Derek Statham

Derek Statham
Personal information
Full name Derek James Statham[1]
Date of birth (1959-03-24) 24 March 1959[1]
Place of birth Wolverhampton, England[1]
Playing position Full-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1977–1987 West Bromwich Albion 299 (8)
1987–1989 Southampton 64 (2)
1989–1991 Stoke City 41 (1)
1991–1993 Walsall 50 (0)
1993–1994 Telford United 34 (0)
Total 488 (11)
National team
1977–1982 England U21 6 (0)
1983 England 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Derek James Statham (born 24 March 1959) is an English former footballer who played at defensive left-back. He played for West Bromwich Albion, Southampton, Walsall and Stoke City.[1]

Statham won three international caps for England in 1983 under the management of Bobby Robson.

Career

Statham was born in Wolverhampton and began his career with West Bromwich Albion where he earned a reputation as a solid, classy defender with excellent passing ability. He made over 330 league and cup appearances for West Brom, playing for several years alongside Bryan Robson and the 'Three Degrees' of Cyrille Regis, Laurie Cunningham and Brendon Batson in an impressive side assembled by Ron Atkinson.[2] In total Statham spent 12 years at the Hawthorns making 373 appearances for the club, scoring 11 goals in all competitions.

Statham left West Brom for Southampton in 1987, playing alongside a young Alan Shearer (in his first professional season) and Matthew Le Tissier, and was an immediate success winning the club's player of the season award for 1987–88. He stayed at Southampton for the 1988–89 season before joining Stoke City in August 1989.[1] He played 21 times for Stoke in 1989–90 as the team suffered relegation to the Third Division. He played in 28 games in 1990–91 before being released at the end of the season.[1]

He later played for Walsall, where he played his final professional game in the 1992–93 season. His last team were semi-professional side Telford United in the English Football Conference, where he was a mainstay for the 1993–94 season.

In 2004 he was named as one of West Bromwich Albion's 16 greatest ever players, in a poll organised as part of the club's 125th anniversary celebrations.[3]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
West Bromwich Albion 1976–77 First Division 161000000161
1977–78 First Division 400603000490
1978–79 First Division 391603080561
1979–80 First Division 160205020250
1980–81 First Division 310004000350
1981–82 First Division 350518120502
1982–83 First Division 322201000352
1983–84 First Division 160100000170
1984–85 First Division 304104000354
1985–86 First Division 370216020471
1986–87 Second Division 6010000070
1987–88 Second Division 1000000010
Total 299826234114037311
Southampton 1987–88 First Division 380202110411
1988–89 First Division 262215020353
Total 642417130764
Stoke City 1989–90 Second Division 190002000210
1990–91 Third Division 221303000281
Total 411305000491
Walsall 1991–92 Fourth Division 290002020330
1992–93 Third Division 210003030270
Total 500005050600
Career Total 4541133351222056016
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League Trophy, Full Members Cup, and UEFA Cup.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. ↑ "Albion legends – Derek Statham". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "The wraps come off 125th anniversary mural". West Bromwich Albion F.C. 4 August 2004. Retrieved 10 May 2008.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, May 03, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.