Jannik Vestergaard is one player with a life in both camps. A mixed bag of experiences in his three seasons at Leicester. Vestergaard played a total of 72 league appearances for The Saints, scoring 4 goals.
Ryan Bertrand and Dean Hammond are two other players with a relatively recent past at Leicester and Southampton. Hammond being pivotal to Leicester’s promotion and first season in Premier League under the Nigel Pearson era. Bertrand had huge injury problems while at Leicester and never established a good momentum.
Some of the real heroes under Jimmy Bloomfield in the 70’s experienced a fantastic highlight in their later careers. This occurred when they were in their 30’s. Dennis Rofe, Peter Shilton, and Frank Worthington were all part of Lawrie McMenemy’s squad. In that remarkable 1983/84 season, they ended as runners-up in the league.
Steve Moran was also a player at Southampton during that season. He partnered with Frank Worthington up-front. Later, he made the switch to Leicester City a few years later, being under the wings of Gordon Milne.
Peter Rodrigues was in the Leicester City team when they reached the 1969 FA Cup final. Unfortunately, they lost to Manchester City. Seven years later, in 1976, he captained Southampton to the title. He returned to collect the medal he missed.
Ian Andrews was another Leicester City hero of the 80’s. The goalkeeper had a short spell at Southampton after his time at Celtic. He played just 10 games before moving to Bournemouth. Trevor Hebberd was a long term servant at The Dell, and had a short loan spell with Leicester City.
Southampton 1979 League Cup finalist Tony Sealy made a move to Leicester City later in his career. He played 39 league games from 1985 to 1987. Sealy a winger scored 7 goals and was a fans favorite during his days, entertaining at Filbert Street.
Micky Adams played a number of seasons at The Dell, being there from 1988 to 1994. The former Leicester City manager probably had his best years in football during his days at Southampton. He played 144 league games for The Saints.
David Speedie and Dennis Wise, both travellers in football, had short spells at Leicester City and Southampton. Tim Flowers made his breakthrough as a goalkeeper with Southampton. He later played for Leicester City and won the League Cup in 2000.
Matt Mills started his career at Southampton, playing only four games before joining Manchester City. He later joined Leicester City from Reading, spending a couple of seasons at the club, 2011/2012.
Dany N’Guessan joined Southampton on loan from Leicester City, playing just a handful of games.
A list of players in both camps,
- Goalkeepers
- Peter Shilton
- Ian Andrews
- Tim Flowers
- Kasey Keller
- Stuart Taylor
- Defenders
- Peter Rodrigues
- Dennis Rofe
- Matt Mills
- David Webb
- Tony Knapp
- Ryan Bertrand
- Jannik Vestergaard
- Darren Kenton
- Midfield
- Trevor Hebberd
- Tony Sealy
- Dennis Wise
- Dean Hammond
- Matt Oakley
- Mark Draper
- Ryan Smith
- Forwards
- Frank Worthington
- Steve Moran
- Dany N’Guessan
- David Speedie
- Nathan Dyer
- David Connolly
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