CLOTH EARS Posted 15 February, 2012 Share Posted 15 February, 2012 I had a little chat with him last night after AFC Totton had beaten the side he manages 'North Greenford United' 6-1 at the Testwood Stadium. He has put on a few lbs but he was very polite and quite chatty as we relived his Southampton days. He said that he loved it here. He said the Alan Ball had them playing some really good football. We also relived the night Saints were losing 1-0 to Kevin Keegans Newcastle untill the 89th minute and we scored 3 times in 3 minutes to win 3-1 and Neil scored one of the goals. He said that he doesn't really keep in touch with any of the Saints players from the mid 90's. I was telling him about how much Saints have come on over the last couple of years and that Mr Cortese is investing heavilly into the training ground where work is currently progressing. He seemed really interested and was asked what was being done down there. he said that he'd love to go down and have a look around, he said that the training ground was pretty good back in his day! All in all he seemed a very decent guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Posted 15 February, 2012 Share Posted 15 February, 2012 He ended up having a decent career, never really prolific for a striker but he helped a couple of teams to promotion into the Premier League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Warrior Posted 15 February, 2012 Share Posted 15 February, 2012 Score a goal neil shipperley we will love you more than you will know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLOTH EARS Posted 15 February, 2012 Author Share Posted 15 February, 2012 Score a goal neil shipperley we will love you more than you will know I was a ST holder in the Archers Road back then and i remember that song oh so well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Balls Posted 15 February, 2012 Share Posted 15 February, 2012 He was my favourite player as a kid. I was livid when his goal at Old Trafford got disallowed for absolutely no reason! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dronskisaint Posted 15 February, 2012 Share Posted 15 February, 2012 Wasn't he on stage at the Lawrie/MLT/Mike Osman do at The Mayflower? I remember him scoring twice at Norwich when I took my lad and his mate to see us play around '95...think it ended 2-2. Good player, did reasonably well for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Bald_Si Posted 15 February, 2012 Share Posted 15 February, 2012 Aye, always remember thinking what a cracking signing he was. Striker from Chelsea for £1 million - massive, massive money and was well pleased to snap him up. also believe he scored our first goal in "that" FA Cup replay against Spurs....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minty Posted 15 February, 2012 Share Posted 15 February, 2012 How has this thread got this far without this picture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyinthesky Posted 15 February, 2012 Share Posted 15 February, 2012 Blimey is that really neil Shipperley? At first glance thought it was Razor Ruddock!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70's Mike Posted 15 February, 2012 Share Posted 15 February, 2012 did he play in the great comeback game against the Geordies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Diamond Posted 15 February, 2012 Share Posted 15 February, 2012 Scored the goal that put Palace in the Premier League a few years back I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minsk Posted 15 February, 2012 Share Posted 15 February, 2012 I had a little chat with him last night after AFC Totton had beaten the side he manages 'North Greenford United' 6-1 at the Testwood Stadium. He has put on a few lbs but he was very polite and quite chatty as we relived his Southampton days. He said that he loved it here. He said the Alan Ball had them playing some really good football. We also relived the night Saints were losing 1-0 to Kevin Keegans Newcastle untill the 89th minute and we scored 3 times in 3 minutes to win 3-1 and Neil scored one of the goals. He said that he doesn't really keep in touch with any of the Saints players from the mid 90's. I was telling him about how much Saints have come on over the last couple of years and that Mr Cortese is investing heavilly into the training ground where work is currently progressing. He seemed really interested and was asked what was being done down there. he said that he'd love to go down and have a look around, he said that the training ground was pretty good back in his day! All in all he seemed a very decent guy. One of my best Saints supporting memories. I always did like Ships when he was at Saints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick1579 Posted 15 February, 2012 Share Posted 15 February, 2012 funny you say that, a couple of weekd ago at work this bloke walked past me on the phone and said "alright dave it's neil shipperly here". Got me thinking about him and ended up discussing his career with the guy next to me who's forest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlooville saint Posted 15 February, 2012 Share Posted 15 February, 2012 I remember that game against Newcastle - when the 3rd one went in I was standing on my chair screaming incoherently and I knew that we were going to stay up from that point onwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supergoose Posted 15 February, 2012 Share Posted 15 February, 2012 He was a fairly hot prospect whilst at Chelsea and was tipped for the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpturner Posted 15 February, 2012 Share Posted 15 February, 2012 Aye, always remember thinking what a cracking signing he was. Striker from Chelsea for £1 million - massive, massive money and was well pleased to snap him up. also believe he scored our first goal in "that" FA Cup replay against Spurs....... Are you serious? He was a terrible signing - bloody useless with an embarrassing song to boot. I believe at the time we could and should have bought Craig Burley from Chelsea instead. Admittedly he did score occasionally as you would expect from a striker, but hardly a rickie lambert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Corellian Posted 15 February, 2012 Share Posted 15 February, 2012 I always thought he looked like Noddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
