List of Southampton F.C. players
Southampton Football Club is an English association football club based in Southampton, Hampshire. Founded in 1885 as St Mary's YMA, they became a professional club in 1891 and co-founded the Southern Football League in 1894.[1] Southampton won the Southern League Premier Division championship six times between 1896 and 1904,[2] and were later elected to the Football League Third Division in 1920.[3] The Saints finished as runners-up in their first Football League season,[4] and the following year received promotion to the Second Division as Third Division South champions.[5] The club first entered the First Division in 1966,[6] and currently play in its modern-day counterpart, the Premier League.[7] Southampton won the FA Cup in 1976, reached the final of the League Cup in 1979 and 2017, and won the League Trophy in 2010.[7]
Since the club's formation, a total of 213 players have made 100 or more appearances for Southampton. Winger Terry Paine holds the record for the highest number of appearances for the Saints, having played 816 times for the club between 1957 and 1974.[8] As of 2008, nine other players have made more than 400 appearances for Southampton. The club's top goalscorer is Mick Channon, who scored 228 goals in all competitions in two spells with the club, between 1966 and 1977, and from 1979 to 1982.[9] Matt Le Tissier is the only player to have won the Southampton F.C. Player of the Season award three times, while five other players (Peter Shilton, Tim Flowers, James Beattie, Rickie Lambert and José Fonte) have received the accolade twice.[10] Le Tissier is also the only player besides Channon to have scored over 200 goals for Southampton.
Key
- The list is ordered first by date of debut, and then if necessary in alphabetical order by surname.
- Appearances as a substitute are included. This feature of the game was introduced in the Football League at the start of the 1965–66 season.
- Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 26 July 2020. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.
Pre-1960s | 1960s– | ||
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GK | Goalkeeper | ||
FB | Full back | DF | Defender |
HB | Half back | MF | Midfielder |
FW | Forward |
- Nationality
- Unless otherwise noted, the nationality of a player is determined by the country for which he has played, or if said person has not played international football, their country of birth.
- Position
- Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. The change in the names of defensive and midfield positions reflects the tactical evolution that occurred from the 1960s onwards.
- Club career
- Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.
