paul plowman'sWHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Updated by Chris Lapham
Includes every player to have made a post-war League appearance
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| Name (click for profile) |
With
STFC (as player) |
Last known
club/occupation (where highlighted, click for more details) |
Last Updated | |
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| N | ||||
| N'DIAYE, Alassane | Mar 2011 | May 2011 | Now playing in Kuwait with Khaitan SC | Jan 2022 |
| N'GUESSAN, Dany | Sep 2013 | May 2014 | Was playing in Norway but left there in July 2017 - after just three months with IK Start | |
| NAGY, Nick | Jul 1951 | Jul 1952 | ||
| NALIS, Lilian | Jul 2008 | May 2009 | Now technical advisor to the academy at his former club CA Bastia | Jul 2019 |
| NAVARRO, Alan | Jul 2012 | Feb 2014 | Now works for a company offering insurance packages designed for professional sports people | Jun 2016 |
| NDAH, George | Nov 1997 | Oct 1999 | Now assists in running an independent football academy in south London | Feb 2018 |
| NEAL, John | Jul 1957 | Jul 1959 | Died in November 2014 | |
| NELSON, Garry | Aug 1983 | Jun 1985 | Now head of marketing for a travel insurance company based in Essex | Jan 2015 |
| NELSON, Sid | Aug 2018 | Jan 2019 (loan) | Now with Farnborough | Jun 2023 |
| NICHOLAS, Andy | Jul 2003 | May 2008 | Now with Warrington Town | May 2016 |
| NICOLAU, Nicky | Jul 2005 | May 2006 | Now with Bishops Stortford | May 2015 |
| NIGHTINGALE, Luke | Dec 2002 | Jan 2003 (loan) | Retired in October 2011 | |
| NIJHOLT, Luc | Jul 1993 | Aug 1995 | Now back in Holland as assistant coach at Utrecht | Jan 2018 |
| NOBLE, Peter | Jan 1968 | Jun 1973 | Died in May 2017 | |
| NORRIS, Luke | Aug 2016 | Jun 2018 | Now with Tranmere Rovers | Jul 2023 |
| NOUBISSIE, Patrick | Jan 2007 | May 2007 | Now physiotherapist with the Cameroon national team | Sep 2019 |
| NOUBLE, Frank | Mar 2010 | May 2010 (loan) | Now with Yeovil Town | Jul 2023 |
| NUNN, Wally | Jun 1947 | Apr 1948 | Died in November 1965 | |
| NURSE, Mel | Aug 1965 | Jun 1968 | Now a retired hotelier in Swansea | Nov 2015 |
| O | ||||
| O'BRIEN, Alan | Jul 2009 | Aug 2011 | Now a car broker based in north Swindon | Aug 2020 |
| O'BRIEN, Gerry | Mar 1976 | Jul 1977 | Now runs a family building business west of Glasgow | Aug 2013 |
| O'BRIEN, Jake | Jan 2022 | May 2022 | Now playing in France at Lyon | Aug 2023 |
| O'HALLORAN, Keith | Jul 2000 | Sep 2003 | Now Womens Football Development Officer for the F A of Ireland | Jan 2020 |
| O'HANLON, Sean | Jan 2004 | Jul 2006 | Was with Stockport County until Jun 2016 | |
| O'HARA, Mike | Nov 1961 | Aug 1963 | Now living in Australia | Sep 2015 |
| O'MAHONY, Frank | Apr 1957 | Jan 1958 | Died in December 2018 | |
| O'REGAN, Kieran | Aug 1987 | Jul 1988 | Was working for BBC local radio in Leeds until May 2016 | |
| O'SULLIVAN, Wayne | Jul 1992 | Aug 1997 | Now Head Coach at Bonnyrigg White Eagles in Australia | May 2021 |
| OAKLEY, Norman | Mar 1964 | Sep 1966 | Died in November 2016 | |
| OBADEYI, Tope | Aug 2009 | Nov 2009 (loan) | Now at Banbury United | Feb 2024 |
