Southampton vs Sheffield Wednesday

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SAINTS Vs sheffield wednesday | wednesday 9th november 2022, 7.45pm 

Carabao Cup third round

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Southampton Football Club can confirm it has 

parted company with Men’s First Team Manager 

Ralph Hasenhüttl. 

First Team Assistant 

Coach Richard Kitzbichler 

has also left the club. 

Hasenhüttl, who was 

appointed in December 

2018, departs having 

made a significant 

contribution to the 

club, overseeing some 

memorable results 

and also playing 

a key role in the 

development of our club 

infrastructure, identity 

and playing squad. 

However, we now believe 

it is an appropriate time 

to make a change. 

Everyone involved with 

the club would like to 

express their sincere 

thanks to Ralph for all of 

his efforts, as well as the 

unwavering commitment 

he has shown throughout 

his time as manager. 

First Team Lead Coach 

Rubén Sellés will take 

charge of the side on 

an interim basis for our 

game tonight. The club 

will be announcing a 

permanent replacement 

in due course. 

Southampton youngsters Jimmy- 

Jay Morgan, Tyler Dibling, and 

Jayden Meghoma all shone on the 

international stage as England 

advanced in their UEFA European 

Under-17s Championship 

qualifying. 

In Group 3, England saw off 

Lithuania and Georgia whilst drawing 

with Israel to top the table and 

advance to the elite round, with the 

Southampton trio playing a key part 

in each game. 

Dibling scored his first goals at 

under-17s level with a brace against 

Georgia, whilst Morgan found the net 

three times during the group stage. 

Defender Jayden Meghoma started 

two of the three matches for the 

young Lions, who are now one more 

round of qualifying away from 

reaching the 2023 UEFA European 

Under-17 Championships in Hungary 

next summer. 

Southampton Football Club is delighted to 

announce Ecowatt as the club’s Official Training Kit 

Partner for the remainder of the 2022/2023 season. 

Ecowatt will be on the 

Men’s First Team, B Team 

and Women’s First Team 

training kits, and was 

worn for the first time for 

Sunday’s Premier League 

match against Newcastle 

United. 

Ecowatt buys and 

builds renewable power 

stations to expand the 

supply rapidly, whilst 

simultaneously funding 

projects that are key 

drivers in removing 

carbon dioxide from the 

atmosphere. 

Southampton Football 

Club is on a mission 

to be Carbon Neutral 

by 2030. The club was 

recently shortlisted 

for the inaugural BBC 

Sports Green Awards 

for the work they have 

been doing around their 

sustainability strategy, 

‘The Halo Effect’, 

which saw them rise 

from 18th to 3rd in the 

Sports Positive Premier 

League sustainability 

table. 

Don’t miss the big moments at St Mary’s. Guarantee 

your seat for the remainder of the 22/23 campaign 

with a Half Season Ticket! 

Be at the heart of the 

action with no less than 11 

matches still to be battled 

out in SO14, including 

the Boxing Day clash 

with south coast rivals 

Brighton and last season’s 

top two, Manchester 

City and Liverpool. 

With limited availability, 

don’t miss the opportunity 

to guarantee your seat for 

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Adults and £19 for Juniors. 

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> 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 

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MEN’S U18s vs West Brom 

@ Staplewood, midday 

> Sun 4 

London City Lionesses vs WOMEN 

@ Princes Park, 2pm 

> Mon 5 

Derby vs MEN’S B TEAM 

@ Loughborough University, 7pm 

> Sat 10 

MEN’S B TEAM vs Everton 

@ St Mary’s, midday 



For this Carabao 

League Cup tie I am 

pleased to be able to 

have the opportunity to 

feature a fine player who 

appeared for both clubs: he is 

striker DAVID HIRST... 

David Hirst arrived at 

Southampton from Sheffield 

Wednesday on 17th October 

1997 after spending 11 seasons 

playing for the Owls, prior to 

which he played for Barnsley. 

In his time at Sheffield 

Wednesday he notched up 

nearly 300 appearances 

and scored 106 goals. 

Known as a strong and pacey 

striker, he was top scorer 

for the Owls in 1991 when 

they were promoted back to 

the old First Division. That 

season they also won the 

Rumbelows League Cup when 

they defeated Manchester 

United 1-0 in the final, 

the goal scored by future 

Southampton manager Nigel 

Pearson. David was voted 

into the PFA’s divisional Team 

of the Year for 1990/91. 

He played three times for 

England, the first two caps 

coming on the summer tour of 

Australasia, vs Australia and 

then New Zealand, scoring 

club 

factfile: 

Formed 

1867 

NICKNAME 

The Owls 

STADIUM 

Hillsborough 

CAPACITY 

39,732 

2021/22 

11th in Premier League 

FA Cup third round 

League Cup second 

round 

HONOURS 

4 top-flight titles 

5 second-tier titles 

3 FA Cups 

1 League Cup 

recent results: 

18.10.22 

Paterson, Trueman 

F otba l League 

Trophy 

22.10.22 

Gregory 

League One 

David Hirst: the determined expression of a 

hard worker. 

his sole international goal 

against the latter. His third 

cap followed in February 

1992 against France at 

Wembley when he replaced 

the injured Gary Lineker. 

David’s career was plagued 

by injuries, including a broken 

ankle, but he fought his way 

back into the Wednesday side 

until it was reported – early 

in the 1997/98 season – that 

he was not getting on well 

with his manager David Pleat, 

and he made the move to 

the south coast. He has said 

that manager Dave Jones 

was the reason he came to 

Southampton. He soon took 

Once a mainstay of the top 

flight, it’s been 22 years since 

Sheffield Wednesday were 

in the Premier League. 

Following relegation from the 

top table in 1999/00, the Owls 

dropped into the third tier three 

years later but returned via 

the Play-Offs at the first time 

of asking. They were back in 

League One for two seasons 

in 2010/11 and 2011/12 and 

returned again two years ago 

despite a late revival under 

Darren Moore following his 

appointment towards the 

end of the campaign. 

