Southampton vs Newcastle United

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factfile:

Formed

1894

NICKNAME

The Magpies

STADIUM

St James’ Park

CAPACITY

52,354

2021/22

11th in Premier League

FA Cup third round

League Cup second

round

HONOURS

4 top-flight titles

4 second-tier titles

6 FA Cups

recent results:

08.10.22

Guimarães (2), Murphy,

Almirón, Pinnock (og)

Premier League

16.10.22

Premier League

Last season Newcastle became

the first top-flight side since

1990/91 to fail to win any

of their opening 14 league

matches and avoid the drop.

Indeed, under the guidance

of Eddie Howe, who replaced

Steve Bruce last November, the

Magpies eventually finished

11th. Over the second half

of the season, Newcastle

were the joint third-best

team in the league.

The transformation has

continued this term with

Newcastle sitting fourth. A

comfortable top-half finish

and a cup run was the public

aim in the summer.

Howe has galvanised a set

of under-performing players,

but having money to spend

following the club’s muchpublicised

takeover has also

helped. Nearly £90m was spent

19.10.22

Almirón

Premier League

in January, while this summer

former Saints left-back Matt

Targett was signed from Aston

Villa following a loan spell,

goalkeeper Nick Pope arrived

from Burnley and £32m was

splashed on Lille defender Sven

Botman. A club-record £63m

was paid for Real Sociedad

striker Alexander Isak. However,

after two goals in his first three

games, a thigh injury ruled him

out until after the World Cup.

Being fourth in the league is

no coincidence. From pressing

and long passes in behind

the defence to wing-play and

set-pieces, this Newcastle

side have clear ideas in and

out of possession. The Toon

haven’t found themselves

in such a lofty position this

deep into a Premier League

campaign since 2011/12,

when they finished fifth.

23.10.22

Wilson, Almirón

Premier League

29.10.22

Wilson (2, 1 pen),

Joelinton, Almirón

Premier League

the boss:

ENGLISH / AGE: 44

Eddie Howe succeeded Steve Bruce as Newcastle’s head coach a

year ago this month and has already achieved legendary status

on Tyneside. He had been out of management since departing

Bournemouth in August 2020 following their relegation. Leaving

aside a brief interlude at Burnley, Howe had become synonymous

with the Cherries’ rise from the foot of the Football League. The

former Bournemouth centre-back, who had retired at the age of 29

due to a knee injury, was named their manager in December 2008.

He secured the Cherries’ league status after they had begun the

season with a 17-point penalty for failing to comply with insolvency

rules and guided them to promotion the following year. Although

Howe left to become Burnley boss midway through the 2010/11

campaign, he rejoined Bournemouth in October 2012, eventually

leading the Cherries to the Premier League for the first time in 2015.

Ten-year record:

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PARAGUAYAN / MIDFIELDER / AGE: 28

“Playing like (Miguel) Almirón” – that jibe from Jack Grealish – now

means scoring more goals than Gabriel Jesus and Mohamed Salah

this season. With six goals in as many games in October, Almirón

has bagged more Premier League strikes inside 29 days as Grealish

has since his British-record move to Manchester City 15 months

ago. Almirón is an attacker reborn. His tally of seven goals this term

is already Almirón’s best return for a Premier League season. He

managed zero in 2018/19, four in 2019/20, four in 2020/21 and one

in 2021/22. The St James’ Park faithful unfurled a ‘Wor Miggy’ banner

in August to show their support for a player who is very much repaying

the faith they’ve shown in him since his arrival from Atalanta United.

It’s not just his goals that make him a fans’ favourite. “His work ethic is

just incredible,” Eddie Howe said recently.

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DIRECTORY

Chief Executive Officer Martin Semmens

Managing Director Toby Steele

Board of Directors Martin Semmens, Chief

Execuitve Officer; Toby Steele, Managing

Director; Matt Crocker, Director of Football

Operations; David Thomas, Chief Commercial

Officer; Tim Greenwell, Chief Legal & Risk

Officer; Michelle Butler, Director of HR.

First Team Manager Ralph Hasenhüttl

First Team Coaches Rubén Selles, Richard

Kitzbichler, Carl Martin, Andrew Sparkes.

Club Leadership Team Mark Abrahams,

Director of Commercial & Community

Partnerships; Sarah Batters, Director of

Marketing and Partnerships; Michael Fenn,

Finance Director; James Grove, Director of IT;

Matt Hale, Academy Director; Mark Jarvis,

Director of Performance; Zoe O’Sullivan,

Director of Legal; Matt Silvester, Director of

Venue Sales; Ros Wheeler, Club Secretary;

Fabiola Wilcox, Director of Brand Experience &

Communications.

Team Doctor Dr Iñigo Sarriegui

Physiotherapists Steve Wright, Neil Simms,

Fraser McKinney.

Stadium Grounds Manager John Wright

Club PA Tim Manns

SAINTS

Editor Mark Perrow

Contributors Neil Jeffries, Tom Harvey, Sam

Tighe, Barry Webb, Duncan Holley, Alicia Povey,

James Barker, Marc Walker.

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MIGUEL ALMIRÓN

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armstrong

SAINTS Vs newcastle united | sunday 6th november 2022, 2pm | premier league

“Numbers

always do

the talking,

and that’s

what I want

to get

more of.”

Life is about to change for Adam Armstrong,

whose wife Rebecca is expecting their first

child in the coming days, but one thing that won’t

change is the striker’s desire to score goals –

even against the team he grew up supporting…

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SAINTS

54 Saints

Dedications

60 player

profiles

62 Fixtures

& Results

64 Saints

Standings

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Benali

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RALPH

HASENHÜTTL

Dear supporters,

welcome back to St

Mary’s for today’s

Premier League match against

Newcastle United.

I would like to begin by

welcoming head coach

Eddie Howe, his staff and

all the players of Newcastle

United to Southampton.

We know the task facing us

against a side that has lost

only one game so far this

season, but this was the

challenge we had against

Arsenal last time here, and

we showed we can compete

against these teams.

The key to that performance

was the belief we showed.

The attitude of the players

was fantastic, even after a

tough start, and they were

rewarded in the second

half with a beautiful goal

and a deserved draw.

Last weekend against Crystal

Palace was a frustrating game

for us because when you do

not take your chances then you

don’t deserve to take points.

Today we know we must be

better from the first whistle.

Now we are into the last

week before the winter

break. This is something I

have experienced previously

in my career, but never for

six weeks, which is a long

time to go without playing.

This makes it very important

that we leave ourselves in

the best possible position

going into the break. We

have to fight for every ball

and give everything to take

points from these last two

Premier League games to

help us climb the table.

As always, we need you

behind us at home. The

atmosphere inside St Mary’s

is crucial to the success of

this team – staying positive

in the difficult moments,

encouraging the players and

proudly singing your songs.

We will do everything for us

to have a successful Sunday

afternoon and continue

to fight for our club.

We March On.

Ralph Hasenhüttl

“We know the

task facing

us against

a side that

has lost only

one game

so far this

season, but

this was the

challenge we

had against

Arsenal

last time

here, and we

showed we

can compete

against

these teams.”

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SAINTS

HOST OPEN

TRAINING

SESSION

More than 2,000 Southampton

supporters were in attendance as

the club hosted an open training

and signing session at St Mary’s last

week.

With the session scheduled during halfterm,

fans of all ages could see their

heroes in action up close and personal.

Manager Ralph Hasenhüttl explained

the thinking behind each drill

throughout the session, before

supporters had the opportunity to grab

selfies and autographs with the players.

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Saints’ festive

schedule confirmed

Southampton’s first match of 2023, at home to

Nottingham Forest, will now take place on Wednesday

4th January, kicking off at 7.30pm.

Otherwise, Saints’

festive schedule remains

unchanged, though the

Boxing Day showdown with

Brighton at St Mary’s (3pm)

will be screened live on

Amazon Prime.

The meeting with the

Seagulls will mark Saints’

return to competitive action

after the six-week winter

break for the World Cup.

Ralph Hasenhüttl’s men

will still travel to Fulham

on New Year’s Eve (3pm) as

originally scheduled.

AN EVENING WITH JIM

MCCALLIOG

Southampton FA Cup winner Jim McCalliog, the man

who assisted the most famous goal in Saints’ history,

is hosting an event at St Mary’s on Tuesday at 7.30pm.

An Evening With Jim

McCalliog will feature

the former Scotland

international in conversation

with his teammates from

Saints’ 1976 FA Cup winning

team, as the squad reflect

on the historic triumph.

SAINTS VOICE

MINUTES NOW ONLINE

On Tuesday 27th September, Southampton Football

Club hosted its first meeting of the season with Saints

Voice. Since the end of last season, the panel has

grown from eight supporters to seventeen.

Saints Voice was introduced

in order to establish and

grow structured dialogue

between the club and its

supporters, who can now

view the latest set of

meeting minutes on our

website: southamptonfc.

Tickets can be purchased

on the night of the event,

which runs from 7.30-11pm

at the stadium, priced at

£30, with a signed copy

of Jim’s autobiography,

Wembley Wins Wembley

Woes, included in the cost.

com/club/saints-voice, or

by scanning the QR code.

If you wish

to contact

Saints Voice,

you can do so

via the web

page.

SAINTS

DIARY

NOVEMBER 2022

> Sun 6

MEN’S FIRST TEAM vs Newcastle

@ St Mary’s, 2pm

> Mon 7

Sunderland vs MEN’S B TEAM

@ Welfare Ground, 1pm

> Wed 9

MEN’S FIRST TEAM vs Sheff Wed

@ St Mary’s, 7.45pm

> Sat 12

Liverpool vs MEN’S FIRST TEAM

@ Anfield, 3pm

> Sun 13

Everton vs MEN’S B TEAM

@ Walton Hall Park, midday

> Sat 19

Arsenal vs MEN’S U18s

@ Arsenal Training Centre, 11.30am

> Sun 20

Blackburn vs WOMEN

@ Ewood Park, 2pm

> Mon 21

Birmingham vs MEN’S B TEAM

@ St Andrew’s, 7pm

> Sat 26

MEN’S U18s vs Brighton

@ Staplewood, 11am

Colchester vs MEN’S B TEAM

@ Colchester Community Stadium, 1pm

> Sun 27

WOMEN vs Reading

@ St Mary’s, 2pm

DECEMBER

> Fri 2

MEN’S B TEAM vs Colchester

@ St Mary’s, 7pm

> Sat 3

MEN’S U18s vs West Brom

@ Staplewood, midday

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#9

adam

armstrong

“Numbers

always do

the talking,

and that’s

what I want

to get

more of.”

