The comprehensive history of Tiverton Town Football Club
Neil Saunders | |
29/06/1970 | |
Consistent performances at left-back and later centre-back saw Saunders as one of the most highly regarded footballers not just at Tiverton but throughout the region. Signed from Crediton United in 1988, he spent one season playing in the Footbal Conference for Bath City in the mid 90s, but was otherwise very much a part of the Ladysmead furniture throughout his playing career. Saunders played in all three of the club’s FA Vase finals (captaining the side in 1999) and was also in the team for six of Tiverton’s seven appearances in the FA Cup First Round Proper, Although exact details are not able to be obtained it is widely accepted that Neil also holds the record number of appearances for the club, a figure totalling somewhere in the region of 650* matches. (*Given all available information, the maximum appearances possible is 693) |
PLAYER STATISTICS | |||||||
Season | Appearances | Goals | |||||
Start | Sub | Total | League | Cup | Friendly | Comp Total | |
1988/89 | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
1989/90 | - | - | - | 9 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
1990/91 | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
1991/92 | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
1992/93 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
1993/94 | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1994/95 | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1996/97 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
1997/98 | 58 | 0 | 58 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
1998/99 | 55 | 0 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
1999/00 | 54 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2000/01 | 53 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2001/02 | 50 | 3 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 271 | 3 | 274 | 34 | 13 | 0 | 47 |