SFC Debut: Oldham Athletic (A) 17th October 2009

The striker arrived at the club in October 2009 on a free transfer having most recently played in the top flight with both Wigan Athletic and Sunderland.

He has a prolific goal scoring record throughout his career, and spent much of his career in the Championship. David is also familiar with goalkeeper Kelvin Davis from a spell at MK Dons (formerly Wimbledon) between 2001 and 2003.

Connolly initially joined Saints on a contract until the end of the season, which was then extended for a further year in July 2010.

His timely strikes at the tail end of the promotion season out of League One preceded a further one year extension in May 2011 to take him through to the summer of 2012 following the club's return to the Championship.

The 5' 9" front man has made some big money moves across English domestic football, and also played for Dutch giants Feyenoord early on in his career.

On the international front, Connolly has been capped over 40 times for the Republic of Ireland side, scoring on nine occasions, and was part of the Irish squad at the 2002 World Cup that got to the last 16.

David had an impressive end to the 2010/11 campaign and he continued that form into pre-season notching three goals after extending his stay at St. Mary's by another year.