Southampton vs Coventry City

SOUTHAMPTON
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Tuesday 9th April 2024
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DIRECTORY
Board of Directors Henrik Kraft,
Rasmus Ankersen, Dragan Šolak, Phil
Parsons, Rolf Bögli, Andy Young.
First Team Manager Russell Martin
First Team Coaching Staff Matt Gill,
Assistant Manager; Dean Thornton,
Goalkeeping Coach; Colin Calderwood, First
Team Coach; Carl Martin, First Team Coach;
Rhys Owen, First Team Sports Scientist; Ben
Parker, First Team Tactics & Insights Analyst.
Southampton FC Women Head Coach
Marieanne Spacey-Cale
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Financial Officer; Tim Greenwell, Chief
Operating Officer; Charlie Boss, Chief
Commercial Officer; Michelle Butler, Director
of HR; Jason Wilcox, Director of Football.
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Physiotherapists Steve Wright, Neil Simms,
Fraser McKinney.
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04 matchday
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06 russell
martin
08 southampton
fc women
10 feature
interview
22 Inside
staplewood
24 saints
Foundation
26 ticket
news
31
the rest
is history
ON THE COVER
Today’s cover is
inspired by
1993/94, when
a remarkable
5-4 victory at
Norwich inspired a
dramatic escape
from relegation for
Alan Ball’s Saints.
40 Introducing…
Coventry City
49 Junior
Saints
55 Saints
Dedications
60 player
profiles
62 Fixtures
& Results
64 Saints
Standings
66
10 questions:
ALEX MCCARTHY
68 Tonight’s
teams

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MATCHDAY
#36
Saints 4
S Armstrong 9,
A Armstrong 37 (pen),
Rothwell 77, 80
Sunderland 2
Mundle 62, Bellingham 71
STATS
Possession % 61-39
Shots 21-13
shots on target 10-5
Corners 6-2
snapshot
Joe Rothwell celebrates
the first of his quickfire
double in his
match-winning cameo
against Sunderland.
The midfielder was
introduced shortly after
Sunderland hauled
themselves level from
2-0 down, but Rothwell’s
impact was instant,
restoring Saints’ lead
with a typically sweet
strike before completing
the scoring in another
enthralling encounter at
St Mary’s.

ussell
martin
DEAR SAINTS FANS, WELCOME BACK TO ST MARY’S
FOR THE FIRST OF THREE CONSECUTIVE HOME
GAMES IN THE SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP.
Tonight we welcome
the staff, players
and supporters
from Coventry City,
including manager
Mark Robins – the
longest-serving boss
in the division.
Mark has been the
driving force behind
Coventry’s rise
from League Two
to Championship
promotion contenders,
with an FA Cup semifinal
to look forward
to as well. It really is a
remarkable job that
he has done there,
with year-on-year
improvement over a
number of seasons,
which is incredibly
difficult to achieve
and maintain.
In terms of ourselves,
there are three games
to reflect on since
my last programme
notes, starting with our
last home game here
against Middlesbrough
on Good Friday.
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That was a game I felt
we should have put
to bed. I was really
pleased with our fast
start, particularly
considering it was
our first time playing
in three weeks and
with the number of
internationals we’d
had away playing
for their countries.
We got the early goal,
but were unable to
convert any of the big
chances we created
in the second half, and
ended up paying the
price by conceding a
poor equalising goal
late in the game.
Against Ipswich three
days later, in a real
high-stakes game, I
thought we played
fantastically well. We
went away to a team
that have been in
and around the top of
the table all season
and been amazingly
consistent at home,
but we were by far
the best team on the
pitch, in my opinion.
We responded
brilliantly to falling
behind, turning the

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“That mentality to defend
properly was a big focus
of ours last week, so I was
delighted to come away with
a clean sheet from Ewood
Park.”
game around to take
a 2-1 lead, and should
really have extended
our advantage to 3-1
or 4-1 on the balance
of play and the
chances we created.
Again, we were on
the receiving end of
a sucker-punch goal
against the run of play,
and then the red card
made it tough for us
in the closing stages.
Ultimately, Ipswich
have found a way to
win the game; we have
to be harder to score
against as a team.
That mentality to
defend properly was
a big focus of ours
last week, so I was
delighted to come
away with a clean
sheet from Ewood Park
against a Blackburn
side fighting for
their lives who were
coming into the game
on the back of a 5-1
win at Sunderland.
We matched them
in every bit of that
energy, determination
and fight, and I was
really pleased with the
defensive side of our
game, but maybe that
came at the expense
of some of our usual
attacking threat. We
still created a couple
of big chances in the
game, but we just
lacked that clinical
edge in front of goal.
The key for us now is to
find that right balance
between maintaining
the attacking threat
we’ve possessed in
recent weeks and
having that solidity
in our shape out
of possession, and
that fight and desire
to win duels, block
shots and take pride
in our defending.
With seven games to
go, our aim is to win
all seven and get as
close to 21 points as
we possibly can. We
know that’s going to
be a tall order, but
we’ll take it one game
at a time and see
where it takes us.
If we can bring both
sides of our game at
our very best level,
we’ll give ourselves
a great chance to
have a really powerful
end to the season.
russ

SOUTHAMPTON FC
WOMEN news
KAYLA RENDELL
EARNS FIRST
ENGLAND
SENIOR CALL-UP
Southampton FC
Women’s goalkeeper
Kayla Rendell has
been called up to the
England senior squad
for the first time.
Having been initially
selected in the
Under-23s for April’s
international break,
Rendell has now been
handed a senior callup
for the first time in
her career.
Lionesses head coach
Sarina Wiegman
announced that the
22-year-old keeper
has been drafted into
the senior squad for
their UEFA Women’s
Euro 2025 qualifiers.
Rendell also becomes
the first Southampton
player to earn a senior
England call-up since
the club’s formation in
2017.
England faced Sweden
at Wembley Stadium
on Friday 5th April,
before travelling to
take on the Republic
of Ireland tonight to
kick-off their qualifying
campaign for the
Euros.
Goalkeeper Kayla Rendell

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SAINTS RETURN
TO WINNING
WAYS
Southampton FC
Women earned
three points at
home in a tight
Barclays Women’s
Championship clash
with Lewes, thanks to
an Emma Thompson
brace on Easter
Sunday.
With injuries to several
in the squad, the
bench included a
quartet of Under-
21s players – Kayla
Nohasiarisoa, Pupkinya
Surin, Sofia Mallon and
Kate Jeffery.
Marieanne Spacey-
Cale’s side looked
threatening from
the kick-off, with
the first shot of the
match coming within
a minute through a
powerful strike from
captain Lucia Kendall.
A stunning pass
from Kendall to Ella
Morris was then the
catalyst for the goal
which forged an early
lead. Morris found
Thompson inside
the box, who had no
trouble slotting it home
to give Saints the
advantage.
Thompson then
doubled the Saints’
Emma Thompson celebrates scoring against Lewes
lead in the 15th minute
after Lewes failed to
clear a corner, as she
stabbed the ball home
to notch an impressive
brace as her first two
goals for the club.
The afternoon almost
improved further as
Thompson searched
for a hat-trick with a
long-range shot that
went over the crossbar,
and another attempt
moments later that
was saved.
Following some brief
chaos in the box, the
Rooks snatched a
goal back in the 39th
minute, with Grace
Riglar’s strike landing in
the bottom left corner
of goal.
A strong shot from
distance by Kendall
struck the crossbar in
the 46th minute, with
a fast-paced start
to the second half
highlighting Saints’
continued momentum.
A vital save by Kayla
Rendell kept Saints
a goal to the good,
as Aimee Claypole
had found herself
in a prime shooting
position. Soon after,
Lewes looked to strike
again, this time from
close-range, with
Rendell saving the day
once more.
Lewes came close to
an equaliser in the
84th minute after lifting
the intensity, but a
block from Ella Morris
proved essential.
Saints could have
secured a third
goal themselves
when Atlanta Primus
headed wide, but
held out for the win
and maintained their
third place in the table
ahead of the league’s
final international
break.

David
Brooks
AT THE BUSINESS END OF THE SEASON,
RESULTS MEAN EVERYTHING IN FOOTBALL.
FOR DAVID BROOKS, PRIORITIES HAVE
SHIFTED OVER TIME, BUT HIS PASSION FOR
THE GAME IS WHAT BROUGHT HIM TO ST
MARY’S, AND NOW HE’S DETERMINED TO
WRITE HIS OWN FAIRY-TALE FINISH…
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???
“I’ve wasted – not
down to my fault
– two years of my
career that I’m not
going to get back…
that’s probably why
I’m sat here now in
Southampton.”
Time is of the essence
for David Brooks. He’s
still only 26, coming
into the prime years
of his career, but
he wants to savour
every moment.
Understandably so.
A regular in the Wales
squad from the age
of 20, Brooks was
a key player in the
Bournemouth team
chasing promotion to
the Premier League in
2021/22, with one eye
on helping his country
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qualify for their first
World Cup since 1958.
“I’d not been feeling
great for a couple
of months really,
just playing and
grinding through it,
thinking I’d get better,”
he remembers.
It was October 2021,
just two months into
the season, when his
world turned upside
down. Brooks, a young,
thriving footballer,
had cancer.
“I went away
with Wales and
got diagnosed
straightaway, as soon
as I got there. I was
obviously fortunate
that the doctors
picked it up and it was
a swift turnaround.
“I felt tired, more than
usual,” he says. “I know
you get tired as an
athlete, but it was
more than usual – I
was very fatigued and
achy the majority of
the time, lost quite a
lot of weight, and then
I was getting a lot of
night sweats and stuff
like that, so obviously
there were a few signs,
but I didn’t really know
what the symptoms
were, so I never really
picked up on it myself.
“I got diagnosed with
stage 2 non-Hodgkin’s
lymphoma, and then
went straight on to
treatment and had six
months of chemo.”
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his first love – football.
From his diagnosis
in October to the
all-clear, in May,
he was suffering.
In terms of a timeline,
he says it took “two
to three months”
after treatment to
feel back to normal,
but he still did not
look himself. That
would be six months,
post-treatment.
Having gained weight
and lost fitness, it
would take ten months
before he would set
foot on the pitch again
– 18 months in total
between games.
In that time,
Bournemouth did
return to the Premier
League and Wales
did end their 64-
year wait to qualify
for the World Cup.
“Anyone who’s been
through it or anyone
that knows anyone
that’s been through it,
it’s not fun,” he says,
typically understated.
Brooks, who hails
from Warrington in
Cheshire, is not one
to make a fuss.
“You wouldn’t wish
it upon anyone, but
it’s just one of those
things – you have to
get on with it and try
to make the best out
of a bad situation.”
For all the moments
he was missing out
on, football, rightly,
was not at the
forefront of his mind.
“It is cheesy, but it
does put things into
perspective,” he
explains. “You don’t
want to have your
whole life based
around football
until that point, and
then as soon as
you get diagnosed
it means nothing,
absolutely nothing.
“It kind of puts into
perspective how
important football
actually is in life, but it’s
still a massive part of
my life and I still want
to achieve the things
I want to achieve, but
it’s not the be all and
end all of everything.”
But, as the winger
points out, football
had been “his whole
life”. With his health
In action on his Saints debut at Rotherham

