JOURNEYMAN CURETON

Jamie Cureton has played 999 football matches at the age of 44. Born on 28th August 1975, he has had a sparkling career beginning with a Bristol birth and a debut club of Norwich in 1993. He scored coming on as sub in his first game after 13 seconds, in a 3-0 win over Chelsea in the P.L.

He had two spells with the Canaries totalling 108 games and 24 goals.
He had a spell at Bournemouth (6/0) and settled at Bristol Rovers for 198 (79). He then went to Reading 127/55, Busan Icons in S.K 21/4, and came home to QPR 46/7, Swindon 32/7, Colchester 56/31, Barnsley 8/2, Shrewsbury 12/0, Exeter in two spells 96/42, Leyton Orient 23/1, Cheltenham 36/11, Dagenham and Redbridge 93/29, Farnborough three spells 48/28, Eastleigh 7/1, St Albans 17/5 and Bishops Stortford 64/32....999/358. With a couple of apps for England U18.

When with Reading he helped the club to a F.L. Div 2 Runners Up in 2001-2
With QPR he won a FL Div 2 championship 2003-4
and was in the PFA Team of the Year 2012-3 League Two.

In 2014 he became the oldest Football League players over Ryan Giggs, Kevin Phillips and Ian Goodison, a Jamaican footballer with Tranmere Rovers.
He works as an assistant coach with Arsenal U16s and helped with dual management with Bishop Stortford club owner Steve Smith.

Prolific in front of goal, Cureton has scored 19 goals so far this season and holds the record of scoring in all * top tiers in English Football, he is aiming for 400 as soon as possible.

He has played in 582 league games with 269 goals. 29 FA Cup ties/9 goals. 16 League Cup apps with 7 goals and 17/7 goals. They might add up?

OLD? Neil McBain turned out for New Brighton in the Football League Div 3 North in 1947 aged 57. His club left the league in 1951 being last in their division.
Stanley Matthews for Stoke City was over 50 years and 5 days old when he made his finale at his first and last club.
Teddy Sherringham played for Colchester in 2007-8 aged 42.
John Burridge, the goalie, played for Blyth Spartans in 1997 aged 43 (ok not F.L. though)

English F.L. players with 1000+ aps:
Callaghan, Lampard, Ball, Tony Ford......the rest are goalkeepers....James, Seaman, Jennings, Clemence and Shilton.
Any others?