Players (N-Z)

Below is a list of players to have made league appearances for Bristol Rovers in either the Southern League or Football League, along with their years of joining and leaving, and where known their nationality.

Appearance and goal data is only given for former players, current players are marked with an asterisk.

N

Joe Nicholls

Name	Nationality	Joined	Left	League
				Apps	Gls
John Neilson	Unknown	1900	1902	49	6
Jack Nevin	England	1912	1914	23	0
Bob Newton	England	1987	1987	8	0
Nicholls (forename not known)	Unknown	1900	1901	2	0
Joe Nicholls	England	1936	1939	112	0
Ronald Nicholls	England	1954	1958	71	0
William Nichols	Unknown	1908	1910	1	0
Stuart Nicholson	England	2006 2007	2007 2007	22	6
Paul Nixon	New Zealand	1989	1991	44	6
Wayne Noble	England	1983	1987	21	1
Oliver Norburn	England	2011 2012	2011 2014	56	3
Malcolm Norman	Wales	1958	1962	69	0
Joseph Norton	England	1920	1922	36	2

O

Name	Nationality	Joined	Left	League
				Apps	Gls
Gerry O'Brien	Scotland	1974	1974	3	0
Mark O'Connor	England	1984	1986	80	10
Matt O'Mahoney	Ireland	1936	1939	101	6
Harold O'Niell	Ireland	1922	1923	17	0
John-Joe O'Toole	Republic of Ireland	2013 2013	2013 2014	59	16
Albert Oakton	England	1931	1932	40	9
Anthony Obi	England	1985	1985	1	0
Sam Oji	England	2007	2007	5	0
Terence Oldfield	England	1958	1966	132	11
Harry Ollis	England	1905	1906	1	0
Sergio Ommel	The Netherlands	2001	2002	23	8
Arthur Ormston	England	1927	1928	27	15
Ronald Orr	England	1905	1906	1	0
Gilbert Ovens	England	1904	1910	66	0
Isaac Owens	England	1906	1907	17	6
Ansah Owusu	England	2001	2001	17	0

