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Steve Whitehall

Real Name: Steven Christopher Whitehall
Normal Position: Forward
Born: 08/12/1966 (Bromborough)

Steve WhitehallAnother person to play for the club and move on to better things is STEVE WHITEHALL but Steve returned to become the club\'s physio. When talk turns to transfer fee\'s received by Southport over the years, until recently the record was the fee that Rochdale paid for Steve Whitehall in 1991.
It was an initial investment of £25,000 that enticed the forward away from Haig Avenue. Desperate for his chance to prove himself in the football league, he almost signed for former \'Port manager Harry McNally at Chester City before moving to Spotland. Having spoken to them on two separate occasions, Chester struggled to raise the transfer fee required and Rochdale manager Dave Sutton swooped.
\"If I\'m honest I didn\'t have a preference who I signed for; all I wanted was the chance to become a professional footballer and Rochdale gave me this chance, it was as simple as that.\"
In an interview conducted by Rochdale fanzine \"The Voice of Spotland\" Whitehall confirmed that he actually took a drop in salary to become a professional, giving up the lucrative combination of a job in the Civil Service and life as a semi-pro footballer. \"I had a really good job in the Civil Service at the time and playing part-time for Southport supplemented my income. It all added up very well, but my contract at Rochdale fell short of this and meant I actually took a drop in salary to sign for the club. As you\'d expect this was a bit of a blow, but such was the chance I was being given I couldn\'t refuse it. You never knew what could happen years down the line and I didn\'t give it a second thought.
\"At the end of the day I knew I had a good education I could fall back on if things didn\'t work out. As we all know now this never happened, but it was a chance I had to take and I\'m glad I did it.\"
Finishing as top scorer during every season he spent at Spotland, Whitehall became a Rochdale legend. Despite this a number of managerial changes and a switch from flowing attacking football to a more defensive style under Graham Barrow had unsettled him and he left in 1997 to join Mansfield, leaving as the third highest scorer in their history with a tally of 92 goals.
In the 48 games he went on to play for the Stags he scored 26 goals, including the obligatory goal in a 3-0 win over Graham Barrow�s new-look Rochdale side.
After a season he joined Oldham Athletic in a �45,000 transfer, but his spell with the Latics was plagued by injury and he had to look elsewhere for first team opportunities.
9 Years after they first held talks, he joined Chester City in September 2000, initially on loan for a month before making the switch more permanent on a free transfer. He saw out the season with Chester and was a hit with the fans but Steve Burr tempted Whitehall to join Nuneaton Borough for the start of the 2001 season.
By November however Whitehall had returned to his roots once again signing for Southport.
The 2002-2003 season had its ups and downs for Whitehall. Instrumental in the club\'s FA Cup success, laying on all four goals in the defeat of Notts County in front of the Match of the Day cameras, the season ended on a sour note as the Sandgrounders were relegated to the Unibond league after 10 years in Non-Leagues top flight. Under Mike Walsh, a rebuilding exercise began and the then 36 year old striker wasn\'t part of his plans, joining Roly Howard\'s Marine side where he saw out his playing career.
Mindful of his career after his playing days were over he had become a fully qualified physiotherapist and joined Northwich Victoria as part of their backroom staff. Tempted however by the prospect of running his own physio clinic as part of the new full-time set up at Southport, he joined the Sandgrounders for a third time.
Following the sacking of Paul Cook in January 2007, Whitehall took over in a joint caretaker manager capacity with senior player Dino Maamria for a number of games before the appointment of Peter Davenport. Reverting back to full-time physio he remained at the club until January 2008 before deciding to pursue a career in the mainstream medical profession.

