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637:1966:
629:1965:
574:Clarke
556:Little
550:Bowman
544:Waters
526:Foster
520:Peters
463:Awards
426:
199:(loan)
69:Height
62:Buxton
1486:Morsy
1478:James
1470:Byrne
1438:Gómez
1358:Filan
1302:Jones
1278:Lyons
1262:Daley
1206:Kelly
1182:Bradd
1166:Brown
1039:Stead
1015:Judge
843:Short
827:Withe
811:Yates
695:Brown
687:Bradd
639:Bates
568:Bradd
538:Moore
514:Death
385:Wigan
328:Leeds
305:Stoke
221:(182)
210:Total
149:(125)
92:Years
1462:Burn
1310:Lowe
1158:Gore
967:Pipe
919:Dyer
911:Ward
819:Pike
751:Hunt
727:Mann
572:FW:
566:FW:
562:Cork
560:FW:
554:MF:
548:MF:
542:MF:
536:DF:
530:DF:
524:DF:
518:DF:
512:GK:
424:ISBN
330:and
318:and
307:and
191:1982
185:(25)
167:(31)
102:Apps
96:Team
368:at
320:WBA
216:582
205:(1)
164:117
146:398
131:(0)
110:Gls
1539::
341:.
326:,
248:.
195:→
182:63
48:)
1135:e
1128:t
1121:v
608:e
601:t
594:v
494:e
487:t
480:v
432:.
202:1
128:3
112:)
108:(
44:(
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