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CAPACITY

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2021/22

14th in Premier League

FA Cup third round

League Cup third

round

HONOURS

7 top-flight titles

2 second-tier titles

7 FA Cups

5 League Cups

1 European Cup

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Aside from an embarrassing FA

Cup third round exit at home to

League Two Stevenage, Aston

Villa’s transformation under

new boss Unai Emery has been

nothing short of exceptional.

The former Arsenal gaffer

replaced Steven Gerrard in

November after the Liverpool

legend had been dismissed

following a dismal start to the

season in which they had won

just twice in the league and

only sat above the relegation

places on goals scored.

Under Emery, however, Villa

have quickly turned things

around, winning four games

from eight to move up to

mid-table, 10 points clear of

the drop zone. That run has

included victories over highflying

Manchester United,

Brighton & Hove Albion and

Tottenham Hotspur.

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Ings

Premier League

After leaving his role at Rangers,

ex-England international

Gerrard’s tenure at Villa as

successor to Dean Smith lasted

less than a year following just

13 wins from 40 league games.

Gerrard’s high-profile signings

included Barcelona forward

Phillipe Coutinho, Sevilla

defender Diego Carlos and

French midfielder Boubacar

Kamara. A further £13m was

spent on Wolverhampton

Wanderers defender Leander

Dendoncker. However, Carlos

suffered a serious ankle injury

on his home debut and Kamara

has only just returned to action

following a knee ligament injury

sustained against Southampton.

Emery’s first move in the

January window saw Villa

snap up Spanish left-back

Álex Moreno for £13.2m

from Real Betis.

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ONE TO WATCH:

ARGENTINIAN / AGE: 30

The arrival of Carlos Alcaraz as

A World Cup winner with Argentina last month where he performed

heroics in the penalty shootout victory over France, Emiliano Martínez

is now in his third season at Villa Park. The towering goalkeeper ended

a 10-year association with Arsenal to move to Villa in September

2020, lifting the FA Cup in his final act as a Gunner. The colourful

character had joined Arsenal from Independiente, but his first-team

appearances in north London were interspersed with six spells out

on loan. Martínez, who saved a penalty on his Premier League debut

for Villa, played every minute of his first campaign with the club and

was named Player of the Season at the end of that term. He kept 11

clean sheets last season and has three to his name in 17 appearances

this time around. Capped 26 times by his country, he won the Golden

Glove in Qatar.

Ten-year record:

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THE BOSS:

SPANISH / AGE: 51

Aston Villa’s appointment of Unai Emery was a sign of the club’s

ambition. Emery is a European specialist, having won the Europa

League three seasons in a row at Sevilla before lifting the trophy

again with Villarreal when they beat Manchester United in 2021. The

Spanish club also reached last year’s Champions League semi-finals

under Emery. Emery returned to England with something of a point to

prove following his sacking by Arsenal in 2019. His 18-month stint at

the Emirates has been painted as a failure, but tasked with following

Arsène Wenger, Arsenal finished fifth in his full season in charge,

and he led the Gunners to the Europa League final where they lost

to Chelsea. A former midfielder as a player, Emery’s management

career began in his native Spain in 2004 with Lorca Deportiva. He later

enjoyed league and cup success with Paris Saint-Germain prior to his

arrival at Arsenal.

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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 Nathan Jones

First Team Coaches Chris Cohen,

Alan Sheehan, Rubén Selles, 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.

Head Groundsman Graeme Mills

Club PA Tim Manns

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Editor Mark Perrow

Contributors Neil Jeffries, Tom Harvey, Sam

Tighe, Barry Webb, Duncan Holley, Alicia Povey,

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UNAI EMERY

EMILIANO MARTÍNEZ

15th

“I knew it

would be a

challenge in

my career, so I

wanted to take

it, knowing I

was joining a

great club.”

Southampton’s second signing of the

January transfer window reaffirmed

Saints’ commitment to youth. Talented and

temperamental, the 20-year-old Argentinian

is a bundle of energy right up for the fight

of keeping Saints in the Premier League…

04 Moment

in time

06 Nathan

Jones

08 INSIDE

SO14

10 southampton

fc women

12 feature

interview

24 saints

Foundation

26 ticket

NEWS

31

The rest

is history

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VIlla

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52 Saints

Dedications

60 player

profiles

62 Fixtures

& Results

64 Saints

Standings

66 Franny

Benali

68 The

teams

MOMENT IN TIME

14/01/2023

James Ward-Prowse celebrates his second

goal against Everton, a trademark free-kick to

complete Southampton’s second-half turnaround

as Saints tasted victory at Goodison Park in the

Premier League for the first time since 1997.

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Nathan

Jones

Dear supporters,

welcome back to St

Mary’s for this

afternoon’s Premier League

match against Aston Villa.

I would like to welcome Unai

Emery, his staff and players,

and the travelling supporters

to Southampton for what

will be another tough test

against a team that have

shown an improvement

under their new manager.

Unai is a top-class coach who

has achieved unbelievable

things in Spain and in

Europe, so it comes as no

surprise to see him have an

impact on his new club.

A week is a long time in

football, and for us last

week felt hugely significant

in lifting everybody around

the club, proving we are

on the right path with

the work we are doing.

Selhurst Park and Goodison

Park are two grounds where

you really have to fight to

get a result – atmospheric

stadiums where the home

crowd make it tough for you.

To come away with two

wins on the road, in the FA

Cup and Premier League

respectively, showcased the

These

performances

and this

team spirit

must be the

blueprint

for us now.

We’ve proved

we can find

different

ways to win

games.

strength of character of this

group, particularly given we

were forced to come from

behind on both occasions.

That is not easy to do against

any Premier League club,

especially away from home.

In between those games, we

had the small matter of taking

on one of the best teams in

the world in Manchester City.

We know all about their

quality, as well as their

proud record in the Carabao

Cup in recent seasons, so it

was another measure of our

progress that we were able

to get through to the semifinals

with a clean sheet in

front of our supporters.

This was not a case of hanging

on to a lead and riding your

luck – we defended superbly

as a team from front to back,

restricting a great side to

zero shots on target, and

always carried a threat of

our own going forward.

These performances and

this team spirit must be the

blueprint for us now. We’ve

proved we can find different

ways to win games, but we

have to kick on and keep

the momentum building.

Your support here at St

Mary’s is absolutely key to

that. Your backing on the

road has been wonderful to

see, but this is our home and

we have to make the most

of that advantage from now

to the end of the season to

get to where we want to be.

We March On.

Nathan Jones

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INSIDE

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Saints seal Alcaraz transfer

Southampton Football Club

is delighted to confirm it

has completed the transfer

of midfielder Carlos Alcaraz

from Racing Club.

Alcaraz, 20, has put pen to

paper on a four-and-a-halfyear

contract at St Mary’s,

becoming the second signing

for the Men’s First Team this

month, following on from the

arrival of Croatia international

winger Mislav Oršić the

previous week.

A burgeoning talent in South

America, the creative Alcaraz

has risen to prominence while

starring in his home country

of Argentina over the past

three years.

Alcaraz, who is known as

‘Charly’, made his debut for

Racing Club at the age of

17, in January 2020, quickly

establishing himself as a

regular and going on to make

a total of 83 appearances for

the side, scoring 12 goals.

Southampton manager

Nathan Jones said: “Charly’s

arrival is another major

addition for us. There has

been a lot of interest around

Europe, so it’s great to get

him in and also to have done

it quite early in the month.

“He will give us a really

exciting option and add a bit

more creativity into the side,

which is something that will

be a real benefit to us.

“I know how determined he is

to get started and to help us,

so we’re looking forward to

getting to work with him and

we’ll also make sure he has

all the support needed to get

settled in here.”

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Dates confirmed

for Carabao Cup

semi-final

Southampton will host Newcastle United in the semifinals

of the Carabao Cup on Tuesday 24th January

before travelling to St James’s Park for the second leg

on Tuesday 31st January.

The sides will first face each

other at St Mary’s before

Saints travel to the North

East for a place in the final

of the competition, with

both fixtures scheduled

to kick-off at 8pm GMT

and broadcast live on Sky

Sports.

Saints booked their place

in the semi-finals on

Wednesday last week, with

an emphatic 2-0 victory over

Bazunu claims Save

of the Month award

Gavin Bazunu has claimed the Premier League Save

of the Month award for his stop against Liverpool in

November.

With this month’s accolade

taking into account

performances either side of

the World Cup, the Saints

stopper has been rewarded

for denying Mohamed Salah

in stunning fashion.

The Republic of Ireland

international sprung across

goal to deny Salah at

point-blank range, following

Darwin Núñez’s low cross

from the left.