P

Name	Nationality	Joined	Left	League
				Apps	Gls
Will Packwood	United States	2013	2013	8	0
David Palmer	England	1977	1980	1	0
William Palmer	England	1912	1922	102	14
William Panes	England	1916	1922	91	0
Ernest Parker	England	1937	1938	9	1
John Parker	England	1922	1924	27	6
Sonny Parker	England	2002	2005	30	1
Tom Parkes	England	2012 2012	2012 *	*	*
Brian Parkin	England	1989 1999	1996 2000	246	0
Tim Parkin	England	1981	1986	206	12
Noel Parkinson	England	1979	1979	5	1
Steve Parmenter	England	1996	1998	18	2
Edward Parsons	England	1949	1951	5	2
Lindsay Parsons	England	1963	1977	360	0
Richie Partridge	Republic of Ireland	2001	2001	6	1
Jim Paterson	Scotland	2012	2014	43	1
John Paterson	Scotland	1928	1932	46	5
John Pattison	England	1922	1924	12	1
John Paul	Unknown	1899	1901	51	13
Martin Paul	England	1991	1996	22	1
Charles Payne	England	1914	1915	31	3
George Peacock	Wales	1946	1947	7	0
Harry Pell	England	2010	2011	10	0
William Pendergast	Wales	1936	1937	7	3
Garry Pendrey	England	1981	1982	1	0
Shaun Penny	England	1979	1982	60	13
Gary Penrice	England	1983 1997	1989 2002	245	69
William Peplow	England	1908	1915	216	42
Ivor Perry	Wales	1927	1929	35	1
Jason Perry	Wales	1997	1998	25	0
George Petherbridge	England	1945	1962	457	85
Robbie Pethick	England	1999	2001	63	2
John Petts	England	1965	1970	92	3
Paul Petts	England	1978	1980	13	0
George Phillips	England	1908	1919	5	1
Harry Phillips	Unknown	1910	1913	63	2
John Phillips	Wales	1928	1930	63	37
Martin Phillips	England	1999	1999	2	0
Steve Phillips	England	2006	2010	136	0
Wilfred Phillips	England	1923	1925	90	35
Leonard Pickard	England	1950	1953	4	1
Bill Pickering	England	1931	1937	215	1
John Pierce	England	1901	1902	12	1
Nigel Pierre	Trinidad & Tobago	2000	2000	3	0
David Pipe	Wales	2007	2010	86	3
Thomas Pirie	Scotland	1928	1929	12	0
George Pither	England	1924	1925	2	0
Jackie Pitt	England	1946	1960	466	16
Nick Platnauer	England	1982	1983	24	7
Robert Plenderleith	Scotland	1929	1930	22	0
Richard Plumb	England	1965	1968	39	8
Chris Plummer	England	2002	2002	2	0
Dwayne Plummer	England	2000	2002	35	1
Joseph Pointon	England	1930	1931	9	1
Michael Poke	England	2012	2012	8	0
Eli Postin	England	1934	1935	4	1
Tony Pounder	England	1990	1994	113	10
AW Powell	Unknown	1912	1913	1	1
Kenneth Powell	England	1951	1953	4	0
Lamar Powell	England	2010	2012	1	0
Wayne Powell	Wales	1972	1978	32	10
Graeme Power	England	1996	1998	26	0
John Preece	England	1935	1938	79	0
Charlie Preedy	England	1933	1934	39	0
John Price	England	1923	1924	5	0
Walter Price	Wales	1930	1931	13	0
Frankie Prince	Wales	1967	1980	362	22
David Pritchard	England	1994	2001	163	1
