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Saturday,January26,2013 CCAANN SSAAIINNTTSS MMAAKKEE BBAARRCCAA WWAAYY PPAAYY?? 55p Supporting LOCA L sport CHERRIES v RBS 6 NATIONS – P42-45 CREWE REPORT PREVIEW – P15 READ ADAM RANT ON PAGES 12-13 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW SAINTS LEGENDAND FACUPWINNER JIM STEELETALKS EXCLUSIVELYTOTHE SPORTS PINKABOUT: l1976ANDALLTHAT lDRINKINGWITHPELE lNICOLACORTESE lALLTHINGSSAINTS SEE PAGES 4-9 CUPOFJOY:JimSteele, left,celebratingthe1976 FACupwinwithPeter Rodrigues,right,and PeterOsgood. SCHNEIDERLIN: MY FRENCH HISperformancesinthePremierLeaguethisseasonhave already won him many admirers, and Morgan Schneiderlinisnowhopinghecancatchtheeye ofFrancecoachDidierDeschamps. DREAM Schneiderlinhaslookedathomeduringhis firstcampaigninthetopflight,bringinga blendofsophistication,eleganceandhard worktohiscentralmidfieldposition. n ByGordonSimpson in the Premier League for tackles pergame,amongthetopfivein The 23-year-old, pictured, has interceptions,andhasapasssuc- certainly been one of the stand- cess rate that stands at an out performers for Saints this impressive84.4percent. term. Heisthehighest-rankedplayer Continuedonpage3 t ARE SAINTS FANS STILL SUPPORTERS OR JUST CUSTOMERS? P8-10 2 THEDAILYECHO SATURDAY,JANUARY26,2013 Saints Spotlight Inside AAmmbbiittiioonn PAGE 11: aatt tthhee Saints legend Terry Paine’s EXCLUSIVE column PAGE 14: Saints 2012/13 stats ccoosstt ooff PAGES 18-20: Ten years of managerial musical chairs ccoommmmoonn at St Mary’s ddeecceennccyy OUT:NigelAdkins’ sackinghaslefta bittertasteinthe mouth. PAGES 22-23:When Saints AFTER the dust has set- andIapplaudthechairman’s were snowed under ... tledandtimehaspassed, ambition.I’mnotdaft,Ican remembertwoyearsagowe we find ourselves in a bemoaned the loss of Alan PAGES 24-25: position where we can Pardew and questioned the ask “do we feel any dif- club, it’s not something you time, we still believe we’re appointment of Scunthorpe Budge Pountney ferent about the sacking getvotedinto,it’ssomething here to pick up the scraps managerNigelAdkins–this youearn. fromthemaster’stable. wasmadnesssurely? – from ofNigelAdkins?” Nigel Adkins earned the Ask yourself, what do you Itwasn’tanditprovedtobe Murrayfield to For me, personally, I still right to be a Premiership want from this season? oneofthebestappointments feel devastated at Adkins’ manager, it’s not by luck or Survival? A finish one place inourclub’shistory. the New Forest dismissal and I don’t think good fortune, he became a abovetherelegationzone? Who’s to say Pochettino thatwillevergoaway. Premiership manager Ifthat’swhatyouwantthen won’tbeevenbetter? However,Icanseetherea- throughhardworkandeffort you’renodifferenttome,but I loved Nigel Adkins’ time son behind it and accept it. and it’s hugely insulting to you’re spectacularly differ- at this club but I also have PAGES 32-37: WithAdkinsitwastheclas- write off his contribution to enttoourchairman. faithinourchairman,whoto sicexampleoftherightman, the club by suggesting he’s As fans we still seem to datehasgotitallright. Non-league attherightplace,attheright not good enough for this believewedon’ttrulybelong That said, as we move for- time. league. in this league and perhaps ward I have a serious mes- football Put simply, Nigel Adkins Iwillalwaysbegratefulto that’swhywecan’tstomach sagetothechairman:ignore putasmilebackontheface NigelAdkinsforwhathedid Adkins’dismissal. the fans and our history at of Southampton Football forallofusandI’dbehugely Askyourselfwheredoyou yourperil. PAGE 38: Club. disappointedinourfanbaseif feel Saints would be under You can airbrush Nigel He was precisely what the anySaintsfanwassocallous Adkinsintwoyearstime? Adkinsoutofourhistoryand Colleges and clubneededatthetimeandI, astodismissthemanandhis Myanswerwouldbe:asolid produce a match-day