Footballers who have played league football for both PNE and Leicester
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933) Jason Jarrett
PNE 15 apps; 1 goal
Foxes 13 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 07/03/2006 v Plymouth (A) Drawn 0-0
228) James Macauley
PNE 59 apps; 23 goals
Foxes 19 apps; 2 goals
PNE debut 15/11/13 v Liverpool (H) Lost 0-1
583) Hugh McIlmoyle
PNE 60 apps; 10 goals
Foxes 20 apps; 5 goals
PNE debut 14/08/71 v Carlisle (A) Drawn 0-0
186) Arthur Mounteney
PNE 52 apps; 11 goals
Foxes 30 apps; 11 goals
PNE debut 01/09/1909 v Nottingham Forest (H) Lost 0-1
225) Freddie Osborn
PNE 68 apps 40 goals
Foxes 67 apps; 29 goals
PNE debut 06/09/1913 v Everton (A) Lost 0-2
311) Jock Patterson
PNE 17 apps; 0 goals
Foxes 81 apps; 34 goals
PNE debut 18/10/1924 v Notts Co. (H) Lost 0-1
209) Bob Taylor
PNE 8 apps; 0 goals
Foxes 56 apps; 7 goals
PNE debut 02/09/1911 v Sheffield Wednesday (A) Won 1-0
910) Gavin Ward
PNE 7 apps 0 goals
Foxes 38 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 19/10/2004 v Q.P.R. (H) Won 2-1
125) Harry Wilcox
PNE 99 apps; 42 goals
Foxes 44 apps; 16 goals
PNE debut 28/09/1901 v Leicester Fosse (H) Won 5-0
813) Steve Wilkinson
PNE 52 apps; 13 goals
Foxes 9 apps; 1 goal
PNE debut 12/08/1995 v Lincoln (H) Lost 1-2
460) Ian Wilson
PNE 16 apps 6 goals
Foxes 12 apps; 2 goals
PNE debut 12/02/1947 v Sheffield Wednesday (A) Won 2-0
707) Frank Worthington
PNE 23 apps 3 goals
Foxes 210 apps; 22 goals
PNE debut 21/02/1987 v Torquay (A) Won 2-0
Player Profile Frank Worthington
Frank Stewart Worthington was born in Shelf near Halifax on 23 November 1948. Worthington came from a footballing family with his two older brothers starting their career with Halifax.
Worthington arrived at Huddersfield as a 15 year old in April 1964 after being spotted by their chief scout Harry Hopper.
He was given his chance by Huddersfield boss Tom Johnston in February 1967 at Crystal Palace. Worthington scored eight goals in his first two seasons and was an ever present in 1969/70 scoring 19 goals as Huddersfield won the Second Division title, seven points above Blackpool. In his first season in the top division Worthington scored 9 goals from 42 appearances.
After 171 appearances and 41 goals, Worthington left Huddersfield. He was due to go to Liverpool but failed the medical so Leicester manager Jimmy Bloomfield stepped in and Worthington signed for the Foxes in August 1972 for a fee of £80,000.
Worthington debt for Leicester was on 23 August 1972 scoring in the 1-1 draw at Manchester United. In his first season for Leicester, Worthington scored ten goals.
He was an ever present in the next two seasons scoring 20 goals in 1973/74 season, one behind Southampton's Mick Channon and 18 goals in the 1974/75 season, three behind Malcolm McDonald of Newcastle.
After his two England Under-23 appearances earlier in his career, Worthington made his first of eight England caps against Northern Ireland on 15 May 1974. England won 1-0 with his Leicester colleague scoring the goal, made by Worthington. Worthington scored two goals for England, the first against Argentina in a 2-2 draw in May 1974 and the winner in Sofia as England beat Bulgaria the following month. His last game England was a 0-0 draw against Portugal on 20 November 1974.
His days looked numbered in 1976 after a couple of transfer requests and a scathing attack on the Leicester establishment with the press reporting Worthington saying that they were an ordinary side with no skill and didn't blame the fans leaving early.
He was fined a week's wages but remained at the club. Worthington was Leicester's top scorer again with 14 goals in 1976/77.
