- List of Southampton F.C. players
This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Southampton since 1894, the year the club joined the Southern League.
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.For a list of all Southampton players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see .
"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figures for current players after a match; these statistics may not have been updated for several weeks and may be out of date.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 [http://www.soccerbase.com/teams2.sd?teamid=2471] for the correct figures.
Listed chronologically
"As of
5 May ,2008 ."Key
* GK — Goalkeeper
* RB — Right back
* FB — Full back
* LB — Left back
* CB — Centre back
* CH —Centre half
* HB — Half back
* MF —Midfielder
* RW — Right winger
* LW — Left winger
* FW — ForwardTop 15 by Football League appearances
*
Terry Paine 713
*Mick Channon 510
* Nick Holmes 444
* Matt Le Tissier 443
*Tommy Traynor 434
*Jason Dodd 398
*Eric Day 398
*Bert Shelley 392
*Claus Lundekvam 357
*Stan Woodhouse 351
*John Sydenham 342
*Francis Benali 311
* Hugh Fisher 302
*Tommy Mulgrew 293
*Glenn Cockerill 287Most Football League goals
*185
Mick Channon 1966-1977 & 1979-1982
*162Matthew Le Tissier 1986-2002
*160Terry Paine 1956-1974
*156Bill Rawlings 1920-1927
*154 George O’Brien 1959-1966
*145Derek Reeves 1954-1963
*145Eric Day 1945-1957
*134 Ron Davies 1966-1973
*097Martin Chivers 1962-1968
*090Tommy Mulgrew 1954-1962Bill Rawlings also scored 19 goals in the Southern League in 1919-20.Player of the season
References
*cite book
author=Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk
title=In That Number - A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC
publisher=Hagiology
year=2003
id=ISBN 0-9534474-3-X*cite book
author=Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk
title=The Alphabet of the Saints
publisher= ACL & Polar Publishing
year=1992
id=ISBN 0-9514862-3-3*cite book
author=Gary Chalk & Duncan Holley
title=Saints - A complete record
publisher= Breedon Books
year=1987
id=ISBN 0-907969-22-4
* [http://www.upthesaints.com/playerofseason.asp Player of the Season]
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