Saints in our lives…
When you talk about contentious issues, the best or worst eleven players for any club is probably number one. I was recently asked to write an article on my best Saints Premier League eleven for Shoot...
View ArticleLundekvam or Svensson or Ostenstad or Ekelund?
“Never walk, away from home, ahead of your axe and sword. You can’t feel battle, in your bones, or foresee a fight.” - The Havamal (Book of Viking Wisdom) In my time watching the Saints, we have had...
View ArticleCrossing The Divide: Dave Beasant
“I was surprised how fierce the rivalry was when I first came down to Hampshire in the late 1970s. I’ve been involved in three other local rivalries – the Merseyside and north London derbies as a...
View ArticleSaints To Call On Spirit Of 78?
The England Manager has walked out, Liverpool are heading to the League Cup Final, Portsmouth are facing the possibility of relegation after financial woes, Saints have been knocked out of the FA Cup...
View ArticleSuper Ken: From The Premier League to the Printing Press..
Yesterday, former Saints centre half Ken Monkou set off on a new footballing journey as his new magazine ‘Football Life‘ was launched at Stamford Bridge. The dutchman made 233 appearances for...
View ArticleBe Careful What You Wish For…
Apologies for the brief hiatus! I have been working on other projects in both football and my real job. Hopefully this will be the return of regular posts! As speculation increases as to the future of...
View ArticleSaints & Toffees: Played For Both
Apologies for the lack of a Saints/Chelsea team, I was beaten by time I’m afraid! Never mind that though, the result was more than most were hoping for so we can move on and not worry about it. I...
View ArticleTwenty Questions: Gordon Watson
It’s been a while…. So apologies to those of you who follow the site. Life and work got a little hectic for a while there, but hopefully the content will start to flow a little more now, along with a...
View ArticlePochettino Enters Sack Race!
So it’s happened. Older fans will recognise the title of this blog as a nod to a brilliant Ugly Inside front page after Alan Ball left for Man City, and much like that situation it is difficult as a...
View ArticleWorld Cup of Saints Managers
As far as jumping on the bandwagon goes, this is as shameless as it gets…. Seemingly started by Richard Osman of Pointless fame with his ‘World Cup of Chocolate, using the new twitter poll feature as a...
View ArticleWorld Cup of Saints Managers: 1st Round Proper
Yesterday saw the start of the ‘World Cup of Saints Managers’! The results of the Preliminary Round are in:- Match 1:- #WorldCupofSaintsManagers Prelim Round. Alan Ball v Ronald Koeman. Massive first...
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