Moore led Wednesday to the 

Play-Pffs last term, but they 

were beaten at the semi-final 

stage by Sunderland, who 

also triumphed at Wembley. 

Expectations are often high at 

Hillsborough but this season, 

26.10.22 

Smith 

League One 

Southampton . Southampton . 

BY Barry Webb 

over from striker Mickey Evans 

who, a few weeks later, moved 

to West Bromwich Albion. 

David would go on to have 

successful partnerships up 

front with Kevin Davies and 

later with Egil Østenstad. 

In 1997/98 David made 28 

league appearances and scored 

nine times, helping the Saints 

to an 11th place finish in the 

Premier League. After being 

on the losing side on his debut 

against Blackburn Rovers, a 

number of happier highlights 

would follow and make him a 

hit with Saints fans. A week 

after his first start, on 25th 

October, he delighted us 

all by scoring twice in a 3-2 

home win against Tottenham 

Hotspur; his second was a 

thunderous shot from 12 yards. 

A further week later he was 

again on the winning side in 

a 2-0 victory at Everton. 

Then, on 8th November, he was 

far from restrained when he 

scored the fourth goal, having 

been set up by Matt Le Tissier, 

in a 4-1 win against his first 

club Barnsley. (That’s right: for 

younger readers Barnsley were 

actually in the Premier League.) 

At Anfield on 7th February 

1998 the Saints beat Liverpool 

even more so. One of the 

favourites to go straight up this 

season, the Owls have started 

the new campaign well and 

sit in third spot at the time 

of writing, three points off 

second-placed Ipswich Town. 

Moore bolstered his squad in 

the summer with the signing of 

Will Vaulks from Cardiff City, 

while also raiding neighbours 

Rotherham United for Michaels 

Ihiekwe and Smith. Further 

experience was snapped up in 

the shape of former Fulham 

goalkeeper David Stockdale, 

who arrived on a free transfer 

from Wycombe Wanderers. 

The Owls reached this stage 

of the Carabao Cup thanks to 

home victories over Sunderland 

and Rochdale. Dennis Adeniran, 

who was once on the books 

of Fulham and Everton, 

scored in both rounds. 

29.10.22 

Bannan, Smith (pen), 

Wilks, Dele-Bashiru 

League One 

04.11.22 

Windass, Mighten 

FA Cup first round 

3-2, courtesy of two goals 

scored by David and one by 

Østenstad. David’s first was a 

penalty and his second came 

from a pass by Østenstad. In 

another away win in February, 

David scored the only goal that 

beat Leeds United at Elland 

Road. It was a tap-in from an 

excellent cross from – guess 

who? – Egil Østenstad. 

Sadly, David’s injury problems 

emerged again before the 

start of 1998/99 when he 

injured his knee during a preseason 

run. He was therefore 

limited to two substitute 

appearances in April 1999 and 

eventually, in January 2000, 

he followed medical advice 

and retired from playing. 

Although David only played 32 

times for the Saints he had an 

impact on both the side and 

the supporters. I recall one fan 

saying to me at the time: “Hirst 

gets involved in everything.” 

I wonder what he might have 

helped us to achieve if he 

had remained free of injury. 

Following retirement he 

got involved in grass-roots 

the boss: 

JAMAICAN / AGE: 48 

David is mobbed (and Matt Le Tissier pays homage) after scoring against his first club Barnsley at 

home on 8th November 1997. 

football in Sheffield and set 

up a business arranging for 

celebrities to attend corporate 

and charitable events. He 

was also a matchday host 

at Hillsborough, as well as 

assisting their Academy, and 

hosted local radio sports shows 

Anfield, 7th February 1998: David scores the third goal in the 89th 

minute to give the Saints a 3-2 win over Liverpool. 

Often called one of the nicest man in football, Darren Moore 

left his post at Doncaster Rovers to take over at Sheffield 

Wednesday in March 2021. The Owls sat 23rd in the 

Championship and Moore was unable to save them from the 

drop, but has been entrusted with taking Wednesday back to 

the second tier. A defender in his playing days, Moore spent 

time at Torquay United, Doncaster, Bradford City, Portsmouth, 

West Bromwich Albion, Derby County, Barnsley and Burton 

Albion. He took over as West Brom boss, initially on a caretaker 

basis, when they were in the Premier League in April 2018. 

He couldn’t save the club from relegation and was sacked in 

March 2019, when they were fourth in the Championship. 

He was named Doncaster boss the following summer. Born 

in Birmingham, Moore was capped twice for Jamaica. 

Ten-year record: 

one to watch: 

MIDFIELDER / AGE: 32 

– a role much suited to his 

natural forthright attitude. 

In April 2017 he severed links 

with Sheffield Wednesday due 

to the way they were treating 

his son George, who went to 

Belgian side Oud-Heverlee 

Leuve managed by David’s 

good friend Nigel Pearson. He 

moved to Leicester City after 

one season and since 2020 he 

has been on loan at Rotherham 

United, Portsmouth and 

currently Blackburn Rovers. 

Other players who have appeared* for 

the Saints and Sheffield Wednesday 

include Michail Antonio, Terry Curran, 

Yoann Folly, Barry Horne, Lloyd 

Isgrove, Kenwyne Jones, George Kirby, 

Jim McCalliog, David McGoldrick, Jim 

Magilton, Chris Marsden, Garry Monk, 

Eric Nixon, Jon Otsemobor, Carlton 

Palmer, Dan Petrescu, Mike Pickering, 

Darren Potter, David Prutton, Stuart 

Ripley, Peter Rodrigues, Trond Solvedt 

and Gordon Watson. 

* at least one appearance, permanent 

and/or on loan 

Photos from the Ho ley co lection. 

