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fee – a clause that Vale later bought out for an undisclosed sum). This was settled by a
Football League tribunal as a compromise between Vale's offer of £5,000 and City's demand of £60,000. Vale fans raised £7,500 of the fee with a 'buy a player' fund. He later admitted that throughout his early
618:"A terrific goal-scorer. Darren was very athletic, had unbelievable spring in his legs and could finish. As a striker, he ticked all the boxes. If we came up against a top team, we knew he was easily good enough to hold his own. Darren had a unique personality. If someone upset him off the
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591:Jimmy Frizzell
582:
579:
567:Third Division
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52:(age 57)
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1471:Norwich City
981:Danny Webber
958:
950:
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882:St Johnstone
859:
834:Chris Sutton
815:
803:Bramall Lane
767:
764:Norwich City
746:Norwich City
739:
722:
701:Robbie Earle
681:Notts County
677:Chesterfield
638:
632:Robbie Earle
617:
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483:Norwich City
449:
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221:Norwich City
128:
121:
116:
91:Youth career
18:
2782:1967 births
2735:14 November
2687:Port Online
2551:17 November
846:Aston Villa
826:Mark Robins
822:Mike Walker
779:Carrow Road
758:club record
735:John Rudge.
657:David Riley
651:he was the
624:Andy Porter
81:Position(s)
50:12 May 1967
2776:Categories
2500:1 November
2474:5 December
2451:4 December
2297:27 October
2167:0362020175
2156:. London:
2133:30 October
2078:References
1913:Conference
1268:Port Vale
946:Manchester
890:substitute
850:Villa Park
842:Rob Newman
807:Ian Bryson
795:Bryan Gunn
783:League Cup
742:John Rudge
725:blancmange
693:1989 final
599:Andy Jones
559:Maine Road
547:youth team
455:youth team
437:footballer
66:Manchester
46:1967-05-12
2693:28 August
2628:15 August
2577:29 August
2068:play-offs
2059:Port Vale
1903:Southport
1229:Port Vale
906:Southport
870:hamstring
866:Joe Royle
838:Lee Power
689:aggregate
673:play-offs
665:promotion
641:hat-trick
587:Port Vale
581:Port Vale
575:Gigg Lane
515:Southport
487:Vale Park
475:play-offs
471:promotion
467:Port Vale
376:1997–1998
345:Southport
252:1996–1997
234:1993–1996
216:1991–1993
203:Port Vale
198:1987–1991
184:Port Vale
140:1984–1987
97:1980–1984
68:, England
62:Moss Side
32:Full name
2349:10 March
2229:30 March
1017:Division
811:ligament
730:—
671:via the
634:in 2012.
629:—
607:transfer
473:via the
2603:5 March
2494:SFC FPA
2054:Honours
1990:1997–98
1949:1997–98
1908:1997–98
1869:1996–97
1864:Walsall
1830:1996–97
1791:1996–97
1750:1996–97
1682:1995–96
1648:1994–95
1614:1993–94
1580:1992–93
1510:1992–93
1476:1991–92
1408:1990–91
1374:1989–90
1340:1988–89
1306:1987–88
1272:1986–87
1235:1986–87
1231:(loan)
1193:1985–86
1189:(loan)
1124:1986–87
1088:1985–86
1052:1984–85
1003:League
1000:Season
977:Everton
961:Jamaica
930:forward
898:Walsall
824:signed
818:1992–93
791:1991–92
787:Everton
748:of the
733:Manager
709:1990–91
705:1989–90
667:to the
661:1988–89
649:1987–88
603:1986–87
507:Walsall
441:forward
311:Walsall
85:Forward
2758:
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2525:23 May
2397:
2372:
2323:5 June
2252:
2164:
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1825:Fulham
1715:Total
1545:Total
1441:Total
1157:Total
1041:Goals
1012:Total
1009:Other
916:, and
894:Fulham
886:Dundee
874:Hearts
775:hernia
717:FA Cup
697:corner
533:Career
503:Fulham
495:Hearts
293:Fulham
186:(loan)
166:(loan)
73:Height
1035:Goals
1029:Goals
1023:Goals
997:Club
620:pitch
612:vomit
569:club
445:Jason
409:Total
113:Years
2756:ISBN
2737:2023
2695:2017
2649:ISBN
2630:2020
2605:2022
2579:2010
2553:2016
2527:2018
2502:2022
2476:2011
2453:2011
2395:ISBN
2370:ISBN
2351:2024
2325:2020
2299:2012
2250:ISBN
2231:2020
2162:ISBN
2135:2022
2097:ISBN
2072:1989
2047:120
1985:Bury
1187:Bury
1038:Apps
1032:Apps
1026:Apps
1020:Apps
975:and
914:Bury
884:and
840:and
816:The
699:for
571:Bury
563:loan
525:and
523:Bury
479:1989
463:Bury
459:loan
420:(96)
394:1998
381:Bury
358:1997
340:1997
324:1997
306:1997
288:1997
270:1997
246:(11)
210:(67)
178:1987
164:Bury
158:1985
123:Apps
117:Team
2044:380
2026:313
1739:17
1642:10
1569:13
1504:11
1465:81
1462:214
1444:178
1436:23
1402:21
1368:23
1334:10
848:at
801:at
565:at
477:in
461:at
415:313
388:(0)
370:(1)
352:(0)
318:(0)
300:(0)
282:(0)
264:(0)
228:(8)
207:167
192:(4)
172:(5)
152:(0)
131:Gls
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2038:39
2035:10
2032:28
2029:96
2018:0
1979:1
1938:1
1897:0
1858:0
1819:0
1780:2
1777:12
1736:65
1721:11
1718:52
1710:4
1707:23
1689:20
1676:0
1639:30
1621:22
1608:3
1566:49
1548:38
1540:2
1537:10
1501:39
1483:30
1456:22
1450:14
1447:71
1433:47
1418:21
1415:43
1399:51
1384:17
1381:42
1365:55
1359:10
1350:20
1347:42
1331:50
1313:40
1300:4
1297:11
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1260:11
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2012:0
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1976:4
1973:0
1970:0
1967:0
1964:0
1961:1
1958:4
1935:1
1932:1
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