It could be your mum, your daughter, your sister, your brother. Which subject had the biggest impact? But the first gay footballer will be a multimillionaire. [128] He set up his own educational consultancy that specialised in working with NEETs, in partnership with Brooklands College. [95] He later became a player-coach at York City, Rhyl, Shrewsbury Town and Dagenham & Redbridge. It might have been different if we'd lost the game!". How unfair certain sections of society are, how bad it is for youngsters today. Thats the worst thing we can do because thats where we find hope. If Sterling had tattooed a massive cock on his leg I would say: It reminds me of Piers Morgan., There appears to be a racial undertow in the tabloids hounding of Sterling but Southall believes he gets abused because hes got lots of cash. It's disgusting. [105], In qualifying for the 1990 FIFA World Cup, Wales faced Netherlands, West Germany and Finland. Back here around five. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Do you think Theresa May could ignore them then?, Does he get followed by many politicians? Look what hes also doing with Europe at the moment [where Johnson has suggested he would break international law by unilaterally redrafting part of the Brexit deal with the EU]. Something went wrong, please try again later. Surely people will eventually say: We cant have this fella in charge because hes ruining our country.. Its dark outside and Southall, the former Everton and Wales goalkeeper who is now one of the most outspoken supporters of people marginalised by mainstream society, briefly looks weary. Which brings us back to the chapters on such heavyweight subject matters in his book. "The players headed off to the party in the evening, but I felt no obligation to go. "When you come out of that bubble, get to a certain age, you start to realise what's really important. Bar none. "I'd love him to smash it, go on and get 120 caps," says Southall. "We just don't seem to have individuals any more and that's sad.". [143] He subsequently said the following year: "Jeremy Corbyn's done all right. Talk to the youngsters. He takes time with each person to try and help them find stability and hope. Documentary telling the story of Welsh goalkeeper Neville Southalls unconventional rise to the top. In the US, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255. Do you have any LGBT people on the pitch? On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. You cant change it, he says when asked how he would console Karius. Neville Southall was born on 15 September 1958 in Llandudno, north Wales. Weve got two of the most dangerous leaders in the world causing havoc. Using football training as an incentive, he helped them seek work and with their next skills. I cant speak for all sex workers but, personally, I welcome input from Neville and like-minded people. Lots of people think its a sin to be trans, he says. We spoke to Wales goalkeeeping great Neville Southall, who turns 62 on September 16, about a new book with a difference he is bringing out, Follow the Welsh national football teams - sign up to our free email newsletter. [141][142], In May 2017, Southall endorsed Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in the 2017 UK general election. [138], Southall is a teetotaller; this fact, coupled with his shy personality and dedication to football gave him a reputation as something of a loner. Southall went on to make 578 appearances for the club . Hasnt Boris done well otherwise? What has he done well? [45] After getting sent off against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in October, Kendall criticised Southall in the press by saying he "let the lads down". oubt settles over Neville Southall like a brooding cloud on an otherwise sunny afternoon in Liverpool. But I know people should be allowed to live the lives they want within reason. Three Welsh legends: Ian Rush does battle with Kevin Ratcliffe and Neville Southall in a Liverpool v Everton Mersey derby, Nev played in a Wales team among Giggs, Rush, Hughes, Saunders and Speed, Welsh manager Terry Yorath and goalkeeper Neville Southall after Wales' defeat to Romania. He was impressed by Labour's plans to commit 5% of Premier League football's 8.3billion broadcasting revenue back into the grassroots game, among other reasons. The former Everton hero has dumped Eryl and 10-year-old Samantha to start a new life at the opposite end of the country. [90] Both Southend and Stoke would end the season bottom of their respective divisions and Everton only avoided relegation on the last day of the season. [117] Southall only played the first half as Gould blamed him for the three goals he conceded his replacement Paul Jones went on to concede three himself in the second half. Let's rewind though for a brief resume of Southall's stunning career which gives him the profile he needs to talk about these other things. Harry Kane? I spoke to a gay referee and he said if you use the N-word you get sent off. He says: Anybody successful in