- Total appearances and Total goals
- Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Southern League, Wessex League, Football League, Premier League, Southern Alliance, Southern District Combination, United League, FA Cup, League/EFL Cup, FA Charity/Community Shield, League/EFL Trophy, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Southern Floodlit Cup, Southern Charity Cup, Texaco Cup, Full Members Cup, Hampshire Senior Cup, Hampshire Junior Cup, Hampshire Benevolent Cup, Hampshire County Cricket Club Charity Cup, Portsmouth Cup, Rowland Hospital Cup and Victory Cup. Wartime competitions are excluded.
Players
Player | Nationality | Pos | Club career | Starts | Subs | Total | Goals |
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Appearances | |||||||
Jack Farrell | FW | 1895–1898 1899–1900 | 116 | N/A | 116 | 57 | |
Watty Keay | FW | 1895–1900 | 113 | N/A | 113 | 34 | |
Samuel Meston | HB | 1895–1906 | 413 | N/A | 413 | 27 | |
Joe Turner | FW | 1895–1898 1901–1904 | 200 | N/A | 200 | 86 | |
George Clawley | GK | 1896–1898 1903–1907 | 267 | N/A | 267 | 0 | |
Harry Haynes | FB | 1896–1900 | 110 | N/A | 110 | 6 | |
Jimmy Yates | FW | 1897–1898 1898–1901 1904–1905 | 106 | N/A | 106 | 29 | |
Arthur Chadwick | HB | 1897–1901 | 141 | N/A | 141 | 10 | |
Jack Robinson | GK | 1898–1903 | 201 | N/A | 201 | 10 | |
Harry Wood | FW | 1898–1905 | 271 | N/A | 271 | 84 | |
Archie Turner | FW | 1899–1902 1904–1905 | 133 | N/A | 133 | 43 | |
Bert Lee | HB | 1900–1906 1911–1915 | 369 | N/A | 369 | 18 | |
George Molyneux | FB | 1900–1905 | 229 | N/A | 229 | 0 | |
Fred Harrison | FW | 1901–1908 | 249 | N/A | 249 | 156 | |
Tommy Bowman | HB | 1901–1904 | 148 | N/A | 148 | 7 | |
John Fraser | FW | 1902–1905 | 112 | N/A | 112 | 33 | |
George Hedley | FW | 1903–1906 | 113 | N/A | 113 | 54 | |
Fred Mouncher | FW | 1903–1907 | 162 | N/A | 162 | 23 | |
Tom Burrows | GK | 1904–1911 | 111 | N/A | 111 | 0 | |
Harry Brown | FW | 1905–1906 1910–1913 | 100 | N/A | 100 | 43 | |
Frank Jefferis | FW | 1905–1911 | 226 | N/A | 226 | 61 | |
Horace Glover | FB | 1906–1911 | 209 | N/A | 209 | 7 | |
John Robertson | HB | 1906–1912 | 194 | N/A | 194 | 2 | |
Jack Eastham | FB | 1906–1912 | 208 | N/A | 208 | 4 | |
Joe Blake | FW | 1906–1920 | 183 | N/A | 183 | 14 | |
John Bainbridge | FW | 1907–1910 | 113 | N/A | 113 | 26 | |
John Johnston | HB | 1907–1911 | 139 | N/A | 139 | 1 | |
Herbert Lock | GK | 1907–1909 1922–1923 | 101 | N/A | 101 | 0 | |
Bert Trueman | HB | 1908–1911 | 106 | N/A | 106 | 5 | |
Percy Prince | FW | 1908–1914 1919 | 103 | N/A | 103 | 29 | |
Alec Campbell | HB | 1908–1909 1913–1914 1915–1926 | 208 | N/A | 208 | 15 | |
Sid Kimpton | FW | 1910–1920 | 176 | N/A | 176 | 36 | |
John Denby | HB | 1911–1915 | 162 | N/A | 162 | 12 | |