Life is about to change for Adam Armstrong,

whose wife Rebecca is expecting their first

child in the coming days, but one thing that won’t

change is the striker’s desire to score goals –

even against the team he grew up supporting…

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He might be

a long way

from

Newcastle,

but if home is where the

heart is, Adam

Armstrong’s heart

belongs to Southampton

ahead of today’s

showdown with his

boyhood club.

The affable, lowmaintenance

Geordie is

all smiles as he invites

the SAINTS team into his

house on the outskirts of

Winchester, half an hour

from St Mary’s Stadium,

where he faces Newcastle

United this afternoon.

Topics of conversation

range from adapting to

his new life on the south

coast, how he spends

his spare time off the

pitch, and the imminent

arrival of his first child; to

returning to the Premier

League after six years

away, being a World Cup

winner, and the feeling

of wanting to beat the

team you once idolised.

Armstrong takes the lead

on a tour of his home,

which he shares with

wife Rebecca, whose due

date for the couple’s baby

boy is November 16th.

“It could come anytime

now,” he says, excitedly.

“It’s eye-opening to be a

parent, and it’s something

that we’re looking forward

to. Hopefully we’ll be fine.

“It’s a little boy,

so we’ll have him

kicking a football

around in no time!”

Armstrong admits

Rebecca has been the

driving force behind

kitting out the baby’s

room, which already

includes some classic

children’s books

on the shelves.

“There’s a

flight every

day from

Newcastle to

Southampton,

and my family

are happy to

drive down…

they always

come to the

home games.”

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The due date comes at a

good time for the striker,

with Saints’ players

being given some time

off after the final game

ahead of the World Cup

break against Liverpool

next weekend, before

they embark on a mini

pre-season in preparation

for the Premier League’s

return on Boxing Day.

“Hopefully, touchwood,

if everything’s alright I’ll

have the two weeks off

with the baby,” he says.

“I don’t think many

footballers can say that

they’ve had that with a

child, so that’ll be nice –

to be around every day

and get really tired!”

Armstrong often

mentions the support of

his family, who are regular

visitors – even from

Newcastle – and will help

Rebecca with the childcare

once Saints’ manic

schedule resumes over

the festive period, while

teammate Ché Adams

is currently expecting

a baby girl – a future

girlfriend for his son,

perhaps, Armstrong jokes.

“Ché’s is the same time,

really – anytime now,

so it’s interesting. We

don’t live too far away

so we’re always there

to help each other out,

so that’s quite nice.

“I knew Ché quite a bit

before I signed here, and

ever since I signed we

just clicked. Our wives get

on, and, like I said, we’re

not too far away from

each other, so it makes

things much easier.”

Football is a small world

– Armstrong will tell

you that. His move to

“I play a bit

of FIFA and

COD (Call of

Duty) with Ché,

but Ché’s the

proper gamer

– he’s the best

at both games

I play… it’s

pointless even

playing him at

FIFA!”

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Saints 18 months ago,

the same summer he

and Rebecca tied the

knot, reunited him with

former Coventry City

teammate Jack Stephens,

while Kyle Walker-Peters

and Ainsley Maitland-

Niles were members

of England’s Under-20

World Cup triumph in

2017, in which Armstrong

featured in four matches

and scored in the Three

Lions’ opening game

against Argentina.

Though already used to

relocating around the

country following loan

spells from Newcastle to

Coventry, Barnsley, Bolton

Wanderers and Blackburn

Rovers – the latter

becoming a permanent

switch – he’d never been

anywhere near as far

from home as he is now.

Armstrong

plants a kiss on

the Under-20

World Cup trophy

in 2017.

“I think at first it

was probably a little

worry,” he admits, “but

there’s a flight every

day from Newcastle

to Southampton, and

my family are happy

to drive down.

“They love their football

and they love coming

to the games, so that’s

the main thing. They

always come to the

home games, which is

good, and we can make a

weekend of it as well, so

they’re not just coming

and going straightaway.

That’s pretty nice.”

His Saints career, which

started with a debut

goal at Everton, began

with a three-month solo

hotel stint – not ideal

for a man who, by his

own admission, can cook

“fajitas or a bit of pasta,

but nothing much”. But it

did allow him to get used

to his new surroundings.

“I’ve done it a few times

but not for that long,”

he says of the hotel

life. “It was good, it

was interesting going

out to see different

things and having

takeaways every night!”

The house tour continues

with a step into

Armstrong’s games room

– the smallest room in

the house – where he has

a PlayStation 5 and some

eye-catching football

memorabilia on the walls,

including framed shirts

and signed matchballs.

“I don’t really collect

many shirts but I think

it’s something I’d like to

start doing, because when

you come to retire I think

that’ll be an amazing

thing to see where all

those players were and

how they did in their

career,” he explains. At

the moment, it’s just his

own shirts that hold pride

of place, but he’d like to

have more to show his

son in the years to come.

“That’s probably the main

thing now – becoming

a dad, and him seeing

everything that I had

and what I achieved in

my career. Hopefully, he

could be the same.”

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Among those on display

are two England shirts,

from the World Cup win

and Under-17 European

Championship triumph

three years prior, in which

again Armstrong played

a prominent part; and his

first shirt at Newcastle,

where he made his debut

in the Premier League

at 17 years old, with

the No 43 on the back.

“I think there were

seven players who were

involved in both squads,”

he says of the England

successes. “I think if

you look at our World

Cup squad now, I think

everyone’s still playing at

the top level, so we had

an unbelievable group

and performed quite well

on the pitch together.”

The use of “quite well”

is typically modest from

a naturally understated

character who lists

Fikayo Tomori, Lewis

Cook, Dominic Solanke,

Freddie Woodman, Josh

Onomah, Patrick Roberts

and Dominic Calvert-

Lewin – “he scored the

winning goal to win the

World Cup, so I’ve got him

to thank for that!” along

with Maitland-Niles and

Walker-Peters from the

squad, while Joe Gomez

and Marcus Rashford

were also in his age group.

“That’s for me to look

back on when I get a bit

older and retire. I can

look back at these good

“I never put

pressure on

myself. It’s

something that

I was doing as

a kid, so why

would I start

moaning now or

start playing

on my mind

if I wasn’t

scoring? That’s

football.”

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memories,” he adds,

before recognising his

hours in the games room

are likely to be heavily

reduced following the

new arrival in the family.

“I like to spend a bit

of time in here after

training, and speak to

friends from back home,”

he says. “That’s probably

the main reason I play

– to keep in touch with

friends back home, and

see how they’re doing.

“I play a bit of FIFA and

COD (Call of Duty) with

Ché, but Ché’s the proper

gamer – he’s the best

at both games I play.

“He tries to be nice to

us now, but it’s getting

to the point where it’s

pointless even playing

him at FIFA – he’s

really good. Hopefully

I’ll beat him one day!”

“There’s no

better feeling”

– Armstrong

scores Saints’

winner against

Chelsea in

August, and

celebrates the

imminent arrival

of his son

(below).

The final stop of the

tour is the living room,

where Armstrong

watches a lot of football,

though Rebecca is

happy with that and

a keen fan herself.

The conversation turns

to the here and now,

and how the striker

feels about establishing

himself as a Premier

League player.

“I wouldn’t say

established yet, but

I always think that if

you hit 100 caps in the

Premier League, you

can say that you’ve

had a good career,” he

states, unaware he’s

now exactly halfway

to that milestone.

“To get to the Premier

League is amazing, and

it’s been quite enjoyable

to see different leagues,

coming across different

managers, different

tactics – it’s been eyeopening

and it’s benefited

me massively, as well

as playing in different

positions as well.

“The main thing was to

get back to the Premier

League. That was

the first thing on my

mind when I signed for

Blackburn – to try and

help Blackburn get to the

Premier League, but if it

wasn’t, then hopefully I

could get back there.”

Of his half-century of

top-flight appearances,

35 have come as a Saint,

including three goals

– another number the

striker is determined to

improve on, though one

mitigating factor has

been Ralph Hasenhüttl’s

tendency to use him in

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a wider role, flanking his

mate Adams in attack.

“I’ve always been a

goalscorer growing up,

I’ve always played No

9,” he says. “I had a

spell at Blackburn when

I played left and right

wing for a good season

and a half, and I enjoyed

it, I really liked it.

“I’d say you get on the

ball quite a lot more, get

to drive at defenders,

so it’s been good. I’m

not too fussed where

I play at the minute.

“I never put pressure

on myself anyway,” he

continues, on the topic

of scoring goals. “It’s

something that I was

doing as a kid, so why

would I start moaning

now or start playing

on my mind if I wasn’t

scoring? That’s football.

Happy families:

Adam and wife

Rebecca with

dogs Vinnie and

Reggie.

“You see the best in

the world miss chances,

but numbers always do

the talking, and that’s

what I want to get more

of – more assists, more

goals. Hopefully that will

come more this season.”

When Armstrong has

scored, his goals against

Aston Villa and Chelsea,

both at St Mary’s, proved

decisive in earning three

points for Saints.

“That Chelsea game

was unbelievable,”

he grins. “To get the

winner in front of

the crowd under the

lights, there’s no better

feeling. It’s something

I’m very proud of.”

Joining the Newcastle

Academy at the age of

nine, Armstrong grew up

idolising Alan Shearer,

ironically following his

hero’s path between

St James’ Park, Ewood

Park and St Mary’s,

albeit in reverse.

Both sides of the family

are Newcastle through

and through, but Saints’

No 9 is adamant there

will be no split loyalties

come kick-off.

“They’ve got to be Team

Armstrong, haven’t they?

They’ve followed us

around many times, and

I’ve played Newcastle

before with Blackburn,

so that was interesting.”

He scored in that game,

in the FA Cup, but

finished on the losing

side after extra time.

“It was good, with a bit of

banter, but when it comes

down to the game I think

they’re all supporting me

and wanting me to do the

best and get the win.”

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sOUTHAMPTON FC

WOMEN UPDATE

SAINTS CONTINUE UNBEATEN

LEAGUE RUN AGAINST SUNDERLAND

A triumphant return

to St Mary’s at the

weekend saw

Southampton FC Women beat

Sunderland 1-0 to cement

third place in the table and

continue their unbeaten

league run ahead of the

November international break.

