List of Linfield F.C. players

For a list of all Linfield players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see the Linfield F.C. players category. For the current first-team squad, see the main Linfield F.C. article.

Linfield F.C. is a semi-professional association football club based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The club plays in the NIFL Premiership, the highest level of the Northern Ireland Football League. They have played at their current home ground, Windsor Park, since 1905. Previous to this they had played at Ulsterville Avenue from 1889 until 1905 and The Meadow from their foundation in 1886 to 1889. They were one of the founding clubs of the league in 1890, and since that time the club has competed in numerous nationally and internationally organised competitions.

Players who have made 100 or more appearances for Linfield are listed below. Players are listed according to the date their first contract was signed with the club.

Forward Tommy Dickson is Linfield's record goal scorer, with 454 goals in 660 appearances between 1948 and 1965. A one-club man and former club captain, defender Noel Bailie holds the record for the most Linfield appearances, playing 1,013 times for the club during a career that spanned 22 years between his debut in 1989 and his retirement in 2011.

Players

As of end of the 2014–15 season.
PlayerPositionYears activeAppearances
(inc. as sub)
GoalsGoals/games
ratio
Ireland Bambrick, JoeJoe Bambrick FW 1927–1935 183 286 1.56
Northern Ireland Dickson, TommyTommy Dickson FW 1948–1965 660 454 0.69
Northern Ireland Phil Scott FW 1958–1962
1963–1973
400 220 0.55
Northern Ireland Anderson, TrevorTrevor Anderson FW 1979–1987 327 96 0.29
Northern Ireland Jeffrey, DavidDavid Jeffrey DF 1982–1992 269 69 0.26
Northern Ireland Baxter, StephenStephen Baxter FW 1987–1993 219 (50) 102 0.47
Northern Ireland Bailie, NoelNoel Bailie DF 1989–2011 1,013 (24) 25 0.02
Northern Ireland Beatty, StephenStephen Beatty MF 1990–2001 455 52 0.11
Republic of Ireland Gorman, DessieDessie Gorman FW 1992–1997 166 (15) 56 0.34
Northern Ireland William Murphy DF 1997–2013 639 (12) 48 0.08
Northern Ireland Ferguson, GlennGlenn Ferguson FW 1998–2009 519 (42) 284 0.55
Northern Ireland Gault, MichaelMichael Gault MF 1999–2014 480 (50) 30 0.06
Northern Ireland Mannus, AlanAlan Mannus GK 2000–2009 366 1 0.01
Northern Ireland Thompson, PeterPeter Thompson FW 2001–2008
2010–2015
418 (73) 230 0.55
Scotland Steven Douglas DF 2003–2013 266 (29) 13 0.05
Northern Ireland McAreavey, PaulPaul McAreavey MF 2003–2009 180 (33) 39 0.22
Northern Ireland O'Kane, AidanAidan O'Kane MF 2003–2011 268 (75) 31 0.12
Northern Ireland Mulgrew, JamieJamie Mulgrew MF 2005–present 389 (53) 38 0.09
Northern Ireland Aaron Burns MF 2008–2012
2013–present
166 (32) 44 0.27
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