Jim McAlpine | HB | 1911–1915 | 172 | N/A | 172 | 3 | |
Sid Ireland | HB | 1911–1915 | 156 | N/A | 156 | 2 | |
Len Andrews | FW | 1912–1919 | 215 | N/A | 215 | 53 | |
Arthur Dominy | FW | 1913–1926 | 392 | N/A | 392 | 155 | |
Joe Barratt | FW | 1919–1922 | 102 | N/A | 102 | 8 | |
Fred Foxall | FW | 1919–1922 | 115 | N/A | 115 | 13 | |
Tom Parker | FB | 1919–1926 | 280 | N/A | 280 | 13 | |
Fred Titmuss | FB | 1919–1926 | 246 | N/A | 246 | 0 | |
Bill Rawlings | FW | 1919–1931 | 377 | N/A | 377 | 198 | |
Bill Turner | HB | 1919–1924 | 200 | N/A | 200 | 1 | |
Bert Shelley | HB | 1920–1932 | 465 | N/A | 465 | 9 | |
Tommy Allen | GK | 1920–1928 | 327 | N/A | 327 | 0 | |
Ted Hough | FB | 1922–1930 | 195 | N/A | 195 | 0 | |
Bill Henderson | FW | 1923–1928 | 177 | N/A | 177 | 10 | |
George Harkus | HB | 1924–1936 | 334 | N/A | 334 | 8 | |
Arthur Bradford | HB | 1924–1930 1931–1932 | 248 | N/A | 248 | 5 | |
Stan Woodhouse | HB | 1924–1936 | 383 | N/A | 383 | 5 | |
Michael Keeping | HB | 1924–1933 | 286 | N/A | 286 | 13 | |
Dick Rowley | FW | 1926–1930 | 117 | N/A | 117 | 62 | |
Bill Adams | FB | 1927–1936 | 219 | N/A | 219 | 3 | |
Bill Luckett | HB | 1928–1936 | 229 | N/A | 229 | 10 | |
Willie White | GK | 1928–1932 | 107 | N/A | 107 | 0 | |
Herbert Coates | FW | 1928–1934 | 111 | N/A | 111 | 27 | |
Johnny Arnold | FW | 1929–1933 | 110 | N/A | 110 | 46 | |
Johnny McIlwaine | HB | 1930–1932 1933–1936 | 123 | N/A | 123 | 20 | |
Bert Scriven | GK | 1930–1937 | 241 | N/A | 241 | 0 | |
Arthur Roberts | FB | 1931–1938 | 167 | N/A | 167 | 0 | |
Charlie Sillett | FB | 1932–1938 | 191 | N/A | 191 | 10 | |
Dick Neal | FW | 1932–1937 | 186 | N/A | 186 | 19 | |
Tom Brewis | FW | 1932–1937 | 123 | N/A | 123 | 18 | |
Arthur Holt | FW | 1933–1939 | 222 | N/A | 222 | 50 | |
Fred Tully | FW | 1933–1937 | 107 | N/A | 107 | 10 | |
Ted Bates | FW | 1937–1953 | 217 | N/A | 217 | 64 | |
George Smith | FB | 1939–1948 | 102 | N/A | 102 | 1 | |
Eric Webber | HB | 1939–1951 | 192 | N/A | 192 | 0 | |
Don Roper | FW | 1946–1947 1956–1959 | 133 | N/A | 133 | 42 | |
Bill Ellerington | FB | 1946–1956 | 237 | N/A | 237 | 11 | |
Bill Rochford | DF | 1946–1950 | 134 | N/A | 134 | 0 | |
Eric Day | FW | 1946–1957 | 422 | N/A | 422 | 158 | |
Joe Mallett | HB | 1947–1953 | 223 | N/A | 223 | 3 | |
Stan Clements | HB | 1947–1954 | 120 | N/A | 120 | 1 | |
George Curtis | FW | 1947–1951 | 183 | N/A | 183 | 12 | |
Charlie Wayman | FW | 1947–1950 | 107 | N/A | 107 | 77 | |
Ian Black | GK | 1948–1950 | 104 | N/A | 104 | 0 | |
Len Wilkins | HB | 1948–1958 | 275 | N/A | 275 | 0 | |
Bryn Elliott | HB | 1950–1958 | 251 | N/A | 251 | 2 | |
John Christie | GK | 1951–1959 | 217 | N/A | 217 | 0 | |
Pat Parker | HB | 1951–1959 | 145 | N/A | 145 | 0 | |
