Footballers who have played league football for both PNE and
A-K
858) Graham Alexander
PNE 352 apps; 52 goals
Irons 159 apps; 18 goals
PNE debut 27/03/1999 v Northampton (H) - Won 3-0
803) Graeme Atkinson
PNE 79 apps; 6 goals
Irons 1 app; 0 goals
PNE debut 15/10/1994 v
692) David Brown
PNE 74 apps; 0 goals
Irons 5 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 23/10/1986 v Tranmere (A) - Drawn 1-1
811) Matt Carmichael
PNE 10 apps; 3 goals
Irons 62 apps; 20 goals
PNE debut 18/03/1995 v Bury (H) - Won 5-0
548) Brian Godfrey
PNE 127 apps 52goals
Irons 87 apps; 24 goals
PNE debut 02/11/1963 v
767) Deiniol Graham
PNE 5 apps; 0 goals
Irons 3 apps; 1 goal
PNE debut 24/10/1992 v Mansfield (A) - Drawn 2-2
736) Steven Greaves
PNE 2 apps; 0 goals
Irons 15 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 25/08/1980 v Grimsby (H) - Lost 1-3
795) Stuart Hicks
PNE 12 apps; 0 goals
Irons 67 apps; 1 goal
PNE debut 02/04/1994 v Chester (A) - Lost 2-3
Player Profile - Graham Alexander
Graham Robert Alexander was born in Coventry on 10 October 1971 and in a career spanning 20 seasons has made over 850 appearances and scored 112 goals. His 21st season will see him play in the top tier for the first time.
Alexander started his career with
The following season he established himself in the first team mainly as a right back but sometimes in midfield. The 1991/ season he scored 5 goals in 36 matches. For the next three seasons Alexander only missed four league matches, with 5 goals in 41 matches in 1992/93; 4 from 41 matches in 1993/94 and a further 4 goals from 40 matches in 1994/95. In total Alexander had scored 18 goals from 159 league appearances.
On 8 July 1995 Alexander joined First Division Luton for a fee of £100,000. But his first season with the club saw the Hatters relegated to Division Two with Alexander making 37 appearances, scoring once.
He only missed one match in the 1996/97 season as Luton finished third but were beaten in the play-offs by sixth placed
His last appearance for Luton was in a 1-1 draw at home to
On 25 March 1999 Preston beat Burnley to his signature for a fee of £50,000 and made his debut two days later in a 3-0 win at Deepdale against
He was an ever present in 1999/.2000 as the Lilywhites won the Division Two title. He scored 6 league goals during the season, although his first goal came on 21 September 1999 as
The 2000/01 season Alexander missed 12 matches mostly due to breaking a rib in a match at Wolves on Boxing Day and returned two months later. He missed a rare penalty in the play-off semi final second leg against Birmingham but later stepped up and scored the first goal in the penalty shoot out as Preston won and made their first trip to the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Alexander again suffered heartache as
For the next three seasons Alexander missed only one match in each of those season, scoring 10 goals in 2002/03 with 8 coming from the penalty spot and 8 of the 9 goals in 2003/04 also coming via the penalty spot.
The 2004/05 saw him reached the Play off final for the second time, this time as a substitute for Youl Mawene in the defeat against West Ham. He was also the only PNE player to the chosen for the PFA Championship Team of the season.
A bid of £ 50,000 by
He made his debut also against Colchester on 1 September in a 0-0 draw and his first goal for the club came in a 3-3 draw at Turf Moor against
He was an ever present in 2008/09, scoring 9 league goals, making most of his appearances in midfield. He missed only 26 minutes of the 61 matches the club played during the season which saw Burnley reach the semi-final of the Carling Cup and finally had success in the Play Offs as
On 29 June 2009 Alexander signed a new one-year contract with the Clarets.
Although born in