Katie Wilkinson’s effort from

a 25-yard free-kick the first

to dirty the gloves of visiting

keeper Claudia Moan after only

four minutes, not that Saints’

early dominance came as no

real shock given the league

position of each team.

The home side’s siege showed

no signs of slowing as the

10th minute came and went,

both Wilkinson and Lucia

Kendall trying their luck around

that time, stopped by the

well positioned Moan and

the excellent sliding block of

Grace McCatty respectively as

Sunderland clung on.

Credit to the away side, too,

as – after absorbing the early

pressure – they began to grow

into the match as the minutes

neared 20, earning four corners

in quick succession. The last of

these was swung directly on

target by Tyler Dodds, forcing

Kayla Rendell to take swift

action and punch clear with her

right fist.

Ella Pusey looked set to grab

her second of the season in

the 26th minute after being

threaded through perfectly by

Wilkinson. However, for the

second time in the match, a

last-ditch sliding challenge was

Ella Pusey celebrates with teammate Katie Wilkinson after scoring against Sunderland at St Mary’s.

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just enough to deny the home

side an opener.

Continuing in its unpredictable

rhythm, the next highlight of

the game came courtesy of

Emily Scarr’s right boot, the

midfielder setting herself from

approximately 20-yards, left

of goal, before whipping her

vicious effort toward Rendell’s

near post, forcing the stopper

into an impressive diving save

on 40 minutes.

Megan Wynne’s unfortunate

miss shortly after was arguably

the third or fourth presentable

chance Saints had failed to

convert a good chance. As halftime

approached, there was

a growing sense they should

make their next count.

That chance arrived in the

second half, in the 58th

minute, and it perhaps fell to

the perfect person, Wilkinson

once again doing brilliantly

to flick her header backwards

toward the penalty spot,

before the in-form Pusey

stole in at the far post to roll

her first-time finish home

confidently beyond the

outstretched Moan, leaving the

goalkeeper helpless.

It was a goal met with jubilant

appreciation by Saints’

2,799-strong home faithful,

whose aim was to now support

their side in navigating the

crucial half-hour that remained.

That was a task Southampton

managed impeccably right

through to the 90th minute,

resisting every attack their

opposition threw at them in

a bid to draw level and avoid

successive league defeats.

ASHLEIGH WARD

SET FOR FOOTBALL

FERNS RETURN

New addition Ashleigh Ward

has received a call up to Jitka

Klimková’s New Zealand

Football Ferns side ahead of

a two-game series against

the Korean Republic.

Ward, who joined Saints

during the summer window,

received her first call up to

the Football Ferns while

working as a teacher and

playing for Tier 4 side

Actonians.

Her arrival at the club and

involvement in the Barclays

Women’s Championship has

set her in good stead for the

two games in Christchurch,

the first games on New

Zealand home soil since

2018.

Ashleigh Ward representing New Zealand in

an international friendly against South Korea.

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community WORK

Visits from players,

a knitting challenge

and our squads

showing solidarity; Saints

Foundation has been as

busy as ever recently,

making a difference and

connecting the club with

the city.

KAYLA RENDELL

VISITS ACTIVE

THROUGH

FOOTBALL

As part of our Active Through

Football support for the

local community, we are now

running a weekly women’s

session, creating a supportive

environment for women in the

local area to come together

and get active as a group.

Last week’s session welcomed

a special guest, as Saints

Women goalkeeper Kayla

Rendell visited the group as

they met at Northam Centre,

just a stone’s throw from St

Mary’s Stadium. Kayla joined

the group in various seated

exercises, talked to them

about the support they’ve

received from Active Through

Football, and even managed

to recruit a few new fans to

watch Saints Women beat

Sunderland last weekend.

Active Through Football is a

free programme to support

adults living in the SO14 area

to improve their physical and

mental wellbeing. To find out

more, scan the QR code below,

or search Active Through

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SUPPORTING

THE POPPY

APPEAL

For today’s game, the Saints

will mark the period of

Remembrance by wearing

commemorative poppy shirts,

paying their respects and

supporting the annual Poppy

Appeal.

Once again, Saints Foundation

will be auctioning the squad’s

match-worn shirts to raise

money for the Royal British

Legion, and there is also

bucket collectors around St

Mary’s Stadium where any

spare change is welcomed.

Our Senior Saints have been

showing their support by

getting their knitting needles

out. They’ve collectively

created more than 100

poppies and donated them

to Southampton City Council

to decorate the cenotaph for

Remembrance.

Saints will be wearing the

poppy shirts in today’s game

against Newcastle and

next week’s fixture against

Liverpool. The match-worn

shirts from both outings

will be auctioned via Saints

Foundation’s eBay page, with

listings due to go live the week

after the Liverpool game. All

proceeds raised go directly to

the Royal British Legion. To

get your hands on one, keep an

eye on our social media!

@SFC_Foundation @saintsfoundation @saints_foundation

Find out more about Saints Foundation at www.southamptonfc.com/saints-foundation

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30 / saints

Southampton Football Club

remembers the players, supporters

and associates we have lost over the

past 12 months with our dedicated

tribute-led ALL SAINTS DAY fixture.

DAVID ARMSTRONG

David Armstrong – who passed

away in August, aged 67 – was

a Southampton midfielder who

played 272 games for the club

between 1981 and 1987, some

of the club’s most successful

years.

Under manager Lawrie

McMenemy, they led Division

One (then the top-flight) for

a large chunk of the 1981/82

season and then finished

1983/84 as runners-up to

Liverpool, Southampton’s

highest ever league position,

and FA Cup semi-finalists.

That season David’s 15 goals

in 42 league games (he scored

a total of 71 goals for Saints)

meant he was deservedly

voted Player of the Year.

McMenemy had splashed out a

club record £600,000 to bring

him from his first professional

club, Middlesbrough, and

while at Ayresome Park he

had completed a run of 356

consecutive appearances and

won his first England cap (he

added two more while at The

Dell).

Ex-Saints manager, Dave

Merrington, described him as

“one of the best left-sided

players you could come across”

and there is no doubt David, or

“Spike” as he was known to his

friends, was the sort of box-tobox,

intelligent midfield player

who modern-day managers

would swoon for.

He didn’t look like a footballer,

with his waddling gait and

prematurely bald pate – his

autobiography published in

2013 was titled “The Bald

Facts” – but in his case

appearances were entirely

deceptive.

An ankle injury that refused to

heal meant his career came to

an abrupt and premature end,

but David remained connected

to the game in various guises,

most recently by being a cocommentator

on local radio.

His analysis and insightful

thoughts on the game were

as honest and uncomplicated

as he had been in his playing

days, when he would pop up

in both penalty areas, either

clearing up defensively or

gliding in on the blind side to

effortlessly beat a goalkeeper

with a clinical finish.

It was David whose inchperfect

far-post cross set up

Steve Moran for that famous

FA Cup goal at Fratton Park in

1984 and for that feat alone

the fans will never forget

“Spike”.

KEN ARMSTRONG

Ken Armstrong, who passed

away in July at the age of 63,

was a centre-half described

as “an outstanding prospect”

by then manager Lawrie

McMenemy, who had been

recommended Armstrong by

Jim Clunie, a coach at Saints

when they won the FA Cup in

1976.

At the time of Armstrong’s

arrival in 1983, Clunie was

working as manager at

Kilmarnock, where Armstrong

had played as a part-timer for

the previous six years.

With a reported fee of £25,000

– although Kilmarnock claimed

it to be nearer £60,000 – it

proved a shrewd acquisition, as

Armstrong immediately struck

up a strong pairing with Mark

Wright at the heart of defence,

conceding only two goals in the

opening eight matches of the

1983/84 season.

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Ken Armstrong

A subsequent injury to Wright

encouraged McMenemy’s

decision to utilise the sweeper

system upon his return, with

Reuben Agboola given the

role, which meant no place for

Armstrong and he went on

loan to Notts County.

After his return, he featured

again as Saints ended up

second in the old First Division,

three points behind Liverpool,

but that proved to be his only

season with the club as he was

sold to Birmingham after a

total of 28 appearances.

He then signed for Walsall in

February 1986, but a broken

ankle finished his playing

career before he could kick a

ball for the Saddlers, and at 27

he made the decision to retire

from football.

Armstrong went on to work

in various roles in the NHS,

including as director of

operations at NHS Tayside, in

Scotland.

John Sillett

JOHN SILLETT

Club president Terry Paine

pays tribute to longstanding

friend and former manager

John Sillett, who passed away

in November 2021.

I first met John Sillett at

Waterloo Station. We’d had

a game in London while he’d

been playing for Chelsea and

was coming home for the

weekend.

That occasional rendezvous

would become a habit

and when our train got to

Southampton, I’d give him a

lift to his boyhood home, the

Lamb Inn at Nomansland,

which his widowed mother and

step-father were still running.

We became close friends but

our relationship took on a

new dimension in 1974 when

John went to Hereford United,

who’d been elected to the

Football League only in 1972, as

manager and, to his surprise, I

agreed to be his player-coach.

He surprised a lot of people, in

turn, by taking the club, in our

second season, into the then

Second Division.

That promotion was a

tremendous success for John,

a tremendous tactician and

a great motivator, qualities

that would later serve him well

at Coventry. He tempted me

home from Johannesburg to

do two seasons of coaching

at various levels and scouting

for him.

Since returning to South Africa

in 1990, I have kept in constant

touch with John and his wife

Jean – I had been best man at

their wedding – and consider

myself very lucky to have been

called his friend.

John was a man who loved life.

RON ALLISON

Of all the fans’ stories in Tie a

Yellow Ribbon, Tim Manns’s

2006 tribute to the Saints’

1976 FA Cup victory, Ron

Allison, who passed away in

July aged 90, had a unique

angle on preparation for the

final vs Manchester United.

As the Queen’s Press

Secretary, Ron had to advise

Her Majesty on her role at

Wembley. A Saints supporter

since 1945, he explained how

the royal responsibilities

would climax in “presenting

the Cup to the Southampton

captain”. Her Majesty approved

the arrangements, but added

that “Edward tells me it will

be Manchester United, not

Southampton.”

