Players who played for Southampton and West Bromwich Albion

Which footballers have played for both Southampton and West Bromwich Albion? 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	Southampton	West Bromwich Albion
David Speedie	Scotland	1992–1993	1992 loan
Chris Baird	Northern Ireland	2001–2007	2014–2015
Kevin Phillips	England	2003–2005	2006–2008
Nigel Quashie	England / Scotland	2005–2006	2006–2007
Rickie Lambert	England	2009–2014	2015–2016
Shane Long	Republic of Ireland	2014–2022	2011–2014
Jay Rodriguez	England	2012–2017	2017–2019
Charlie Austin	England	2016–2019	2019–2021
Ainsley Maitland-Niles	England	2022–2023 loan	2021 loan

Quick facts

9 players in our verified list have played for both Southampton and West Bromwich Albion.
The most common countries are England (6), Scotland (1), Northern Ireland (1).
The earliest in our list is David Speedie; the most recent is Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
2 players made the link through a loan spell, including David Speedie.

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