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The Oldest and The Youngest |
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Tyros |
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First Match |
Age |
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Peter Fox |
31st March |
1973 |
15 |
years |
269 days |
|
Gary Scothorn |
18th February |
1967 |
16 |
years |
257 days |
| Mark Platts | 10th February | 1995 |
16 |
years | 264 days |
|
John Pearson |
13th September |
1980 |
17 |
years |
12 days |
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Peter Wicks |
16th January |
1965 |
17 |
years |
15 days |
| Owen Morrison | 26th December | 1998 |
17 |
years | 18 days |
|
Arthur Hukin |
27th November |
1954 |
17 |
years |
36 days |
|
Tony Simmons |
15th May |
1982 |
17 |
years |
95 days |
| Chris Stringer | 13 August | 2000 |
17 |
years | 72 days |
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Alan Finney |
24th February |
1951 |
17 |
years |
116 days |
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Peter Shirtliff |
12th August |
1978 |
17 |
years |
128 days |
|
Tony Gregory |
24th August |
1985 |
17 |
years |
156 days |
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Chris Bart-Williams |
23rd November |
1991 |
17 |
years |
160 days |
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Brian Cox |
17th October |
1978 |
17 |
years |
163 days |
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David Grant |
17th December |
1977 |
17 |
years |
198 days |
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Albert Quixall |
24th February |
1951 |
17 |
years |
199 days |
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Neil Owen |
14th May |
1977 |
17 |
years |
212 days |
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Mel Sterland |
17th May |
1979 |
17 |
years |
228 days |
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Jackie Robinson |
22nd April |
1935 |
17 |
years |
255 days |
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Ronnie Ferguson |
9th November |
1974 |
17 |
years |
273 days |
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Charlie Williamson |
21st December |
1979 |
17 |
years |
280 days |
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Andy Burgin |
9th January |
1965 |
17 |
years |
309 days |
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Frank Noble |
31st August |
1963 |
17 |
years |
309 days |
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Ian Nimmo |
13th December |
1975 |
17 |
years |
324 days |
Jerry Jackson is in fact the Wednesday trainer - forced to play when two players don't turn up for an away match at Port Vale. He lasts 35 minutes before he is too shagged out to continue.
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O.A.P. |
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Last Match |
Age |
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| Jerry Jackson | 27th August | 1923 |
46 |
years | |
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Trevor Francis |
20th November |
1993 |
39 |
years |
215 days |
|
Andrew Wilson |
10th March |
1920 |
39 |
years |
91 days |
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Tom Brittleton |
1st May |
1920 |
38 |
years |
8 days |
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Jack Brown |
20th March |
1937 |
38 |
years |
1 day |
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Joe Cockroft |
16th October |
1948 |
37 |
years |
118 days |
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Teddy Davison |
20th December |
1924 |
37 |
years |
109 days |
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George Hunt |
30th August |
1947 |
36 |
years |
312 days |
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Viv Anderson |
15th May |
1993 |
36 |
years |
259 days |
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Peter Swan |
11th November |
1972 |
36 |
years |
34 days |
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Jimmy Seed |
4th April |
1931 |
36 |
years |
10 days |
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Redfern Froggatt |
30th April |
1960 |
35 |
years |
251 days |
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Lawrie Madden |
8th May |
1991 |
35 |
years |
222 days |
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Chris Woods |
14th May |
1995 |
35 |
years |
181 days |
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Walter Rickett |
6th September |
1952 |
35 |
years |
170 days |
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Norman Curtis |
6th February |
1960 |
35 |
years |
149 days |
| Kevin Gallacher | 21st April | 2002 |
35 |
years | 149 days |
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Tommy Crawshaw |
7th March |
1908 |
35 |
years |
71 days |
|
Alf Strange |
22nd April |
1935 |
35 |
years |
20 days |
|
Doug Witcomb |
25th April |
1953 |
35 |
years |
7 days |
There are currently 3 OAP's at the club.
Tron Egil
Soltvedt is already 35 and will pass Redfern Froggatt is he plays against
Watford on the 24th of October.
Danny Maddix will be 35 on 11th October and so will join the OAP's club if he
plays against Ipswich the following day.
Kevin Pressman will be 35 on the 6th November and his 35th birthday match will
be Norwich City away 3 days later.
Efan Ekoku narrowly missed out on playing for Wednesday after his 35th birthday.
His last game for the club was on the 6th April 2002, when he was 34 years 302
days old.