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Playing History

Season Win % Draw % Loss %
1967-68 46 (3) 14 0 0 40.8% 14.3% 44.9%
1966-67 69 (1) 11 0 0 54.3% 20.0% 25.7%
1965-66 60 21 0 1 56.7% 18.3% 25.0%
1964-65 35 9 0 0 51.4% 28.6% 20.0%
Totals: 210 (4) 55


 Apps = First Team Appearances (Sub Appearances) | Gls = Goals
 GtGR = Goals to Games Ratio | W/D/L - Games won, drawn or lost as percentage of games played in
 Yel = Yellow Cards/Cautions | Red = Red Cards/Dismissals

 Recent First Team Starts
 04/05/68 Southern League Premier Division vs. Cheltenham (H) 5 - 2
 15/04/68 Southern League Premier Division vs. Wimbledon (H) 3 - 3
 30/03/68 Southern League Premier Division vs. Chelmsford (A) 0 - 2
 27/03/68 Semi-Final Replay vs. Edmonton (H) 1 - 0
 25/03/68 vs. Bedford (A) 1 - 6

 Recent First Team Goals
 04/05/68 Southern League Premier Division vs. Cheltenham (H) 5 - 2
 17/02/68 Southern League Premier Division vs. Nuneaton Town (H) 4 - 1
 15/01/68 Area Final vs. Wealdstone (H) 7 - 0
 26/12/67 Southern League Premier Division vs. Hastings Utd (H) 4 - 1
 18/12/67 vs. Brentwood (H) 3 - 0

 List of Goals Scored (click to expand)
 04/05/68 Southern League Premier Division vs. Cheltenham (H)  5 - 2
 04/05/68 Southern League Premier Division vs. Cheltenham (H)  5 - 2
 04/05/68 Southern League Premier Division vs. Cheltenham (H)  5 - 2
 17/02/68 Southern League Premier Division vs. Nuneaton Town (H)  4 - 1
 15/01/68 Area Final vs. Wealdstone (H)  7 - 0
 26/12/67 Southern League Premier Division vs. Hastings Utd (H)  4 - 1
 18/12/67 vs. Brentwood (H)  3 - 0
 11/11/67 Southern League Premier Division vs. Telford Utd (A)  2 - 2
 09/10/67 Southern League Premier Division vs. Dover (H)  2 - 0
 30/09/67 2nd Qualifying Round vs. Bexley United (A)  2 - 1
 25/09/67 vs. Cambridge City (H)  1 - 3
 16/09/67 1st Qualifying Round vs. Epsom & Ewell (A)  3 - 1
 28/08/67 1st Round 1st Leg vs. Brentwood (H)  5 - 2
 28/08/67 1st Round 1st Leg vs. Brentwood (H)  5 - 2
 06/05/67 Southern League Division One vs. Dartford (H)  3 - 0
 27/04/67 Southern League Division One vs. Gloucester (A)  1 - 0
 11/03/67 Southern League Division One vs. Ebbsfleet (A)  1 - 0
 08/03/67 vs. Wisbech Town (A)  1 - 1
 18/02/67 Southern League Division One vs. Wisbech Town (H)  7 - 0
 11/02/67 Southern League Division One vs. Rugby Town (H)  2 - 1
 19/11/66 Southern League Division One vs. Dover (H)  1 - 1
 22/10/66 Southern League Division One vs. Barry Town (H)  2 - 0
 10/10/66 3rd Qualifying Round Replay vs. Enfield (H)  1 - 1
 03/10/66 vs. Bedford (H)  3 - 3
 19/09/66 Southern League Division One vs. Canterbury City (H)  3 - 0
 13/05/66 vs. Guildford City (A)  2 - 1
 04/05/66 Southern League Division One vs. Bexley United (A)  1 - 2
 16/04/66 Southern League Division One vs. Gloucester (H)  5 - 1
 04/04/66 Southern League Division One vs. Wisbech Town (H)  3 - 1
 29/03/66 Southern League Division One vs. Deal Town (H)  5 - 0
 26/03/66 Southern League Division One vs. Bexley United (H)  3 - 0
 21/03/66 vs. Crawley (H)  9 - 0
 21/03/66 vs. Crawley (H)  9 - 0
 12/03/66 Southern League Division One vs. Ebbsfleet (A)  3 - 1
 19/02/66 Southern League Division One vs. Wisbech Town (A)  1 - 4
 01/01/66 Southern League Division One vs. Barry Town (H)  5 - 0
 11/12/65 Southern League Division One vs. Dover (H)  4 - 0
 30/11/65 vs. Hayes (A)  3 - 0
 01/11/65 vs. Walton & Hersham (H)  4 - 0
 21/10/65 1st Round vs. Letchworth (H)  5 - 0
 12/10/65 vs. Leatherhead (A)  4 - 2
 12/10/65 vs. Leatherhead (A)  4 - 2
 11/10/65 Final 1st Leg vs. Hitchin (H)  5 - 1
 09/10/65 Southern League Division One vs. Barry Town (A)  2 - 4
 25/09/65 Southern League Division One vs. Kettering (H)  4 - 0
 22/09/65 Southern League Division One vs. Hastings Utd (A)  1 - 2
 16/04/65 Southern League Division One vs. Canterbury City (A)  1 - 1
 20/03/65 Southern League Division One vs. Corby Town (H)  3 - 0
 08/03/65 Southern League Division One vs. Ashford Town (H)  7 - 0
 30/01/65 Southern League Division One vs. Ebbsfleet (H)  4 - 0
 30/01/65 Southern League Division One vs. Ebbsfleet (H)  4 - 0
 16/01/65 Southern League Division One vs. Barry Town (H)  4 - 0
 28/12/64 Southern League Division One vs. Deal Town (H)  10 - 2
 31/10/64 Southern League Division One vs. Hinckley Athletic (H)  3 - 1
 17/10/64 Southern League Division One vs. Ramsgate (H)  3 - 0

