[Cicero]

Paul Kinnaird cropped up in a conversation at work today. We reckoned he played for at least 15 different senior clubs.

Is there any player that can top that?

[Owsley]

If it's not just Scottish football, then Peter Duffield and John Burridge are hard to beat.

[GordieBoy80]

How many has Jim Hamilton had ? 14 I think.

[ICTChris]

Colin Cramb has also been about.

[Ross.]

John Burridge was the first name I thought of, Andy Dibble also played for quite a few although I don't know if you'd count loan spells.

[stuthejag]

Cicero, on 07 December 2011 - 17:00, said:

Paul Kinnaird cropped up in a conversation at work today. We reckoned he played for at least 15 different senior clubs.

Is there any player that can top that?

PK played league football for 18 senior clubs.

Dundee Utd, Motherwell, St Mirren, Partick Thistle, Shrewsbury Town, St Johnstone, Derry City, Bohemians, Coleraine, Dunfermline Athletic, Scarbrough, Ayr Utd, Stranraer, Leifur, Ross County, QOS, Brechin City and Clydebank.

Other former Thistle players with over 10 league clubs inc.

Chic Charnley, 11
Tommy Callaghan, 11
Jim Hamilton, 13
Jose Quitongo, 15

[Snowy Malone]

I make it 20 for Budgie.

Workington 68-71 27
Blackpool 70-76 134
Aston Villa 75-77 65
Southend United (on loan) 77-78 6
Crystal Palace 77-79 88
Queens Park Rangers 80-82 39
Wolverhampton Wds. 82-84 74
Derby County (on loan) 84-85 6
Sheffield United 84-87 109
Southampton 87-89 62
Newcastle United 89-91 67
Hibernian 91-93 65
Scarborough 93-94 3
Lincoln City 93-94 4
Aberdeen 93-94 3
Dumbarton 94-95 3
Falkirk 94-95 3
Manchester City 94-95 4
Darlington 95-96 3
Queen of the South 95-96 6

Team-seasons-apps

[NE63 exile]

stuthejag, on 07 December 2011 - 22:17, said:

PK played league football for 18 senior clubs.

Dundee Utd, Motherwell, St Mirren, Partick Thistle, Shrewsbury Town, St Johnstone, Derry City, Bohemians, Coleraine, Dunfermline Athletic, Scarbrough, Ayr Utd, Stranraer, Leifur, Ross County, QOS, Brechin City and Clydebank.

Other former Thistle players with over 10 league clubs inc.

Chic Charnley, 11
Tommy Callaghan, 11
Jim Hamilton, 13
Jose Quitongo, 15

Been looking at that A to Z of transfers, couple of other ex Thistle players Kenny Brannigan has played for 14 as has John Hillcoat.

There were a fair few journeyman around in the 80s & 90s. Jim Moffatt has had 10 as has Darren Henderson, Robert Reilly (11) , Willie Watters (12) and
Danny Diver (12).

[Monkey Tennis]

Snowy Malone, on 07 December 2011 - 22:45, said:

I make it 20 for Budgie.

Workington 68-71 27
Blackpool 70-76 134
Aston Villa 75-77 65
Southend United (on loan) 77-78 6
Crystal Palace 77-79 88
Queens Park Rangers 80-82 39
Wolverhampton Wds. 82-84 74
Derby County (on loan) 84-85 6
Sheffield United 84-87 109
Southampton 87-89 62
Newcastle United 89-91 67
Hibernian 91-93 65
Scarborough 93-94 3
Lincoln City 93-94 4
Aberdeen 93-94 3
Dumbarton 94-95 3
Falkirk 94-95 3
Manchester City 94-95 4
Darlington 95-96 3
Queen of the South 95-96 6

Team-seasons-apps

I'd actually thought he played more times than that for us. His spell certainly felt like it lasted a while and given how awful it was, it's hard to believe he was playing for Man City during the previous season.

I felt a bit haunted by him. As well as playing for Queens, he'd been Newcastle 'keeper when I watched them as a student in the early nineties and he even cropped up when I went with my Hibs supporting brother in law to the League Cup Final against Dunfermline.

One of those halfwits euphemistically described in football as a character. Burridge that is, not my brother in law.

[dave.j]

PK News Item

[stuthejag]

dave.j, on 09 December 2011 - 12:00, said:

PK News Item

I only included clubs where he played in league games. He had been a apprentice at Norwich City had month long trials at Burnley and Leyton Orient before joining Thistle for the first time.

[NE63 exile]

Ex-England under-21 international Trevor Benjamin is onto his 31st club. Something like 17 senior clubs and 14 non-league clubs down in England.