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I was at my friends birthday barbeque, sun was shining and I was listening to the following:

 

Premier League

Southampton 2 Brown (og) 9, Pahars 14

Manchester United 1 Giggs 70

 

Martin Thorpe at the Dell

Monday 14 May 2001 23.29 BST

 

Manchester United lost their second game running yesterday, which in any other circumstances would be a crisis but at present is not even a cause for concern.

 

The first, a wonderful diving header into his own net by Wes Brown on 11 minutes, may have slightly alarmed the watching England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson. For the second , Marian Pahars beat the offside trap to Hassan Kachloul's ball over the top and shot past Goram.

 

Soon afterwards Southampton started playing as badly as United had, and eventually Giggs scored after a lovely one-two with Yorke.

 

Man of the match: Dean Richards (Southampton).

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2001/may/14/match.sport1

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Hmmm, the mighty dean 'i need to leave to play for england' Richards. Still, those were the days.

 

Just goes to show any player who says he needs to leave to play for england will have their career cut short. Any one remember Richard Hall?

 

To any players listening. It's the saints curse. You have been warned. (lets see how many of the players want to leave now heh)

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To any players listening. It's the saints curse. You have been warned. (lets see how many of the players want to leave now heh)

 

Curious! For many years (and I'm thinking right back to Phil Boyer now) many players have left Southampton for bugger and better things. I often thought how unreal it was that those players who left because they wanted to rather than were let go were hurt or drifted into obscurity.

 

Here are a few that I can think of, I know there are more:

 

Phil Boyer - broke a leg not long after leaving Saints for Man City and I don't think he really played again.

Steve Williams - not a raging success at Arsenal

Mick Channon - Didn't achieve much at Man City and made a welcome return to the South Coast.

Alan Shearer - nasty leg injuries (although eventually recovered)

Dean Richards - as has already been mentioned

Hassan Kachloul - A success at Villa - don't think so.

Richard Hall - again a meteoric rise to his career - NOT.

 

Yep, we have often joked about "the Southampton Curse" at home, just didn't think that anyone else had made the same connection.

 

Oh yeah, what about Lawrie - good move going to Sunderland!

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Just goes to show any player who says he needs to leave to play for england will have their career cut short. Any one remember Richard Hall?

 

To any players listening. It's the saints curse. You have been warned. (lets see how many of the players want to leave now heh)

 

Tell that to Alan Shearer. :p

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Curious! For many years (and I'm thinking right back to Phil Boyer now) many players have left Southampton for bugger and better things. I often thought how unreal it was that those players who left because they wanted to rather than were let go were hurt or drifted into obscurity.

 

Here are a few that I can think of, I know there are more:

 

Phil Boyer - broke a leg not long after leaving Saints for Man City and I don't think he really played again.

Steve Williams - not a raging success at Arsenal

Mick Channon - Didn't achieve much at Man City and made a welcome return to the South Coast.

Alan Shearer - nasty leg injuries (although eventually recovered)

Dean Richards - as has already been mentioned

Hassan Kachloul - A success at Villa - don't think so.

Richard Hall - again a meteoric rise to his career - NOT.

 

Yep, we have often joked about "the Southampton Curse" at home, just didn't think that anyone else had made the same connection.

 

Oh yeah, what about Lawrie - good move going to Sunderland!

 

James Beattie - am I correct in thinking he only played for England while at Saints? His big move to Everton was a dismal failure.

 

Kevin Davies (first time around) - Went to Blackburn and did... what precisely?

 

Chris Baird - Maybe a bit harsh, but he's only made 20 starts in the League in two seasons.

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Curious! For many years (and I'm thinking right back to Phil Boyer now) many players have left Southampton for bugger and better things. I often thought how unreal it was that those players who left because they wanted to rather than were let go were hurt or drifted into obscurity.

 

Here are a few that I can think of, I know there are more:

 

Phil Boyer - broke a leg not long after leaving Saints for Man City and I don't think he really played again.

Steve Williams - not a raging success at Arsenal

Mick Channon - Didn't achieve much at Man City and made a welcome return to the South Coast.

Alan Shearer - nasty leg injuries (although eventually recovered)

Dean Richards - as has already been mentioned

Hassan Kachloul - A success at Villa - don't think so.

Richard Hall - again a meteoric rise to his career - NOT.

 

Yep, we have often joked about "the Southampton Curse" at home, just didn't think that anyone else had made the same connection.

 

Oh yeah, what about Lawrie - good move going to Sunderland!

 

 

well on the injured side...

a couple of guys who signed (each time breaking the club transfer record..)

but we were sold to us a " dummy " as they were carrying injuries when they arrived ...(and scacely played regularly afterwards):

 

Charlie George £600K (WOW!) club record in Mar. 1979 . 52 games 14 gls.

and

Agustin Delgado £3.25 m (OUCH !) Nov. 2001 ??? 10 games ? or was it more?

 

WARNING : Expensive players aren't fitter than anyone else!

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Curious! For many years (and I'm thinking right back to Phil Boyer now) many players have left Southampton for bugger and better things. I often thought how unreal it was that those players who left because they wanted to rather than were let go were hurt or drifted into obscurity.

 

Here are a few that I can think of, I know there are more:

 

Phil Boyer - broke a leg not long after leaving Saints for Man City and I don't think he really played again.

Steve Williams - not a raging success at Arsenal

Mick Channon - Didn't achieve much at Man City and made a welcome return to the South Coast.

Alan Shearer - nasty leg injuries (although eventually recovered)

Dean Richards - as has already been mentioned

Hassan Kachloul - A success at Villa - don't think so.

Richard Hall - again a meteoric rise to his career - NOT.

 

Yep, we have often joked about "the Southampton Curse" at home, just didn't think that anyone else had made the same connection.

 

Oh yeah, what about Lawrie - good move going to Sunderland!

 

 

Danny Wallace - to Man U? - not a great success?

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Curious! For many years (and I'm thinking right back to Phil Boyer now) many players have left Southampton for bugger and better things. I often thought how unreal it was that those players who left because they wanted to rather than were let go were hurt or drifted into obscurity.

 

A bit harsh on Boyer who didnt leave to better himself. He was sold as we already had Keegan, Channon and George. But more relevently Steve Moran was just getting a regular game.

 

Also Boyer wanted to rejoin John Bond who he had played for at Bournemouth and Norwich.

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well on the injured side...

a couple of guys who signed (each time breaking the club transfer record..)

but we were sold to us a " dummy " as they were carrying injuries when they arrived ...(and scacely played regularly afterwards):

 

Charlie George £600K (WOW!) club record in Mar. 1979 . 52 games 14 gls.

and

Agustin Delgado £3.25 m (OUCH !) Nov. 2001 ??? 10 games ? or was it more?

 

WARNING : Expensive players aren't fitter than anyone else!

 

Should NEEEVEER of signed, still his goal against Arsenal was priceless, for the result and hilarity.

 

Plus, as far as we are talking expensive players, Rory Delap ? good but hardly worth our top transfer fee was he ??

 

Someone said about Beatie too ? I felt at the time Everton was the wrong move, he is better playing off of someone and recieving crosses, Everton don't tend to do this.

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Just goes to show any player who says he needs to leave to play for england will have their career cut short. Any one remember Richard Hall?

 

To any players listening. It's the saints curse. You have been warned. (lets see how many of the players want to leave now heh)

 

just look at beattie...to be fair it worked for crouchy though!

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