Debuts part four

May 24, 2021 | News

Following on from the previous three parts, here is the comprehenive list of Rovers debuts made in the 1980s/ 1990s.

1979/80

463 Philip ‘Chic’ Bates 11/03/80 Preston. North End (H)

464 Michael Barrett 05/04/80 Swansea City (A)

465 Ashley Griffiths 03/05/80 West Ham United (H)

466 Mark Hughes 03/05/80 West Ham United (H)

1980/81

467 Donny Gillies 16/08/80 Leyton Orient (H)

468 Aiden McCaffery 19/08/80 Queens Park Rangers (A)

469 Robert Lee 23/08/80 Bristol City (A)

470 Geraint Williams 18/10/80 Sheffield Wednesday (H)

471 Steven Williams 06/12/80 Wrexham (H)

472 Philip Kite 10/01/81 Derby County (A)

473 Alan Routledge 17/01/81 Grimsby Town (A)

474 Thomas McAllister 14/02/81 Bolton Wanderers (H)

475 Neil Slatter 11/04/81 Shrewsbury Town (H)

476 Ian Holloway 25/04/81 Wrexham (A)

477 Kevin Westaway 25/04/81 Wrexham (A)

1981/82

478 Keith Curle 29/08/81 Chester (H)

479 Timothy Parkin 29/08/81 Chester (H)

480 Brian Williams 29/08/81 Chester (H)

481 Arthur (Archie) Stephens 05/09/81 Chesterfield (A)

482 Gary Pendrey 19/01/82 Chesterfield (H)

483 Steven Bailey 09/02/82 Exeter City (H)

484 Errington Kelly 09/02/82 Exeter City (H

485 David Smith 24/04/82 Walsall (H)

(photo courtesy of Alan Marshall)