pro- forone,willalwaysbegrate- impact on Southampton midtableside,aFulhamora grammethatignoreshisvast Tyro football fultohim. FootballClub…whichiswhy Stoke, established in this contributiontotheclub. It’s not up for debate, it’s theclub’sbehaviourafterhis league, tough to beat, but You can forcibly remove notsomethingthatstatsand dismissal leaves a bad taste ultimatelynotactuallydoing placards that merely thank arguments of ambition can inmymouth. anything. thepreviousmanagerforall RBS 6 everdiminish.Weowehima You want to move on, you That’stherealreasonwhy he’sdoneforus. hugedebt.Whatisdisturbing want to take the club to the Adkinsleftus. You can do all that as you NATIONS irsectehievendutmhabterdiospfuetmeaAildskIin’vse’ neIxdtolne’vtehl?aveaproblemwith trFuothriSsatihnattsNfiacnoslatChoertheasresihs rbuuntjouusrtcslhuobw,iat’sliyttoleurclcahsosi.ce, PPARGEEVSIE4W2-45 asaweornba.midsl,niet’hmyto,aowsPsttrahestmuoerlidpetirrhnissaghitnipughlmsye,abnwsaatcaiglksl- tagthhlpOeaapnttlwaediuoetadhfenptydAho,deduokrrwieifnaanmss’oaibnndnissitysiiwdtmohenei,i.snswstgarh,uleginsI- aotgaofIbbouildctseaoeinfnnoabosssucoecugeumhltruCfuiotrcoyrehrhstiaehismssnoec’t.’thksarftoleoramnlaligldyl- ioasmhluAloorpcwwakccntttlhohuNawebit,glfaeaepdltnphgAsraedeonkcfkiitanthhtshiieosminmca.lduhebaunogtndoe – Being a Premiership man- it comes to the Premier termplanandIcanseewhy That’s how you move for- agerisn’tsomesortofsecret League, we’re still small Adkinswasremoved.Igetit wardasone… CONTACT US - CALL: 023 8042 4515 SATURDAY,JANUARY26,2013 THEDAILYECHO 3 n Saints FA CUP ROUND-UP Spotlight HATTERS GO MAD IN BRIGHTFUTURE:MorganSchneiderlinispraying foracall-uptotheFrenchnationalteam. NORWICH LUTONproducedthesur- tors’advantage11minutes priseresultoftheFACup intothesecondhalf,only fourthroundtodaywitha forArgentinianstriker 1-0winatPremierLeague JoseUlloatolevelonhis Norwich. debutsixminuteslater. ScottRendell’s80th However,TheoWalcott minutegoalproveddeci- strucktowinitforArsene siveinaclashbetween Wenger’ssidefiveminutes twosidesseparatedby85 fromtime. placesintheEnglishfoot- JohnnyHeitinga’s90th- ballladder. minutegoalgaveEverton TheBlueSquarePremier a2-1successatBolton. side’svictoryatCarrow StevenPienaar’sscrappy Roadmeanstheyareonly 18th-minutegoalgave theseventhnon-league DavidMoyes’menthelead teamtoreachthefifth beforeMarvinSordell– roundofthecompetition whosetwogoalssawoff sinceWorldWarTwo. Sunderlandintheirthird Norwichwerenotthe roundreplay–squared onlytopflightteamembar- thingsnineminuteslater. rassedtoday,asMKDons Readingeasedintothe won4-2atQPR. last16witha4-0winover FormerSaintsboss SheffieldUnited. HarryRedknapp,Pictured, NoelHuntopenedthe whomadesweeping scoringinthesixthminute, changesaheadof MikeleLeigertwood’slong- Tuesday’svisitof rangegoalagainstoneof ManchesterCityinthe hisformerteamsdoubled league,sawhisteam theadvantagefiveminutes thrashedbytheirLeague beforethebreak,before Oneopponents. HuntandGarath QPRknockedMK McClearymade Donsoutinthethird sureofthewin roundofthiscom- withinninemin- petitionlastyear, utesofthesec- butArmand ondhalfstart- Traore’sfourth- ing. minuteowngoal BlueSquare andRyanLowe’s Premier 40th-minuteeffort Macclesfieldwere gavethevisitorscontrol unabletoemulate athalf-time. Luton’sexploits,Jordi RyanHarley(50)and Gomez’sseventh-minute DarrenPotter(56)madeit penaltygivingPremier Schneiderlin holding 4-0beforeJayBothroyd LeagueWigana1-0winat andFabiopulledtwogoals MossRose. backinsidethelastseven Therewaslateheart- minutesforthePremier breakforLeagueTwo Leagueside. AldershotatChampionship ManchesterCitybooked Middlesbrough. theirplaceintomorrow’s DannyHylton’s89th- fifthrounddrawwithvicto- minutegoalappearedto out for La Bleus call ryintheearlykick-offat haveearnedthe Stoke. Hampshiresideareplay PabloZabaletastruck butLukasJutkiewicz theonlygoalfiveminutes