Bazunu fought off

competition from

Łukasz Fabiański

(West Ham), Alisson

Premier League champions

Manchester City at St

Mary’s, while Newcastle also

emerged victorious in a 2-0

scoreline over Leicester City.

Meanwhile, the Emirates FA

Cup fourth-round meeting

with Blackpool at St Mary’s

will take place on Saturday

28th January, kicking off at

3pm. For ticket details of all

upcoming fixtures, turn to

page 27.

Becker (Liverpool), David

De Gea (Man United), Marc

Travers (Bournemouth) and

José Sá (Wolves) to win the

award.

SAINTS

DIARY

JANUARY 2023

> Sat 21

MEN’S U18s vs West Brom

@ Staplewood, midday

MEN’S FIRST TEAM vs Aston Villa

@ St Mary’s, 3pm

> Sun 22

Durham vs WOMEN

@ Maiden Castle Sports Park,

midday

> Mon 23

Derby County vs MEN’S B TEAM

@ Loughborough University, 7pm

> Tue 24

MEN’S FIRST TEAM vs Newcastle

@ St Mary’s, 8pm

> Fri 27

Middlesbrough vs MEN’S B TEAM

@ Rockcliffe Park, 1pm

> Sat 28

MEN’S U18s vs West Ham

@ Staplewood, midday

MEN’S FIRST TEAM vs Blackpool

@ St Mary’s, 3pm

> Tue 31

Newcastle vs MEN’S FIRST TEAM

@ St James’ Park, 8pm

FEBRUARY 2023

> Sat 4

MEN’S U18s vs Aston Villa

@ Staplewood, 11am

Brentford vs MEN’S FIRST TEAM

@ Gtech Community Stadium, 3pm

> Sun 5

WOMEN vs Crystal Palace

@ St Mary’s, 2pm

> Sat 11

Aston Villa vs MEN’S U18s

@ Bodymoor Heath, 11am

MEN’S FIRST TEAM vs Wolves

@ St Mary’s, 3pm

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sOUTHAMPTON FC

WOMEN UPDATE

SAINTS FALL TO FIRST

DEFEAT SINCE AUGUST

Saints suffered a

losing start to 2023

as a stubborn Lewes

team took all three points

away from St Mary’s in the

Barclays Women’s

Championship.

Courtesy of a fast start, the

first shooting opportunity

arose in the 13th minute when

Georgie Freeland stepped

inside from the left wing,

bending her right-footed effort

goalward and almost over the

head of Lewes goalkeeper

Sophie Whitehouse via a hefty

deflection.

From the resulting corner,

Saints worked the ball back

cleverly to Lucia Kendall who

whipped in an enticing cross

toward the far post, but she

was denied an assist through

some brave defending from the

away side, who managed to

get a block on the ball before

hacking it to safety.

More heroics were required

shortly after in the 25th

minute when Katie Wilkinson

stole the ball in the middle

of the park and set flying

full-back Ella Morris through

on goal with an excellent pass,

the defender taking a touch

before firing her effort across

goal from an increasingly tight

angle, forcing Whitehouse into

an impressive fingertip stop.

Emily Kraft’s header shocked

Saints just 10 minutes later,

though, the defender towering

at the far post to meet an

in-swinging corner, evading the

gloves of Kayla Rendell from

close range, and propelling her

side into the lead against the

run of play in the 37th minute.

In the eight minutes that

followed the goal, Saints found

themselves on the receiving

Katie Wilkinson receives a hard challenge while battling for the ball.

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Alice Griffiths applauds Saints support at St Mary’s.

end of further bad news as

Megan Collett was forced off

through injury, Megan Wynne

taking her place.

After the half-time interval,

Saints started brightly as they

looked to level proceedings.

A first opportunity to do so

came almost instantly courtesy

of Alice Griffiths’ driving

run from deep midfield, the

Welshwoman taking on and

skilfully beating two players.

She then fed Sophia Pharoah

with a reverse pass, which she

subsequently flicked behind

her and into the path of

teammate Wilkinson, but the

final effort on goal was bravely

blocked by the onrushing

Whitehouse, who read the

situation well.

After a lively start, the game

reduced to a simmer until the

75th minute when Rendell

was called into action to

save Kraft’s header from

close proximity following an

in-swinging set-piece. With

15 minutes left to play, Saints

looked to step on the gas...

Substitute Ella Pusey would be

the next to test Whitehouse,

Substitute Ella Pusey looks dejected after

the frustrating defeat.

her instinctive snap-shot from

just inside the area forcing the

goalkeeper down low to dig the

ball out from her right post,

making another superb stop to

add to the ever-growing list.

A left-sided free-kick from just

outside the box in the dying

embers may have offered a

route back into the game, but

Kendall couldn’t keep her strike

down to the despair of the

2,000-strong home support,

who couldn’t believe their side

were going to come away from

St Mary’s empty handed after

such a hearty performance.

After the match a disappointed

Alice Griffiths said: “We just

want to go and put things right

and kick on. We wanted to win,

and we didn’t do that. We’ll

start afresh this week and go

again against Durham.”

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#26

Carlos

Alcaraz

“I knew it

would be a

challenge in

my career, so I

wanted to take

it, knowing I

was joining a

great club.”

The arrival of Carlos Alcaraz as

Southampton’s second signing of the

January transfer window reaffirmed Saints’

commitment to youth. Talented and fiery,

the 20-year-old Argentinian is a bundle of

energy right up for the fight of keeping

Saints in the Premier League…

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saints / 15

Southampton’s

second

signing of

the January

transfer window has

echoes of the club’s

summer recruitment

strategy, as Argentinian

youngster Carlos Alcaraz

was welcomed to St

Mary’s on a four-and-ahalf-year

contract.

Whilst the capture of

30-year-old Croatian

World Cup star Mislav

Oršić signalled that

Saints are also prepared

to acquire players at the

peak of their powers,

Alcaraz, ten years his

junior, is the type of

long-term project Saints’

reputation in the market

has been built on.

‘Charly’, as he is known

in his homeland, arrives

in England as one

of South America’s

brightest prospects.

A combative, feisty

midfield player, Alcaraz

has a relentless engine

and the ability to go

from box to box, with his

well-timed runs into the

opposition penalty area

earning him nine goals for

former employers Racing

Club last season, whose

league campaign drew

to a close in October.

His last goal for Racing

was perfectly timed – two

minutes from the end

of extra time to win the

Trofeo de Campeones,

Argentina’s version

“I really like

Ward-Prowse’s

game… I think

it’ll be very

helpful for me

to watch him

and have him

as a teammate.”

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of the Community

Shield, against Boca

Juniors, on his final

appearance for the club.

Fittingly, it came

through ghosting into

the box and heading

home a cross, which

had already become

Alcaraz’s trademark

when still a teenager.

That was not the end

of the drama, however,

as his goal sparked a

sequence of events that

became global news,

as seven players were

sent off in the melee

that followed, including

Alcaraz himself for

removing his shirt and

celebrating in front of

the Boca Juniors fans.

That took the total of

red cards in the final to

ten, with seven going

to Boca players, forcing

the referee to end the

game early and award

the trophy to Racing.

All in all, it was an

eventful way to bow out

for Alcaraz, who made

his Premier League

debut last weekend, two

months on from that

extraordinary send-off.

It perhaps goes some

way to explaining why

the 20-year-old hopes

Saints can help him

improve by being “calmer

on the pitch”, but this is

a player with enormous

potential to complement

the fire in his belly, whose

“My attributes

include

shooting from

outside the

box, headers

and getting

into the box.

That’s what I

really like.”

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exploits back home

had caught the eye of

Champions League clubs.

“I’m thrilled to be at this

club, it’s fantastic,” he

said, speaking in his

first interview as a

Saint, via a translator.

“After my first few hours

at the club facilities, I can

see how great it is and

I’m delighted to be here.

“It’s a brilliant club. I’ve

seen lots of videos about

how everything works

at the club, so that’s

what convinced me.

“I knew it would be a

challenge in my career,

so I wanted to take it,

knowing I was joining a

great club, and that’s just

what I’ve found here.”

Alcaraz has very little

grasp of English, but his

agent speaks it well, and,

more pressingly, Saints

boss Nathan Jones is

fluent in Spanish, the

language of Argentinians.

“I’ve only spoken to him

briefly. We talked about

where I’d like to play

and some other things,”

Alcaraz revealed.

“It’s really good to know

that the coach speaks

Spanish because that’ll

help me over the first

few days in terms of

understanding the way

he and his coaching staff

train and work in general.”

Among his new

teammates, Spaniard

Juan Larios is only a year

younger than Alcaraz,

while the new boy has a

compatriot in five-cap

Argentina international

Willy Caballero, both

of whom will help

him settle.