What did Edward know? The

Queen would duly present

the Cup to Southampton’s

Peter Rodrigues. Ron would

continue to follow the Saints

in his retirement, regularly

lunching at St Mary’s with exgoalkeeper

John Christie, and

would be the eulogist at John’s

2014 funeral. As for the Queen,

she would never attend a Cup

Final again.

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1

1. Dennis Wilson (25.06.1921-

28.06.2022) was a lifelong

Saints fan who passed away

recently at the age of 101. He

saw his first games as a young

boy, and as a season ticket

holder was still attending

games up until the age of 99.

3

2. Rex Baker (1949-2021).

Lifelong fan and season ticket

holder. Missed dearly by his

family and friends.

2

3. Ben Coe – husband, father,

son, uncle and best friend.

Not a single day goes by when

we don’t think of you. Keep

smiling our Saint. Love you!

4

4. Richard Nearly – a whole

year without you. We miss you

so much! Love from your three

kids Sarah, Lewis and Jamie,

your wife Pauline, your son-inlaw

Ash, two best friends Pete

and Stuart and, finally, your

beautiful baby granddaughter

Everlyn.

5. In loving memory of Alan

Catchlove, passed away aged

76. Dad, grandad, husband,

brother, uncle. Saints fan since

the 1950s, supported them

at Wembley, Newcastle and

Plymouth.

6. Fred Tupper, 1928-2021. A

lifelong fan who we had the

privilege to share time with

watching Saints, the highs and

lows and a beer or two. RIP

Dad.

saints / 33

10. Remembering Great

Uncle David, Forever In Our

Hearts – from Ernie and

Hughie. (Ernie and Hughie

Wilkinson – supporters of

today’s opponents Newcastle

United – are pictured wearing

an England cap awarded

to their great uncle David

Armstrong, who played for

Middlesbrough from 1971-81,

and Southampton from 1981-

87. David’s older brother Joe

is the grandad of Ernie and

Hughie.)

7

7. For Harry and Jackie Peaty...

The reason our three current

family generations are Saints

fans, forever in our hearts!

8. Norman Witt (1933-

2022, aged 89). We love you

everyday, Dad. Thanks for the

support, love and direction you

gave us. God bless – from Will

and Jon Witt.

9. Graham Diaper... He made

a family of Saints and most

importantly he was our Saint

– the best husband, dad,

brother, grandad and friend we

could ever have wished for.

10

8 9

34 / saints

November

06

BY Duncan Holley

Looking back at four

Saints matches played

on this date...

6th NOVEMBER 1948

The immediate post-war

years were a boom time

for attendances at football

matches and one match that

always drew big crowds, in

the then Second Division, was

the Saints vs Spurs fixture.

When Tottenham came to The

Dell in 1948 the gates were

shut 15 minutes before kick-off,

with the attendance given as

29,000. This was the season

before the famous “chocolateboxes”

were built over the

Milton Road terrace, raising the

capacity to over 30,000. One

reason interest was so high

was that Spurs were lying in

second place and Saints third,

so the stakes were high.

There were disappointed fans

still milling around outside

the locked gates when a

huge cheer rose from the

other side to let them know

their side had scored. Charlie

Wayman had done the damage

when, in the eighth minute,

he just managed to beat

Spurs’ keeper Ted Ditchburn

to the ball – although his

Two of Saints goalscorers in 1948, Charlie Wayman and Ted Bates, compete with Tottenham’s

Bill Nicholson.

effort only just trickled over

the line off the post.

In the 25th minute, Ernie Jones

levelled matters after giving

Saints full-back Alf Ramsey

the slip. (Coincidentally both

men would, the following

summer, swop clubs in a

transfer deal.) Nine minutes

later Eric Day used his pace to

dash into space and restore

Saints advantage before Ted

Bates made things safe, in the

77th minute when he headed

home George Curtis’s cross.

Saints had lined up as follows:

Black, Ramsey, Rochford,

Wilkins, Webber, Mallett, Day,

Bates, Wayman, Curtis, Grant.

(The following season’s fixtures

against Spurs attracted a

crowd of 30,240 at The Dell

and, incredibly, at White Hart

Lane an attendance of 70,302

– a record for a second-tier

match that stands to this day.)

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6th NOVEMBER 1993

Forty-five years elapsed before

Saints celebrated another

win on this date and, surprise

surprise, the visitors were

again Tottenham Hotspur. In

front of only 16,017 spectators

Saints run out 1-0 winners

thanks to Neil Maddison’s firm

header from a Matt Le Tissier

chip. Midfielder Maddison

had become a father just

hours earlier, so there was

more than one reason to “pop

the corks” in the Maddison

household that evening.

Saints: Andrews, Kenna,

Adams, Benali, Wood,

Monkou, Le Tissier, Reid,

Dowie, Maddison, Allen.

6th NOVEMBER 2020

The last November 6th victory

achieved by Saints came just

two years ago and – whisper

it quietly – it was against

today’s visitors, Newcastle

United, during lockdown and

a Friday night fixture and

at a deserted St Mary’s.

Ché Adams put Saints 1-0 up

with a crisp volley from Theo

Walcott’s cross. Saints were

totally in command throughout

with the Guardian reporting

the visitors were “chasing

shadows” for most of the

match. Stuart Armstrong

got the crucial second goal,

pinching possesion on the

area edge before jinking

and jiggling and then

hitting a left-foot shot.

The win created a little bit

of history as that night

Saints sat on top of the

Premier League for the

first time in their history.

The team that earned that

accolade was as follows:

McCarthy, Walker-Peters,

Stephens, Vestergaard,

Bednarek, Romeu, Armstrong,

Djenepo, Walcott, Ward-

Prowse, Adams – with

Redmond and Long coming

on in the 74th and 88th

minutes respectively.

6th NOVEMBER 1999

Six years later, Saints travelled

to Villa Park. It was a hardfought

battle but the points

were won by Saints when the

late Dean Richards scored

with a far-post header after

Claus Lundekvam had flicked

on Hassan Kachloul’s corner.

Manager Dave Jones told

the Echo afterwards that

“we sensed the game was

there for the taking and

got stuck into them and we

earned everything we got”.

Saints fielded the following

eleven: Jones, Dodd, Colleter,

Lundekvam, Richards, Hughes,

Kachloul, Pahars, Solvedt,

Ripley – with Boa Morte and

Beattie coming on as subs.

Dean Richards celebrates his 83rd-minute

goal in 1999.

(Top) Ché Adams puts Saints 1-0 up in 2020... (Above) ...and Stuart Armstrong nets the crucial

second goal.

36 / saints

ONCE

KNOWN

AT THIS

ADDRESS

Southampton . Southampton .

BY Barry Webb

I am pleased to

feature a player this

week who played in

goal for the Saints between

1987 and 1989: he is JOHN

“BUDGIE” BURRIDGE. Born in

Workington in 1951, he moved

from his hometown club to

Blackpool in 1971 – the first

step on a tour of no fewer than

29 clubs, including

Southampton and Newcastle

United. Fifteen of those clubs

were in the Football League,

and he made a total of 779

appearances.

When Budgie joined the Saints

in 1987 it became his 10th

club. Although Aberdeen had

offered him better terms, he

understandably wanted to

play First Division football

under his former Aston Villa

teammate Chris Nicholl.

Following the departure of

Peter Shilton, it seemed that

young Tim Flowers would

become the Saints’ number

one goalkeeper. Budgie had

been a mentor to Flowers

when they were together at

Wolverhampton Wanderers.

But on 3rd October 1987, when

Tim conceded four goals

against Everton at home,

first-choice goalkeeper duities

Budgie is prone as he makes a crucial save, watched by Andy Townsend.

John Burridge concentrating on the task in

hand.

passed to Budgie. He played

for the rest of the season

and most of the following

one, 1988/89. He went on to

make 75 appearances for the

Saints in all competitions.

Many fans were sorry to see

him move north in 1989 to

Newcastle United, for whom he

made 67 league appearances.

He also had two further spells

there in 1993 and 1994.

I am sure that many who

watched the Saints in those

days rued his departure

not only because of his

goalkeeping skills but also

because they would miss his

pre-match warm-up routines

which have been called

“legendary”. Some fans even

turned up early to watch his

saints / 37

routine which included backflips,

somersaults and walking

on his hands – all of which

he has claimed he learned

from watching the circus.

Budgie claims to have

introduced goalkeeper warmups

to the game although he

knew that these were frowned

upon in the upper echelons of

the game. In addition to the

warm-ups, he also claimed that

he introduced an all-weather

Latex goalkeeper gloves.

He has said that he had a

fantastic time at Southampton

but following his time

here and at Newcastle, he

pursued a kind of nomadic

existence across England

and Scotland, as player and

player-manager for both

league and non-league clubs.

He was unusual in football

in that he was teetotal and

was perhaps ahead of his

time by following strict diet

regimes: he even criticised

some players for not doing so.

Terry Venables was Budgie’s

manager when Crystal Palace

got promoted to the old First

Division. Venables told him

that if he carried on playing

as well as he had in the

promotion season he would

be likely to win an England

cap. He never did, though, and

has joked that he would have

won more than 100 caps had

he been a few inches taller.

His tour of the planet

continued in his coaching

and managerial career. His

former manager at Sheffield

United, Ian Porterfield, took

him to Oman. While on the

coaching staff of the national

football team he discovered

the 16-year-old Ali Al-Habsi,

later becoming instrumental in

the player’s transfer to Bolton

Wanderers in January 2006.

Saints and Newcastle fans won’t mistake that familiar smile at Kerala Blasters.

He also coached English

national goalkeepers Tim

Flowers, Nigel Martyn and Paul

Robinson, as well as coaching

for Al Ain Football Club in

the United Arab Emirates.

He became a pundit for several

sports channels, including

Singapore’s football channel

Starhub and he wrote regularly

in the football column of

Singapore newspaper, The

New Paper. He returned to

work for the Oman national

team as goalkeeper coach

but he left there in 2011.

Further work as a pundit

followed until he became

goalkeeping coach in

September 2015 for LionsXII

– who play in the Malaysian

Super League – and in 2016

he had a short spell at Global

FC of the United Football

League in the Philippines.

In July 2019, he was signed

as a consultant for the

goalkeeping academy of

the Indian Super League top

division club Kerala Blasters.

In April 2006 he was inducted

into the Hall of Fame at

Bloomfield Road, when it was

officially opened by former

Blackpool player Jimmy

Armfield. Organised by the

club’s Supporters Association,

Blackpool fans around the

world voted for their all-time

heroes. Five players from each

decade were inducted: Budgie

was chosen for the 1970s.

