Chris cooper Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 Wota player .. rest in peace 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalisburySaints Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 😥One of the nicest people you could ever meet. Shocked and greatly saddened. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSFC Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 This is sad to hear. He was a fantastic player for us in arguably our best era. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revolution saint Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 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 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint1977 Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangely Brown Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 Vastly underrated player and one of my favourites. Rest in peace Spike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchards Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 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. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Saint Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 https://www.mfc.co.uk/news/2022/august/21/rip--david-armstrong/ Very sad news. A Southampton legend from a great era. RIP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appy Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 RIP, was a lovely bloke, very sad news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonraker Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 Sad news, a wonderful player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katalinic Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 A wonderful player in one of our greatest ever sides. RIP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killers Knee Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 A great Saint and England international. A true gent and an excellent midfielder. He took time after Spain '82 to train our Tyro team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint lard Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 Great player and a great bloke. Really said to hear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 He was a truly superb player, or at least he was in my eyes as a young Saints supporter. Only 67. RIP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Gotsmanov Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benali-shorts Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 Excellent player, fond memories of him. £600k very well spent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 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). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charminster Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 Very sad news, one of my heroes growing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benali-shorts Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 Also a lovely cross for Steve Moran at Fratton Park. Happy days. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 Very sad, one of the best from my earliest saints team. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 This game, and our two second half goals will live with me forever. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltonaggro Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 😪😪😪 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 Jeez, gutted to hear this. Met him a few times, really nice bloke. Superb player too. RIP Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 4 minutes ago, Master Bates said: 😪😪😪 Lawrie said he'd have got his first England cap a few years earlier if he'd had a floppy haircut and an earring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golac's Cunning Stunts Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 Rolls Royce of a player and an admirable human being. Part of my childhood. So long David and thanks for all the great memories 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alehouseboys Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 Very sad news. Met him once after his playing days through work - great fella and excellent footballer. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benali-shorts Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golac's Cunning Stunts Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 (edited) 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 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnersaint Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 That’s so sad. One of the very best Saints. RIP Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonb Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 So sad. Gone but not forgotten. Once a Saint, always a Saint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoobysaint Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenilworthy Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogwoppit Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Duckhunter Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 Wonderful footballer, Such sad news. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimond Geezer Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 One of our best, really sad to hear this. RiP Spike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 What terrible news. One of our best players in one of our best ever teams. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Living the nightmare Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 Very sad news. A true Saints legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyboy Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoberSaint Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 Such a consistent player in the very best of Saints teams. RIP Spike! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midfield_General Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 Legend. RIP Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted 21 August, 2022 Share Posted 21 August, 2022 Bloody hell, very sad, condolences to his family, proper Boro and Saints legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmes_and_Watson Posted 22 August, 2022 Share Posted 22 August, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teamsaint Posted 22 August, 2022 Share Posted 22 August, 2022 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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