His 30-minute cameo at

Goodison Park was, by

Jones’s admission, longer

than planned, given

Alcaraz’s gruelling week

and having gone two

months without playing,

but will serve him well.

“He’ll get better,” Jones

said after the game. “I

don’t think he suddenly

pulled up any trees with

his performance today,

but he only arrived late

Tuesday night after being

stuck on the M3 and

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then did his medicals

all day Wednesday.

“He watched us play

Manchester City

and then did a little

session on Thursday

and then he’s into a

Premier League game.

“It’s quite a story and I

didn’t envisage putting

him on for so long, but

we felt we’ve got to

get him up to speed,

which was a brave

decision considering the

magnitude of the game,

but we feel that once he

gets up to speed we will

see a real quality player.”

Introduced with the

scores level, Alcaraz

watched James Ward-

Prowse win the game for

Saints with a textbook

free-kick 12 minutes

from time – his second

goal of the day.

Alcaraz had already

expressed his admiration

for his new captain

at his unveiling.

“I really like Ward-

Prowse’s game – I

don’t know if I’ve

said that right!” he

laughed, sheepishly.

“I really like the way he

plays because he has the

same dynamic as me in

terms of driving forward. I

think it’ll be very helpful

for me to watch him and

have him as a teammate.

“He’s very good at freekicks!

I really like his

shooting technique.

I’m going to learn a lot

with him by my side.”

“My attributes include

shooting from outside the

box, headers and getting

into the box,” Alcaraz

said of his own game.

“That’s what I really like.

“I enjoy linking up with my

teammates, I try to push

forward and drive towards

goal. I think those are

some of my attributes.

“I’d like to improve my

game and maybe be

calmer on the pitch, so

that I develop in the

best way possible.

“I always want to keep my

cool and the club will help

me do that. I’d say that’s

also one of the reasons

why I’ve come here.”

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“Playing for

the national

team is one

of my dreams,

but I know

I’ll have to

work hard for

that. I hope it

happens one

day.”

In the immediate term,

Saints have acquired a

fighter with an eye for

goal ready to get stuck

into the club’s quest for

Premier League survival.

In the longer term,

Alcaraz dreams of

following in the footsteps

of his countrymen,

inspired by Argentina’s

World Cup triumph in

Qatar last month that

sparked a tidal wave of

emotion on the streets

of Buenos Aires, an

hour north of his home

city of La Plata.

“I’m really excited to play

and train,” he said. “I’m

here to give 100 per cent

for this club and for the

shirt. I can’t wait to get

to know my teammates.

I’ll give my all.

“It was wonderful to

see Argentina win the

World Cup for the first

time in many years,

so it was brilliant.

“Of course, I dream of

playing for Argentina. I

know I have to work

very hard to get there.

“Playing for the national

team is one of my dreams,

but I know I’ll have to

work hard for that. I hope

it happens one day.”

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Saints Goal

kickstarted for the

New Year thanks to

Vitality

Saints Foundation’s popular fitness programme, Saints

Goal, will return for a special New Year cohort, supported by

Southampton Football Club’s official wellness partner, health

and life insurer Vitality.

The newly refreshed health

and wellbeing programme –

consisting of a one-off 12-week

course which kicked off on

Wednesday 18th January – will

be based at the Southampton

Football Club stadium and

training ground, and aims to

support adults aged 35+ to live

healthy, active lifestyles.

The programme is part of

Southampton Football Club’s

commitment to support the

people of Southampton to live

healthy and active lives. Saints

Goal aims to give all participants

the tools they need to continue

to live a healthy and active

lifestyle after the face-to-face

support has concluded.

Taking a holistic approach to

health, those taking part will

be taken through how to eat

well and stay active, and the

associated health benefits

of doing so. The programme

will additionally incentivise

participants to make healthy

choices by providing rewards

when they do so.

The programme will conclude

with a celebration event for

participants on 15th April 2023,

with participants taking part in a

parkrun, followed by the men’s

first team game, Southampton

vs Crystal Palace at St Mary’s

Stadium.

Greg Baker, Director of Saints

Foundation & Community, said:

“We are delighted to be able

to continue our Saints Goal

programme for another group of

participants in 2023.

“Over the last few years, the

programme has supported

more than 250 people across our

city to change their lives for the

better and now, with Vitality’s

brilliant support, we can give it a

whole new lease of life.

“We would like to say a heartfelt

thank you to Vitality for enabling

the programme to continue

making a difference in the local

community.”

Nick Read, Managing Director at

Vitality, said: “We’re pleased to

be able to support Southampton

FC with the Saints Goal

programme, as they look to

support local people to get more

active and live healthier lives.

“Our partnership with

Southampton FC forms

an important part of our

commitment to our core purpose,

to make people healthier and to

enhance and protect their lives.”

For more information about

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OUR FOUNDATION

MARCHES ON!

Saints Foundation

is the charity of

Southampton

Football Club – we’re the

club’s way of connecting

with the local community.

Every year, we help

thousands of people live

healthier, happier lives, to

fulfil their potential and

feel proud of their city.

And 2023 is lining up to be

no different – from the

Saints Women providing a

special day for our schools

programme, to an exciting

new fundraising challenge.

There’s lots to get our

teeth into already…

SAINTS WOMEN

AT WOODLANDS

Last week saw Woodlands

College, one of our Community

Champion partner secondary

schools, welcome members of

the Saints Women first team

for a special coaching session.

Ella Pusey, Sophia Pharoah

and Paige Peake joined the

Woodlands Senior Girls team’s

after-school club, offering

insight, advice and positive

reinforcement to help develop

their players.

The trio spent time coaching

the girls through competitive

games but soon decided

management wasn’t for them,

swapping the sidelines for the

pitch and getting stuck in!

The girls enjoyed the

opportunity to see first-hand

the level our Women’s Team

now operate at, and grilled

Ella, Sophia and Paige on their

pathways into the professional

game. Let’s hope to see the

stars of tomorrow coming out

of Woodlands very soon!

Community Champions runs

in nine of the city’s secondary

schools, with a member of

the Saints Foundation team

working full-time with their

pupils to raise aspirations and

improve attainment. One of

their focuses is encouraging

more female participation in

football and using sport as

a way to shape leadership

potential in girls across

Southampton.

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BENALI

ON TOUR

Nearly four years on from his

“Iron Fran” challenge, Franny

Benali is swapping running

shoes for hiking boots to lead

a group of fundraisers in a new

endurance challenge – and you

could be one of them!

Join Benali “On Tour” and take

on a marathon-length trek

along the beautiful South

Downs Way from Brighton to

Eastbourne. You and a small

group of fellow fundraisers will

walk alongside Franny from

dawn to dusk, a unique way to

get to know a true legend of

our club.

This incredible coastal trek

starts just outside Brighton

and takes you on 26.2 miles

of testing, undulating terrain

before finishing at Beachy

Head. You will cross Firle

Beacon, for stunning views

of the coast, before heading

down to the Seven Sisters

and finishing the trek along

this most incredible stretch of

cliff tops before finishing atop

Beachy Head.

What better way to kick off

2023 by channelling the Iron

Fran mindset and making a

real difference to people’s lives

in Southampton?

There are limited numbers

so don’t miss out on this

exclusive experience to join

Benali On Tour as he takes

on the South Downs Way

Challenge!

@SFC_Foundation @saintsfoundation @saints_foundation

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

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32 / On This Day

34 / Once Known At This Address

36 / my favourite match

32 / saints

january

21

BY Duncan Holley

Looking back at

three Saints

matches played on

this date...

21ST JANUARY 1961

Saints victories on this

particular day are infrequent,

in fact only three post-war

league matches have ended in

wins. The first was in 1960/61

when, in a Second Division

game, Middlesbrough were

despatched 3-2 at The Dell

thanks to a Terry Paine shot

which took a deflection, a

Derek Reeves special and a

Harry Penk finish from 12 yards.

21ST JANUARY 1978

Seventeen years later and

Saints were back in the Second

Division but were mounting

a serious challenge for one of

the two automatic promotion

places. Notts County were the

visitors and for 20-year-old

Tim Coak, a local boy from

Portswood, it was his home

debut. The Football Echo

headline (see right) gives

two-goal Phil Boyer the credit

for Saints’ 3-1 victory which

only became comfortable in

the 89th minute when Steve

Williams flicked home from

close range. Most of the 20,174

in attendance went home

happy, even though Saints’

main rivals for promotion,

Bolton and Spurs, both also

posted wins. Many of that

crowd would have bought this

same Football Echo on the way

home, paying the princely sum

of 7p and would take extra

pleasure in noting that while

Saints were still tucked nicely

in third, along the South Coast,

managerless Portsmouth were

struggling third from bottom

of the Third Division.

