As well as an ardent Boro fan, Ive always loved my cricket too, and all the tradition that goes with it. You may notice that on the England cricket shirts underneath the 3 lions theres an unique number. This denotes the chronological order in which that player has played for his country. This got me thinking about doing a similar list of Boro players?

What does the list tell us? Well it tells us the grand total of 766 players have worn our shirt in competitive action. If 2 or more players made their debuts in the same game then the lowest shirt number took priority. Numbers of note include Billy Woof! at 500, 666 aptly is Vladimir Kinder and Boros Ian Botham (474) is the legendary Willie Maddren.

Please find underneath, if the B17 powers to be can find room that is (ed: just!), the full list…

1. George Smith - 50. Alex McCowie
51. John Eckford - 100. George Reid
101. Thomas Murray - 150. Bill Flint
151. Harry Boardman - 200. Jack Curtis
201. Reuben Butler - 250. Norman Gowland
251. George Camsell - 300. John Smith
301. Ernie Coleman - 350. Stan Rickaby
351. Martin Reagan - 400. Ronnie Burbeck
401. Carl Taylor - 450. Stan Anderson
451. Des McPartland - 500. Billy Woof
501. Tom Paterson - 550. Gary Hamilton
551. Andy Crawford - 600. Andy Dibble
601. Ian Arnold - 650. Viv Anderson
651. Jan-Aage Fjortoft - 700. Dean Windass
701. Gareth Southgate - 750. Tom Craddock
751. Julio Arca - 766. Afonso Alves

  1. George Smith
  2. Bill Shaw
  3. Andy Ramsay
  4. Harry Allport
  5. John McNally
  6. Peter McCracken
  7. Bob Wanless
  8. Geoff Longstaffe
  9. Joe Gettins
  10. Bob Page
  11. Eddie Pugh
  12. Fergus Osbourne
  13. Martin Hughes
  14. J Redfern
  15. James Callaghan
  16. Michael Murphy
  17. Nobby Bell
  18. Richard Pratt
  19. Robert Eglington
  20. Jimmy Stott
  21. Thomas Lamb
  22. Frank Piercy
  23. Robert Gray
  24. Luke Raisbeck
  25. Ernie Clark
  26. George Reid
  27. Joe Murphy
  28. James Cowan
  29. Douglas McCorquodale
  30. Jimmy Jones
  31. Bob Piercy
  32. Seth Buckley
  33. George Madden
  34. RW Evans
  35. Tom Linton
  36. Joe Clark
  37. Jack Ostler
  38. Tom Niblo
  39. Willie Wardrope
  40. Joe Frail
  41. John Dow
  42. James Millar
  43. Bill Higgins
  44. Andy Davidson
  45. Martin Moran
  46. Sandy Robertson
  47. John Wilkie
  48. James Brown
  49. John Brown
  50. Alex McCowie
  51. John Eckford
  52. Chris Carrick
  53. Tom Doig
  54. George Hodgson
  55. Dave Smith
  56. Thomas MacFarlane
  57. Alexander Thompson
  58. Michael Cochrane
  59. Jack Brearley
  60. Abe Jones
  61. Joe Cassidy
  62. Peter Turner
  63. Jim Tennant
  64. James Leslie
  65. Joe Blackett
  66. Jimmy Crawford
  67. Bob Watson
  68. Tim Williamson
  69. Rab Macfarlane
  70. William MacAulay
  71. John Muir
  72. James Robertson
  73. John Hogg
  74. William Muir
  75. Len Goodson
  76. William Godley
  77. Harry Douglas
  78. Robert Currie
  79. Edward Gettins
  80. Willie White
  81. Sandy Brown
  82. Bobby Atherton
  83. Sam Aitken
  84. Jimmy Suddick
  85. Andrew McGuigan
  86. Harold Boddington
  87. Dicky Roberts
  88. Fred Featherstone
  89. Billy Agnew
  90. Harry Astley
  91. Jimmy Thackeray
  92. James Bell
  93. Thomas Craig
  94. Donald McCallum
  95. William Davies
  96. Charles Hewitt
  97. Tom Green
  98. Tom Phillipson
  99. Alf Common
  100. George Reid
  101. Thomas Murray
  102. Tom Coxon
