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For me the best goal award is : team goal : Channon v Liverpool as shown above, individual goal : MLT v Newcastle 1994 (?) when he strolled through their defence and stroked the ball in One of my greatest and fondest memories though is KK's overhead 'goal' , 5/12/81. What a team - Keegan,Channon,Ball,Armstrong,Williams, Golac.

How is this saved onto a pc ?

Superb. How do I download this ? Have tried but only saves first btwo seconds. Not what I wanted to refer to. Will try again.

I think you've confused him with another newscaster James Mates. Clive Myrie James Mates. An easy mistake to make.

Seems an even more obscureDutch. player than Tsheu La Ling (or whatever his name was) to have played for us, although I'm not sure if TLLing was ever formally recorded as having played for us, other than in an Echo report.

I'm reasonably content with MP as a successor to NA, although still don't believe the change was necessary, or has been a major improvement. There are many comments on this thread that I agree with, most recently this one : We had seemed to turn a corner, and were heading in the right direction under NA, both the decision , and timing were ridiculous. MP in some ways looks impressive in his approach, and high level pressing up the field etc, but as others have pointed out 2 wins in 8, is not a good return. To those looking forward to progress under MP, or even next season with him, I'd say don't get too excited, as it remains to be seen how long MP will remain here - I have my doubts on that one. This is purely hypothetical, and we will never know, but over a 3-5 year period I feel we would progress further with NA being allowed to build, rather than a change in January 2013, and then a couple of times more in the next 3-4 years when NC feels the need.

Any idea if the Liebherrs have attended recently, or if indeed they still do ?

Yes, height of 1970's fashion. ICONIC - to me at the time.

Thinking back over the years: Ted Bates - & co, imcl John Mortimore used to appear in team photos wearing Hush Puppies, Jimmy Gallagher (was he a coach, or physio ? in a white lab coat) Lawrie - dawning of a new media age., full length leather coat ( I had to have one !!), and the 'Burton's ad' with Bobby Robson. Chris Nichol - never stood a chance following Lawrie, and always looked 'man at C&A' to Lawrie's emaculately groomed appearance. Branfoot - don't remember really, sometimes suited, sometimes a Cloughesque sweat shirt, no one gave a sh!t what he wore as it was all so depressing Bally - the legend of the cloth cap. Can't really remember those who followed on this front, perhaps we are now in the sponsored bench coat era.

You left out Graeme Souness, probably the most vain and style concious manager manager we've ever had.

I don't really remember the game (end of 1968/69 season) as I really got into football the following season, but I do recall some photos of Neil Young's goal , and Man City's kit which I thought was quite grand at the time, from the early editions of Shoot magazine. 'My' first FA Cup Final then was Chelsea v Leeds in 1970, with the replay. Wanted Chelsea to win, we all hated Leeds then (as now). Funny that !

If Cheese on Toast had not been banned, it might have been interesting for him to respond to this.

Yes, but their loveable scouse wits, so thats alright. Did you see any carrying the Jimmy Tarbuck Jokebook with them ? And disappointed we did not have a minute to observe 'Justice for the 96' etc.

Agree with Appy. When we replaced Ramirez with JWP V QPR, we seemed to lose momentum and any remaining attacking threat.

I wonder if the last bloke will end up taking the Vatican to a tribunal over the terms following his departure

I always had doubts about someone called Julius entering the football world. Seemed as unlikely as a man called Rupert fitting in to it. But what of a man called Nicola ?

First place ..to Luke Shaw then ?

Looks like "fantasy island" stuff. I just can't see the ground as shown there happening, let alone the redvelopment of the estate and waterfront around it. Southampton City Council have consistantly failed the city in the planning/development stakes and would never be so imaginative in seeing this scheme through. A few squat flats for eastern european migrants is more likely.

Easter weekend

Interesting looking at form tables, but another factor is the 'blank Saturday' to bugger up any momentum which can work either for or against you. If we beat L/pool, then ideally it would be better to get in to the next match asap.

I expect we'll be aiming higher than 'top 6', surely we'll want automatic promotion to avoid the play-offs ?

Unless both need only a draw to stay up perhaps.

Wigan - are experienced at pulling out of this,and with momentum etc from a cup run,will probably escape Villa - after yesterday,their next game I think is home to QPR, doubt they will be as obliging as we were against them So for me its , sad to say, but us, and Reading. Plus one other hopefully QPR. Perhaps Sunderland, but how long will their dire form continue ? Probably until they play us up there.

Impossible to say, but gut reaction is that we were on the right lines with NA and had started getting some important points. Although impossible to judge over the last seven games, I am convinced that we would be in a better position in two or more years time with NA, had we (Cortese) afforded him the time he deserved. Instead we will probably have at least one more managerial upheaval in that time,with all the disruption it brings. MP,unfortunately for him, is a short term solution.