Substitute appearances

[Yorkshire Blue]

Macauley Bonne has made 151 sub appearances in his career to date.

With a decent cup run he could theoretically make it to 200 this season.

What’s the record for most sub appearances in a career

(a) for Southend
(b) by a player who has played for Southend; and
(c) by any player

This seems like something @Napster would know

Has anyone made more sub appearances for us than Tilly?

I reckon Marc-Antoine Fortune, Jermaine McGlashan, Gary Hooper, Hal Robson-Kanu and Theo Robinson must have all reached a ton of sub appearances in their careers. Maybe Paul Furlong and Lee Barnard as well?

 

[Exiled Shrimper]

Macauley Bonne has made 151 sub appearances in his career to date.

With a decent cup run he could theoretically make it to 200 this season.

What’s the record for most sub appearances in a career

(a) for Southend
(b) by a player who has played for Southend; and
(c) by any player

This seems like something @Napster would know

Has anyone made more sub appearances for us than Tilly?

I reckon Marc-Antoine Fortune, Jermaine McGlashan, Gary Hooper, Hal Robson-Kanu and Theo Robinson must have all reached a ton of sub appearances in their careers. Maybe Paul Furlong and Lee Barnard as well?

Looking at Soccerbase (which keeps season stats from 1996 onwards, and some career stats beyond that):

a) most substitute appearances for Southend:
Freddy Eastwood (58)
Barry Corr (54)
Theo Robinson (50)
Steve Tilson (45)
Tesfaye Bramble (44)
Jermaine McGlashan (42)
Trevor Fitzpatrick, Andy Thomson (41)

b) most substitute appearances by any player who has played for Southend United:
Robinson (234)
Matt Harrold (215)
Myles Weston (196)
Hal Robson-Kanu (188)
Neil Harris (164)
Thomson (161)
McGlashan, David Worrall (153)

(Marc-Antoine Fortune 131, Hooper 138, Barnard 107, Furlong 136 from those you mentioned)

A few caveats: on the latter, I only looked at players that had made a significant number of appearances or sub appearances for us, on the basis that they'd be likely to have made a number of sub appearances for us in amongst a total of 150+ sub appearances in total. Happy for others to identify some others and correct this! Also, Soccerbase doesn't count FA Trophy, FA Cup qualifying rounds or Step 2 and below appearances, so some numbers may be adjusted from that where a player (or club!) has dropped into non-league football.

c) Don't know this; a Google search for most substitute appearances just throws up most Premier League substitute appearances, or most overall appearances.

d) Most substitute appearances in a season for Southend United (1996/97 onwards):
25: Harrold (2006/07), Lawrie Dudfield (2004/05)
24: McGlashan (2016/17), Eastwood (2013/14)
23: Barry Corr (2012/13), Jack Wood (2023/24)
21: Weston (2014/15), Stuart Thurgood (2002/03)
20: Michael Kightly (2018/19), Eastwood (2012/13), Hooper (2006/07), Bramble (2003/04)

 

[Napster]

Across the 60s, 70s and 80s and up to 93/4 season (all comps):

Gymer 27
McDonough 26
Nelson 26
Tilson 26
Pountney 25
Greaves 20
Polycarpou 20
Taylor 19
Beesley 18
Locke 18
Nicky Smith 17

Top sub appearances in the 1960s:

Beesley 14 (7 in the 68/9 season) - would make another 4 in 70/1 to bring him to 18 in total
Baber 10
Hunt 8 (all in 69/70)
Woodley 5

1970s:

Taylor 19 (12 in 71/2)
Polycarpou 16 - would make 4 in 80/1 to bring him to 20 in total
Walker 14 (9 in 78/9) - one more in 81/2 to bring him to 15
Pountney 13 (6 in 75/6) - 12 more over the next few seasons to bring him to 25
Dyer 8
Cunningham 7
Goodwin 7
Nelson 7 (all in 79/80) - 19 over the next few seasons (11 in 80/1), bringing him to 26
Moore 7

1980s

Gymer 27 (12 in 85/6)
McDonough 26
Greaves 20 (13 in 81/2)
Smith 17
Robinson 13
May 12 (8 in 83/4)
Pountney 12
Tilson 12
Ling 11
Ferguson 10 (83/4)

90s- Up to 93/4:

Locke 18 - 11 in 90/1
Tilson 14
Sussex 13
O'Callaghan 11


Allon 1
Angell 8
Ansah 13
Ashenden 1
Bressington 1
Brown 1
Butler 5
Cagigao 1
Cawley 1
Cook 2
Cornwell 9
Edwards 3
Gridelet 7 (all in 93/4)
Hall 8
Harding 2
Howell 2
Hunt 8 (all in 93/4)
Hyslop 3
Jones G 9 (all in 93/4)
Jones K 2
Lee 9 (all in 93/4)
Ling 2
Locke 18 - 11 in 90/1
Martin D 1
Martin J 4
Mooney 9 (all in 93/4)
Nogan 1
O'Callaghan 11
Otto 1
Payne 3
Powell 2
Royce 2
Scully 1
Southon 1
Sussex 13
Tilson 14