This Charming Man Posted 15 February, 2012 Share Posted 15 February, 2012 Score a goal neil shipperley we will love you more than you will know I started singing that in my head the second I saw the thread title, ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted 15 February, 2012 Share Posted 15 February, 2012 He was my favourite player as a kid. I was livid when his goal at Old Trafford got disallowed for absolutely no reason! yeh I remember that vividly too. Typical old trafford decision, wasnt it for supposedly climbing? Also remember DM being unbelievably magnanimous about the incident afterwards, just gave a wry smile and said if it had happened at the other end the goal might possibly have been allowed. Imagine fergie taking that attitude......the ref would have been hung out to dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpturner Posted 15 February, 2012 Share Posted 15 February, 2012 I started singing that in my head the second I saw the thread title, ha. Presumably just prior to puking all over the floor :-). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 15 February, 2012 Share Posted 15 February, 2012 How has this thread got this far without this picture? Bloody hell.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles34 Posted 15 February, 2012 Share Posted 15 February, 2012 also scored two against the Skates at The Dell in a 3 nil cup win for us!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clapham Saint Posted 15 February, 2012 Share Posted 15 February, 2012 Can't link to the photo for some reason but he's looking in his prime here... And here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpturner Posted 15 February, 2012 Share Posted 15 February, 2012 also scored two against the Skates at The Dell in a 3 nil cup win for us!!Actually it was Jim Magilton who scored twice. ****terley got the third ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles34 Posted 15 February, 2012 Share Posted 15 February, 2012 Actually it was Jim Magilton who scored twice. ****terley got the third ;-) are you sure, thought it was Shipperley with two and Matt with one? Stand to be (officially) corrected though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpturner Posted 15 February, 2012 Share Posted 15 February, 2012 are you sure, thought it was Shipperley with two and Matt with one? Stand to be (officially) corrected though.100% positive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Munster Posted 15 February, 2012 Share Posted 15 February, 2012 12 goals in 67 appearances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucks Saint Posted 15 February, 2012 Share Posted 15 February, 2012 He was my favourite player as a kid. I was livid when his goal at Old Trafford got disallowed for absolutely no reason! Ditto re the OT goal. The "foul" was apparently on Roy Keane. Keane did not complain at all and started walking away, gutted we had scored, when the ref disallowed it. Says it all Mind you, Shipps did score against Utd at the Dell so sort of makes up for it. Seem to remember Neil Heany jumping on his back in the celebration. The 3-1 comback against Newcastle remains one of my favourite games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted 15 February, 2012 Share Posted 15 February, 2012 I was a ST holder in the Archers Road back then and i remember that song oh so well. Me as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ooh it's a corner Posted 15 February, 2012 Share Posted 15 February, 2012 (edited) How has this thread got this far without this picture? Eat a pie, Neil Shipperley, your shorts will fit, no matter how you grow woh ho ho (love you really Neil) Edited 15 February, 2012 by ooh it's a corner didnt want to hurt his feelings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
get_rich Posted 15 February, 2012 Share Posted 15 February, 2012 Found this video of Shipperley (and Richard Hall) scoring, Saints coming from behind to beat Boro.... http://youtu.be/yTQHSnwRAvg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldskoolsi Posted 15 February, 2012 Share Posted 15 February, 2012 Score a goal neil shipperley we will love you more than you will know Am I mental or was there a version that went 'we will love you more than you know who'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L1Minus10 Posted 15 February, 2012 Share Posted 15 February, 2012 ere's a video of the outrageous disallowed goal at OT.... bastards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissyboy31 Posted 15 February, 2012 Share Posted 15 February, 2012 (edited) ere's a video of the outrageous disallowed goal at OT.... bastardsBrings back memories. Was right at the front behind the goal, so had a perfect view and there was definitely no foul. Edited 15 February, 2012 by krissyboy31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svetigpung Posted 15 February, 2012 Share Posted 15 February, 2012 Blimey is that really neil Shipperley? At first glance thought it was Razor Ruddock!! At first glance , thought he had eaten Razor Ruddock!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 15 February, 2012 Share Posted 15 February, 2012 12 goals in 67 appearances. Let's not forget Gordon Watson. 8 goals in 52. Blimey. I can remember all that stuff in the Echo at the time about these two being our deadly strike partnership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manji Posted 16 February, 2012 Share Posted 16 February, 2012 My best Shipperley memory was about 1994. We had a mid-week game against Chelsea there was a torrential downpour and the game was called off about half an hour before kick off. But we were determined to attend rescheduled match which we did. This was before Chelsea got in the money. We were sat in the side with Chelsea fans and one end of the ground was being rebuilt and the Chelsea fans that end were sat in a stand made out of scaffolding. Chelsea were really poor and we werent much better but Shipperley scored two goals and we won 2 nil. Chelsea fans were near suicidal after that game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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