At West Park school Ossie Litler had played rugby union but while working as a wages clerk at a Lancashire Colliery he was playing, as a part-time professional footballer, for Third North Rochdale. Southampton ventured, in May 1929, to offer him full-time football in the Second Division, but the Lancashire FA had taken a dim view of his recently turning out for a church-league team and du...
Browse through the profiles of every Saints player to have played competitive football from 1887, right up to the present day. Well over 1000 profiles (and growing) including full stats, photos and relevant press cuttings. This is THE place to explore the lives of the men who wore the red and white shirts …..even if it was only the once.
In short the ultimate historical archive for Saints fans who want to delve deeper into the careers and fate of those who represented the club they are so proud to support.
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