Worthington asked to leave the following year and was agreed by manager Frank McLintock as he joined Bolton on loan in September 1977. Worthington had made 210 league appearances for Leicester, scoring 72 goals.
Worthington scored on his debut for Bolton in a 1-1 draw against Stoke on 1 October 1977. The deal was later made permanent for a fee of £87,000.
Worthington scored 11 goals in his 35 appearances in the 1977/78 season as Bolton won the Second Division title, one point above Southampton. Promotion was gained on 26 April as a Frank Worthington goal secured the two points at Blackburn.
Worthington was an ever-present in the 1978/79 season for Bolton, winning the Golden Boot with 24 goals.
Worthington had a spell on loan in the USA with Philadelphia Fury in 1979 scoring 10 goals in 21 appearances.
Worthington then joined Birmingham in November 1979 for a fee of £150,000; he had scored 35 goals in 84 appearances for Bolton. His debut for Birmingham was in a 2-1 home defeat to Leicester on 1 December 1979.
His five goals in 19 appearances helped Birmingham to gain promotion to the First Division in the 1979/80 season as they finished above Chelsea on goal difference.
Worthington had his second spell in the USA in 1981 scoring 11 goals in 26 appearances for Tampa Bay Rowdies.
When Jim Smith left and Ron Saunders took over at St.Andrews it was the beginning of the end as Worthington stated later they 'didn't see eye-to-eye either personally or footballing wise'. Worthington made 75 appearances for Birmingham, scoring 29 goals.
On 8 March 1982 Worthington joined Leeds in an exchange with Welsh International Byron Stevenson. Worthington scored his first goal for Leeds five days later in a 1-0 win at Sunderland. His 9 goals in 17 appearances including a brace against Aston Villa and his former club Birmingham , but it didn't quite save Leeds from relegation to Division Two.
His nine month spell with Leeds ended in December 1982 after 32 appearances and 14 goals when he joined Sunderland for a fee of £50,000.
His stay with Sunderland was even shorter, leaving at the end of the 1982/83 season after 19 appearances and two goals.
Worthington joined Southampton for £30,000 and made his debut in a 1-0 win at Nottingham Forest on 27 August 1983 and made 34 appearances for the club, scoring four goals in the 1983/84 season.
Worthington joined Brighton in May 1984 and stayed for the 1984/85 season scoring 7 goals in 31 appearances.
In June 1985 Worthington joined Tranmere, becoming player-manager on 7 July 1985. He made 59 appearances, scoring 21 goals for Tranmere before leaving on 11 February 1987. As manager of Tranmere, Worthington won 24 of his 83 matches with 36 defeats.
Worthington joined John McGrath at Preston making his debut on 21 February 1987 in a 2-0 win at Torquay. Worthington scored in his next two matches in a 3-2 win at Hereford and on his home debut in a 2-2 draw against Wolves. His third and final league goal for the club was as a substitute in a 3-0 victory at home to Stockport in March 1987. Preston ended up as runners-up of the Fourth Division in 1986/87.
Worthington's last appearance for PNE was in a 4-0 defeat at Bury on 24 October 1987 he had made 23 appearances for the Lilywhites, 13 of them as a substitute.
Worthington joined his eleventh league club Stockport , scoring 6 goals in 19 appearances for the remainder of the1987/88 season.
Worthington then joined South African side Cape Town Spurs before going to Sweden. He returned to England with non-league Chorley and Stalybridge Celtic before a spell in Ireland with Galway United. In 1991 he joined his hometown club in a coaching capacity.
His tally of 757 league games is the thirteenth highest in the game. In 1994 he published his autobiography 'One Hump Or Two' and now works on the after-dinner speaking circuit.
Worthington is remembered for one of the goals of the 1970's playing for Bolton against Ipswich in April 1979. Having his back to goal at the edge of the 18 yard box, he controlled the ball with his knee, flicked it over his head, turned and volleyed it past the keeper.
The ball boy who celebrated that goal behind the net was a player who later made 35 appearances for PNE his name was Julian Darby.