Player Profile reproduced with Permission from:
The Complete Non-League History of Southport Football Club 1978 - 2008, by Trust in Yellow (Legends Publishing, 2008). ISBN 978-1-906796-01-3


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Transfers

Season Date From To Value
2001/2002 NUNEATON BOROUGH Southport
2002/2003 Southport MARINE Released


Player Match Stats


Statistics include the following competitions
Cambrian Cup, Conference League Cup, English Jubilee Fund, FA Cup , FA Trophy , Football League Cup, Lancashire Floodlit Trophy, Lancashire Junior Cup, Lancashire League Medal Competition, Lancashire Senior Cup, League, Liverpool Senior Cup, Northern Premier League Cup, Northern Premier League Shield, PLAY OFFS , President's Cup, President's Inter League, Third Division (North) Cup, Welsh Cup,

Season Apps Subs Goals
1989/1990 36111
1990/1991 64229
2001/2002 2026
2002/2003 12169
Total 132 21 55

Appearances & Goals

Games where player was named on the team sheet

Date Competition Venue Opponents Score
25/02/2003 FA Trophy / 5RH GLOUCESTER CITY 1 - 3
22/02/2003 FA Trophy / 5A GLOUCESTER CITY 1 - 1
11/02/2003 Liverpool Senior Cup / 2A PRESCOT CABLES 3 - 1
08/02/2003 League / D5H GRAVESEND & NORTHFLEET 1 - 1
04/02/2003 FA Trophy / 4H DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE 2 - 2
01/02/2003 FA Trophy / 4A DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE 0 - 0
18/01/2003 League / D5H FOREST GREEN ROVERS 2 - 2
14/01/2003 FA Trophy / 3A LEEK TOWN 2 - 1
01/01/2003 League / D5H MORECAMBE 2 - 3
28/12/2002 League / D5H SCARBOROUGH 1 - 1
26/12/2002 League / D5A MORECAMBE 0 - 3
21/12/2002 League / D5H TELFORD UNITED 1 - 1
17/12/2002 Lancashire Junior Cup / 1H GREAT HARWOOD 4 - 1
14/12/2002 League / D5A FARNBOROUGH TOWN 1 - 2
07/12/2002 FA Cup / 2H FARNBOROUGH TOWN 0 - 3
30/11/2002 League / D5H CHESTER CITY 1 - 3
23/11/2002 League / D5H YEOVIL TOWN 0 - 1
16/11/2002 FA Cup / 1H NOTTS COUNTY 4 - 2
09/11/2002 League / D5A HEREFORD UNITED 2 - 0
02/11/2002 League / D5H STEVENAGE BORO 3 - 2
26/10/2002 FA Cup / 4QH BRIDLINGTON TOWN 4 - 1
22/10/2002 Football League Cup / 1H LEIGH RMI 3 - 4
19/10/2002 League / D5A MARGATE 0 - 1
12/10/2002 League / D5H WOKING 5 - 1
08/10/2002 League / D5H NORTHWICH VICS 1 - 1
14/09/2002 League / D5A TELFORD UNITED 0 - 2
07/09/2002 League / D5H FARNBOROUGH TOWN 0 - 0
03/09/2002 League / D5H LEIGH RMI 4 - 2
31/08/2002 League / D5A GRAVESEND & NORTHFLEET 3 - 1
26/08/2002 League / D5H KETTERING TOWN 0 - 0
24/08/2002 League / D5A FOREST GREEN ROVERS 2 - 0
20/08/2002 League / D5A SCARBOROUGH 2 - 2
17/08/2002 League / D5H NUNEATON BOROUGH 1 - 0
27/04/2002 League / D5H FOREST GREEN ROVERS 5 - 1
23/04/2002 League / D5A YEOVIL TOWN 0 - 0
20/04/2002 League / D5A DONCASTER ROVERS 0 - 1
16/04/2002 Liverpool Senior Cup / SFH EVERTON 1 - 3
13/04/2002 League / D5H HAYES 2 - 3
10/04/2002 League / D5A SCARBOROUGH 0 - 2
01/04/2002 League / D5H BOSTON UNITED 2 - 3
