By Graham Hiley. Saints seem to be adopting a siege mentality after finally breaking their silence over the “Spygate” scandal. After 12 days of nothing, chairman and owner Dragan Solak has at last come out and said he has no intention of sacking manager Tonda Eckert who has now...
Articles with the Tag Saints
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...
Opinion: ‘Spygate’ judgement makes damning reading
By Graham Hiley. The Football League have released their full judgment on “Spygate” and it makes damning reading for Saints. The 12-page document details the lengths the club went to in order to observe three of their opponents’ training sessions – an offence which saw them expelled from the...
View from the Kingsland: Spygate – shock, anger and shame
By Nick Mabey. Long time Saints fan and columnist Nick Mabey gives a personal take on the fall out of the spygate saga. Disbelief courses through me as I sit to write this. The shock waves caused by the ruling from the two independent panels against Southampton Football Club...
Opinion: How can Saints ever regain the trust of their fans?
By Graham Hiley. It was always a long shot that Saints would manage to overturn their severe sentence for spying. The big question is what happens now that their appeal has been dismissed? There is no further challenge, no remaining legal option. The club has been kicked out of...
Opinion: The punishment has to fit the crime!
Graham Hiley shares his thoughts on Southampton FC’s expulsion from the play-off final at Wembley. What Saints have done is sneaky, stupid and sickening. I am absolutely not going to defend their pathetic behaviour. BUT… The punishment has to fit the crime – and Southampton have probably been hit...
Opinion: Saints and the ‘Spygate’ scandal
Graham Hiley takes a look at the “Spygate” scandal which has overshadowed Saints’ remarkable run to the Playoff final. I spy with my little eye something beginning with C. Is it Cheats? Possibly – that is for the Football League to determine. Is it Chancers? That depends on...
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,...