addedtohis83rd-minute fromtimeasCityrepeated effortwithalast-minute thescorelinewhichwon winner. the2011finalagainstthe Blackburnwereconvinc- sameopponents. ing3-0winnersatDerby Yetvictorymaystillhave thankstogoalsfromColin comeatacostfor Kazim-Richards(45),Scott Fromfrontpage Schneiderlin, who moved to needtobuildupalargerbodyofworkthan RobertoMancini’smen Dann(66)andJordan It is no wonder that his reputation has Saints in 2008 from RC justoneseasonoftop-flightEnglishfoot- aftercaptainVincent Rhodes(71),whileChris been growing substantially.But is there a Strasbourg, for a fee of £1.2m, ball before he will come under serious Kompanylimpedoffinthe Dagnall’sgoal20minutes chance that he could eventually be hon- already has plenty of experi- considerationfromDeschamps,whotook firsthalf. fromtimedecidedanother ouredwithacallupbyLesBleus? enceofinternationalfootballat overthenationalteamlastsummer,but OlivierGiroud,whonet- all-Championshipclashin “To be honest, I have no phone calls or youthlevel. his performances so far will have tedtwiceinthemidweek Barnsley’sfavouratHull. anything, but I just do my job and if it HehasbeencappedbyFrance donehischancesnoharm. defeatofWestHaminthe LeeNovak’s74th-minute comes it comes,” said a patient ateveryagegroupfromunder- He enhanced his standing even BarclaysPremierLeague, penaltygaveHuddersfield, Schneiderlin, when asked if he had been 16sthroughtounder-21s. moreearlierthisweek,whenhe repeatedthefeatas undertheleadershipof given any indication of a senior interna- And, while he was never was voted man of the match in Arsenalwon3-2at caretakermanagerMark tionalfuture. going to come onto the Monday night’s televised Brighton. Lillisfollowingthesacking “IknowthatintheFrenchnationalteam radar of the senior team encounter with Everton, at St TheFrenchmangavethe ofSimonGrayson,thelead therearealotofgoodplayers,almostevery withSaintsoutsideofthe Mary’s,infrontofaglobalaudi- Gunnersa16th-minute againstChampionship player who is in the squad plays PremierLeague,nowthat ence. leadatBrighton,but rivalsLeicester. ChampionsLeagueorEuropaLeague.I’m the club are back at the battling for staying up in the Premier elite level he has the ONTHERADAR:Francecoach AshleyBarnes’headerlev- However,ChrisWood League,somaybethemanagerisnotlook- opportunity to impress. DidierDeschampsistheman elledthescores17min- earnedareplayforthevis- uteslater. itorswithagoaleightmin- ing for this, but hopefully in one year or Of course, MorganSchneiderlinhopesto Giroudrestoredthevisi- utesfromtime. twoyearswecandosomethingaboutit.” Schneiderlin may impress. CONTACT US - EMAIL: [email protected] 4 THEDAILYECHO SATURDAY,JANUARY26,2013 Saints Spotlight RAISING A GLASS Fans Focus SAINTSfanshavebeenkeento havetheirsayonnewboss MauricioPochettinofollowinghis SimonWalter firstgameinchargeagainst Everton. [email protected] Thewebsitedailyecho.co.uk THE mop of red curls is hasseenahugesurgeoftraffic followingPochettino’sappoint- long gone, but Jim mentinplaceofNigelAdkins. Steele’s passion for Therehavebeenthousandsof Saintsstillburnsbright. readerscommentspostedanda pollaboutthedecisionthathas Since returning to attractedmorethan12,500 Southampton earlier this votes. season, the Saints legend HereatThePinkwetakea has been a regular at St lookatsomeoftheviewsbeing Mary’saswellasthecity’s expressedbySaintsfansfrom pubs,thehabitatwherehe acrosstheglobe. ismostfondlyremembered since the passing of The Dell. SPIKEISLANDTRADERsays... WemeetattheWestEnd Goodsolidgame,greatsupport Brewery,whereheishold- fromthefaithfull,nowitstimeto ingcourtatthebar. seewhatMPcandoandIFcortese His views are delivered isvindicated,althoughstillhatethe thickandfast,inhisbroad wayitwasdone.COYR Scottishaccent. “NigelAdkinswastreated LeTissiersEarLobesays... disgracefully but the fans “Longballs“and“verticalfootball” havetogetbehindthenew