John Durnin
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John Paul Durnin (born 18 August 1965) is an English former footballer who scored 100 goals in 475 league appearances over a career spanning close to two decades.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Paul Durnin[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1965-08-18) 18 August 1965 (age 58)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Bootle, England[2] | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder; forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1985–1986 | Waterloo Dock | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1986–1989 | Liverpool | 0 | (0) |
1988 | → West Bromwich Albion (loan) | 5 | (2) |
1989–1993 | Oxford United | 161 | (44) |
1993–1999 | Portsmouth | 181 | (31) |
1999 | → Blackpool (loan) | 5 | (1) |
1999–2000 | Carlisle United | 22 | (2) |
2000–2001 | Kidderminster Harriers | 31 | (9) |
2001 | Rhyl | 10 | (4) |
2001–2003 | Port Vale | 47 | (2) |
2003–2004 | Accrington Stanley | 15 | (4) |
Total | 477 | (99) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
He began his career at Liverpool in 1986, but made just three minor cup appearances for the first-team before he was allowed to join Oxford United for a £225,000 fee in February 1989, having previously gained experience on loan at West Bromwich Albion. He spent four years with Oxford, playing close to 200 games, before he was sold on to Portsmouth for £200,000 in 1993. In six years with "Pompey" he made around 200 appearances, before he was loaned out to Blackpool, and then allowed to leave permanently for Carlisle United in 1999. In 2000, he signed with Kidderminster Harriers, before he briefly entered the Welsh football circuit with Rhyl in 2001. Later that year he returned to the Football League with Port Vale, before he joined Conference side Accrington Stanley for a twelve-month spell in May 2003.