mikec

Subs made at half-time don't count as one of the 3.

As the team third-from-bottom that year, we were the first ones to suffer from 3-up, 3-down (before then, only 2 teams were relegated). We were joined by Norwich and of course, Manchester United.

Iain Dowie ?

A great site and once you start reading it's hard to stop. I like the description of John McGrath as "a barn-door in a red-and-white shirt".

Oh yeah, I forgot about the Tottenham league games - I wasn't at any of those.

Yes, aintforever just got there first. 1976 Charity Shield which we lost 1-0 to Liverpool.

This will probably be easy for some, but it gives me the chance to say that I am lucky enough to have been at all 8 of Saints' Wembley/Millenium Stadium appearances. 7 of these matches were: 1976 FA Cup final vs Man Utd 1979 League Cup final vs Nottm Forest 1992 ZDS final vs Nottm Forest 2003 FA Cup final vs Arsenal 2010 JPT final vs Carlisle 2017 EFL final vs Man Utd 2018 FA Cup semi-final vs Chelsea Which game is missing from this list?

Spurs

Does the bonus point for Clive Thomas relate to the game in WC 78 when he disallowed a last-second Brazil goal because he had blown for full time just as the ball was being crossed from a corner? No-one could understand why he didn't just end the game before the corner was taken. If 3) relates to the Anderlecht home tie, the ref was Rudi Glöckner who had previously reffed the 1970 World Cup final between Brazil and Italy. I remember that Jim Steele's error led to the decisive Anderlecht goal but don't recall him being sent off.

I think it was Mark Twain that said referring to Papa Waigo as a "Southampton hero" is a bit of an exaggeration. He did a decent job for us at the time though.

Agreed. A good listen and some great memories. Interesting that Beattie gives a lot of credit for the goals he scored in later seasons for us to Brett Ormerod who a lot of fans didn't really rate.

Sad news. He was a hard man indeed. I'll always associate him with the Leeds fans' banner "Norman bites yer legs!" that used to be shown in the opening titles of The Big Match on a Sunday afternoon.

Lets B is correct. Bale made his debut in that match at 16 years and 275 days old according to Wikipedia

Ok, as it's Easter weekend, this question is about a match on Easter Monday 2006. Saints beat Millwall 2-0 in the championship, a result that confirmed Millwall's relegation to League 1. During the game, a light plane flew over the stadium trailing the banner "Time to go, Rupert Lowe". Those 2 things aside, there was something else significant about that match - what was it?

The first game I saw at St Mary's was a 3-1 defeat against Villa. I think Rory Delap got a red card that night followed by a Villa player later, so I'll say Delap

I remember at least one game where Danny, Rodney and Ray all started. I think it was reported at the time as being the first time 3 brothers had started a top flight match for the same team, but I could be wrong.

They beat us on their own ground then in a 2 legged tie. The game at the Dell was a draw, so they have never beaten us at home. Let's hope that continues today.

Ralph, is that you?

Interesting to see that the number of penalties dropped slightly with VAR, in the European leagues at least. I would have assumed the opposite from what happened in the men's and women's World Cups.

You are mixing up 2 games. Rednapp's first match in charge was against Middlesbrough when we threw away a 2-0 lead with just a couple of minutes to go. The Everton match we went 1-0 down (Beattie scoring against us just after his transfer) then we turned it around to 2-1 before Crouch's unfortunate choice to go for a 3rd in the dying seconds. I still have nightmares about it.

Bear in mind that VAR has already been used in the top leagues in Germany and Italy for a season and I don't think those competitions were ruined.

Might not be easy if all 3 are battling for survival.

I seem to remember Jimmy Gabriel being involved in a challenge that left both him and his opponent flat on the ground (at Leeds?) As he was being carried off on a stretcher, the ref informed him he was being sent off (no red cards were waved in those days).

Yes I think the 5-4 at Norwich was the best in a match where we were 3-1 down at one point and defeat would have meant almost certain relegation. After that I would go for the 2 Liverpool games - 3-3 at the Dell when we were 3-0 down with about 20 mins to go, and more recently the 3-2 win against Klopp's side after being 2-0 down and missing a penalty.

I guess this means that Cardiff are down if Brighton beat Newcastle later.