Embraced by Jan Bednarek during Saints’
comeback win over Huddersfield
intact and his body
on the mend, he knew
his appetite for the
game remained.
“I always knew that
I wanted to, it was
just whether I could
or not,” he said of his
playing prospects.
“They (the doctors)
obviously treated the
illness to get us back
healthy, but they’re
not sports specialists
or anything like that.
“There were no
guarantees, and it
would’ve been silly of
them to guarantee me
something that there
is no guarantee. It was
just trial and error,
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trying to get the right
people in place to help.
“Once I started doing
the rehab, I knew the
passion to play again
hadn’t gone. It was
just whether my body
was physically able
to do that anymore,
and thankfully it has.”
Brooks made his
comeback in March
2023, making a handful
of sub appearances
before starting a
Premier League game
again in May, against
Manchester United no
less. By the summer, he
was back in the Wales
squad at the start of
another qualification
journey, for Euro 2024.
After playing a full
part in Bournemouth’s
pre-season, his first
since 2021, Brooks
was ready to fight for
his place, and now
had a new boss in
highly-rated Spanish
coach Andoni Iraola.
Iraola has impressed
at Bournemouth with
his progressive style
and clearly likes Brooks,
starting him on the
opening day against
West Ham and using
him in each of the first
eight games of his
tenure, even handing
him the captaincy for
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hard to come by at
the turn of the year.
Perhaps cameos off
the bench would have
satisfied him in the
past, but cancer has
changed Brooks’s
perspective on his
life and career.
“That’s probably why
I’m sat here now in
Southampton,” he
reasons. When you look
at your playing career
in general, you’ve got
ten years if you’ve
had a good career.
“I’ve wasted – not
down to my fault
– two years of my
career that I’m not
going to get back, so
I didn’t want to waste
another 12 months of
trying to get into the
Bournemouth team
and it not happening.
“I just wanted to come
out and see if I could
play again at a good
level, try to score and
create goals, obviously
play and enjoy it.”
His mind was made
up, and Brooks
joined Saints on
loan in the final
week of the January
transfer window. It
was a huge coup in
the Championship
promotion race.
The talented wide man
was not prepared
to waste time at
Bournemouth and
proved he wasn’t going
to hang around at St
Mary’s, as two assists
on his home debut
against Huddersfield
helped extend
Saints’ club-record
unbeaten run to 25
matches.
Important goals
at West Brom and
Birmingham have
followed. “I would sign
Brooksy to a contract
that he has to stay
with me until he
retires,” Russell Martin
recently remarked.

“It’s always nice to
get on the scoresheet
and get an assist,
and that’s what I like
to do – get goals
and assists. When I
can help the team by
doing that, it’s a nice
feeling,” Brooks says.
“When I was looking
from the outside in,
obviously they (Saints)
played attractive and
nice football, and I
know what this league
is about – it’s a very
exciting league and
anyone can beat
anyone, so that’s why
I wanted to be a part
of it. I’m just thankful I
can be involved and
help any way I can.
“I enjoy being on
the ball the majority
of the game and
obviously that’s what
the gaffer sets up to
do. It suits the way
I want to play and
how I see the game,
so I’m enjoying it.”
Brooks admits another
motivation behind the
move was to boost
his playing prospects
for his country.
With their qualification
journey for the Euros
taking Wales into last
month’s play-offs,
Brooks wanted to be
fit and firing. He was
not prepared to watch
another tournament
from home.
“It’s every kid’s dream
to represent their
country at a major
tournament and I’m no
different, I want to do
that,” he stated, firmly.
“I wasn’t stupid in the
fact that I knew those
games were coming
up as well, and I think
the majority of the
lads in with a shout of
starting will be starting
at club level, so I
Meeting the manager
on day one at Staplewood
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Off the mark with his first
Saints goal at West Brom
didn’t want to be any
different. I didn’t want
that to be a reason for
the gaffer, Rob Page, to
not pick me when I get
there.”
Brooks’s logic was
justified when he was
picked to start Wales’s
play-off semi-final
against Finland. Within
three minutes, he had
set the nation on the
way to victory with the
opening goal in a 4-1
victory.
But Brooks and Wales
would be denied their
fairy-tale ending.
Cruelly, another bout
of illness kept him
out of training in the
build-up to the playoff
final against Jan
Bednarek’s Poland in
Cardiff five days later.
Brooks was left out of
the starting line-up,
introduced as a late
substitute towards the
end of the 90 minutes,
then withdrawn
in extra time.
Wales were beaten on
penalties, with Brooks
having lasted only
28 minutes. Manager
Rob Page felt it was a
gamble worth taking,
but the winger, for all
his good form at club
level and that sublime
semi-final showing,
was just not fit enough
to contribute.
He returned to action
with cameo roles
over Easter against
Middlesbrough and
Ipswich, before
starting Saturday’s
goalless draw at
Blackburn.
Perhaps Brooks’s
season will come
down to another
play-off campaign
in May. Maybe he will
get his fairy-tale finish
after all.
With everything
he’s been through,
few would deny
this reluctant hero
his moment in
the spotlight.

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VOKINS AND MERRY JOIN
EASTLEIGH ON LOAN
Academy duo Jake
Vokins and Will Merry
have joined Eastleigh
on loan for the rest of
the season.
The pair have linked
up with former Saints
hero Kelvin Davis, who
is now in charge of
non-league neighbours
Eastleigh in the
Vanarama National
League.
Vokins has prior
experience in the fifth
tier, having spent time
on loan with Woking
last season where he
made 15 appearances
before returning to
Saints.
For 18-year-old Merry,
however, this is the first
senior loan move of his
career after another
positive season
featuring for the Under-
21s as well as the
Under-18s.
Over the Easter
weekend, the pair
made their Spitfires
debuts. Vokins started
and played the full
90-minutes of both
matches. He impressed
and helped keep a
clean sheet in a 1-0 win
over Woking on Good
Friday, as Merry was
left waiting for his first
appearance for the
club.
On Easter Monday,
though, Merry was
utilised off the bench
as a late substitute
but couldn't help turn
around a narrow
3-2 defeat against
Maidenhead United.
Jake Vokins
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Saints Under-12s
UNDER-12S REACH
MICFOOTBALL TOURNAMENT
SEMI-FINALS IN SPAIN
Southampton’s
Under-12s reached
the semi-finals of
the MICFootball
tournament, an
international youth
competition held in
Spain.
The youngsters enjoyed
a trip to Girona over
the Easter holidays to
compete in the youth
tournament, with over
400 teams across
various age groups in
action.
Saints shone from the
start in their group
stages, with highscoring
victories
over Team ISL (from
the USA), Soccer+
Guadeloupe (France),
and CF Global Palamós
(Spain).
They advanced to the
knockout stages, where
further impressive
displays saw them beat
PSI Soccer Academy
(USA) 12-3, and
Martorell CF (Spain)
10-2 to reach the
quarter-finals.
A thrilling clash
with French giants
Paris Saint-Germain
followed, as Saints
took the lead through
Luca Lask and earned
a deserved 4-3 victory
thanks to a secondhalf
hat-trick from
Austin Miles.
The performances
of goalkeeper Riley
James also stood out,
as he earned a place
in the Team of the
Tournament.
Their journey ended
in the semi-finals
with defeat against
the eventual winners,
Espanyol, but the
young squad enjoyed
a positive tournament
against some of the
world’s best youth
Academies.

WE THANK YOU!
WE’RE DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THIS YEAR’S
SAINTS FOUNDATION MATCHDAYS HAVE RAISED OVER
£30,000 TO SUPPORT OUR WORK IN SOUTHAMPTON.
From bucket collecting,
shirt auctions and prize
draws, to hospitality
raffles and a 50p
donation from every
matchday programme
sold, more than £20,000
was raised by our
fantastic fans at both
the Men’s Sunderland
and Women’s Reading
fixtures.
Main Club Partner
Sportsbet.io once
again generously
gifted their front of
shirt sponsorship for
the men’s Matchday,
allowing Saints
Foundation to take
pride of place on the
player’s chests.
Our men’s first team
generously supported
the matchday too,
providing an incredible
donation of £10,000
towards the total.
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“We can
see how
much the
Foundation
means to
people.”
Jack Stephens,
club captain
The amazing amount
raised will help across
a wide range of Saints
Foundation projects,
meaning we can
continue to provide lifechanging
opportunities
to help our city and its
communities thrive.