09/03/2002 League / D5A NORTHWICH VICS 1 - 3
02/03/2002 League / D5H STALYBRIDGE CELTIC 3 - 1
16/02/2002 League / D5H WOKING 2 - 0
26/01/2002 League / D5H HEREFORD UNITED 1 - 1
16/01/2002 FA Trophy / 3RA GRESLEY ROVERS 0 - 1
12/01/2002 FA Trophy / 3H GRESLEY ROVERS 1 - 1
08/01/2002 Lancashire Junior Cup / 2H LANCASTER CITY 2 - 1
05/01/2002 League / D5H LEIGH RMI 5 - 0
29/12/2001 League / D5A FARNBOROUGH TOWN 1 - 0
26/12/2001 League / D5H MORECAMBE 1 - 1
15/12/2001 League / D5A CHESTER CITY 2 - 0
08/12/2001 League / D5A DOVER ATHLETIC 1 - 0
01/12/2001 League / D5H DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE 2 - 2
24/11/2001 League / D5A HAYES 0 - 1
17/11/2001 FA Cup / 1A DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE 0 - 1
09/11/2001 League / D5H YEOVIL TOWN 3 - 0
03/11/2001 League / D5A BOSTON UNITED 0 - 0
04/05/1991 League / D6A STALYBRIDGE CELTIC 0 - 2
02/05/1991 President's Inter League / FinalN DOVER ATHLETIC 2 - 3
30/04/1991 League / D6H STALYBRIDGE CELTIC 0 - 0
27/04/1991 League / D6A SHEPSHED CHARTERHOUSE 2 - 2
24/04/1991 Liverpool Senior Cup / FinalN MARINE 4 - 0
20/04/1991 League / D6A GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY 3 - 1
18/04/1991 President's Inter League / SFH WITTON ALBION 4 - 1
16/04/1991 Northern Premier League Cup / FinalN BUXTON 4 - 1
13/04/1991 League / D6H BUXTON 3 - 1
09/04/1991 League / D6A BUXTON 0 - 0
06/04/1991 League / D6H DROYLSDEN 0 - 2
03/04/1991 President's Cup / SF2LH FLEETWOOD TOWN 1 - 1
01/04/1991 League / D6H MARINE 0 - 0
30/03/1991 League / D6A CHORLEY 2 - 1
26/03/1991 Northern Premier League Cup / SF2LA BANGOR CITY 1 - 0
23/03/1991 League / D6H MOSSLEY 4 - 0
21/03/1991 Liverpool Senior Cup / SFH BURSCOUGH 3 - 1
18/03/1991 President's Cup / SF1LA FLEETWOOD TOWN 1 - 2
16/03/1991 League / D6A FRICKLEY ATHLETIC 4 - 1
12/03/1991 Northern Premier League Cup / SF1LH BANGOR CITY 4 - 1
09/03/1991 President's Inter League / QFH MATLOCK TOWN 3 - 1
05/03/1991 President's Cup / 2RH ACCRINGTON STANLEY 3 - 0
02/03/1991 League / D6H WITTON ALBION 0 - 2
26/02/1991 Northern Premier League Cup / 4A WITTON ALBION 3 - 0
02/02/1991 League / D6A BANGOR CITY 1 - 2
29/01/1991 Lancashire Junior Cup / 3H SKELMERSDALE UNITED 0 - 1
26/01/1991 League / D6H GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY 1 - 0
22/01/1991 Lancashire Junior Cup / 2H SKELMERSDALE UNITED 2 - 2
19/01/1991 Northern Premier League Cup / 3RA HORWICH RMI 2 - 0
12/01/1991 League / D6H SHEPSHED CHARTERHOUSE 3 - 1
05/01/1991 League / D6A BISHOP AUCKLAND 4 - 3
01/01/1991 League / D6A HORWICH RMI 2 - 2
29/12/1990 League / D6H MORECAMBE 0 - 0
26/12/1990 League / D6A MARINE 3 - 2
15/12/1990 Northern Premier League Cup / 3H HORWICH RMI 3 - 3
04/12/1990 Lancashire Junior Cup / 1H FLEETWOOD TOWN 2 - 1
01/12/1990 League / D6A MATLOCK TOWN 0 - 0
28/11/1990 President's Inter League / 3H HYDE UNITED 2 - 1
24/11/1990 League / D6H FRICKLEY ATHLETIC 0 - 1
20/11/1990 League / D6H FLEETWOOD TOWN 2 - 1
