As I develop this site we'll take a minute to look back over the previous weekend and get some regular themes established.

A royal blue weekend double for me as the Tractorboys got a rare win, romping past Plymouth 3-1, thanks to an Owen Garvan brace and a first in 11 games for Kevin Lisbie. Click to continue reading...

Juande Ramos is looking to raid Southampton and capture another one of their talented youngsters! Don't forget to check out Online Football Manager! TOTTENHAM'S planned raid for Southampton wonderkid Adam Lallana will cost them at least £5million. Spurs are on the trail of one of England's brightest young stars but Saints will demand . Click to continue reading...

Best of the West: Rockets rise in soccer state poll Asheville Citizen-Times 9/10/08 Cougars' soccer team bolts to a 6-0 start Charlotte Observer 9/14/08 Fayetteville represented well in soccer rankings Fayetville Observer 9/11/08 Saints edge Tigers Goldsboro News Argus 9/12/08 Havelock soccer falls to New Bern Havelock News 9/9/08 Red Wolves soccer splits conference matches News Of Orange Click to continue reading...

St Patricks travelled across town with the hopes of keeping within touching distance with the league leading Bohemians, but it was not to be on the night as the Bohs dismantled the Saints in the second half with a trio of goals by Mark Rossiter, Glen Crowe and Jason Byrne to open up a 16 point lead. Click to continue reading...

Southampton racked up a second win in the Carling Cup. Last week they beat Exter. Yesterday they beat fellow Championship club Birmingham 2-0 at St. Mary's. Lee Holmes and Adam Lallana scored for Saints.

Southampton landed young Tottenham forward Tomas Pekhart on loan for the year. I'm not a huge fan of this move.

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Best of luck to former Saints manager Paul Sturrock. Sturrock, who is currently in his 2nd stint as manager for Plymouth (div 2; Championship), was recently diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. This shouldn't affect his duties, at least not for awhile. He was only in charge at Southampton for a few months but he's not a bad manager. Click to continue reading...

Throughout my youth, going to watch St Albans City play wasn't something that ordinarily provoked the senses very much. The Saints were experts at finishing somewhere between sixth and seventeenth in the league never unduly troubling the top or bottom of the table. I don't really know how I would have coped with going week [. Click to continue reading...

Ryan Guy and the Saints came out late winners in Dublin as Nate Weiss stayed glued to the bench in weekend Irish action. Click to continue reading...

We broke the news here yesterday that Berbatov would be leaving White Hart Lane and today the message boards and sport sites are alight with the news that a £28m deal is in the offing.
Despite Ramos's comments that he'd like to keep Berbs at the Lane for at least another season, it seems the club hierarchy have finally had it with Dimitar's sulks and indifferent pre-season form. Click to continue reading...

Southampton travel to Cardiff Saturday to kick off their 3rd consecutive season in England's 2nd division. Yes, yes, I know it's called the Championship. But that's just a new label the marketers slapped on the old 2nd division.

Saint's new Dutch manager Jan Poortvliet says the team will be ready.

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According to Martin Rogers' latest MLS expansion update from Yahoo! sports, Montreal and Vancouver seem to be two of the frontrunner's for 2011 MLS expansion, with a lot of focus on the City of Saints.

According to the piece, "Joey Saputo, owner of United Soccer League side Montreal Impact, is determined to secure an MLS license and already has some infrastructure in place. Click to continue reading...

Michael Keane of St Patrick's Athletic has been sacked for tucking in too much into the starchy foods.As a teenager, Keane had been tipped for big things after breaking into the first team at Preston North End.He took the tip too literally and went ahead and became bigger and now finds himself too large altogether.

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Ryan Guy and the Saints face third place Cork City on Saturday afternoon, while Nate Weiss and Longford Town look to return to winning ways when they travel to Waterford in weekend Irish soccer action. Click to continue reading...

Michael Keane of St Patrick's Athletic has been sacked for tucking in too much into the starchy foods.As a teenager, Keane had been tipped for big things after breaking into the first team at Preston North End.He took the tip too literally and went ahead and became bigger and now finds himself too large altogether.

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In the lead up to the 08-09 season, Southampton traveled 20 miles up the road where they defeated Salisbury City 3-0. There were even a couple dozen fans of both teams that managed to create trouble and end up in jail (more here). Jason Euell, Bradley Wright-Phillips and David McGoldrick scored for Saints. Click to continue reading...

Pre-season started in earnest last night with a whole host of games being played to enable our finest footballers to get over their Summer rest and get them hamstrings stretching again.

There was also a full programme of friendly matches today as well as the Intertoto Cup it was a full day of footie action.

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Saints still have not come to terms for hiring Jan Poortvliet as their new manager. Their inability to do this doesn't install confidence in me that Lowe's return is bringing much change.

On top of it Southampton is implementing a lot of minor cost cutting measure. Well, minor as long as your not the long time kitman losing their job.

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Word out of Southampton is that the Saints might have to sell some top players in January due to financial difficulties. Southampton Leisure Holdings PLC, the parent company that owns the club in principal, released a statement that hinted at such moves. Apparently the board has decided to reject the proposal from Sisu Capital to purchase the club at 20% of the stock value. Click to continue reading...