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COMMUNITY
CHAMPIONS GO
BEHIND-THE-
SCENES
It takes a red and
white army to make
matchdays at St
Mary’s fly – so to
recognise their success
on our Community
Champions
programme, 13 lucky
Saints Foundation
participants had the
rare opportunity to get
behind-the-scenes at
the Matchdays, taking
up work experience
placements many
could only dream of.
From shadowing the
kit team, to being part
of the action in the PA
room and even joining
the media team, the
participants had a real
insight into the running
of a matchday – and
an unforgettable time.
Caitlin Morris, the Saints
Foundation Secondary
Schools Engagement
Coordinator said: “All
of the participants
involved had such
unique experiences,
and gained invaluable
awareness of what
happens behind the
scenes at St Mary’s, as
well as the range of
job roles available at
a football club. They
came away buzzing!”
Thank you to everyone
who gave generously
and showed their
support at one of our
Foundation Matchdays.
@SFC_Foundation @saintsfoundation @saints_foundation
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the rest is
history...
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on the road with
the saints
34
Museum pieces
36
WAR-RAID ON COVENTRY
38
blast from
the past

ON THE
ROAD WITH
THE SAINTS
BY DANNY TAGGART
AS WE SAW
IN PART ONE
OF THIS PIECE,
THE BRIGHTON
CROWD SHOWED
NO LOVE AND
AFFECTION
TOWARDS NIGEL
ADKINS. HERE
IS DANNY’S
PART TWO…
Even the cover
of the matchday
programme
proclaimed
“CHAMPIONS! Can
you keep up?” and
Poyet, admittedly
somewhat subtly,
referred to the
quote in his
matchday notes,
too. There had
also been a bit
of a spat prematch
as Poyet
had requested a
Saints “guard of
honour” for the
Champions-elect.
Adkins demurred
on account of us
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needing to focus on
our own “business at
hand”. (It is also worth
noting that Colchester
United also refused
this request two days
later.)
The match – Cometh
the (last) moment,
cometh the man…
I’ve left little room to
describe the game
itself, and in truth
much of the detail
has been lost in
the sands of time. I
do, however, recall
Saints, in our all-black
away kit, performing
well in a very hostile
atmosphere. We
dominated much of
the first half, spurning
two or three great
chances. Then, as is
often the case with
us, an error undid all
the good work. This
time an under hit
back-pass by our
colossus at the
back, Radhi Jaidi,
was poked home
by that irritant of
a player, Ashley
Barnes. Cue:
dancing along the
touchline by our
pantomime villain,
Poyet.
Into the second
half and Brighton
were in the
ascendency. The
clock ticked down
and the promotion
party started in
earnest. Subs
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David Connolly joined
the fray... We needed
something, anything!
Even Sir Rickie was
missing chances
he’d usually gobble
up. But then, in the
84th minute, just as
hope was dimming,
Rickie met a cross and
knocked it down. In
a flash, wily Irishman
Connolly swivelled and
hit it into the far corner,
1-1!
Bedlam in the rickety
temporary away stand
as the Saints fans
erupted, and it has
to be said the thing
had been creaking
worryingly all game,
housing as it did many
Saints fan of the “fuller
figure” (me included,
I should point out!).
A draw, we’d have to
take that... no disgrace.
But no, this team had
another surprise in
store. In the same
way they manage to
extinguish hope when
you are desperately
holding onto it, they
can also unexpectedly
provide it when you
feel all is lost. The clock
was now approaching
the final minute, and
the promotion party
was temporarily on
hold as Saints pressed.
A hopeful cross was
lofted in from the left...
time stood still; José
rose and connected
with his head – the ball
arching in what felt like
That moment! A jubilant Danny can be seen immediately above José
Fonte in the sash kit.
ultra-slow motion over
the despairing Casper
Ankergren and into the
net. 1-2! We’ve won it!!
If we thought the first
goal had produced
pandemonium, we
hadn’t seen anything
yet! Bodies tumbled
down the rickety stand,
complete strangers
embraced – me
with my new friend
and ticket provider
– fans spilled over
hoardings at the front
as conquering hero
José, whose latest
incarnation appeared
to be Tarzan, as he
thumped his bare
chest and launched
himself into the jubilant
visiting fans. A booking
for the shirt removal
not even an irritant.
Everyone lost in a
perfect moment of
footballing ecstasy.
Amid the jubilation
at the final whistle
– eventually from
both sets of fans, as
the Brighton faithful
reflected on their
season long honour
– there was still time
for an encore of the
managerial panto
with a refusal from a
clearly furious Poyet to
shake hands, followed
by some further
“handbag action”.
Possibly a fitting end to
this amusing end-ofpier
sideshow.
Quite a day and an
important win on our
way to promotion as
runners-up (a feat
to be repeated the
following season, of
course). An expensive
day, an exhausting
day, an emotional day
– but certainly a very
memorable away day!
Photos from the Holley
collection.
Thanks for additional
information to Duncan;
www.saintsplayers.
co.uk;
www.wearebrighton.
com and www.
seagullsprogrammes.
co.uk

MUSEUM PIECES
SHOWCASING CONTEMPORARY MEMORABILIA, CLUB HISTORIAN,
DUNCAN HOLLEY LOOKS BACK AT HOW SOUTHAMPTON’S KIT EVOLVED
AND HOW IT INSPIRED ONE OF SPAIN’S LEADING FOOTBALL CLUBS.
IN THE MIDDLESBROUGH PROGRAMME
I FEATURED AN INTERNATIONAL IRISH
SHIRT WORN BY SAINTS PLAYER
DICK ROWLEY IN THE 1930S BUT, AS
YET, IN THIS SERIES I HAVE YET TO
DISCUSS THAT MOST COLLECTIBLE
OF ITEMS - A SAINTS SHIRT AS
WORN BY ONE OF THE PLAYERS…
Pre-war Saints shirts
hardly exist, mainly
because, back then, a
player was issued with
one shirt and that was
it – he wore it until it
fell apart. Players were
responsible for the
washing of their shirt
after games and would
then use it for training.
It is hardly surprising,
then, that not many
come to light, but
featured here are two
that have survived.
Saints began wearing
stripes back in 1896,
having started with a
white shirt with a red
sash followed by red
and white squares, red
and white halves until
finally the stripes were
adopted. When the
club won the Southern
League for the first time
that year the verticals
were here to stay.
What is often
overlooked was the
colour of the shorts or
“knickers” as they were
then called. Initially they
were white but around
1890 they became navy
blue, and it stayed that
way until 1950 when the
Football Echo of 18th
February announced
that the club would in
the future be adopting
black shorts “owing
to the poorness of
blue dye these days,
the blue shorts take
upon themselves
a very washed-out
appearance after
only a few washes”.
Maybe it would be a
good marketing idea to
go back to navy blue as
it would certainly give
off a more continental
look – reminiscent
of Athletic Bilbao or
Atlético Madrid. Indeed,
Bilbao changed to red
and white stripes when,
at Christmas 1909 a
young student fan of
the club, holidaying in
London, was charged
with bringing back 25
new shirts but was
unable to find enough.
Empty-handed and
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waiting for his boat
back to northern Spain
from Southampton
he realised the
local team’s colours
matched those of
Bilbao, so he promptly
purchased 25 shirts
from a local sports
shop and Bilbao
duly switched to
Saintly stripes for
the next season.
When Saints first chose
red as the club colours
back in 1885 it was
the adopted from a
teaching college in
London that one of the
founding members,
F Montgomery, had
attended. Initially, the
chosen shade was
cherry red and the
team became referred
to as the “Cherry
Squares” and later
the “Cherry Stripes”
until “Saints” as a
nickname became
more widespread. Alas,
“Come on you Cherry
Stripes” is not likely
to be heard chanted
by the Northam End
anytime soon.