1982/83

486 Graham Withey 28/08/82 Brentford (A)

487 Nicholas Platanauer 18/09/82 Lincoln City (H)

488 Jeffrey Sherwood 25/09/82 Preston North End (A)

489 Michael Channon 19/10/82 Millwall (H)

490 Les Bradd 01/01/83 Cardiff City (A)

491 Roy Carter 01/01/83 Cardiff City (A)

492 Alan Ball 29/01/83 Chesterfield (H)

493 Michael Adams 14/05/83 Cardiff City (H)

1983/84

494 Raymond Cashley 26/12/83 Oxford United (A)

495 Paul Bannon 11/02/84 Leyton Orient (H)

1984/85

496 Mark O’Connor 25/08/84 Bolton Wanderers (A)

497 Jonathan Hallworth 26/01/85 Reading (A)

498 Ronald Green 02/03/85 Hull City (A)

499 Paul Raynor 02/04/85 Lincoln City (H)

500 Gary Penrice 27/04/85 Leyton Orient (H)

501 Christopher Smith 14/05/85 York City (H)

1985/86

502 Stephen Badock 18/08/85 Darlington (A)

503 Ian Davies 18/08/85 Darlington (A)

504 Andrew Spring 18/08/85 Darlington (A)

505 Byron Stevenson 18/08/85 Darlington (A)

506 Nicholas Tanner 18/08/85 Darlington (A)

507 Allan Cockram 31/08/85 Derby County (H)

508 Anthony Obi 07/09/85 Newport County (A)

509 John Scales 07/09/85 Newport County (A)

510 John Vaughan 07/09/85 Newport County (A)

511 Gerald Francis 14/09/85 Lincoln City (H)

512 Trevor Morgan 21/09/85 Walsall (H)

513 Gary Smart 19/10/85 Doncaster Rovers (A)

514 David Mehew 26/10/85 Bournemouth (A)

515 Timothy Carter 28/12/85 Reading (H)

516 Wayne Noble 04/02/86 Bolton Wanderers (A)

517 Philip Purnell 29/03/86 Bristol City (A)

518 Richard Iles 12/04/86 Blackpool (H)

519 Darren Carr 03/05/86 Gillingham (A)

1986/87

520 Ian Alexander 23/08/86 Walsall (A)

521 Kenneth Hibbitt 23/08/86 Walsall (A)

522 Constantious Micallef 23/08/86 Walsall (A)

523 Mark Smalley 23/08/86 Walsall (A)

524 Geoffrey Twentyman 06/09/86 York City (A)

525 Nicholas Hammond 27/09/86 Blackpool (H)

526 Mark Johns 04/10/86 Chesterfield (H)

527 Richard Dryden 28/12/86 Brentford (A)

528 Ian Weston 28/12/86 Brentford (A)

529 Robert Turner 17/01/87 Bolton Wanderers (A)

530 Peter Cawley 28/02/87 Notts County (H)

531 Robert Newton 28/02/87 Notts County (H)

532 David Rushbury 28/02/87 Notts County (H)

533 Steven Yates 03/03/87 Darlington (A)

534 Andrew Clement 11/03/87 Walsall (H)

535 Jeffrey Meacham 28/03/87 Chesterfield (A)

536 Paul Bradshaw 04/04/87 Bury (A)

1987/88

537 Jason Eaton 15/08/87 Rotherham United (H)

538 Nigel Martyn 15/08/87 Rotherham United (H)

539 Andrew Reece 15/08/87 Rotherham United (H)

540 David Wiffill 15/08/87 Rotherham United (H)

541 Devon White 29/08/87 Aldershot (H)

542 William Clark 17/10/87 Chester City (H)

543 Francis Joseph 06/02/88 Wigan Athletic (A)

544 Christian McClean 02/04/88 Chesterfield (A)

1988/89

545 Simon Stapleton 27/08/88 Wigan Athletic (H)

546 Paul Smith 03/09/88 Sheffield United (A)

547 Keith Viney 24/09/88 Northampton Town (A)

548 Dennis Bailey 01/03/89 Reading (H)

549 Ian Hazel 01/03/89 Reading (H)

550 Paul Nixon 22/04/89 Northampton Town (H)

1989/90

551 Ian Willmott 19/08/89 Brentford (H)

552 Anthony Sealy 16/09/89 Preston North End (H)

553 Brian Parkin 25/11/89 Swansea City (H)

554 Marcus Browning 28/01/90 Bolton Wanderers (H)

555 David Byrne 10/02/90 Preston North End (A)

556 Carl Saunders 10/02/90 Preston North End (A)

1990/91

557 Anthony Pounder 25/08/90 Leicester City (A)

558 Robert Bloomer 01/09/90 Charlton Athletic (H)

559 Gavin Kelly 12/01/91 Charlton Athletic (A)

560 Colin Gordon 26/02/91 Barnsley (A)

561 Adrian Boothroyd 09/03/91 Oldham Athletic (A)

1991/92

562 Richard Evans 17/08/91 Ipswich Town (H)

563 Marcus Stewart 17/08/91 Ipswich Town (H)

564 David Wilson 23/08/91 Tranmere Rovers (A)

565 Justin Skinner 31/08/91 Newcastle United (H)

