The best saints perfotmance i've ever witnessed

[The Majestic Channon]

 

I never get bored of watching that, the week before we murdered qpr 4-1 away in what was possibly the best away performance i ever saw.

Say what you like about nicholl we played great attacking football under him.

Love the ' you lucky bastard dalglish' comment on 4.59

[Turkish]

Brilliant team. Wht a shame it never stayed together. Was in my usual spot in the Milton back then, 1/3 of the way up to the left as you face the pitch with my brother. Imagine how much a front 3 of Shearer, Le Tiss and Wallace would be worth now? Not forgetting the unsung Paul Rideout who was also a good player but probably a under rated because the other 3 were so good.

[Miltonaggro]

That was a wonderful performance, but right up there was the 4-1 win against Nottingham Forest with Shilton in his prime in 1979 (Channon, Boyer 2, Watson). At the time they were a brilliant side winning league titles and European Cups (not to mention League Cups, FFS) and we ****ged them. Clough said afterwards that we had passed them off the park...

[Sheaf Saint]

Gutted - I was in Germany for that and couldn't go, but I've watched those highlights time and time again. Was Jason Dodd's home debut having just arrived from Bath City I believe.

 

What a superb season that was. Other highlights from it include the 4-4 away at Norwich and the 4-1 against them at home, 6-3 at home to Luton and the 2-2 home match against Everton where we absolutely bombarded their goal for the whole second half and they still came away with a draw.

[bender]

Gutted - I was in Germany for that and couldn't go, but I've watched those highlights time and time again. Was Jason Dodd's home debut having just arrived from Bath City I believe.

 

What a superb season that was. Other highlights from it include the 4-4 away at Norwich and the 4-1 against them at home, 6-3 at home to Luton and the 2-2 home match against Everton where we absolutely bombarded their goal for the whole second half and they still came away with a draw.

 

... not forgetting the 3 - 1 away win at Spurs in the FA cup that season.

 

This Liverpool game I will never forget. Was 16 years old in my first year at Eastleigh College. Lost my voice for days after. Never forget the feeling waking up the next day at 6am to start my first day working at the Wessex hotel, Winchester.

 

I remember being very nervous at 3 - 1 when Liverpool were pressing. But then once it was 4-1 we could have made it 5 or 6. Liverpool were miles above anyone in those days

[Gemmel]

Matty's celebration for the 4th goal when he skidded on his knees, was the front page of the Ugly fanzine next edition taking the **** out of him.

 

( I can't remember what I did yesterday - So why do I rememnber stupid ****e like that!)

 

Also think I remember Matt saying in one of his interviews, that this was one of his favorite games

[The Majestic Channon]

... not forgetting the 3 - 1 away win at Spurs in the FA cup that season.

 

This Liverpool game I will never forget. Was 16 years old in my first year at Eastleigh College. Lost my voice for days after. Never forget the feeling waking up the next day at 6am to start my first day working at the Wessex hotel, Winchester.

 

I remember being very nervous at 3 - 1 when Liverpool were pressing. But then once it was 4-1 we could have made it 5 or 6. Liverpool were miles above anyone in those days

 

 

That was a brilliant performance,and the nags head in covent garden pre match was interesting..

[The Kraken]

I never tire of watching the 4-1 demolition of Liverpool. A Saints team that included youth products Dodd, Benali, Le Tissier, Wallace and Shearer; helped out by the old heads of Jimmy Case and Paul Rideout, backed up with young signings like Ruddock and Flowers. What a great time to watch Saints that was.

[Maggie May]

Genuinely when we trounced Hoddle's Spurs 4-0 in our cup final season. Even sweeter that it was on BBC.

[jawillwill]

I can't decide between this:

 

 

or

 

(I can only post 1 video per post apparently, so you'll have to click the link for this great game).

 

We were pretty unlicky in that H&V game. Great come back v Barnsley though. Both games will live long in the memory.

[doggface]

4-1 my 1st game. I was hooked, been downhill since then!

[Dr Who?]

Yep and we beat QPR away the week before 1-4. Then we lost to the mancs away!

[Didcot Saint]

Was at both games. Brilliant atmosphere at both and stunning attacking play. Both teams were literally blown away.

[Highfield Saint]

Always surpriswed how much pace Le Tiss had in his earlier days.

[Dimond Geezer]

Always surpriswed how much pace Le Tiss had in his earlier days.

