Footballers who have played league football for both PNE & Rotherham
A-K
817) Dean BARRICK
PNE 109 apps; 1 goal
Millers99 apps; 7 goals
PNE Debut 12/09/1995 v Colchester (A) – Drawn 2-2
292) Jimmy BRANSTON
PNE 129 apps; 0 goals
Millers 111 apps; 0 goals
PNE Debut 11/03/1922 v Manchester City (H) – Won 1-0
853) Darren BYFIELD
PNE 5 apps; 1 goal
Millers68 apps; 22 goals
PNE Debut 07/11/1998 v Burnley (H) – Won 4-1
898) Claude DAVIS
PNE 94 apps; 4 goals
Millers 16 apps; 1 goal
PNE Debut 25/08/2003 v West Brom (A) – Lost 0-1
806) Dean EMERSON
PNE 2 apps; 0 goals
Millers 55 apps; 8 goals
PNE Debut 19/11/1994 v Northampton (H) – Won 2-0
1014) Jonathan FORTE
PNE 3 apps; 0 goals
Millers 11 apps; 4 goals
PNE Debut 08/11/2011 v Rochdale (A) – Drawn 1-1
494) Bobby FOSTER
PNE 101 apps; 41 goals
Millers 1 app; 0 goals
PNE Debut 25/12/1951 v Burnley (A) – Won 2-0
1052) Luke FOSTER
PNE 6 apps; 0 goals
Millers5 apps; 0 goals
PNE Debut 18/12/2012 v Bury (A) – Drawn 3-3
929) Dave HIBBERT
PNE 10 apps; 0 goals
Millers 21 apps; 2 goals
PNE Debut 27/09/2005 v Luton (A) – Lost 0-3
314) Harry HIRST
PNE 2 apps; 0 goals
Millers 3 apps; 1 goal
PNE Debut 22/11/1924 v Bury (A) – Drawn 1-1
1021) Chris HOLROYD
PNE 20 apps; 1 goal
Millers 15 apps; 1 goal
PNE Debut 21/01/2012 v Leyton Orient (H) – Lost 0-2
1024) Nicky HUNT
PNE 3 apps; 0 goals
Millers 9 apps; 0 goals
PNE Debut 14/12/2012 v Hartlepool (H) – Won 1-0
739) Martin JAMES
PNE 98 apps; 11 goals
Millers 44 apps; 0 goals
PNE Debut 28/08/1990 v Chester (H) – Won 2-0
692) Nigel JEMSON
PNE 41 apps; 10 goals
Millers16 apps; 5 goals
PNE Debut 03/05/1986 v Aldershot (A) – Lost 0-4
879) Michael KEANE
PNE 57 apps; 3 goals
Millers 60 apps; 0 goals
PNE Debut 02/05/2001 v Blackburn (H) – Lost 0-1
Player Profile – Bobby Foster
Robert John (Bobby) Foster was born in Sheffield on 19 July 1929. Foster joined Chesterfield in August 1947 and made his debut at the end of the 1948/49 season with a 1-0 win at Barnsley on 7 May 1949. He just made 3 further league appearances in the following 2 seasons before joining First Division Preston in January 1951.
Foster made his PNE debut in a 2-0 win at Burnley on 25 December 1951, his first league goal came on his next appearance on his home debut 4 days later scoring the only goal against West Brom. The 1951/52 season saw Foster score twice in 17 league appearances.
The 1952/53 season saw the Lilywhites finish runners-up to Arsenal, Foster missed 6 months and returned scoring in a 2-0 win at Bolton on 25 March. Foster hit a purple patch scoring 3 goals in his next 4 appearances in 12 days, finishing with 4 goals in 11 appearances during the season.
His most productive season in front of goal was in 1953/54 with 15 goals from 28 league appearances, this included a hat-trick on his second league appearances with a 4-0 win at Middlesbrough on 22 August 1953.
The following season saw 8 goals in his first 10 matches including a brace on a 7-1 home win against Cardiff on 1 September 1954. He netted a further 2 goals with a 3-1 win against Blackpool at Deepdale on 26 February 1955. Foster ended the season with 13 goals from 28 appearances.
Foster made 15 appearances with 5 goals in 1955/56 and just made 2 appearances with 2 goals in 1956/57. Both goals came in his last match for the Lilywhites with a 3-0 home win against Leeds on 23 February 1957.
He didn’t make an appearance in 1957/58 and joined Second Division Rotherham in May 1958. Foster only made one appearance for Rotherham in a 4-1 home defeat to Middlesbrough on 11 September 1958.
Bobby Foster died in 2006.