worriesmeabit....Stillsayingthat guy now...when I first weren’ttheysohungryfirsthalf, joined Southampton every evenGastonchasing,chasing, teamhadatleastfourScots chasing,wasgreattosee!Seems intheteambutallthekids liketheyneedmorefitnessafter seemtodonowisgoonthe runningoutofpuffinsecond bloodycomputer...Itwould half.....?LukeShawsocomposed, be fantastic to chat with myMOTM.GoodluckNigel,we fansaboutourexperiences haven’tforgottenyouevenifthe on matchdays but Nicola matchprogrammehas!!Goodluck Cortese has gone over the tothenewman! top...we miss Lallana...Luke Shaw’s beingbuiltuptoomuch...I realisetheyoungsterswant togoontobiggerandbetter thingsbutwhathaveBale, Chamberlain and Walcott everwon?” CertainlylessthanSteele, theman-of-the-matchwhen SaintswontheFACupon that glorious day at Wembley nearly 37 years ago. Inevitably, conversation BOSS:NewSaintsmanager sooncomesroundto1976. MauricioPochettino. Steele is in reflective Dubai-saints89says... mood. HisrealtestisagainstManchester Hecaughtupwithseveral Utdnextweek.Anythingbuta former teammates at the drawwouldbegoodallroundbutif funeralofanotherex-Saint, wewin,thenIwon’tbesorry Ken Jones, the previous Adkinsgotthesack.MPmagic week, a few days after he wouldhaveworkedandtheclub and Jimmy Case bumped willgoonasuccessfulroll. into Gordon Strachan, Steele’s boot cleaner at Southamptonboysays... Dundeeintheearlyseven- He’sgotsometimenowtowork ties, en route back from a withtheteamandwhoknows,he Spanishholiday. PARTYTIME:JimSteelecelebratingthe1976FACup couldbringyetanotherplayeror “IaskedGordonwhether winwithPeterRodriguesandPeterOsgoodand, twoinasNChassaidthereis he’d got the Scotland job right,raisingaglass. moneyinthepot.Itwasagood buthewouldn’tleton–not solidpreformencelastnight,should thattheinformationwould havehadthreepointsbutsome have been worth anything bered, despite spending “I was on some field in gamesgothisway.ManUtdnext, to me as he was 12-1 on!” onlyfouryearsatTheDell Dundee – we didn’t have thiswillbeasbeensaidhisbiggest Steele laughs heartily, as afterTedBatespaidathen training pitches in those test. jovialafigureoffthepitch club-record £80,000 for his days–whenthistaxipulls ashewasformidableonit. servicesinJanuary1972. upandthedriverasksthe ghk230473says... “Six-foot-two, eyes are “When you think of coach if James Steele’s Greatperformanceandtherewas blue,JimmySteeleisafter today’s transfers with all around? anobviousdifferenceinourplay, you,”wentthechantwhen thoseagents,”hesighs,pint “Hedidn’tknowwhatwas wewereintheirfacesandwere thetalenteddefenderlined of lager in hand, as he going on, he just said he’d closingdownwithurgency.Fellani up for Saints during the recalls the day his life beentoldtotakemetoDens isabigplayerforevertonand mid-seventies. changed forever 41 years Park. I’m thinking some- lookslikehedoesthejoboftwo, He is still fondly remem- ago. one’sdied. can’tseehimbeingtherelong! THE PINK & DAILY ECHO:BEST FOR SAINTS NEWS ANDVIEWS PositivestartandIhopeitlasts. Continuedonfacingpage. SATURDAY,JANUARY26,2013 THEDAILYECHO 5 Saints Spotlight TO JIM STEELE... Fans Focus miltonroadsays... Iwassopleasedtobewrong.I careerbeforeitbegan. thoughtEvertonwouldwinlast “A few weeks earlier I’d night.Thesupporthandledthings beenpickedforScotlandat fantasticallywell,theysupported the same time as Tommy theteamandMP,butcertainly Docherty – I sat on the madeitveryclearthatNAwasnot benchwithKennyDalglish forgotten.Theteamplayedwellfor against Belgium – but as themostpartandthekeeper soon as I moved to lookedverygoodtonight. Southampton that was it. Sometimeswedonotgetthe AnywheresouthofLondon acknowledgementforwhatweare andtheydidn’tnoticeyou.” achieving.Weareinthemiddleof Steele received five per averytoughrun,Infourofthelast centofthe£80,000transfer fivegameswehavedrawnagainst fee, which he used as a toptensides.StokeandChelsea