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Rovers' Records

Posted on: Tue 10 Jul 2007

Honours:
Division 3 (North) Champions - 1937-38
Welsh FA Cup Winners - 1934-35
Division Three Play Off Winners v Bolton 1-0 1990-91
Leyland Daf Winners 1989-90

Best League Cup Run:
Runners-up 1999-2000

Highest Ever League Finish:
4th in Division 1: 1992-93

Best FA Cup Run:
Quarter Finals 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2003-04

Record Home Attendance:
24,424 v Stoke City in FA Cup Round 4, 5/2/1972

Biggest Home League Win:
13-4 v Oldham Athletic in Division 3 North - 26/12/1935

Biggest Away League Win:
7-3 v Darlington in Division 3 North - 31/03/1928

Biggest FA Cup Win:
13-0 v Oswestry United in Round 2 - 10/10/1914

Biggest FL Cup Win:
5-1 v Oxford United in Round 2 1st Leg - 23/09/1969
5-1 v Coventry City in Round 2 1st Leg - 14/9/1999

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Most League points in a season:
60 in Division 4 - 1964-65 (2 points for a win)
80 in Division 4 - 1988-89 (3 points for a win)
80 in Division 3 - 1989-90
80 in Division 2 - 2002-03

Most League Wins in a season:
27 in Division 4 - 1964-65

Most League Goals in a season:
111 in Division 3 North - 1930-31

Best Home League game sequence:
26 games unbeaten in Division 4 and 3 24/10/88 - 10/11/1989

Most successive League wins:
9 in Divisions 4 and 3 from 29/10/64 - 28/12/64 and 9/2/90 to 19/3/90

Most Career goals:
Ian Muir 180 (League 142 Cups 38) 1985-86 - 1994-95

Most goals in a season:
Bunny Bell 40 (34 League and 6 Cup) 1933-34
John Aldridge 40 (League 22 Cups 18) 1991-92

Most Career appearances:
Ray Mathias 637 (League 567 Cups 70) 1967-68 - 1984-85

Most League Appearances:
Harold Bell 595 1946-47- 1959-60

Most Consecutive League Appearances:
Harold Bell 401 1946-47 - 1955-56 (inc 26 in the FA Cup)

Most Capped player:
John Aldridge - 30 for Republic of Ireland 1991-97

Youngest Player:
Iain Hume 16 years 167 days v Swindon - 15/04/2000

Oldest Player:
Eric Nixon 39 years 352 days v Crewe - 21/09/2002

Record transfer fee received:
£2.5 million from West Bromwich Albion for Jason Koumas - 29/08/2002

Record transfer fee paid:
£450,000 to Aston Villa for Shaun Teale - 9/8/1995

Most clean sheets in a season:
25 - Eric Nixon 1988-89

Most successive games scored in:
23 - 12/9/1931 - 20/1/1932

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