 List of Games Played (click to expand)
 04/05/68 Southern League Premier Division vs. Cheltenham (H)  5 - 2
 15/04/68 Southern League Premier Division vs. Wimbledon (H)  3 - 3
 30/03/68 Southern League Premier Division vs. Chelmsford (A)  0 - 2
 27/03/68 Semi-Final Replay vs. Edmonton (H)  1 - 0
 25/03/68 vs. Bedford (A)  1 - 6
 19/03/68 vs. Cambridge City (A)  0 - 4
 18/03/68 vs. Chelmsford (H)  0 - 1
 04/03/68 Semi-Final vs. Edmonton (H)  3 - 3
 02/03/68 Southern League Premier Division vs. Burton A (H)  2 - 1
 24/02/68 Southern League Premier Division vs. Cambridge U (A)  1 - 5
 17/02/68 Southern League Premier Division vs. Nuneaton Town (H)  4 - 1
 12/02/68 Southern League Premier Division vs. Chelmsford (H)  1 - 0
 10/02/68 Southern League Premier Division vs. Dover (A)  1 - 3
 03/02/68 Southern League Premier Division vs. Weymouth (H)  1 - 1
 27/01/68 Southern League Premier Division vs. Nuneaton Town (A)  4 - 1
 20/01/68 Southern League Premier Division vs. Barnet (A)  3 - 5
 15/01/68 Area Final vs. Wealdstone (H)  7 - 0
 13/01/68 Southern League Premier Division vs. Margate (H)  1 - 0
 06/01/68 Southern League Premier Division vs. Romford (H)  3 - 0
 30/12/67 Southern League Premier Division vs. Hastings Utd (A)  0 - 0
 26/12/67 Southern League Premier Division vs. Hastings Utd (H)  4 - 1
 18/12/67 vs. Brentwood (H)  3 - 0
 16/12/67 Southern League Premier Division vs. Hereford Utd (H)  1 - 2
 02/12/67 Southern League Premier Division vs. Poole Town (H)  2 - 2
 30/11/67 2nd Round vs. Hertford Town (A)  4 - 0
 27/11/67 1st Round vs. Hitchin (H)  0 - 2
 25/11/67 Southern League Premier Division vs. Yeovil (A)  0 - 1
 11/11/67 Southern League Premier Division vs. Telford Utd (A)  2 - 2
 06/11/67 2nd Round Replay vs. Margate (A)  0 - 5
 28/10/67 Southern League Premier Division vs. King's Lynn (A)  1 - 4
 26/10/67 1st Round vs. Hitchin (A)  2 - 1
 23/10/67 2nd Round vs. Margate (H)  1 - 1
 21/10/67 Southern League Premier Division vs. Corby Town (H)  1 - 0
 14/10/67 3rd Qualifying Round vs. Sutton (H)  2 - 3
 09/10/67 Southern League Premier Division vs. Dover (H)  2 - 0
 07/10/67 Southern League Premier Division vs. Cambridge U (H)  0 - 2
 02/10/67 vs. Chelmsford (A)  0 - 2
 30/09/67 2nd Qualifying Round vs. Bexley United (A)  2 - 1
 25/09/67 vs. Cambridge City (H)  1 - 3
 23/09/67 Southern League Premier Division vs. Weymouth (A)  1 - 0
 16/09/67 1st Qualifying Round vs. Epsom & Ewell (A)  3 - 1
 11/09/67 vs. Barnet (H)  1 - 2
 09/09/67 Southern League Premier Division vs. Margate (A)  0 - 3
 05/09/67 1st Round 2nd Leg vs. Brentwood (A)  0 - 1
 02/09/67 Southern League Premier Division vs. Romford (A)  0 - 6
 28/08/67 1st Round 1st Leg vs. Brentwood (H)  5 - 2
 26/08/67 Southern League Premier Division vs. Cambridge City (H)  3 - 0