this country gets tons of abuse. If you cut them they bleed. [104] Southall returned to play the final game, a 20 defeat to Czechoslovakia in Prague which left Wales two points short of group winners Denmark. And could have beaten Portugal on any other given day, too. Its simple really.. "You have to give a lot of credit to John Toshack for being bold enough to pick so many young players. [46] Despite this set-back, he agreed to sign a six-year contract in December, which was then the longest contract the club had ever issued. "But I fear we're slowly sleepwalking into a disaster. I drove home, got in at 10.30pm and went to bed. [72] It was also the second match of seven consecutive games Everton went without conceding a goal another club record. He allows his account to be taken over some nights by experts in mental health, addiction, transgender issues, sex work, disability, knife crime and suicide bereavement, while encouraging debate to combat racism and homophobia. Career Everton manager Howard Kendall bought the goalkeeper from Bury for 150,000 in 1981. What gives him the right to say what can be on your body? "But that is not what I'm here for. I dont want to die but Ive worked out now that as long as youre comfortable within yourself, death is not really a fear, is it?, Southall has decided how he wants to spend the best years of his remaining life. Dominic Cummings can go to Durham but the rest of us cant. [43] He was voted BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year in 1995.[165]. Actor: Dream Team. You get over-selfish as a footballer. I dont want to do that. Join hundreds of Bluebirds and Swans fans in getting the breaking news, transfer gossip and big interviews sent to your inbox on a daily basis. "I'm not the best organised, would have needed a couple of great coaches next to me. Southall conceded 126 goals, an average of 1.34 per match. Southall shows empathy for a fellow goalkeeper in Karius who endured a nightmarish Champions League final. Gary Speed brought in the Dutch geezer, Ray Verheijen, and he helped change the mindset. [95] At the age of 41 years and 178 days he became the fourth oldest player in Premier League history. We never question a child that is born as a cojoined twin. My life Monday to Friday is me up at half-five. Neville Southall on Twitter "One had just pennies in their pocket; one was using foodbanks; there was a trans girl saying she was lying in her bath and had cut her wrists. How on earth did that star-studded side never qualify? [84] Southall played in the Everton goal for the final time on 29 November, in a 20 defeat at home to Tottenham Hotspur. Photograph: Mark Waugh/Guardian, Neville Southall: Ive got a bit of flak because I stick up for sex workers. "How do they react to me? [106], In qualifying for UEFA Euro 1992, Wales were placed in the same group as World Champions Germany, and finished just one point behind the Germans after conceding just six goals in their six games. [54], Harvey had failed to adequately replace some of Everton's departing star players, and Southall noted how "the mediocrity became habitual" as the club coasted to an eighth-place finish in the 198889 season. Were asking for basic workers rights, safety and access to justice. Or Clayton Blackmore? Southall shrugs when I say he must be disillusioned with the governments handling of the pandemic. His first cap came against Northern Ireland at the Racecourse Ground, Wrexham on 27 May 1982 in the 1982 British Home Championship, Wales won 30. Southall remained bitter over this, blaming UEFA for the tragedy and stating that the ban was a convenient way to break up English dominance of European competitions. "I was concentrating so hard on what I did with Everton I was never that way inclined to get involved in anything else. MLS# 6358357. "Let's put it this way, if we could play the way we used to, we'd smash them. In the 1996 Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his services to football.[5]. Why not find a site more in the middle, so it's fairer for everyone? [53] Everton finished fourth in 198788, conceding a club record low of 27 goals in 40 league games, and reached the semi-finals of the League Cup. Theyre basically saying: Youre too good so youve got to take these tablets to slow you down. Thats not fair. [49], Sidelined through injury at the start of the 198687 season, he returned to the first team against Watford in October. Johnson will look for some excuse, and hell take it. They failed to win a game and finished bottom of the group, though Southall did get the chance to play against some of the world's best players in Ruud Gullit, Marco van Basten, Frank Rijkaard, Rudi Vller, Andreas Mller, Andreas Brehme, and Jrgen Klinsmann. People engaged positively and sensibly. [136] He admitted to having affairs over the course of the 18-year marriage, and left Eryl for another woman, an aromatherapist named Emma, in 1998. "As goalkeeper of Everton and Wales I suppose I was doing a job I loved, worked really hard at it to get better, was well