They would have also learnt

Bournemouth had been held

1-1 at Dean Court in a Fourth

Division clash with Scunthorpe

and Johnny Giles had just

resigned as the Republic of

Ireland’s manager. Meanwhile,

the weather had virtually

wiped-out football north of

the border. Inside, on page

three, Peter East’s “With the

Saints” column focused on the

recent beating of Grimsby in

the FA Cup, after two replays

and looked forward to the

forthcoming Fourth Round tie

at Bristol Rovers while also

featuring a caricature of Saints

young defender Mike Pickering.

Further into the paper there

were photos of Netley Central

Sports, currently topping

Division 1 of the Hampshire

League, Southampton Senior

Division 2 side, Old Edwardians

and a smart looking Colden

Common squad who were

leading the Southampton

Sunday morning League.

The Football Echo first

appeared on Southampton

streets in 1898 and picking

one up on the way home from

a match became a ritual for

Saints fans that lasted well

over 100 years. Indeed, it often

found its way all over the world

and was the only way, back

then, that fans could keep up

to date with the goings on at

the club. It is sorely missed by

fans of the Saints and local

football. It has provided an

archive of the club’s fortunes

and without it there would

be no history books on

Southampton FC.

21ST JANUARY 2020

Before drowning in the

nostalgia of how better

things used to be, we end

with a brief mention of our

last win on this date, which

came just three years ago

when Nathan Redmond and

Stuart Armstrong goals were

responsible for a 2-0 win at

Crystal Palace. This elevated us

into the top half of the table.

Now that is nostalgia worth

wallowing in.

saints / 33

34 / saints

ONCE

KNOWN

AT THIS

ADDRESS

Southampton . Southampton .

BY BARRY WEBB

WITH STEVEN DAVIS

Today I feature a

much-admired player

who is no doubt

respected by Saints and Aston

Villa supporters alike:

midfielder Steven Davis MBE...

Born in Ballymena, County

Antrim, Northern Ireland on

New Year’s Day 1985, Steven

started at Belfast-based St

Andrew’s Boys Club before

moving to Villa in 2002,

making his first professional

appearance as a substitute

on 18th September 2004.

By October 2005, he was a

regular, missing only one

game in the 2005/06 season

when he was named Young

Player of the Year, Fans Player

of the Year as well as Player

of the Year. During his three

seasons at Villa he made a

total of 91 league appearances

and scored five goals.

In 2007 he transfered

to Fulham, but after 22

appearances, moved to Glasgow

Rangers – the club he had

supported as a lad – initially

on loan for six months, then

on a four-year contract.

Following the insolvency of

Rangers in 2012, he became

a free agent which led to him

signing a three-year contract

Steven celebrates his goal in our win over

Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on 3rd October 2015.

with the Saints on 6th July

2012, coinciding with our

return to the Premier League.

The deal was subsequently

extended to 2016 but in October

2014, he signed another to

keep him at Southampton

until 2018 – and in June 2016

extended again until 2019.

In all competitions, Steven

made 226 Saints appearances,

scoring 14 goals – including

two in a league match for

the first time in a memorable

2-1 away win at Spurs in May

2016. He made his 200th

appearance on 16th September

2017 against Crystal Palace,

scoring in the 1-0 win.

I spoke to Steven recently about

his time at Southampton: “I

loved it, first and foremost.

When you go to a new club it’s

a bit unknown but plans for the

Premier League made it a really

exciting time. I loved everything

the club stood for and how they

wanted to progress. Obviously

there was a special group of

players there at the time.”

Steven made his debut in our

first match on return to the

Premier League on 19th August

2012, away to champions

Manchester City. He scored

to put us 2-1 ahead only three

minutes after coming off

the bench – what he calls a

“perfect debut”. Although we

eventually lost, he feels that

“we showed that we could

compete at that level”.

He says that playing in the

Europa League was a whole

experience of “being back at

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In action against West Bromwich Albion in September 2015 – wearing not quite the green of his

beloved Northern Ireland.

that level”. Although we didn’t

get past the early stages in

2015/16, Steven remembers

2016/17 as “really special” for

him and the fans, “playing

against massive clubs like

Inter Milan, home and away”.

In January 2019, Steven returned

to Rangers on a six-month

loan, then signed a permanent

contract. His 300th appearance

for the club in January came

in an unbeaten season when

they won the 2020/21 title –

their first since 2011. He

admits to the disappointment

that it happened during the

Covid pandemic with fans

missing at many matches.

A serious knee injury sustained

last December means that he is

out for the rest of the season,

which is when his contract runs

out. He told me that it’s far too

early to look long term but as

his rehabilitation progresses he

will have talks with the club.

Asked about how his wife feels

about having him around the

house, Steven laughed – “She’s

not too pleased!” – but added

that it for once meant he could

spend more time with his three

children over the festive period.

Playing for Northern Ireland

is, he says, “very special for

me”. He made his full debut

for his country in February

2005 and he played in the 1-0

victory over England in a World

Cup qualifier in September

2005. His first international

goal came against Wales in

October 2005, then in 2006,

he became Northern Ireland’s

youngest modern-day captain.

His two goals against Greece in

October 2015 helped Northern

Ireland to qualify for the

finals of Euro 2016. He recalls

that “as one of the smaller”

countries this meant so much

to “the group and the whole

country”. Steven became their

most-capped player when, in

October 2020, he made his

120th appearance against

Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Steven was awarded an MBE

in the 2017 Queen’s Birthday

Honours list, for services to

football: we too owe him our

gratitude for his considerable

contribution to the history of

Southampton Football Club.

Other players who have appeared* for the Saints and Aston Villa include John Burridge, Peter Crouch, Mark Draper, Stuart Gray, Danny

Ings, Hassan Kachloul, Alan Mcloughlin, Chris Nicholl, Kevin Phillips, Kevin Richardson, Paul Rideout, Matt Targett, Andy Townsend and

Mark Walters. * at least one appearance, permanent and/or on loan. Photos from the Holley collection.

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My

Match

BY MARK FICKLING

Today’s guest writer

is Mark Fickling who

has written

extensively for the

Hagiology historians and

who celebrated 60 seasons

following the Saints in

2021/22. Hearing about this

series Mark asked to report a

match that holds special

memories for him and his

family. The date: 16th May

2015. The match:

Southampton vs Aston

Villa...

What could be arranged to

celebrate the 70th birthday of

my friend and lifelong Saints

fan, Bob Phillips? – a question

asked by his wife Alice. The

answer: hospitality in the

Our young record-breaker Sadio Mané.

President’s Lounge for the

last home game of the season

against Villa, close to Bob’s

birthday on 21st May.

With the lounge opening twoand-a-half

hours before the

12.45 kick-off, it meant picking

up Bob and Alice at eight

o’clock. But it was a glorious

sunny day, full of promise.

Alice kept the secret from

Bob for as long as possible

but neither of them knew

that Bob’s daughter Betty and

grandson Oscar – both Saints

fanatics – had travelled down

from Northumberland to join us

for the match. En route, making

an excuse about the car having

a problem, I pulled into the

Travelodge in The Avenue for us

to meet them.

The 2014/15 season was the

first for manager Ronald

Koeman and there was a chance

of qualification for Europe.

However, the Saints’ form

had dipped recently with only

one win and one draw in the

previous six games. Sensing

that the Villa match might be

an anti-climax, it turned out to

be a record-breaker.

The match exploded into life

when Graziano Pellè scored –

only for it to be ruled out by a

hotly disputed offside decision

which was later shown to be

incorrect. If VAR had existed

then and the goal had stood,

would the sequence that

followed have been the same?

A keeper’s eye view of Mané’s first goal... if he had been between the posts to see it!

saints / 37

Shane Long’s Goal of the Season – 5-0 to Southampton.

In the 13th minute Pellè flicked

the ball on for our Senegalese

winger Sadio Mané to score.

Sadio revealed later that, as he

ambled back for the restart, the

referee Robert Madley called

to him, “Hey Mané, come on!”

When he scored again with a

simple finish in the 14th minute

he was told by the referee that

he would give him a yellow card if

he continued his slow walk back.

He scored his third and best

goal in the 16th minute

following what Sadio described

as “the perfect ball across”

from Shane Long. This time

the referee told him that he

had broken the Premier League

record for the fastest hat-trick

– three goals in 176 seconds.

During that time the ball was in

play, astonishingly, for under a

minute. The 21-year-old record

– four minutes and 33 seconds

– by Robbie Fowler sounds

pedestrian by comparison.

Surely Sadio’s record will never

be broken.

