 Southall playing for Grimsby Town in 1994 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leslie Nicholas Southall | ||
| Date of birth | 28 January 1972 | ||
| 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) |
| 2002 | → Norwich City (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2002–2005 | Gillingham | 92 | (2) |
| 2005–2007 | Nottingham Forest | 67 | (13) |
| 2007–2009 | Gillingham | 83 | (4) |
| 2008 | → Dover 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.