| Neville Southall
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Neville Southall | |
| Date of birth | September 16, 1958 | |
| Place of birth | Llandudno, Wales | |
| Height | 185. Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Llandudno (pronounced /ɬan'dɪdnɔ/ is a Seaside resort and Town in Conwy, Wales. 5 cm | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1973–1980 1980–1981 1981–1998 1983 1997–1998 1998 1998 1998–2000 1999 2000 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001–2002 2002 |
Winsford United Bury Everton → Port Vale (loan) → Southend United (loan) → Stoke City (loan) Stoke City Torquay United → Huddersfield Town (loan) Bradford City York City Rhyl Shrewsbury Town Dover Athletic Shrewsbury Town Dagenham & Redbridge |
39 (0) 578 (0) 9 (0) 9 (0) 3 (0) 9 (0) 53 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 1982–1997 | Wales | 93 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Neville Southall MBE (born September 16, 1958 in Llandudno, Wales) is a former professional footballer, best known for his time with Everton. Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Llandudno (pronounced /ɬan'dɪdnɔ/ is a Seaside resort and Town in Conwy, Wales. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Everton Football Club is an English football club located in the city of Liverpool. He has been described as one of the best goalkeepers of his generation and won the FWA Footballer of the Year award in 1987. The Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year (often called the FWA Footballer of the Year, or simply the Footballer of the Year) is an annual award given He was awarded the MBE in 1995 for his services to football. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V.
Southall joined Everton in 1980 and went on to make a club record 578 appearances in the Football League and helped the team to win a number of honours including the league championship and FA Cup on two occasions each and the European Cup Winners Cup. The Football League, also known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons is a league competition featuring professional football clubs The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after He also played internationally for Wales, winning a record 93 caps. The Wales national football team represents Wales in international men's football. A cap is an appearance for a select team such as a school county or international team in sports Since his retirement as a player Southall has managed a number of non-league teams with little success and has coached the Welsh national youth teams. Non-League football is football in England played at a level below that of the Premier League and The Football League.
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Playing career
Southall entered the game relatively late, and before becoming a professional worked as a binman, waiter and hod carrier. A brick hod is a three-sided box for carrying Bricks or other construction materials, often mortar. Most famously he played for Everton where he made a club record 578 league appearances (over 750 in all competitions) and won two Football League championships, two FA Cups and a European Cup Winners Cup. Everton Football Club is an English football club located in the city of Liverpool. The Football League, also known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons is a league competition featuring professional football clubs He also played internationally for Wales, winning 92 caps: another record. The Wales national football team represents Wales in international men's football. A cap is an appearance for a select team such as a school county or international team in sports
He had something of a love affair with Everton, enjoying early success in the 1980s, whilst he was perhaps the figurehead of Everton's gloom in the 1990s. Indeed, during the opening match of the 1990–91 season, he famously sat down during a "sulking session" against a goalpost at half-time whilst his teammates were still in the changing rooms during a surprise 3–2 home defeat to newly promoted Leeds United (it may be worth mentioning that Everton did pull back from three goals down but Everton were trailing by those three goals at half-time). Leeds United Association Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Leeds United or informally Leeds, are an English professional football A lasting image which epitomised the era. This was a turbulent time for Southall as he handed in several transfer requests throughout the season and did so further on in his Everton career. However he remained a constant fixture for the blues and his loyalty was rewarded in 1995 when he turned in a man of the match performance to thwart Manchester United in the FA Cup final and claim his first silverware for eight years. In Sport, a man of the match or player of the game or man of the series award is given to the outstanding player almost always the one who makes the most The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after The 1995 FA Cup Final &mdash the 50th Wembley FA Cup Final to be held since the Second World War &mdash was contested between Everton and Southall was also given a testimonial against Celtic in 1995 for his services to Everton. The Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the east end of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League.
He also has played for Winsford United, Bury, Bradford City, Stoke City, Rhyl, Southend United, York City, Shrewsbury Town, Huddersfield Town, Doncaster Rovers, and Torquay United. Winsford United are a football team based in the Cheshire town of Winsford. Bury Football Club is an English association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. Bradford City Association Football Club (also known as The Bantams, and previously The Paraders) is an English football club based in Bradford Stoke City Football Club is a football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, England. Rhyl Football Club ( Welsh: Clwb Pêl Droed Y Rhyl) is a Welsh football club playing in the Welsh Premier League. Southend United Football Club is an English football team based at Roots Hall Stadium in Prittlewell in the Borough of Southend-on-Sea, Essex York City Football Club is an English football club based in York, North Yorkshire. Shrewsbury Town Football Club are an English football club currently playing in Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Doncaster Rovers Football Club (or informally Donny) are an English football club based at the Keepmoat Stadium in the town of Doncaster Torquay United Football Club, nicknamed the Gulls is an English association football club based in the seaside resort town of Torquay, Devon He was voted Footballer of The Year in 1985, extremely rare for a goalkeeper, and awarded the M. B. E in 1997.
After his football career, Neville Southall had coaching experience with the Welsh national squad, Dagenham & Redbridge, Dover Athletic, Canvey Island and Molesey before finally going into management at Hastings United in 2004. Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club is an English football team based in Dagenham, East London, currently playing in the Football League Dover Athletic Football Club is an association football team based in the town of Dover, Kent, England, who play in the Isthmian League Canvey Island FC, known as the Gulls or Yellow Army, are an English association football club founded in 1926 Molesey FC is a football club based in West Molesey, Surrey, England, currently playing in the Combined Counties League Premier Division Hastings United FC are a semi-professional English football club who currently play in the Isthmian League Premier Division.
He was sacked as Hastings' manager in 2005 with the Hastings' chairman saying that "there have recently been an increasing number of issues on which Neville and I have disagreed and it had got to the point where our working relationship had broken down, beyond the point of repair, as far as I was concerned".
In November 2005, Paul Merson remarkably revealed that he had approached Southall and ex-England goalkeeper David Seaman to play for Walsall in an FA Cup game at Merthyr Tydfil as their two first choice goalkeepers, Joe Murphy and Andy Oakes, were unavailable. Paul Charles Merson (born Harlesden, 20 March 1968) is a retired English football player and former player-manager of Walsall David Andrew Seaman MBE (born 19 September 1963 in Rotherham, South Yorkshire) is a former English football Walsall Football Club are an English football club based in Walsall, West Midlands, currently playing in League One. The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after Merthyr Tydfil Football Club is a Welsh football club based at the Penydarren Park ground in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan. Joe Murphy (born 21 August 1981) is an Irish football Goalkeeper for Scunthorpe United. Andrew Mark 'Andy' Oakes (born on 11 January 1977 in Northwich) is a football player who plays in goal for Darlington Football Club. However, Southall turned this offer down.
His stability on the pitch was in sharp contrast to a tumultuous private life. After a string of affairs, he walked out on his wife and family. In December 2007, Southall recovered the medals and trophies he had previously given to his teenage daughter, following successful legal action through the Liverpool courts. Southall is a suburb in the London Borough of Ealing, West London. His daughter, a student, is now left with a legal bill of £6,000. [1]
Honours
As a player
- Football League Championship winner 1985, 1987
- FA Cup winner 1984, 1995; runners-up 1985, 1989
- European Cup-Winners Cup winner 1985
- League Cup runners-up 1984
- Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year 1985
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| Awards | ||
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Preceded by Ian Rush |
Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year 1985 |
Succeeded by Gary Lineker |
| Preceded by Steve Robinson |
BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year 1995 |
Succeeded by Ryan Giggs |
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