Other players who have appeared* for

the Saints and Newcastle United include

Adam Armstrong, Dave Beasant, John

Beresford, Olivier Bernard, Leon Best,

Mick Channon, Fraser Forster, Danny

Guthrie, Fitz Hall, Kevin Keegan, John

McGrath, John McGuinn, Alan Neilson,

Alan Shearer and Barry Venison.

* at least one appearance, permanent

and/or on loan.

Photos from the Holley collection.

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80 YEARS A

SAINT

BY Duncan Holley

At 92 and a current

season ticket holder

in block 28 of the

Kingsland Stand, there is

every chance Phyllis Colmer

is the oldest Saints

supporter still attending

matches on a regular basis.

What is even more

impressive is she first

watched the team play in

the 1941/42 season, more

than 80 years ago.

Then her father, Percy Smith,

who was on the Saints

Supporters Club committee,

persuaded her to help him sell

raffle tickets during matches

at The Dell to help raise funds

for the club. There was no

looking back for the 12-yearold.

She went to her first

away match in January 1947,

travelling up to Newcastle

on the overnight train with

her parents to witness Saints

take a 1-0 half-time lead. But

future Saint Charlie Wayman

scored a second-half hattrick

to ruin the occasion and

make the railway journey

home seem even longer.

From then on, she hardly ever

missed a home game – even

The Bates and Colmer families, with the FA

Cup, in 1976, Phyllis colmer is kneeling, while

Mary Bates, to her left is sitting in the chiar

wearing a blue dress.

ensuring both her sons were

born in the summer close

season – and regularly travelled

to away matches, always

accompanied by Norman,

her husband of 59 years who

sadly passed away in 2012. In

fact, their last away match

together was the “bubble”

trip to Fratton Park for the

1-1 draw in December 2011.

She was at Aldershot in 1957 to

see a teenage Terry Paine score

his first goal for the club. By

then getting tickets for away

matches wasn’t a problem as

her cousin, Mary, had married

Ted Bates, the Southampton

manager, and the two families

were particularly close. Phyllis,

who had served a five-year

tailoress apprenticeship, would

replay Ted for all the tickets by

rustling him up bespoke suits.

Phyllis only stopped working

in 2018 when she was made

redundant. That still rankles

with her as she reckons she

was still very capable as a

bespoke tailor and was as fit

as a fiddle despite being in her

89th year. Her attendance at

Wembley for the Chelsea vs

Saints FA Cup semi-final that

same year backs her claim.

Her favourite all-time player is

Matt Le Tissier, although Steve

Williams, Mick Channon, Derek

Reeves and Johnny Hoskins

all get honourable mentions.

Phyllis had grown up in the

Chapel area of Southampton

in the ‘30s and has vivid

memories of her house in

Anglesea Terrace taking a

direct hit from a German

bomb which destroyed her

childhood home. She had been

at school, but her mother and

younger brothers had only

survived after diving under a

table in their air-raid shelter.

After 80-plus years of

watching the ups and downs

of Southampton Football Club,

you could say Phyllis Colmer is

something of a survivor too.

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Phyllis prior to the match at home to Everton, 1st October 2022.

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1894

NICKNAME

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STADIUM

St James’ Park

CAPACITY

52,354

2021/22

11th in Premier League

FA Cup third round

League Cup second

round

HONOURS

4 top-flight titles

4 second-tier titles

6 FA Cups

Last season Newcastle became

the first top-flight side since

1990/91 to fail to win any

of their opening 14 league

matches and avoid the drop.

Indeed, under the guidance

of Eddie Howe, who replaced

Steve Bruce last November, the

Magpies eventually finished

11th. Over the second half

of the season, Newcastle

were the joint third-best

team in the league.

The transformation has

continued this term with

Newcastle sitting fourth. A

comfortable top-half finish

and a cup run was the public

aim in the summer.

Howe has galvanised a set

of under-performing players,

but having money to spend

following the club’s muchpublicised

takeover has also

helped. Nearly £90m was spent

in January, while this summer

former Saints left-back Matt

Targett was signed from Aston

Villa following a loan spell,

goalkeeper Nick Pope arrived

from Burnley and £32m was

splashed on Lille defender Sven

Botman. A club-record £63m

was paid for Real Sociedad

striker Alexander Isak. However,

after two goals in his first three

games, a thigh injury ruled him

out until after the World Cup.

Being fourth in the league is

no coincidence. From pressing

and long passes in behind

the defence to wing-play and

set-pieces, this Newcastle

side have clear ideas in and

out of possession. The Toon

haven’t found themselves

in such a lofty position this

deep into a Premier League

campaign since 2011/12,

when they finished fifth.

recent results:

08.10.22

16.10.22

19.10.22

23.10.22

29.10.22

5 1

0 0

1 0

1 2

4 0

Guimarães (2), Murphy,

Almirón, Pinnock (og)

Premier League

Premier League

Almirón

Premier League

Wilson, Almirón

Premier League

Wilson (2, 1 pen),

Joelinton, Almirón

Premier League

saints / 43

the boss:

EDDIE HOWE

ENGLISH / AGE: 44

Eddie Howe succeeded Steve Bruce as Newcastle’s head coach a

year ago this month and has already achieved legendary status

on Tyneside. He had been out of management since departing

Bournemouth in August 2020 following their relegation. Leaving

aside a brief interlude at Burnley, Howe had become synonymous

with the Cherries’ rise from the foot of the Football League. The

former Bournemouth centre-back, who had retired at the age of 29

due to a knee injury, was named their manager in December 2008.

He secured the Cherries’ league status after they had begun the

season with a 17-point penalty for failing to comply with insolvency

rules and guided them to promotion the following year. Although

Howe left to become Burnley boss midway through the 2010/11

campaign, he rejoined Bournemouth in October 2012, eventually

leading the Cherries to the Premier League for the first time in 2015.

one to watch:

MIGUEL ALMIRÓN

PARAGUAYAN / MIDFIELDER / AGE: 28

“Playing like (Miguel) Almirón” – that jibe from Jack Grealish – now

means scoring more goals than Gabriel Jesus and Mohamed Salah

this season. With six goals in as many games in October, Almirón

has bagged more Premier League strikes inside 29 days as Grealish

has since his British-record move to Manchester City 15 months

ago. Almirón is an attacker reborn. His tally of seven goals this term

is already Almirón’s best return for a Premier League season. He

managed zero in 2018/19, four in 2019/20, four in 2020/21 and one

in 2021/22. The St James’ Park faithful unfurled a ‘Wor Miggy’ banner

in August to show their support for a player who is very much repaying

the faith they’ve shown in him since his arrival from Atalanta United.

It’s not just his goals that make him a fans’ favourite. “His work ethic is

just incredible,” Eddie Howe said recently.

Ten-year record:

premier

league

16 th

10 th 15 th 18 th 1 st 10 th 13 th 13 th 12 th 11 th

CHAMPIONSHIP

12/13 13/14 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20 20/21 21/22

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predicted xi

12

2

5

GOALKEEPER

NICK

POPE

RIGHT-BACK

KIERAN

TRIPPIER

CENTRE-BACK

FABIAN

SCHÄR

33

36

39

LEFT-BACK

CENTRE MIDFIELD

CENTRE MIDFIELD

DAN

BURN

SEAN

LONGSTAFF

BRUNO

GUIMARÃES

24

9

10

RIGHT WING

CENTRE-FORWARD

LEFT WING

MIGUEL

ALMIRÓN

CALLUM

WILSON

ALLAN

SAINT-MAXIMIN

saints / 45

formation: [4-3-3]

4

WILSON

SAINT-MAXIMIN

ALMIRÓN

CENTRE-BACK

JOELINTON

s. LONGSTAFF

SVEN

BOTMAN

GUIMARÃES

7

BURN

TRIPPIER

BOTMAN

SCHÄR

CENTRE MIDFIELD

POPE

JOELINTON

Notes from Sam Tighe,

tactics writer:

HEAD COACH

EDDIE

HOWE

> Targett may come back in

at left-back for Burn at some

point, but Howe seems happy

with the consistency of his

selections at the moment.

> One of Jacob Murphy or

Allan Saint-Maximin will

step in for Joelinton, who is

suspended.

> Wilson is in good form – six

goals in nine Premier League

starts this season – and is

gunning for a World Cup spot.

> Saints must be wary of

Trippier’s set-pieces, whose

effectiveness from a dead

ball rivals James Ward-

Prowse.

tactical

watch BY sam tighe

What’s the feeling

surrounding Newcastle

United this season?

Newcastle are flying high.

They come into this weekend

in fourth place in the Premier

League, meaning whispers of a

European charge have genuine

merit. They’re scoring freely,

have the league’s best defence

(just ten conceded) and have

won the hearts and minds of

St James’ Park after years in

the doldrums.

Clever recruitment over the

past 12 months has bulked up

the XI and allowed them to not

only dominate certain games,

but go toe-to-toe with some of

the best in the division too.

Consistency is key – they

won five games in October,

equalling a club record – and

it’s epitomised by Sven

Botman, who joined in the

summer, has played 12 games

for the club and is yet to lose.

Many of these Newcastle

players are playing the best

football of their lives, with

the likes of Joelinton and

Miguel Almirón reaffirming the

importance of confidence in

football.

What makes them tick?

It’s perhaps more of a who

than a what, as although

Newcastle have been excellent

as a unit so far this season,

there’s a man in the middle

pulling all the strings: Bruno

Guimarães (right).

A marquee pickup from Lyon

last winter and an Olympic

gold medalist too, Bruno’s a

pass-master who sits at the

base of the Magpies’ midfield

and pings the ball to a variety

of places.

There’s a particular emphasis

in Eddie Howe’s tactics of

inviting opposition pressure in

order to play over it, into the

runs of Almirón and Co. The

centre-backs chip in with a few

balls, but really the scheme is

built around Bruno’s accuracy

over distance.

He’ll provide Southampton

with the classic conundrum

of whether to close him down

(and risk exposing the defence)

or standing off him (and

letting him dictate).

saints / 47

HEAD TO HEAD

Statistics

Overall

P102 W37 D24 L41

At St Mary’s

P14 W6 D4 L4

MEMORABLE

MOMENT

Stuart Armstrong’s goal

wraps up a 2-0 win, as

Saints hit the top-flight

summit for the first time in

the Premier League era on

this day in 2020.

