Which players played for both Southampton and Stoke City?

45 players have played for both Southampton and Stoke City, including Peter Shilton, Peter Crouch, Graham Potter, Rory Delap, Kenwyne Jones, Bruce Grobbelaar, Henri Camara, James Beattie, Danny Higginbotham and Ricardo Fuller.

Players Who Played for Both Southampton and Stoke City (45 Players)

According to Wikidata and Wikipedia, 45 players have played for both Southampton and Stoke City. The best known: Peter Shilton, Peter Crouch and Graham Potter.

The list

#	Player	Born	Southampton	Stoke City
1	Peter Shilton	1949	1982–1987	1974–1977
2	Peter Crouch	1981	2004–2005	2011–2019
3	Graham Potter	1975	1996–1997	1993–1996
4	Rory Delap	1976	2001–2006	2006, 2007–2013
5	Kenwyne Jones	1984	2004–2007	2005, 2010–2014
6	Bruce Grobbelaar	1957	1994–1996	1993
7	Henri Camara	1977	2005	2009
8	James Beattie	1978	1998–2005	2009–2010
9	Danny Higginbotham	1978	2003–2006	2006–2007, 2008–2013
10	Ricardo Fuller	1979	2005–2006	2006–2012
11	Mick Mills	1949	1982–1985	1985–1987
12	Taylor Harwood-Bellis	2002	2023–2024, 2024–2026	2022
13	David Watson	1946	1979–1982	1982–1983
14	Mark Walters	1964	1996	1993–1994
15	Micky Adams	1961	1989–1994	1994
16	Paul Allen	1962	1993–1995	1995
17	Frazer Richardson	1982	2010–2013	2003
18	Andrew Davies	1984	2007–2008, 2008	2008–2012
19	Will Smallbone	2000	—	2023
20	Jack Robinson	1870	1898–1903	1909–1912
21	Wayne Thomas	1979	2007–2010	2000–2005
22	Derek Statham	1959	1987–1989	1989–1991
23	Vincent Péricard	1982	2008	2006–2009
24	Richard Dryden	1969	1996–2001	1999, 2000
25	Charles Baker	1870	1894–1896	1889–1891, 1893–1894
26	Alan Curtis	1954	1983–1986	1986
27	Paul Williams	1971	2001, 2001–2003	2003–2005
28	Jimmy Dale	1869	1895	1894–1895
29	Tommy Broad	1887	1924–1925	1921–1924
30	Jack Farrell	1873	1895–1898, 1899–1900	1894–1895, 1898–1899
31	Ray Wallace	1969	1988–1991	1994–1999
32	George Clawley	1875	1896–1898, 1903–1907	1894–1896, 1898–1899
33	Peter Durber	1863	1898–1900	1896–1898, 1900–1901
34	Frank Jordan	1883	1905–1906, 1908–1910	1911–1912
35	Freddie Houldsworth	1911	1941–1944	1935
36	David Puckett	1960	1978–1986	1987–1988
37	Tom Cain	1874	1895–1896	1893–1894
38	Arthur Hartshorne	1881	1905–1906	1903–1905
39	Lachie Thomson	1873	1894–1896	1892–1894
40	George Harris	1877	1905–1907	1900–1904
41	Samuel Meston	1872	1895–1906	1894–1895
42	Wilf Mayer	1912	1937–1938	1932–1937
43	Joe Turner	1872	1895–1898, 1901–1904	1898–1900
44	Willie Naughton	1870	1895–1898	1890–1895
45	Edwin Steventon	1891	—	1920–1921

Which way they moved

Southampton first, then Stoke City: 21
Stoke City first, then Southampton: 22

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More pairs with Stoke City

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Source: Wikidata (CC0), Wikipedia club articles and player infoboxes (years at each club). Youth spells and appearances that look unplayed are left out; volunteer-kept records can contain gaps or errors.

Players who played for both Southampton and Stoke City