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Luke Southwood

Project playerBlackpool · 28 yrsStarterNew signing

Profile

Full nameLuke Kevin Southwood
PositionGoalkeeper
NationalityNorthern Ireland
Age28
Date of birth6 Dec 1997
BirthplaceOxford
Height185 cm
Shirt number#1
ClubBlackpool
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Goalkeeper

Season stats

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22
Appearances
5
Clean sheets
23%
CS rate
share of apps kept clean
1980
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Bristol Rovers.

Also this season

Earlier this season at Bristol Rovers — EFL Trophy: 2 apps, 0g 0a, 180 min

Earlier this season at Bristol Rovers — League Cup: 1 apps, 0g 0a, 90 min

The headline Season rating covers his time at Blackpool; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.

Scout report

Project playerGoalkeeper

L. Southwood is a 28-year-old goalkeeper at Blackpool, rated 26.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 180th of 213 on scout potential in the League One. An experienced operator, he has been an ever-present this season (95.7% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Southwood.

Judged on this season alone, Southwood graded 14 — a strong campaign that ranks top 27% of the 23 goalkeepers in the League One, on 5 clean sheets across 22 appearances.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 6 → 8). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 27, 18th of 23 of the 23 goalkeepers in the League One. At 28 Southwood is in his prime years, and a market index of 3.6 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report
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Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2022/23Holding levelBreakout: 2022/234 clubs
Current potential18th of 23 goalkeepers · League OneCurrent seasonTop 27% goalkeepers · League One6th-best goalkeeper in the League One180th in the League One · potential18th-highest potential goalkeeper in the League One
26.7
Ratingi
18th of 23 goalkeepers
14
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
95.7%
Minutes
near ever-present
0.05
Def. actions / 90
light defensive volume

Output in context · Blackpool finished 17th of 24 · a lower-table side

22
Apps
5
Clean sheets
23%
CS rate
95.7%
Minutes

5 clean sheets in 22 appearances (23% of games). Keeping that many behind a lower-table side (17th of 24) — a side that concedes more — points to a busy, productive season between the posts.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 95.7% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 26.7, Southwood carries the 18th-highest potential of the goalkeepers in the League One of 23, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Blackpool finished 17th of 24) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. A near ever-present keeper carrying the gloves this season. Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among goalkeepers in the League One with 600+ minutes this season.

Goalkeeping

Clean sheets5

Distribution

Passes930
Pass accuracy49%

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.