war-raid
ON coventry
BY david bull
MCINTYRE WAS THE NAME. JIM MCINTYRE – THE
MUNITIONS-MAN WHO ROUNDED UP YOUNG
PLAYERS FROM AROUND COVENTRY TO HELP
SOUTHERN LEAGUE SOUTHAMPTON REBUILD
AT THE END OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR.
After five seasons as
a trainer at Coventry
City, McIntyre had
come to The Dell as
manager in 1912. His
third Saints season
started in September
1914, four weeks after
the declaration of war,
amid controversy, as
professional football
played on while so
many other sports
packed up for the
duration. But then,
in mid-season, he
returned to Coventry –
to work not in football
but in munitions. He
came back to The Dell
in February 1919. His
salary of £3 a week,
which was not in the
season’s budget,
contributed to a loss,
the June AGM would be
told, of £6.11s.10d (£6.54,
equivalent to about
£425 today).
He would start to
earn that fortune by
conducting plenty
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of trials. These would
reveal how he had
exploited his time
in Coventry to spot
prospects. The first
two of his five such
trialists were from the
Warwickshire coalfield.
Joe Barratt, seemingly
home-based with
the Royal Berkshire
Regiment, had joined
two League Division
II clubs – Leicester
Fosse and Birmingham
– during the War,
while playing for his
regiment. His one
outing for McIntyre,
in a 6-1 win vs RAF
Blandford, was enough
to warrant signing him.
He would miss but one
game of the 1919/20
season, after which
the Southern League
clubs morphed into a
new Third Division of
the Football League. He
would be fairly regular
until March 1922 when
he left for Birmingham.
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Charlie Wilson, a miner
and local footballer
from Atherstone,
likewise had just
the sole try-out for
McIntyre, scoring in a
2-1 defeat at Reading.
But that would be his
lot. Having enlisted
early in the Kings
Royal Rifles, he had
gone to the Front and
remained there until
he returned to the
mines in December
1918. He thereupon
played a few games
for Coventry’s reserves,
prior to a successful
career in the Football
League, most notably
at Huddersfield, where
he won two First
Division champions’
medals.
McIntyre’s other three
finds, who had all
been playing in the
Birmingham Suburban
League for Blackheath
Town, tried out in
the three matches
over the Easter
weekend, climaxing
in a 9-1 thumping of
Portsmouth. All three
would be signed. The
holder of two Junior
international caps,
Lawrence Hackett, had
been a munitions workmate
of McIntyre’s. As
the Saints resumed
their Southern League
obligations in August
1919, Hackett took
possession of the
left-half shirt – until
March 1920. He hardly
featured after that
and duly went home.
Frank Pritchard
likewise returned to
west Midlands football,
having spent that
season getting among
the goals for the
Reserves.
Fred Foxall would be
the only one of the
Blackheath Three to get
beyond 1920, and into
the Football League,
with Southampton. He
had joined the Royal
Garrison Artillery in 1915
but had soon been
discharged, unfit. He
had played in a few
friendlies for Aston Villa,
but was a Blackheath
regular when spotted
by McIntyre. Having
missed only a handful
of games for the Saints
in 1919/20, he was everpresent
at outside-left
during their inaugural
1920/21 campaign in
the Football League.
Whereupon, he resigned
for Villa. Ruling
that he had done so
without Southampton’s
permission, the FA
ordered him not only
to return to The Dell,
but to forfeit to the
National War Fund his
signing-on fee. This
reluctant Saint then
hardly missed a game
until March 1922, when
he signed, like Barratt,
for Birmingham. After
a solid start, he was
dogged by injury. He
moved on to Watford
of the Third Division
(South), the division
the Saints had won
without him in 1922. He
was doing OK, until he
twice broke a leg – first
during a game and
then in his garden. His
career was over.
Two years on, this
longest-serving Saint
of McIntyre’s finds,
died, aged only 28,
amid speculation that
complications arising
from his leg injuries
were the cause.
The above story of five Dell imports in 1919 has been excerpted from the club historians’
upcoming book on how 300+ men participated both in the Great War and as Southampton
footballers. To find out more – and perhaps register, with NO OBLIGATION, to receive details
about discounted advance orders – please visit www.hagiologists.com
Records researched by Gary Chalk. Photos from the Holley Collection.

BLAST
from the
PAST
28.04.2012
SAINTS 4
COVENTRY 0
Saints’ class of 2012
celebrate the third
goal on a memorable
final day at St Mary’s,
as a resounding 4-0
victory over Coventry
clinched back-toback
promotions and
a return to the Premier
League. Goals from Billy
Sharp (top), José Fonte
(far right), Jos Hooiveld
(centre) and Adam
Lallana capped one of
the great days in the
club’s recent history.
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introducing...
coventry
city
FORMED
1883
STADIUM
NICKNAME
sky
blues
one
GOAL SCORED IN 601 GAMES
BY KEEPER STEVE OGRIZOVIC
COVENTRY BUILDING
SOCIETY ARENA
£7.7M
PAID TO
ANTALYASPOR FOR
HAJI WRIGHT I N
AUGUST 2023
IN 2023/24
SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
CAPACITY
32,609
TOP SCORER
18
Ellis Simms
MOST ASSISTS
6HAJI WRIGHT
7 th fa
honours
2ND-tier
1 title
3rd-tier
3 titles
1 c u p
e f l
1 trophy
eleven
Clean sheets
HEAD TO HEAD
Saints wins 40
Draws 38
coventry wins 21

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coventry
city
last three:
the lowdown:
06.04.24
Coventry 2-1 Leeds
Sky Bet Championship
Simms, Wright
01.04.24
Coventry 1-2 Cardiff
Sky Bet Championship
Simms
29.03.24
Huddersfield 1-3 Coventry
Sky Bet Championship
Simms 2, Wright
ten-year Record:
18 th
13/14
17 th 8 th
14/15
15/16
23 rd
16/17
6 th 8 th
1 st 16 th 12 th 5 th
17/18
18/19
19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
Coventry City’s playoff
hopes were dealt
a blow as two Liam
Kitching own-goals
condemned them to a
home defeat by Cardiff
City on Easter Monday.
Ellis Simms scored
his 11th goal in seven
games when he
turned in Milan van
Ewijk’s low cross to put
the hosts in front, but
Kitching lashed the
ball into the roof of his
own net to bring the
visitors level before
half-time. After the
break, a Josh Bowler
cross deflected off the
unfortunate Kitching
and looped into the net.
The result ended
Coventry’s threematch
winning run
and saw them miss
the opportunity to
close the gap between
themselves and sixthplaced
Norwich City.
The Sky Blues played
host to in-form Leeds
United on Saturday.
City could yet end the
season with a hat-trick
of visits to Wembley.
Mark Robins’ men,
last season’s beaten
play-off finalists, face
Manchester United – a
club Robins used to
play for – in the semifinals
of the FA Cup next
month, looking to reach
the final for the first
time since winning it in
1987. That could present
a logistical problem,
though, with the FA
Cup final scheduled
to take place the day
before the secondtier
play-off final.
Coventry haven’t made
the last four of the FA
Cup since lifting the
trophy, three years
before Robins’ late
replay winner took Alex
Ferguson’s Manchester
United to Wembley.
“To draw United is
certainly special,” says
Robins, a boyhood
United fan. “I came
through at United. But
my loyalties are now
with Coventry. We’ve
got to come up with
a plan that’s going to
give us an opportunity
to compete.”
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THE BOSS:
MARK ROBINS
Coventry reappointed Mark
Robins as manager in March
2017, a day after relieving Russell
Slade of his duties. Robins had
previously been in charge of the
Sky Blues between 2012 and 2013
before leaving for Huddersfield
Town. Bottom of League One
upon his return, Robins couldn’t
keep City up, but they were
promoted via the play-offs
the following season and then
won the third tier in 2019/20
to seal their spot back in the
Championship. They reached
the play-off final last season
but were beaten by Luton Town,
their third trip to Wembley
under Robins. A former striker
with long spells at Manchester
United, Norwich City, Leicester
City and Rotherham United,
the 54-year-old has also
managed the Millers, Barnsley
and Scunthorpe United. His late
winner for Manchester United
in an FA Cup third-round tie
against Nottingham Forest
in January 1990 reportedly
kept the then-trophyless Alex
Ferguson in a job.
ONE TO WATCH:
ELLIS SIMMS
Towering frontman Ellis Simms
has been central to Coventry’s
recent fine form, scoring more
goals in all competitions in
2024 than anyone else in
the top four English divisions.
With 17 strikes this season, the
23-year-old, along with Haji
Wright, has helped fill the void
left by last season’s top scorer
Viktor Gyokeres who departed
for Sporting Lisbon in the
summer. City signed Simms
from Everton on a four-year
deal in July. “He’s a strong,
powerful striker who also has
pace and finishing ability,” said
Mark Robins at the time. “He’s
a key signing for us.” Born in
Oldham, the former Blackburn
Rovers and Manchester City
youngster joined Everton’s
Academy set-up at the age
of 16 in 2017, taking in loans
at Blackpool, Hearts and
Sunderland. He scored once
in 12 games during his time
at Goodison Park, a crucial
equaliser at Chelsea last term.

THE LOCAL
LOWDOWN
WE ASKED OPPOSITION EXPERT ANDY TURNER,
COVENTRY TELEGRAPH REPORTER FOR COVENTRY LIVE,
TO PREVIEW TONIGHT’S GAME FROM THE VISITORS’
POINT OF VIEW...
Coventry went into the
weekend fixtures four
points behind Norwich
in sixth with a game in
hand. How do you view
the Sky Blues’ play-off
prospects?
It’s all there to play for
although, realistically,
unless West Brom
suddenly hit a bad
patch, Coventry are
chasing the last
available spot that
the Canaries currently
occupy. They are
more than capable of
going to the wire and
then it will be down to
whether Norwich can
sustain their run to stay
one step ahead.
To be fair, given the
high turnover of
personnel last summer,
including the loss of
star players Viktor
Gyokeres and Gustavo
Hamer – arguably
two of the best in
the division last term
– they have done
remarkably well to be
in the mix at the top
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end at this stage of the
season.
Most sensible thinking
fans would have
settled for a season
of consolidation, so
the fact that they’re
even pushing for the
play-offs again and in
an FA Cup semi-final
at Wembley is a real
bonus.
What’s been behind
the team’s resurgence
from 20th place in
November to top-six
contenders?
The main reason
has to be the 11 new
players settling in and
finding their feet at
Championship level,
with many having
come from abroad
(five) or League One
(three) and gelling in a
largely new-look team.
The strikers are a
case in point, with
Ellis Simms and Haji
Wright taking time to
get going in terms of
their goal returns, with
Simms registering just
two and Wright six
before Christmas. They
now have 33 between
them with Simms on
17 and Wright on 16
ahead of Saturday’s
match against Leeds.
Winger Tatsuhiro
Sakamoto also waded
in with seven before
sadly being ruled
out for the season
in February as the
Japanese player found
his rhythm in English
football, having come
from Belgium’s top
division.
The turn in form also
coincided with a
change in formation
from three at the
back and wingbacks
to a 4-2-3-1
system in November,
although Mark Robins
has returned to
using wing-backs on
occasions and has the
players to switch fairly
effortlessly between
both to suit the
circumstances.

