Macauley Southam-Hales

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 29)
Place of birth	Cardiff, Wales [2]
Position(s)	Right back
Team information
Current team	Stockport County
Number	12
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	104	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:34, 22 February 2025 (UTC)

Macauley Anthony Southam-Hales (born 2 February 1996) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a right back for EFL League One 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] In May 2024, he signed a new one-year deal. ^[11]

Career statistics

As of match played 22 February 2025

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 [12]	Welsh Premier League	28	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	29	4
	2018–19 [12]	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 [13]	League One	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2019–20 [14]	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 [12]	National League	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Stockport County	2020–21 [12]	National League	28	2	2	0	0	0	3 [b]	0	33	2
	2021–22 [12]	National League	30	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	33	0
	2022–23 [15]	League Two	9	0	3	0	0	0	1 [c]	0	13	0
	2023–24 [16]	League Two	21	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	24	0
	2024–25 [17]	League One	16	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	19	3
	Total		104	5	13	0	1	0	4	0	122	5
Career total			162	9	15	1	1	0	7	0	185	10

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

• National League: 2021–22 ^[18]
• EFL League Two: 2023–24 ^[19]

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. "Macca extends Edgely Park stay". www.stockportcounty.com. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
12. Macauley Southam-Hales at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
13. "Games played by Macauley Southam-Hales in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
14. "Games played by Macauley Southam-Hales in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
15. "Games played by Macauley Southam-Hales in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
16. "Games played by Macauley Southam-Hales in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
17. "Games played by Macauley Southam-Hales in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
18. "National League: 2021/22: Current table". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
    "Stockport: Squad details: 2021/22". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
19. "Join us in League One next season". Stockport County. 7 May 2024.