Steve Wood (footballer, born February 1963)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Stephen Alan Wood | ||
Date of birth | 2 February 1963 | ||
Place of birth | Bracknell, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Central defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1981–1987 | Reading | 219 | (9) |
1987–1991 | Millwall | 110 | (0) |
1991–1994 | Southampton | 46 | (0) |
1994–1996 | Oxford United | 13 | (0) |
Woking | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Steve Wood (born 2 February 1963) is an English former football defender.
Wood started his career as an apprentice at Arsenal but was then snapped up by Reading for whom he had eight successful years gaining promotion to the Second Division. He then moved to Millwall for £85,000,[2] and finally onto Southampton for £400,000.[3] He had a brief spells at Oxford United and Woking in the latter part of his career then retired.
He now runs his own football representation company, Midas Sports.[citation needed]
Career statistics
[edit]Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Reading | ||||||||||||
1979–80[4] | Third Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
1980–81[4] | Third Division | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||
1981–82[4] | Third Division | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 35 | 0 | |
1982–93[4] | Third Division | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
1983–84[4] | Fourth Division | 37 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 41 | 3 | ||
1984–85[4] | Third Division | 46 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 53 | 1 | |
1985–86[4] | Third Division | 46 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 55 | 4 | |
1986–87[4] | Second Division | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 36 | 1 | |
Total | 219 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 251 | 9 | ||
Millwall | ||||||||||||
1987–88[5] | Second Division | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
1988–89[5] | First Division | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 40 | 0 | |
1989–90[5] | First Division | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | ||
1990–91[5] | Second Division | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
1991–92[5] | Second Division | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
Total | 110 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 134 | 0 | ||
Southampton | ||||||||||||
1991–92[4] | First Division | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4[c] | 0 | 20 | 1 | |
1992–93[4] | Premier League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||
1993–94[4] | Premier League | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | ||
Total | 46 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 1 | ||
Oxford United | ||||||||||||
1994–95[4] | Second Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
1995–96[4] | Second Division | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 16 | 2 | |
Total | 13 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 2 | ||
Career total | 388 | 9 | 30 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 459 | 12 |
Notes
[edit]Honours
[edit]Southampton
- Full Members Cup finalist: 1992[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 306. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
- ^ "Pre Season: Spend, Spend, Spend". The Millwall History Files. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "Steve Wood". The Millwall History Files. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Player search: Wood, SA (Steve)". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Games played by Steve Wood for Millwall". millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (2003). In That Number – A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. Hagiology Publishing. p. 301. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X.
External links
[edit]- Steve Wood at Soccerbase
- Since 1888... The Searchable Premiership and Football League Player Database (subscription required)
Categories:
- 1963 births
- Living people
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- English Football League players
- Premier League players
- Reading F.C. players
- Millwall F.C. players
- Southampton F.C. players
- Oxford United F.C. players
- Woking F.C. players
- Footballers from Bracknell
- English football defender, 1960s birth stubs