| OBIKA, Jonathan | Feb 2011 Aug 2014 |
Mar 2011 (loan) Jun 2017 |
Now with Motherwell | Jul 2023 |
| ODIMAYO, Akin | Aug 2020 | Jun 2022 | Now with Northampton Town | May 2023 |
| OGDEN, Chris | Aug 1978 | Nov 1979 | ||
| OJAMAA, Henrik | Sep 2015 | Dec 2015 | Now back in his native Estonia with FC Flora | Jan 2022 |
| OMOTOYE, Tyrese | Jan 2021 | May 2021 | Now with Forest Green Rovers | Feb 2023 |
| ONIBUJE, Fola | Jul 2006 | Jan 2007 | Now a consultant for an on-line gaming company | May 2017 |
| ONSLOW, Les | May 1945 | May 1951 | Died in March 2020 | |
| ONSLOW, Roy | Aug 1948 | Jul 1956 | Died in July 2007 | |
| ONUORA, Iffy | Mar 1998 | Jan 2000 | Now an under-21 coach for the England national side | Jul 2023 |
| OPARA, Lloyd | Jun 2004 | Sep 2004 | Set up his own sports academy in Waltham Abbey in June 2012 | |
| ORMONDE-OTTEWILL, Brandon | Jul 2015 | Jul 2017 | Now playing in Hungary with Puskas Akademica | Sep 2022 |
| OWEN, Maurice | Dec 1946 | cs 1963 | Died in July 2000 | |
| P | ||||
| PAGE, Louis | Jul 1945 | Jun 1953 | Died in October 1959 | |
| PAGE, Mick | Apr 1951 | Jul 1956 | Died in August 2021 | |
| PAINTER, Eddie | Oct 1938 | Jul 1952 | Died in March 2001 | |
| PALMER, Matty | Jan 2020 | Jun 2021 | Now with Notts County | Jul 2023 |
| PARKER, Bill | Feb 1953 | Jul 1953 | ||
| PARKHOUSE, Dick | Aug 1934 | May 1947 | Died in June 1992 | |
| PARKIN, Sam | Aug 2002 | Jun 2005 | Now works for Chelsea TV. Also a regular match summariser for the EFL highlghts show on ITV | Jun 2023 |
| PARKIN, Tim | Jul 1986 | Dec 1989 | A former sargeant with Cumbria Police, now retired, Tim is a scout for Reading | Oct 2017 |
| PARRETT, Dean | Mar 2013 | Apr 2013 (loan) | Joined Barnet on non-contract terms in Dec 2020 but was released after just a month | Jan 2021 |
| PARSONS, Harry | Jul 2021 | May 2023 | Now with Chippenham Town | Jun 2024 |
| PATERSON, George | Oct 1946 | Apr 1951 | Died in June 1996 | |
| PATTIMORE, Michael | Jul 1995 (trainee) | May 1998 | Still making occasional appearances for Croesyceiliog in the Welsh Second Division, while working as an erector of exhibition stands | Jan 2014 |
| PAYNE, Jack | Aug 2020 | May 2022 | Now with Colchester United | Jul 2024 |
| PAYNE, Mark | Sep 1984 | May 1986 | Declined to be interviewed | Jan 2015 |
| PAYNTER, Billy | Aug 2007 | Jun 2010 | Was manager at Northern Premier League club Runcorn Linnets until May 2024 | |
| PEACH, David | Mar 1980 | Mar 1982 | Now runs his own construction company based in the New Forest | Aug 2013 |
| PEACOCK, Lee | Jan 2006 | Jan 2010 | Now assistant manager at Plymouth Parkway FC | Jul 2024 |
| PEAPELL, Dennis | Nov 1963 | Jul 1965 | Now retired. Still lives in Swindon | Nov 2010 |
| PEART, Bobby | May 1948 | Jul 1952 | Died in December 1966 | |
| PEEBLES, Dick | May 1950 | May 1951 | Died in June 2004 | |
| PEMBERY, Gordon | Jun 1956 | Jul 1957 | Died in March 2013 | |
| PENMAN, Willie | Sep 1966 | Aug 1970 | Died in December 2017 | |
| PEPLOW, Steve | May 1970 | Jul 1973 | Died in December 2021 | |