More was to follow. Shane Long

enjoyed one of his best games

that day, adding two goals to

his assist for Sadio’s third. His

second was a 40-yard effort

that flew over the hapless Shay

Given to make it 5-0. That strike

was voted Goal of the Season

at the SFC Awards ceremony at

the end of the campaign.

Unfortunately, the Saints

conceded just before half-time:

Christian Benteke planted a fine

header past Paulo Gazzaniga

from a corner. But Graziano

Pellè did finally get on the score

sheet 10 minutes from time,

slamming home a cross from

Sadio – no offside this time.

Villa were thrashed by Arsenal

(4-0) in the FA Cup final a

fortnight later, allowing seventhplaced

Southampton to crown

their season by sneaking into the

Europa League.

So, was there a particular highlight

for Bob on his special day?

Was it the extraordinary hattrick

by Sadio? Or was it Shane’s

goal of the season? Or was it

meeting his all-time hero at

half-time, Mr President himself,

the legendary Terry Paine, over

from South Africa? Bob did not

even have to leave his seat as

Terry graciously wished him,

“Happy 70th birthday”. Perhaps

it was meeting other Saints

greats in hospitality or some

of the current squad in the car

park after the game?

Without doubt it was the whole

fantastic day that has lingered

in the memory.

It is not always easy being

a Saints fan but sometimes

the football gods do smile on

us. That day they positively

beamed on us.

Footnote: the fastest ever

hat-trick in league football

scored by James Hayter for AFC

Bournemouth against Wrexham

on 24th January 2004: 142

seconds.

SAINTS: Gazzaniga, Clyne, Fonte,

Alderweireld, Bertrand, Davis (Yoshida

72), Mané, Wanyama, Ward-Prowse

(Djuričić 80), Long, Pellè (Elia 85).

VILLA: Given, Vlaar, Ocore, Bacuna

(Lowton 67), Hutton, Cleverley,

Westwood, Delph, N’Zogbia

(Agbonlahor 57), Grealish (Sinclair 82),

Benteke.

With thanks to the report in Match Of

The New Millennium (Hagiology, 2016),

editors David Bull and Barry Webb.

Photos from the Holley collection.

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aston

villa

club

factfile:

FORMED

1874

NICKNAME

The Villans

STADIUM

Villa Park

CAPACITY

42,777

2021/22

14th in Premier League

FA Cup third round

League Cup third

round

HONOURS

7 top-flight titles

2 second-tier titles

7 FA Cups

5 League Cups

1 European Cup

Aside from an embarrassing FA

Cup third round exit at home to

League Two Stevenage, Aston

Villa’s transformation under

new boss Unai Emery has been

nothing short of exceptional.

The former Arsenal gaffer

replaced Steven Gerrard in

November after the Liverpool

legend had been dismissed

following a dismal start to the

season in which they had won

just twice in the league and

only sat above the relegation

places on goals scored.

Under Emery, however, Villa

have quickly turned things

around, winning four games

from eight to move up to

mid-table, 10 points clear of

the drop zone. That run has

included victories over highflying

Manchester United,

Brighton & Hove Albion and

Tottenham Hotspur.

After leaving his role at Rangers,

ex-England international

Gerrard’s tenure at Villa as

successor to Dean Smith lasted

less than a year following just

13 wins from 40 league games.

Gerrard’s high-profile signings

included Barcelona forward

Phillipe Coutinho, Sevilla

defender Diego Carlos and

French midfielder Boubacar

Kamara. A further £13m was

spent on Wolverhampton

Wanderers defender Leander

Dendoncker. However, Carlos

suffered a serious ankle injury

on his home debut and Kamara

has only just returned to action

following a knee ligament injury

sustained against Southampton.

Emery’s first move in the

January window saw Villa

snap up Spanish left-back

Álex Moreno for £13.2m

from Real Betis.

recent results:

26.12.22

01.01.23

04.01.23

08.01.23

13.01.23

1 3

0 2

1 1

1 2

2 1

Watkins

Premier League

Buendía, Luiz

Premier League

Ings

Premier League

Sanson

FA Cup

Bailey, Buendía

Premier League

saints / 41

THE BOSS:

UNAI EMERY

SPANISH / AGE: 51

Aston Villa’s appointment of Unai Emery was a sign of the club’s

ambition. Emery is a European specialist, having won the Europa

League three seasons in a row at Sevilla before lifting the trophy

again with Villarreal when they beat Manchester United in 2021. The

Spanish club also reached last year’s Champions League semi-finals

under Emery. Emery returned to England with something of a point to

prove following his sacking by Arsenal in 2019. His 18-month stint at

the Emirates has been painted as a failure, but tasked with following

Arsène Wenger, Arsenal finished fifth in his full season in charge,

and he led the Gunners to the Europa League final where they lost

to Chelsea. A former midfielder as a player, Emery’s management

career began in his native Spain in 2004 with Lorca Deportiva. He later

enjoyed league and cup success with Paris Saint-Germain prior to his

arrival at Arsenal.

ONE TO WATCH:

EMILIANO MARTÍNEZ

ARGENTINIAN / AGE: 30

A World Cup winner with Argentina last month where he performed

heroics in the penalty shootout victory over France, Emiliano Martínez

is now in his third season at Villa Park. The towering goalkeeper ended

a 10-year association with Arsenal to move to Villa in September

2020, lifting the FA Cup in his final act as a Gunner. The colourful

character had joined Arsenal from Independiente, but his first-team

appearances in north London were interspersed with six spells out

on loan. Martínez, who saved a penalty on his Premier League debut

for Villa, played every minute of his first campaign with the club and

was named Player of the Season at the end of that term. He kept 11

clean sheets last season and has three to his name in 17 appearances

this time around. Capped 26 times by his country, he won the Golden

Glove in Qatar.

Ten-year record:

11 th

15 th 15 th

premier

league

CHAMPIONSHIP

17 th

20 th

13 th

17 th

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

4 th

5 th

14 th

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predicted xi

1

18

4

GOALKEEPER

EMILIANO

MARTÍNEZ

RIGHT-BACK

ASHLEY

YOUNG

CENTRE-BACK

EZRI

KONSA

15

41

44

LEFT-BACK

ÁLEX

MORENO

RIGHT MIDFIELD

JACOB

RAMSEY

CENTRE MIDFIELD

BOUBACAR

KAMARA

10

9

31

LEFT MIDFIELD

CENTRE-FORWARD

CENTRE-FORWARD

EMILIANO

BUENDÍA

DANNY

INGS

LEON

BAILEY

saints / 43

formation: [4-4-2]

5

BAILEY

INGS

BUENDÍA

RAMSEY

CENTRE-BACK

LUIZ

KAMARA

TYRONE

MINGS

6

MORENO

YOUNG

MINGS

konsa

CENTRE MIDFIELD

MARTíNEZ

DOUGLAS

LUIZ

Notes from Sam Tighe,

tactics writer:

HEAD COACH

UNAI

EMERY

> Watkins and Digne came

off injured last weekend,

so Emery may be forced to

tweak his typical XI

> Moreno is a new arrival

at left-back; he’s still

adjusting to Premier League

life

> Ex-Saint Ings could get

the call up front if Watkins

is injured

> Kamara, back to full

fitness, has been Villa’s star

man through the Emery

reign

tactical

watch BY sam tighe

What shape are Aston Villa

in ahead of this encounter?

If there’s a club in the Premier

League that can match

Southampton (and Arsenal)

for high spirits right now, it’s

probably Villa. They feel like a

team in a good place and are

steadily climbing the Premier

League table.

Like Saints, they switched

managers just before the

World Cup, hiring Unai Emery

from Villarreal, and it’s had

quite the effect at Villa Park:

they’ve taken 13 points from

their last six games, including

wins over Manchester United

and Tottenham Hotspur.

They’ve scored in every game

Emery has presided over and

competed hard in each one too,

with a new tactical blueprint so

far proving a recipe for success.

What is Villa’s tactical

identity under Emery?

First and foremost, Emery’s

Villa have been defensively

solid. They line up in a 4-4-2

formation that demands

plenty of defensive work rate

from the wingers, while the

centre-backs are protected by

a responsible midfield pivot of

Boubacar Kamara and Douglas

Luiz.

In games against extremely

possession-dominant sides,

like Spurs and United, the

wingers tracked the opposing

full-backs all the way back

while their own full-backs

tucked into a narrow position,

creating a 6-2-2 look. It was

near-impossible to break

down.

To suggest they pride

themselves on clean sheets

would be an understatement;

Tyrone Mings recently

admitted they’re so focused on

that side of the game, they’re

even celebrating offside calls.