 21/08/67 Southern League Premier Division vs. Barnet (H)  0 - 1
 19/08/67 Southern League Premier Division vs. Hereford Utd (A)  1 - 2
 14/05/67 Final Replay vs. Hitchin (H)  3 - 1
 13/05/67 Southern League Division One vs. Ebbsfleet (H)  5 - 1
 10/05/67 Southern League Division One vs. Merthyr Tydfil (A)  1 - 0
 06/05/67 Southern League Division One vs. Dartford (H)  3 - 0
 29/04/67 Final 1st Leg vs. Hitchin (H)  2 - 0
 27/04/67 Southern League Division One vs. Gloucester (A)  1 - 0
 25/04/67 Southern League Division One vs. Rugby Town (A)  2 - 0
 22/04/67 Southern League Division One vs. Bexley United (H)  3 - 0
 17/04/67 vs. Romford (H)  2 - 3
 15/04/67 Southern League Division One vs. Dover (A)  0 - 1
 12/04/67 Southern League Division One vs. Tunbridge Wells (A)  4 - 0
 08/04/67 Southern League Division One vs. Tonbridge Angels (H)  0 - 2
 06/04/67 vs. Cambridge City (H)  2 - 0
 27/03/67 Southern League Division One vs. Dunstable (H)  2 - 1
 25/03/67 Southern League Division One vs. Merthyr Tydfil (H)  0 - 0
 24/03/67 Southern League Division One vs. Dunstable (A)  2 - 0
 20/03/67 vs. King's Lynn (H)  1 - 0
 18/03/67 Southern League Division One vs. Barry Town (A)  2 - 0
 16/03/67 vs. Brentwood (A)  0 - 0
 11/03/67 Southern League Division One vs. Ebbsfleet (A)  1 - 0
 08/03/67 vs. Wisbech Town (A)  1 - 1
 04/03/67 Southern League Division One vs. Gloucester (H)  6 - 0
 25/02/67 Southern League Division One vs. Margate (A)  0 - 1
 20/02/67 vs. Cambridge U (A)  0 - 5
 18/02/67 Southern League Division One vs. Wisbech Town (H)  7 - 0
 14/02/67 vs. Cambridge City (A)  0 - 1
 13/02/67 Southern League Division One vs. Hinckley Athletic (H)  5 - 0
 11/02/67 Southern League Division One vs. Rugby Town (H)  2 - 1
 04/02/67 Southern League Division One vs. Ashford Town (A)  2 - 2
 28/01/67 Southern League Division One vs. Wisbech Town (A)  3 - 1
 21/01/67 Southern League Division One vs. Ramsgate (H)  1 - 0
 18/01/67 vs. Barnet (A)  5 - 4
 14/01/67 Southern League Division One vs. Hastings Utd (A)  0 - 3
 07/01/67 Southern League Division One vs. Banbury Utd (H)  2 - 1
 05/01/67 Southern League Division One vs. Kettering (H)  3 - 1
 02/01/67 Southern League Division One vs. Margate (H)  1 - 1
 31/12/66 Southern League Division One vs. Trowbridge (A)  0 - 1
 28/12/66 Southern League Division One vs. Kettering (A)  1 - 2
 17/12/66 Southern League Division One vs. Sittingbourne (H)  3 - 0
 14/12/66 vs. King's Lynn (A)  2 - 3
 12/12/66 3rd Round vs. Wimbledon (H)  1 - 3
 10/12/66 Southern League Division One vs. Dartford (A)  2 - 2
 30/11/66 vs. Romford (A)  1 - 3
 26/11/66 Southern League Division One vs. Bexley United (A)  3 - 1
 21/11/66 vs. Chelmsford (A)  1 - 3
 19/11/66 Southern League Division One vs. Dover (H)  1 - 1
