CB Fry Posted 6 April, 2009 Share Posted 6 April, 2009 Surprised no-one has started a thread about this, maybe it was just me that heard it. Jeff Stelling was on Five Live earlier talking about his new book, Soccer Saturday and Football in general and went out of his way to talk about Southampton as being one of the sad stories of the season. I'm pretty sure he described Saints as "pretty close to my heart". Mentioned that he was talking to Bobby Charlton about us (!) - how could a club so well run for so long have fallen so far, he said something about Bobby saying how Saints always pushed/battled well against the top clubs in the land and now look at them. And then Stelling said - all the fans are saying where has the money for Theo gone, where has the money for Beattie gone, where has the money for Kenwynne gone, where has the money for Wayne Bridge gone. It was pretty impassioned and I was quite surprised. And he didn't even mention Matty, which is where I thought he was coming from - it seems very much "his own" view if you like. Anyway, sounded nice to hear support from a relatively high profile figure, and genuinely unprompted too. If anyone wants to here it it was on Colin Murray standing in for Simon Mayo on Five Live today between 2:15 and 2:45, sorry can't quite remember precise time. http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/programmes/#s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicko Posted 6 April, 2009 Share Posted 6 April, 2009 He lives in Arlesford, I've met him at M3 Winchester services before He told me his kids are Saints supporters and were even mascots last season sometime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasgow_Saint Posted 6 April, 2009 Share Posted 6 April, 2009 Jeff Stelling should be our next manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 6 April, 2009 Author Share Posted 6 April, 2009 He lives in Arlesford, I've met him at M3 Winchester services before He told me his kids are Saints supporters and were even mascots last season sometime Ahh, that'll be it then. Didn't know that key piece of info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintinlondon Posted 6 April, 2009 Share Posted 6 April, 2009 met him at the ground once. seemed a nice guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint75 Posted 6 April, 2009 Share Posted 6 April, 2009 So thats Stelling and the Heineken women living in the same village/town....Trousers, get on it my son, there must be a link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 6 April, 2009 Share Posted 6 April, 2009 So thats Stelling and the Heineken women living in the same village/town....Trousers, get on it my son, there must be a link Alas, the closest I can get is a link between "Stella" and "Heineken"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 6 April, 2009 Share Posted 6 April, 2009 Stelling is a legend..FACT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintDonkey Posted 6 April, 2009 Share Posted 6 April, 2009 If anyone wants to here it it was on Colin Murray standing in for Simon Mayo on Five Live today between 2:15 and 2:45, sorry can't quite remember precise time. http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/programmes/#s Jeff comes in about 1:05 in... A news item he's back at 1:13... A bit of travel then back at 1:20... Starts talking about Saints around 1:29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponty Posted 6 April, 2009 Share Posted 6 April, 2009 Stelling is on The One Show now. It'll be interesting to see if we get a mention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 6 April, 2009 Share Posted 6 April, 2009 I believe that he is a fan of huddersfield or something like that but i was aware he was always a fan of saints in some sort of respect. Didn't know his kids were saints fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70's Mike Posted 6 April, 2009 Share Posted 6 April, 2009 I believe that he is a fan of huddersfield or something like that but i was aware he was always a fan of saints in some sort of respect. Didn't know his kids were saints fans. Hartlepool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponty Posted 6 April, 2009 Share Posted 6 April, 2009 Stelling is on The One Show now. It'll be interesting to see if we get a mention. We didn't. MLT did though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 6 April, 2009 Share Posted 6 April, 2009 Hartlepool Cheers, new there was an H involved. They get everywhere those H's, little Sl@gs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenTreeFrog Posted 6 April, 2009 Share Posted 6 April, 2009 (edited) Jeff Stelling was a guest on Christian O’Connell’s breakfast show on Absolute Radio about 5 weeks ago. Christian is a big saints fan. He spoke to Jeff Stelling about ‘Countdown’ and ‘Sky Sports News’ and tried to get him to agree that Matt le Tissier was the best guest on the Sky panel but Stelling diplomatically said they were all excellent in different ways – MLT mainly for his sardonic humour. Jeff Stelling said he was saddened to see saints struggling at the foot of the Championship as he considered the club his second team and always takes a special interest in saints fortunes. One of O’Connell’s co-presenters set a few conundrums (because of the countdown connection) to test both Jeff and Christian. The answers were all names of football clubs, I don’t remember the first two but neither guessed the team in the 30 seconds given. Then the final conundrum was ‘Tampon Shout’ and I thought it was far too obvious but neither managed to guess it correctly, O’Connell guessed ‘Portsmouth’ at the last second. When they were told it was actually ‘Southampton,’ O’Connell was embarrased but said he only failed to guess it correctly as he does not associate his club with women’s sanitary products. Not sure what the Portsmouth fans made of his comments there! Edited 6 April, 2009 by GreenTreeFrog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocco boxo Posted 6 April, 2009 Share Posted 6 April, 2009 Jeff Stelling was a guest on Christian O’Connell’s breakfast show on Absolute Radio about 5 weeks ago. Christian is a big saints fan. He spoke to Jeff Stelling about ‘Countdown’ and ‘Sky Sports News’ and tried to get him to agree that Matt le Tissier was the best guest on the Sky panel but Stelling diplomatically said they were all excellent in different ways – MLT mainly for his sardonic humour. Jeff Stelling said he was saddened to see saints struggling at the foot of the Championship as he considered the club his second team and always takes a special interest in saints fortunes. One of O’Connell’s co-presenters set a few conundrums (because of the countdown connection) to test both Jeff and Christian. The answers were all names of football clubs, I don’t remember the first two but neither guessed the team in the 30 seconds given. Then the final conundrum was ‘Tampon Shout’ and I thought it was far too obvious but neither managed to guess it correctly, O’Connell guessed ‘Portsmouth’ at the last second. When they were told it was actually ‘Southampton,’ O’Connell was embarrased but said he only failed to guess it correctly as he does not associate his club with women’s sanitary products. Not sure what the Portsmouth fans made of his comments there! Ironic that our clubs future is hanging by a thread due to some bloody **** !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pav Posted 6 April, 2009 Share Posted 6 April, 2009 o'connell's a ****, he said live on his breakfast radio show at time when saints were relegated, asking listeners to phone up with suggestions on other premiership clubs he could support in place of saints even if he was having a laugh he's still a **** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Summers Posted 6 April, 2009 Share Posted 6 April, 2009 Ironic that our clubs future is hanging by a thread due to some bloody **** !!! Post of the bloody century! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan The Flames Posted 6 April, 2009 Share Posted 6 April, 2009 Post of the bloody century! Totally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudders Posted 6 April, 2009 Share Posted 6 April, 2009 Ironic that our clubs future is hanging by a thread due to some bloody **** !!! Genius, you deserve some sort of recognition award for that post, best post for ages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nineteen Canteen Posted 6 April, 2009 Share Posted 6 April, 2009 He lives in Arlesford, I've met him at M3 Winchester services before He told me his kids are Saints supporters and were even mascots last season sometime He'll be looking forward to the Hartlepool game next season. Not many others will be. No doubt his kids have started a countdown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffin Blades Posted 6 April, 2009 Share Posted 6 April, 2009 So thats Stelling and the Heineken women living in the same village/town....Trousers, get on it my son, there must be a link She actually lives in Brown candover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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