On the ball, they play short

from the goalkeeper and

circulate it around the

backline, attempting to bait

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HEAD TO HEAD

Statistics

Overall

P83 W29 D23 L31

At St Mary’s

P12 W5 D3 L4

MEMORABLE

MOMENT

Sadio Mané celebrates his

record-breaking hat-trick at

Villa’s expense. The winger

scored three times in just

two minutes 56 seconds

en route to a 6-1 rout at St

Mary’s in 2015.

an opponent’s press and draw

the defensive line up onto the

halfway line, which creates

space in behind.

From there, they’ll try to feed

it into Kamara, who in turn will

try to release a speedy forward

in behind – typically either

Ollie Watkins or Leon Bailey.

Where can Southampton

find joy against this Villa

side?

If Saints opt for a pressing

strategy, it will need to be

perfectly executed. Villa have

drawn several opponents onto

them and then played straight

through them of late (Leeds

United being a prime example),

so it comes with risk attached.

There’s a potential plus

matchup for Southampton

on the left flank; if Samuel

Edozie can emulate parts of

Wilfried Gnonto’s twisting,

turning performance from last

weekend, 38-year-old rightback

Ashley Young could be in

for another stern examination.

The battle between those two

was quite the sight, with Young

using every trick in the book (in

addition to showing remarkable

fitness and mobility for his age)

to keep Gnonto at bay for as

long as possible.

On the other flank, Álex

Moreno made an abrupt debut

off the bench last weekend

and struggled to immediately

match the rhythm and pace of

the Premier League. He’s one

week wiser now but may still

struggle at some points.

Lastly, you can’t even consider

a Southampton attacking

move right now without

envisioning James Ward-

Prowse at the heart of it,

whose free-kick radar is as

strong as ever.

saints / 47

48 / saints

ROUND 1

SPOT THE

DIFFERENCE

Can you identify the five differences

between these Saints snaps? /5

saints / 49

ROUND 2

SAINTS SUM

Can you work out the answer using

current squad numbers? /2

Ward-Prowse

Salisu

Maitland-Niles

+ ÷ =

?

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

50 / saints

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. How many goals has James

Ward-Prowse scored for

Saints?

/1

2. Who scored his first Saints

goal in the Carabao Cup win

over Man City?

/1

3. Who will Saints face in

Emirates FA Cup fourth round?

/1

how did you do?: / 20

saints / 51

today’s

mascots

NAME / FRED TUFNELL

AGE / 11

FAVOURITE PLAYERS /

JAMES WARD-PROWSE AND

STUART ARMSTRONG

HOBBIES AND INTERESTS /

DRAWING AND PLAYING THE FRENCH

HORN. WOULD LOVE TO PLAY FOR

SAINTS BRASS ONE DAY!

NAME / JACK PALMER

AGE / 7

FAVOURITE PLAYER / TYRONE MINGS

HOBBIES AND INTERESTS /

FOOTBALL, BOXING AND GAMING

SCORE PREDICTION /

SAINTS 1–3 VILLA

SCORE PREDICTION /

SAINTS 2–1 VILLA

ANSWERS: SPOT THE DIFFERENCE - 1. Plastic chain on far left has changed to all red, 2. The Saints badge on

Salisu’s shorts has been removed, 3. Diallo’s ‘SFC’ on his right sock has gone, 4. Lavia’s left boot has changed

colour, 5. Extra ‘L’ added to Hummel on advertisement board; SAINTS SUM - Ché Adams (10); SHOUT OUT TO MY EX

- Adam Armstrong – Bolton, Ainsley Maitland-Niles – West Brom, Willy Caballero – Man City; WHO AM I? - Kyle

Walker-Peters; SPOT THE BALL - C; ON THE ROAD - Amex Stadium, Brighton; QUICK QUIZ - 1. 51, 2. Sékou Mara,

3. BLACKPOOL.

52 / saints

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DEDICATIONS

1. Wishing our amazing son,

George Knight, a very happy

13th birthday. A teenager at

last! We hope you enjoy the

game. Lots of love from mum,

dad and Jack xxx

2. Happy birthday to our

amazing dad Phil Wiseman on

his birthday. Lots of love from

Connor, Amelia, Harry, Freddie

and Theo x. COYS!

3. Happy birthday to Logan

Mattick, who was eight on 11th

January, and Oscar Hazelton,

who turns eight tomorrow.

The boys are at their first ever

game today with their friend

Freddie Powell. All three

pictured (on the far right) with

their teammates from Oakfield

Youth U8s Merlins.

4. Happy 19th birthday to

Scot Naylor, a huge Saints fan

whose birthday is on Monday.

Enjoy the match! Come on you

Saints.

5. Happy birthday to Seb

Robinson (lifelong Saints fan

and season ticket holder in the

Itchen Stand) who will be 17

on 31st January. Sending lots

of love from mum, Matt, Roo,

Jane, Dash, Rio, Tibbie, Immie

and Percy the Pug xxx

6. Happy 13th birthday,

Harry! Here’s to a home win

to celebrate! Lots of love from

mum, dad, Eleanora and the

cats xxx

7. JC, from your colleagues

at the club and particularly

everyone within the media

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team, wishing you all the

very best for your final match

and good luck in your new

adventure. We’ll miss you!

8. Happy birthday to Matteo De

Angeli who turns 19 today and

is at the ground for the game!

9. Happy 11th birthday, Paul.

We hope you have a wonderful

day – love from mum, dad and

Lillie-Mai xxx

10. Wishing Molly McNamara

a very happy 18th birthday for

28th January .

11. Happy 18th birthday, Lucas!

We hope you enjoy the game.

Lots of love from mum, dad

and Anya xx

12. Welcoming a new Saints fan

to the world… Nora Baker, was

born in June 2022, and is now

already proudly wearing her

Saints kit. Mummy and daddy

(Anna and Greg) love you very

much, and are looking forward

to bringing you to a match at St

Mary’s in a few years-time!

13. Wishing Rich and Russ a

very happy birthday! Enjoy the

game today xxx

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From Freshwater, Isle

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lifelong, dedicated Saints

supporter and current

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celebrating the life of our

friend Ben Coe (1980-

2022). Love from Max,

Moody, Ryan, Peakey and

Jay.

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PLAYER

PROFILES

2022/23

1 ALEX MCCARTHY

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

2 0

2 KYLE WALKER-PETERS

APPS GLS

15 1

APPS GLS

0(1) 0

APPS GLS

2 0

3 AINSLEY MAITLAND-NILES

APPS GLS

5(5) 0

APPS GLS

1 0

APPS GLS

1(1) 0

4 LYANCO

APPS GLS

6(5) 0

APPS GLS

1 0

APPS GLS

4 0

6 DUJE ĆALETA-CAR

APPS GLS

6(3) 0

APPS GLS

1 0

APPS GLS

2(1) 0

7 JOE ARIBO

APPS GLS

11(7) 2

APPS GLS

1 0

APPS GLS

1(1) 0

8 JAMES WARD-PROWSE

APPS GLS

19 5

APPS GLS

1 1

APPS GLS

3 1

9 ADAM ARMSTRONG

APPS GLS

11(7) 1

APPS GLS

1 1

APPS GLS

4 0

10 CHÉ ADAMS

APPS GLS

16(2) 4

APPS GLS

1 0

APPS GLS

2(1) 4

11 MISLAV ORŠIć

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

0(1) 0

13 WILLY CABALLERO

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

0 0

15 ROMAIN PERRAUD

APPS GLS

12(5) 2

APPS GLS

1 0

APPS GLS

1(2) 0

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17 STUART ARMSTRONG

APPS GLS

7(10) 1

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

1(2) 0

18 SÉKOU MARA

APPS GLS

3(10) 0

APPS GLS

0(1) 0

APPS GLS

2(1) 1

19 MOUSSA DJENEPO

APPS GLS

6(5) 0

APPS GLS

0(1) 0

APPS GLS

2(2) 1

21 TINO LIVRAMENTO

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

0 0

22 MOHAMMED SALISU

APPS GLS

18 0

APPS GLS

1 0

APPS GLS

3 0

23 SAMUEL EDOZIE

APPS GLS

3(9) 0

APPS GLS

1 0

APPS GLS

1(1) 0

24 MOHAMED ELYOUNOUSSI

APPS GLS

16(2) 0

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

2(2) 0

26 CARLOS ALCARAAZ

APPS GLS

0(1) 0

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

0 0

27 IBRAHIMA DIALLO

APPS GLS

8(3) 0

APPS GLS

0(1) 0

APPS GLS

3 0

28 JUAN LARIOS

APPS GLS

2(3) 0

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

0 0

31 GAVIN BAZUNU

APPS GLS

19 0

APPS GLS

1 0

APPS GLS

2 0

32 THEO WALCOTT

APPS GLS

1(2) 0

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

0(2) 0

37 ARMEL BELLA-KOTCHAP

APPS GLS

13 0

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

1 0

45 ROMÉO LAVIA

APPS GLS

8(2) 1

APPS GLS

0 0

APPS GLS

1 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 1BELLA-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) 1-1* 20,457 J BROOKS MCCARTHY LYANCO CALETA-CAR SALISU DJENEPO WARD-PROWSE 1