  103. Chris Duffy
  104. George Hedley
  105. George Henderson
  106. William Thompson
  107. Robert Walker
  108. Billy Barker
  109. Otto Trechman
  110. Herbert Hunter
  111. Bill Worrall
  112. Steve Bloomer
  113. Billy Brawn
  114. Fred Wilcox
  115. Emor Ratcliffe
  116. Alex Campbell
  117. Hector Shand
  118. William Hickling
  119. Eddie Hanlon
  120. Fred Barker
  121. Fred Priest
  122. John Tomlin
  123. Charles O’Hagan
  124. Jim Tyldesley
  125. William Tucker
  126. Jack Harkins
  127. J Roberts
  128. William Roberts
  129. Andy Aitken
  130. Sammy Cail
  131. Bobby Brown
  132. Jimmy Watson
  133. Albert Groves
  134. Alex McCulloch
  135. Bert Hasell
  136. Teddy Verrill
  137. Tom Dixon
  138. A Urquhart
  139. Thomas Wilson
  140. Fred Pentland
  141. Jack Hall
  142. David Gordon
  143. Harry Kent
  144. Don McLeod
  145. Bob Young
  146. Love Jones
  147. George Elliott
  148. George Burton
  149. Simon Beaton
  150. Bill Flint
  151. Harry Boardman
  152. Jimmy Weir
  153. Andrew Jackson
  154. Robert Gibson
  155. Samuel McClure
  156. Jim Nicholl
  157. William Duguid
  158. B Kelly
  159. James Peggie
  160. Alex Wardrope
  161. Bill Davidson
  162. Jacky Carr
  163. Ben Davies
  164. Henry Carr
  165. Joe Crosier
  166. Charles Best
  167. Teddy Howling
  168. Harry Leonard
  169. Billy James
  170. Willie Carr
  171. Jock Stirling
  172. Edmund Eyre
  173. Arthur Layton
  174. Jimmy Windridge
  175. Allan McRobbie
  176. Joe Hisbent
  177. John Cook
  178. John Haworth
  179. Alec Fraser
  180. Arthur Brown
  181. Harry Cook
  182. George Malcolm
  183. John Walker
  184. Stewart Davidson
  185. Fred Kirby
  186. Walter Tinsley
  187. Tom Storey
  188. Richard Healey
  189. Wit Stage
  190. Richard Wynn
  191. Archie Wilson
  192. Tommy Urwin
  193. Albert Davies
  194. Andy Wilson
  195. Walter Holmes
  196. Hugh Caig
  197. Charlie Dixon
  198. Bill Ellerington
  199. Victor Fox
  200. Jack Curtis
  201. Reuben Butler
  202. Harry Harrison
  203. John Honeyman
  204. George Carr
  205. John Robinson
  206. Jock Marshall
  207. Joe Davison
  208. Bob Pender
  209. Evan Lloyd
  210. Wallace Clarke
  211. Jerry Poulton
  212. Sam Jennings
  213. Peter Donaghy
  214. John Hastie
  215. Jacky Mordue
  216. Frank Chipperfield
  217. Frank Dowson
  218. Billy Birrell
  219. Jim Gallagher
  220. Tommy Brown
  221. Ernest Young
  222. Billy Murray
  223. Maurice Webster
  224. Charlie Slade
  225. Walter Bottrill
  226. Jack Clough
  227. Joe Harris
  228. Alex Cochrane
  229. Bill Butler
  230. Reg Freeman
  231. Alf Maitland
  232. Arthur Stevenson
  233. Ian Dickson
  234. Russell Wainscoat
  235. Ernest Smith
  236. Owen Williams
  237. Morris Hick
  238. James Bissett
  239. Jesse Williams
  240. Peter Dickinson
  241. Hugh Good
  242. Don Ashman
  243. Jack French
  244. William McAllister
  245. Robert G Ferguson
  246. Jimmy McClelland
  247. John Wilson
  248. Norman Thompson
  249. George Jones
  250. Norman Gowland
  251. George Camsell
  252. Norman Swales
  253. Arnold Watson
  254. Phil Cartwright
  255. James Mathieson
  256. Joe Miller
  257. Billy Pease
  258. John Smith
  259. Frank Twine
  260. Johnny McKay
  261. Fred Kennedy
  262. Joe Peacock
  263. Wille Millar
  264. Bobby Bruce
  265. Syd Jarvis
  266. Allan Hall
  267. George Emmerson
  268. John Gardner
  269. Jack MacFarlane
