SOUTHAMPTON FC HERITAGE, MEMORIES AND SUPPORTERS’ STORIES
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During the summer of 1899, several players left the club including forward Abe Hartley, who joined Woolwich Arsenal,[6]and Jacky Robertson, who joined Rangers, shortly after becoming the first Southampton player to play for Scotland in April 1899.[7] Three forwards joined the club in the pre-season: Jack Farrell returned from Stoke, where he had spent the 1898–99 season having played for Southampton from 1895 to…
Time does fly, especially these last thirty years. It’s the sixth of November 2048 and I’ve just received a Birthday Card from The Queen as I’m 100 today, she must be over 120 herself? I thought after my cup of tea, I would browse through some of my Southampton Football Club books and DVDs. In…
After 1989 when Danny Wallace was transferred, there were other young players from our academy ranks, who were being sold! His two brothers left Raymond and Rodney, with the latter who was probably the best out of the three of them! Rodney Wallace was a real goalscorer and if only he stayed, then we could…