Stanley Prout	England	1934	1936	39	5
Dick Pudan	England	1902	1907	116	0
Anthony Pulis	Wales	2008	2008	1	0
Tony Pulis	Wales	1975 1982	1981 1984	130	5
Edward Purdon	South Africa	1960	1961	4	1
Phil Purnell	England	1985	1994	153	22
Walter Pyle	England	1955	1962	139	0

Q

Name	Nationality	Joined	Left	League
				Apps	Gls
James Quinn	Northern Ireland	2002	2002	6	1
Rob Quinn	Republic of Ireland	2002	2004	86	3

R

Name	Nationality	Joined	Left	League
				Apps	Gls
Howard Radford	Wales	1951	1962	245	0
Tom Ramasut	Wales	1996	1998	42	6
Andy Rammell	England	2003	2003	12	6
Paul Randall	England	1977 1981	1978 1986	240	94
J Rankin	Scotland	1910	1912	47	6
James Raven	England	1936	1937	7	0
Edward Rawlings	England	1919	1920	24	7
Paul Raynor	England	1985	1985	8	0
George Reay	England	1928	1930	67	9
Andy Reece	England	1987	1993	239	17
Charlie Reece	England	2007	2012	30	0
Carl Regan	England	2009	2011	56	0
Scott Rendell	England	2011	2011	5	0
Trevor Rhodes	England	1968	1969	2	0
Eliot Richards	Wales	2009	2014	112	16
George Richards	Unknown	1911	1913	28	10
Justin Richards	England	2001	2003	16	0
William Richards	Wales	1937	1938	4	0
John Richardson	South Africa	1929	1931	8	0
Graham Ricketts	England	1954	1961	32	0
Frederick Riddell	England	1909	1910	1	0
Brian Rideout	England	1956	1962	1	0
Sean Rigg	England	2006	2010	57	2
Joseph Riley	England	1931	1933	9	4
Derek Riordan	Scotland	2012	2012	11	0
Archibald Ritchie	Unknown	1899	1900	22	0
Francis Roberts	Scotland	1924	1926	2	0
Henry Roberts	England	1937	1939	77	1
Jason Roberts	Grenada	1998	2000	78	38
John Roberts	Unknown	1907	1910	82	28
Phillip Roberts	Wales	1968	1973	175	6
Thomas Roberts	England	1925	1930	120	6
Alfred Robertson	England	1935	1936	8	0
William Robertson	Wales	1899	1904	65	3
David Robson	Unknown	1903	1904	1	0
A Rodgers	Unknown	1909	1911	28	0
Harold Roe	England	1912	1920	62	12
Kenneth Ronaldson	Scotland	1965	1969	76	15
Peter Roney	Scotland	1909	1915	178	1
Bill Roost	England	1948	1957	178	49
Harold Rose	England	1921	1924	14	0
Richard Rose	England	2002	2003	9	0
Neil Ross	England	2001	2001	5	0
Albert Rotherham	England	1925	1929	46	0
Thomas Routledge	England	1980	1982	1	0
William Routledge	England	1931	1934	64	5
William Rowlands	England	1902	1903	5	3
Arthur Rowley	England	1899	1900	2	0
Joseph Rowley	England	1926	1928	61	2
John Rudge	England	1972	1975	70	17
John Rumney	England	1926	1927	8	2
David Rushbury	England	1987	1987	16	0
Cecil Russell	England	1927	1928	22	6
George Russell	England	1931	1932	55	1
John Rutherford	England	1922	1923	29	1
Robbie Ryan	Republic of Ireland	2004	2007	54	0
Hugh Ryden	Scotland	1962	1963	8	4