paid, had no worries. He has been described as one of the best goalkeepers of his generation and won the FWA Footballer of the Year award in 1985. [63] Howard Kendall returned as Everton manager in November, with Colin Harvey being demoted to his assistant, and led the club out of relegation trouble to secure a ninth-place finish. No. "These things, the Miners' Strike was another, passed me by because I was concentrating in my football bubble, but I see programmes about the 1980s on TV these days and it really brings it home to me how unfair things were. This 2story, 1,230. "I feel the way things have gone has cost Great Britain from being as one. See all episodes from Legends of Welsh Sport. Its also really powerful that Neville is not LGB or T. Very few LGBT people have an issue with who they are, the issues are much more often a result of how others react to them. That would do me, he adds, with an endearingly sombre gaze after Ive asked him how he would like to change the world for the better after a terrible year. However, when sex workers are listened to, without a highprofile figure piquing public interest first, we may finally have made some progress.. Getting into his stride, he gave two specific examples of high-profile political matters he is unhappy with. Neville Southall was a much loved and successful footballer but this is far from a book revelling in his past glories but his reflections on mental health and other taboos. Southall listens while it is explained that my primary interest is his collaborative work on Twitter. The problem is that the FA are not proactive. [56] More significantly, he kept goal against Liverpool in the 1989 FA Cup Final after conceding only two goals in the seven games en route to the final. [85] Thomas Myhre took his place in goal, and Southall rejected a coaching role at the club in order to search for first team football elsewhere. I think people want plain, simple stuff. [161][162][163][164] He was voted FWA Footballer of the Year in 1985, making him the last goalkeeper to be given the award. [158] In 1998, he was named as one of the Football League 100 Legends. Nearby Recently Sold Homes. Before he allowed his Twitter page to become an occasional platform for sex workers, Southall admits his preconceptions. "This is not about me, or Neville Southall the footballer, this is about helping others. The Welsh sporting legend who always did things differently to your everyday footballer - but whose generous soul sees him want to help those in trouble, or who he feels are victims of injustice. You either keep swimming or you drown. "People say 'Oh it'll last 150 years.' [20] He received specialist goalkeeping coaching from Wilf McGuinness. Just like Tupper, he left school with no formal qualifications and at the age of 16 ended up in a . Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 62 years old? Before he became a celebrated footballer, Southall had been a hod-carrier, a binman and a cleaner. "My role? [88] He joined Chris Kamara's First Division Stoke City in February 1998. 'Let's have a go at these and see what happens', rather than ''Let's go out and smash them'. Is there anybody in the commentary team thats within the LGBT community? We don't seem to have anyone in power who wants to say 'Enough is enough, let's actually deal with this'. Pickford has a fair bit of talent but he could vary his service. But it's time to move onto the old day job. "The strongly held political views were always in there when I was younger, I guess, but nobody wants you with an opinion as a footballer," he reflects. He began work in a community scheme which took on young people from dysfunctional or difficult backgrounds who had fallen out of mainstream education. If many people become parochial and dogmatic as they grow older then Southall is on a quest to open himself up and learn. "I've got a different career today, don't want to be judged on the football. Like full chapters devoted to racism, homophobia, LGBT. "The Greens might put up taxes, which means less money in your pocket. [4] He was educated at Ysgol John Bright,[4] though left without any qualifications at age 16. Browse 339 neville_southall stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. "The pupils come from troubled backgrounds, just don't get on with school for one reason or other. But what were trying to do in this country is stop everybody dreaming. These players were so good we had to fit them in somehow, but the current side has specialists in specialist positions and that can make a difference. OK. Ill drop you off there. But we must have that it we're going to build a good society for everybody. But you cant let two mistakes define your career. He was halfway home when he saw that a car, carrying United supporters, had broken down. It was just: Where do you wanna go? The gym is tucked away in an unsuspecting industrial estate in the Swansea Valley and is run by a world-champion strongman who wants as many people as possible to feel included in his beloved sport. [76] He