Nicky Southall
Southall playing for Grimsby Town in 1994.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Leslie Nicholas Southall | ||
| Date of birth | 28 January 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Middlesbrough, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Maidstone United (Assistant manager) |
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| Youth career | |||
| Darlington | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1995 | Hartlepool United | 138 | (24) |
| 1995–1997 | Grimsby Town | 72 | (6) |
| 1997–2001 | Gillingham | 157 | (19) |
| 2001–2002 | Bolton Wanderers | 18 | (1) |
| 2002 | → Norwich City (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2002–2005 | Gillingham | 92 | (2) |
| 2005–2007 | Nottingham Forest | 67 | (13) |
| 2007–2009 | Gillingham | 84 | (4) |
| 2008 | → Dover Athletic (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Dover Athletic | 27 | (4) |
| 2010–2012 | Gillingham | 0 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Whitstable Town | 20 | (5) |
| Total | 688 | (78) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2012–2014 | Whitstable Town (player/manager) | ||
| 2014– | Maidstone United (assistant manager) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:42, 10 August 2014 (UTC). |
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Leslie Nicholas "Nicky" Southall (born 28 January 1972), is an English professional footballer who is assistant manager at National League South side Maidstone United.
During his time in professional football Southall has competed in the top four tiers of English league football, notably in the Premier League for Bolton Wanderers. He has represented Hartlepool United, Grimsby Town, Gillingham, Norwich City and Nottingham Forest in the Football League as well as Dover Athletic in Non-league.
A former pupil of Coulby Newham Secondary School, he has used his second given name since childhood. He started his career as a left-winger, but has played in most positions, including goalkeeper.
Southall was spotted playing Sunday football for Nunthorpe Boys and was offered a trial at Newcastle United. After realising he'd have little chance of breaking into the Newcastle team he left and joined Darlington on schoolboy terms.
Darlington let him go but he resumed his career with Hartlepool United where he was a regular in the first team for four seasons. Every one of his 130 appearances for Hartlepool was as a member of the starting line-up, and he scored 28 goals.
He was transferred to Grimsby Town for £40,000 and played 55 times, scoring nine goals. On his home debut he had to play in goal after the Grimsby keeper was sent off – allegedly, the other players forced him in because he had the same surname as legendary Everton keeper Neville Southall.
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