Neville Southall
Southall pictured in July 2007
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Neville Southall | ||
| Date of birth | 16 September 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Llandudno, Wales | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1970–1973 | Llandudno Swifts | ||
| 1973–1974 | Llandudno Town | ||
| 1974–197? | Bangor City | ||
| 197?–1979 | Conwy United | ||
| 1979–1980 | Winsford United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1981 | Bury | 39 | (0) |
| 1981–1998 | Everton | 578 | (0) |
| 1983 | → Port Vale (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | → Southend United (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 1998 | → Stoke City (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1998 | Stoke City | 9 | (0) |
| 1998 | Doncaster Rovers | 9 | (0) |
| 1998–2000 | Torquay United | 53 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Huddersfield Town (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2000 | Bradford City | 1 | (0) |
| 2001 | York City | 0 | (0) |
| 2001 | Rhyl | ||
| 2001 | Shrewsbury Town | 0 | (0) |
| 2001 | Dover Athletic | ||
| 2001–2002 | Shrewsbury Town | 0 | (0) |
| 2002 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 710 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1982–1997 | Wales | 92 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1999 | Wales (caretaker manager) | ||
| 2001–2002 | Dover Athletic | ||
| 2004–2005 | Hastings United | ||
| 2009 | Margate (caretaker manager) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Neville Southall MBE (born 16 September 1958) is a Welsh former international footballer. He has been described as one of the best goalkeepers of his generation and won the FWA Footballer of the Year award in 1985.
He joined Bury from Winsford United for a £6,000 fee in 1980, and turned professional in his early 20s after a number of years as a semi-professional and amateur player. During his teenage years he worked as a binman, waiter and hod carrier. He moved on to Everton for £150,000 in 1981 and established himself as the club's first-choice goalkeeper by the 1983–84 season. He went on to make a club record 578 appearances in the Football League and Premier League (750 in all competitions); his honours with the club include a European Cup Winners' Cup medal in 1985, a First Division championship medal in 1984–85 and 1986–87, an FA Cup winners medal in 1984 and 1995, and an FA Charity Shield winners medal in 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1995. He also played in the 1985 and 1989 FA Cup finals, the League Cup final in 1984, and helped Everton to a second place in the league in 1985–86. After leaving Everton in 1998, he became Torquay United's regular goalkeeper for two years. He also made a handful of appearances for numerous other clubs.
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