 15/11/66 Southern League Division One vs. Banbury Utd (A)  1 - 1
 14/11/66 vs. Barnet (H)  1 - 4
 12/11/66 Southern League Division One vs. Tonbridge Angels (A)  1 - 2
 24/10/66 2nd Round vs. Burton A (H)  3 - 0
 22/10/66 Southern League Division One vs. Barry Town (H)  2 - 0
 20/10/66 Southern League Division One vs. Ramsgate (A)  1 - 0
 15/10/66 3rd Qualifying Round 2nd Replay vs. Enfield (A)  0 - 2
 10/10/66 3rd Qualifying Round Replay vs. Enfield (H)  1 - 1
 08/10/66 3rd Qualifying Round vs. Enfield (A)  2 - 2
 03/10/66 vs. Bedford (H)  3 - 3
 01/10/66 Southern League Division One vs. Hinckley Athletic (A)  2 - 1
 27/09/66 Southern League Division One vs. Canterbury City (A)  0 - 0
 24/09/66 Southern League Division One vs. Ashford Town (H)  0 - 1
 19/09/66 Southern League Division One vs. Canterbury City (H)  3 - 0
 17/09/66 2nd Qualifying Round vs. Walthamstow (A)  2 - 0
 13/09/66 Semi-Final vs. Wealdstone (A)  0 - 1
 10/09/66 Southern League Division One vs. Hastings Utd (H)  0 - 0
 06/09/66 1st Qualifying Round Replay vs. Erith (A)  3 - 0
 05/09/66 1st Round 2nd Leg vs. Wisbech Town (H)  2 - 0
 03/09/66 1st Qualifying Round vs. Erith (H)  0 - 0
 31/08/66 1st Round 1st Leg vs. Wisbech Town (A)  3 - 1
 27/08/66 Southern League Division One vs. Trowbridge (H)  1 - 0
 22/08/66 Southern League Division One vs. Tunbridge Wells (H)  6 - 0
 20/08/66 Southern League Division One vs. Sittingbourne (A)  3 - 0
 18/05/66 vs. Hillingdon (A)  1 - 3
 13/05/66 vs. Guildford City (A)  2 - 1
 07/05/66 Southern League Division One vs. Dover (A)  2 - 1
 04/05/66 Southern League Division One vs. Bexley United (A)  1 - 2
 02/05/66 vs. Hayes (H)  3 - 0
 30/04/66 Southern League Division One vs. Canterbury City (H)  2 - 1
 25/04/66 Southern League Division One vs. Ebbsfleet (H)  1 - 1
 23/04/66 Southern League Division One vs. Bath City (A)  1 - 2
 16/04/66 Southern League Division One vs. Gloucester (H)  5 - 1
 09/04/66 Southern League Division One vs. Ashford Town (A)  0 - 1
 08/04/66 Southern League Division One vs. Barnet (A)  1 - 3
 04/04/66 Southern League Division One vs. Wisbech Town (H)  3 - 1
 02/04/66 Southern League Division One vs. Sittingbourne (H)  3 - 0
 01/04/66 Southern League Division One vs. Merthyr Tydfil (H)  0 - 0
 29/03/66 Southern League Division One vs. Deal Town (H)  5 - 0
 26/03/66 Southern League Division One vs. Bexley United (H)  3 - 0
 23/03/66 Southern League Division One vs. Merthyr Tydfil (A)  1 - 0
 21/03/66 vs. Crawley (H)  9 - 0
 19/03/66 Southern League Division One vs. Kettering (A)  1 - 3
 15/03/66 vs. Finchley (A)  0 - 1
 12/03/66 Southern League Division One vs. Ebbsfleet (A)  3 - 1
 07/03/66 vs. Hounslow Town (H)  3 - 1
 05/03/66 Southern League Division One vs. Crawley (H)  0 - 2
 22/02/66 vs. Chesham United (A)  2 - 5
