Footballers who have played league football for PNE & Hull since 1888
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796) ATKINSON Graeme (PNE signed Oct 94 79 apps 6 gls) (Hull 149 apps 23 gls)
858) BERESFORD David (PNE signed Dec 99 4 apps 0 gls) (Hull 41 apps 1 goal)
345) CAMERON Ken (PNE signed 1926/27 24 apps 5 gls) (Hull 30 apps 12 gls)
611) DOYLE Stephen (PNE signed June 75 197 apps 8 gls) (Hull 47 apps 2 gls)
821) GAGE Kevin (PNE signed Nov 93 151 apps 19 gls (Hull 13 apps 0 gls)
251) HALLIGAN Billy (PNE signed 1919/20 16 apps 2 gls) (Hull 65 apps 28 gls)
721) HARPER Steve (PNE signed Mar 89 77 apps 10 gls) (Hull 65 apps 4 gls)
846) HARRIS Jason (PNE signed Aug 98 34 apps 6 gls) (Hull 38 apps 4 gls)
365) HORNE Alf (PNE signed 1929/30 40 apps 5 gls (Hull 75 apps 2 gls)
448) HORTON Ken (PNE signed Oct 45 166 apps 36 gls) (Hull 76 apps 16 gls)
714) JOYCE Warren (PNE signed Oct 87 177 apps 35 gls) (Hull 147 apps 15 gls)
871) KEANE Michael (PNE signed Aug 2000 57 apps 3 gls) (Hull 20 apps 3 gls)
572) KNIGHTON Ken (PNE signed Nov 67 62 apps 4 gls) (Hull 80 apps 9 gls)
Player Profile WARREN JOYCE
Warren Garton Joyce was born on 10 January 1965 in Oldham and is the son of Walter Joyce the former Burnley, Blackburn and Oldham player.
Joyce began his career as a trainee with Bolton Wanderers in 1981. Working his way up into the first team he became known for being a tigerish midfielder who never gave less than 100%. This made him a firm favourite with the Burnden Park fans and in six years with the club made a total of 221 appearances for the Trotters scoring 21 goals.
Joyce was signed from apprentice in June 1982 and made hid debut on the 5th April 1983 away at Carlisle United in Division 2. His first goal was on the 30 August 1983 at home to Chester City in the 1st round, 1st leg of the League Cup
In October 1987 however Preston North End manager John McGrath came in for him offering £35,000 for his services. Warren decided to join his father Walter who was now a coach at Deepdale, at the time Preston were struggling but the additions of Joyce along with Brian Mooney and Tony Ellis not only added flair to the team but also some much-needed bite.
Joyce made is debut for PNE on the 17 October 1987 in a goalless draw at Brighton and made 22 league appearances during the 1987/88 season. The following season Joyce scored his first goal for PNE on 25 October 1988 as PNE thrashed Gillingham 5-0. Joyce scored 9 league goals that season including 2 in the last 20 minutes after coming on as sub at home to Brentford in a 5-3 victory. Preston finished in sixth before losing to Port Vale in their first Play-Off Semi Final.
Although Preston had a disappointing season in 1989/90 finishing in nineteenth, Joyce finish top scorer for the season with 13 goals from 44 league appearances and picked up the club's player of the year award
Over the five years he became a much loved figure at Preston earning himself the nickname Psycho, due to his never-say-die commitment to the cause and was rewarded the position of club captain.
In all he played 208 matches for the Lilywhites scoring 44 goals. His final game for PNE was a 2-0 home victory against Bury in the final game of 1991/92 season, scoring one of the goals. However when Plymouth Argyle F.C. made a £160,000 offer for him in May 1992, cash-strapped Preston were forced to accept and he was on his way to Home Park .
His stay in Devon however was short-lived, with Joyce playing only 40 games scoring 4 goals in his year there. Plymouth decided to cash in and when in July 1993 Burnley offered £140,000 for him he was on his way back to Lancashire . In three years at Turf Moor he became something of a cult hero with the fans, playing 90 games and scoring 12 goals.
A loan stay though at Hull in January 1995 making 9 appearances and scoring 3 goals paved the way for a permanent deal 18 months later, so in July 1996 Joyce signed on the dotted line for Hull . He went on to play a total of 170 games for Hull scoring 19 goals. He soon became club captain at Boothferry Park , putting in some talisman type performances over the next two years. Indeed his influence at the club was so apparent that in November 1998 he was asked to stand in as caretaker manager following the departure of Mark Hateley.
City soon made the appointment permanent with Joyce taking on the dual role of player-manager. At the time of his appointment, City were rooted to the foot of the 4th division table and looked to be heading out of the Football League - and into bankruptcy.
Although Joyce's appointment was not overly popular at the time under his stewardship, and with the former Bolton Manager John Mc Govern as his assistant - City staged a remarkable turnaround and achieved survival with games to spare - City fans christened this season "the Great Escape".
However, City's chairman however decided to replace Joyce as manager in April 2000 with the more experienced and well-known Brian Little. Many fans though felt that Joyce was a little hard done by because, considering the state the club was in at the time, he had done a fine job just keeping them in the league. For this achievement, he will always be remembered as a City legend.
In all Joyce's playing career spanned nineteen years scoring 100 goals in 731 appearances.
Following retirement from playing he became Youth Academy Coach at Manchester United and held similar positions at Stockport and Leeds before managing the Centre of Excellence at Tranmere.
On September 11, 2006 Joyce caused controversy by walking out of Tranmere whilst still under contract to be appointed coach at Royal Antwerp in Belgium . He was introduced to this team by his former colleague Andy Welsh who was the assistant-coach at Royal Antwerp on a loan basis from Manchester United. This is Joyce's first job on the continent