The Oldest and The Youngest

 

Tyros

First Match

Age

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

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

Alan Finney

24th February

1951

17

years

116 days

Peter Shirtliff

12th August

1978

17

years

128 days

Tony Gregory

24th August

1985

17

years

156 days

Chris Bart-Williams

23rd November

1991

17

years

160 days

Brian Cox

17th October

1978

17

years

163 days

David Grant

17th December

1977

17

years

198 days

Albert Quixall

24th February

1951

17

years

199 days

Neil Owen

14th May

1977

17

years

212 days

Mel Sterland

17th May

1979

17

years

228 days

Jackie Robinson

22nd April

1935

17

years

255 days

Ronnie Ferguson

9th November

1974

17

years

273 days

Charlie Williamson

21st December

1979

17

years

280 days

Andy Burgin

9th January

1965

17

years

309 days

Frank Noble

31st August

1963

17

years

309 days

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.

O.A.P.

Last Match

Age

Jerry Jackson 27th August  1923

46

years

Trevor Francis

20th November

1993

39

years

215 days

Andrew Wilson

10th March

1920

39

years

91 days

Tom Brittleton

1st May

1920

38

years

8 days

Jack Brown

20th March

1937

38

years

1 day

Joe Cockroft

16th October

1948

37

years

118 days

Teddy Davison

20th December

1924

37

years

109 days

George Hunt

30th August

1947

36

years

312 days

Viv Anderson

15th May

1993

36

years

259 days

Peter Swan

11th November

1972

36

years

34 days

Jimmy Seed

4th April

1931

36

years

10 days

Redfern Froggatt

30th April

1960

35

years

251 days

Lawrie Madden

8th May

1991

35

years

222 days

Chris Woods

14th May

1995

35

years

181 days

Walter Rickett

6th September

1952

35

years

170 days

Norman Curtis

6th February

1960

35

years

149 days

Kevin Gallacher 21st April  2002

35

years 149 days

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.