 19/02/66 Southern League Division One vs. Wisbech Town (A)  1 - 4
 14/02/66 2nd Round Replay vs. Wembley (H)  2 - 1
 12/02/66 Southern League Division One vs. Hillingdon (A)  0 - 0
 07/02/66 vs. Leatherhead (H)  1 - 0
 05/02/66 Southern League Division One vs. Dunstable (H)  3 - 1
 29/01/66 Southern League Division One vs. Trowbridge (A)  0 - 1
 22/01/66 Southern League Division One vs. Hillingdon (H)  3 - 0
 21/01/66 vs. Guildford City (H)  2 - 0
 15/01/66 Southern League Division One vs. Hinckley Athletic (H)  4 - 1
 08/01/66 Southern League Division One vs. Ramsgate (A)  1 - 1
 01/01/66 Southern League Division One vs. Barry Town (H)  5 - 0
 28/12/65 Southern League Division One vs. Tunbridge Wells (H)  3 - 0
 27/12/65 Southern League Division One vs. Tunbridge Wells (A)  2 - 1
 11/12/65 Southern League Division One vs. Dover (H)  4 - 0
 06/12/65 2nd Round vs. Wembley (H)  0 - 0
 04/12/65 Southern League Division One vs. Canterbury City (A)  0 - 1
 30/11/65 vs. Hayes (A)  3 - 0
 27/11/65 Southern League Division One vs. Bath City (H)  0 - 0
 23/11/65 vs. Crawley (A)  1 - 0
 20/11/65 Southern League Division One vs. Gloucester (A)  0 - 0
 15/11/65 vs. Finchley (H)  1 - 1
 13/11/65 Southern League Division One vs. Ashford Town (H)  2 - 1
 06/11/65 Southern League Division One vs. Sittingbourne (A)  1 - 1
 01/11/65 vs. Walton & Hersham (H)  4 - 0
 23/10/65 Southern League Division One vs. Hinckley Athletic (A)  2 - 0
 21/10/65 1st Round vs. Letchworth (H)  5 - 0
 12/10/65 vs. Leatherhead (A)  4 - 2
 11/10/65 Final 1st Leg vs. Hitchin (H)  5 - 1
 09/10/65 Southern League Division One vs. Barry Town (A)  2 - 4
 05/10/65 Southern League Division One vs. Crawley (A)  0 - 0
 02/10/65 3rd Qualifying Round vs. Wealdstone (A)  5 - 6
 27/09/65 Southern League Division One vs. Hastings Utd (H)  1 - 0
 25/09/65 Southern League Division One vs. Kettering (H)  4 - 0
 22/09/65 Southern League Division One vs. Hastings Utd (A)  1 - 2
 20/09/65 2nd Qualifying Round Replay vs. Ware (H)  4 - 1
 18/09/65 2nd Qualifying Round vs. Ware (H)  1 - 1
 29/04/65 Southern League Division One vs. Crawley (A)  0 - 1
 24/04/65 Southern League Division One vs. Poole Town (A)  0 - 6
 19/04/65 Southern League Division One vs. Canterbury City (H)  0 - 0
 17/04/65 Southern League Division One vs. Trowbridge (H)  1 - 0
 16/04/65 Southern League Division One vs. Canterbury City (A)  1 - 1
 10/04/65 Southern League Division One vs. Burton A (A)  1 - 3
 05/04/65 Southern League Division One vs. Merthyr Tydfil (H)  5 - 0
 03/04/65 Southern League Division One vs. Hillingdon (H)  2 - 1
 27/03/65 Southern League Division One vs. Wimbledon (A)  0 - 0
 22/03/65 Southern League Division One vs. Dover (H)  4 - 0
 20/03/65 Southern League Division One vs. Corby Town (H)  3 - 0