| PERICARD, Vincent | Jan 2010 | May 2011 | Retired in March 2012 and now runs his own player welfare management company | May 2012 |
| PETERSON, Paul | Jun 1971 | May 1973 | Now retired. Lives in Herts | Nov 2010 |
| PHILLIPS, Marcus | Jul 1992 | May 1995 | Now a sales executive for a financial services company based in Auckland, New Zealand | Jul 2016 |
| PITMAN, Brett | Sep 2020 | Jul 2021 | Now with Baffins Milton Rovers | Aug 2024 |
| PITMAN, Jamie | Jul 1994 | Feb 1996 | Now a skills coach for the F A in Herefordshire | Dec 2015 |
| POOK, Michael | May2005 | May 2009 | Now with Cirencester Town | Jan 2018 |
| PORTER, Chris | Nov 1969 | May 1974 | Now retired. Lives in Somerset | Jan 2020 |
| POTTER, Ron | Nov 1970 | May 1975 | Now retired. Lives in the west Midlands | Jan 2015 |
| PREECE, David | Mar 1996 | Apr 1996 (loan) | Died in July 2007 | |
| PREECE, Jack | Jun 1947 | Aug 1948 | Died in July 2003 | |
| PRESTON, Matt | Sep 2017 | May 2018 | Now with Hereford | Aug 2024 |
| PRITCHARD, Alex | Jul 2013 | May 2014 (loan) | Now playing in Turkey with Sivasspor | Jul 2024 |
| PRITCHARD, Howard | Jul 1981 | Aug 1983 | Was a driver at Frenchay Hospital in Bristol until it closed in 2014. Runs his own driving school. | Aug 2015 |
| PROCTOR, Michael | Feb 2005 | Mar 2005 (loan) | Now works for local radio in Sunderland | Dec 2015 |
| PROPHETT, Colin | Aug 1974 | Sep 1978 | Now retired, Colin was previously a sales director for a tool manufacturing company. Click here for more | Nov 2005 |
| PROUTON, Ralph | Jul 1952 | May 1953 | Died in September 2018 | |
| PRUTTON, David | Jul 2010 | May 2011 | Now works for Sky Sports as a match co-commentator | Aug 2015 |
| PRYCE, Sol | Jul 2018 | May 2019 | Now in a second spell with Highworth Town | Oct 2022 |
| PURKISS, Ben | Jul 2017 | May 2018 | Was chairman of the PFA until May 2021 | |
| Q | ||||
| QUINN, Jimmy | Nov 1981 Dec 1986 Oct 1998 |
Aug 1984 Jun 1988 May 2000 |
Was still in management until 2013. Now works as a lorry driver and lives in Cheshire | Mar 2015 |
| R | ||||
| RADFORD, 'Connor' | Aug 1952 | May 1953 | Died in December 1981 | |
| RAMSEY, Chris | Aug 1984 | Aug 1987 | After being axed as manager at QPR, Chris returned to the club two months later as technical director. In 2019, he was awarded an MBE for services to football. | Nov 2019 |
| RANDALL, Will | Jul 2013 | Jan 2016 | Now on loan at Dorking Wanderers from Ebbsfleet United | Nov 2024 |
| RANGER, Nile | Aug 2013 | May 2014 | Now with Kettering Town | Sep 2024 |
| RAZAK, Hamdi | Jan 2009 | May 2009 | Has now returned to France and is in his second spell with Red Star 93 | Aug 2015 |
| RECKORD, Jamie | Jan 2014 | Apr 2014 (loan) | Now with Gloucester City | Jul 2023 |
| REDDY, Michael | Jan 2001 | Apr 2007 (loan) | Co-founder and managing director of a Manchester-based company that links professional athletes with coaches | Jan 2016 |
| REED, Louis | Aug 2021 | Jan 2023 | Now with Mansfield Town | |
| REEVES, Alan | Jun 1998 | Jan 2006 | Was senior development phase coach at AFC Wimbledon until May 2019 | |
| REEVES, Jake | Aug 2014 | Dec 2014 | Now with AFC Wimbledon | Jun 2023 |
