Emerging from local parks football, 17 year-old “Jack” Goodchild signed for Southampton as an understudy to the regular goalkeeper, Tom Burrows He was barely 18 and still an amateur when he deputised for Burrows in the last Southern League game of the 1909-10 season. But his signing pro, that summer, coincided with the return of Arthur Brown from Portsmouth, which meant that the young ...
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.
Please note – this is a “live” website inasmuch I add to it every day, so its always worth checking back onto a profile to see if any new facts or images have come to light.