Ted Bates became Manager 1 month before I was born so the first 'appointment' I saw was Laurie McMenemy who became Manager in November 1973, having been appointed Assistant Manager to Ted 4 months earlier. 24 Managers later and we still haven't had a manager with the loyalty that Ted had and people forget that Saints qualified for Europe twice (1969/1971) under his stewardship - long before Koeman's arrival. He also stayed a little longer....