SOUTHAMPTON FC HERITAGE, MEMORIES AND SUPPORTERS’ STORIES
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Over the past 40 years, Dave Merrington has spent many hours coaching Southampton FC youth team players, managing Saints in the Premier League and summarising on BBC Radio Solent. TSP114 sees Ben Stanfield (TSP Host) and Will Dawe ( Saints Archive) catch up with this ‘Saint’, chatting through his numerous stories and memories. Whether it…
In association with Total Saints Podcast, this Saturday morning we will be publishing to the archive and its members our interview with club legend – Terry Paine Will, Leon and Ben interviewed Terry earlier in the week and we hope it brings to you all a chance to forget about the current lockdown for a…
In the next few days SaintsArchive.com will be joining forces once more with our good friends Total Saints Podcast. We will be talking through Terry’s career, life in South Africa and his role as Honorary President of #SaintsFC. And of course choosing a few selected questions from comments on this post and from loyal TSP…
Total Saints Podcast is back with another ‘Lockdown Pod’, as former 90’s midfielder Neil Maddison joins us/ Saints Archive for Total Recall. Neil talks about his memories of initially signing for Southampton FC as a schoolboy, keeping Alan Shearer company on the long train rides down to the South Coast, working with Dave Merrington, making…
Jo Tessem left saints. The Norwegian utility player returned to his homeland to rejoin his first club Lyn Oslo on loan till the end of the season. He signed for £600,000 after impressing in a pre-season friendly for Molde against Saints and went on to score 16 goals in 130 games. Credit Graham Hiley –…
Matthew Le Tissier is arguably the greatest footballer to ever play for Saints. The legendary number 7 was renowned for scoring wonderful goals, thrilling crowds and being instrumental in helping the Club regularly survive in the Premier League. TSP therefore considers itself incredibly lucky to welcome ‘Le God’ on this episode, as he joins Will…
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Liverpool Manager Bill Shankly memorably accused #SaintsFC of playing “ale-house football” after his side suffered their first defeat of the season, going down 1-0 at The Dell. Alec Lindsay headed into his own net with the Merseysiders manager claiming in vain that the defender had been pushed by Terry Paine. Credit Graham Hiley https://amzn.to/2m9YJv8
#SaintsFc achieved their first win since Stuart Gray took permanent charge, beating south cost neighbours Brighton 3-0 in their first visit to the Withdean Stadium. The second round of the league cup had now become a one off with no second leg but Southampton cruised to victory with two goals from Anders Svensson and one…
#SaintsFC paid £500,000 to sign Luton Town Football Club striker Ian Dowie, a player who had once been a schoolboy at The Dell but was released. A former rocket scientist, he went on to score 32 goals in 143 appearances. Credit : Graham Hiley ‘The Saints On This Day’ can be purchased from Amazon on…
‘England goalkeeper Peter Shilton made his Saints debut in a 1-0 defeat at Coventry City FC where Dennis Rofe and loan signing Justin Fashanu also made their bows. Shilton was the big name signing to replace Kevin Keegan ,arriving from Nottingham Forest for £350,000’ #SaintsFC Credit : Graham Hiley ‘The Saints On This Day’ can…
‘Colin Clarke’s impressive displays for Northern Ireland National Team in the 1986 FIFA World Cup prompted Chris Nicholl to pay AFC Bournemouth £400k for the striker’s services.Clarke justified the fee with a hat-trick in a 5-1 win over QPR FC on the opening day, the first of 20 goals that season’ #SaintsFC Credit : Graham…