List of Southampton F.C. players

This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Southampton since 1945.

To be on this list, players must meet at least one of the following criteria:

• Have played 100 or more first-team matches for the club.
• Have scored 30 or more first-team goals
• Have appeared in either of the F.A. Cup finals since 1945.
• Have played at least half of the league games in the 1966 or 1978 promotion seasons.

For a list of all Southampton players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Southampton F.C. players.

Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club. Appearances and goals are for all first-team competitive matches only. Substitute appearances are included.

NOTE: Please do not simply add one to appearance figures for current players after a match; these statistics may not have been updated for several weeks and may be out of date. It is preferable if the statistics are updated at the end of a season, or if a player is transferred out of the club. Please check a reliable source such as the BBC website or www.soccerbase.com [1] for the correct figures.

Listed chronologically

Name	Position	Southampton career	Appearances	Goals
Ted Bates	FW	1937-1953	216	64
George Smith	FB	1938-1949	101	0
Eric Webber	MF	1938-1951	182	0
Bill Ellerington	FB	1945-1956	237	11
Don Roper	FW	1945-1947 1956-1959	133	43
Bill Rochford	FB	1946-1950	134	8
Joe Mallett	CB	1946-1953	223	3
Stan Clements	FB	1946-1955	120	1
Eric Day	FW	1946-1957	422	158
Ian Black	GK	1947-1950	104	0
Charlie Wayman	FW	1947-1950	107	77
George Curtis	FW	1947-1952	183	12
Len Wilkins	FB	1948-1958	275	3
Bryn Elliott	CB	1949-1958	251	2
Edwin Brown	FW	1950-1952	59	34
John Christie	GK	1951-1959	217	0
Frank Dudley	FW	1951-1954	73	33
Pat Parker	FB	1951-1959	145	0
Fred Kiernan	GK	1951-1956	136	0
John (Johnny) Walker	FW	1952-1957	186	52
John Flood	FW	1952-1958	129	29
John Hoskins	FW	1952-1959	238	67
John Page	CB	1952-1961	216	25
Tommy Traynor	FB	1952-1966	487	8
Robert McLoughlin	FB	1953-1959	178	5
Tommy Mulgrew	FW	1954-1962	330	100
Derek Reeves	FW	1954-1963	311	173
John Sydenham	RW	1956-1970	402	40
Terry Paine	LW	1956-1974	815	187
Brian Clifton	FW	1957-1963	123	36
Ron Davies	FB	1957-1964	192	0
Tony Godfrey	GK	1958-1966	149	0
Ron Reynolds	GK	1959-1964	111	0
George O’Brien	FW	1959-1966	281	180
Cliff Huxford	FB	1959-1967	320	4
Tony Knapp	CB	1961-1967	260	2
Ken Wimshurst	CB	1961-1968	171	12
George Kirby	FW	1962-1964	73	31
Stuart Williams	FB	1962-1966	165	3
Martin Chivers	FW	1962-1968	190	106
Dennis Hollywood	FB	1962-1972	267	4
Jimmy Melia	MF	1964-1969	152	12
Campbell Forsyth	GK	1965-1968	51	0
Dave Walker	FB	1965-1974	231	1
Mick Channon	FW	1965-1977 1979-1982	607	228
Ron Davies	FW	1966-1973	281	153
Tony Byrne	CB	1966-1974	114	3
Eric Martin	GK	1966-1975	290	0
Hugh Fisher	MF	1966-1977	366	11
Jimmy Gabriel	MF	1967-1972	224	27
Joe Kirkup	FB	1967-1974	193	4
John McGrath	MF	1967-1974	195	2
Bob McCarthy	FB	1967-1975	137	2
Bobby Stokes	FW	1968-1977	264	55
Brian O'Neil	MF	1970-1975	173	19
Paul Bennett	FB	1971-1976	137	2
Paul Gilchrist	FW	1971-1977	133	22
Jim Steele	FB	1971-1977	201	2
Peter Osgood	FW	1973-1978	161	36
Ian Turner	GK	1973-1978	107	0
David Peach	FB	1973-1980	282	44
Nick Holmes	MF	1973-1987	543	64
Mel Blyth	FB	1974-1977	136	7
Jim McCalliog	MF	1974-1977	90	12
Manny Andruszewski	FB	1974-1980	100	3
Malcolm Waldron	FB	1974-1983	218	11
Peter Rodrigues	FB	1975-1977	72	3
Steve Williams	MF	1975-1985	349	27
Ted MacDougall	FW	1976-1979	105	48
Peter Wells	GK	1976-1983	160	0
Alan Ball	MF	1976-1980 1981-1983	234	13
Trevor Hebberd	MF	1976-1982	114	10
Mike Pickering	FB	1977-1979	51	0
Phil Boyer	FW	1977-1981	162	61
Graham Baker	MF	1977-1982 1987-1990	199	36
Chris Nicholl	FB	1977-1983	268	9
Ivan Golac	MF	1978-1982 1983-1986	197	4
Steve Moran	FW	1979-1986	229	99
Kevin Keegan	FW	1980-1981	80	42
Reuben Agboola	FB	1980-1985	112	0
David Puckett	FW	1980-1986	111	16
Steve Baker	FB	1980-1988	102	0
Danny Wallace	FW	1983-1987	317	79
George Lawrence	FW	1981-1983 1984-1987	104	15
David Armstrong	MF	1981-1987	272	71
Mark Wright	FB	1981-1987	222	11
Mick Mills	FB	1982-1985	123	3
Peter Shilton	GK	1982-1987	242	0
Mark Dennis	LB	1983-1987	129	2
Kevin Bond	FB	1984-1988	174	6
Andy Townsend	MF	1984-1988	101	5
Jimmy Case	MF	1984-1991	272	14
Gerry Forrest	FB	1985-1990	134	1
Glenn Cockerill	MF	1985-1994	358	39
Colin Clarke	FW	1986-1989	98	39
Tim Flowers	GK	1986-1994	251	0
Matt Le Tissier	MF/FW	1986-2002	540	209
Rod Wallace	FW	1987-1991	151	56
Alan Shearer	FW	1987-1992	158	43
Kevin Moore	CB	1987-1994	185	13
Barry Horne	MF	1988-1992	151	13
Russell Osman	CB	1988-1992	124	6
Neil Ruddock	CB	1988-1992	138	13
Micky Adams	LB	1988-1994	174	7
Neil Maddison	MF	1988-1998	197	19
Francis Benali	LB	1988-2003	389	1
Jason Dodd	RB	1989-2005	484	13
Jeff Kenna	RB	1990-1995	131	4
Richard Hall	CB	1990-1996	157	16
Iain Dowie	FW	1991-1995	122	30
Ken Monkou	CB	1992-1999	233	13
Dave Beasant	GK	1993-1997	105	0
Simon Charlton	LB	1993-1998	136	3
Jim Magilton	MF	1993-1998	156	18
Matthew Oakley	MF	1994-2006	310	20
Claus Lundekvam	CB	1996-	413	2
Egil Østenstad	FW	1996-2000	109	33
Kevin Davies	FW	1997-1998 1999-2003	125	25
Paul Jones	GK	1997-2004	223	0
Wayne Bridge	LB	1998-2003	174	2
Chris Marsden	MF	1998-2004	152	8
James Beattie	FW	1998-2005	235	76
Marian Pahars	FW/MF	1998-2006	156	45
Jo Tessem	MF	1999-2004	129	16
Fabrice Fernandes	MF	2001-2005	106	6
Brett Ormerod	FW	2001-2006	116	19
Anders Svensson	MF	2001-2005	147	14
Paul Telfer	MF/RB	2001-2005	148	1
Rory Delap	MF/RB	2001-2006	152	7
Danny Higginbotham	LB	2002-2006	103	4
Michael Svensson	CB	2002-2007	82	6
Antti Niemi	GK	2002-2006	123	0
Chris Baird	RB	2002-2007	79	2
Grzegorz Rasiak	FW	2006-	63	30

