| Squad | Appearances | ||
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| Dave Watson | 3330' | 37 | 37 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - |
| Trevor Steven | 3062' | 35 | 35 | - | 2 | 6 | - | - | - |
| Neil Pointon | 2881' | 33 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Peter Reid | 2836' | 32 | 32 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Graeme Sharp | 2836' | 32 | 32 | - | 1 | 13 | - | - | - |
| Neville Southall | 2880' | 32 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gary Stevens | 2792' | 32 | 32 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Ian Snodin | 2524' | 31 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Adrian Heath | 2164' | 29 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 9 | - | - | - |
| Alan Harper | 2161' | 28 | 21 | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Pat van den Hauwe | 2476' | 28 | 28 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Wayne Clarke | 1987' | 27 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 10 | - | - | - |
| Kevin Ratcliffe | 2160' | 24 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kevin Sheedy | 1219' | 17 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Ian Wilson | 1173' | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Paul Power | 1082' | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Derek Mountfield | 585' | 9 | 4 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Neil Adams | 543' | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Bobby Mimms | 720' | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ian Marshall | 181' | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Phil Jones | 45' | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paul Bracewell | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| John Ebbrell | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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