Macauley Southam-Hales
Southam-Hales with Stockport County
Personal information
Full name Macauley Anthony Southam-Hales[1]
Date of birth (1996-02-02) 2 February 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Cardiff, Wales[2]
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
 Stockport County
Number 7
Youth career
2005–2017 Cardiff City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Barry Town United 49 (4)
2019–2020 Fleetwood Town 2 (0)
2020 → Hartlepool United (loan) 7 (0)
2020– Stockport County 88 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:46, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

Macauley Anthony Southam-Hales (born 2 February 1996) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a right back for EFL League Two club Stockport County.

Career

After playing for Cardiff City and Barry Town United, Southam-Hales signed for Fleetwood Town in January 2019.[3] In January 2020 he moved on loan to Hartlepool United.[4] After returning to Fleetwood following the loan spell, Southam-Hales was a late substitute in the League One play-off tie against Wycombe Wanderers.[5]

Southam-Hales playing for Cardiff City's development team in 2014.

In September 2020, Southam-Hales signed for National League side Stockport County.[6] In December 2022 he was injured during a FA Cup match; footage of the incident was used by the Football Association in a TikTok, for which they later apologised.[7] He was given the all clear after going to hospital.[8] The Professional Footballers Association called for changes to safety rules following the incident.[9] In February 2024, Southam-Hales suffered a rupture to his patella tendon, ruling him out for up to nine months.[10]

Career statistics

As of 26 December 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Barry Town 2017–18[11] Welsh Premier League 28 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 29 4
2018–19[11] Welsh Premier League 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 1
Total 49 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 51 5
Fleetwood Town 2018–19[12] League One 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2019–20[13] League One 1 0 0 0 0 0 3[a] 0 4 0
Total 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 0
Hartlepool United (loan) 2019–20[11] National League 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Stockport County 2020–21[11] National League 28 2 2 0 0 0 3[b] 0 33 2
2021–22[11] National League 30 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 33 0
2022–23[14] League Two 9 0 3 0 0 0 1[c] 0 13 0
Total 67 2 8 0 0 0 4 0 79 2
Career total 125 6 10 1 0 0 7 0 142 7
  1. ^ Appearances in EFL Trophy and EFL League One play-offs
  2. ^ Two appearances in the FA Trophy and one appearance in the National League play-offs.
  3. ^ Appearance in the EFL Trophy.

Honours

Stockport County

References

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Fleetwood Town" (PDF). English Football League. p. 27. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Macauley Southam-Hales: 2018/2019 Biography & Statistics – Welsh Premier League". www.wpl.cymru.
  3. ^ "Macaulay Southam-Hales: Welsh full-back joins Fleetwood Town from Barry". BBC Sport. 3 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Hartlepool United secure 'modern day full-back' on loan from Fleetwood Town". www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk. 23 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Wycombe Wanderers 2–2 Fleetwood Town". BBC Sport. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Southam-Hales Signs For County!". Stockport County Official Site. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  7. ^ "FA apologises for Southam-Hales TikTok video" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  8. ^ "Southam-Hales all-clear after hoardings collision" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  9. ^ Rumsby, Ben (8 December 2022). "PFA demands safety rule review after Stockport player collides with advertising hoarding" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  10. ^ "Macauley Southam-Hales: Stockport defender out for six to nine months with patella tendon injury". BBC Sport. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  11. ^ a b c d e Macauley Southam-Hales at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  12. ^ "Games played by Macauley Southam-Hales in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Games played by Macauley Southam-Hales in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  14. ^ "Games played by Macauley Southam-Hales in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  15. ^ "National League: 2021/22: Current table". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
    "Stockport: Squad details: 2021/22". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 May 2022.


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