How can Saints hurt them?

Paradoxically, the tactic

Newcastle use to bait

opponents into opening up a

weakness could well count as

their own Achilles heel.

Newcastle are a high-pressing

team. That approach to the

game, as Saints know more

than most, comes with a set

of risks that balance out the

reward. If the pressure fails

or is played through, there’s

a lot of space in behind the

defensive line to potentially

exploit.

It’s for that reason so many

clubs favour athleticism

and recovery speed in their

centre-backs nowadays, but

in this sense, the Magpies

go against the grain: Fabian

Schär and Sven Botman can be

vulnerable against raw pace,

while Dan Burn is certainly the

only 6’7” left-back about.

Heung-Min Son escaped in

behind a number of times

in Tottenham’s defeat to

Newcastle last week, while

Leon Bailey caused a few

issues for Aston Villa last

weekend too.

If Saints can catch them high

up the pitch, they can be

turned; Adam Armstrong’s

straight-line speed and Ché

Adams’s work in the channels

could be hugely important

here.

Patience and perseverance

may also be key, as Newcastle

have conceded eight of their

ten goals in the second half of

games – something that may

be symbolic of their highintensity

approach.

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ROUND 1

SPOT THE

DIFFERENCE

Can you identify the five differences

between these Saints snaps? /5

saints / 51

ROUND 2

SAINTS SUM

Can you work out the answer using

current squad numbers? /2

Djenepo

Perraud

S. Armstrong

+ ÷ =

?

ROUND 3

SHOUT OUT

TO MY EX

Can you match the current

Saints player with his

former club? /3

ROUND 4

who

am i

Can you

identify the

distorted

Saint

pictured? /2

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ROUND 5

SPOT

THE BALL

Can you identify the

real football

from this photo? /3

A

B

c

ROUND 6

ON THE

ROAD

Which Premier League

club plays its home

games here? /2

ROUND 7

QUICK

QUIZ

1. Newcastle’s only Premier

League defeat this season was

inflicted by which team? /1

2. How many promotions

did Eddie Howe win with

Bournemouth? /1

3. With which European club

has Kieran Trippier won a

league title? /1

how did you do?: / 20

saints / 53

today’s

mascots!

NAME / MAISIE WHITE

AGE / 13

FAVOURITE PLAYER /

JAMES WARD-PROWSE

HOBBIES AND INTERESTS / PLAYING

FOOTBALL AND WATCHING SAINTS

SCORE PREDICTION /

SAINTS 2–1 NEWCASTLE

NAME / ARCHIE BOLDON

AGE / 9

FAVOURITE PLAYER /

BRUNO GUIMARÃES

HOBBIES AND INTERESTS / FOOTBALL,

SWIMMING AND XBOX

SCORE PREDICTION /

SAINTS 1–3 NEWCASTLE

ANSWERS: SPOT THE DIFFERENCE - 1. The ‘O’ on the back of Aribo’s shirt is filled in, 2. Numbers 28 and 29 on the

stadium exit have switched, 3. ’SFC’ on Ward-Prowse’s left sock has gone, 4. The Bitcoin on the Sportsbet logo has

changed colour, 5. Steward’s stool has gone; SAINTS SUM - Kyle Walker-Peters (2); SHOUT OUT TO MY EX - Ibrahima

Diallo – Stade Brest, Romain Perraud – Nice, Sékou Mara – Bordeaux; WHO AM I? - Theo Walcott; SPOT THE BALL -

A; ON THE ROAD - Old Trafford, Manchester United; QUICK QUIZ - 1. Liverpool, 2. Three, 3. Atlético Madrid.

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SAINTS

DEDICATIONS

1. Happy 80th birthday to Brian

Hopgood who’s been a Saints

season ticket holder since

he was 12 years old! Brian is

spending today in the Aspire

Lounge celebrating with family

and friends. Love from Gav, Jo,

Tom and all the football gang!

2. To Ethan Barnard – happy

birthday! We hope you have

a great day – with love nan,

grandad, auntie Lisa, Luke,

auntie Michelle, Harrison and

Summer xxx

1

2

3. Happy 70th birthday dad/

Jon/grandad... We hope you

have a great day and see a win

for the Saints! Lots of love from

Kelly, Matt, Oli and Elliot xx

4. Oliver Loveday turned

nine yesterday and is at

the Newcastle game today.

Birthday wishes to you!

5. Happy ninth birthday, Kory

– traveling all the way from

Newcastle to celebrate your

birthday – with love from all

your family.

3

4

6. Happy December birthday to

Zachary Peck of Creekmoor – a

Season Ticket Holder in the

Family Stand with Alli and Tim.

Love from us all, especially your

favourite Great Auntie Trudy

xxx

5

saints / 55

7. Happy 70th birthday to Dad/

Pa. We are so excited to see the

Saints come marching home

with you! Love from the Balls.

6 7

8. Sean Phillips writes: “I will be

bringing my son and partner’s

son to their first ever live

Premier League game and they

would love to see themselves

in the matchday programme.

Jamie is six years old and Cory,

in the England kit, five.

9. Happy ninth birthday to

Caitlin, a season ticket holder

in the Itchen Stand. We hope

you enjoy the game! Love from

mum, dad, Aleah, Tilly, uncle

Paul, aunty Pam, Dominic,

Annabel, gran and grandad.

8

9

8

10

10. Super Saints fan Jamie

Clark, and his carer Ian Hulks,

are seen here at the West Ham

game. They make the long trip

from Dover as often as possible,

to see Jamie’s beloved Saints.

Hopefully, we’ll see you down

here again very soon – love from

Collin and Debbie.

11. Anthony Bunting sent us

this spooky shot and explains:

“Our family are all HUGE

Southampton FC fans and all

have season tickets in the family

stand. Our boys Jack and Joshua

Bunting have created a Saintsthemed

Halloween display and

would love to see this in the

matchday programme!”

12. Congratulations to Ryan

Phippen and Vickey Meldrum

on their engagement.

11

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PLAYER

PROFILES

2022/23

1 ALEX MCCARTHY

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

1 0

2 KYLE WALKER-PETERS

APPS GLS

11 1

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

0 0

3 AINSLEY MAITLAND-NILES

APPS GLS

3(2) 0

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

0 0

4 LYANCO

APPS GLS

2(4) 0

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

1 0

6 DUJE ĆALETA-CAR

APPS GLS

4(1) 0

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

0 0

7 JOE ARIBO

APPS GLS

10(3) 2

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

0(1) 0

8 JAMES WARD-PROWSE

APPS GLS

13 1

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

0 0

9 ADAM ARMSTRONG

APPS GLS

10(2) 1

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

1 0

10 CHÉ ADAMS

APPS GLS

10(2) 3

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

1 2

13 WILLY CABALLERO

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

0 0

15 ROMAIN PERRAUD

APPS GLS

8(3) 1

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

0 0

17 STUART ARMSTRONG

APPS GLS

5(7) 1

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

1 0

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18 SÉKOU MARA

APPS GLS

2(7) 0

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

0(1) 0

19 MOUSSA DJENEPO

APPS GLS

5(5) 0

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

0(1) 0

21 TINO LIVRAMENTO

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

0 0

22 MOHAMMED SALISU

APPS GLS

12 0

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

0 0

23 SAMUEL EDOZIE

APPS GLS

0(6) 0

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

0 0

24 MOHAMED ELYOUNOUSSI

APPS GLS

10(2) 0

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

1 0

27 IBRAHIMA DIALLO

APPS GLS

6(3) 0

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

1 0

28 JUAN LARIOS

APPS GLS

1(3) 0

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

0 0

31 GAVIN BAZUNU

APPS GLS

13 0

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

0 0

32 THEO WALCOTT

APPS GLS

0(1) 0

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

0 0

37 ARMEL BELLA-KOTCHAP

APPS GLS

9 0

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

0 0

45 ROMÉO LAVIA

APPS GLS

5 1

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

0 0

53 DOMINIC BALLARD

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

0(1) 1

61 LEWIS PAYNE

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

1 0

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FIXTURES AND

RESULTS 2022/23

DATE KO OPPOSITION RES. TV ATT. REF. STARTING XI

AUGUST 2022

SAT 06 3PM TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 1-4 61,732 A MARRINER BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BEDNAREK SALISU VALERY WARD-PROWSE 1

SAT 13 3PM LEEDS UNITED 2-2 30,815 T HARRINGTON BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS 1 BELLA-KOTCHAP BEDNAREK SALISU WARD-PROWSE

SAT 20 3PM LEICESTER CITY 2-1 30,850 M SALISBURY BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BELLA-KOTCHAP SALISU DJENEPO WARD-PROWSE

TUE 23 7.45PM CAMBRIDGE UNITED (CC2) 3-0 6,733 D ROCK MCCARTHY PAYNE BEDNAREK LYANCO VALERY DIALLO

SAT 27 12.30PM MANCHESTER UNITED 0-1 31,196 A MADLEY BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BELLA-KOTCHAP SALISU DJENEPO WARD-PROWSE

TUE 30 7.45PM CHELSEA 2-1 31,072 M OLIVER BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BELLA-KOTCHAP SALISU PERRAUD WARD-PROWSE

SEPTEMBER 2022

SAT 03 3PM WOLVES 0-1 30,546 J BROOKS BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BELLA-KOTCHAP SALISU PERRAUD WARD-PROWSE

FRI 16 8PM ASTON VILLA 0-1 40,758 T HARRINGTON BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BELLA-KOTCHAP SALISU PERRAUD WARD-PROWSE

OCTOBER 2022

SAT 01 3PM EVERTON 1-2 30,510 A MARRINER BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BELLA-KOTCHAP CALETA-CAR LARIOS WARD-PROWSE

SAT 08 3PM MANCHESTER CITY 0-4 53,365 A MADLEY BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BELLA-KOTCHAP SALISU PERRAUD WARD-PROWSE

SUN 16 2PM WEST HAM UNITED 1-1 29,159 P BANKES BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BELLA-KOTCHAP SALISU PERRAUD 1 WARD-PROWSE

WED 19 7.30PM BOURNEMOUTH 1-0 10,405 J BROOKS BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS CALETA-CAR SALISU PERRAUD WARD-PROWSE

