Steve Wood (footballer, born February 1963)

Steve Wood

Personal information
Full name	Stephen Alan Wood
Date of birth	(1963-02-02) 2 February 1963 (age 62)
Place of birth	Bracknell, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) [1]
Position	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	8	(0)
Total		388	(9)
* 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. Appearances in Group Cup
2. Appearances in Associate Members' Cup
3. Appearances in Full Members' Cup

Honours

Southampton

• Full Members Cup finalist: 1992 ^[6]

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. "Player search: Wood, SA (Steve)" . English National Football Archive. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
5. "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.

External links

• Steve Wood at Soccerbase
• Since 1888... The Searchable Premiership and Football League Player Database (subscription required)