Stan Woodhouse
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stanley Woodhouse | ||
| Date of birth | 10 February 1899 | ||
| Place of birth | Warrington, England | ||
| Date of death | 18 March 1977 (aged 78) | ||
| Place of death | Southampton, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Inside forward / Half back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Monk's Hall | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1921–1924 | Bury | 23 | (5) |
| 1924–1936 | Southampton | 351 | (5) |
| 1936–1937 | Basingstoke Town | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Stanley Woodhouse (10 February 1899 – 18 March 1977) was an English footballer who played initially as an inside forward and later as a half back with Bury and Southampton in the 1920s and 1930s.
Woodhouse was born in Warrington and played as a teenager for Monk's Hall in the Cheshire County League, before joining Bury in May 1921. At Bury he played at inside right making six appearances in each of the 1921–22 and 1922–23 seasons. In 1923–24 he made eleven appearances, contributing three goals as Bury gained second place in the Second Division table thus gaining promotion to the top flight.
In a bid to strengthen the team for their return to the First Division, Bury signed Southampton's experienced left half Bill Turner with Woodhouse and John Callagher moving to the south coast as part of the deal. Woodhouse made his debut for Southampton on 30 August 1924 in the opening match of the season playing at inside left, before losing his place to Cliff Price after six games. He made a few spasmodic appearances at inside left, before switching to left half for a few matches near the end of the season.
The following season he began to make the left half spot his own, lining up with either George Harkus or Bert Shelley on the right and Alec Campbell or Arthur Bradford in the centre. He soon established himself as "a half-back of some standing" and rarely missed a match over the next five seasons. In 1926–27 he only missed two league matches and appeared in all six FA Cup matches in Saints' run to the FA Cup Semi-final at Stamford Bridge on 26 March 1927, which Southampton lost 1–2 to Arsenal. During this season manager Arthur Chadwick settled on his favoured line-up with eleven players featuring in at least 35 of the 42 league games; Woodhouse lined up in midfield alongside Bert Shelley and George Harkus in front of full-backs Michael Keeping and Ted Hough.
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