  270. Kenny Cameron
  271. Jack Elkes
  272. Ernie Muttitt
  273. Bert Watson
  274. Billy Forrest
  275. Joe Hillier
  276. Jack Jennings
  277. Freddy Warren
  278. Billy Scott
  279. Tom Freeman
  280. Andy Carr
  281. Johnny Holliday
  282. Don McPhail
  283. Billy Brown
  284. Jack Surtees
  285. Ted Marcroft
  286. Joey Williams
  287. Bobby Stuart
  288. George Martin
  289. Harold Blackmore
  290. Arthur Rigby
  291. Bobby Baxter
  292. Fred Gibson
  293. Tom Griffiths
  294. Jack Martin
  295. Micky Fenton
  296. Charlie Ferguson
  297. E Weightman
  298. Cliff Chadwick
  299. Benny Yorston
  300. John Smith
  301. Ernie Coleman
  302. Joe Bell
  303. Ralph Birkett
  304. Arthur Cunliffe
  305. Albert Ross
  306. Ray Parkin
  307. Harry Hawkins
  308. Norman Higham
  309. Bob Ferguson
  310. Dave Cumming
  311. Tom Cochrane
  312. George Laking
  313. Wilf Mannion
  314. Ray Bryan
  315. Harold Shepherdson
  316. Paddy Nash
  317. George Hardwick
  318. Jacky Milne
  319. George Wardle
  320. Norman Fowler
  321. Mick Murphy
  322. Duncan McKenzie
  323. Charlie Scrimshaw
  324. Sammy Armes
  325. Tom Butler
  326. George Stobbart
  327. Dicky Robinson
  328. Harry Bell
  329. Jimmy Gordon
  330. Johnny Spuhler
  331. George Dews
  332. Geoff Walker
  333. Eddie Murphy
  334. Alec Linwood
  335. Norman Robinson
  336. Jimmy McCabe
  337. John Douglas
  338. Harry Mattinson
  339. Harold Dobbie
  340. Jimmy Maddison
  341. Con Gallacher
  342. Wally Briggs
  343. Cec McCormack
  344. Norman Malan
  345. Gordon Hepple
  346. Derwick Goodfellow
  347. Bill Whitaker
  348. Ronnie Dicks
  349. Jack Hodgson
  350. Stan Rickaby
  351. Martin Reagan
  352. Bob Anderson
  353. Paddy Johnston
  354. Rolando Ugolini
  355. Tom Blenkinsopp
  356. Alex McCrae
  357. Andy Donaldson
  358. Jimmy Hartnett
  359. Peter McKennan
  360. Joe Brown
  361. Bill Linacre
  362. Peter Desmond
  363. Tom Woodward
  364. Arthur Fitzsimons
  365. Lindy Delapenha
  366. Walter Auld
  367. Neil Mochan
  368. Ron Patterson
  369. George Aitken
  370. Sam Lawrie
  371. Ray Barnard
  372. Bobby Corbett
  373. Eddie Russell
  374. Frank Mulholland
  375. Ray Bilcliff
  376. Ollie Norris
  377. Joe Rayment
  378. Bill Edwards
  379. John McMurray
  380. Ken McPherson
  381. Joe Birbeck
  382. Seamus O’Connell
  383. Derek Stonehouse
  384. Bill Harris
  385. Bill Watkin
  386. John Robinson
  387. Bert Mitchell
  388. Tom Brown
  389. Joe Scott
  390. Charlie Wayman
  391. William Robertson
  392. Brian Phillips
  393. Doug Cooper
  394. Brian Clough
  395. Billy Day
  396. Peter Taylor
  397. Alan Peacock
  398. Derek McLean
  399. Esmond Million
  400. Ronnie Burbeck
  401. Carl Taylor
  402. Ray Henderson
  403. Eddie Holliday
  404. Ernie Walley
  405. Alan Rodgerson
  406. Brian Jordan
  407. Willie Fernie
  408. Ray Yeoman
  409. Mick McNeil
  410. Dennis Windross
  411. Derrick Wilkie
  412. Ken Thomson
  413. Ronnie Waldock
  414. Don Walker
  415. Bob Appleby
  416. Joe Livingstone
  417. Arthur Kaye
  418. Gordon Jones
  419. Willie Hamilton
  420. Billy Horner
  421. Bill Gates
  422. Dick Neal
  423. Derek Weddle
  424. Neville Chapman
  425. Bryan Orritt
  426. Ian Gibson
  427. Arthur Lightening
  428. Bobby Hume
  429. Mel Nurse
  430. Morris Emmerson
  431. Bill Povey
  432. Cyril Knowles
  433. Peter Bryan
  434. Eddie Connachan