17/11/1990 Northern Premier League Cup / 2A FRICKLEY ATHLETIC 2 - 1
13/11/1990 League / D6H SOUTH LIVERPOOL 3 - 4
10/11/1990 League / D6A GOOLE TOWN 1 - 0
06/11/1990 President's Inter League / 2H CHORLEY 2 - 0
03/11/1990 League / D6A HYDE UNITED 3 - 1
30/10/1990 Liverpool Senior Cup / 1RH SKELMERSDALE UNITED 4 - 1
27/10/1990 League / D6H LEEK TOWN 1 - 0
23/10/1990 League / D6A WITTON ALBION 1 - 2
20/10/1990 League / D6H GOOLE TOWN 3 - 3
16/10/1990 Liverpool Senior Cup / 1H SKELMERSDALE UNITED 0 - 0
13/10/1990 League / D6H BISHOP AUCKLAND 3 - 1
09/10/1990 President's Inter League / 1A FLEETWOOD TOWN 2 - 1
06/10/1990 President's Cup / 2A ACCRINGTON STANLEY 2 - 2
02/10/1990 League / D6H CHORLEY 2 - 1
29/09/1990 FA Cup / 2QA BOOTLE (1953) 0 - 2
25/09/1990 League / D6H BANGOR CITY 3 - 2
22/09/1990 FA Trophy / 1QA EMLEY 1 - 2
18/09/1990 League / D6A MOSSLEY 2 - 2
15/09/1990 FA Cup / 1QA ARMTHORPE WELFARE 2 - 1
08/09/1990 President's Cup / 1A EMLEY 2 - 1
04/09/1990 League / D6A MORECAMBE 1 - 2
01/09/1990 League / D6H HYDE UNITED 1 - 1
27/08/1990 League / D6H HORWICH RMI 2 - 0
25/08/1990 League / D6A DROYLSDEN 2 - 2
21/08/1990 League / D6A FLEETWOOD TOWN 0 - 0
18/08/1990 League / D6H MATLOCK TOWN 1 - 0
05/05/1990 League / D6A RHYL 1 - 1
28/04/1990 League / D6H BISHOP AUCKLAND 2 - 1
21/04/1990 League / D6A GATESHEAD (1977) 3 - 3
16/04/1990 League / D6H MARINE 1 - 0
14/04/1990 League / D6A FRICKLEY ATHLETIC 2 - 1
03/04/1990 League / D6H RHYL 1 - 0
31/03/1990 League / D6H CAERNARFON TOWN 4 - 0
28/03/1990 League / D6A SOUTH LIVERPOOL 1 - 1
24/03/1990 League / D6H FLEETWOOD TOWN 0 - 0
17/03/1990 League / D6A BISHOP AUCKLAND 1 - 1
10/03/1990 League / D6A MOSSLEY 1 - 3
03/03/1990 League / D6H HYDE UNITED 0 - 0
24/02/1990 League / D6A HYDE UNITED 1 - 0
17/02/1990 League / D6H FRICKLEY ATHLETIC 2 - 0
10/02/1990 League / D6H WITTON ALBION 0 - 0
06/02/1990 Liverpool Senior Cup / 2A MARINE 0 - 2
03/02/1990 League / D6A STALYBRIDGE CELTIC 0 - 1
30/01/1990 Northern Premier League Cup / 3A BANGOR CITY 0 - 1
27/01/1990 League / D6H SHEPSHED CHARTERHOUSE 2 - 0
20/01/1990 League / D6A CAERNARFON TOWN 1 - 0
13/01/1990 League / D6A GOOLE TOWN 1 - 0
06/01/1990 League / D6H MATLOCK TOWN 1 - 1
01/01/1990 League / D6A HORWICH RMI 4 - 5
30/12/1989 League / D6H STALYBRIDGE CELTIC 2 - 0
26/12/1989 League / D6A FLEETWOOD TOWN 1 - 1
16/12/1989 Northern Premier League Cup / 2A MARINE 2 - 0
09/12/1989 Lancashire Junior Cup / 1A CLITHEROE 1 - 2
05/12/1989 League / D6A BANGOR CITY 2 - 2
02/12/1989 League / D6A GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY 0 - 1
25/11/1989 League / D6H GATESHEAD (1977) 2 - 2
21/11/1989 League / D6A MARINE 3 - 1
18/11/1989 League / D6A WITTON ALBION 0 - 5
14/11/1989 League / D6H BANGOR CITY 1 - 1
11/11/1989 League / D6A BUXTON 1 - 0
04/11/1989 League / D6A MATLOCK TOWN 2 - 1
31/10/1989 Liverpool Senior Cup / 1H FORMBY 5 - 2
24/10/1989 League / D6H SOUTH LIVERPOOL 1 - 3

