I'M A SUBSTITUTE FOR ANOTHER GUY
Joe Rothwell will depart Rovers having made 54 sub appearances from his total of 161 matches in all competitions for the club. Most of those came in his first couple of seasons before he became a regular starter and it puts him in the top ten in history for appearances from the bench.
Current players Sam Gallagher (48), Ben Brereton, John Buckley and Tyrhys Dolan (all 43) are not far behind.
David Dunn tops the list with 88, largely as a result of having two long spells at the club, although it still represents a large 23% of his total.
TOP TEN SUBSTITUTE APPEARANCES (ALL COMPETITIONS)
| Player | Sub Apps | Total |
1 | David Dunn | 88 | 378 |
2 | Jason Roberts | 70 | 156 |
3 | Matt Jansen | 59 | 182 |
4 | Tugay Kerimoğlu | 57 | 294 |
5 | Keith Gillespie | 56 | 137 |
6 | Aaron Mokoena | 56 | 139 |
7 | Matt Derbyshire | 55 | 86 |
8 | Joe Rothwell | 54 | 161 |
9 | Danny Graham | 52 | 191 |
10 | Brett Emerton | 51 | 294 |
TOP TEN SUBSTITUTE APPEARANCES BY % (MINIMUM ONE START)
| Player | Sub Apps | Total | % Sub Apps |
1 | Daniel Butterworth | 17 | 18 | 94 |
2 | Dino Baggio | 11 | 12 | 92 |
3 | Jemal Johnson | 9 | 10 | 90 |
4 | Harry Chapman | 30 | 35 | 86 |
5 | Lee Makel | 11 | 13 | 85 |
6 | Sergio Peter | 22 | 26 | 85 |
7 | Luke Varney | 22 | 26 | 85 |
8 | Niklas Gudmundsson | 5 | 6 | 83 |
9 | Francis Jeffers | 12 | 15 | 80 |
10 | Simeon Jackson | 15 | 19 | 79 |
AND THOSE WHO HAVE ONLY EVER APPEARED AS A SUB…
| Player | Sub Apps |
1 | Marc Keller | 5 |
2 | Aaron Doran | 3 |
3 | Jack Vale | 3 |
4 | Dilan Markanday | 2 |
5 | Jordan Slew | 2 |
6 | Elrio van Heerden | 2 |
7 | Luke Brennan | 1 |
8 | Anton Forrester | 1 |
9 | Gary Hamilton | 1 |
10 | Bryan Hodge | 1 |
11 | Simon Ireland | 1 |
12 | Oumar Kondé | 1 |
13 | Marcus Marshall | 1 |
14 | Stefan Mols | 1 |
15 | Eddie Nolan | 1 |
16 | Burton O'Brien | 1 |
17 | Peter Thorne | 1 |
18 | Phil Williamson | 1 |