 

& how slim he was. He hasn't always been a chubber:-)

[Pilchards]

I wonder how much that Liverpool goal keeper made that day?

[Pilchards]

& how slim he was. He hasn't always been a chubber:-)

 

I think he changed the day McDonald's in town opened

[MrMojoRisin]

My favorite saints X1, my favorite saints kit ever good times all round. What a front 4 that was though if we could of been a bit tighter at the back that season we could have won the league

[Antrimsaint]

Best saints performance for me was 2-0 against man citeh at st marys. Think it was first or second season there.

 

Great end to end game but remember for the first time " we're not hanging on here"

 

I had been to the 6-3 and 3-1 games at the dell but this game we seemed to be very professional as opposed to our usual headless chicken approach.

 

They had bellemy in his prime as I remember, their only real threat.

 

Funny which games stick in your head.

 

On the other front the worst mincing we got was the 2-0 by Arsenal at st marys around the same season I think. Not the scoreline but Pires tore us apart. No team on earth could live with them then.

 

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[derry]

1960, FA Cup, 3rd div Saints beat 1st div Man City at Maine Rd 5-1. I think 1963, FA Cup second replay at White Hart Lane, 2nd div Saints v 1st div Notts Forest, If I remember correctly 5-0 to Saints.

[Chorlton]

The 6-3 V United sounds obvious, but we were actually hanging on for a long time when they made it 3-2. Them having Keane sent off really helped us that day as well as Le Tiss & Berkovic had no one to kick them.

 

Think it has to be the Liverpool 4-1 in my lifetime. We were amazing that day and slaughtered them. But I will also suggest a 3-1 win at Coventry (despite our keeper wanting Coventry to win). Le Tiss & Ekelund were inspired. I can only assume that Xavi & Iniesta were on a school trip in the West Midlands that day and managed to get in to Highfield Rd.

[Turkish]

I think that team in 1990 were second highest scorers. The same season we beat Norwich 4-1 at the Dell midweek and Le Tiss scored an incredible hatrick. Second goal he beat about 4 players and tucked it into the corner from about 20 yards and the third he beat a player, ran half the length of the pitch and chipped the keeper from about 25 yards.

[Turkish]

Best saints performance for me was 2-0 against man citeh at st marys. Think it was first or second season there.

 

Great end to end game but remember for the first time " we're not hanging on here"

 

I had been to the 6-3 and 3-1 games at the dell but this game we seemed to be very professional as opposed to our usual headless chicken approach.

 

They had bellemy in his prime as I remember, their only real threat.

 

Funny which games stick in your head.

 

On the other front the worst mincing we got was the 2-0 by Arsenal at st marys around the same season I think. Not the scoreline but Pires tore us apart. No team on earth could live with them then.

 

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I remember that game. We murdered them first half, think Brett Ormerod scored both with Scmicheal in goal and the Man City fans were chanting 'what the f*ck is going on' at Keegan. Good performance but Man City weren't a great side in those days, a midtable outfit.

 

The same season we had an epic 1-1 draw with Newcastle which literally was end to end and I remember a Newcatle defender hitting his own bar from about 20 yards out in the last minute. Paul Jones played that day and made about 5 fantastic saves.

[John Boy Saint]

That was a wonderful performance, but right up there was the 4-1 win against Nottingham Forest with Shilton in his prime in 1979 (Channon, Boyer 2, Watson). At the time they were a brilliant side winning league titles and European Cups (not to mention League Cups, FFS) and we ****ged them. Clough said afterwards that we had passed them off the park...

That's one of the games that always pops up in my head when the question is asked, Forest were Champions of Europe at the time and we were not given much of a chance on paper, we gave them the right runaround.

Another game that pops into my head is v Blackburn in our 1978 promotion season, probably because it was the second game I had been to (the first a 3-1 cruise v Notts County) things were a bit feisty going into the game as the away fixture on firework night a few months earlier (Osgoods last league game for us if I recall) was a bit of a war with 2 Saints sent off. Well we battered them, at full time the score was 5-0 and promotion to the top league was a little closer.