Fred Kiernan | GK | 1951–1956 | 136 | N/A | 136 | 0 | |
Johnny Walker | FW | 1952–1957 | 186 | N/A | 186 | 52 | |
Tommy Traynor | FB | 1952–1965 | 487 | 0 | 487 | 8 | |
John Page | HB | 1952–1961 | 216 | N/A | 216 | 25 | |
John Hoskins | FW | 1952–1959 | 238 | N/A | 238 | 67 | |
John Flood | FW | 1953–1958 | 129 | N/A | 129 | 29 | |
Bobby McLaughlin | HB | 1953–1959 | 178 | N/A | 178 | 5 | |
Tommy Mulgrew | FW | 1954–1962 | 330 | N/A | 330 | 100 | |
Derek Reeves | FW | 1955–1962 | 311 | N/A | 311 | 173 | |
Terry Paine | FW | 1957–1974 | 812 | 4 | 816 | 187 | |
John Sydenham | MF | 1957–1970 | 401 | 1 | 402 | 40 | |
Brian Clifton | FW | 1957–1962 | 123 | N/A | 123 | 36 | |
Ron Davies | FB | 1958–1964 | 192 | N/A | 192 | 0 | |
Tony Godfrey | GK | 1958–1965 | 149 | 0 | 149 | 0 | |
Cliff Huxford | MF | 1959–1967 | 317 | 3 | 320 | 4 | |
George O'Brien | FW | 1959–1965 | 281 | N/A | 281 | 180 | |
Ron Reynolds | GK | 1960–1963 | 111 | N/A | 111 | 0 | |
Tony Knapp | DF | 1961–1967 | 260 | 0 | 260 | 2 | |
Ken Wimshurst | MF | 1961–1967 | 167 | 4 | 171 | 12 | |
Martin Chivers | FW | 1962–1968 | 189 | 1 | 190 | 106 | |
Stuart Williams | DF | 1962–1966 | 165 | 2 | 167 | 3 | |
Denis Hollywood | DF | 1962–1972 | 266 | 1 | 267 | 4 | |
Jimmy Melia | MF | 1964–1968 | 152 | 3 | 155 | 12 | |
Tony Byrne | DF | 1965–1974 | 101 | 13 | 114 | 3 | |
Dave Walker | DF | 1965–1973 | 223 | 8 | 241 | 1 | |
Mick Channon | FW | 1966–1977 1979–1982 | 602 | 5 | 607 | 228 | |
Ron Davies | FW | 1966–1973 | 277 | 4 | 281 | 153 | |
Hugh Fisher | MF | 1967–1976 | 188 | 47 | 235 | 76 | |
Eric Martin | GK | 1967–1975 | 289 | 1 | 290 | 0 | |
Jimmy Gabriel | MF | 1967–1972 | 223 | 1 | 224 | 27 | |
Bob McCarthy | DF | 1967–1975 | 137 | 0 | 137 | 2 | |
Joe Kirkup | DF | 1968–1973 | 192 | 1 | 193 | 4 | |
John McGrath | DF | 1968–1973 | 194 | 1 | 195 | 2 | |
Bobby Stokes | FW | 1969–1977 | 238 | 26 | 264 | 55 | |
Brian O'Neil | MF | 1970–1974 | 171 | 2 | 173 | 19 | |
Jim Steele | DF | 1972–1977 | 200 | 1 | 201 | 2 | |
Paul Gilchrist | FW | 1972–1976 | 120 | 13 | 133 | 22 | |
Paul Bennett | DF | 1972–1976 | 137 | 0 | 137 | 2 | |
David Peach | DF | 1974–1980 | 278 | 4 | 282 | 44 | |
Nick Holmes | MF | 1974–1987 | 535 | 8 | 542 | 64 | |
Peter Osgood | FW | 1974–1977 | 157 | 4 | 161 | 36 | |
Ian Turner | GK | 1974–1978 | 107 | 0 | 107 | 0 | |
Mel Blyth | DF | 1974–1977 | 135 | 0 | 135 | 7 | |
Manny Andruszewski | DF | 1975–1980 | 98 | 2 | 100 | 3 | |
Malcolm Waldron | DF | 1975–1983 | 217 | 1 | 218 | 11 | |
Steve Williams | MF | 1976–1984 | 346 | 3 | 349 | 27 | |
Ted MacDougall | FW | 1976–1978 | 105 | 0 | 105 | 48 | |
Peter Wells | GK | 1976–1982 | 160 | 0 | 160 | 0 | |
Alan Ball | MF | 1976–1980 1981–1982 | 234 | 0 | 234 | 13 | |
Trevor Hebberd | MF | 1977–1982 | 82 | 31 | 113 | 11 | |