| REID, Tyler | Jul 2019 | Sep 2020 | Now playing in Finland with VPS | Mar 2022 |
| REVELL, Alex | Sep 2009 | Jan 2010 (loan) | Now manager at Stevenage | May 2024 |
| REYNOLDS, Jamie | Sep 1985 | Jul 1987 | ||
| RHODES, Alex | Oct 2006 | Nov 2006 (loan) | With Margate until his contract was cancelled in April 2013 | |
| RICHARDS, John | Nov 1955 | Dec 1959 | Died in November 2001 | |
| RICHARDS, Marc | Jan 2018 | May 2019 | Now a coach at Northampton Town | Sep 2022 |
| RICHARDSON, Brian | Jan 1966 | Jul 1966 | Died in May 2020 | |
| RICHARDSON, Paul | Jul 1983 | Sep 1984 | Ex-BT Engineer now enjoying retirement in rural Gloucestershire | Feb 2013 |
| RICKETTS, Sam | Mar 2015 | May 2015 (loan) | Now a supplier of materials to the building trade | Oct 2022 |
| RIDEHALGH, Liam | Sep 2011 | Nov 2011 (loan) | Now with Bradford City | Jun 2023 |
| RIDEOUT, Paul | Aug 1981 Mar 1991 |
May 1983 May 1991 (loan) |
Now under-16 and under-18 coach at Sporting Kansas City in the US | Aug 2011 |
| RISEBOROUGH, Cyril | Feb 1955 | Jul 1957 | Died in January 2018 | |
| RISSER, Oliver | Jul 2011 | Jan 2013 | Now back in his native Namibia as player-coach for DTS Hopsol | Mar 2021 |
| RITCHIE, Matt | Feb 2010 Oct 2010 |
Mar 2010 (loan) Jan 2013 |
Now with Newcastle United | Aug 2016 |
| ROBERT, Fabien | Aug 2015 | May 2016 | Now signed for Gloucester City following two loan spells there | Jul 2019 |
| ROBERTS, Christian | Oct 2004 | Sep 2008 | Now an athlete mentor for Sky Sports | Aug 2015 |
| ROBERTS, Gary | Jul 2012 | Jun 2013 | Now a member of the coaching at Chesterfield | Aug 2024 |
| ROBERTS, Kevin | Mar 1977 | May 1980 | ||
| ROBERTS, Paul | Sep 1985 | Jul 1986 | Now a London cab driver | Jan 2013 |
| ROBERTSON, Chris | Jul 2017 | May 2019 | Now with Coalville Town | Jul 2020 |
| ROBERTSON, Mark | Aug 2000 | Mar 2001 | Returned to Australia and ran his own coaching academy in Sydney. It went into liquidation in June 2016. | |
| ROBINSON, Mark | Jul 1994 | Jul 2002 | Now runs his own construction company from his home in south Gloucestershire | Jul 2016 |
| ROBINSON, Steve | Feb 2001 | Aug 2005 | Retired at the end of 2008/09 | |
| ROBINSON, Theo | Jan 2019 | May 2019 (loan) | Now with Gloucester City | Feb 2024 |
| ROBSON-KANU, Hal | Jan 2009 | Apr 2009 (loan) | Now with West Bromwich Albion | Aug 2016 |
| RODGERS, Anton | Jul 2014 | May 2017 | Now with Basingstoke Town | Jan 2022 |
| ROGERS, Don | Oct 1962 Mar 1976 |
Oct 1972 May 1977 |
Now 74, Don still runs a sports shop in Swindon | Nov 2019 |
| ROLLINGS, Andy | May 1980 | Aug 1981 | Now runs a cafe in Brighton | Jan 2014 |
| ROMANSKI, Joe | Jul 2018 | Jun 2020 | Now in a second spell at Melksham | Oct 2022 |
| ROONEY, Adam | Aug 2012 | May 2013 (loan) | Now player assistant-manager to Paul Caddis at Hereford | Jun 2023 |
| ROONEY, Luke | Jan 2012 | Nov 2013 | Now player-manager at Southern Counties East club Glebe - in the ninth tier of English football | Jul 2022 |
| ROOST, Bill | May 1957 | May 1959 | Died in February 2013 | |
| ROSE, Danny | Jan 2019 | Jun 2020 | Now at Darlington | Sep 2022 |
| ROSE, Michael | Jul 2010 | May 2011 | Now with Macclesfield Town | Jul 2018 |