Games where player has scored

Date Competition Venue Opponents Score
26/10/2002FA Cup / 4QH BRIDLINGTON TOWN 4 - 1
22/10/2002Football League Cup / 1H LEIGH RMI 3 - 4
12/10/2002League / D5H WOKING 5 - 1
17/08/2002League / D5H NUNEATON BOROUGH 1 - 0
05/01/2002League / D5H LEIGH RMI 5 - 0
15/12/2001League / D5A CHESTER CITY 2 - 0
08/12/2001League / D5A DOVER ATHLETIC 1 - 0
01/12/2001League / D5H DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE 2 - 2
09/11/2001League / D5H YEOVIL TOWN 3 - 0
02/05/1991President's Inter League / FinalN DOVER ATHLETIC 2 - 3
18/04/1991President's Inter League / SFH WITTON ALBION 4 - 1
16/04/1991Northern Premier League Cup / FinalN BUXTON 4 - 1
30/03/1991League / D6A CHORLEY 2 - 1
26/03/1991Northern Premier League Cup / SF2LA BANGOR CITY 1 - 0
23/03/1991League / D6H MOSSLEY 4 - 0
21/03/1991Liverpool Senior Cup / SFH BURSCOUGH 3 - 1
16/03/1991League / D6A FRICKLEY ATHLETIC 4 - 1
12/03/1991Northern Premier League Cup / SF1LH BANGOR CITY 4 - 1
09/03/1991President's Inter League / QFH MATLOCK TOWN 3 - 1
05/03/1991President's Cup / 2RH ACCRINGTON STANLEY 3 - 0
22/01/1991Lancashire Junior Cup / 2H SKELMERSDALE UNITED 2 - 2
12/01/1991League / D6H SHEPSHED CHARTERHOUSE 3 - 1
15/12/1990Northern Premier League Cup / 3H HORWICH RMI 3 - 3
28/11/1990President's Inter League / 3H HYDE UNITED 2 - 1
17/11/1990Northern Premier League Cup / 2A FRICKLEY ATHLETIC 2 - 1
06/11/1990President's Inter League / 2H CHORLEY 2 - 0
30/10/1990Liverpool Senior Cup / 1RH SKELMERSDALE UNITED 4 - 1
27/10/1990League / D6H LEEK TOWN 1 - 0
23/10/1990League / D6A WITTON ALBION 1 - 2
13/10/1990League / D6H BISHOP AUCKLAND 3 - 1
18/09/1990League / D6A MOSSLEY 2 - 2
01/09/1990League / D6H HYDE UNITED 1 - 1
21/04/1990League / D6A GATESHEAD (1977) 3 - 3
31/03/1990League / D6H CAERNARFON TOWN 4 - 0
10/03/1990League / D6A MOSSLEY 1 - 3
17/02/1990League / D6H FRICKLEY ATHLETIC 2 - 0
16/12/1989Northern Premier League Cup / 2A MARINE 2 - 0
05/12/1989League / D6A BANGOR CITY 2 - 2
21/11/1989League / D6A MARINE 3 - 1
11/11/1989League / D6A BUXTON 1 - 0

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