Macauley Southam-Hales

Macauley Southam-Hales
Southam-Hales with Stockport County
Personal information
Full name Macauley Anthony Southam-Hales[1]
Date of birth (1996-02-02) 2 February 1996
Place of birth Cardiff, Wales[2]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position Right back
Team information
Current team
 Bristol Rovers
Number 23
Youth career
2005–2017 Cardiff City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Barry Town United 49 (4)
2019–2020 Fleetwood Town 2 (0)
2020 → Hartlepool United (loan) 7 (0)
2020–2025 Stockport County 105 (5)
2025– Bristol Rovers 16 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:56, 25 August 2026 (UTC)

Macauley Anthony Southam-Hales (born 2 February 1996) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a right back for EFL League Two club Bristol Rovers.

Career

Southam-Hales playing for Cardiff City's development team in 2014.

Fleetwood Town

After playing for Cardiff City and Barry Town United, Southam-Hales signed for Fleetwood Town in January 2019.[4] In January 2020 he moved on loan to Hartlepool United.[5] After returning to Fleetwood following the loan spell, Southam-Hales was a late substitute in the League One play-off tie against Wycombe Wanderers.[6]

Stockport County

In September 2020, Southam-Hales signed for National League side Stockport County.[7] In December 2022 he was injured during a FA Cup match; footage of the incident was used by the Football Association in a TikTok, for which they later apologised.[8] He was given the all clear after going to hospital.[9] The Professional Footballers Association called for changes to safety rules following the incident.[10] In February 2024, Southam-Hales suffered a rupture to his patella tendon, ruling him out for up to nine months.[11] In May 2024, he signed a new one-year deal.[12]

Following the conclusion of the 2024–25 season, the club confirmed that they were still in conversation with Southam-Hales regarding a new contract.[13] On 20 June, it was confirmed that he would depart the club at the end of the month following the expiration of his contract.[14]

Bristol Rovers

On 25 June 2025, Southam-Hales agreed to join recently relegated League Two club Bristol Rovers on a two-year deal from 1 July.[15][16] On 30 August 2025, he scored his first goal for the club with the only goal in an away victory over Grimsby Town,[17] his volley from the edge of the box being nominated for League Two Goal of the Month.[18] In November 2025, a reckless tackle from Notts County winger Tyrese Hall saw Southam-Hales forced off with injury, ruling hin out for the majority of the season.[19] Having failed to make another appearance in the 2025–26 season, he was one of seven players to be made available to depart the club in May 2026.[20][21]

Career statistics

As of match played 25 August 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Barry Town 2017–18[22] Welsh Premier League 283110000294
2018–19[22] Welsh Premier League 211100000221
Total 494210000515
Fleetwood Town 2018–19[23] League One 1000000010
2019–20[24] League One 1000003[a]040
Total 2000003050
Hartlepool United (loan) 2019–20[22] National League 7000000070
Stockport County 2020–21[22] National League 28220003[b]0332
2021–22[22] National League 300300000330
2022–23[25] League Two 9030001[c]0130
2023–24[26] League Two 210201000240
2024–25[27] League One 173300000203
Total 105513010401235
Bristol Rovers 2025–26[28] League Two 151001000161
2026–27[29] League Two 1000101[c]030
Total 161002010191
Career total 17910151308020511
  1. ↑ Appearances in EFL Trophy and EFL League One play-offs
  2. ↑ Two appearances in the FA Trophy and one appearance in the National League play-offs.
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy.

Honours

Stockport County

References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Fleetwood Town" (PDF). English Football League. p. 27. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "Macauley Southam-Hales: 2018/2019 Biography & Statistics – Welsh Premier League". www.wpl.cymru.
  3. ↑ "Macauley Southam-Hales Football Statistics | WhoScored.com". www.whoscored.com.
  4. ↑ "Macaulay Southam-Hales: Welsh full-back joins Fleetwood Town from Barry". BBC Sport. 3 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  5. ↑ "Hartlepool United secure 'modern day full-back' on loan from Fleetwood Town". www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk. 23 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "Wycombe Wanderers 2–2 Fleetwood Town". BBC Sport. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Southam-Hales Signs For County!". Stockport County Official Site. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  8. ↑ "FA apologises for Southam-Hales TikTok video". BBC Sport. 9 December 2022.
  9. ↑ "Southam-Hales all-clear after hoardings collision". BBC Sport. 8 December 2022.
  10. ↑ Rumsby, Ben (8 December 2022). "PFA demands safety rule review after Stockport player collides with advertising hoarding". The Telegraph – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  11. ↑ "Macauley Southam-Hales: Stockport defender out for six to nine months with patella tendon injury". BBC Sport. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  12. ↑ "Macca extends Edgely Park stay". www.stockportcounty.com. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  13. ↑ "Released and Retained list for next season confirmed". www.stockportcounty.com. 23 May 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  14. ↑ "Macca set to move on". www.stockportcounty.com. 20 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  15. ↑ "Alfie Kilgour & Macauley Southam-Hales: Bristol Rovers sign free-agent defenders". BBC Sport. 25 June 2025.
  16. ↑ "Bristol Rovers sign Macauley Southam-Hales". www.bristolrovers.co.uk. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
  17. ↑ "Grimsby Town 0–1 Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 30 August 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
  18. ↑ "Southam-Hales volley against Grimsby Nominated For Sky Bet League Two Goal of the Month". www.bristolrovers.co.uk. 12 September 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
  19. ↑ Murray, Will (6 March 2026). "Fresh Macauley Southam-Hales injury update given as right-back could return before end of season". Bristol Post. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
  20. ↑ "Bristol Rovers issue 2025/26 retained list". www.bristolrovers.co.uk. 5 May 2026. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  21. ↑ "Tom Lockyer and Luke Thomas: Bristol Rovers duo to leave club". BBC Sport. 5 May 2026.
  22. 1 2 3 4 5 Macauley Southam-Hales at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  23. ↑ "Games played by Macauley Southam-Hales in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Macauley Southam-Hales in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  25. ↑ "Games played by Macauley Southam-Hales in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Macauley Southam-Hales in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  27. ↑ "Games played by Macauley Southam-Hales in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  28. ↑ "Games played by Macauley Southam-Hales in 2025/2026". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  29. ↑ "Games played by Macauley Southam-Hales in 2026/2027". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  30. ↑ "League Two: 2023/24: Current table". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
    "Stockport: Squad details: 2023/24". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 August 2026.
  31. ↑ "National League: 2021/22: Current table". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
    "Stockport: Squad details: 2021/22". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
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