Hugh Fisher

Southampton After defeat by Blackpool, Southampton manager Ted Bates tried to sign a player to boost their midfield, having an offer of £75,000 for Howard Kendall rejected by Preston.

On 2 October 1971, he broke his leg in a collision with Arsenal's goalkeeper Bob Wilson, thus ending a sequence of 50 consecutive appearances. Fisher was then side-lined for the rest of the season, when again Saints struggled to avoid relegation.

During the summer of 1975, he played in the United States with Denver Dynamos in the NASL.

His greatest moment in a Southampton shirt came in the 1975–76 season. The Saints were having a mediocre season in Division 2, but on 3 January 1976, in an FA Cup third round match at the Dell, Saints were 1–0 down against Aston Villa when, in the 89th minute of the game the ball fell to him on the edge of the area and he swung his left boot, with the ball flying into the corner of the net.

Southampton progressed through the remaining rounds of the cup to reach the final. Fisher had played in all the rounds up to the semi-final, but had to withdraw from the starting line-up, in favour of Paul Gilchrist, with a pelvic strain. As the pairing of Ball and Williams became a virtual fixture in midfield, Fisher became a regular in the reserves, together with several other members of the team that had won the cup only a season earlier. He played in Southport's remaining 15 games of the 1976–77 season, and only missed one game in the following season. Together with cup games, he made 66 appearances for Southport in a period of 14 months. However, his efforts were not enough to keep Southport in the Football League and they were not re-elected to the Fourth Division at the end of the 1977–78 season and were replaced by Wigan Athletic.

After football As a result of Southport leaving the Football League, Fisher was out of a job, although he played as a semi-professional for various Hampshire clubs, including a season with Waterlooville, but finally retired from football in 1980.

By this time, he was working as a sales representative for Schweppes before moving on to Watney Mann and then to Newcastle Courage.

Honours Southampton FA Cup: 1975–76