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...
Articles with the Tag Spygate
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...
Football is so much more than just a game
By Graham Hiley. Picture: Hazel Worthy. Happy birthday this weekend to Lucy's dad! Now, I have no idea who that is or who Lucy is... but I do know she had to buy a new birthday card following Saints' devastating expulsion from the Play-off final. She posted a photo...
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...