I always wore this shirt with an element of disappointment because it was the first one with a sponsor on and I felt a bit like an advertising hoarding!
Good to see Frannie, Le Tiss and Ralph Krueger running the Southampton half marathon today. Benali still looks fit enough to be playing; Matty slightly less so, but fair play to him as I doubt he did any training. And its great that Ralph is doing his bit and being part of the community. They were all running for the Saints Foundation.
Lawrie was brilliant back in the day although there is still a widely held view that Bates was the one working out tactics and so on in 1976. Later on, of course, it was he who left us to join Sunderland and I seem to remember some pretty disparaging words about the supporters and the lack of passion and how the North East was a proper footballing area. Was he hard done by? Maybe, but he partly brought it on himself. He also has his own version of history. Would Terry Paine describe events in the same way for example!?
In the very early days Gardos was ahead of Toby. I remember being very impressed by him. If he can get back to that form then he will definitely feature for us in the future, especially should we make Europe (or when they turn VVD into a world class centre forward!)..
I'd forgotten this but there was a moment yesterday when (not from a corner, from a normal attack) VVD ended up on the edge of their six-yard box. I suspect there may have been a bet involved, he was so desperate to get forward. Vin
I don't ever recall Gardos being ahead of Toby. Toby signed on deadline day and maybe didn't play the first game but certainly went in from then on.
I think I remember Toby playing in some kind of defensive midfield role occasionally. I also remember it not working.
Yes, definitely. First few games. He looked good too. I remember thinking it wrong that Toby got in. Soon changed ny mind though!
I remember thinking that the signing of Toby was hard luck on Gardos....especially as he was a Saints player and Toby was a loanee.
In other news, former Saints winger Eljero Elia scored the winner for Feyenoord in the Dutch Cup final. That's Feyenoord's first trophy win since 2008. Ronald was quick to congratulate on Twitter. Footage of the winning goal below.
I still get pleasure from seeing Benali and MLT back in the fold. Well done to everyone who ran to raise money.
