Steve Wood (footballer, born February 1963)

Steve Wood (born 2 February 1963) is an English former football defender.

Steve Wood
Personal information
Full name Stephen Alan Wood
Date of birth (1963-02-02) 2 February 1963
Place of birth Bracknell, England
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

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,[1] and finally onto Southampton for £400,000.[2] 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, where they look after more than 100 clients.

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Reading
1979–80[3] Third Division 200000—20
1980–81[3] Third Division 600000—60
1981–82[3] Third Division 32010101[lower-alpha 1]0350
1982–93[3] Third Division 18010202[lower-alpha 1]0230
1983–84[3] Fourth Division 3733010—413
1984–85[3] Third Division 46130202[lower-alpha 2]0531
1985–86[3] Third Division 46460201[lower-alpha 2]0554
1986–87[3] Second Division 32110201[lower-alpha 3]0361
Total 2199150100702519
Millwall
1987–88[4] Second Division 22000202[lower-alpha 3]0260
1988–89[4] First Division 35020201[lower-alpha 3]0400
1989–90[4] First Division 2105020—280
1990–91[4] Second Division 25030301[lower-alpha 3]0320
1991–92[4] Second Division 700010—80
Total 1100100100401340
Southampton
1991–92[3] First Division 15011004[lower-alpha 3]0201
1992–93[3] Premier League 400010—50
1993–94[3] Premier League 2701020—300
Total 460213040551
Oxford United
1994–95[3] Second Division 2000001[lower-alpha 2]030
1995–96[3] Second Division 11032002[lower-alpha 2]0162
Total 130320030192
Career total 388930323018045912

Notes
  1. Appearances in Group Cup
  2. Appearances in Associate Members' Cup
  3. Appearances in Full Members' Cup

Honours

Southampton

References
  1. "Pre Season: Spend, Spend, Spend". The Millwall History Files. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. "Steve Wood". The Millwall History Files. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  3. "Player search: Wood, SA (Steve)". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  4. "Games played by Steve Wood for Millwall". millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  5. 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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