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What has the FA Cup
run to the semi-finals
done for the city, and
the team’s league
form?
There’s a real buzz in
the area but, in truth,
the football club has
been back on the up
with a feel-good factor
ever since Mark Robins
came back to the
club seven years ago
and led the team to
Checkatrade Trophy
success at Wembley.
That was the catalyst
for City’s rise back
up the divisions to
where they are now.
But the quarter-final
victory over Wolves
has been huge in
terms of confidence
and showing this
developing group
of players what
they are capable of
when they’re at their
maximum.
most supporters – in
line with Coventry’s
management and
players – want to get
back to the Premier
League as soon as
possible.
Who are the players
Saints should watch
out for at St Mary’s?
You can’t look much
further than in-form
Simms and Wright at
the minute. Simms had
scored 13 in ten ahead
of the Leeds match,
while Wright had five
in six. Both are playing
with great confidence.
Playmaker Kasey
Palmer has also been
in excellent form and
played an important
role in their goals
along with Milan van
Ewijk who has been
converted from rapid
full-back to winger in
recent weeks.
LAST
TIME
OUT
coventry 2
Simms 9, Wright 49
leeds 1
Piroe 76
STATS
Possession % 30-70
Shots 11-19
Shots on target 5-8
corners 2-9
Which would the fans
prefer, an FA Cup win
or promotion?
Ummm, given the
strength of opposition
in the FA Cup –
assuming Manchester
City make the final
– it’s probably far
more realistic for the
Sky Blues to progress
all the way in the
play-offs. A second
FA Cup win would be
lovely but I suspect
How do you see the
game going?
I guess Saints will
dominate the ball as
usual and if Coventry
can stand up to the
pressure and keep
things tight, there’s
every chance they
could come away with
something. It will come
down to the game
plan, tactical detail
and taking chances
when they come along.
simms
Palmer O'HARE wright
ECCLES SHEAF
BIDWELL
Van Ewijk
KITCHING THOMAS
COLLINS

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2
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4
5 6
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10
DOWN
1. Opposition beaten by Coventry in
last season's Championship play-off
semi-finals (13)
3. The team Coventry are trying to
catch who currently occupy the
Championship's final play-off spot (7)
5. Coventry’s in-form marksman who
has 14 goals in his last 11 games (5)
6. Scorer of Saints' equaliser at the
Coventry Building Society Arena in
December (6)
8. Coventry's nickname (3,5)
ACROSS
2. Portuguese club who signed
Coventry's star striker Viktor Gyökeres
last summer (8)
4. Premier League side beaten by
Coventry in this season's FA Cup
quarter-finals (6)
7. Coventry boss who is the
longest-serving manager in the
Championship (6)
9. Championship club where Coventry
played their home games between
2019-2021 (10)
10. London team beaten by Coventry in
their only previous FA Cup triumph
back in 1987 (9)

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Quiz
1. WHO SCORED ENGLAND’S
LATE EQUALISER IN THE
RECENT FRIENDLY WITH
BELGIUM?
2. SOUGHT-AFTER MANAGER
XABI ALONSO ANNOUNCED HE
WILL REMAIN IN CHARGE OF
WHICH CLUB NEXT SEASON?
On The
Road
WHICH CHAMPIONSHIP CLUB
PLAYS ITS HOME GAMES
HERE? /3
3. WHICH CHAMPIONSHIP
CLUB SACKED THEIR BOSS
AFTER FIVE SUCCESSIVE HOME
DEFEATS WITHOUT SCORING?
4. THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
RETURNS TONIGHT. WHICH
COUNTRY HAS THREE TEAMS
STILL IN THE COMPETITION?
5. WHICH ITALIAN SIDE WILL
LIVERPOOL FACE IN THEIR
EUROPA LEAGUE QUARTER-
FINAL?
/5
how did you do?
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tonight's MASCOTs!
Zachary
Age: 12
Favourite player:
Ellis Simms
Hobbies and interests:
Football. Zachary plays
Saturday and Sunday, and is
completely obsessed!
Score prediction:
Saints 2–3
Coventry
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max
Age: 12
Favourite player:
Kyle Walker-Peters
Hobbies and interests:
Football
Score prediction:
Saints 2–1 Coventry
ANSWERS: SPOT THE DIFFERENCE: 1. THE LOGO AND TEXT IS MISSING FROM THE MIDDLESBROUGH CAPTAIN’S
ARMBAND, 2. ADAM ARMSTRONG’S LEFT BOOT IS MISSING THE WHITE PUMA LOGO, 3. THE SLIDING
MIDDLESBROUGH DEFENDER HAS LOST HIS ARM, 4. AN EMPTY SEAT IN THE TOP-LEFT CORNER IS NOW
OCCUPIED, 5. THE SPLASH OF RED HAS DISAPPEARED BENEATH THE BALL BOY (FAR RIGHT). CROSSWORD:
1. MIDDLESBROUGH, 2. SPORTING, 3. NORWICH, 4. WOLVES, 5. SIMMS, 6. EDOZIE, 7. ROBINS, 8. SKY BLUES,
9. BIRMINGHAM, 10. TOTTENHAM. WHO AM I?: JOE LUMLEY. ON THE ROAD: THE HAWTHORNS, WEST BROM.
QUICK QUIZ: 1. JUDE BELLINGHAM, 2. BAYER LEVERKUSEN, 3. PLYMOUTH ARGYLE, 4. SPAIN, 5. ATALANTA.

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saints
dedications
1. A very happy birthday to Chris
Lockwood in the Chapel Stand
for 5th April. We hope they win for
you today, COYR! Lots of love from
Loraine and all the family xxx.
2. Sam Bishop is at St Mary’s today
– the day of his 11th birthday – to see
Saints vs Coventry with teammates
from Whitchurch United U11s. When
not playing for Whitchurch, Sam
enjoys gaming and supporting the
Saints.
3. Happy ninth birthday, Leo! We
hope you had a great day. Love
from mum, dad and Liahna.
2 3
4. Dean Bowers writes: “Mum
and dad, Ralph and Margaret
Bowers, reunited after 21 years
on the first anniversary of
mum’s death: the love story
continues. God bless mum and
dad – loved forever by Greg,
Wayne, Dean and Mandy, plus
all the family and friends xxx.
Forever in our thoughts.”
5. In memory of Eric Henry
John Moody… Writes Lorraine
Bates: “Eric was a lovely man
and a dear friend of ours.
We found out after knowing
him some time that he was
a retired BA pilot who saved
the plane in the famous
Jakarta incident back in 1982.
He went to his first match in
1946 with his dad, and had a
Season Ticket for many years
before becoming an armchair
supporter in later life. Come on
Saints, just for Eric!”
4
5

07. 24

REPORTING
AN INCIDENT
If you have a concern on a matchday please speak to the
nearest steward, member of our staff, or police officer.
Concerns can also be made by emailing:
safeguarding@ saintsfc.co.uk or text ‘SFCReport’ to 60060 with
a description of the incident as soon as possible and location to
include the block row and seat number.
The use of threatening behaviour, foul or abusive language is
strictly forbidden and will result in arrest and/or ejection from the
Ground in line with EFL guidance and football related legislation.
Racial, homophobic or discriminatory abuse, chanting or
harassment is strictly forbidden and will result in arrest and/or
ejection from the Ground, in line with EFL guidance and football
related legislation.

player
profiles
2023/24
1 | ALEX MCCARTHY
0 0
2 | KYLE WALKER-PETERS
36 2
3 | RYAN MANNING
26 6 0
4 | FLYNN DOWNES
27 1 1
5 | JACK STEPHENS
13 5 0
0 0
0 1 0
1 0
1 0
4 0
1 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
7 | JOE ARIBO
9 | ADAM ARMSTRONG
10 | CHÉ ADAMS
11 | ROSS STEWART
13 | JOE LUMLEY
10 18 3
38 1 20
19 14 11
0 2 0
0 0
1 0
0 3 0
2 2 2
0 0
4 0
0 1 0
0 0
1 0
0 0
0 0
14 | JAMES BREE
9 4 0
16 | WILL SMALLBONE
30 6 4
17 | STUART ARMSTRONG
31 7 4
18 | SÉKOU MARA
3 22 3
19 | JOE ROTHWELL
3 8 4
1 0
2 2 0
0 2 1
4 3
3 0
1 0
0 0
1 0
1 0
0 0
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20 | KAMALDEEN SULEMANA
10 12 0
1 0
0 0
21 | TAYLOR HARWOOD-BELLIS
33 2
2 1 0
0 0
23 | SAMUEL EDOZIE
15 13 6
1 1 0
0 0
24 | SHEA CHARLES
13 15 0
4 0
1 0
26 | RYAN FRASER
12 21 6
1 1 2
0 0
27 | SAM AMO-AMEYAW
1 2 0
28 | JUAN LARIOS
0 0
39 0
1 2 0
0 0
0 0
1 0
0 0
0 0
35 | JAN BEDNAREK
29 | JAYDEN MEGHOMA
0 0
31 | GAVIN BAZUNU
33 | TYLER DIBLING
0 1 0
3 0
2 1 0
1 0
0 1 0
36 | DAVID BROOKS
40 | CAMERON BRAGG
35 1 2
5 6 2
0 0
2 0
0 0
0 2 0
0 0
0 0
0 0

