By Nick Mabey. I don’t know about you but I wasn’t quite ready for the new season. A mere nineteen days after Spain triumphed in the World Cup final against Argentina, Saints were turning out in the Carabao cup away to Colchester. Who starts a new season with a...
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Fan opinion: Football should give children memories, not shame
By Robbie Krzysica. I’m a Saints fan living in Stoke now, but Southampton is where I grew up, and Saints have always been part of who I am. I went to school opposite The Dell. Some of my earliest memories are of Laurie McMenemy coming across at the end...
Fan opinion: Eckert should go – but I’ll always be a Saint
By Steve Keites. Loyal Saints fan Steve Keites reflects on where he believes his beloved club should go from here. I watched my first Saints game on the 8th February 1986 at the Dell against Luton Town. Legendary players like Shilton, Wright, Holmes, Moran, Case and Danny Wallace were...
Reader’s letter: Saints at Wembley – the beautiful game can bring everyone together, even when we don’t win
Words and photos by Jason Flynn. Saturday 25th April, it’s here, finally after what’s seemed like years, it’s here, Southampton Football Club, The Saints, our Day out at Wembley for the FA Cup Semi Final, is here, my Club, OUR Club, little old Southampton are going to Wembley. My...
Saints Foundation raised £15k through Charity Matchdays
Image credit: Southampton FC via Getty Images. Saints Foundation took centre stage at St Mary’s Stadium twice in February, raising more than £15,000 to support its life-changing work across Southampton. The charity arm of Southampton Football Club was spotlighted at Southampton FC Women’s first-team fixture against Newcastle on Sunday,...
View from the Kingsland – Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year?
By Nick Mabey. As we approach the halfway mark, it’s difficult to know what to make of Saints’ season so far. Hope followed by despair followed by hope has left us fans a little confused about how to agree a narrative to frame our support around. Should we be...
View from the Kingsland: It’s derby time again
By Nick Mabey. Despite the recent rise of AFC Bournemouth and Brighton & Hove Albion, there is only one proper South Coast Derby. Every club thinks their local derby is the most intense, important, historical, bitter, whatever. Most football pundits agree that Southampton v Portsmouth is right up there...
Experience: From outsider to insider in a football-shaped universe
By Tammi Dodger. If you live in the way that you take it personally when the universe ruins your day, the upside is that it sometimes feels like the cosmos is giving you its blessing. That’s how it felt the first time the Lionnesses won the Euros in 2021....
View from the Kingsland: Finally Over
By Nick Mabey. It’s finally over. Saints’ season, that started in bright sunshine with an encouraging performance and close defeat, ended the same way. The away loss to Newcastle in August last year, with a blunt attack unable to score against a side reduced to 10-men early on, offered...
View from The Kingsland: Reflective Ramblings
By Nick Mabey. With relegation pretty much assured (if not mathematically certain yet) I found myself in reflective mood when taking my seat for the recent home game with so-called local rivals AFC Bournemouth. Reflecting on the strange feeling of having no pressure and expecting to lose. Reflecting on...