly | England
|
MF | 1970-1973 | 129 | 37 | 143 | 38 | |
| Alan Tinsley | England
|
MF | 1970-1974 | 94 | 15 | 107 | 16 | |
| Billy Rudd | England
|
MF | 1970-1977 | 189 | 19 | 214 | 20 | |
| John Murray | England
|
MF | 1971-1974 | 126 | 37 | 138 | 40 | |
| George Hamstead | England
|
MF | 1971-1978 | 196 | 29 | 231 | 36 | |
| Brian Williams | England
|
MF | 1972-1977 | 161 | 18 | 184 | 20 | |
| Keith Kennedy | England
|
DF | 1972-1982 | 405 | 4 | 484 | 6 | |
| Steve Hoolickin | England
|
DF | 1973-1976 | 140 | 5 | 168 | 5 | |
| Derek Spence |  Northern Ireland
|
FW | 1973-1976
1983 |
153 | 45 | 180 | 56 | |
| John Thomson | England
|
DF | 1973-1978 | 103 | 8 | 122 | 10 | |
| John Hulme | England
|
DF | 1974-1976 | 86 | 5 | 103 | 6 | |
| Andy Rowland | England
|
FW | 1974-1978 | 174 | 59 | 204 | 71 | |
| Tony Bailey | England
|
DF | 1974-1979 | 131 | 1 | 159 | 1 | |
| Jimmy McIlwraith | Scotland
|
MF | 1975-1980 | 118 | 24 | 143 | 27 | |
| Wayne Entwistle | England
|
FW | 1976-1977
1983-1985 1988 |
116 | 39 | 132 | 46 | |
| Billy Tucker | England
|
DF | 1976-1979 | 96 | 8 | 111 | 8 | |
| Dave Hatton | England
|
DF | 1976-1979 | 97 | 2 | 112 | 3 | |
| Danny Wilson | England
|
MF | 1977-1980 | 90 | 9 | 108 | 12 | |
| Alan Whitehead | England
|
DF | 1977-1981 | 99 | 13 | 124 | 16 | |
| Steve Johnson | England
|
FW | 1977-1983 | 154 | 52 | 184 | 65 | |
| Paul Hilton | England
|
DF | 1978-1984 | 148 | 39 | 187 | 46 | |
| Craig Madden | England
|
FW | 1978-1986 | 297 | 128 | 348 | 153 | |
| Steve Mullen | Scotland
|
MF | 1979-1982 | 92 | 5 | 122 | 8 | |
| Pat Howard | England
|
DF | 1979-1982 | 118 | 5 | 149 | 6 | |
| Mick Butler | England
|
FW | 1980-1982 | 82 | 15 | 104 | 19 | |
| Tommy Gore | England
|
MF | 1980-1983 | 119 | 16 | 137 | 19 | |
| Joe Jakub | Scotland
|
MF | 1980-1987 | 265 | 27 | 314 | 34 | |
| David Brown | England
|
GK | 1981-1986 | 146 | 0 | 166 | 0 | |
| John Bramhall | England
|
DF | 1982-1986 | 167 | 17 | 189 | 20 | |
| Winston White | England
|
MF | 1983-1987
1992 |
127 | 12 | 147 | 13 | |
| Terry Pashley | England
|
DF | 1983-1989 | 217 | 5 | 260 | 5 | |
| Kevin Young | England
|
MF | 1984-1986 | 88 | 10 | 108 | 13 | |
| Trevor Ross | England
|
MF | 1984-1987 | 98 | 11 | 114 | 14 | |
| Andy Hill | England
|
DF | 1984-1990 | 264 | 10 | 317 | 12 | |
| Phil Hughes | Northern Ireland
|
GK | 1985-1987 | 80 | 0 | 103 | 0 | |
| David Lee | England
|
MF | 1985-1991 | 208 | 35 | 249 | 40 | |
| Peter Valentine | England
|
DF | 1985-1993 | 319 | 16 | 388 | 20 | |
| Nigel Greenwood | England
|
FW | 1986-1990 | 110 | 25 | 136 | 28 | |
| Jamie Hoyland | England
|
MF | 1986-1990 | 172 | 35 | 205 | 42 | |
| Liam Robinson | England
|
FW | 1986-1993 | 262 | 89 | 315 | 100 | |
| Sammy McIlroy | Northern Ireland
|
MF | 1987-1989 | 100 | 8 | 122 | 11 | |
| Simon Farnworth | England
|
GK | 1987-1989 | 105 | 0 | 124 | 0 | |
| Charlie Bishop | England
|
DF | 1987-1991 | 114 | 6 | 136 | 7 | |
| Phil Parkinson | England
|
MF | 1988-1992 | 145 | 5 | 169 | 7 | |
| Alan Knill |  Wales
|
DF | 1989-1993 | 144 | 9 | 174 | 11 | |
| Kevin Hulme | England
|
MF | 1989-1995 | 139 | 21 | 169 | 26 | |
| Gary Kelly | England
|
GK | 1989-1996 | 236 | 0 | 292 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Mauge |  Trinidad and Tobago
|
MF | 1990-1995 | 108 | 10 | 138 | 14 | |
| Roger Stanislaus | England
|
DF | 1990-1995 | 176 | 5 | 216 | 7 | |
| Mark Kearney | England
|
MF | 1991-1993 | 113 | 5 | 129 | 7 | |
| Ian Stevens | England
|
FW | 1991-1994 | 110 | 38 | 126 | 42 | |
| Ian Hughes | Wales
|