SUN 23 2PM ARSENAL 1-1 31,145 R Jones BAZUNU LYANCO CALETA-CAR SALISU PERRAUD WARD-PROWSE

SAT 29 3PM CRYSTAL PALACE 0-1 25,130 M SALISBURY BAZUNU LYANCO CALETA-CAR SALISU PERRAUD WARD-PROWSE

NOVEMBER 2022

SUN 06 2PM NEWCASTLE UNITED

WED 09 7.45PM SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY (CC3)

SAT 12 3PM LIVERPOOL

DECEMBER 2022

MON 26 3PM BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

SAT 31 3PM FULHAM

JANUARY 2023

WED 04 7.30PM NOTTINGHAM FOREST

SAT 14 3PM EVERTON

SAT 21 3PM ASTON VILLA

FEBRUARY 2023

SAT 04 3PM BRENTFORD

SAT 11 3PM WOLVES

SAT 18 3PM CHELSEA

SAT 25 3PM LEEDS UNITED

MARCH 2023

SAT 04 3PM LEICESTER CITY

SAT 11 3PM MANCHESTER UNITED

SAT 18 3PM TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

APRIL 2023

SAT 01 3PM WEST HAM UNITED

SAT 08 3PM MANCHESTER CITY

SAT 15 3PM CRYSTAL PALACE

SAT 22 3PM ARSENAL

WED 26 7.45PM BOURNEMOUTH

SAT 29 3PM NEWCASTLE UNITED

MAY 2023

SAT 06 3PM NOTTINGHAM FOREST

SAT 13 3PM FULHAM

SAT 20 3PM BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

SUN 28 4PM LIVERPOOL

TBC TBC BRENTFORD

ALL FIXTURES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

saints / 63

SUBSTITUTES

LAVIA ROMEU DJENEPO ARIBO A. ARMSTRONG MCCARTHY, STEPHENS 45’, BELLA-KOTCHAP, PERRAUD 72’, DIALLO 75’, S. ARMSTRONG 45’, ELYOUNOUSSI, REDMOND 90+2’, ADAMS

LAVIA S. ARMSTRONG DJENEPO ELYOUNOUSSI ADAMS MCCARTHY, STEPHENS 90+1’, LYANCO, VALERY, ROMEU, DIALLO, ARIBO 62’ 1, MARA 70’, A. ARMSTRONG 61’

LAVIA ARIBO ELYOUNOUSSI MARA A. ARMSTRONG MCCARTHY, BEDNAREK, LYANCO 88’, VALERY, ROMEU, DIALLO, S. ARMSTRONG 70’, WALCOTT, ADAMS 2 59’

ROMEU S. ARMSTRONG ELYOUNOUSSI ADAMS 2 A. ARMSTRONG CABALLERO, SIMEU, SALISU, LAVIA, DJENEPO 66’, ARIBO 66’, EDWARDS 90’, MARA 66’, BALLARD 1 75’

LAVIA ARIBO ELYOUNOUSSI ADAMS A. ARMSTRONG MCCARTHY, BEDNAREK, LYANCO 89’, VALERY , ROMEU, PERRAUD 89’, DIALLO, S. ARMSTRONG 63’, MARA 77’

LAVIA 1 DIALLO ELYOUNOUSSI ADAMS A. ARMSTRONG 1 MCCARTHY, BEDNAREK, LYANCO 86’, VALERY, DJENEPO 73’, S. ARMSTRONG, ARIBO 60’, WALCOTT, MARA

DIALLO ARIBO ELYOUNOUSSI ADAMS A. ARMSTRONG MCCARTHY, LYANCO, LARIOS, MAITLAND-NILES 73’, DJENEPO 56’, S. ARMSTRONG 56’, EDOZIE 73’, WALCOTT, MARA 83’

DIALLO DJENEPO ELYOUNOUSSI ADAMS A.ARMSTRONG MCCARTHY, CALETA-CAR, LYANCO, LARIOS 45’, S. ARMSTRONG 71’, ARIBO 45’, EDOZIE 79’, WALCOTT, MARA 71’

MAITLAND-NILES S. ARMSTRONG ARIBO 1 ADAMS MARA MCCARTHY, SALISU, PERRAUD 60’, DIALLO, DJENEPO, ELYOUNOUSSI 89’, EDOZIE 67’, WALCOTT, A. ARMSTRONG 60’

DIALLO S. ARMSTRONG ARIBO ADAMS A ARMSTRONG MCCARTHY, CALETA-CAR, LYANCO , LARIOS 79’, MAITLAND-NILES, DJENEPO 66’, ELYOUNOUSSI 66’, WALCOTT, MARA 79’

MAITLAND-NILES ELYOUNOUSSI ARIBO ADAMS A. ARMSTRONG MCCARTHY, CALETA-CAR 42’, LYANCO, LARIOS, DIALLO 75’, DJENEPO, S. ARMSTRONG 74’, EDOZIE 74’, MARA 74’

MAITLAND-NILES ELYOUNOUSSI ARIBO ADAMS 1 A. ARMSTRONG MCCARTHY, LYANCO 64’, LARIOS 88’, DIALLO 88’, DJENEPO 88’, S. ARMSTRONG 66’, EDOZIE, WALCOTT, MARA

DIALLO S. ARMSTRONG 1 ELYOUNOUSSI ARIBO A. ARMSTRONG MCCARTHY, FINNIGAN, LARIOS, PAYNE, DJENEPO, EDOZIE 80’, WALCOTT 73’, ADAMS 73’, MARA

DIALLO S. ARMSTRONG ELYOUNOUSSI ARIBO ADAMS MCCARTHY, LARIOS, PAYNE, MAITLAND-NILES 45’, DJENEPO 74’, EDOZIE 74’, WALCOTT , A. ARMSTRONG, MARA 86’

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64 / saints

saints standings

PREMIER LEAGUE

(2022/23)

# Team PlD W D L F A GD Pts

1 ARSENAL 12 10 1 1 30 11 19 31

2 MANCHESTER CITY 12 9 2 1 37 11 26 29

3 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 13 8 2 3 26 16 10 26

4 NEWCASTLE UNITED 13 6 6 1 24 10 14 24

5 MANCHESTER UNITED 12 7 2 3 17 16 1 23

6 CHELSEA 12 6 3 3 17 15 2 21

7 FULHAM 13 5 4 4 22 22 0 19

8 BRIGHTON & HA 12 5 3 4 19 15 4 18

9 LIVERPOOL 12 4 4 4 23 15 8 16

10 CRYSTAL PALACE 12 4 4 4 13 16 -3 16

11 BRENTFORD 13 3 6 4 19 22 -3 15

12 EVERTON 13 3 5 5 11 12 -1 14

13 WEST HAM UNITED 13 4 2 7 11 13 -2 14

14 BOURNEMOUTH 13 3 4 6 12 28 -16 13

15 LEEDS UNITED 12 3 3 6 15 19 -4 12

16 ASTON VILLA 13 3 3 7 11 20 -9 12

17 SOUTHAMPTON 13 3 3 7 11 20 -9 12

18 LEICESTER CITY 13 3 2 8 21 25 -4 11

19 WOLVES 13 2 4 7 6 19 -13 10

20 NOTTINGHAM FOREST 13 2 3 8 8 28 -20 9

Goals

(2022/23)

17 Erling

Haaland

10 Harry

Kane

9 Aleksandar

Mitrović

clean sheets

(2022/23)

6 nick

pope

6 Ederson

5 David

de Gea

Barclays Women’s

Championship


1 BRISTOL CITY 7 6 1 0 13 2 +11 19

2 SOUTHAMPTON 8 5 2 1 11 6 +5 17

3 LONDON CITY LIONESSES 7 4 2 1 14 4 +10 14

4 CRYSTAL PALACE 7 4 0 3 9 8 +1 12

5 CHARLTON ATHLETIC 7 3 1 3 14 12 +2 10

6 BIRMINGHAM CITY 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10

7 LEWES 7 2 4 1 8 7 +1 10

8 BLACKBURN ROVERS 7 2 2 3 8 12 -4 8

9 SHEFFIELD UNITED 7 2 1 4 14 9 +5 7

10 DURHAM 6 2 1 3 6 9 -3 7

11 SUNDERLAND 7 1 1 5 5 12 -7 4

12 COVENTRY UNITED 8 0 0 8 4 27 -23 0

PREMIER league 2

(division TWO)


1 LEEDS UNITED 8 7 1 0 29 10 +19 22

2 SOUTHAMPTON 8 5 1 2 25 13 +12 16

3 NORWICH CITY 8 4 4 0 18 12 +6 16

4 WEST BROMWICH 7 4 2 1 20 14 +6 14

5 MIDDLESBROUGH 10 4 2 4 23 27 -4 14

6 NEWCASTLE UNITED 8 4 1 3 15 12 +3 13

7 NOTTINGHAM FOR… 8 3 1 4 11 16 -5 10

8 ASTON VILLA 9 2 3 4 17 19 -2 9

9 SUNDERLAND 8 2 1 5 12 16 -4 7

10 STOKE CITY 8 1 2 5 10 23 -13 5

11 DERBY COUNTY 8 0 0 8 5 23 -18 0

8 Ivan

Toney

7 Miguel

Almirón

assists

(2022/23)

9

Kevin De

Bruyne

5 Gabriel

Jesus

5 Alex

Iwobi

5 Bernardo

Silva

5 Bukayo

Saka

5 Aaron

Ramsdale

4 Alisson

saves

(2022/23)

54 David

Raya

53 Dean

Henderson

49 Jordan

Pickford

48 Bernd

Leno

39 Alisson

u18 PREMIEr

league (south)


1 WEST HAM UNITED 6 6 0 0 24 10 +14 18

2 CRYSTAL PALACE 7 4 1 2 18 14 +4 13

3 CHELSEA 6 3 1 2 11 7 +4 10

4 BRIGHTON 7 3 1 3 10 17 -7 10

5 ARSENAL 7 2 3 2 14 13 +1 9

6 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 6 3 0 3 10 14 -4 9

7 FULHAM 7 2 2 3 19 15 +4 8

8 ASTON VILLA 7 2 2 3 19 23 -4 8

9 NORWICH CITY 5 2 1 2 7 7 +0 7

10 LEICESTER CITY 7 2 1 4 11 17 -6 7

11 SOUTHAMPTON 6 1 2 3 17 18 -1 5

12 WEST BROMWICH 7 1 2 4 11 16 -5 5

saints / 65

Barclays Women’s

Championship

DATE KO OPPOSITION

AUGUST 2022

SAT 20 0-2 CHARLTON ATHLETIC

SUN 28 2-2 LEWES FC

MORRIS, RAFFERTY

SEPTEMBER 2022

SUN 18 2-1 CRYSTAL PALACE

LLOYD-SMITH 2

SUN 25 1-1 BRISTOL CITY

LUMSDEN

OCTOBER 2022

SUN 02 0-2 COVENTRY UNITED (CLC)

