Matthew Le God

A tour of Cobham Training Ground with Graeme Le Saux... http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2xx87_chelsea-training-centre-in-cobham_sport Staplewood is having many of the same features and as the opening post of this thread states, it is possibly to a higher spec. Cortese/Liebherr's aren't building Staplewood and the academy to merely be a mid table or bottom half Premier League team, if that were the case they wouldn't be spending as much on this as they are. Cortese resubmitted plans after Liebherr's death that were 3 times that of the original training ground development. This is costing a lot of money. They really want to compete at a high level in the Premier League! The club and some of the fans need a change of mindset, they have big ambitions for the club for the first time in its 126 year history and the resources to match those ambitions it seems.

35 years in the top flight. 1966 to 1974 and 1978 to 2005

Have to go back to 1960 for that. Was 1983/84 that Saints came 2nd in the 1st tier. They were in the Football League in the 1950's and 1960's. Joined the Football League in 1920. Saints Southern League titles are all from the 1890's to the very early 1900's.

I already do...

So you don't know then. Helpful I think he was hinting towards you reading this article... http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2689911,00.html

Billy Sharp on Twitter... billy sharp ‏ @billysharp10 Just seen a donny fan walking the streets of southampton in a sharp 10 blue away shirt.wound my window down and high fived him. I would have loved to have seen that moment.

Main construction work started last month and announced on OS on 16th February... http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2613018,00.html

Will be more than that. Over 29,000 home fans already have tickets, roughly 600 Doncaster fans and all sales between now and kickoff should see it close to sold out.

It has been that way since the fixture were announced in June 2011.

No.

I think all previous Championship games this season have been streamed live on BBC iplayer.

Schneiderlin is probably my favourite player at the moment, he is playing superbly well. Even more so than Lallana or Lambert. Might give him a big rise for FM13.

In terms of non-Saints signings... Kevin Phillips on a free transfer, 2nd top scorer in the league with 16 goals with a lot of appearances coming as a substitute. (not that Saints would need him, but that is good value)

Use your Saints Player login to view. First Half http://www.hullcityafc.net/articles/20120322/hull-city-v-southampton-first-half_2265038_2687895/0,,10338~2687895~1,00.html Second Half http://www.hullcityafc.net/articles/20120322/hull-city-v-southampton-second-half_2265038_2687899/0,,10338~2687899~1,00.html Enjoy

Where have you got that from? It was actually over 700, for a midweek trip to Hull. Pretty good really considering no-one working a 9-til-5 job in Hampshire could possibly get to the match given the huge distance involved for a 7:45pm kick-off. You really aren't in a position to question Saints attendance's! - First game after administration for Saints over 27,000 turn up to St Mary's, for Pompey 16,000 turn up to Fratton Park. - Last night only 12k vs Birmingham for a game with cheap tickets for schools, 2 for £25 and 4 for £44 ticket deals. You have been taken in by the media myth's of Pompey's fanbase. It is actually quite appauling. You only need to go back to the 1990's for sub 10k averages at Fratton Park. If Pompey go down to League One next season they won't get remotely close to the 22,000 average Saints had both seasons in the 3rd tier. Especially with far smaller away crowds from League One teams going to Fratton Park compared to what Championship clubs bring. Pompey will be lucky to break the 10,000 barrier next season in League One.

Given we aren't using him in the 2nd tier, why would Tottenham want to do that if we were a 1st tier team next season?

Nothing "happened to him" apart from a brief injury, he is still here it is just that Saints have a large squad with strong competition for places and can only name 5 subs each match. Some people have to miss out as Saints have a squad larger than 16.

What absolute nonsense that is! Although not brilliant in recent years in Europe they still get some notable results and were in the UEFA Cup final as recently as 2003, plus they have a large number of current internationals. How many League Two sides can say that? At present they could hold their own in mid table of the Premier League. If Norwich and Swansea can, so would Celtic easily. If they ever were to move into the English Leagues they would quickly establish themselves as one of the top clubs as they would be able to attract a better quality of player than they do currently with the pull of the league and all the extra TV money, sponsorship etc they would bring in.

The Scottish FA and Celtic FC are separate entities.

I think you mean "could if allowed".

No they wouldn't. For a start a Premier League game at St Mary's between Saints and Celtic/Rangers would see them get an allocation of 3,200 max like every other team.

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/EXCLUSIVE-Brave-header-confirms-Southampton-Dan-Seaborne-is-back-article879655.html

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/EXCLUSIVE-Brave-header-confirms-Southampton-Dan-Seaborne-is-back-article879655.html

It was mathematically guaranteed before today. It isn't as simple as looking like at what 17th can get, with teams having to play each other there simply wasn't enough points in the league for enough teams to get more than Southampton for Saints to finish 17th for quite a while.