fixtures & REsults
2023/24
DATE KO OPPOSITION RES. TV ATT. REF. STARTING XI
August
FRI 04 8PM SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 2-1 28,558 R MADLEY BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BEDNAREK STEPHENS MANNING SMALLBONE
TUE 08 7.45PM GILLINGHAM (CC1) 1-3 7,775 C BROOK MCCARTHY BREE LYANCO PERRAUD MEGHOMA CHARLES
SAT 12 3PM NORWICH CITY 4-4 30,113 D ENGLAND BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BEDNAREK 1 STEPHENS MANNING SMALLBONE
SAT 19 12.30PM PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 2-1 16,392 D WEBB BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BEDNAREK STEPHENS MANNING CHARLES
SAT 26 3PM QUEENS PARK RANGERS 2-1 30,401 J BELL BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BEDNAREK STEPHENS MANNING CHARLES
September
SAT 02 12.30PM SUNDERLAND 0-5 41,459 D COOTE BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BEDNAREK HOLGATE MANNING SMALLBONE
FRI 15 8PM LEICESTER CITY 1-4 28,877 R MADLEY BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS CHARLES HARWOOD-BELLIS MANNING SMALLBONE
TUE 19 7.45PM IPSWICH TOWN 0-1 27,265 J SMITH BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS CHARLES HARWOOD-BELLIS MANNING SMALLBONE
SAT 23 3PM MIDDLESBROUGH 1-2 26,141 T ROBINSON BAZUNU HOLGATE BEDNAREK HARWOOD-BELLIS WALKER-PETERS SMALLBONE
SAT 30 12.30PM LEEDS UNITED 3-1 30,372 J BROOKS BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BEDNAREK HARWOOD-BELLIS MANNING SMALLBONE 1
October
TUE 03 8PM STOKE CITY 1-0 20,002 J BELL BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BEDNAREK HARWOOD-BELLIS MANNING SMALLBONE
SAT 07 3PM ROTHERHAM UNITED 1-1 28,404 J BUSBY BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BEDNAREK HARWOOD-BELLIS MANNING SMALLBONE
SAT 21 3PM HULL CITY 2-1 21,524 G ELTRINGHAM BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BEDNAREK HARWOOD-BELLIS MANNING SMALLBONE 1
WED 25 7.45PM PRESTON NORTH END 2-2 15,346 J SIMPSON BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS 1 BEDNAREK HOLGATE BREE SMALLBONE
SAT 28 12.30PM BIRMINGHAM CITY 3-1 28,924 D WEBB BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BEDNAREK HARWOOD-BELLIS 1 BREE SMALLBONE
November
SAT 04 3PM MILLWALL 1-0 18,905 J LININGTON BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BEDNAREK HARWOOD-BELLIS BREE SMALLBONE
SAT 11 3PM WEST BROMWICH ALBION 2-1 30,160 T NIELD BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS HOLGATE HARWOOD-BELLIS BREE SMALLBONE 1
SAT 25 3PM HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 1-1 19,387 D WEBB BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BEDNAREK HARWOOD-BELLIS BREE SMALLBONE
WED 29 7.45PM BRISTOL CITY 1-0 28,047 K STROUD BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS 1 BEDNAREK HARWOOD-BELLIS MANNING CHARLES
December
SAT 02 3PM CARDIFF CITY 2-0 28,659 J BELL BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BEDNAREK HARWOOD-BELLIS MANNING CHARLES
SAT 09 3PM WATFORD 1-1 19,797 G ELTRINGHAM BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BEDNAREK HARWOOD-BELLIS MANNING CHARLES
WED 13 7.45PM COVENTRY CITY 1-1 23,996 B TONER BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BEDNAREK HARWOOD-BELLIS MANNING SMALLBONE
SAT 16 3PM BLACKBURN ROVERS 4-0 27,545 G SCOTT BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BEDNAREK HARWOOD-BELLIS BREE SMALLBONE
SAT 23 3PM QUEENS PARK RANGERS 1-0 17,745 O LANGFORD BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BEDNAREK HARWOOD-BELLIS 1 BREE SMALLBONE
TUE 26 3PM SWANSEA CITY 5-0 30,279 K STROUD BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BEDNAREK HARWOOD-BELLIS MANNING STEPHENS
FRI 29 6PM PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 2-1 30,559 J LININGTON BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BEDNAREK HARWOOD-BELLIS MANNING SMALLBONE
January
MON 01 3PM NORWICH CITY 1-1 26,467 D ENGLAND BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BEDNAREK HARWOOD-BELLIS MANNING STEPHENS
SAT 06 3PM WALSALL (FAC3) 4-0 22,627 D WEBB LUMLEY HOLGATE STEPHENS HARWOOD-BELLIS MEGHOMA SMALLBONE
SAT 13 3PM SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 4-0 30,189 L SMITH BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BEDNAREK HARWOOD-BELLIS MANNING SMALLBONE
SAT 20 12.30PM SWANSEA CITY 3-1 17,356 O LANGFORD BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BEDNAREK HARWOOD-BELLIS MANNING SMALLBONE 1
SAT 27 3PM WATFORD (FAC4) 1-1 16,688 M SALISBURY LUMLEY HOLGATE STEPHENS HARWOOD-BELLIS MEGHOMA CHARLES
February
SAT 03 3PM ROTHERHAM UNITED 2-0 11,179 S S GILL BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BEDNAREK 1 HARWOOD-BELLIS MANNING SMALLBONE
TUE 06 7.45PM WATFORD (FAC4R) 3-0 17,844 D BOND LUMLEY CHARLES BEDNAREK STEPHENS MEGHOMA SMALLBONE
SAT 10 3PM HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 5-3 29,863 D WEBB BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BEDNAREK HARWOOD-BELLIS MANNING SMALLBONE
TUE 13 8PM BRISTOL CITY 1-3 24,661 M DONOHUE BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BEDNAREK HARWOOD-BELLIS MANNING SMALLBONE
FRI 16 8PM WEST BROMWICH ALBION 2-0 25,066 S ALLISON BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BEDNAREK HARWOOD-BELLIS STEPHENS SMALLBONE
TUE 20 7.45PM HULL CITY 1-2 26,834 O LANGFORD BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BEDNAREK HARWOOD-BELLIS MANNING SMALLBONE
SAT 24 3PM MILLWALL 1-2 30,629 T BRAMALL BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BEDNAREK HARWOOD-BELLIS STEPHENS SMALLBONE
WED 28 8PM LIVERPOOL (FAC5) 0-3 59,782 C PAWSON LUMLEY BREE BEDNAREK STEPHENS MANNING CHARLES
March
SAT 02 3PM BIRMINGHAM CITY 4-3 23,611 J BELL BAZUNU STEPHENS BEDNAREK HARWOOD-BELLIS MANNING SMALLBONE
SAT 09 3PM SUNDERLAND 4-2 30,869 S ATTWELL BAZUNU STEPHENS BEDNAREK HARWOOD-BELLIS MANNING SMALLBONE
FRI 29 3PM MIDDLESBROUGH 1-1 30,470 M DONOHUE BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS STEPHENS HARWOOD-BELLIS BREE SMALLBONE
April
MON 01 5.30PM IPSWICH TOWN 2-3 29,393 M SALISBURY BAZUNU BREE BEDNAREK HARWOOD-BELLIS STEPHENS DOWNES
SAT 06 3PM BLACKBURN ROVERS 0-0 15,679 C PAWSON BAZUNU WALKER-PETERS BEDNAREK HARWOOD-BELLIS STEPHENS DOWNES
TUE 09 7.45PM COVENTRY CITY
SAT 13 3PM WATFORD
