Nicky Southall

Nicky Southall
Southall playing for Grimsby Town in 1994
Personal information
Full name Leslie Nicholas Southall
Date of birth (1972-01-28) 28 January 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Middlesbrough, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Darlington
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1995 Hartlepool United 138 (24)
1995–1997 Grimsby Town 72 (6)
1997–2001 Gillingham 154 (17)
2001–2002 Bolton Wanderers 18 (1)
2002Norwich City (loan) 9 (0)
2002–2005 Gillingham 92 (2)
2005–2007 Nottingham Forest 67 (13)
2007–2009 Gillingham 83 (4)
2008Dover Athletic (loan) 4 (0)
2009–2010 Dover Athletic 27 (4)
2010–2012 Gillingham 0 (0)
2012–2014 Whitstable Town 20 (5)
Total 684 (76)
Managerial career
2012–2014 Whitstable Town (player/manager)
2014–2018 Maidstone United (assistant manager)
2018–2022 Dover Athletic (first team coach)
2023–2024 Lordswood
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leslie Nicholas Southall (born 28 January 1972), is an English former professional footballer and manager.

During his time in professional football Southall was a midfielder from 1991 to 2014 who competed in the top four tiers of English league football, notably in the Premier League for Bolton Wanderers. He has represented Hartlepool United, Grimsby Town, Gillingham, Norwich City and Nottingham Forest in the Football League as well as Dover Athletic and Whitstable Town in non-League football.