Flood was capped as an England schoolboy international.[2][4]
Flood joined Southampton from Pennington St. Marks in 1949 and played in the first team from 1952 to 1958, normally as a winger, making 129 appearances in all competitions and scoring 29 goals.[4] His appearances coincided with Southampton's longest spell in Division 3.[4] He later played 17 games in the Football League for Bournemouth,[1] before joining Headington United, where he made 1 appearance in the Southern Football League in August 1959.[2] He finished his career at Cowes.[4]
Deathedit
Flood died on 13 May 2023, at the age of 90.[5][6] At the time of his death, he was the oldest surviving former Southampton player.[6]
Referencesedit
^ ab"Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
^ abc"Profile". Rage Online. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
^"Former Hampshire and Lyndhurst batsman Ray Flood has died, aged 78". Southern Daily Echo. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
^ abcdHolley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (2003). In That Number – A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. Hagiology Publishing. p. 511. ISBN0-9534474-3-X.
^"John Flood: 1932–2023". Southampton FC. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
^ abReddin, Lorelei (16 May 2023). "Former Southampton FC winger John Flood has died aged 90". Southern Daily Echo. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
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john, flood, footballer, born, 1932, john, ernest, flood, october, 1932, 2023, english, professional, footballer, played, winger, john, floodpersonal, informationfull, namejohn, ernest, flooddate, birth, 1932, october, 1932place, birthsouthampton, englanddate,. John Ernest Flood 21 October 1932 13 May 2023 was an English professional footballer who played as a winger John FloodPersonal informationFull nameJohn Ernest FloodDate of birth 1932 10 21 21 October 1932Place of birthSouthampton EnglandDate of death13 May 2023 2023 05 13 aged 90 Height5 ft 6 in 1 68 m Position s WingerYouth careerPennington St Marks1949 1952SouthamptonSenior career YearsTeamApps Gls 1952 1958Southampton122 28 1958 1959Bournemouth17 3 1959Headington United1 0 CowesTotal139 31 Club domestic league appearances and goals Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Death 4 ReferencesEarly life editFlood was born in Southampton on 21 October 1932 1 2 He was one of eight brothers his younger brother Raymond was a first class cricketer 3 Career editFlood was capped as an England schoolboy international 2 4 Flood joined Southampton from Pennington St Marks in 1949 and played in the first team from 1952 to 1958 normally as a winger making 129 appearances in all competitions and scoring 29 goals 4 His appearances coincided with Southampton s longest spell in Division 3 4 He later played 17 games in the Football League for Bournemouth 1 before joining Headington United where he made 1 appearance in the Southern Football League in August 1959 2 He finished his career at Cowes 4 Death editFlood died on 13 May 2023 at the age of 90 5 6 At the time of his death he was the oldest surviving former Southampton player 6 References edit a b Profile Post War English amp Scottish Football League A Z Player s Transfer Database Retrieved 5 April 2014 a b c Profile Rage Online Retrieved 5 April 2014 Former Hampshire and Lyndhurst batsman Ray Flood has died aged 78 Southern Daily Echo 13 March 2014 Retrieved 5 April 2014 a b c d Holley Duncan Chalk Gary 2003 In That Number A post war chronicle of Southampton FC Hagiology Publishing p 511 ISBN 0 9534474 3 X John Flood 1932 2023 Southampton FC 14 May 2023 Retrieved 16 May 2023 a b Reddin Lorelei 16 May 2023 Former Southampton FC winger John Flood has died aged 90 Southern Daily Echo Retrieved 16 May 2023 nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to association football in England about a midfielder born in the 1930s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Flood footballer born 1932 amp oldid 1164026053, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