TUE 16 8PM PRESTON NORTH END
SAT 20 3PM CARDIFF CITY
TUE 23 8PM LEICESTER CITY
SAT 27 3PM STOKE CITY
May
SAT 04 12.30PM LEEDS UNITED
ALL FIXTURES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
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SUBSTITUTES
WARD-PROWSE ALCARAZ TELLA A ARMSTRONG 1 EDOZIE MCCARTHY, LYANCO, CHARLES, LAVIA, S ARMSTRONG 73', ARIBO 89', DJENEPO, AMO-AMEYAW, ADAMS 1 79'
S ARMSTRONG MARA AMO-AMEYAW ADAMS DJENEPO LUMLEY, STEPHENS, ARIBO 45', DOYLE 45', ALCARAZ 1 59', DIBLING 85', EDOZIE, BALLARD, ONUACHU 68'
S ARMSTRONG ALCARAZ TELLA A ARMSTRONG 2 EDOZIE MCCARTHY, LYANCO, BREE, CHARLES 65', ARIBO, DJENEPO, AMO-AMEYAW 87', ADAMS 1 47', MARA
S ARMSTRONG A ARMSTRONG TELLA 1 ADAMS 1 EDOZIE LUMLEY, LYANCO, BREE, PERRAUD, ARIBO 83', DOYLE, AMO-AMEYAW 75', BALLARD, MARA 90+1'
S ARMSTRONG ALCARAZ AMO-AMEYAW A ARMSTRONG 1 EDOZIE 1 LUMLEY, BELLA-KOTCHAP, BREE, DOWNES 25', ARIBO 83', DOYLE, DJENEPO, FRASER 56', MARA 56'
S ARMSTRONG DOWNES MARA A ARMSTRONG EDOZIE MCCARTHY, HARWOOD-BELLIS, BREE, CHARLES 64', ARIBO 72', ALCARAZ 81', AMO-AMEYAW, FRASER 45', ADAMS 45'
DOWNES A ARMSTRONG FRASER ADAMS EDOZIE 1 MCCARTHY, HOLGATE, BREE, S ARMSTRONG 68' , ARIBO 78' , ALCARAZ 50' , AMO-AMEYAW, KAMALDEEN 45', MARA
ARIBO A ARMSTRONG FRASER ADAMS EDOZIE MCCARTHY, HOLGATE, BEDNAREK 56' , BREE, S ARMSTRONG 56', ALCARAZ 76', AMO-AMEYAW, KAMALDEEN 56', MARA 85'
CHARLES DOWNES FRASER A ARMSTRONG 1 ADAMS MCCARTHY, BREE, MANNING 45', S ARMSTRONG 72', ARIBO 83', ALCARAZ, EDOZIE 72', KAMALDEEN 69', MARA
S ARMSTRONG DOWNES KAMALDEEN A ARMSTRONG 2 ALCARAZ MCCARTHY, HOLGATE, BREE 85', CHARLES 69', ARIBO 85', FRASER 59', EDOZIE, ADAMS 69', MARA
S ARMSTRONG 1 DOWNES KAMALDEEN A ARMSTRONG ALCARAZ MCCARTHY, HOLGATE 90+3', BREE, CHARLES 81', ARIBO 81', FRASER 72', EDOZIE, ADAMS, MARA 72
S ARMSTRONG 1 DOWNES KAMALDEEN A ARMSTRONG ADAMS MCCARTHY, HOLGATE, BREE, CHARLES, ARIBO 86', ALCARAZ 63', FRASER 63', EDOZIE 63', MARA 86'
S ARMSTRONG DOWNES KAMALDEEN A ARMSTRONG ALCARAZ MCCARTHY, HOLGATE, BREE , CHARLES 87', ARIBO, FRASER 1 84', EDOZIE 69', ADAMS 69', MARA 87'
CHARLES DOWNES EDOZIE A ARMSTRONG ADAMS MCCARTHY, MEGHOMA, S ARMSTRONG 57', ARIBO, ALCARAZ 82', FRASER 72', AMO-AMEYAW, KAMALDEEN 58', MARA 45'
S ARMSTRONG DOWNES KAMALDEEN A ARMSTRONG 1 ALCARAZ 1 MCCARTHY, HOLGATE, MANNING, CHARLES 81', ARIBO 69', FRASER 76', EDOZIE 82', AMO-AMEYAW, MARA
S ARMSTRONG DOWNES KAMALDEEN A ARMSTRONG ALCARAZ MCCARTHY, HOLGATE, MANNING 71', CHARLES 83', ARIBO, FRASER 1 77', EDOZIE, ADAMS 83', MARA
S ARMSTRONG DOWNES KAMALDEEN A ARMSTRONG 1 ALCARAZ MCCARTHY, MANNING 66', CHARLES 67', ARIBO, FRASER 55' , EDOZIE, STEWART 83', ADAMS 66', MARA
S ARMSTRONG DOWNES KAMALDEEN A ARMSTRONG 1 FRASER MCCARTHY, HOLGATE, MANNING 80', CHARLES 80' , ARIBO, ALCARAZ, EDOZIE 55', STEWART 80', ADAMS 90'
S ARMSTRONG DOWNES KAMALDEEN A ARMSTRONG ALCARAZ LUMLEY, HOLGATE, BREE 90+1', SMALLBONE 82', ARIBO 82', FRASER , EDOZIE, ADAMS 35', MARA
S ARMSTRONG DOWNES ALCARAZ A ARMSTRONG 2 ADAMS LUMLEY, HOLGATE, BREE, ARIBO 62', FRASER 63', DIBLING, EDOZIE, AMO-AMEYAW, MARA 81'
S ARMSTRONG ARIBO ALCARAZ A ARMSTRONG ADAMS 1 LUMLEY, HOLGATE, STEPHENS, BREE 87', BRAGG, SMALLBONE 87', FRASER 45', EDOZIE, MARA 81'
S ARMSTRONG CHARLES ARIBO A ARMSTRONG ADAMS LUMLEY, HOLGATE, STEPHENS, BREE, ALCARAZ 90', FRASER 60', DIBLING, EDOZIE 1 60', MARA 90'
S ARMSTRONG 1 DOWNES ARIBO A ARMSTRONG EDOZIE 1 LUMLEY, HOLGATE, STEPHENS 66', MANNING, CHARLES 66', ALCARAZ 1 76', FRASER 65', ADAMS, MARA 1 76'
S ARMSTRONG DOWNES ARIBO A ARMSTRONG EDOZIE LUMLEY, HOLGATE, STEPHENS 86', MANNING 32', CHARLES 56', ALCARAZ, FRASER 57' ADAMS 56', MARA,
S ARMSTRONG DOWNES ARIBO 1 A ARMSTRONG EDOZIE 1 LUMLEY, HOLGATE, SMALLBONE 57', ALCARAZ 57', FRASER 2 70', DIBLING, AMO-AMEYAW, ADAMS 1 71', MARA
CHARLES ALCARAZ 1 EDOZIE A ARMSTRONG ADAMS 1 LUMLEY, HOLGATE, STEPHENS 82', S ARMSTRONG 67', ARIBO 67', FRASER 68', DIBLING, AMO-AMEYAW, MARA 75'
S ARMSTRONG DOWNES ARIBO A ARMSTRONG 1 EDOZIE LUMLEY, CHARLES 84', SMALLBONE 84', ALCARAZ 90', FRASER 27', DIBLING, AMO-AMEYAW, ADAMS 45', MARA
CHARLES ALCARAZ AMO-AMEYAW MARA 1 FRASER 2 MCCARTHY, BEDNAREK, MANNING, BRAGG 84', DOWNES, S ARMSTRONG, DIBLING 76', ADAMS 1 66', A ARMSTRONG
S ARMSTRONG DOWNES FRASER 1 A ARMSTRONG 1 ADAMS 1 LUMLEY, STEPHENS 83', HOLGATE, MEGHOMA, CHARLES 84', ALCARAZ 77', DIBLING 88', AMO-AMEYAW, MARA 1 77'
S ARMSTRONG DOWNES 1 FRASER A ARMSTRONG ADAMS 1 LUMLEY, STEPHENS 60', HOLGATE, CHARLES 87', ROTHWELL 76', ALCARAZ, DIBLING, AMO-AMEYAW, MARA 76'
ROTHWELL ALCARAZ DIBLING MARA ADAMS MCCARTHY, BEDNAREK , WALKER-PETERS, MANNING, SMALLBONE 63', S ARMSTRONG 1 63', FRASER 63', AMO-AMEYAW 78' , A ARMSTRONG 63'
S ARMSTRONG DOWNES FRASER A ARMSTRONG 1 ADAMS LUMLEY, STEPHENS, MEGHOMA, CHARLES 89', ROTHWELL 73', BROOKS 74', DIBLING, EDOZIE, MARA 81'
ROTHWELL DOWNES DIBLING MARA 2 ADAMS 1 MCCARTHY, HARWOOD-BELLIS , WALKER-PETERS, MANNING, BRAGG 87', S ARMSTRONG 78', EDOZIE 65', AMO-AMEYAW 78', A ARMSTRONG 77'
S ARMSTRONG DOWNES FRASER A ARMSTRONG ADAMS LUMLEY, STEPHENS, CHARLES, ROTHWELL 2 33', BROOKS 45', DIBLING, EDOZIE 1 71', KAMALDEEN 71', MARA 1 79'
ROTHWELL CHARLES BROOKS A ARMSTRONG 1 EDOZIE LUMLEY, STEPHENS, MEGHOMA, S ARMSTRONG 45', DIBLING, FRASER 64', AMO-AMEYAW, KAMALDEEN 73', MARA 64'
S ARMSTRONG CHARLES FRASER 1 A ARMSTRONG MARA LUMLEY, MANNING, ROTHWELL 82', ARIBO 58', BROOKS 1 68', DIBLING, EDOZIE 59', AMO-AMEYAW, KAMALDEEN 82'
S ARMSTRONG ROTHWELL MARA A ARMSTRONG EDOZIE LUMLEY, STEPHENS, CHARLES, ARIBO 1 45', BROOKS 45', DIBLING, FRASER 59', KAMALDEEN 70', ADAMS 45'
S ARMSTRONG ARIBO BROOKS ADAMS 1 FRASER LUMLEY, BREE, MANNING 71', CHARLES , ROTHWELL 60', EDOZIE 19', KAMALDEEN 71', A ARMSTRONG 59', MARA
ROTHWELL ARIBO EDOZIE MARA KAMALDEEN MCCARTHY, HARWOOD-BELLIS 75', WALKER-PETERS 58', SMALLBONE 69', DIBLING, AMO-AMEYAW, A ARMSTRONG 58', ADAMS 69'
S ARMSTRONG DOWNES BROOKS 1 A ARMSTRONG 1 ADAMS 1 LUMLEY, BREE, CHARLES, ARIBO 1 70', ROTHWELL 85', DIBLING, EDOZIE 64', KAMALDEEN 85', MARA 85'
S ARMSTRONG 1 DOWNES BROOKS A ARMSTRONG 1 ADAMS LUMLEY, BREE 73', CHARLES, ARIBO 58', ROTHWELL 2 73', DIBLING, EDOZIE, KAMALDEEN 58', MARA 84'
S ARMSTRONG DOWNES KAMALDEEN A ARMSTRONG 1 ADAMS LUMLEY, BEDNAREK, MANNING, ARIBO 90+1', ROTHWELL , BROOKS 63', EDOZIE 90+1', FRASER 63', MARA 85'