Closing in on 350 appearances in a blue and white shirt, Barry 

Bannan, aka “The Airdrie Pirlo”, is the man who makes the Owls 

tick. With four goals and five assists to date this term, the Scot 

made the League One Team of the Season for 2021/22 and won 

Goal of the Season for his audacious lob against MK Dons. Bannan 

was on the books of Celtic as a youngster, joining Aston Villa’s 

Academy in 2004. He made his senior debut for Villa four years 

later and went on to play 83 times for the Midlands side as well 

as taking in loan spells at Derby County, Blackpool and Leeds 

United. He joined Crystal Palace in 2013 and, and after a brief loan 

at Bolton Wanderers, moved to Sheffield Wednesday in 2015. 

Capped 27 times for Scotland. 

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There’s not much Theo Walcott has not seen in his 

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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 Lead Coach Rubén Selles 

First Team Coaches 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 

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Editor Mark Perrow 

Contributors Neil Jeffries, Tom Harvey, Sam 

Tighe, Barry Webb, Duncan Holley, Alicia Povey, 

James Barker, Marc Walker. 

Photography Matt Watson, Isabelle Field, Chris 

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theo 

walcott 

SAINTS Vs sheffield wednesday | wednesday 9th november 2022, 7.45pm 

Carabao Cup third round 

“I’m like 

an absolute 

dictionary 

of knowledge 

– they can 

come to me if 

they want to.” 

17-year professional career, as he closes in on 600 

matches for club and country, but a World Cup in the 

middle of the season is a new one. Now the former 

teenage sensation, who was thrust into the limelight 

before he was ready for it, explains how his own 

experiences can help Saints’ raft of young talent 

maximise their enormous potential… 

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06 feature 

interview 

22 southampton 

fc women 

24 saints 

Foundation 

26 

Once known at 

this address 

30 sheffield 

wednesday 

32 Fixtures 

& Results 

36 the 

teams

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Academy 

trio star 

for England 

CLUB STATEMENT: 

RALPH HASENHÜTTL 

Southampton Football Club can confirm it has 

parted company with Men’s First Team Manager 

Ralph Hasenhüttl. 

First Team Assistant 

Coach Richard Kitzbichler 

has also left the club. 

Hasenhüttl, who was 

appointed in December 

2018, departs having 

made a significant 

contribution to the 

club, overseeing some 

memorable results 

and also playing 

a key role in the 

development of our club 

infrastructure, identity 

and playing squad. 

However, we now believe 

it is an appropriate time 

to make a change. 

Everyone involved with 

the club would like to 

express their sincere 

thanks to Ralph for all of 

his efforts, as well as the 

unwavering commitment 

he has shown throughout 

his time as manager. 

First Team Lead Coach 

Rubén Sellés will take 

charge of the side on 

an interim basis for our 

game tonight. The club 

will be announcing a 

permanent replacement 

in due course. 

Southampton youngsters Jimmy- 

Jay Morgan, Tyler Dibling, and 

Jayden Meghoma all shone on the 

international stage as England 

advanced in their UEFA European 

Under-17s Championship 

qualifying. 

In Group 3, England saw off 

Lithuania and Georgia whilst drawing 

with Israel to top the table and 

advance to the elite round, with the 

Southampton trio playing a key part 

in each game. 

Dibling scored his first goals at 

under-17s level with a brace against 

Georgia, whilst Morgan found the net 

three times during the group stage. 

Defender Jayden Meghoma started 

two of the three matches for the 

young Lions, who are now one more 

round of qualifying away from 

reaching the 2023 UEFA European 

Under-17 Championships in Hungary 

next summer.

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Saints announce 

EcoWatt as 

Official Training 

Kit Partner 

Southampton Football Club is delighted to 

announce Ecowatt as the club’s Official Training Kit 

Partner for the remainder of the 2022/2023 season. 

Ecowatt will be on the 

Men’s First Team, B Team 

and Women’s First Team 

training kits, and was 

worn for the first time for 

Sunday’s Premier League 

match against Newcastle 

United. 

Ecowatt buys and 

builds renewable power 

stations to expand the 

supply rapidly, whilst 

simultaneously funding 

projects that are key 

drivers in removing 

carbon dioxide from the 

atmosphere. 

Southampton Football 

Club is on a mission 

to be Carbon Neutral 

by 2030. The club was 

recently shortlisted 

for the inaugural BBC 

Sports Green Awards 

for the work they have 

been doing around their 

sustainability strategy, 

‘The Halo Effect’, 

which saw them rise 

from 18th to 3rd in the 

Sports Positive Premier 

League sustainability 

table. 

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Brighton and last season’s 

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City and Liverpool. 

With limited availability, 

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> 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 


DECEMBER 

> Fri 2 

MEN’S B TEAM vs Colchester 


> Sat 3 

MEN’S U18s vs West Brom 

@ Staplewood, midday 

> Sun 4 

London City Lionesses vs WOMEN 

@ Princes Park, 2pm 

> Mon 5 

Derby vs MEN’S B TEAM 

@ Loughborough University, 7pm 

> Sat 10 

MEN’S B TEAM vs Everton 

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#32 

theo 

walcott 

“I’m like 

an absolute 

dictionary 

of knowledge 

– they can 

come to me if 

they want to.” 

There’s not much Theo Walcott has not seen in his 

17-year professional career, as he closes in on 600 

matches for club and country, but a World Cup in the 

middle of the season is a new one. Now the former 

teenage sensation, who was thrust into the limelight 

before he was ready for it, explains how his own 

experiences can help Saints’ raft of young talent 

maximise their enormous potential…

08 / saints 

Theo Walcott 

has been a 

professional 

footballer for 

more than half of his life, 

but even for a man with 

more than 500 career 

appearances to his name, 

the 2022/23 campaign 

represents a dip into 

uncharted territory. 

Even to Walcott, who 

arrived on the scene as 

a 16-year-old Saint back 

in 2005, the idea of a 

six-week break in the 

middle of the season 

is unprecedented. 

