Club heroes and iconic moments

[San Tejón]

Sir Rickie Lambert - the most underrated player in recent times, except for at SMS.
Mick Channon - good for us and England
MLT - no explanation needed.
Alan Ball - best one touch footballer I’ve watched, plus I just loved his enthusiasm.
Ron Davies - 37 goals in 41 league appearances in the top flight, in first season.

FA Cup 1976
Last league game at the Dell
Premier League promotion 2011/12
Second place finish 83/84
The great escape
Mane’s hat trick
JPT final - I wasn’t there but loved the joy it gave to Markus Liebherr

 

[Brinkworth Saint]

Five heroes
Terry Paine
Ron Davies
Mick Channon
MLT
Rickie

Seven moments
FA Cup win
Promotion to PL
JPT
Last game at the Dell
Beating Inter
83/84

My seventh isn’t among those listed, but it should be. Saints promotion to Division One in 1965-66.

MLT's testimonial

 

[Che’s Godlike Thighs]

Le Tiss
Stokes
Lambert
Benali
Channon


FA Cup 76
Last game at Dell
Both Promotion seasons
Great escapes

I think celebrating a single game (ie: against Inter) is a bit silly personally.

They were sh*t at the time, and the comp was sort of mickey mouse for them.

 

[Libby]

Le Tiss
Stokes
Lambert
Benali
Channon


FA Cup 76
Last game at Dell
Both Promotion seasons
Great escapes

I think celebrating a single game (ie: against Inter) is a bit silly personally.

They were sh*t at the time, and the comp was sort of mickey mouse for them.

I get that but on paper it's a fantastic result and not many clubs of our size have a competitive win over a European giant. For me personally too it's one of my favourite SMS games ever which gets it in as an iconic moment.

I think the second place in 83/84 is a weird one. I get that's our best ever league finish but defining it as iconic is just celebrating failure imo.

 

[ChilcoSaint]

I get that but on paper it's a fantastic result and not many clubs of our size have a competitive win over a European giant. For me personally too it's one of my favourite SMS games ever which gets it in as an iconic moment.

I think the second place in 83/84 is a weird one. I get that's our best ever league finish but defining it as iconic is just celebrating failure imo.

FA Cup semi that year too.

 

[thereisonlyoneno7]

I get that but on paper it's a fantastic result and not many clubs of our size have a competitive win over a European giant. For me personally too it's one of my favourite SMS games ever which gets it in as an iconic moment.

Lol that was because if I remember rightly you met up with fellow Not606ers before the game

I think the second place in 83/84 is a weird one. I get that's our best ever league finish but defining it as iconic is just celebrating failure imo.

It wasn't only second that year, it was also a FA Cup Semi loss in injury time. Won't mention his name.

As Lawrie said that year, "it was a fabulous season, it was an inch away from being a miraculous one"

 

[Libby]

FA Cup semi that year too.

Double failure then. Bloody scousers!

 

[Saints_Alive]

If we are talking about people who saved the club then Leon Crouch deserves a mention. This is from his Wiki...

It was claimed by a representative of a Southampton Supporter's Club on Sky Sports News in late May 2009, that the only reason for Southampton's continued existence as a business was due to Leon Crouch putting money into the club "out of the goodness of his own heart"

He also paid for the second Ted Bates statue out of his own pocket.

 

[Saints_Alive]

Double failure then. Bloody scousers!

If you had lived that era, i'm sure that you would feel differently, the football we played was spectacular on many occasions.

 

[thereisonlyoneno7]

If you had lived that era, i'm sure that you would feel differently, the football we played was spectacular on many occasions.

And Liverpool were probably the best team in Europe and Everton won the league I think the following year, so not too shabby to do what we did.

 

[Che’s Godlike Thighs]

I get that but on paper it's a fantastic result and not many clubs of our size have a competitive win over a European giant. For me personally too it's one of my favourite SMS games ever which gets it in as an iconic moment.

I think the second place in 83/84 is a weird one. I get that's our best ever league finish but defining it as iconic is just celebrating failure imo.

It's our best ever league finish. That's our best achievement apart from the FA Cup.

Seeing that as a failure is a twitter attitude, imo.

 

[thereisonlyoneno7]

It's our best ever league finish. That's our best achievement apart from the FA Cup.

Seeing that as a failure is a twitter attitude, imo.

I also think it helps if you lived it too. I was 14/15 in 1984 so probably at my peak adolescent footballing fan condition.

 

[Libby]

It's our best ever league finish. That's our best achievement apart from the FA Cup.

Seeing that as a failure is a twitter attitude, imo.

Not really. A successful season for a club of our standing sure but ultimately you don't get anything for finishing second.

Like I say I understand it being our best league finish but it's surely something that's looked upon better in retrospect rather than iconic moment which was celebrated wildly at the time?

Maybe I'm getting bogged down in terminology but an iconic moment to me is something which was a huge thing at the time. If we'd have won the league a couple years later it would barely get a mention.

 

[Che’s Godlike Thighs]

I also think it helps if you lived it too. I was 14/15 in 1984 so probably at my peak adolescent footballing fan condition.

True. If we finished 2nd in the Prem next season, I don't think any Saints fan would call it a failure.

 

[Libby]

I also think it helps if you lived it too. I was 14/15 in 1984 so probably at my peak adolescent footballing fan condition.

Yeah this is definitely a factor for sure. It's like I said not long back about the two L1 seasons and then back to back promotions will always be my favourite period following Saints. And that even if we go onto win a cup it probably still won't beat it as I'm not invested as late teens - early 20s me was back then.

 

[Libby]

I'm quite proud that I've managed to be accused of a twitter attitude though without ever once using it

 

[LincolnSaint]

From the list above (Ted and Lawrie would have to be on mine) I would choose..

Heroes (Saints)

MLT
Terry Paine
Mick Channon
Franny Benali
Nigel/ Rickie (couldn't separate them, but loved that whole team)

Iconic Moments (from my own experience)

FA Cup win
Promotion in 1978 + League Cup Final 1979
Signing Kevin Keegan (current European POTY!)
Topping the old First Division for the first time ever 1980
1983/84 season (2nd place and FA Cup Semi-Final)
Great escapes of the '90s (take your pick!)
Double promotion

Anti Heroes (Sinners)

'Arry
Branfoot
Nathan Jones
Wesley Hoedt
Kenwyne Jones
VVD
Lovren

What did Kenwyne Jones ever do wrong?

 

[Libby]

True. If we finished 2nd in the Prem next season, I don't think any Saints fan would call it a failure.

And if we won the Prem next season no one would ever mention 1984 again. Apart from the book obvs.

 

[Saints_Alive]

What did Kenwyne Jones ever do wrong?

Only refusing to play to get a move.

 

[Che’s Godlike Thighs]

And if we won the Prem next season no one would ever mention 1984 again. Apart from the book obvs.

I just think celebrating playing a quite famous club in a second rate Euro competition, that we failed miserably in, is more embarrassing than celebrating our greatest ever league finish.