  435. Bobby Braithwaite
  436. Arthur Horsfield
  437. Harry Kirk
  438. Don Ratcliffe
  439. Jim Townsend
  440. Frank Spraggon
  441. Jim Irvine
  442. Don Masson
  443. Ian Davidson
  444. Dick Le Flem
  445. Dicky Rooks
  446. Terry Garbett
  447. Eric McMordie
  448. Derrick Downing
  449. Stan Marshall
  450. Stan Anderson
  451. Des McPartland
  452. Alex Smith
  453. Geoff Butler
  454. Jim Lawson
  455. Dave Chadwick
  456. John O’Rourke
  457. John Hickton
  458. Ray Lugg
  459. Willie Whigham
  460. Bob Worthington
  461. Johnny Crossan
  462. David Smith
  463. Mike Kear
  464. Mike Allen
  465. Alan McNeill
  466. Peter Wilson
  467. Joe Laidlaw
  468. Maurice Short
  469. Stan Webb
  470. Brian Myton
  471. George Kinnell
  472. Alan Moody
  473. George Smith
  474. Willie Maddren
  475. David Mills
  476. Hugh McIlmoyle
  477. Alan Murray
  478. Harry Charlton
  479. Johnny Vincent
  480. Don Burluraux
  481. Nobby Stiles
  482. Stuart Boam
  483. John Craggs
  484. Jim Platt
  485. John Stone
  486. Pat Lynch
  487. David Armstrong
  488. Malcolm Smith
  489. Peter Creamer
  490. Peter Brine
  491. Alan Foggon
  492. Brian Taylor
  493. Graeme Souness
  494. Bobby Murdoch
  495. Malcolm Poskett
  496. Tony McAndrew
  497. Jim Cochrane
  498. Pat Cuff
  499. Alan Willey
  500. Billy Woof
  501. Tom Paterson
  502. Terry Cooper
  503. Phil Boersma
  504. Ian Bailey
  505. Ted Coleman
  506. Alan Ramage
  507. Graeme Hedley
  508. Alf Wood
  509. Stan Cummins
  510. John Mahoney
  511. Billy Ashcroft
  512. Craig Johnston
  513. David Brown
  514. Alan Walsh
  515. Peter Johnson
  516. David Shearer
  517. Charlie Bell
  518. Jim Stewart
  519. Mark Proctor
  520. David Hodgson
  521. Micky Burns
  522. Terry Cochrane
  523. Bosco Jankovic
  524. Irving Nattrass
  525. Jeff Peters
  526. Mick Angus
  527. Billy Askew
  528. Gary Macdonald
  529. Colin Blackburn
  530. Colin Ross
  531. Keith Nobbs
  532. Joe Bolton
  533. Mick Baxter
  534. Heine Otto
  535. Andy McCreesh
  536. Darren Wood
  537. Bobby Thomson
  538. Stephen Bell
  539. Dave Thomas
  540. David Currie
  541. Mick Kennedy
  542. John Brownlie
  543. Tony Mowbray
  544. Paul Ward
  545. Ray Hankin
  546. Alan Roberts
  547. Kevin Beattie
  548. Paul Sugrue
  549. Kelham O’Hanlon
  550. Gary Hamilton
  551. Andy Crawford
  552. Stephen Pears
  553. Gary Gill
  554. Mick Buckley
  555. Geoff Scott
  556. Mick Saxby
  557. Peter Beagrie
  558. Martin Thomas
  559. John Kay
  560. Stuart Ripley
  561. Alan Kernaghan
  562. Andrew Strong
  563. Brian Laws
  564. Archie Stephens
  565. Steve Corden
  566. Gary Pallister
  567. Don O’Riordan
  568. Gary Rowell
  569. Pat Heard
  570. Mitch Cook
  571. Bernie Slaven
  572. Eric McManus
  573. Colin Cooper
  574. Phil Kite
  575. Lee Turnbull
  576. Gary Parkinson
  577. Paul Proudlock
  578. Ronnie Coyle
  579. Paul Kerr
  580. Steve Spriggs
  581. Dean Glover
  582. Mark Burke
  583. Kevin Poole
  584. Trevor Senior
  585. Mark Brennan
  586. Peter Davenport
  587. Nicky Mohan
  588. Mark Barham
  589. Trevor Putney
  590. Alan Comfort
  591. Simon Coleman
  592. Owen McGee
  593. Ian Baird
  594. Jimmy Phillips
  595. John Wark
  596. Robbie Mustoe
  597. John Hendrie
  598. Martin Russell
  599. Colin Walsh
  600. Andy Dibble
  601. Ian Arnold
  602. Jamie Pollock
  603. Willie Falconer