“It’s my first time having 

such a short start to 

the season,” he says. 

“You get the odd winter 

break but that’s been 

in February – this one 

seems very different 

because you just feel 

like you’re starting to 

feel your fitness levels 

in the right place.” 

Perhaps it comes at a 

worse time than most 

for the 33-year-old, who 

ended his 11-month 

wait for a Premier 

League start on Sunday 

against Newcastle. 

Now, after a long fight 

to reclaim his place, 

he’s back to square one. 

After this weekend’s 

trip to Liverpool, Saints 

do not return to action 

until Boxing Day. 

“Obviously we haven’t 

had some great 

performances and great 

results, so maybe this 

is a very good time for 

us to have a mini preseason,” 

he reasons, 

“but it just feels a bit 

strange to be stopping 

the season, squeezing 

in a lot of games.” 

The reason for the 

extended pause, of 

course, is the World 

Cup, which gets under 

way just one week after 

Europe’s top leagues 

draw to a close. 

That brings its own 

problems, Walcott feels. 

“There will be a lot of 

players playing games 

thinking, ‘I don’t want to 

get injured’” he says. “I 

get it, players are trying 

to protect themselves, 

but when you try and 

protect yourself, that’s 

when you go in halfhearted 

and get injured. 

“You would have players 

who wouldn’t want 

to play – I wouldn’t 

blame them.” 

Bizarrely, in an 

international career of 47 

caps spanning ten years, 

Walcott only went to 

two major tournaments, 

notably excelling against 

Sweden in Euro 2012, 

when he was introduced 

as a substitute with 

England 2-1 down, before

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“Straightaway 

I had to 

develop in 

front of the 

whole world, 

basically. In 

England, with 

the media and 

everything, I 

couldn’t.” 

Walcott 

alongside David 

Beckham as the 

media glare 

watches on 

during the 2006 

World Cup in 

Germany. 

equalising himself and 

setting up the winner 

for Danny Welbeck 

with a trademark 

burst to the byline. 

But it was for his wildcard 

entry into Sven-Göran 

Eriksson’s 2006 World 

Cup squad that 17-yearold 

Walcott shot to fame, 

thrust into the limelight 

for a tournament in 

which England exited at 

the quarter-final stage 

without their untried 

teenager kicking a ball. 

Sixteen years later, on the 

eve of another World Cup, 

he believes the experience 

was detrimental 

to his progress. 

“I’ve said this in the past 

– I don’t think I should’ve 

gone,” he states, with 

commendable honesty. 

“If I knew this was going 

to happen, I would’ve 

said, ‘do not take this 

young man. You can’t.’ 

“Straightaway I had to 

develop in front of the 

whole world, basically. In 

England, with the media 

and everything, I couldn’t. 

“A lot of the players that 

come through now are 22, 

23. I was 16, 17. I was a 

kid. They say that about 

players who are 22, 23 – 

they’re ‘kids.’ I’m sorry, 

but that’s not a kid. 

“A kid is 16, 17, coming 

into the World Cup in a 

man’s game. I had to be 

there and – my wife as 

well – deal with things, 

like paparazzi. They 

don’t get that anymore 

really – paparazzi 

following them around 

at 15, 16, trying to get 

a picture. 

“I don’t think anyone is 

ready for that at that 

age, just leaving school, 

I’d have never expected 

that. If I could change 

that, I genuinely would,

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but having said all that 

it was a mad experience 

for a family and for 

myself being part of it.” 

At the time of the callup, 

of course, Walcott 

felt like the luckiest boy 

on the planet, but the 

reality of that German 

summer did not follow 

the fairy-tale script. 

“It’s weird, because I was 

just going there to play 

football,” he says. “That’s 

all I knew, that’s all I 

wanted to do, and then 

not to get a chance to 

play as well when thinking 

I might play in the last 

game – the Portugal 

one – when we went to 

penalties, that’s when I 

thought ‘I might actually 

come on here’, just for 

something different, 

but it never happened, 

which is a bit of a shame, 

but it’s just one thing 

I had to live with. “ 

I’ve got a video 

documentary of me 

filming myself and the 

whole thing that I’ve 

kept as a keepsake 

at home, so it’s quite 

an interesting watch, 

but I look really young, 

really young – very out 

of my depth, shall we 

just say.” 

Perhaps the nature of his 

headline-grabbing arrival 

on the world stage means 

Walcott’s achievements 

in the years that followed 

lack the recognition 

they deserve. 

Not only a long-standing 

member of the England 

squad, the winger became 

his country’s youngest 

hat-trick scorer at 18 and 

scored more than 100 

goals for Arsenal, where 

he won the FA Cup three 

times in more than a 

decade at one of Europe’s 

leading clubs. 

“The team 

we’re playing, 

Middlesbrough, 

are like, ‘wow… 

this guy’s 

nearly 34, 

he shouldn’t 

be running 

rings around 

us.’ That’s the 

standard you 

need to set.”

saints / 11 

Back where it all began 

since his 2020 return to 

St Mary’s, via Everton, 

Walcott recognises his 

role has changed. 

Whilst still desperate to 

contribute on the pitch, 

he knows his personal 

experiences, particularly 

given the scrutiny on 

his life as a teenager, 

can provide valuable 

insight for Saints’ raft 

of young players – even 

more so since the club’s 

summer recruitment 

drive, which saw six new 

faces arrive aged 20 

and under, all of whom 

have been introduced 

to the Premier League 

for the first time in 

Southampton colours. 

“I’ve had some really 

great moments, and that 

(the 2006 World Cup) is 

just another moment in 

my career that I’ve had to 

deal with, and dealt with 

in the best way, in the 

spotlight consistently – 

constantly,” he explains. 

“I feel like now I would 

have that influence, or 

that experience to talk 

to if, with someone 

very young, it happened 

again to them. 