| ROWLAND, Andy | Sep 1978 | May 1986 | Died in June 2024 | |
| RUDDOCK, Neil | Aug 2001 | Dec 2002 | Now tours the country as an after-dinner speaker and entertainer | Sep 2006 |
| RUSTER, Sebastien | Oct 2003 | Jan 2004 | Returned to France and now plays for Sud FC | Jul 2019 |
| RYDER, Terry | Jul 1952 | Jul 1953 | Died in January 2012 | |
| S | ||||
| SABIN, Eric | Jun 2001 | Jul 2003 | Now with the French Football Federation as the Academy Director for the Montpellier area | Aug 2015 |
| SAMPSON, Ray | May 1952 | Jul 1959 | Died in July 2019 | |
| SANCHEZ, Lawrie | Mar 1994 | May 1994 | Now a football pundit and after-dinner speaker | Aug 2020 |
| SAUNDERS, Sally | Apr 1948 | Aug 1948 | Died in March 1999 | |
| SCOTT, Keith | Nov 1993 | Dec 1994 | Now Business Development manager for an office design company in High Wycombe | May 2014 |
| SEAGRAVES, Mark | Jun 1995 | Jul 1998 | A former football pundit, he now runs two training centres in India | Jun 2020 |
| SENDLES-WHITE, Jamie | Jan 2016 | Jun 2017 | Now with Welling United | Apr 2022 |
| SHAKES, Ricky | Jul 2005 | May 2007 | Announced his retirement from playing in April 2021 | |
| SHANKS, Bob | Oct 1946 | May 1947 | Died in December 1989 | |
| SHARPE, Rhys | Oct 2016 | Jan 2017 | Now with Kettering Town | Dec 2020 |
| SHEARER, Duncan | Jun 1988 | Mar 1992 | Was Development coach at Inverness Caledonian Thistle until Jun 2017 - click here for more | |
| SHEEHAN, Alan | Nov 2009 Aug 2010 |
May 2010 (loan) Jun 2011 |
Now assistant head coach at Swansea City | Jul 2023 |
| SHEFFIELD, Jon | Jan 1994 | Mar 1994 (loan) | Now runs a goalkeeping academy in Cornwall | Jul 2015 |
| SHERGOLD, Wilf | Oct 1960 | Jun 1966 | Now retired. Lives in Dorset | Nov 2019 |
| SIMNER, Joe | Jul 1949 | Aug 1951 | Died in June 2000 | |
| SIMPSON, Fitzroy | Jul 1988 | Mar 1992 | Now runs his own football management company | Oct 2015 |
| SIMPSON, Tyreece | Jul 2021 | Jan 2022 | Now with Stevenage | Jul 2024 |
| SKEEN, Ken | Sep 1964 | Jul 1967 | Now retired, but does occasional work for the Press Association. Lives in Gloucestershire | Aug 2009 |
| SKULL, Johnny | Sep 1957 | Jul 1960 | Died in December 2021 | |
| SLABBER, Jamie | Dec 2004 | Mar 2005 (loan) | Now runs a painting and decorating service | Sep 2018 |
| SMART, Roger | May 1960 | May 1973 | Now retired. Still lives in Swindon | |
| SMITH, Alex (P) | Jan 1996 | Feb 1998 | Left Southport early in 2006/07 | |
| SMITH, Alex (R) | Jun 2013 | May 2014 | Now with Hastings United | Sep 2018 |
| SMITH, Brad | Aug 2014 | Oct 2014 (loan) | Now back in the United States for his second spell with Seattle Sounders | Sep 2020 |
| SMITH, Bryan | May 1998 | Apr 2002 | Was assistant Under-18s coach at the County Ground until early 2019 | |
| SMITH, Chris | Feb 2012 | May 2013 | Now a sports and fitness instructor based at Hanley, close to his native Stoke-on-Trent | Jun 2019 |
| SMITH, Grant | Aug 2003 | Jul 2005 | Now a football agent | Jun 2016 |
| SMITH, Jack | Jul 2005 | May 2009 | Now with Wealdstone | Dec 2016 |
| SMITH, Jack | Jun 1961 | Jan 1964 | Died in May 2008 | |
