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The appearance of Rob Lainton for Port Vale on Saturday got me thinking of other players that made just one appearance for Cheltenham.
Off the top of my head :-
Miguel de Souza V Birmingham in FA Cup 1990 (and he went on to play for Rushden in that never to be forgotten game !)
Ian Stevens v Northampton 2000 ? (Too far to travel apparently !)
I think Stewart Phillips ex-Hereford & WBA played one game the first match of 91/92 season ?
So who were others for a bit of fun ?

Bobby Reid (he who is now playing brilliantly at Bristol City) made a few minutes appearance for us at Oxford in 2011/12.

Kevin Bartley, one game, one goal in 1993/94 v Sittingbourne!

Will Puddy and Connor Roberts started one game each in goal.

Marlon Jackson made one brief sub appearance in 2011/12.

Josh Emery too at Southend in 2009.

Plenty more, but there is a selection!

Ian Stevens and Bobby Reid are the ones I instantly remember.

Paul Bastock
Jon Skeen
Chris Taylor - one game in county cup in 1997/98
Derek Bragg - in doing so must have become the oldest player for us ever
Jon Coates - brother of early 90s striker Marc played against Colchester Utd in an LDV game 2002/03
David Wells - think he was a teenage keeper on loan from Bournemouth 1994/95
Lathaniel Rowe-Turner - one of the many Martin Allen loanees to play once
Sam Cox - another MA loanee
Ashley Hemmings - MA loanee
Romone Rose - MA loanee
Luke McCullough - direct from Man Utd used just once 2012/13
Jamal Lawrence
Alex Cooper - last season
Joe Hance - youth player who turned out against Oxford City in our efforts to get out of the FA Trophy as quickly as possible
Luke Thomas - FA Trophy appearance before being snapped up by Derby

Going further back I’m sure I vaguely remember Mark Lockwood and Gary Leeds back in the 1980s but 2 that stick out came from Southampton one called Paul Masters later manager of Winchester and brother in law of Alan Shearer the other I think his surame was Owen

County cup saw Jason Rees also play once while on trail in 2000 I think it was a first team game then but was soon relegated to a reserve fixture in 1999 when it was still on the first team fixture list I remember seeing Lee Burby, Stuart Mitchinson and Lloyd Vanson against Cirencester

I could find the thread from not very long ago about this very subject in order to steal all the answers, but I'm not that fame hungry

Cant remember his first name but surname Dunwell, missed a pen against Burton.

longmover wrote:Cant remember his first name but surname Dunwell, missed a pen against Burton.

Richard - think he played a few games on loan from maybe Barnet??

There was an Australian keeper with blonde hair when we were in the Beazer Prem. Think it was only one game

Richard Dunwell played quite a few games, on loan from Barnet.

The Australian keeper was Scott Starr, but he didn't appear in a competitive game.

Cian Harries. Young lad on loan from Swansea.

Didn’t we sign Toby Ajala on loan but he played zero games?

Jon Palmer wrote:Richard Dunwell played quite a few games, on loan from Barnet.

The Australian keeper was Scott Starr, but he didn't appear in a competitive game.

Yeah that was him. New he had a funny name

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Jon Palmer wrote:Decided to track some of the one match wonders down, starting with Kevin Bartley: http://bit.ly/1Game1Goal" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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