Keith Southern
Keith Southern playing for Blackpool
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Keith William Southern | ||
| Date of birth | 24 April 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2002 | Everton | 0 | (0) |
| 2002 | → Blackpool (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| 2002–2012 | Blackpool | 314 | (24) |
| 2012–2014 | Huddersfield Town | 38 | (5) |
| 2014–2015 | Fleetwood Town | 2 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Shrewsbury Town (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| Total | 376 | (30) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Keith William Southern (born 24 April 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. He made 376 appearances in the Premier League and Football league, most notably representing Blackpool between 2002 and 2012. Keith married to Shellmar June 2007 Has two young sons. Now retired from football he is a uefa B licence coach and summarisers for radio Lancashire.
Born in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, Southern started his career at Everton where in the 2001–02 season he captained the club's reserve team. After playing in the Toffees pre-season friendlies against Wrexham and Shrewsbury Town, on 6 August 2002 he was signed by then Blackpool manager Steve McMahon, initially on loan for one month at the start of the 2002–03 season. He made his league debut four days later in a 2–0 defeat to Bristol City at Ashton Gate. He scored his first goal on 7 September in a 3–0 victory over Tranmere Rovers at Bloomfield Road.
He made a total of sixteen appearances during a three-month loan spell. Then in early November, Blackpool tried to sign him on a season-long loan deal, however, Everton blocked the move, preferring it to be made permanent.
On 8 November Southern signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with the Seasiders for an undisclosed fee. On 22 March 2003 he was injured five minutes into a 2–2 draw with at Edgeley Park and missed the rest of the season. He had an operation on his right knee in April, then on 1 May he was named the Blackpool Gazette Player of the Year, jointly with Martin Bullock.
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