566 Lee Archer 04/09/91 Bristol City (A)

567 Stephen Cross 14/09/91 Southend United (A)

568 Lee Maddison 11/01/92 Tranmere Rovers (H)

569 Kevin Moore 11/01/92 Tranmere Rovers (H)

570 Gareth Taylor 28/02/92 Cambridge United (A)

571 Jeffrey Hopkins 07/03/92 Blackburn Rovers (H)

572 John Taylor 28/03/92 Watford (A)

1992/93

573 Paul Hardyman 15/08/92 Oxford United (A)

574 Justin Channing 24/10/92 Birmingham City (A)

575 Andrew Tillson 07/11/92 Wolverhampton Wanderers (A)

576 Gary Waddock 07/11/92 Wolverhampton Wanderers (A)

577 Andrew Beasley 10/04/93 Portsmouth (H)

578 Michael Davis 08/05/93 Millwall (A)

1993/94

579 Worrell Sterling 14/08/93 Bournemouth (H)

580 Ian McLean 15/09/93 Exeter City (H)

581 Ian Wright 25/09/93 Burnley (H)

582 Martin Paul 11/12/93 Leyton Orient (H)

583 Martyn Margetson 18/12/93 Bournemouth (A)

584 David Pritchard 15/03/94 Exeter City (A)

585 Andrew Gurney 02/04/94 Reading (A)

586 Paul Tovey 09/04/94 Swansea City (A)

1994/95

587 Paul Miller 20/08/94 York City (H)

588 Marcus Law 08/10/94 Brentford (A)

589 Andrew Collett 22/10/94 Brighton & Hove Albion (H)

590 Carl Heggs 04/02/95 Huddersfield Town (A)

591 Thomas White 07/02/95 Bradford City (A)

1995/96

592 Matthew Hayfield 02/09/95 Wrexham (H)

593 Michael Wyatt 02/09/95 Wrexham (H)

594 Jonathan French 04/11/95 Peterborough United (H)

595 Peter Beadle 18/11/95 Wycombe Wanderers (A)

596 Craig Armstrong 06/01/96 Hull City (H)

597 Damien Matthew 13/01/96 Swansea City (A)

598 Stephen Morgan 02/03/96 Shrewsbury Town (H)

599 Joshua Low 04/05/96 Wycombe Wanderers (H)

1996/97

600 Matthew Lockwood 17/08/96 Peterborough United (A)

601 Lee Martin 17/08/96 Peterborough United (A)

602 Stephen Parmenter 31/08/96 Stockport County (H)

603 Jamie Cureton 21/09/96 Plymouth Argyle (A)

604 Graeme Power 21/09/96 Plymouth Argyle (A)

605 Thomas Ramasut 26/10/96 Bury (A)

606 Shane Higgs 19/11/96 Burnley (A)

607 Jason Harris 23/11/96 Luton Town (A)

608 Frank Bennett 30/11/96 Bury (H)

609 Julian Alsop 15/02/97 Luton Town (H)

610 Ryan Morgan 18/03/97 Watford (A)

611 Brian Gayle 29/03/97 Peterborough United (A)

612 James Clapham 05/04/97 Stockport County (A)

613 Lee Zabek 03/05/97 Rotherham United (H)

1997/98

614 Stephen Foster 09/08/97 Plymouth Argyle (H)

615 Barrington Hayles 09/08/97 Plymouth Argyle (H)

616 Jason Perry 09/08/97 Plymouth Argyle (H)

617 Luke Basford 12/12/97 Grimsby Town (H)

618 David Whyte 14/02/98 Wrexham (A)

619 Lee Jones 07/03/98 Northampton Town (H)

1998/99

620 Marcus Andreasson 08/08/98 Burnley (A)

621 Trevor Challis 08/08/98 Burnley (A)

622 Guy Ipoua 08/08/98 Burnley (A)

623 Michael Meaker 08/08/98 Burnley (A)

624 Jason Roberts 08/08/98 Burnley (A)

625 Robert Trees 08/08/98 Burnley (A)

626 Stephane Leoni 22/08/98 Gillingham (A)

627 Mark Smith 22/08/98 Gillingham (A)

628 James Shore 08/09/98 Chesterfield (H)

629 Mark McKeever 12/12/98 Manchester City (A)

630 Michael Trought 12/12/98 Manchester City (A)

631 David J. Lee 28/12/98 Colchester United (A)

632 Andrew Thomson 16/01/99 Reading (A)

633 Robert Pethick 20/02/99 Luton Town (H)

634 Nathan Ellington 23/02/99 Gillingham (H)

635 David Hillier 27/02/99 Lincoln City (A)

636 Martin Phillips 27/02/99 Lincoln City (A)

637 Michel Kuipers 09/03/99 Bournemouth (A)

638 Bradley Andrews 20/03/99 Walsall (A)

639 Anthony Williams 27/03/99 Notts County (H)

640 Raymond Johnston 08/05/99 Macclesfield Town (A)

1999/2000

641 Ronald Mauge 07/08/99 Brentford (H)

642 Simon Bryant 28/08/99 Wrexham (A)

643 Stuart J. Taylor 25/09/99 Notts County (A)

644 Robert Zamora 06/11/99 Wycombe Wanderers (A)

645 Mark Walters 20/11/99 Chesterfield (A)