Phil Boyer | FW | 1977–1980 | 162 | 0 | 162 | 61 | |
Chris Nicholl | DF | 1977–1983 | 268 | 0 | 268 | 9 | |
Graham Baker | MF | 1977–1982 1987–1989 | 191 | 8 | 199 | 36 | |
Ivan Golac | DF | 1978–1982 1983–1985 | 196 | 1 | 197 | 4 | |
Steve Moran | FW | 1980–1986 | 217 | 12 | 229 | 99 | |
Reuben Agboola | DF | 1980–1985 | 111 | 1 | 112 | 0 | |
Danny Wallace | FW | 1980–1989 | 299 | 18 | 317 | 79 | |
David Puckett | FW | 1981–1986 | 59 | 52 | 111 | 16 | |
Steve Baker | DF | 1981–1988 | 89 | 13 | 102 | 0 | |
David Armstrong | MF | 1981–1987 | 272 | 0 | 272 | 71 | |
George Lawrence | MF | 1981–1987 | 83 | 21 | 104 | 15 | |
Mark Wright | DF | 1982–1987 | 222 | 0 | 222 | 11 | |
Peter Shilton | GK | 1982–1987 | 242 | 0 | 242 | 0 | |
Mick Mills | DF | 1982–1985 | 123 | 0 | 123 | 3 | |
Mark Dennis | DF | 1983–1987 | 129 | 0 | 129 | 2 | |
Kevin Bond | DF | 1984–1988 | 173 | 1 | 174 | 6 | |
Jimmy Case | MF | 1985–1991 | 269 | 3 | 272 | 14 | |
Andy Townsend | MF | 1985–1988 | 89 | 12 | 101 | 5 | |
Glenn Cockerill | MF | 1985–1993 | 340 | 18 | 358 | 39 | |
Gerry Forrest | DF | 1985–1989 | 131 | 3 | 134 | 1 | |
Matt Le Tissier | MF | 1986–2002 | 462 | 78 | 540 | 209 | |
Tim Flowers | GK | 1986–1993 | 251 | 0 | 251 | 0 | |
Kevin Moore | DF | 1987–1994 | 180 | 5 | 185 | 13 | |
Rod Wallace | FW | 1987–1991 | 132 | 19 | 151 | 56 | |
Alan Shearer | FW | 1988–1992 | 140 | 18 | 158 | 43 | |
Russell Osman | DF | 1988–1991 | 120 | 4 | 124 | 6 | |
Francis Benali | DF | 1988–2003 | 321 | 48 | 359 | 1 | |
Neil Maddison | MF | 1988–1997 | 167 | 30 | 197 | 19 | |
Neil Ruddock | DF | 1989–1992 | 130 | 8 | 138 | 13 | |
Micky Adams | DF | 1989–1994 | 171 | 3 | 174 | 7 | |
Barry Horne | MF | 1989–1992 | 148 | 3 | 151 | 13 | |
Jason Dodd | DF | 1989–2004 | 453 | 30 | 483 | 13 | |
Jeff Kenna | DF | 1991–1995 | 126 | 5 | 131 | 4 | |
Richard Hall | DF | 1991–1996 | 148 | 8 | 156 | 14 | |
Iain Dowie | FW | 1991–1995 | 133 | 10 | 143 | 32 | |
Ken Monkou | DF | 1992–1999 | 224 | 9 | 233 | 13 | |
Simon Charlton | DF | 1993–1997 | 121 | 15 | 136 | 3 | |
Dave Beasant | GK | 1993–1996 | 103 | 2 | 105 | 0 | |
Jim Magilton | MF | 1994–1997 | 148 | 8 | 156 | 18 | |
Matt Oakley | MF | 1995–2006 | 282 | 28 | 310 | 20 | |
Claus Lundekvam | DF | 1996–2007 | 403 | 10 | 413 | 2 | |
Egil Østenstad | FW | 1996–1999 | 92 | 17 | 109 | 33 | |
Kevin Davies | FW | 1997–1998 1999–2003 | 89 | 36 | 125 | 25 | |
Paul Jones | GK | 1997–2003 | 220 | 3 | 223 | 0 | |
James Beattie | FW | 1998–2004 | 188 | 47 | 235 | 76 | |
Wayne Bridge | DF | 1998–2003 | 161 | 13 | 174 | 2 | |
Chris Marsden | MF | 1999–2003 | 137 | 15 | 152 | 8 | |
Marians Pahars | FW | 1999–2006 | 127 | 29 | 156 | 45 | |
Jo Tessem | MF | 1999–2004 | 78 | 51 | 129 | 16 | |