deposit on a house in away,EvertonandArsenalat Chandler’sFord. home.Withalittlemoreluckwe Hemade200appearances wouldofwonthreeofthem.Toput under Ted Bates and then lastnight’seffortintocontext, Lawrie McMenemy, one of Evertonhavelostonlythreetimes whichstandsoutabovethe in31games.WelcomeMP.Thereis rest. though‘ONLYONENIGEL ‘Amazing Grace’ is the ADKINS’ voicemail message on Steele’s mobile phone, but rightbackinthebarsays... ‘Abide With Me’ would be Lastnightconfirmedtheprogress more appropriate, so vital NAmadeinorganisingthisteam was his performance at andhowmuchanumberofplayers WembleyonMay11976. havecomeonunderhim.Morgan “The‘76FACuprunwas Schneiderlinwasimmense(again) one of those fantastic andisalreadymyplayerofthe things. It all began with season.JCisimportantnextto Hughie Fisher scoring in him.LukeShawbeyondbelief. the last minute against Begsthequestionwhy?Butthat’s Villa in the third round. gotthatoutofthewayandI’m Hughie never scores, a bit movingon.Whatthenewguyhas likemereally. “WehadtogotoVillafor thereplayonaWednesday night and didn’t think we hadmuchchance,butaswe wentpastWembleyonthe train Channon said ‘we’ll bethere’. ‘Yeahright,’wethought, butafterbeatingVilla2-1 we said ‘you could be right’. “We got fairly easy draws,wedrewacouple OUT:Saintsfanshavepaidtrib- away and kicked West utetosackedbossNigelAdkins. Brom’s arse at home, then beat Crystal Palace todonowistransformtheseper- quite easily in the semi- formancesintovictoriesbygetting final after getting them theteamtoscoregoalsduring instead of Man United or periodsofdominance.ALcoming Derby.” backwillmakeadifferencebutI The off-field can’thelpthinkingweneedanoth- drinking erstrikertopartnerRLandanout exploits of andoutwingertogetbehindin Steele and widepositions.Onlydownerabout co. are theperformancelastnightwas almost as JRod.Nolackofeffortbutjust looksoutofhisdepth–muscled CONTON outofitagainandagainandno PAGE6 instinctiveunderstandingwithRL. SunnySaintsays... DearMr.Pochettino,pleaseunder- standthatthekindnessthatyou observedorevenfeltcomingfrom “So I get to Dens Park, asNormanHunter’sstand- speak English then – and themagnificentfanswasnot walk in the door and Ted inasheandJackCharlton was so excited I got there directedatyoumate.Itwasdirect- Batesisstandingthere. weregettingon. early. edattheplayers.Okay,Nigehas ‘Hi. I’m Ted Bates, “Buttherewerenoifsor “No-one was there but I goneandyouarenowatthehelm, Southampton,’ he said. buts,thatwasit! sawmynameabovemypeg soit’snowtimeforyoutocutyour ‘You’ve just signed for “We flew down and Ted in the dressing room and clothaccordinglyandstartuson Southampton, you’ve got putmeinaB&Broundthe was in my underpants Freckle,’ he said. Ron theroadtoChampionsLeague anhourtogetready.’ corner from the Dell, when big Ron Davies wasagoodlad,magic.” football.Unfortunately,justhaving ‘Where’sSouthampton?’I showed me where the Dell walked in the door: ‘Are WhileSteelecherishes premiershipsurvivalisnotenough. said.‘Seriously!’Iwassur- was and said training’s at youthatguyfromScotland histimewithSaints,he Whywoulditbe?Thatiswaswhat prised,IthoughtIwassup- ten–bethereat9.15. we’ve just signed?’ ‘Aye!’ believes the move wealreadyhadwithNige.Besides, posed to be going to Leeds “I said ‘Aye’ – I couldn’t ‘A lot of money for a ended his Scotland ifyoudon’tprovide,thenNCwill THE PINK & DAILY ECHO:BEST FOR SAINTS NEWS ANDVIEWS ensurethatyouwillendupsleep- ingwiththefishes.COYR-UTS Continuedonpage6. 