Players who played for Blackburn Rovers and Southampton

Which footballers have played for both Blackburn Rovers and Southampton? It's exactly the kind of link that wins rounds of The Connection, our football trivia game. Every player below has been checked against his career record, including loan spells.

Quick quiz: how many can you name before you look? There are 9 in our list.

Show all 9 players

Player	Country	Blackburn Rovers	Southampton
Tim Flowers	England	1993–1999	1986–1993
Alan Shearer	England	1992–1996	1988–1992
David Speedie	Scotland	1991–1992	1992–1993
Robbie Slater	England / Australia	1994–1995	1996–1998
James Beattie	England	1996–1998	1998–2005
Kevin Davies	England	1998–1999	1997–1998 & 1999–2003
Christian Dailly	Scotland	1998–2001	2007 loan
Mark Hughes	Wales	2000–2002	1998–2000
Leon Best	England / Republic of Ireland	2012–2015	2004–2007

Quick facts

9 players in our verified list have played for both Blackburn Rovers and Southampton.
The most common countries are England (6), Scotland (2), Wales (1).
The earliest in our list is Tim Flowers; the most recent is Leon Best.
1 player made the link through a loan spell, including Christian Dailly.

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