MON 17 1-0 BIRMINGHAM (SNOWS STADIUM)

KENDALL

SUN 23 1-0 SHEFFIELD UNITED

PUSEY

SUN 30 1-0 SUNDERLAND

PUSEY

NOVEMBER 2022

WED 02 3-0 COVENTRY UNITED

WILKINSON 3

SUN 20 2PM BLACKBURN ROVERS

SUN 27 2PM READING (CLC)

DECEMBER 2022

SUN 04 2PM LONDON CITY LIONESSES

SUN 18 2PM TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR (CLC)

JANUARY 2023

SUN 15 2PM LEWES FC

SUN 22 2PM DURHAM

FEBRUARY 2023

SUN 05 2PM CRYSTAL PALACE

SUN 12 11.30AM SUNDERLAND

MARCH 2023

SUN 05 2PM CHARLTON ATHLETIC

SUN 12 2PM BLACKBURN ROVERS

SUN 26 2PM BRISTOL CITY

APRIL 2023

SUN 02 2PM BIRMINGHAM CITY

SUN 16 2PM LONDON CITY LIONESSES

SUN 23 2PM COVENTRY UNITED

SUN 30 2PM SHEFFIELD UNITED

TBC TBC DURHAM

PREMIER league 2

(division TWO)

DATE KO OPPOSITION

AUGUST 2022

MON 08 3-1 NOTTINGHAM FOREST

BALLARD 2, TURNER

FRI 12 4-1 WEST BROMWICH ALBION

BALLARD 2, CARSON, FINNIGAN

FRI 19 3-0 STOKE CITY

BELLIS 2, PEARCE

FRI 26 1-1 NORWICH CITY

VOKINS

TUE 30 1-3 FOREST GREEN ROVERS (PJT)

LANCASHIRE

SEPTEMBER 2022

FRI 16 2-6 LEEDS UNITED

BALLARD, BELLIS

OCTOBER 2022

TUE 04 1-2 EXETER CITY (PJT)

BALLARD

SAT 08 2-0 ASTON VILLA (ST MARY’S)

DOYLE, PEARCE

TUE 11 2-5 PORTSMOUTH (HSC)

MORGAN 2

TUE 18 2-1 NEWPORT COUNTY (PJT)

BELLIS

SUN 23 2-3 NEWCASTLE UNITED

BALLARD, LAWRENCE

SUN 30 8-1 MIDDLESBROUGH (STAPLEWOOD)

WALCOTT 3, MARA 4, PAYNE

NOVEMBER 2022

MON 07 1PM SUNDERLAND

SUN 13 NOON EVERTON (PLC)

MON 21 7PM BIRMINGHAM (PLC)

SAT 26 1PM COLCHESTER (PLC)

december 2020

FRI 2 7PM COLCHESTER (PLC)

MON 05 7PM DERBY COUNTY

SAT 10 NOON EVERTON (PLC, ST MARY’S)

FRI 16 7PM BIRMINGHAM (PLC, ST MARY’S)

JANUARY 2023

FRI 06 7PM DERBY COUNTY

FRI 13 7PM NEWCASTLE UNITED

FRI 27 1PM MIDDLESBROUGH

FEBRUARY 2023

SUN 12 2PM SUNDERLAND (ST MARY’S)

MON 20 7PM WEST BROMWICH ALBION

FRI 24 7PM LEEDS UNITED (ST MARY’S)

MARCH 2023

FRI 03 7PM NOTTINGHAM FOREST

u18 PREMIEr

league (south)

DATE KO OPPOSITION

AUGUST 2022

SAT 13 3-3 ASTON VILLA

HIGGS, WRIGHT, MERRY

SAT 20 1-4 WEST HAM

MERRY

SAT 27 2-2 CHELSEA

HEWLETT, CHARLES

SEPTEMBER 2022

SAT 3 3-0 CHELSEA (PLC)

DAVIS, MORGAN 2

SAT 17 2-3 CRYSTAL PALACE

CHARLES, TRIALIST

OCTOBER 2022

SAT 01 3-5 FULHAM

DIBLING, TRIALIST, MERRY

SAT 08 1-0 DERBY COUNTY (PLC)

OYEKUNLE

SAT 29 6-1 LEICESTER CITY

MERRY, HEWLETT, DOYLE 2, AMO-AMEYAW 2

NOVEMBER 2022

SAT 05 11AM EVERTON (PLC)

SAT 19 11.30AM ARSENAL

SAT 26 11AM BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

DECEMBER 2022

SAT 03 NOON WEST BROMWICH ALBION

SAT 17 11.30AM TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

JANUARY 2023

SAT 07 11AM FULHAM

SAT 14 11AM LEICESTER CITY

SAT 28 11AM WEST HAM

FEBRUARY 2023

SAT 11 11AM ASTON VILLA

SAT 18 11.30AM TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

SAT 25 11AM WEST BROMWICH ALBION

MARCH 2023

SAT 18 11AM CHELSEA

APRIL 2023

SAT 01 11AM CRYSTAL PALACE

SAT 15 11AM BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

SAT 22 11.30AM ARSENAL

SAT 29 11AM NORWICH CITY

TBC TBC NORWICH CITY

FRI 17 7PM ASTON VILLA

APRIL 2023

FRI 14 7PM STOKE CITY

SUN 23 2PM NORWICH CITY

CLC = CONTINENTAL LEAGUE CUP

HOME GAMES TO BE PLAYED AT ST MARY’S

PJT = PAPA JOHN’S TROPHY

PLC = PREMIER LEAGUE CUP

HSC = HAMPSHIRE FA SATURDAY SENIOR CUP

HOME GAMES TO BE PLAYED AT AFC TOTTON UNLESS STATED

PLC = PREMIER LEAGUE CUP

HOME GAMES TO BE PLAYED AT STAPLEWOOD CAMPUS

66 / saints

Franny Benali

It was good to see

Saints get an

impressive point

against Arsenal in our last

game at St Mary’s. It was no

less than we deserved. After

Arsenal’s start, I thought it

was going to be a tough day

for us but we managed to turn

it around in the second-half

with Stuart Armstrong’s

equaliser.

The resilience from the

defensive unit was good and

Lyanco caught the eye – his

display was fabulous to see.

From my own experience, there

is often a fine line in football

between the passion and

aggression you can play with

to overstepping the mark.

You could certainly see the

Brazilian’s passion, desire

and commitment to win. He

came under some criticism

from the Arsenal fans, but

our own crowd loved him.

Our game at Crystal Palace

really was huge for us. Our

three previous results had been

good and it would have been

ideal to follow up that run

with another positive result.

The fact that we lost now puts

some pressure and added

importance on the Newcastle

and Liverpool fixtures.

Clearly there was an effort

to bring a goalscorer into our

squad during the summer

window. It didn’t happen and

we are seeing the pressure that

is putting on others. I’m sure

this is an area that will have

to be addressed in January.

It is not nice seeing us in the

position we are in the table

with the six-week World Cup

break coming. There are still

three matches to be played in

all competitions and we need

to build momentum again

and release some tension.

WE NEED TO

BUILD MOMENTUM

AGAIN AND

RELEASE SOME

TENSION.

This afternoon’s clash with

Newcastle will be a challenge.

They have been in very strong

form this season, losing just

once in the Premier League

and conceding the least

amount of goals. Despite these

facts, no team is unbeatable

and it’s all about how we go

out and perform on the day.

We also have our cup fixture

against Sheffield Wednesday

in midweek. That will be a

chance to switch to a different

mindset, progress in another

competition, and hand a

chance to some other players.

Supporters on Twitter may

have seen a recent poll I ran

asking whether the Benali

moustache should make a

return. The results gave a

resounding yes, so I have

little choice now – much

to the disappointment of

my wife!

I will be signing up to

participate in Movember, a

great cause to support and

raises awareness around

men’s health issues such as

prostate cancer, testicular

cancer and men’s suicide.

Keep an eye on my social

media channels for updates.

It was also good to be filming

at our Staplewood Training

Ground in the past week

for an upcoming Premier

League Productions feature

with Mohammed Salisu –

I’m sure you will enjoy it

when it gets televised.

Lastly, this will be my final

programme column before

our Boxing Day meeting

with Brighton, so I would

like to wish every Saints

fan a very Happy Christmas

well ahead of time!

Franny

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ALEX MCCARTHY 1 2 KIERAN TRIPPIER

KYLE WALKER-PETERS 2 3 PAUL DUMMETT

AINSLEY MAITLAND-NILES 3 4 SVEN BOTMAN

LYANCO 4 5 FABIAN SCHÄR

DUJE ĆALETA-CAR 6 6 JAMAAL LASCELLES

JOE ARIBO 7 7 JOELINTON

JAMES WARD-PROWSE 8 8 JONJO SHELVEY

ADAM ARMSTRONG 9 9 CALLUM WILSON

CHÉ ADAMS 10 10 ALLAN SAINT-MAXIMIN

GK

WILLY CABALLERO 13 11 MATT RITCHIE

ROMAIN PERRAUD 15 12 JAMAL LEWIS

STUART ARMSTRONG 17 13 MATT TARGETT

SÉKOU MARA 18 14 ALEXANDER ISAK

MOUSSA DJENEPO 19 17 EMIL KRAFTH

TINO LIVRAMENTO 21 18 LORIS KARIUS GK

MOHAMMED SALISU 22 19 JAVIER MANQUILLO

SAMUEL EDOZIE 23 20 CHRIS WOOD

MOHAMED ELYOUNOUSSI 24 21 RYAN FRASER

IBRAHIMA DIALLO 27 22 NICK POPE GK

JUAN LARIOS 28 23 JACOB MURPHY

GK

GAVIN BAZUNU 31 24 MIGUEL ALMIRÓN

THEO WALCOTT 32 26 KARL DARLOW GK

ARMEL BELLA-KOTCHAP 37 28 JOE WILLOCK

ROMÉO LAVIA 45 29 MARK GILLESPIE GK

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