6 THEDAILYECHO SATURDAY,JANUARY26,2013 Saints Spotlight STEELE FORGED A Fans Focus Frompage5... Frompage5 “We had to stay in London, which BringbackBranfootsays... sucked,butOssie(PeterOsgood)dida SackingAdkinswastheright theirperformancesonthefield. runnerandgotacarbacktoWindsor.” decision,takenatthewrong “Ontheeveofoneawaygame,[Mick] The next day around 250,000 people time.Heshouldhavewalkedthe Channontellsmetogetsomebeer. welcomedtheirheroesbacktothesouth plankaftertheWestHamgame “I said ‘we’re playing tomorrow’ but coast during an open-top bus tour of andnotinthemiddleofatrans- hesaid‘thisisourlastchance’. Southampton. ferwindow.Itwashandledbadly “Igotsixcasesofbeerforfiveorsixof “OssiehadtorunquickerthanI’dever (Nicolashouldhavefinessedthe us. seenhimtogetonthebus! wholesituation).Thenewguyis “Ofcourse,McMenemyfindsoutand “We went round the Ford plant at sayingtherightthings,hewants goesabsolutelymad,saying‘ifIknew Eastleigh, and on to Millbrook and ustohavemoreofacutting you were going to drink I’d have Shirley. Everywhere was packed with edge.IfthisPochcharacteris broughtthereserveteamuphere!’ Saints supporters. It was out of this decent,he’llgetmoreoutofthe “Butwewon.Onanotheroccasion,a world! players’sattributesthanNige fewdaysafterthesemi-final-wewere “MickChannon’stestimonialagainst did.Thosewhostayedawayare toldtomakeourwaytoHaylingIsland, QPRwasontheMondayandwewere beingpetulant,andarenothelp- where we were staying before playing still half drunk, with fans sat on the ingtheclub.Moreliketheycan’t Pompey. touchline.” standthatNCdoeshisown “Ossie(PeterOsgood),[Jim]McCalliog During the celebrations, Steele, thingandisnottryingtowina andmyselfwentdownCowherdsfora OsgoodandStokestookthesilverware popularitycontest.Asitshould coupleofdrinksandacouplemoreand totheDrummondArmsinPortswood, bewhenyou’retheheadhoncho! a couple more – and then two for the where Steele had been staying with road! landlord Jimmy McGowan, a former richard1946says... “WhenwegottothehotelGeorgethe Southampton player who would tragi- IliveinAustraliaandcanonly trainercameoutandsaidwemightas cally take his own life when financial seeSaintsmatchesonTV.Iam wellgohome–sowethoughtwemight worriestookholdinthemid-eighties. gladtheSaintssupportersdid aswellgoforanotherdrink!” “Allthelocalsweredrinkingoutofthe notboothenewmanagerlike Steve Williams and Pat Earles made Cupandthenwetookitintothecentre theChelseasupportersdo!Only theirdebutsina2-1winatFrattonPark oftown,”continuesSteele. afewweeksagowhenSaints thatnight. “Afteracoupleofburgers,wedrank “There was a threat that Osgood, coffee out of it and Ossie left it by McCalliog and I wouldn’t play in the McMenemy’sdoorthenextmorning. final,butthatwasnevergoingtohap- “When Lawrie called us back in he pen,”smilesSteele. inMgothstatSaitinwtassfafrnosmwiMllcnCoatlnlieoegd’sreexmqiunids-- “Pele drank with us, but he ite pass that Bobby Stokes scored the m“oWstefawmeoruesugnodaelrinstehveercelupbr’seshsiusrtoeryfo.r didn’t like to drink in the first 20 minutes but at half-time L‘ifawwerisecaosrkee,dwwehwaint’I.thought.Itoldhim public so as not to harm “Luckily enough, that was the case. TommyDochertystillsaysthegoalwas KEYMAN:Saintsfans ofWfsihdiele,bSuttotkheast’wsillilfea!”lways be remem- his status with the kids.” haveurgedthenewboss bered as the match-winner, Steele’s tostickwithJason heroicsarenotforgotteneither. Puncheon. “Stokesygotacarforscoringthegoal andkeptitwhenhecouldn’tevendrive! toldusKeithHoney,thesecretary,had drewwithStokeafterbeing3-1 “I got an extra £2,000 and split it nearlyhadaheartattackbutTedBates upeveryonewantedNA’shead. betweenalltheguys.Butmysharesoon wasdoubleduplaughinghisheadoff. NowintheEcho94percentsay wentasIpaidformyparentstostayfor Weknewwewereokaythen! itwasunfairhegotthesack? theweekwithtwofriends.” “ItoldKeith’sdaughterthatstoryat TheyplayedwellagainstEverton Steele’stwoyoungerbrothers–“both hisfuneralsixmonthsago!Theywere butneedtostartwinninghome Jambos” – watched Hearts lose 3-1 to fantastictimes.” games! Rangers in the Scottish Cup final at Lessthanayearlater,Steeleplayed Hampden his last game for Saints, his top-flight TLoSaintsChisays... careeroverattheageof26. Ifeltthathisstyleofplaywas “All the locals in the pub