S

Name	Nationality	Joined	Left	League
				Apps	Gls
Ernest Sambidge	England	1922	1925	23	0
Peter Sampson	England	1948	1961	340	4
Carlos Sanchez Lopez	Spain	2002	2002	5	0
Andy Sandell	England	2006	2007	36	3
Alefe Santos	Brazil	2012	2014	24	1
Carl Saunders	England	1990	1993	142	42
John Saunders	Unknown	1909	1910	1	1
Arthur Savage	England	1906	1909	40	3
Dave Savage	Republic of Ireland	2003	2005	65	3
Gary Sawyer	England	2010	2012	61	0
John Scales	England	1985	1987	72	2
Robert Scorer	England	1923	1925	37	0
Albert Scothern	England	1907	1909	4	0
James Scott	Scotland	1910	1911	1	0
John Scott	England	1930	1931	6	1
Tony Sealy	England	1989	1991	37	7
Raymond Seatherton	England	1955	1956	2	2
Danny Senda	England	2011	2011	15	0
Ricky Shakes	Guyana	2005	2005	1	0
JA Shapcott	England	1906	1907	1	0
Gilbert Shaw	Wales	1929	1930	20	7
Martin Shaw	England	1978	1980	2	0
William Shaw	Scotland	1909	1912	103	6
Scott Shearer	Scotland	2005	2007	47	0
Dick Sheppard	England	1969	1975	151	0
Sherdley (forename not known)	Unknown	1906	1907	1	0
James Shervey	Unknown	1909	1914	50	16
Jeffrey Sherwood	England	1982	1983	18	0
Drew Shore	England	2001	2002	9	0
Jamie Shore	England	1998	2002	24	2
Bertie Silvester	England	1910	1911	9	0
Stephen Sims	England	1919 1926	1922 1927	111	18
Harvey Sinclair	England	1958	1959	1	0
Scott Sinclair	England	2004	2005	2	0
Justin Skinner	England	1991	1998	187	11
Edward Skuse	Unknown	1919	1920	1	0
Neil Slatter	Wales	1980	1985	148	4
Michael Slocombe	England	1961	1963	32	0
Mark Smalley	England	1986	1987	10	0
Gary Smart	England	1985	1987	19	4
Jack Smart	England	1905	1910	105	3
Alexander Smeaton	England	1923	1925	5	1
Andrew Smith	Scotland	1903	1906	70	35
Arthur Smith	Wales	1934	1935	4	0
Christopher Smith	England	1985	1985	1	0
David Smith	England	1981	1982	1	0
Edward Smith	England	1931	1932	8	0
Granville Smith	Wales	1957	1960	21	2
H Smith	Unknown	1912	1913	2	0
Henry Smith	England	1939	1947	3	0
James Smith	Scotland	1933	1935	26	13
John Smith	England	1907	1908	31	10
Leonard Smith	England	1926	1929	45	1
Mark Smith	England	1998	2002	33	0
Michael Smith	Northern Ireland	2011	2014	101	1
Paul Smith	England	1988	1989	16	1
Sidney Smith	England	1923	1925	39	0
Wilf S Smith	England	1975	1976	54	2
Wilf V Smith	England	1937	1946	26	0
Louie Soares	Barbados	2005	2005	1	0
Matthew Somner	Wales	2005	2005	1	0
E Spelvins	England	1910	1911	3	0
Samuel Spencer	England	1928	1928	2	0
Richard Spivey	England	1938	1939	10	4
Andrew Spring	England	1985	1986	19	0
Arthur Squires	England	1913	1915	57	8
Trevor Stallard	Wales	1926	1926	2	0
David Staniforth	England	1974	1979	153	32
Craig Stanley	England	2011	2012	34	1
Harold Stansfield	England	1912	1922	60	0
Tom Stanton	Scotland	1968	1976	172	7
Simon Stapleton	England	1988	1989	5	0
Cecil Steeds	England	1952	1958	1	0
David Steele	Scotland	1919	1922	89	3
Arthur Stephens	England	1981	1985	127	40
Kenneth Stephens	England	1970	1977	223	11
Worrell Sterling	England	1993	1996	119	6
John Stevenson	England	1933	1933	7	1
Byron Stevenson	Wales	1985	1986	31	3
Jordan Stewart	England	2000	2000	4	0
Marcus Stewart	England	1991	1996	171	57
George Stockley	England	1921	1922	5	0
William Stoddart	England	1931	1933	40	0
David Stone	England	1960	1968	148	6
Gilbert Stone	Unknown	1905	1906	2	0
William Stone	Unknown	1899	1900	2	0
John Storer	England	1931	1932	1	0
Thomas Strang	Unknown	1907	1909	59	1
Kevin Street	England	2002	2003	33	2
Robin Stubbs	England	1969	1972	93	32
Leslie Sullivan	England	1936	1938	40	10
Ben Swallow	Wales	2008	2012	40	0
AH Sweet	Unknown	1906	1907	1	0
Norman Sykes	England	1952	1964	214	5

