THE EX-FILES
THE EX-FILES
THERE HAVE BEEN 34 PLAYERS WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE BOOKS OF BOTH TOWN AND CITY OVER THE YEARS Club Historian, Phil Harrison profiles four
Jon McLaughlin 2008-14 Apps: 145 I Goals: 0
2007-08 Apps: 21 I Goals: 0
The Edinburgh born keeper progressed through the Harrogate Railway Athletic youth set up before playing 67 senior games between 2005-08. He then joined Town and made his debut in January 2008 in a 3-1 defeat at Kettering Town. He stayed for one season at Wetherby Road playing 21 games whilst also training with Bradford City whilst at Town. He joined the Bantams in May 2008, but due to injury had to wait till the final game of the 2008-09 season to make his debut against Chesterfield. He stayed at Valley Parade for six seasons and made 145 appearances for the club before moving to Burton Albion in July 2014 and made another 138 appearances in three seasons there before joining Hearts in August 2017. He moved back to England with Sunderland in June 2018 for two season, playing 90 games for the Black Cats before joining Rangers in 2020/21 playing 11 times for the Premiership champions.
Ben Parker 2006-07 (on loan) 2016-18 Apps: 41 I Goals: 0 Apps: 59 (7) I Goals: 2 Defender Ben Parker started out as a youth team player at Leeds United and played 55 senior games for the Whites between 2005-12. During his time with the Elland Road club, he was loaned out to Bradford City during the 2006-07 season, making his debut in the August in a 1-0 defeat at Nottingham Forest and went on to play 41 times for the Bantams. He then had loan spells at Darlington and Carlisle United, before joining Guiseley in the summer of 2013 where he played 76 games over three seasons before signing for Town prior to the 2016-17 season. After making his debut in the opening day 2-2 draw at Worcester City he went on to played 66 times in his two seasons with the club helping Town win promotion to National League before taking charge of the club’s Player Development Centre. 30
Terry Dolan 1976-81 Apps: 195 I Goals: 43 1983-85 Player/Coach Apps: 22 (5) I Goals: 3 Midfielder Dolan began his career with Bradford (PA) and played 48 games until they dropped out of the Football League in 1970 when he moved to Huddersfield Town After making 162 appearances for the Terriers over a six year spell, he moved to Bradford City in 1976 making his debut in the August in a 4-1 win at home to Swansea City. He went on to make 195 appearances for City before joining Rochdale in 1981 and then Brackley Town a year later. He started his managerial career in a player-coach position at Town and made a scoring debut in January 1984 in a 4-0 home win over York RI. After playing 27 games for Town, he moved to Bradford City as youth coach and then first team coach before getting the manager’s role in January 1987. He then went on to manage Rochdale, Hull City, York City and Guiseley.
