List of Darlington F.C. players (25–99 appearances)

[4] The club's first team have competed in numerous nationally organised competitions, and all players who have played in between 25 and 99 such matches, either as a member of the starting eleven or as a substitute, are listed below.

[11] Marco Gabbiadini was the only player with fewer than 100 League appearances to be voted by supporters into a "Dream Team" as part of the 2003 Farewell to Feethams celebrations (when the club left their long-time home).

Tommy Barbour, Percy Sutcliffe, Alf Dolphin and Arthur Wolstenholme played in Darlington's first match in the Football League, a 2–0 win at home to Halifax Town on 27 August 1921.

[6] Tommy Moran scored twice and created two other goals, one for Ron Harbertson, as Darlington eliminated Chelsea, League champions only three seasons earlier, in the fourth round of the 1957–58 FA Cup to progress to the last 16 of the competition for only the second time in their history.

[15] After Tommy Wright struck the bar in the 120th minute of the 2011 FA Trophy Final, substitute Chris Senior was first to the rebound to head Darlington's winning goal.

In Jack Beby's time as manager of AEK – the club's website dubs him the "great reformer" – he led the team to successive victories in the Greek Cup in 1949 and 1950.

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Liechtenstein international midfielder Franz Burgmeier , the club's most capped player
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Simon Johnson played for England U20 at the 2003 Toulon Tournament
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Tommy Wright returned for a second spell with Darlington after their relegation to the Conference and helped them win the 2011 FA Trophy Final . [ 16 ]
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Curtis Main was Darlington's youngest ever Football League player. [ 6 ]
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Jimmy O'Neill won 17 senior international caps for the Republic of Ireland in the 1950s. [ 21 ]
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Darren Roberts was Darlington's top league goalscorer in 1996–97 and 1998–99 . [ 22 ]
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Jacob Hazel played in the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup for Saint Kitts and Nevis while a Darlington player. [ 23 ]