went on to keep a clean sheet in the 1995 FA Charity Shield, as Everton beat Blackburn Rovers 10. It was losing his job with Conference side Dover that set Southall, 62 today, on his new career path. A plaque at Goodison Park shows the regard Neville Southall is held in at Everton. [64] They also reached the final of the Full Members Cup at Wembley, losing 41 to Crystal Palace, though Southall refused to collect his runners-up medal as he did not value the competition. For Everton and Southall, the delights of the 1984-85 season must have seemed a million miles away on 6 November 1982. If we could unite all sex workers that would change their lives for ever. Depends how they are feeling, really. He has also worked extensively with disadvantaged children, and set up his own educational consultancy. We get sunshine when it should be snowing, it snows when it should be sunny. You could get away with that sort of thing more back then. It should be about whats best for everybody.. [79] Despite this, Royle dedicated an entire chapter of his 2005 autobiography to decrying Southall as a "potential weak link". [58], Everton were leading the division at the start of the 198990 season, but their title challenge fell away after a televised 62 defeat to Aston Villa. But Southall soon rolls on. He joined Bury from Winsford United for a 6,000 fee in 1980, and turned professional in his early 20s after a number of years as a semi-professional and amateur player. Look what Covids done to society in the lockdown. [11] He then worked as a binman, waiter and hod carrier and therefore entered the game relatively late. Neville Southall is on Facebook. But his record-breaking career is more a platform to enable Southall to raise awareness of "a number of issues I consider to be important.". Southall moves between fleeting reflections of his own extraordinary career and suggestions on how those lessons might be applied to ordinary people. [122] During his time playing for Torquay United he also worked as a goalkeeping coach at Huddersfield Town and Tranmere Rovers. Id like to see him spend another year working on crosses and stand up more on one-on-ones. It is sad when people make comments without any knowledge of the finances of the FAW. These days Southall performs a similar role at a special school - the River Centre Learning Community in the Gwent town of Ebbw Vale, working with 11-16 year-olds in the main. Photograph: Mark Waugh/Guardian The former Wales and. [116] He tried Danny Coyne, Andy Marriott and Tony Roberts in goal in friendly games, but selected Southall for the World Cup qualifying wins over San Marino. Nearby homes similar to 11018 E Neville Ave have recently sold between $475K to $475K at an average of $295 per square foot. "Back then I just said things as they were, never played those clever political games that I'm perhaps a little better at today," he tells Wales Online from the home just outside Llandeilo he shares with wife Emma and the 16-year-old they foster. "I sometimes tell people I never know how Wales has never produced a Formula One world champion. That happens because we cant see in somebodys brain, or soul, to understand how they feel. [19] However, he never played for Connor as he was replaced by Jim Iley before the start of the 198081 season; despite this managerial change he was still seen as the future replacement to club stalwart John Forrest. I like what makes people tick. That would do me, he adds, with an endearingly sombre gaze after Ive asked him how he would like to change the world for the better after a terrible year. "Also, how many positions did you see David Phillips fill? Southall was renowned for his shot-stopping ability, particularly in dealing with one-on-one situations, quickly coming off his line to intimidate the onrushing forward and relying on his instinctive reactions to save the ball. Id like to work myself up into a position where Im a first responder at a suicide hotline. Neville Southall was born on 16 September 1958 in Llandudno, Carnarvonshire, Wales, UK. Yeah, he exclaims. people marginalised by mainstream society, a liar, a racist, a sexist and homophobic, by unilaterally redrafting part of the Brexit deal with the EU, JK Rowlings reaction to transgender women. I did a thing for the Rainbow Toffees [Evertons LGBT supporters group] last month. We can't just jump to conclusions about them. "And you want the politicians to put that right. All of the action from Wales at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, iPlayer Wales Category featured programmes, Neville Southall - From Llandudno Swifts to Everton and Wales, iPlayer Wales Category :: Featured Episodes. Southall is beaten by Norman Whitesides shot in extra time at Wembley in 1985 as Manchester United won the FA Cup final 1-0. Of course I empathise with his pain. Instead it's divided, and that's no good to anybody. We have a 14-year-old Norwegian, well 16 today, Greta Thunberg, speaking out, yet she gets slammed for doing so. 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