S ARMSTRONG ARIBO FRASER A ARMSTRONG 1 ADAMS 1 LUMLEY, WALKER-PETERS, MANNING, SMALLBONE 82', ROTHWELL 82', BROOKS 71', EDOZIE 77', KAMALDEEN, MARA
ROTHWELL ARIBO BROOKS A ARMSTRONG FRASER LUMLEY, LAWRENCE, MANNING, CHARLES, SMALLBONE 63', EDOZIE 75', KAMALDEEN 75', ADAMS 62', MARA 87'
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saints standings
2023/24
SKY BET
CHAMPIONSHIP
TABLE
# Team Pl W D L F A GD Pts FORM GUIDE
1 LEICESTER CITY 40 28 4 8 79 36 +43 88
2 IPSWICH TOWN 41 26 9 6 84 52 +32 87
3 LEEDS UNITED 41 26 8 7 76 33 +43 86
4 SOUTHAMPTON 39 22 9 8 76 51 +25 75
5 WEST BROM 41 19 12 10 64 41 +23 69
6 NORWICH CITY 41 20 7 14 73 58 +15 67
7 COVENTRY CITY 40 17 12 11 65 47 +18 63
8 MIDDLESBROUGH 41 18 7 16 58 53 +5 61
9 HULL CITY 40 17 10 13 57 52 +5 61
10 PRESTON NORTH END 40 17 9 14 52 55 -3 60
11 CARDIFF CITY 41 17 5 19 46 57 -11 56
12 BRISTOL CITY 41 15 9 17 44 45 -1 54
13 SUNDERLAND 41 15 7 19 51 50 +1 52
14 WATFORD 41 12 15 14 57 55 +2 51
15 SWANSEA CITY 41 12 11 18 49 62 -13 47
16 BLACKBURN ROVERS 41 12 10 19 56 66 -10 46
17 QPR 41 12 10 19 39 53 -14 46
18 STOKE CITY 41 12 10 19 40 56 -16 46
19 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 41 11 11 19 56 65 -9 44
20 MILLWALL 41 11 11 19 38 54 -16 44
21 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 41 9 16 16 45 65 -20 43
22 BIRMINGHAM CITY 41 11 9 21 45 63 -18 42
23 SHEFF WED 41 12 6 23 33 64 -31 42
24 ROTHERHAM UNITED 41 4 11 26 32 82 -50 23
THIS WEEK’S FIXTURES
TUESDAY 9TH APRIL | 7.45PM UNLESS STATED
LEEDS UNITED VS SUNDERLAND (8PM)
MILLWALL VS LEICESTER CITY
PLYMOUTH ARGYLE VS QUEENS PARK RANGERS
PRESTON NORTH END VS HUDDERSFIELD TOWN
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY VS NORWICH CITY
SOUTHAMPTON VS COVENTRY CITY
WEDNESDAY 10TH APRIL | 7.45PM UNLESS STATED
BIRMINGHAM CITY VS CARDIFF CITY
BRISTOL CITY VS BLACKBURN ROVERS
HULL CITY VS MIDDLESBROUGH
IPSWICH TOWN VS WATFORD
SWANSEA CITY VS STOKE CITY (8PM)
WEST BROMWICH ALBION VS ROTHERHAM UNITED (8PM)
goals
23 Sammie
Szmodics
20 Adam
Armstrong
19 Morgan
Whittaker
17 Crysencio
Summerville
15 Jack
Clarke
assists
16 Leif
Davis
15 Georginio
Rutter
13 Kiernan
Dewsbury-Hall
11 Adam
Armstrong
11 Gabriel
Gomes Sara
shots
152 Morgan
Whittaker
128 Conor
Chaplin
124 Sammie
Szmodics
121 Adam
Armstrong
118 Crysencio
Summerville
clean sheets
17 illan
meslier
16 alex
palmer
13 Václav
Hladký
12 mads
mermansen
11 gavin
bazunu
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BARCLAYS
WOMEN’S
CHAMPIONSHIP
# Team PlD W D L F A GD Pts
1 SUNDERLAND 20 12 4 4 31 17 +14 40
2 CRYSTAL PALACE 19 12 3 4 52 20 +32 39
3 SOUTHAMPTON 20 12 0 8 36 22 +14 36
4 CHARLTON ATHLETIC 19 10 6 3 27 17 +10 36
5 BIRMINGHAM CITY 19 10 3 6 32 17 +15 33
6 SHEFFIELD UNITED 20 9 2 9 31 27 +4 29
7 BLACKBURN ROVERS 19 9 2 8 21 27 -6 29
8 LONDON CITY 20 6 4 10 22 31 -9 22
9 DURHAM 20 5 5 10 23 43 -20 20
10 READING 19 4 6 9 17 37 -20 18
11 LEWES 20 4 4 12 20 34 -14 16
12 WATFORD 19 3 3 13 19 39 -20 12
PREMIER
LEAGUE 2
DIV 1: top HALF
# Team PlD W D L F A GD Pts
1 TOTTENHAM 16 12 3 1 45 20 +25 39
2 WEST HAM 18 12 3 3 50 26 +24 39
3 FULHAM 17 10 4 3 47 25 +22 34
4 ARSENAL 16 9 4 3 38 24 +14 31
5 WOLVES 17 9 3 5 36 28 +8 30
6 LIVERPOOL 17 9 3 5 30 23 +7 30
7 CHELSEA 17 9 2 6 45 30 +15 29
8 READING 17 8 4 5 29 35 -6 28
9 BRIGHTON 17 8 3 6 33 33 +0 27
10 MIDDLESBROUGH 17 8 3 6 32 33 -1 27
11 SUNDERLAND 16 7 4 5 36 28 +8 25
12 MAN UTD 15 7 2 6 47 34 +13 23
13 SOUTHAMPTON 17 7 2 8 39 38 +1 23
LAST 3
SUN 31 MAR
SAINTS 2
LEWES 1
THOMPSON 2
@ ST MARY’S STADIUM
BARCLAYS WOMEN’S
CHAMPIONSHIP
SUN 24 MAR
BLACKBURN 2
SAINTS 1
PIKE
@ EWOOD PARK
BARCLAYS WOMEN’S
CHAMPIONSHIP
SUN 17 MAR
SAINTS 5
READING 0
PHAROAH 2, WILKINSON 2, MORRIS
@ ST MARY’S STADIUM
BARCLAYS WOMEN’S
CHAMPIONSHIP
LAST 3
FRI 05 APR
NORWICH 0
SAINTS 2
DAVIS, PEARCE
@ THE LOTUS TRAINING CENTRE
PREMIER LEAGUE 2
TUE 26 MAR
AFC PORTCHESTER 3
SAINTS 1
PITTS
@ THE ONSITE GROUP
STADIUM
SERVIO MEN’S SENIOR CUP
SEMI-FINAL
FRI 15 MAR
SAINTS 4
CRYSTAL PALACE 0
O’BRIEN-WHITMARSH, PEARCE,
AMO-AMEYAW, DAVIS
@ STAPLEWOOD
PREMIER LEAGUE 2
NEXT 2
SUN 21 APR 2PM
SAINTS VS
LONDON CITY
@ ST MARY’S STADIUM
BARCLAYS WOMEN’S
CHAMPIONSHIP
SUN 28 APR 2PM
CHARLTON VS
SAINTS
@ THE VALLEY
BARCLAYS WOMEN’S
CHAMPIONSHIP
NEXT 3
FRI 12 APR 7PM
SAINTS VS
NOTTINGHAM FOREST
@ THE SNOWS STADIUM
PREMIER LEAGUE 2
FRI 26 APR 7PM
CHELSEA VS
SAINTS
@ KINGSMEADOW
PREMIER LEAGUE 2
MON 29 APR 7PM
SAINTS VS
MAN UNITED
@ STAPLEWOOD
PREMIER LEAGUE 2
UNDER-18
PREMIER
LEAGUE SOUTH
# Team PlD W D L F A GD Pts
1 CHELSEA 17 14 1 2 55 25 +30 43
2 WEST HAM 20 14 1 5 62 36 +26 43
3 TOTTENHAM 18 11 2 5 58 43 +15 35
4 FULHAM 20 11 1 8 51 42 +9 34
5 ARSENAL 18 9 5 4 50 32 +18 32
6 CRYSTAL PALACE 19 9 4 6 51 43 +8 31
7 LEICESTER CITY 19 6 7 6 37 41 -4 25
8 BRIGHTON 18 6 4 8 39 46 -7 22
9 WEST BROM 18 6 3 9 32 47 -15 21
10 ASTON VILLA 18 5 2 11 42 49 -7 17
11 SOUTHAMPTON 18 4 5 9 32 45 -13 17
12 NORWICH CITY 18 3 1 14 30 61 -31 10
13 READING 17 2 2 13 17 46 -29 8
LAST 3
SAT 06 APR
ASTON VILLA 0
SAINTS 4
TRIALIST 2, EHIBHATIOMHAN,
RODRIGUEZ
@ BODYMOOR HEATH
TRAINING GROUND
U18 PREMIER LEAGUE
SAT 16 MAR
SAINTS 1
LEICESTER 1
DALEY
@ STAPLEWOOD
U18 PREMIER LEAGUE
SAT 09 MAR
TOTTENHAM 2
SAINTS 2
PITTS, MILES
@ TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
TRAINING CENTRE
U18 PREMIER LEAGUE
NEXT 3
SAT 13 APR NOON
SAINTS VS
CRYSTAL PALACE
@ STAPLEWOOD
U18 PREMIER LEAGUE
SAT 20 APR 11AM
READING VS
SAINTS
@ BEARWOOD PARK
TRAINING GROUND
U18 PREMIER LEAGUE
TUE 23 APR NOON
WEST BROM VS
SAINTS
@ WEST BROM TRAINING
GROUND
U18 PREMIER LEAGUE

10
Questions
with...
Alex
MCCarthy
1. Football hero?
Peter Schmeichel
2. Favourite other sport?
Golf
3. Favourite film?
Gladiator
4. How would you
describe yourself in
three words? Laid-back,
relaxed, joker.
5. What is your cheat
meal? Probably a curry
6. Proudest career
achievement so far?
Making my England debut
7. Best player you’ve ever
played with?
Virgil van Dijk
8. Toughest striker you’ve
ever faced? Sergio Agüero
– so sharp, no backlift and
so clinical in the box.
9. Best game you’ve
played for Saints? The
Swansea game away,
when we had to win to
stay up.
10. Best save you’ve
ever made? The treble
save against Newcastle
at home (pictured).
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