125 reasons.......

[georgeweahscousin]

.....to love the Saints.

 

Been mulling over this for a few days now. I am trying to compile a 125 strong list of notable events/players/oddities from the history of the club to put into a definitive list in celebration of the anniversary.

 

They can be anything, from the sublime to the laughable, so I thought it would be interesting to see what everyone else comes up with. See how long it takes us to get to 125.

 

I'll get the ball rolling......

 

1. Charles Miller introducing football to the Brazilians.

[Colinjb]

2. The Ali Dia debacle

[Saint_clark]

3. Making Man United look like amateurs more often than most. Specifically the 4-0 where Davies got all of them.

[PaulSaint]

4. Best ever stand design (the chocolate boxes)

[Colinjb]

5) Having the final truly loyal genius in the english game

[georgeweahscousin]

6. Robert William Thomas Stokes

 

 

Good stuff so far fellas.

[Saint_clark]

7. Ted Bates - schoolboy, player, coach, manager, chairman - legend.

[doubleonothing]

8. The original Ted Bates statue

[georgeweahscousin]

9. Not being Pompey.

[Saintandy666]

10. The Academy - consistently producing world class players.

[PaulSaint]

11. Biggest single club attendance at New Wembley (2010)

[Colinjb]

12) Red and White Stripes.... together. They just work.

[PaulSaint]

13. Most unlikely transfer (Keegan)

[georgeweahscousin]

14. Agustin "Wish me happy birthday" Delgado

[Saint_clark]

15. Most likely transfer (Skacel)

[Colinjb]

16) The Sash Kit, a wonderful one off.

[Colinjb]

17) Forcing Man Utd to use grey shirts as an excuse

[Saint_clark]

18. "McCalliog...to Stokes who's onside...1-0! Southampton go mad..."

[georgeweahscousin]

19. Dellhurst Park

[Colinjb]

20) 'Oh when the SAINTS go marching in....' The original AND the best.

[Colinjb]

21) Rupert Lowe, at least now we can look back and laugh..... can't we?

[Saint_clark]

22. Being able to produce the best atmosphere St Marys has ever seen in the Area Final of the JPT...and producing even better in the same week V Pompey.

[georgeweahscousin]

23. Going to Fratton Park for Alan Knight's testimonial and battering them.

[Saint_clark]

24. "What they don't wanna do now Lawrence, is concede a goal".

25. "What they wanna do now Lawrence, is get a goal.

Nice one Dave.

[Gemmel]

26) One of the players dropping the lid of the FA cup after too many drinks and a local Jeweler working on it during the night.

[Colinjb]

27) The biggest noise in the history of time when Henri Camara scored THAT goal.

[PaulSaint]

28. Two streakers in one game to christen the ground (shame about the Spaniel ears)

[Andy_Porter]

29) Anthony Pulis

[georgeweahscousin]

30. Le Tissier. Last game at the Dell. One ending.

[Nexstar]

31. Winning the most unlikely of fixtures

[Colinjb]

32) The fans during the FA Cup Final 2003. Passion, Pride and above all Dignity. Class is permanant.

[georgeweahscousin]

33. Marsden Maradona v Ipswich

[Nexstar]

34. Losing the most straightforward of games

[PaulSaint]

35. Terry Hurlocks ash tray attack.

 

36. Pruttons temper.

[georgeweahscousin]

37. Managerial revolving door

[Lighthouse]

38. Giving the World the best left winger it will see for the next 10 years.

[georgeweahscousin]

39. Big Ron's temper tantrum live on sky

[georgeweahscousin]

40. Micky Channon's windmill

[Colinjb]

41) Having Rory Delap as our record transfer.... and not making the best use of his only skill. Only Saints could do that.

[syd_barrett_saint]

42. Francis Benali's bullet header against Leicester

[Lighthouse]

126. Having Mods who are good at Maths.

[Colinjb]

43) Winning the last ever game at Maine Road.

Edited 8 November, 2010 by Saint_clark

[Lighthouse]

44. Giving a dying man the best day out of his life at Wembley.

[georgeweahscousin]

45. Anti Niemi hitting the cross bar

[jawillwill]

46) Yoof

[PaulSaint]

47. Rupert Lowes cheeks/ yobbo sayings / rugby coach love, etc, etc.

[Lighthouse]

48. Marian Pahars!

Marian!

Ooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhh Marian!

[Colinjb]

49) Klingons on the Starboard bow.

[georgeweahscousin]

50. Gordon Strachan soundbites. Yoghurt, big green area etc. etc.

[LGTL]

51) Southampton 3 v 4 Leeds

 

Sums up the life as a Saints fan.