Rickie Lambert Retires

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He stands at nearly six foot three,
He took us to the Premier League,
He got the ball, he took the piss,
He wore the shirt of Matt Le Tiss,
Rickie Lambert, Southampton's goal machine.

Rickie, thank you for everything you did for Saints, from the bottom of League One, to the top half of the Premier League. Enjoy a long and happy retirement, but if you fancy taking on a coaching role there is a club on the South Coast who badly need some direction in scoring goals!
 
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SAINTDON13 said:
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/15570466.Rickie_Lambert_announces_retirement/

Difficult to find words to express the sheer love for this guy, we have been blessed with some gems, he is at the top of the list. We could really do with another of his kind right now
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Who could possibly have imagined this statement when he signed from Bristol Rovers? For those of us fortunate enough to have followed Saints during those years of JPT, double promotion and establishing themselves in the PL it was a hell of journey. We saw players come and play key parts, but fall away when the PL became a reality. We saw others blossom from Division One players to strong Premiership ones. But nothing gave me more joy than seeing the development of this jobbing striker into an international. He should be an inspiration for any young player, and I'd love to see him involved at SFC.
 
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Top man.

Could well be worth asking him to come and spend a few hours/days with our forwards.
 
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saintsfcfan said:
Thank you Rickie for all that you did for the club.

You were and always will be a club legend and stand out for me as my favourite player to pull on the Saints shirt, and to wear it with so much pride.

You will always be Rickie Lambert, Southamton's goal machine!
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Seconded .
 
Truly shocked. I know he's struggled since leaving us but for such an SFC legend to retire so soon, seems such a shame. Anyway, arise Sir Ricki Lambert you did magnificent for us & I hope we did the same for you. You're certainly up there with my all time greats.
 
thereisonlyoneno7 said:
Top bloke. One of, if not my favourite Saints player ...ever.

Time to put these out here again as well. Two of my most cherished possessions.


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Good luck Rickie in whatever you do, and thank you for the journey, the smiles and the goals.
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Envy is the least attractive of all human emotions. You do realise how much everyone now hates you, don't you?:emoticon-0102-bigsm

Seriously great memorabilia. Priceless.
 
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People on here who say he's their favourite player ever may have only been supporting Saints for a few years. My support goes back decades, and much as Terry Paine, Ron Davies, Mick Channon et al et al .. were favourites, no-one quite got to me like this feller. It has to be the rags to riches tale that was reflected in the club's fortunes. That comment on his shirt above "I got you into the Premier League" would have been arrogant from anyone else. But it is his Southampton legacy.
 
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Missing Lambo said:
People on here who say he's their favourite player ever may have only been supporting Saints for a few years. My support goes back decades, and much as Terry Paine, Ron Davies, Mick Channon et al et al .. were favourites, no-one quite got to me like this feller. It has to be the rags to riches tale that was reflected in the club's fortunes. That comment on his shirt above "I got you into the Premier League" would have been arrogant from anyone else. But it is his Southampton legacy.
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Agreed, been a Saints fan since about 1978, so quite a newbie, but what a journey we all went on with Sir Rickie.
 
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