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Ian Cranson 
Club Appearance Record
| Season | Lge Apps | Lge Goals | Cup Apps | Cup Goals | Tot Apps | Tot Goals | Oth Apps | Oth Goals | Res Apps | Res Goals | Youth Apps | Youth Goals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979-80 | ||||||||||||||
| 1980-81 | ||||||||||||||
| 1981-82 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1982-83 | ||||||||||||||
| 1983-84 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 1984-85 | 19(2) | 1 | 11 | 30(2) | 1 | |||||||||
| 1985-86 | 42 | 1 | 10 | 52 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1986-87 | 32 | 2 | 6(1) | 38(1) | 2 | |||||||||
| 1987-88 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 1 | |||||||||
| Totals | 130(2) | 5 | 33(1) | 163(3) | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Career Appearance Record
| Club | Date Signed | Date Left | Fee | Lge Apps | Lge Goals | Cup Apps | Cup Goals | Tot Apps | Tot Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Durham Schoolboys | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Horden Colliery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Ipswich Town | July 1982 | March 1988 | Youth Team | See Above | ||||||
| Sheffield Wednesday | March 1988 | July 1989 | £450,000 | 29(1) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 34(1) | 0 | |
| Stoke City | July 1989 | November 1996 | £450,000 | 220(3) | 9 | 57(1) | 3 | 277(4) | 12 | |
Player career stats also available at SoccerBase.
To view Ian Cranson's international record click here.
Your comments
Have good memories of Ian Cranson (and his iconic headband). Very solid player. Was pretty good in goal too should the need arise, and donned the gloves a few times mid-game as I recall!!
Andrew Wilday 12-07-2014
Won the Autoglass Trophy with Stoke City in 1992 and and 4 supporters awards.
Retired with a knee injury in November 1996.
Joined Stoke`s Centre of Excellence in 1998.
Coach at Academy U-19 level rising to assistant academy director May 2003.
04-09-2008
Contract Info
Ian Cranson signed a professional contract with Ipswich Town in July 1982. Professional contract period is unknown
Many thanks to Tim Hodge for compiling the statistics that appear in the "Contract Info" section.
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