SAT 12 3PM LIVERPOOL 1-3 53,331 S HOOPER BAZUNU BELLA-KOTCHAP CALETA-CAR SALISU PERRAUD WARD-PROWSE

DECEMBER 2022

TUE 20 7.45PM LINCOLN CITY (CC4) 2-1 17,385 J GILLETT BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BELLA-KOTCHAP LYANCO SALISU WARD-PROWSE

MON 26 3PM BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 1-3 31,010 R JONES BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS LYANCO SALISU PERRAUD WARD-PROWSE 1

SAT 31 3PM FULHAM 1-2 24,344 G SCOTT BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BELLA-KOTCHAP LYANCO SALISU WARD-PROWSE 1

JANUARY 2023

WED 04 7.30PM NOTTINGHAM FOREST 0-1 28,403 T BRAMALL BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BELLA-KOTCHAP LYANCO SALISU WARD-PROWSE

SAT 7 12.30PM CRYSTAL PALACE (FAC3) 2-1 20,320 D BOND BAZUNU LYANCO CALETA-CAR SALISU PERRAUD WARD-PROWSE 1

WED 11 8PM MANCHESTER CITY (CCQF) 2-0 22,996 P BANKES BAZUNU LYANCO CALETA-CAR SALISU WALKER-PETERS WARD-PROWSE

SAT 14 3PM EVERTON 1-2 39,305 J BROOKS BAZUNU LYANCO CALETA-CAR SALISU WALKER-PETERS WARD-PROWSE 2

SAT 21 3PM ASTON VILLA

TUE 24 8PM NEWCASTLE UNITED (CCSF1)

SAT 28 3PM BLACKPOOL (FAC4)

TUE 31 8PM NEWCASTLE UNITED (CCSF2)

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 WON 6-5 ON PENALTIES.

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, A. ARMSTRONG 61’, MARA 70’

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’, BALLARD 1 75’, MARA 66’

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

DIALLO EDOZIE ARIBO MARA A. ARMSTRONG CABALLERO, LAWRENCE, PAYNE , PERRAUD 45’, MAITLAND-NILES 60’, S. ARMSTRONG 77’, ELYOUNOUSSI 71’, WALCOTT 60’, MORGAN

LAVIA S. ARMSTRONG ELYOUNOUSSI ADAMS 1 A. ARMSTRONG MCCARTHY, LYANCO 72’, DIALLO, MAITLAND-NILES 59’, DJENEPO, ARIBO 82’, EDOZIE 59’, WALCOTT 58’, MARA

MAITLAND-NILES ELYOUNOUSSI PERRAUD ADAMS 2 A. ARMSTRONG MCCARTHY, CALETA-CAR 45’, DIALLO, S. ARMSTRONG 63’, DJENEPO 77’, EDOZIE 63’, ARIBO, WALCOTT 62’ , MARA

DIALLO DJENEPO EDOZIE ELYOUNOUSSI ADAMS CABALLERO, CALETA-CAR, BELLA-KOTCHAP , MAITLAND-NILES 54’, S. ARMSTRONG 45, ARIBO 45’, A. ARMSTRONG 84’, MORGAN, MARA 78’

MAITLAND-NILES EDOZIE ARIBO ELYOUNOUSSI ADAMS CABALLERO, FINNIGAN, CALETA-CAR, PERRAUD 77’, S. ARMSTRONG 67’, DIALLO, LAVIA 90’, A. ARMSTRONG 90’, MARA 90’

LAVIA ELYOUNOUSSI PERRAUD ADAMS MARA CABALLERO, CALETA-CAR 34’, DIALLO, MAITLAND-NILES, S. ARMSTRONG 85’, DJENEPO, EDOZIE 64’, ARIBO 64’, A. ARMSTRONG 64’

MAITLAND-NILES EDOZIE ARIBO ADAMS A. ARMSTRONG 1 CABALLERO, FINNIGAN, WALKER-PETERS 80’, DIALLO 87’, LAVIA, DJENEPO 87’, ELYOUNOUSSI, MORGAN, MARA 61’

LAVIA DIALLO DJENEPO 1 MARA 1 A. ARMSTRONG CABALLERO, FINNIGAN, PERRAUD 57’, ELYOUNOUSSI 62’, ORŠIĆ 83’, EDOZIE, ARIBO , ADAMS 62’, MORGAN

LAVIA DIALLO EDOZIE ELYOUNOUSSI ADAMS CABALLERO, MAITLAND-NILES 85’, PERRAUD 85’, ALCARAZ 61’, DJENEPO, ORŠIĆ, ARIBO, MARA 85’, A. ARMSTRONG 61’

KEY: SHOWN ON TV

/ GOALSCORER 1 / FIRST SUB / SECOND SUB / THIRD SUB / FOURTH SUB / FIFTH SUB / † OWN GOAL / YELLOW CARD / RED CARD

64 / saints

saints standings

PREMIER LEAGUE

(2022/23)

# Team PlD W D L F A GD Pts

1 ARSENAL 18 15 2 1 42 14 28 47

2 MANCHESTER CITY 18 12 3 3 46 18 28 39

3 NEWCASTLE UNITED 19 10 8 1 33 11 22 38

4 MANCHESTER UNITED 18 12 2 4 29 21 8 38

5 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 19 10 3 6 37 27 10 33

6 FULHAM 20 9 4 7 32 29 3 31

7 BRIGHTON & HA 18 9 3 6 35 25 10 30

8 BRENTFORD 19 7 8 4 32 28 4 29

9 LIVERPOOL 18 8 4 6 34 25 9 28

10 CHELSEA 19 8 4 7 22 21 1 28

11 ASTON VILLA 19 7 4 8 22 27 -5 25

12 CRYSTAL PALACE 18 6 4 8 17 26 -9 22

13 NOTTINGHAM FOREST 19 5 5 9 15 34 -19 20

14 LEEDS UNITED 18 4 5 9 26 33 -7 17

15 LEICESTER CITY 19 5 2 12 26 33 -7 17

16 WOLVES 19 4 5 10 12 27 -15 17

17 BOURNEMOUTH 19 4 4 11 18 41 -23 16

18 WEST HAM UNITED 19 4 3 12 15 25 -10 15

19 EVERTON 19 3 6 10 15 26 -11 15

20 SOUTHAMPTON 19 4 3 12 17 34 -17 15

CORRECT AS OF TUESDAY 17TH JANUARY 2023.

Goals

(2022/23)

21 Erling

Haaland

15 Harry

Kane

13 Ivan

Toney

clean sheets

(2022/23)

11 nick

pope

9 Aaron

Ramsdale

8 David

de Gea

Barclays Women’s

Championship


1 LONDON CITY LIONESS 11 7 3 1 25 7 +18 24

2 BRISTOL CITY 10 7 2 1 17 6 +11 23

3 CHARLTON ATHLETIC 10 6 1 3 19 14 +5 19

4 BIRMINGHAM CITY 10 6 1 3 15 10 +5 19

5 SOUTHAMPTON 11 5 4 2 13 9 +4 19

6 LEWES 10 4 4 2 10 8 +2 16

7 CRYSTAL PALACE 10 5 0 5 11 15 -4 15

8 BLACKBURN ROVERS 10 3 3 4 10 15 -5 12

9 DURHAM 10 3 2 5 15 16 -1 11

10 SUNDERLAND 11 3 1 7 13 16 -3 10

11 SHEFFIELD UNITED 10 2 1 7 14 13 +1 7

12 COVENTRY UNITED 11 0 0 11 7 40 -33 0

PREMIER league 2

(division TWO)


1 SOUTHAMPTON 11 8 1 2 35 15 +20 25

2 LEEDS UNITED 11 8 1 2 34 15 +19 25

3 NOTTINGHAM FOREST 12 7 1 4 23 19 +4 22

4 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 10 6 2 2 27 20 +7 20

5 NORWICH CITY 12 5 5 2 23 18 +5 20

6 MIDDLESBROUGH 11 5 2 4 30 32 -2 17

7 ASTON VILLA 11 4 3 4 21 20 +1 15

8 NEWCASTLE UNITED 12 4 2 6 19 23 -4 14

9 SUNDERLAND 12 2 3 7 19 27 -8 9

10 STOKE CITY 12 2 2 8 15 32 -17 8

11 DERBY COUNTY 10 0 0 10 5 30 -25 0

11 Aleksandar

Mitrović

10 Rodrigo

assists

(2022/23)

