Steve Wood
Personal information
Full name Stephen Alan Wood
Date of birth (1963-02-02) 2 February 1963 (age 60)
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

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
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

  1. ^ a b Appearances in Group Cup
  2. ^ a b c d Appearances in Associate Members' Cup
  3. ^ a b c d e Appearances in Full Members' Cup

Honours

Southampton

References

  1. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 306. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  2. ^ "Pre Season: Spend, Spend, Spend". The Millwall History Files. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Steve Wood". The Millwall History Files. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Games played by Steve Wood for Millwall". millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  6. ^ Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (2003). In That Number – A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. Hagiology Publishing. p. 301. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X.

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