Rip David Armstrong

[Chris cooper]

Wota player .. rest in peace 

[SalisburySaints]

😥One of the nicest people you could ever meet.  Shocked and greatly saddened.  RIP. 

[MarkSFC]

This is sad to hear. He was a fantastic player for us in arguably our best era. 

[revolution saint]

Ah, fuck. That’s sad news, couldn’t have been that old either. One of my childhood heroes and always seemed to come across as a good bloke in interviews. Cracking hairstyle too. RIP

 

[saint1977]

Can’t see anything online but both this forum and Boro forum started threads. Great player in our best era and featured in my first game at the Dell. 

[Strangely Brown]

Vastly underrated player and one of my favourites. Rest in peace Spike.

[Pilchards]

Very sad indeed.

Never forget that goal vs Man UTD at The Dell when he arrived from nowhere and blasted it past the keeper. 
He also was heavily involved in our greatest goal ever scored by a Saint. (Channon vs Liverpool)

 

RIP David and thank you for the memories.

[Yorkshire Saint]

https://www.mfc.co.uk/news/2022/august/21/rip--david-armstrong/

Very sad news. A Southampton legend from a great era. RIP.

[S-Clarke]

Crap news to end the weekend. He should have had years left in him.

Met him once many years ago in the George Burley years, friendliest guy ever.

RIP.

[Appy]

RIP, was a lovely bloke, very sad news 

[moonraker]

Sad news, a wonderful player 

 

[Katalinic]

A wonderful player in one of our greatest ever sides. RIP.

[Killers Knee]

A great Saint and England international.  A true gent and an excellent midfielder.  He took time after Spain '82 to train our Tyro team.

[saint lard]

RIP. Very sad news. Great player. I will always associate him to the air Florida/Rank Xerox kits and some wonderful players during his time at Saints. 

[John Boy Saint]

That is sad news to put a cloud on the weekend. 😢
One of those players you could rely on.

67 is no age these day - RIP Sir.

[Turkish]

Great player and a great bloke. Really said to hear 

[angelman]

He was a truly superb player, or at least he was in my eyes as a young Saints supporter.  Only 67. RIP.

[Sergei Gotsmanov]

Very very sad. A wonderful player and a key cog in one of our greatest ever teams. Thank you David for the entertainment and helping us to dine on the very top table. 

[benali-shorts]

Excellent player, fond memories of him. £600k very well spent. 

[Badger]

Sad news , and a great shame.

As others have said, an important part of probably our greatest team who contributed much to that side and for the rest of the 1980's and his time with us.

Spoke to him in The Dell car park once when calling in for tickets, very unassuming and friendly. Always spoke well on  Solent, I was surprised he didn't pursue a career in management, although in hindsight he was probably too intelligent to put himself forward for it.

RIP David, thanks for the memories from a glorious era.

[Badger]

18 minutes ago, Pilchards said:

Very sad indeed.

Never forget that goal vs Man UTD at The Dell when he arrived from nowhere and blasted it past the keeper. 
He also was heavily involved in our greatest goal ever scored by a Saint. (Channon vs Liverpool)

 

RIP David and thank you for the memories.

Definitely two stand out moments, but he served the club so well helping the change from Lawrie's side to Chris Nicholl's for whom he played LM, LB, and sweeper in the same season (and I think he still ended up top scorer).

[Saint Charminster]

Very sad news, one of my heroes growing up.

[benali-shorts]

Also a lovely cross for Steve Moran at Fratton Park. Happy days. 

[Chewy]

Very sad, one of the best from my earliest saints team. RIP

[SNSUN]

Even those of us who started supporting Saints after his heyday know who David Armstrong is and his contribution in the early and mid 80s. RIP

[Badger]

This game, and our two second half goals will live with me forever. 

 

[Miltonaggro]

Absolute gentleman and the epitome of the complete attacking midfielder.  Only 67, so well before his time, always bloody awful news. David Armstrong scored 15 odd goals in each of his first two seasons with Saints and was player of the year in 83/84 - the star studded year we finished second in the top flight.  What price that kind of ability now?  Scores of footballing memories of DA at the Dell, and meeting him on a few occasions outside football following his retirement - quiet, modest, and unassuming but a very special talent in a very special Saints side. RIP Spike!   

[Master Bates]

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[egg]

Jeez, gutted to hear this. Met him a few times, really nice bloke. Superb player too. RIP Dave.

[Badger]

4 minutes ago, Master Bates said:

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Lawrie said he'd have got his first England cap a few years earlier if he'd had a floppy haircut and an earring. 

[Golac's Cunning Stunts]

Rolls Royce of a player and an admirable human being. Part of my childhood. So long David and thanks for all the great memories 

[alehouseboys]

Very sad news. Met him once after his playing days through work - great fella and excellent footballer. RIP

[benali-shorts]

18 minutes ago, Badger said:

This game, and our two second half goals will live with me forever. 

 

Brilliant, thanks for posting. Excellent celebration from DA, instinctive joy. 

[Golac's Cunning Stunts]

bloody hell that is a team. How much would it be worth these days? Is there any player in the current team you'd select over any one of these?

Edited 21 August, 2022 by Golac's Cunning Stunts

[Winnersaint]

That’s so sad. One of the very best Saints. RIP Dave

[jasonb]

So sad. Gone but not forgotten.

 

Once a Saint, always a Saint. 

[Scoobysaint]

So sad to hear this. Such a good player. Remember going to one of my first Saints games at Portman Road in December 1984 and was able to go into the changing room before the match and meet all the players.  He scored the only goal of the game in the second half. After that, seven year old me was well and truly hooked on Saints forever. 

[Kenilworthy]

A great player and perhaps our best ever value from a big money transfer. He chose Saints over Man Utd. Will never forget that freezing night at Blackburn.

[bogwoppit]

One of the best players I can remember playing for Southampton. Mind you, when you go back to that team from the early 80’s!!!  
Always remember a shot/goal from 25/30 yards out against Stoke as it was one of my first away games.

[Lord Duckhunter]

Wonderful footballer, Such sad news. RIP 

[Dimond Geezer]

One of our best, really sad to hear this.

RiP Spike 

[Hatch]

What terrible news.  One of our best players in one of our best ever teams. 
RIP 

[Living the nightmare]

Great player in our best ever era. Two overriding memories of him as a Saint. Fantastic ball to Moran at Fratton for the win and being offside for Keegans  scissor kick against Man U. Never met him myself but many lads I know knew him through work and only ever had good things to say. RIP David a true Saints Legend and thoughts to his family. 

[Chez]

Very sad news. A true Saints legend.

[rallyboy]

I was fortunate to know him back in the day - great player, lovely guy.

So good that he was able to establish legendary status at two clubs. 

Sad loss.

[SoberSaint]

Such a consistent player in the very best of Saints teams. RIP Spike!

[Midfield_General]

Legend. RIP Dave. 

[Patrick Bateman]

Bloody hell, very sad, condolences to his family, proper Boro and Saints legend. 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

To a younger me, he wasn't a star name like a Keegan, Ball or a Channon. He wasn't one of really talented youngsters like a Moran, Wright or Williams. But he was consistently excellent in our best ever teams, and another of Lawrie's very shrewd signings. A very clever, versatile player who could support others, as well as get on the score sheet himself. Such sad news. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.

[teamsaint]

Very sad news. A brilliant player, who would have had a lot of England caps in any other era, but was so unlucky( as was Steve Williams)  to have Robson, Wilkins and  Hoddle around  at the same time.
If youngsters  want to learn how to score goals from midfield, a few videos of Dave will do the job.

RIP