DF | 1991-1997 | 160 | 1 | 202 | 2 | |
| Nick Daws | England
|
MF | 1992-2001 | 369 | 16 | 434 | 23 | |
| Mike Jackson | England
|
DF | 1993-1997 | 125 | 9 | 149 | 10 | |
| Mark Carter | England
|
FW | 1993-1997 | 134 | 62 | 158 | 68 | |
| Tony Rigby | England
|
MF | 1993-1999 | 166 | 19 | 198 | 24 | |
| Lenny Johnrose | England
|
MF | 1993-1999 | 194 | 19 | 232 | 23 | |
| Chris Lucketti | England
|
DF | 1993-1999 | 235 | 8 | 277 | 10 | Manager of Bury 2017-2018 |
| David Pugh | England
|
MF | 1994-1997 | 103 | 28 | 135 | 32 | |
| David Johnson |  Jamaica
|
FW | 1995-1997 | 97 | 18 | 115 | 23 | |
| Dean West | England
|
DF | 1995-1999 | 110 | 8 | 132 | 8 | |
| Andy Woodward | England
|
DF | 1995-1999 | 115 | 1 | 135 | 1 | |
| Dean Kiely | England
|
GK | 1996-1999 | 137 | 0 | 157 | 0 | |
| Chris Swailes | England
|
DF | 1997-2001 | 126 | 10 | 146 | 11 | |
| Adrian Littlejohn | England
|
FW | 1998-2001 | 99 | 14 | 112 | 16 | |
| Steve Redmond | England
|
DF | 1998-2003 | 151 | 6 | 175 | 6 | |
| Andy Preece | England
|
FW | 1998-2003 | 168 | 27 | 195 | 29 | Manager of Bury 1999-2003 |
| Chris Billy | England
|
MF | 1998-2003 | 178 | 11 | 198 | 12 | |
| Danny Swailes | England
|
DF | 1998-2005 | 164 | 13 | 194 | 14 | |
| Paul Reid | England
|
MF | 1999-2002 | 110 | 9 | 126 | 10 | |
| Paddy Kenny |  Ireland
|
GK | 1999-2002 | 133 | 0 | 150 | 0 | |
| Martyn Forrest | England
|
MF | 1999-2003 | 106 | 2 | 120 | 2 | |
| Lee Unsworth | England
|
DF | 2000-2006 | 151 | 6 | 175 | 6 | |
| Glyn Garner | Wales
|
GK | 2001-2005 | 126 | 0 | 144 | 0 | |
| Jon Newby | England
|
FW | 2001-2006 | 155 | 26 | 173 | 29 | |
| David Nugent | England
|
FW | 2002-2005 | 88 | 18 | 102 | 20 | |
| Colin Woodthorpe | England
|
DF | 2002-2008 | 181 | 1 | 211 | 2 | |
| Tom Kennedy | England
|
DF | 2003-2007
2014 |
145 | 5 | 161 | 6 | |
| Dave Flitcroft | England
|
MF | 2004-2006 | 100 | 4 | 108 | 4 | |
| Dwayne Mattis | Ireland
|
MF | 2004-2006 | 97 | 11 | 109 | 17 | |
| Dave Challinor | England
|
DF | 2004-2008 | 173 | 2 | 191 | 4 | |
| Paul Scott | England
|
DF | 2004-2010 | 213 | 13 | 241 | 16 | |
| Brian Barry-Murphy | Ireland
|
MF | 2004-2010 | 218 | 13 | 245 | 13 | |
| Nicky Adams | Wales
|
MF | 2005-2008
2014-2015 2018-2019 |
161 | 18 | 191 | 20 | |
| David Buchanan | Northern Ireland
|
DF | 2005-2010 | 186 | 0 | 215 | 0 | |
| David Worrall | England
|
MF | 2006
2009-2013 |
163 | 11 | 178 | 12 | |
| Glynn Hurst |  South Africa
|
FW | 2006-2009 | 114 | 25 | 128 | 28 | |
| Richie Baker | England
|
MF | 2006-2010 | 107 | 7 | 129 | 8 | |
| Andy Bishop | England
|
FW | 2006-2013 | 237 | 69 | 265 | 83 | |
| Ben Futcher | England
|
DF | 2007-2011 | 117 | 3 | 136 | 5 | |
| Stephen Dawson | Ireland
|
MF | 2008-2010
2017-2018 |
106 | 6 | 118 | 6 | |
| Mike Jones | England
|
MF | 2008-2012 | 153 | 20 | 169 | 23 | |
| Efe Sodje |  Nigeria
|
DF | 2008-2013 | 196 | 16 | 212 | 18 | |
| Ryan Lowe | England
|
FW | 2009-2011
2014-2018 |
161 | 65 | 180 | 71 | |
| Steve Schumacher | England
|
MF | 2010-2013 | 114 | 23 | 124 | 25 | |
| Joe Skarz | England
|
DF | 2010-2013
2017-2018 |
134 | 4 | 152 | 5 | |
| Tom Soares | England
|
MF | 2012-2017 | 164 | 22 | 187 | 22 | |
| Craig Jones | Wales
|
MF | 2012-2018 | 158 | 8 | 175 | 9 | |
| Nathan Cameron | England
|
DF | 2013-2018 | 126 | 11 | 148 | 14 | |
| Danny Mayor | England
|
MF | 2013-2019 | 207 | 30 | 235 | 36 | |
| Chris Hussey | England
|
DF | 2014-2016 | 90 | 3 | 103 | 3 | |
| Andrew Tutte | England
|
MF | 2014-2018 | 116 | 9 | 137 | 11 | |
| Greg Leigh | Jamaica
|
DF | 2016-2018 | 86 | 2 | 100 | 3 |