Saints Stuff

Or the effete son of the country squire in an Agatha Christie novel

 

6 years to the day since THAT Gabbi goal!

 

I wonder where we would be now if we had gone down that season.

 

Jeez, where did those 6 years go? I wonder if Swansea Marriott have recovered from the outbreak of the mystery illness yet?

 

Impossible to tell, I don't think that Ralph would've become our manager and I highly doubt that we would've topped the PL.

 

From The Athletic:

Sky Sports are planning to announce scheduled English Football League (EFL) TV picks from August up until the third round of the FA Cup in January before the start of the 2024-25 season.

The broadcaster, who will also show every game from all three EFL divisions on the opening day of the new campaign, are taking this action to avoid any potential fan disruption.

By November, Sky plan to announce TV picks for January to March, and the rest of the season will follow a ‘traditional’ notice period as they keep up with main storylines.

Every match from across all three leagues — the Championship, League One and League Two — will be streamed live on the opening weekend on a brand new channel, a first in broadcasting history.

Named Sky Sports+, the channel will show four times as many EFL matches, with over 1,000 games being shown. All 72 EFL clubs will also feature more than 20 times per season. This is a significant increase, with 20 of the 48 teams in League One and League Two only shown on TV once this season.

The broadcaster added that every Championship club will also appear “on at least 24 occasions”.

Jonathan Licht, managing director of Sky Sports, said: “For the first time, we will broadcast every game live from across the EFL on the opening weekend. It’s going to be a huge moment for football fans up and down the country and is a fitting way to kick off our ground-breaking new partnership with the EFL.”

The introduction of the new channel follows the announcement of Sky Sports’ landmark partnership with the EFL, valued at £935million over five years, representing a 50 per cent increase in rights fees compared to the previous agreement.

In April, it was confirmed that iFollow and club streaming services will be replaced in the UK next season as part of Sky Sports’ new EFL broadcast deal.

The deal marks a departure from the previous arrangement where Championship matches were available on Sky’s red button, with League One and League Two games streamed through iFollow and club streaming services.

Under the new agreement, all midweek fixtures in the Championship, League One, and League Two will also be exclusively broadcasted live on Sky Sports from the 2024-25 campaign to 2028-29.

The deal will be made up of guaranteed payments of £895m, plus £40m in marketing benefits.

All 93 Carabao Cup matches and all 127 EFL Trophy matches will also be shown live for the first time.

 

Looks like we are struggling to get Alejandro Gomes to commit his future to us.

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/2...l-contract-offer-promising-academy-youngster/

 

We’ve made an offer that we think is fair and that’s that really. It’s not really clear how much of his promise is in that he developed really early and was able to dominate younger ages groups.

But this happened even when we were in the premier league and always will happen. And we’ve benefited in the other direction

 

Fri 17th May 2024
Southampton FC (First Team) v West Bromwich Albion FC (First Team)
Football League Championship
Referee: Robinson, Tim
Assistant Referee: Wood, Timothy
Assistant Referee: Scholes, Mark
Fourth Official: Stroud, Keith
Reserve Assistant Referee: Kane, Graham

 

Are these the same as the 1st leg?

 

No.

 

8 years today since SKDs testimonial! Blimey!

 

https://twitter.com/alfiehouseecho/status/1791389277508481191?s=46&t=f0hgNyKSvvOD5qjGLJhsXQ

 

Midfielder Flynn Downes has been voted the Southern Daily Echo Player of the Year for the 2023/24 campaign.
In votes cast over the last two weeks, the West Ham United loanee pipped second-place Adam Armstrong to the award.
Readers also regularly nominated Kyle Walker-Peters, who made the EFL team of the season, Stuart Armstrong and Taylor Harwood-Bellis

He picked up just under 40 per cent of the vote, while the club's number nine picked up around 20 per cent and Walker-Peters 18 per cent.

 

Stu makes the Scotland squad for Euro 2024.

 

Remembering a true Saints legend who was born 82 years ago tomorrow and sadly passed away 11 years ago today...

What a player!

 

Ron has to be one of our greatest players.
I think the current management should sit our left side wingers down and watch that cameo from John Sydenham at Old Trafford.
What a combination we had, with him and Terry Paine, one a speedster and the other the trickster.
I remember seeing them exchange cross field passes from one wing to the other to switch play.

 

Good article in the Athletic about Saints and RM.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/55...rce=dailyemail&campaign=601983&userId=5781672