HewassentoffatOldTraffordfollow- entertaining,andherespected ing persistent clashes with Jimmy whatAdkinshasbroughttothe Greenhoff, as Manchester United had cplluabye.rAsltwhoillubgehcaowmainvgeotofftohreeign were drinking out of the trhoeuinrdrervepenlagye,2-w1iinnnMinagracnhF19A77C.upfifth- club,thisshouldn’taffectthe Thefollowingweek,Steelewasmade lLikaemsboefrtPausncthheeyona,reLathllareneacaonrde FA Cup and then we took tWhiensncearpseCgouaptefxoirtSaagianitnss’tEAunrdoeprelaenchCtuapt playerswhowillbeguaranteeda TheDell. paslaIcewafosraybeoaurstAtodkcionms’ed.eApsahrtuurrte it into the centre of town.” RJiOmLSLtINeeGleBiAnCaKctTioHnEfoYrEtAhReSe:x- VHanissDlieprgifEtelsdtthweiwthinnsienvgegnoalmtoinAuntedst andthewayCortesehashan- SaintsXI. remainingofthetwo-leggedthird-round dledit,Iwanttogetbehind tie,asSaintslost3-2onaggregate. ‘Pochi’andseewhathecando “That was my last hurrah, that was forussaintsinthefuture Park,whilehefrustratedaUnited basically when I got dumped,” he side including Stuart Pearson, Lou ward, leaving me and Mel Blyth, who “It was the last time the Queen pre- laughs. “Ted MacDougall hit the post BuddySFCsays... MacariandSteveCoppellatWembley. wouldbemarkinghisman. sented the FA Cup but when all the threetimes,Ossyhitthebartwiceand Strangeoldworld!Guttedlast “Icouldreadthegame,Iknewwhen “IhaveanaffinitywithBobbyMoore, wives and girlfriends asked what she thentheyblamedmeforgettingbeat!I weekatseeingNAgoing,yet someonewoulddartforwardandwould hewasn’tveryquickbutcouldreadthe had on all we could reply was ‘black toldthemthatafterwards!” lessthanaweeklaterandIfeel juststepup,”hesays. gameandsocouldI.Ijustmovedup, gloves’! Steele did not play in Britain again. excitedaboutthefuture!Shallow “I was always the last man as [full- whichp****dPearsonoff!” “I was very happy for the likes of InsteadhemovedtotheUnitedStatesto Imaybe,butreallyinterestedto backs]Peachy(DavidPeach)andPedro Steeleremembersthecelebrationsas GeorgeReader,thechairman.Everyone captain Washing ton Diplomats under seeifNC/MPhasmadean (PeterRodriguez)wouldalwaysgofor- thoughtheywereyesterday. wasoverthemoon. former Manchester United player impactandcanbringinanother qualityplayerortwointhislast CONTACTTHE SPORTSDESK - EMAIL:[email protected] weekofthetransferwindow. Continuedonfacingpage... SATURDAY,JANUARY26,2013 THEDAILYECHO 7 Saints Spotlight BIG REPUTATION Fans Focus Frompage6... TSSsays... Personallyprettyhappywiththe squad.ToachieveCortese’s ambitionwewillhaveto strengthen,butatthemoment wehaveawellgelledteam.Abit likeNorwichlastyear,thatare playingwell.I’mhopingforone Spanishmidfielder,aplaymaker maybe.Willbeinterestingtosee whatMPthinksofthecurrent squad. SaintMaxsays... Ithinkwestillhavetoinvestin theside.Yeswehaveplayed verywellandtoanextent matchedthelikesofChelsea, ArsenalandEverton,butwe havenodepth.Ourbenchis lightontalent,andthatshows whenweplaygreatfor65mins, makesomesubstitutionsandthe wholeflowiscompletelydisrupt- ed.Wecannothopethatthe current11orsostayfitforthe runin,asifLambert,forexam- ple,receivedabadknockthat kepthimoutforsixweekswe wouldbetoothless. GREATMEMORIES:JimSteelewithLawrie McMenemy,above,andwithMickChannon andHughieFisher,below. HISTORY:Ex-Saintsboss NigelAdkins. allsaintsnocurvessays... It’snaturaltolinksomanydiffer- entplayerswithanewmanag- er...butdon’texpectustosign allofthem!MPwillwanttobring inacoupleofplayerswhoknow hisstyleoffootballbecauseit willbeeasierforhimtogetoth- erstofollowtheirlead.Thisis nottodamagethedevelopment oftheyoungstersalreadyonthe FLASHBACK:JimSteele,aboveright,withJimMcCalliogand booksbuttoenhancetheir PeterOsgoodattheDailyEchoprintingpressin1976. developmentintotheSpanish wayoftraining.Thiswillincrease DennisViollet,oneofthesurvivorsof wereofferedBudweisers,butwhenthe riesthanhehasatthefootballclub. “Thenthisyoungkidcameoverand thelevelofskillsamongstthe