“That’s why I like being 

at Southampton here 

with the younger guys 

coming from big clubs 

and wherever. I’m like 

an absolute dictionary 

of knowledge – they 

can come to me if they 

want to. I feel like 

they’re a bit scared of 

me for some reason, 

but I’m the nicest guy! 

“I feel like I can 

guide, with what I’ve 

experienced, and 

hopefully help them 

on their paths where 

they’re going to be, for 

them to be better people 

and better players. 

“I always like to engage 

with the person, because 

if the person wants to 

learn, they’re going to be 

fine being a footballer. 

“It doesn’t even have 

to be football related. 

If I saw something that 

wasn’t quite right, I’d go 

and engage them, just 

check in. Sometimes 

that’s all it is, just seeing 

if they’re alright, or 

being that loud character 

in the dressing room 

saying the odd thing 

to help the mood. 

“It’s not just me. Prowsey 

(James Ward-Prowse) 

is the same, Stuey 

[Armstrong], all these 

guys that are all quite 

similar in that sense, so 

we’ve got a good group.” 

His influence on Saints’ 

youth was clear on the 

pitch just a matter 

of days ago when 

Walcott was selected 

to play for the B Team 

against Middlesbrough 

Under-21s.

12 / saints 

Saints fielded a vastly 

experienced side, 

including Alex McCarthy, 

Ainsley Maitland-Niles 

and Moussa Djenepo, 

as well as promising 

first-teamers Roméo 

Lavia, Samuel Edozie 

and Sékou Mara. 

Walcott, to his credit, 

scored a hat-trick in an 

8-1 win. Whilst he’d 

rather get more minutes 

in the Premier League, 

he recognises the 

importance of setting 

the right example – in 

everything he does. 

“I’ve had some games 

like this when you’ve 

had some players who 

just don’t want to be 

there, like ‘I shouldn’t be 

playing in this game’, but 

that’s not for me, that’s 

not the right attitude,” 

he says, sternly. 

“I’m not a player that 

would be bringing the 

group down or anything 

like that, because I want 

the standards to be set at 

a high standard. You can’t 

have someone like me 

coming in half-hearted 

– you can’t be like that 

at all. I’ve never been 

like that from day one. 

“I’m someone who 

works really hard, and 

I wouldn’t have played 

in the Premier League 

for this long if I didn’t 

care. I do care, I want to 

improve every day still, 

and there’s another role 

for me at the club at 

this moment in time. 

“You’re playing football, 

you want to set the 

right example, you want 

to get something out 

of it. I wanted to get 

something out of it and I 

scored a hat-trick, great. 

“That’s the levels where 

the team we’re playing, 

Middlesbrough, are like, 

‘wow, that’s the level 

– we’re nowhere near 

where we need to be and 

this guy’s nearly 34, he 

shouldn’t be running rings 

around us.’ That’s the 

standard you need to set. 

“Like I said before, with 

the younger guys coming 

through and the guys 

already here, just being 

that presence and that 

person that sets the 

standard in training, in 

the gym, being first out to 

training – all those things. 

I think it’s important 

just to engage that into 

the next person who 

can take over that role 

whenever that ends. 

“I feel like I haven’t 

played as much, but 

I’ve played a role in 

helping this young 

group come through.” 

What becomes 

abundantly clear 

throughout this 

20-minute interview 

is that Walcott is very 

much a glass-half-full 

type of character. 

He warns the younger 

generation about 

the dangers of social 

media. “I don’t see 

why you need to look 

at someone random’s 

opinion of a game you’ve 

played,” he says. 

“Everyone around 

this club wants you to 

improve, wants to help 

you, so they’re the best 

people to talk to – and 

your family, of course. 

They’re the best people to 

be around and listen to. 

“I do feel like sometimes 

we do start to go away 

from that a little bit.

saints / 13 

“I still care 

– that’s the 

main thing. I 

always have 

cared, I still 

care, and I’ll 

continue to 

do so until 

someone tells 

me I can’t.” 

Hopefully now we can 

start to engage in each 

other a bit more and look 

for the people who really 

care and can help.” 

Is he disappointed and 

frustrated not to have 

played more? Of course 

he is, but he refuses 

to sulk. In fact, he 

doesn’t even feel like 

he needs to put on an 

act. He’s just genuinely 

happy in his job. 

“We play football, and 

we’re privileged to play 

it, and I want to be 

that role model for my 

children when I go back 

home,” he explains. 

“They want to know how 

my day was, I want to 

know how their day is. 

I always like to take a 

positive out of their day, 

and even a negative to an 

extent – can they turn it 

around into a positive? 

All these things – we’re 

still breathing, and that’s 

a positive in itself. 

“There’s no problem 

being positive all the time 

– try finding a positive 

somewhere in something. 

“I’m coming in each day 

thinking like it’s my last. 

I’m really privileged to 

be here, playing football 

still, at this age and for 

this long in the Premier 

League, especially at 

a really good club. 

“I just look at it that 

way. I’m training with a 

really good young group, 

guys I want to be with, 

and it means a lot to 

still play football. I still 

care – that’s the main 

thing. I always have 

cared, I still care, and I’ll 

continue to do so until 

someone tells me I can’t.”

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sOUTHAMPTON FC 

WOMEN UPDATE 

WILKINSON HAT-TRICK SEALS 

ANOTHER THREE POINTS 

Under the floodlights 

of St Mary’s Stadium 

on Wednesday, 

Southampton looked to 

register a fourth successive 

league win and a seventh 

game unbeaten, while visitors 

Coventry United aimed to earn 

their first points of the 

campaign and lift themselves 

from the foot of the table. 

Somewhat surprisingly given 

their difficult start in the 

league, Coventry stunned 

Southampton exactly one 

month ago in the Continental 

Cup, rolling out 2-0 victors 

over Marieanne Spacey-Cale’s 

side at Butts Park Arena. Lee 

Burch’s team were impressive 

that day, but endured a 

nightmare start on this 

occasion. 