Rory Delap | MF | 2001–2006 | 135 | 17 | 152 | 5 | |
Anders Svensson | MF | 2001–2005 | 116 | 31 | 147 | 13 | |
Paul Telfer | DF | 2001–2005 | 129 | 19 | 148 | 1 | |
Brett Ormerod | FW | 2001–2006 | 74 | 42 | 116 | 19 | |
Fabrice Fernandes | MF | 2001–2005 | 88 | 18 | 106 | 6 | |
Antti Niemi | GK | 2002–2006 | 123 | 0 | 123 | 0 | |
Danny Higginbotham | DF | 2003–2006 | 96 | 10 | 106 | 4 | |
Andrew Surman | MF | 2006–2009 | 128 | 18 | 146 | 18 | |
Jermaine Wright | MF | 2006–2008 | 95 | 5 | 100 | 1 | |
Kelvin Davis | GK | 2006–2016 | 299 | 2 | 301 | 0 | |
Bradley Wright-Phillips | FW | 2006–2009 | 66 | 55 | 121 | 25 | |
Adam Lallana | MF | 2006–2014 | 239 | 26 | 265 | 60 | |
Morgan Schneiderlin | MF | 2008–2015 | 228 | 33 | 261 | 15 | |
Jack Cork | MF | 2008 2011–2015 | 129 | 24 | 153 | 3 | |
Dan Harding | DF | 2009–2012 | 110 | 11 | 121 | 5 | |
Rickie Lambert | FW | 2009–2014 | 219 | 16 | 235 | 117 | |
Dean Hammond | MF | 2009–2013 | 130 | 15 | 145 | 11 | |
José Fonte | DF | 2010–2017 | 283 | 5 | 288 | 15 | |
Guly do Prado | FW | 2010–2014 | 80 | 38 | 118 | 23 | |
James Ward-Prowse | MF | 2011– | 193 | 85 | 278 | 24 | |
Jack Stephens | DF | 2012– | 102 | 9 | 111 | 6 | |
Nathaniel Clyne | DF | 2012–2015 | 99 | 5 | 104 | 5 | |
Steven Davis | MF | 2012–2018 | 185 | 41 | 226 | 14 | |
Jay Rodriguez | FW | 2012–2017 | 81 | 45 | 126 | 35 | |
Maya Yoshida | DF | 2012–2020 | 172 | 22 | 194 | 9 | |
Ryan Bertrand | DF | 2014– | 203 | 3 | 206 | 8 | |
Fraser Forster | GK | 2014– | 125 | 0 | 125 | 0 | |
Shane Long | FW | 2014– | 116 | 96 | 212 | 34 | |
Dušan Tadić | MF | 2014–2018 | 134 | 28 | 162 | 23 | |
Cédric Soares | DF | 2015–2020 | 133 | 5 | 138 | 3 | |
Oriol Romeu | MF | 2015– | 155 | 34 | 189 | 6 | |
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg | MF | 2016–2020 | 114 | 20 | 134 | 5 | |
Nathan Redmond | MF | 2016– | 136 | 30 | 166 | 23 |
Footnotes
- Chalk & Holley 1987, pp. 9–16
- Chalk & Holley 1987, p. 21–35
- Chalk & Holley 1987, p. 64
- Chalk & Holley 1987, p. 5
- Chalk & Holley 1987, p. 67
- Chalk & Holley 2003, p. 86
- "Southampton". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- Chalk, Holley & Bull 2013, p. 424
- Chalk, Holley & Bull 2013, pp. 270–271
- Kerins, Dan (12 May 2016). "Previous winners of the Daily Echo Southampton FC Player of the Season Award". Southern Daily Echo. Newsquest. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
References
- Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan (August 1987), Saints: A Complete Record of Southampton Football Club 1885–1987, Breedon Books, ISBN 978-0907969228
- Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan; Bull, David (November 2013), All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC, Hagiology Publishing, ISBN 978-0992686406