10

Kevin De

Bruyne

7 Bukayo

Saka

7 Christian

Eriksen

5 Gabriel

Jesus

5 Andreas

Pereira

7 Ederson

6 Dean

Henderson

saves

(2022/23)

81 David

Raya

80 Bernd

Leno

71 Jordan

Pickford

63 Alisson

58 Illan

Meslier

u18 PREMIEr

league (south)


1 WEST HAM UNITED 12 12 0 0 47 18 +29 36

2 CRYSTAL PALACE 12 6 2 4 30 23 +7 20

3 CHELSEA 11 6 1 4 26 21 +5 19

4 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 11 6 0 5 23 21 +2 18

5 FULHAM 11 5 2 4 33 20 +13 17

6 ARSENAL 10 3 3 4 20 22 -2 12

7 NORWICH CITY 12 3 3 6 17 28 -11 12

8 WEST BROMWICH 9 3 2 4 15 16 -1 11

9 BRIGHTON 10 3 2 5 11 24 -13 11

10 SOUTHAMPTON 9 2 3 4 20 22 -2 9

11 ASTON VILLA 12 2 3 7 24 40 -16 9

12 LEICESTER CITY 9 2 1 6 11 22 -11 7

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 1-1 BLACKBURN ROVERS

WILKINSON

SUN 27 0-3 READING (CLC)

DECEMBER 2022

SUN 04 1-1 LONDON CITY LIONESSES

PEAKE (PEN)

SUN 11 0-2 BRISTOL CITY (FAC)

SUN 18 0-1 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR (CLC)

JANUARY 2023

SUN 15 0-1 LEWES FC

SUN 22 NOON 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 19 12PM DURHAM

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

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 3-1 SUNDERLAND

MORGAN 2, DIBLING

SUN 13 2-1 EVERTON (PLC)

MORGAN 2

MON 21 4-0 BIRMINGHAM (PLC)

MORGAN 3, DOYLE

SAT 26 5-0 COLCHESTER (PLC)

OTSEH-TAIWO, MORGAN 2, PEARCE, AMO-AMEYAW

december 2020

FRI 2 7-1 COLCHESTER (PLC)

BELLIS 3, MERRY 2, PEARCE, ROBINSON

FRI 16 2-2 BIRMINGHAM (PLC, ST MARY’S)

BALLARD, ARMITAGE

JANUARY 2023

FRI 06 3-0 DERBY COUNTY

DOYLE, MORGAN, BALLARD

FRI 13 4-1 NEWCASTLE UNITED

PAYNE, DOYLE, MORGAN, BALLARD

WED 18 2-3 EVERTON (PLC, STAPLEWOOD)

PEARCE, PAMBOU

MON 23 7PM DERBY COUNTY

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

FRI 17 7PM ASTON VILLA

APRIL 2023

FRI 14 7PM STOKE CITY

SUN 23 2PM NORWICH CITY

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 1-1 EVERTON (PLC)

BALLARD

SAT 19 2-1 ARSENAL

MERRY, OWN GOAL

MON 28 1-1 BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

ARMITAGE

DECEMBER 2022

SAT 03 3-2 COVENTRY CITY (AET, FAYC)

BALLARD 3

SAT 10 0-2 NORWICH CITY

JANUARY 2023

TUE 17 4-1 ASTON VILLA (FAYC)

MORGAN 2, DIBLING 2

SAT 21 NOON WEST BROMWICH ALBION

SAT 28 NOON WEST HAM

FEBRUARY 2023

SAT 04 11AM ASTON VILLA

SAT 11 11AM ASTON VILLA

SAT 18 11.30AM TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

SAT 25 11AM WEST BROMWICH ALBION

MARCH 2023

SAT 04 11AM FULHAM

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 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

TBC TBC LEICESTER CITY

FAC = WOMEN’S FA CUP

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

AET = AFTER EXTRA TIME

FAYC = FA YOUTH CUP

PLC = PREMIER LEAGUE CUP

HOME GAMES TO BE PLAYED AT STAPLEWOOD CAMPUS

66 / saints

Franny Benali

Last week was a great

one for Saints. Any

team that beats

Manchester City must play

well, and we did everything

right from the first whistle to

the last to book our place in

the semi-finals of the Carabao

Cup.

The St Mary’s atmosphere

was electric on the night and

the fans got to welcome our

new signing, Carlos Alcaraz.

I’d like to welcome him to

the club, too, and I hope his

time at Southampton is going

to be a very memorable one.

He made his debut from the

bench against Everton and

played his part in the win.

We were thoroughly deserving

of our win and it backed up

our FA Cup win at Palace.

Clearly, we were in need

of points in the Premier

League as well and it was

vital that we transferred the

performances to the league.

Winning a league fixture for

the first time since 1997 at

Everton’s Goodison Park saw

us do that. It had been a long

time since our last league

win, against Bournemouth in

October. We can now use our

momentum to build towards

the Villa game today.

It wasn’t the best of starts

for us at Everton after going a

goal behind, but whatever was

said at half-time worked and

the changes made helped us.

I was watching the game for

BT Sport Score and seeing the

resilience and character in the

second-half was very pleasing.

Having James Ward-Prowse

in the role he is currently

playing certainly helps him

and the team. As the captain,

he is able to instigate a lot of

the attacks and the pressing

from Saints, and we saw

that with his first goal.

It was a nice team move

with good build-up, but the

composure that he showed

at a crucial moment was

outstanding. Of course, the

second goal with his free-kick

was something that we almost

come to expect from him now.

That doesn’t make it any

easier, though, because he’s

still got to step up and deliver.

His set-pieces are almost like

a tennis or cricket bowling

machine where he’s that

consistent with his execution

and can produce it so often.

I’d like to end today’s column

by telling you about my latest

charity challenge that was

announced last week – and

you Saints fans can be a

part of it this time, too.

The Benali on Tour - South

Downs Challenge will be

taking place on Friday 24th

and Saturday 25th March

and will involve a marathon

(26.2 mile) hike along the

stunning South Downs Way,

from Brighton to Eastbourne.

It is a wonderful part of the

world to explore and we will

be raising funds for the Saints

Foundation, who continue

to do so much great work in

the city of Southampton.

We are looking for people

to sign up to join me and

my wife Karen for the trek

and I’d encourage everyone

to start fundraising and

training. It will be a long day

but a very rewarding one for

so many different reasons.

Franny

If you would like to sign up

and join me on this challenge,

please scan the QR code

above to book your place.

NATHAN JONES MANAGER

HEAD COACH UNAI EMERY

GK

ALEX MCCARTHY 1 1 EMILIANO MARTÍNEZ GK

KYLE WALKER-PETERS 2 2 MATTY CASH

AINSLEY MAITLAND-NILES 3 3 DIEGO CARLOS

LYANCO 4 4 EZRI KONSA

DUJE ĆALETA-CAR 6 5 TYRONE MINGS

JOE ARIBO 7 6 DOUGLAS LUIZ

JAMES WARD-PROWSE 8 7 JOHN MCGINN

ADAM ARMSTRONG 9 8 MORGAN SANSON

CHÉ ADAMS 10 9 DANNY INGS

MISLAV ORŠIĆ 11 10 EMILIANO BUENDÍA

GK

WILLY CABALLERO 13 11 OLLIE WATKINS

ROMAIN PERRAUD 15 12 JED STEER GK

STUART ARMSTRONG 17 15 ÁLEX MORENO

SÉKOU MARA 18 16 CALUM CHAMBERS

MOUSSA DJENEPO 19 17 LUDWIG AUGUSTINSSON

TINO LIVRAMENTO 21 18 ASHLEY YOUNG

MOHAMMED SALISU 22 19 MARVELOUS NAKAMBA

SAMUEL EDOZIE 23 20 JAN BEDNAREK

MOHAMED ELYOUNOUSSI 24 23 PHILIPPE COUTINHO

CARLOS ALCARAZ 26 24 FRÉDÉRIC GUILBERT

IBRAHIMA DIALLO 27 25 ROBIN OLSEN GK

JUAN LARIOS 28 27 LUCAS DIGNE

GK

GAVIN BAZUNU 31 31 LEON BAILEY

THEO WALCOTT 32 32 LEANDER DENDONCKER

ARMEL BELLA-KOTCHAP 37 40 AARON RAMSEY

ROMÉO LAVIA 45 41 JACOB RAMSEY

44 BOUBACAR KAMARA

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