It was the tenacity of Katie 

Wilkinson alone which earnt 

the opportunity, the striker 

not allowing Coventry to clear 

their lines – and earning her 

own luck in doing so as she 

came onto a bouncing ball that 

resulted from her own initial 

block. Without hesitation, 

the striker fired a magnificent 

right-footed half-volley into 

the bottom-left corner from 

just outside the box, blasting 

her side into the lead after just 

27 seconds. 

Coventry were the architects 

of their own downfall for the 

second goal 38 minutes later, 

too. Goalkeeper Eleanor Heeps 

was caught napping on the 

ball by Pusey, who showed 

fine awareness to steal and 

cut a pass back into the path 

of Wilkinson. The attacker’s 

initial effort was blocked well 

by the recovering Heeps, but 

her second was too powerful 

to stop. 

With the visitors pressed 

against the ropes, Saints 

remained ruthless, allowing 

their opponents just four 

minutes of respite before 

further extending their 

advantage. 

This time it was a delicious 

cross from full-back Megan 

Collett which proved the 

catalyst, her whipped ball 

causing havoc as it travelled 

Katie Wilkinson celebrates completing her hattrick against Coventry United.

saints / 23 

perfectly between goalkeeper 

and defence. Heeps was able 

to get a small touch but failed 

to get enough contact to deny 

the electric Wilkinson a first 

half hat-trick, the striker on 

hand once again to steer home 

clinically at the far post shortly 

before the break. 

Despite creating fewer 

goalscoring opportunities 

in the second half, Saints’ 

performance remained firstclass, 

Spacey-Cale’s side 

dominating possession as 

the minutes ticked toward a 

further three points. 

Even in the dying embers of 

the game, the hosts continued 

their search for a fourth. Pusey, 

fed through by substitute 

Georgie Freeland, fired a 

strike goalward, but the tight, 

right-sided angle favoured the 

goalkeeper, who turned behind 

with her legs for a corner. 

That corner gave rise to one 

last chance for Wilkinson 

who, from a similar position 

to Pusey before her, zipped an 

effort across goal with power 

and precision, forcing Heeps 

into perhaps her finest stop 

of the evening to turn the ball 

around her far post and contain 

Coventry’s deficit to three. 

INTERNATIONAL 

CALL-UPS COME 

THICK AND FAST FOR 

SAINTS 

Following on from Ashleigh 

Ward’s New Zealand call, 

Southampton FC Women’s 

Megan Wynne, Kayla 

Rendell, Paige Peake and 

Lucia Kendall have all 

received call-ups for their 

respective national teams, 

Wales and England U23s 

and U19s. 

Wynne, who represented 

Wales during their World 

Cup qualifiers, will return 

to the fold as they play a 

friendly against Finland at 

the Pinatar Arena in Spain 

on Saturday 12th November 

(kick-off 5.30pm GMT). 

Rendell and Peake have been 

selected for Mo Marley’s 

England U23s side, who 

welcome the Netherlands 

in Walsall on Thursday 10th 

November (7.30pm) before 

taking a trip to Rome to 

face Italy on Monday 14th 

November (1.30pm). 

Kendall, who has recently 

returned from injury to take 

her place back in Marieanne 

Spacey-Cale’s side, will 

join up with a mixed age 

Professional Development 

Phase squad who’ll travel to 

Portugal to take on Norway 

and the Netherlands on 

Wednesday 9th November 

at Stadium Vila Real de 

Santo Antonio (4pm) and 

on Monday 14th November 

(1pm) respectively. 

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. 

Megan Wynne returns to the Wales camp 

following their World Cup qualifying.

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PATRON SAINTS 

It is thanks to the generosity of Southampton’s 

people, businesses and institutions that we can 

run our charitable programmes out in the local 

community – creating a more level playing field so people 

from all walks of life can thrive. We wanted to recognise 

nine of our loudest supporters, who champion our work 

with their advocacy, ideas and generosity, by naming 

them our inaugural Patron Saints. Their contribution to 

our charity and their city this year, and across the past 20 

years of Saints Foundation, has truly changed lives... 

BOB TERRIS 

“I’ve been supporting Saints 

since 1962 and have hardly 

missed a match. Having seen 

the work carried out by Saints 

Foundation in the community 

over the past 20 years, you 

cannot fail to be impressed by 

the support they provide.” 

CHRIS BRYANT 

“I saw Southampton lift the 

FA Cup in 1976 at the end of 

my first season as a supporter, 

and have championed the club 

– and now its charity – ever 

since. What better way to give 

back to your city than to help 

people in your community.” 

RICHARD ALLEN 

“Saints Foundation supports 

people from all walks of life; 

different ages, different 

backgrounds, different 

abilities. I’m proud to be a 

Patron Saint for a charity 

that is there for the whole 

community.”

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DANIEL CLEARY 

“I love this club, and I love how 

they use Saints Foundation 

to give back to this city. Their 

work is exciting and lifechanging, 

and I’m delighted 

that I can give back and 

support it.” 

STUART DEAS 

“Southampton is my adopted 

home town! I’ve been in 

business here 35 years and 

supported Saints for 30 of 

those. I’m proud to support 

a charity that supports the 

people of this city.” 

JASON PREWITT 

“I grew up here, I run my 

business here, I’ve supported 

this team for over 30 years. I love 

supporting a local charity and 

seeing where our money is going. 

The work the Foundation does is 

great and close to my heart.” 

Our work would simply 

not be possible without 

people’s generous support. 

Together, we’re working to 

help Southampton people 

lead happier, healthier 

lives, and you can be part 

of our mission. 

Find more about how you can 

support us by visiting our website. 

CHRIS WRATE 

“Saints Foundation is an 

incredible charity that supports 

people that desperately need 

our help. To be able to give 

back to such a charity is a real 

honour and privilege.” 