T

Name	Nationality	Joined	Left	League
				Apps	Gls
George Tadman	England	1933	1935	5	2
Paul Tait	England	2002	2004	74	19
Thomas Tait	Scotland	1903	1906	96	1
Nick Tanner	England	1985	1988	107	3
Albert Taylor	England	1933	1936	53	17
Anthony Taylor	Scotland	1977	1978	12	0
Archibald Taylor	Scotland	1905	1906	9	0
David Taylor	England	1914	1915	26	0
Gareth Taylor	Wales	1991	1995	47	16
Geoffrey Taylor	England	1951	1952	3	0
John Taylor	England	1922	1924	5	1
John P Taylor	England	1992	1994	95	44
Lawrence Taylor	England	1965	1970	90	0
Phil Taylor	England	1933	1936	21	2
R Taylor	Unknown	1909	1910	2	0
Stuart Taylor	England	1965	1980	546	28
Stuart J Taylor	England	1999	1999	4	0
James Terry	England	1933	1934	4	0
John Thom	Scotland	1927	1928	6	4
Albert Thomas	England	1919	1920	12	0
Cecil Thomas	England	1929	1930	4	1
James Thomas	Wales	2002	2002	7	1
Martin Thomas	Wales	1977	1983	162	0
R Thompson	Unknown	1914	1914	10	2
Andy Thomson	England	1999	2002	127	6
John L Thomson	England	1920	1920	12	4
John Y Thomson	Scotland	1921	1922	6	0
William Thomson	Scotland	1924	1925	21	0
Lee Thorpe	England	2004	2005	35	4
Oliver Tidman	England	1936	1937	16	1
Andy Tillson	England	1992	2000	253	11
John Timmins	England	1958	1960	4	0
Michael Tippett	England	1948	1955	8	2
Donal Tolland	Ireland	1937	1939	34	3
Ciarán Toner	Northern Ireland	2002	2002	6	0
Oumare Tounkara	France	2013	2013	9	2
William Tout	England	1903	1904	2	0
Paul Tovey	England	1992	1996	9	0
Frank Townrow	England	1931	1933	50	6
John Townrow	England	1932	1933	10	0
Rob Trees	England	1998	2001	46	1
Paul Trollope	Wales	2004	2007	30	2
Reginald Trotman	England	1927	1928	3	1
Mike Trought	England	1999	2002	33	0
James Tunnicliffe	England	2010	2011	25	0
Thomas Turnbull	England	1930	1935	1	0
Albert Turner	England	1938	1939	21	4
Bert Turner	England	1928	1929	9	2
Robert Turner	England	1987	1987	26	2
Samuel Turner	England	1907	1908	30	9
George Tweed	England	1936	1937	25	0
Geoff Twentyman	England	1986	1993	252	6
Gary Twigg	Scotland	2004	2004	8	0

U

Name	Nationality	Joined	Left	League
				Apps	Gls
Anwar Uddin	England	2002	2004	19	1

V

Name	Nationality	Joined	Left	League
				Apps	Gls
Thomas Vail	Unknown	1899	1899	2	0
Billy Vaughan	England	1920	1921	3	0
John Vaughan	England	1985	1985	6	0
William Vaughan	England	1920	1922	6	1
Arthur Veysey	Unknown	1902	1904	1	0
Keith Viney	England	1988	1988	3	0
Adam Virgo	Scotland	2011	2013	19	1