  604. Paul Wilkinson
  605. Curtis Fleming
  606. Rab Shannon
  607. John Hewitt
  608. Brian Marwood
  609. Michael Young
  610. Andy Payton
  611. Andy Peake
  612. Jon Gittens
  613. Ian Ironside
  614. Chris Morris
  615. Derek Whyte
  616. Tommy Wright
  617. Brian Horne
  618. Graham Kavanagh
  619. Craig Hignett
  620. Chris Kamara
  621. Dwight Marshall
  622. Alan Moore
  623. Andy Collett
  624. Richard Liburd
  625. Anthony Barness
  626. Phil Stamp
  627. Mark Taylor
  628. Michael Barron
  629. Ian Johnson
  630. John Gannon
  631. Neil Illman
  632. Michael Oliver
  633. Paul Forrester
  634. Steve Vickers
  635. Andy Todd
  636. David Winnie
  637. Alan Miller
  638. Neil Cox
  639. Nigel Pearson
  640. Clayton Blackmore
  641. Bryan Robson
  642. Jaime Moreno
  643. Ben Roberts
  644. Wesley Byrne
  645. Alan White
  646. Paul Richardson
  647. Paul Norton
  648. Uwe Fuchs
  649. Keith O’Halloran
  650. Viv Anderson
  651. Jan-Aage Fjortoft
  652. Craig Liddle
  653. Chris Freestone
  654. Nick Barmby
  655. Phil Whelan
  656. Gary Walsh
  657. Juninho
  658. Branco
  659. Andy Campbell
  660. Mark Summerbell
  661. Emerson
  662. Fabrizio Ravanelli
  663. Mikkel Beck
  664. Gianluca Festa
  665. Mark Schwarzer
  666. Vladimir Kinder
  667. Paul Merson
  668. Andy Townsend
  669. Anthony Ormerod
  670. Craig Harrison
  671. Steve Baker
  672. Fabio Moreira
  673. Neil Maddison
  674. Robbie Stockdale
  675. Michael Thomas
  676. Alun Armstrong
  677. Marco Branca
  678. Marlon Beresford
  679. Hamilton Ricard
  680. Paul Gascoigne
  681. Dean Gordon
  682. Brian Deane
  683. Keith O’Neill
  684. Jason Gavin
  685. Michael Cummins
  686. Christian Ziege
  687. Paul Ince
  688. Carlos Marinelli
  689. Sean Kilgannon
  690. Christian Karembeu
  691. Joseph-Desire Job
  692. Alen Boksic
  693. Noel Whelan
  694. Paul Okon
  695. Chris Bennion
  696. Stuart Parnaby
  697. Mark Crossley
  698. Ugo Ehiogu
  699. Mark Hudson
  700. Dean Windass
  701. Gareth Southgate
  702. Jonathan Greening
  703. Mark Wilson
  704. Szilard Nemeth
  705. Allan Johnston
  706. David Murphy
  707. Franck Queudrue
  708. Benito Carbone
  709. Luke Wilkshire
  710. Mickael Debeve
  711. Stewart Downing
  712. George Boateng
  713. Geremi
  714. Massimo Maccarone
  715. Tony Vidmar
  716. Craig Dove
  717. Andrew Davies
  718. Brian Close
  719. Jamie Cade
  720. Chris Riggott
  721. Michael Ricketts
  722. Malcolm Christie
  723. John Eustace
  724. Doriva
  725. Alan Wright
  726. Gaizka Mendieta
  727. Danny Mills
  728. Bolo Zenden
  729. Carlo Nash
  730. Brad Jones
  731. James Morrison
  732. Michael Reiziger
  733. Ray Parlour
  734. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
  735. Mark Viduka
  736. Tony McMahon
  737. Danny Graham
  738. Matthew Bates
  739. Adam Johnson
  740. David Wheater
  741. Jason Kennedy
  742. Yakubu
  743. Emanuel Pogatetz
  744. Abel Xavier
  745. Fabio Rochemback
  746. Lee Cattermole
  747. Andrew Taylor
  748. Ross Turnbull
  749. Josh Walker
  750. Tom Craddock
  751. Julio Arca
  752. Jonathan Woodgate
  753. Jason Euell
  754. Robert Huth
  755. Sebastian Hines
  756. Lee Dong-Gook
  757. Jeremie Aliadiere
  758. Tuncay Sanli
  759. Mido
  760. Luke Young
  761. Gary O’Neil
  762. Mohamed Shawky
  763. Graeme Owens
  764. Ben Hutchinson
  765. Jonathan Grounds
  766. Afonso Alves