southampton used 22 different players during the 1933–34 season, thirteen of whom scored during the campaign. the team played in a 2–3–5 formation throughout, using two full-backs, three half-backs, two outside forwards, two inside forwards and a centre-forward. outside-right dick neal appeared in all but one of the club's league games during the campaign, while arthur roberts, bill adams and stan woodhouse all played in 39 of the 42 games in the second division. centre-forward ted drake finished as the season's top scorer with 20 goals in the second division, followed by inside-forward arthur holt on six goals, then norman cole and fred tully on five each. frank campbell was the highest-scoring half-back of the season, with three goals during the league campaign.