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The 200% Pre-Season Previews: Southampton
Once again, this seasons Premier League kicks off with a club that was involved the lower divisions of the Football League just two years ago, with Southampton having repeated the...
Match Of The Past: Southampton
Continuing our summer series of highlights of matches from days gone by, this morning we turn our attention to one of this years newcomers to the Premier League, Southampton. Well,...
The Return Of The Saints: Southampton’s Rapid Ascent To The Premier League
If there was any hint of tension in the air at St Mary’s Stadium on Saturday lunchtime, it didn’t hang around for very long. It took them a little under...
Policing Football Fans: Civil Liberties Or Taking Liberties?
‘Football fans have been exposed to the type of policing historically that is probably unfair and untargeted. I think it’s evolved, I think it’s moved on. My football unit police...
Those We Have Lost: The Dell, Southampton
Tom Tully surely performed a double take when he happened upon the match report from Southampton’s final stand at The Dell. Having written so many tales of glory for Roy...
Match Of The Week 2: Southampton 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday
With just two wins in their last fifteen matches, this season has turned sour on the pitch for Sheffield Wednesday. Earlier on this season, the team seemed to be defying...
Match Of The Week: Bournemouth 1-3 Southampton
At some imperceptible point, somewhere between January and March, the football season switches its rhythm. No longer can one look at the league table, work out the gap between your...
FA Cup Match Of The Week 2: Southampton 1-2 Manchester United
When Dimitar Berbatov drove the ball into Richard Kingson’s goal to complete Manchester United’s turn-around at Blackpool during the week, there was a near-nationwide shrug of resignation at what is...
Southampton And Shrewsbury Town Clash Over Ticket Prices
One of the more welcome developments in ticketing arrangements in recent years has been the slow realisation on the part of clubs that they cannot always charge the absolute maximum...
Tiss Time, More Than Any Other Time
The recent publicity regarding the newspaper sting carried out upon the Pakistan cricket team during their test match against England and the ensuing debate over the completion of the test...
RIP Markus Liebherr: The Man That Saved Southampton
Southampton supporters today were shocked to learn of the death of their club’s owner, Markus Liebherr, at the age of sixty-two. Here, Southampton supporter Neil Cotton pays his own tribute...
Southampton Pulled From The Fire
At last, a bit of welcome news in this disastrous summer for English football. Southampton found a last minute buyer earlier this week, and they are making the right noises...
Southampton Back On The Brink
The new Football League season starts in a little over five weeks, but a huge question mark still hangs over the small matter of whether all the teams included in...
Nathan Dyer: Southampton & The Politics Of The Fire Sale
A couple of months ago, Southampton Leisure Holdings, the holding company which owns Southampton Football Club went into administration. There was a brief and ineffectual protest from Southampton FC based...
Southampton & Their Points Deduction
Reading between the lines, the Football League’s verdict on Southampton’s attempt to put their holding company into administration without incurring a points deduction makes for pretty damning reading. The League’s...
Southampton, Insolvency & Bending The Rules
This season, it is probably fair to say, has not been the best of football seasons. Portsmouth are hanging on to their Premier League status and Brighton & Hove Albion...
Match Of The Week: Southampton 1-2 Doncaster Rovers
Ten years ago, Southampton and Doncaster Rovers went into their matches desperately seeking points to avoid relegation. Southampton had just been knocked out of the FA Cup by Fulham, who...
Match Of The Week: Coventry City 4-1 Southampton
Coventry City and Southampton are, in many respects, two sides of the same coin. They are clubs that became regular components of the top division of English football for many...
In Praise Of… Matthew Le Tissier
As I pondered the smoking ruins of England’s match against the Czech Republic last week, my mind turned back to Matthew Le Tissier. Matthew (and it seems somewhat wrong to...