 13/03/65 Southern League Division One vs. Hinckley Athletic (A)  1 - 0
 08/03/65 Southern League Division One vs. Ashford Town (H)  7 - 0
 06/03/65 Southern League Division One vs. Gloucester (H)  2 - 2
 27/02/65 Southern League Division One vs. Ramsgate (A)  2 - 0
 13/02/65 Southern League Division One vs. Ashford Town (A)  1 - 0
 06/02/65 Southern League Division One vs. Sittingbourne (H)  2 - 0
 30/01/65 Southern League Division One vs. Ebbsfleet (H)  4 - 0
 16/01/65 Southern League Division One vs. Barry Town (H)  4 - 0
 09/01/65 Southern League Division One vs. Ebbsfleet (A)  0 - 1
 02/01/65 Southern League Division One vs. Merthyr Tydfil (A)  1 - 1
 28/12/64 Southern League Division One vs. Deal Town (H)  10 - 2
 26/12/64 Southern League Division One vs. Deal Town (A)  1 - 1
 19/12/64 Southern League Division One vs. Tunbridge Wells (H)  4 - 1
 12/12/64 Southern League Division One vs. Kettering (A)  0 - 0
 05/12/64 Southern League Division One vs. Gloucester (A)  1 - 2
 30/11/64 vs. Letchworth (H)  0 - 4
 28/11/64 Southern League Division One vs. Burton A (H)  4 - 0
 21/11/64 Southern League Division One vs. Hillingdon (A)  2 - 2
 14/11/64 Southern League Division One vs. Wimbledon (H)  1 - 1
 07/11/64 Southern League Division One vs. Corby Town (A)  0 - 1
 31/10/64 Southern League Division One vs. Hinckley Athletic (H)  3 - 1
 24/10/64 Southern League Division One vs. Trowbridge (A)  2 - 1
 17/10/64 Southern League Division One vs. Ramsgate (H)  3 - 0
 10/10/64 Southern League Division One vs. Dover (A)  0 - 0


Biography

Johnny Brooks was perhaps Stevenage's first superstar footballer.

Born in Reading, Brooks joined his hometown team in 1949 before transferring to Tottenham in February 1952. He had a successful time there, and earned three England caps during the 1956-57 season.

He then spent time at Chelsea, Brentford and Crystal Palace before moving to Canada in April 1964 to play for Toronto City. A few months later, however, he was back in England, signing for Stevenage in September 1964 and guesting in a friendly against Leyton Orient. In 1965, he returned for a second spell at Toronto City, before heading back to Stevenage by mid-September to continue his time at the Stripes.

Very popular with Town fans, Brooks was often the chosen penalty taker and was known for his skilful ball control and stinging shot.

Even after the demise of Stevenage Town, that wasn't the end of Brooks' time in Stevenage football. In 1980-81, Stevenage Borough's first as a senior team, Brooks took charge of the club's reserve side - and even managed the first team for a game away at Geddington, which they won 7-2.

Player photo credit: Stevenage Gazette

Debut

October 10th, 1964
Dover 0 - 0 Stevenage

League (Southern League Division One)