TINA CROUCHER 

“I’ve been involved with Saints 

Foundation from Day One. 

Supporting this charity is the 

best decision you could ever 

make, as it takes the city 

at its heart and goes down 

every avenue of need to 

improve people’s lives here in 

Southampton.” 

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

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ONCE 

KNOWN 

AT THIS 

ADDRESS 

Southampton . Southampton . 

BY Barry Webb 

For this Carabao 

League Cup tie I am 

pleased to be able to 

have the opportunity to 

feature a fine player who 

appeared for both clubs: he is 

striker DAVID HIRST... 

David Hirst arrived at 

Southampton from Sheffield 

Wednesday on 17th October 

1997 after spending 11 seasons 

playing for the Owls, prior to 

which he played for Barnsley. 

In his time at Sheffield 

Wednesday he notched up 

nearly 300 appearances 

and scored 106 goals. 

Known as a strong and pacey 

striker, he was top scorer 

for the Owls in 1991 when 

they were promoted back to 

the old First Division. That 

season they also won the 

Rumbelows League Cup when 

they defeated Manchester 

United 1-0 in the final, 

the goal scored by future 

Southampton manager Nigel 

Pearson. David was voted 

into the PFA’s divisional Team 

of the Year for 1990/91. 

He played three times for 

England, the first two caps 

coming on the summer tour of 

Australasia, vs Australia and 

then New Zealand, scoring 

David Hirst: the determined expression of a 

hard worker. 

his sole international goal 

against the latter. His third 

cap followed in February 

1992 against France at 

Wembley when he replaced 

the injured Gary Lineker. 

David’s career was plagued 

by injuries, including a broken 

ankle, but he fought his way 

back into the Wednesday side 

until it was reported – early 

in the 1997/98 season – that 

he was not getting on well 

with his manager David Pleat, 

and he made the move to 

the south coast. He has said 

that manager Dave Jones 

was the reason he came to 

Southampton. He soon took 

over from striker Mickey Evans 

who, a few weeks later, moved 

to West Bromwich Albion. 

David would go on to have 

successful partnerships up 

front with Kevin Davies and 

later with Egil Østenstad. 

In 1997/98 David made 28 

league appearances and scored 

nine times, helping the Saints 

to an 11th place finish in the 

Premier League. After being 

on the losing side on his debut 

against Blackburn Rovers, a 

number of happier highlights 

would follow and make him a 

hit with Saints fans. A week 

after his first start, on 25th 

October, he delighted us 

all by scoring twice in a 3-2 

home win against Tottenham 

Hotspur; his second was a 

thunderous shot from 12 yards. 

A further week later he was 

again on the winning side in 

a 2-0 victory at Everton. 

Then, on 8th November, he was 

far from restrained when he 

scored the fourth goal, having 

been set up by Matt Le Tissier, 

in a 4-1 win against his first 

club Barnsley. (That’s right: for 

younger readers Barnsley were 

actually in the Premier League.) 

At Anfield on 7th February 

1998 the Saints beat Liverpool

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3-2, courtesy of two goals 

scored by David and one by 

Østenstad. David’s first was a 

penalty and his second came 

from a pass by Østenstad. In 

another away win in February, 

David scored the only goal that 

beat Leeds United at Elland 

Road. It was a tap-in from an 

excellent cross from – guess 

who? – Egil Østenstad. 

Sadly, David’s injury problems 

emerged again before the 

start of 1998/99 when he 

injured his knee during a preseason 

run. He was therefore 

limited to two substitute 

appearances in April 1999 and 

eventually, in January 2000, 

he followed medical advice 

and retired from playing. 

Although David only played 32 

times for the Saints he had an 

impact on both the side and 

the supporters. I recall one fan 

saying to me at the time: “Hirst 

gets involved in everything.” 

I wonder what he might have 

helped us to achieve if he 

had remained free of injury. 

Following retirement he 

got involved in grass-roots 

David is mobbed (and Matt Le Tissier pays homage) after scoring against his first club Barnsley at 

home on 8th November 1997. 

football in Sheffield and set 

up a business arranging for 

celebrities to attend corporate 

and charitable events. He 

was also a matchday host 

at Hillsborough, as well as 

assisting their Academy, and 

hosted local radio sports shows 

– a role much suited to his 

natural forthright attitude. 

In April 2017 he severed links 

with Sheffield Wednesday due 

to the way they were treating 

his son George, who went to 

Belgian side Oud-Heverlee 

Leuve managed by David’s 

good friend Nigel Pearson. He 

moved to Leicester City after 

one season and since 2020 he 

has been on loan at Rotherham 

United, Portsmouth and 

currently Blackburn Rovers. 

Other players who have appeared* for 

the Saints and Sheffield Wednesday 

include Michail Antonio, Terry Curran, 

Yoann Folly, Barry Horne, Lloyd 

Isgrove, Kenwyne Jones, George Kirby, 

Jim McCalliog, David McGoldrick, Jim 

Magilton, Chris Marsden, Garry Monk, 

Eric Nixon, Jon Otsemobor, Carlton 

Palmer, Dan Petrescu, Mike Pickering, 

Darren Potter, David Prutton, Stuart 

Ripley, Peter Rodrigues, Trond Solvedt 

and Gordon Watson. 

* at least one appearance, permanent 

and/or on loan 

Photos from the Holley collection. 

Anfield, 7th February 1998: David scores the third goal in the 89th 

minute to give the Saints a 3-2 win over Liverpool.

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Formed 

1867 

NICKNAME 

The Owls 

STADIUM 

Hillsborough 

CAPACITY 

39,732 

2021/22 

11th in Premier League 

FA Cup third round 

League Cup second 

round 

HONOURS 

4 top-flight titles 

5 second-tier titles 

3 FA Cups 

1 League Cup 

Once a mainstay of the top 

flight, it’s been 22 years since 

Sheffield Wednesday were 

in the Premier League. 