A 3-2 v Liverpool is stuck in my head too, I thought it was first season up in Division 1 but the chronology seems to have blurred, Liverpool were the Kings of English football at the time all the big names were there, including some new nipper on the block called Beardsley. Trevor Hebberd scored to make it 1-0 at half time, we had now pulled the Tigers tail, second half they came out to put us straight we were having none of it and got to 3-2. Liverpool back then had a habit of destroying teams in the last 5 minutes of games and with the 90 minutes long up they were getting stronger and stronger as the ref just seemed to be letting injury time carry on until they scored (bit like us v Arsenal a few years back) the tension in the ground was immense. The game stopped for something and a chap,who could take no more, broke cover from under the West Stand and ran out on the pitch screaming at the Ref and tapping his watch as he went, thankfully it triggered the Ref out of his stupor and within seconds he had blow time. Beating "the mighty" Liverpool was the result but those 5 injury time minutes that felt like 30 and the bloke reminding the ref of the time are what makes it stick in the head.

[derry]

I think the 5-4 win at Norwich after being I think 1-3 was special but I only saw the highlights.

[The Kraken]

I think that team in 1990 were second highest scorers. The same season we beat Norwich 4-1 at the Dell midweek and Le Tiss scored an incredible hatrick. Second goal he beat about 4 players and tucked it into the corner from about 20 yards and the third he beat a player, ran half the length of the pitch and chipped the keeper from about 25 yards.

 

Yep; there were also only two other sides who let in more goals than us! Played 38, scored 71, conceded 63. We finished 7th in the league after losing our last two games of the season; had we won both those games we would have finished in 3rd place.

[Thedelldays]

Off the top of my head and one we can all remember..... Spurs 4-0 must be up there for some

[wooley7]

I think that team in 1990 were second highest scorers. The same season we beat Norwich 4-1 at the Dell midweek and Le Tiss scored an incredible hatrick. Second goal he beat about 4 players and tucked it into the corner from about 20 yards and the third he beat a player, ran half the length of the pitch and chipped the keeper from about 25 yards.

 

I was 13/14 that season and stood at the back of the family centre in those days, me and a mate would stand on the slopping section of the back wall hanging on to the metal spikes so we could see over everyone. During the Norwich game I slipped and banged the back of my head on the steel beam, made an almighty crack. Stewards came running up and took me down to the first aid area at the entrance to the tunnel. They patched me up and let me leave to go back up to the family centre as the half time whistle went, I stood there as all the players went past me saying hi or something to Letiss who patted me on my head as he passed, it was at the time the greatest moment of my life.

 

That season was amazing and I was lucky enough to go to almost all the games home and away as my dad took me and a friend all over, only missed a few midweek away games.

 

As with the OP I think the Liverpool game was one of the best, also up there for sheer excitement and joy was the cup replay at Old Trafford a couple of years later when we knocked United out on penalties, Flowers ran the length of the pitch after saving giggs's penalty, I was going nuts hanging onto the fence at the front of the stands, made my debut appearance on tv as the saints players were celebrating right in front of me and my mate, I remember going to school the next afternoon really tired but I couldn’t wait to get there and gloat. (I went to school in Gosport so loads of Pompey & Man U fans)

[Kenilworthy]

[ 3-2 v Liverpool is stuck in my head too, I thought it was first season up in Division 1 but the chronology seems to have blurred, Liverpool were the Kings of English football at the time all the big names were there, including some new nipper on the block called Beardsley. Trevor Hebberd scored to make it 1-0 at half time, we had now pulled the Tigers tail, second half they came out to put us straight we were having none of it and got to 3-2. Liverpool back then had a habit of destroying teams in the last 5 minutes of games and with the 90 minutes long up they were getting stronger and stronger as the ref just seemed to be letting injury time carry on until they scored (bit like us v Arsenal a few years back) the tension in the ground was immense. The game stopped for something and a chap,who could take no more, broke cover from under the West Stand and ran out on the pitch screaming at the Ref and tapping his watch as he went, thankfully it triggered the Ref out of his stupor and within seconds he had blow time. Beating "the mighty" Liverpool was the result but those 5 injury time minutes that felt like 30 and the bloke reminding the ref of the time are what makes it stick in the head.[/size]

 

During that game Steve Williams was running clear and was rugby tackled by Phil 'Muppet' Thompson. Nowadays it would be a nailed on red card, but he got away with a yellow for preventing a certain goal. Charlie George also scored a screamer not unlike his winner for Arsenal in the cup final.