| SMITH, John | Jun 1968 | Jun 1971 | Died in February 1988 | |
| SMITH, Jonathan | Jun 2011 | July 2012 | Now with FC United of Manchester | Apr 2022 |
| SMITH, Jonny | Aug 2020 | Jan 2021 | Now with Wigan Athletic | Jul 2023 |
| SMITH, Martin | Jul 2018 | May 2019 | Now with South Shields | Jun 2022 |
| SMITH, Matt | Aug 2020 | Jan 2021 | Now with Wigan Athletic | Jul 2023 |
| SMITH, Michael | Jan 2014 | May 2016 | Now with Sheffield Wednesday | Jul 2022 |
| SMITH, Paul | Jan 2006 | Jun 2006 | Now with Billericay Town | Jun 2009 |
| SMITH, Phil | Jul 2006 | May 2012 | Now back at the County Ground as Academy goalkeeping coach | Aug 2019 |
| SMITH, Tom | Jun 2016 | May 2018 | Now with Taunton Town | May 2024 |
| SMITH, Tyler | Aug 2020 | May 2021 | Now with Bradford City | Jul 2023 |
| SPERRING, Alistair | Aug 1984 | Sep 1984 (loan) | Now managing director of a car component company in Hampshire | Aug 2013 |
| SPERTI, Franco | Jan 1973 | May 1974 | ||
| SPRATLEY, Alan | Jul 1973 | May 1974 | Now lives in Berkshire, but declined to be interviewed | Oct 2010 |
| SPROATES, Alan | Aug 1963 | Sep 1965 | Died in California in February 2015 | |
| STARKEY, Jesse | Jan 2017 | Aug 2017 | Now with Worthing | Mar 2018 |
| STEPHENS, Alf | Aug 1946 | Apr 1948 | Died in February 1993 | |
| STEPHENS, Bill | Jul 1946 | Dec 1947 | Died in November 1974 | |
| STEPHENS, Jack | Mar 2014 Sep 2014 |
May 2014 May 2015 (loans) |
Returned to Southampton and currently on loan at Bournemouth | Sep 2022 |
| STEPHENS, John | Jun 1958 | Jan 1960 | Died in February 1992 | |
| STEVENS, John | Jun 1962 | May 1964 | Died in April 2010 | |
| STEVENS, Jordan | Sep 2020 | Jan 2021 (loan) | Now with Yeovil Town | Mar 2023 |
| STEVENS, Mark | Jun 1981 | May 1983 | ||
| STEVENSON, Jon | Jul 2003 | May 2004 | Now joint player-manager at Melton Town | May 2018 |
| STEWART, Jordan | Sep 2015 | May 2017 | Now with Crusaders | May 2024 |
| STEWART, Kevin | Jul 2015 | Jan 2016 (loan) | With Blackpool until announcing his retirement from playing. Now a property developer | Aug 2024 |
| STOREY, Miles | Jul 2010 | Jun 2016 | Now with Curzon Ashton | Jun 2023 |
| STROUD, David | Jul 2003 | Dec 2006 | Now a physiotherapist at Savernake Hospital | Dec 2019 |
| STROUD, Ken | Mar 1971 | Aug 1982 | Now retired after running a guest house in Swindon with his brother Vince | Jul 2024 |
| STURGESS, Merv | Feb 1946 | May 1947 | Died in August 2001 | |
| STURROCK, Blair | Dec 2006 | May 2009 | Still playing in the Vancouver Island Soccer League in Canada | Oct 2021 |
| STURROCK, Paul | Nov 2006 | Nov 2007 | Now suffering ill health, he has retired to Cornwall | Jul 2020 |
| SUMMERBEE, Mike | Mar 1960 | Aug 1965 | Now a member of Manchester City's Commercial team | Sep 2005 |
| SUMMERBEE, Nicky | Jul 1989 Aug 2005 |
Jun 1994 (n/c) |
Now working for a television station in Qatar | Dec 2013 |
| SUTTON, John | Dec 2002 | Dec 2002 | Now Head of Development at Greenock Morton | Aug 2018 |
| SWIFT, John | Jan 2015 | May 2015 (loan) | Now with West Bromwich Albion | Jun 2022 |
| SYRETT, Dave | Nov 1973 | Aug 1977 | Died in July 2016 | |