Following relegation from the 

top table in 1999/00, the Owls 

dropped into the third tier three 

years later but returned via 

the Play-Offs at the first time 

of asking. They were back in 

League One for two seasons 

in 2010/11 and 2011/12 and 

returned again two years ago 

despite a late revival under 

Darren Moore following his 

appointment towards the 

end of the campaign. 

Moore led Wednesday to the 

Play-Pffs last term, but they 

were beaten at the semi-final 

stage by Sunderland, who 

also triumphed at Wembley. 

Expectations are often high at 

Hillsborough but this season, 

even more so. One of the 

favourites to go straight up this 

season, the Owls have started 

the new campaign well and 

sit in third spot at the time 

of writing, three points off 

second-placed Ipswich Town. 

Moore bolstered his squad in 

the summer with the signing of 

Will Vaulks from Cardiff City, 

while also raiding neighbours 

Rotherham United for Michaels 

Ihiekwe and Smith. Further 

experience was snapped up in 

the shape of former Fulham 

goalkeeper David Stockdale, 

who arrived on a free transfer 

from Wycombe Wanderers. 

The Owls reached this stage 

of the Carabao Cup thanks to 

home victories over Sunderland 

and Rochdale. Dennis Adeniran, 

who was once on the books 

of Fulham and Everton, 

scored in both rounds. 

recent results: 

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29.10.22 

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1 1 

1 1 

4 2 

2 0 

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Football League 

Trophy 

Gregory 

League One 

Smith 

League One 

Bannan, Smith (pen), 

Wilks, Dele-Bashiru 

League One 

Windass, Mighten 

FA Cup first round

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the boss: 

darren moore 

JAMAICAN / AGE: 48 

Often called one of the nicest man in football, Darren Moore 

left his post at Doncaster Rovers to take over at Sheffield 

Wednesday in March 2021. The Owls sat 23rd in the 

Championship and Moore was unable to save them from the 

drop, but has been entrusted with taking Wednesday back to 

the second tier. A defender in his playing days, Moore spent 

time at Torquay United, Doncaster, Bradford City, Portsmouth, 

West Bromwich Albion, Derby County, Barnsley and Burton 

Albion. He took over as West Brom boss, initially on a caretaker 

basis, when they were in the Premier League in April 2018. 

He couldn’t save the club from relegation and was sacked in 

March 2019, when they were fourth in the Championship. 

He was named Doncaster boss the following summer. Born 

in Birmingham, Moore was capped twice for Jamaica. 

one to watch: 

BARRY BANNAN 

MIDFIELDER / AGE: 32 

Closing in on 350 appearances in a blue and white shirt, Barry 

Bannan, aka “The Airdrie Pirlo”, is the man who makes the Owls 

tick. With four goals and five assists to date this term, the Scot 

made the League One Team of the Season for 2021/22 and won 

Goal of the Season for his audacious lob against MK Dons. Bannan 

was on the books of Celtic as a youngster, joining Aston Villa’s 

Academy in 2004. He made his senior debut for Villa four years 

later and went on to play 83 times for the Midlands side as well 

as taking in loan spells at Derby County, Blackpool and Leeds 

United. He joined Crystal Palace in 2013 and, and after a brief loan 

at Bolton Wanderers, moved to Sheffield Wednesday in 2015. 

Capped 27 times for Scotland. 

Ten-year record: 

league one CHAMPIONSHIP 

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32 / saints 

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 1-4 30,402 S ATTWELL BAZUNU LARIOS BELLA-KOTCHAP SALISU PERRAUD 1 WARD-PROWSE 

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 / 33 

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’ 

MAITLAND-NILES S. ARMSTRONG ELYOUNOUSSI WALCOTT ADAMS MCCARTHY, LYANCO, CALETA-CAR 72’, LAVIA 34’, DIALLO , EDOZIE 64’, ARIBO 64’, A. ARMSTRONG 64’, MARA 

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MANAGER DARREN MOORE 

GK 

ALEX MCCARTHY 1 2 LIAM PALMER 

KYLE WALKER-PETERS 2 3 JADEN BROWN 

AINSLEY MAITLAND-NILES 3 4 WILL VAULKS 

LYANCO 4 5 BEN HENEGHAN 

DUJE ĆALETA-CAR 6 6 DOMINIC IORFA 

JOE ARIBO 7 7 MALLIK WILKS 

JAMES WARD-PROWSE 8 8 DENNIS ADENIRAN 

ADAM ARMSTRONG 9 9 LEE GREGORY 

CHÉ ADAMS 10 10 BARRY BANNAN 

GK 

WILLY CABALLERO 13 11 JOSH WINDASS 

ROMAIN PERRAUD 15 13 CALLUM PATERSON 

STUART ARMSTRONG 17 14 GEORGE BYERS 

SÉKOU MARA 18 15 AKIN FAMEWO 

MOUSSA DJENEPO 19 17 FISAYO DELE-BASHIRU 

TINO LIVRAMENTO 21 18 MARVIN JOHNSON 

MOHAMMED SALISU 22 19 TYREEQ BAKINSON 

SAMUEL EDOZIE 23 20 MICHAEL IHIEKWE 

MOHAMED ELYOUNOUSSI 24 24 MICHAEL SMITH 

IBRAHIMA DIALLO 27 25 CAMERON DAWSON GK 

JUAN LARIOS 28 31 DAVID STOCKDALE GK 

GK 

GAVIN BAZUNU 31 32 JACK HUNT 

THEO WALCOTT 32 33 REECE JAMES 

ARMEL BELLA-KOTCHAP 37 34 MARK MCGUINNESS 

ROMÉO LAVIA 45 45 ALEX MIGHTEN 

RYAN FINNIGAN 50 

DOMINIC BALLARD 53 

LEWIS PAYNE 61 

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