[Turkish]

As with the OP I think the Liverpool game was one of the best, also up there for sheer excitement and joy was the cup replay at Old Trafford a couple of years later when we knocked United out on penalties, Flowers ran the length of the pitch after saving giggs's penalty, I was going nuts hanging onto the fence at the front of the stands, made my debut appearance on tv as the saints players were celebrating right in front of me and my mate, I remember going to school the next afternoon really tired but I couldn’t wait to get there and gloat. (I went to school in Gosport so loads of Pompey & Man U fans)

 

that was an amazing game. Had a bit of everything, 2-0 up at Old Trafford after 15 minute, late equaliser from them,then pens. Never forget seeing a young Ryan Giggs walking to the spot playing keeps up then missing. It was in the very early days of Sky and not many had it then so went to my school mates house to watch it.

[wooley7]

that was an amazing game. Had a bit of everything, 2-0 up at Old Trafford after 15 minute, late equaliser from them,then pens. Never forget seeing a young Ryan Giggs walking to the spot playing keeps up then missing. It was in the very early days of Sky and not many had it then so went to my school mates house to watch it.

 

Ha, never got to see it at the time for that reason but a few years later was watching a sky sports FA cup classics, its only then I noticed we were on the TV! Probably the most exciting game I remember going to if only for the fact we beat Man U at OT and on penalties!

[raynesparksaint]

I'm surprised Pool didn't change shirts at half-time. It's pretty obvious grey shirts don't stand out at the Dell.

[raynesparksaint]

Rideout played the game of his life that day, even outshone a young Shearer.

[Thedelldays]

that was an amazing game. Had a bit of everything, 2-0 up at Old Trafford after 15 minute, late equaliser from them,then pens. Never forget seeing a young Ryan Giggs walking to the spot playing keeps up then missing. It was in the very early days of Sky and not many had it then so went to my school mates house to watch it.

 

Timmy flowers saved the penalty?

[ericb]

Love that liverpool 4-1 i was under the roof to the right hand, just under the over hang by the crash barrier. We were class that night and i can't think of many better.

 

The point with that one was it was against such a good side and we completely took the ****, the equivalent of doing it to barcelona these days.

 

Gotta say i miss those days of the Dell and the terraces so much, great times and formed friendships for me as well as a love for the game.

[lumuah]

I've just seen a very young me in the under east stand terrace. That was an amazing game - never had many games with an atmosphere like that. Amazing day.

[The Majestic Channon]

I think that team in 1990 were second highest scorers. The same season we beat Norwich 4-1 at the Dell midweek and Le Tiss scored an incredible hatrick. Second goal he beat about 4 players and tucked it into the corner from about 20 yards and the third he beat a player, ran half the length of the pitch and chipped the keeper from about 25 yards.

 

 

Kevin moore's screamer often gets overlooked when people remember that match bless him.

Love how tiss twice turns andy townsend inside out for his second

[Stud mark of doom]

[Turkish]

You do know if that happened today the headlines would be........

 

Fergie rage as Ref denies United

Sloppy Reds slump at Saints

Fortune favours Saints as Devils slayed

 

Using Man U as Liverpool were the dominate team in those days as United are now. (yes I know Man City won the league last season but United are still the team to beat, for now)

Edited 29 September, 2012 by Turkish

[Turkish]

I expect Liverpool fans look back on that day as the turning point in their history. Although they eventually rallied to win the league that season the recovery from the hammering they took that day was only temporary. A clearly shell shocked Liverpool side never fully recovered from the beating they took and top international players like Glen Hysen, Steve McMahon and Peter Beardsley were never the same. Alan Hansen soon retired, no doubt realising the old legs could not cope with players of the power and pace of Paul Rideout anymore and Kenny Dalglish appeared pondourous and indicisive in his decision making after that day, no doubt filled with self doubt about how his tactics had been so brutally and clinically ripped apart by Chris Nicholl. He would soon after resign and history shows he never repeated his success at Liverpool elsewhere. A shocked Liverpool squad was dismantled by his replacement, Souness, who realised thst he needed to add backbone to the side so promptly signed Julian Dicks and Paul Stewart in an attempt to add some steal and passion to a traumatised club and the road back to the top has been long for them. I'm sure everyone associated with Liverpool wonders what might have been If the fixture list had been kinder to them that season and not forced them to meet a rampant Saints at the top of the game.

[JustMike]

worth also mentioning the game we smashed spuds in the FA Cup live on the beeb