As of September 18, 2007.

Key

• GK — Goalkeeper
• RB — Right back
• LB — Left back
• CB — Centre back
• MF — Midfielder
• RW — Right winger
• LW — Left winger
• FW — Forward

Top 15 by appearances

• Terry Paine 815
• Mick Channon 607
• Nick Holmes 543
• Matt Le Tissier 540
• Tommy Traynor 487
• Jason Dodd 484
• Eric Day 422
• Claus Lundekvam 411
• John Sydenham 402
• Francis Benali 389
• Hugh Fisher 366
• Glenn Cockerill 358
• Steve Williams 349
• Tommy Mulgrew 330
• Cliff Huxford 320

Most Football League goals

• 185 Mick Channon 1966-1977 & 1979-1982
• 162 Matthew Le Tissier 1986-2002
• 160 Terry Paine 1956-1974
• 156 Bill Rawlings 1920-1927
• 154 George O’Brien 1959-1966
• 145 Derek Reeves 1954-1963
• 145 Eric Day 1945-1957
• 134 Ron Davies 1966-1973
• 097 Martin Chivers 1962-1968
• 090 Tommy Mulgrew 1954-1962

Player of the season

1976-77 Steve Williams 1977-78 Alan Ball 1978-79 Malcolm Waldron 1979-80 Phil Boyer 1980-81 Ivan Golac 1981-82 Kevin Keegan 1982-83 Mark Wright 1983-84 David Armstrong 1984-85 Peter Shilton 1985-86 Peter Shilton 1986-87 Glenn Cockerill 1987-88 Derek Statham 1988-89 Jimmy Case 1989-90 Matthew Le Tissier 1990-91 Alan Shearer 1991-92 Tim Flowers

1992-93 Tim Flowers 1993-94 Matthew Le Tissier 1994-95 Matthew Le Tissier 1995-96 Dave Beasant 1996-97 Egil Østenstad 1997-98 Paul Jones 1998-99 James Beattie 1999-00 Dean Richards 2000-01 Wayne Bridge 2001-02 Chris Marsden 2002-03 James Beattie 2003-04 Antti Niemi 2004-05 Peter Crouch 2005-06 Claus Lundekvam 2006-07 Chris Baird

References

• Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk (2003). In That Number - A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. Hagiology. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X.

• Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.

• Gary Chalk & Duncan Holley (1987). Saints - A complete record. Breedon Books. ISBN 0-907969-22-4.
• Player of the Season