W

Name	Nationality	Joined	Left	League
				Apps	Gls
Gary Waddock	Republic of Ireland	1992	1994	71	1
Arthur Wainwright	England	1922	1924	16	0
Davie Walker	England	1905 1911	1907 1912	78	28
George Walker	England	1912	1915	107	12
James Walker	Antigua & Barbuda	2006	2006	4	1
Richard Walker	England	2004	2009	143	46
Sam Walker	England	2012	2013	11	0
F Wallace	Unknown	1909	1910	2	0
Sidney Wallington	England	1933	1937	94	1
Joseph Walter	England	1919 1928	1922 1929	124	20
Mark Walters	England	1999	2002	82	13
James Walton	England	1923	1924	40	1
Alan Warboys	England	1973	1977	144	53
Dai Ward	Wales	1954	1961	175	90
Elliott Ward	England	2004	2005	3	0
Francis Warhurst	England	1938	1939	4	0
Christer Warren	England	2002	2002	2	0
Ray Warren	England	1936	1956	450	28
Harry Wassell	England	1904	1905	13	0
John Watkins	England	1961	1962	23	0
Barry Watkins	Wales	1945	1957	115	7
Robert Watkins	England	1965	1966	1	0
John Watling	England	1947	1963	323	19
Herbert Watson	England	1936	1937	19	0
James Watson	Scotland	1933	1934	14	2
A Wear	Unknown	1919	1920	1	0
Arthur Weare	Wales	1945	1951	141	0
Ross Weare	England	2001	2002	10	1
George Webb	England	1922	1923	2	0
Harold Webb	England	1938	1939	1	0
Christopher Weller	England	1965	1966	3	0
Christopher Welsh	Unknown	1899	1900	1	0
Kevin Westaway	England	1980	1982	2	0
Ian Weston	England	1986	1988	16	0
William Weston	England	1919	1920	12	2
Bill Westwood	England	1909	1915	98	0
Jack Westwood	England	1913	1914	18	0
Jesse Whatley	England	1919	1931	386	0
Ernest Whatmore	England	1923	1928	134	40
Devon White	England	1987	1992	202	52
Raymond White	England	1968	1969	3	0
Steve White	England	1977 1983	1979 1986	150	44
Tom White	England	1994	2000	54	1
William White	Scotland	1928	1930	8	0
Wilfred Whitfield	England	1938	1947	26	1
Percival Whitton	England	1918	1920	29	1
David Whyte	England	1998	1998	4	0
David Wiffill	England	1987	1988	2	0
Frederick Wilcox	England	1901	1903	48	18
Jonah Wilcox	England	1925	1926	32	18
Thomas Wildsmith	England	1934	1936	24	2
Albert Williams	Unknown	1902	1903	1	0
Andy Williams	England	2007	2010	88	8
Anthony Williams	Wales	1999	1999	9	0
Bill Williams	Unknown	1900	1901	16	2
Brian Williams	England	1981	1985	163	20
Danny Williams	Wales	2004	2004	6	1
David Williams	Wales	1975	1985	352	66
Gavin Williams	Wales	2011	2011	19	2
Geraint Williams	Wales	1980	1985	141	8
John Williams	England	1966	1969	69	10
Louis Williams	England	1909	1912	106	1
Robert Williams	England	1967	1969	29	5
Ronald Williams	England	1962	1963	49	18
Ryan Williams	England	2003	2006	43	4
SM Williams	England	1910	1911	1	0
Steven Williams	Wales	1979	1982	8	1
Thomas Williams	England	1926	1928	75	27
Ian Willmott	England	1988	1992	22	0
Calum Willock	St Kitts & Nevis	2003	2003	5	0
Peter Wilshire	England	1952	1955	1	0
Che Wilson	England	2000	2002	75	0
D Wilson	Unknown	1903	1905	35	12
David Wilson	England	1991	1993	11	0
William Wilson	England	1925	1926	24	0
William R Wilson	England	1934	1936	6	0
Charles Windle	England	1946	1947	7	1
Foster Windsor	England	1931	1934	20	0
Walter Winnell	England	1930	1930	4	1
Thomas Winsper	England	1921	1922	23	0
Herbert Winters	England	1946	1952	13	0
Charles Wipfler	England	1934	1935	18	5
Edward Withers	England	1937	1938	17	4
Graham Withey	England	1982	1983	22	10
Thomas Wolfe	Wales	1929	1930	2	0
Rob Wolleaston	England	2000	2000	4	0
Alan Wood	Wales	1962	1963	1	0
Danny Woodards	England	2011	2014	70	4
Frank Woodhall	England	1910	1911	3	1
William Woodhall	England	1923	1925	38	13
John Woodman	England	1935	1937	39	21
Kenneth Wookey	Wales	1946	1948	54	9
Francis Wragge	England	1923	1926	62	1
Ian Wright	England	1993	1996	54	1
Mark Wright	England	2009	2011	24	0
Mike Wyatt	England	1995	1996	4	0
Henry Wyper	Scotland	1933	1933	11	2

X

• None

Y

Name	Nationality	Joined	Left	League
				Apps	Gls
Steve Yates	England	1986	1993	197	0
Archibald Young	Scotland	1935	1936	24	0
Herbert Young	England	1930	1932	75	11
Jack Young	Scotland	1906	1907	33	14
James Young	Unknown	1902	1903	19	0

Z

Name	Nationality	Joined	Left	League
				Apps	Gls
Lee Zabek	England	1996	2000	29	1
Bobby Zamora	England	1999	2000	4	0
Chris Zebroski	England	2011	2012	39	3

See also

• Players with no league appearances

Sources

• Bristol Rovers Football Club: The Definitive History 1883-2003 - Stephen Byrne & Mike Jay, Tempus (2003). ISBN 0-7524-2717-2
• Soccerbase