theMunichairdisaster. press conference finished we were “I’d heard all the things about Le said‘areyouamember,sir’?Isaid‘no playersandspeedwithwhich “Afewclubswereinforme,includ- invitedbyhisentouragetoasuiteon TissierandCorteseandthisandthat,so I’m an ex-Saint’ and he said ‘sorry theycanmakedecisionsonthe ingRangers,butI’djustgotdivorced, thetopfloorofthehotel. whenIboughttwoticketsfortheAston you’renotallowedin,thisisasupport- pitchduringgames.Englishplay- themoneywasgood,Iwasgivenafree “Pele then brings out a bottle of Villagamesoonaftermovingdown,I ers’club’. ersdon’talwayshavethevision carandafreeapartment,”saysSteele, whiskyandasksifit’sanygood! gavemynameas‘JamesSteele’. “Idon’tblameCorteseformakingus orawarenessofthecontinental whoplayedagainstsomeofworldbeat- “Wesaiditwasn’tbadandhesaid‘I “I was hardly going to say ‘Jim buyticketsbuttonotbeallowedinthe playersandthisneedstochange ersintheStates. thoughtyoutwowereScottish!’ Steele’eventhoughthegirlatthetick- supportersclub...Itwasn’tasifIwant- ifwearetobesuccessfulinthe “Oneday,Dennistoldmeheneeded “Peledrank,butnotinpublicsoas etofficewasonlyyoungandwouldn’t edafreedrinkoranything! futureplayingastylesimilarto metogotoapressconferenceaheadof nottoharmhisstatuswiththekids. haveknownwhoIwas. “IloveSaintsbutthissortofthing Barcelona. agameagainstNewYorkCosmos. Fantastic!” “But the guy behind her said ‘I doesn’thappenatanyothertopclub.It “Iwassupposedtobeplayinggolfbut Steelewentintothepubtradeonhis thought it was you Steeley!’ I said doesn’tmakesense. angusmccoatupsays... hepersuadedmetogowithacoupleof returntotheUKin1994,runningthe ‘don’tsayanything,Imightnotgeta “AfterbeingthrownoutIwasn’teven Ithinkthemanagerisdoing others–includingmybestmateEric ChamberlayneArmsinWoolstonand ticket!’ goingtogotothegame,butthepub exactlytherightthings.He’s Martin(theformerSaintsgoalkeeper). theKingsArmsinShirleybeforemov- “Idon’ttotallydisagreewithwhat’s roundthecornermademefeelsowel- lookingatplayersfromaculture “TheplacewaspackedsoIwoundthe ing to the Cotswolds, where he was beengoingon,soIboughttwotickets come. thathehasplayed,andmanaged window down and asked what was landlordoftheBlackBearinMoreton- thinking one of the ex-Saints would “Iwentwithoneofthemintheend in.It’sagoodlongtermaimto goingon,onlytobetoldthat(mimicks in-Marshformanyyears. showupsoonerorlater. and it was a great win. I’ve been to useacademy,andotheryoung Americanaccent)‘NewYorkCosmos Itwasfromtherethathereturnedto “I went on to the supporters club everygamesince.” playersbroughtin,butsurelythe had signed some players called Pele, Southamptonfivemonthsago. belowthestandandtwoorthreecame Now62,Steeleistwicedivorcedand numberonepriorityistopre- BeckenbauerandCarlosAlberto!’ Suffice to say, he has received a overtoshakemyhandandsayitwas serveourPremierstatusandif CONTONPAGE8 “Pelesaidhedidn’tdrinkwhenwe warmer welcome in the city’s hostel- greattoseemebackintown. wehavetoimportafewSpanish orSouthAmericanstorealise CONTACTTHE SPORTSDESK - CALL:023 8042 4515 thoseambitionsthensobeit.I’m asannoyedasmostpeople aboutNigel’sremovalbutthat’s historynow. 8 THEDAILYECHO SATURDAY,JANUARY26,2013 Steele’s Saints Spotlight happiest TTHHEE MMOODDEERRNN GGAAMMEE memories Frompage7 everygamesince.” Now62,Steeleistwicedivorcedand livesinWalthamChasewithJillSmith, hispartnerof11years, “She’sdifferentclass,Itaughtherthe pubbusinessandshe’sprobablybetter atitthanme,butshe’snowgotajob lookingafterpeoplewithdementia. “WhenIaskedifshewassureshe wantedtodoit,shesaidshe’dbeokay andthatitwouldhelpherlookafterme inacoupleofyears!” Steelerevealsthecortisoneinjections hehadinhisgroinpreventedhimfrom havingchildren. “Ihadthemtwiceaweekfortwo-and- a-halfmonths,Icouldn’twalkthenext daybutwouldbefitasafiddlethenext. “ItwasonlywhenIwenttoAmerica FLASHBACK:Markus andthewifewantedkidsthatIfound out. LiebherrandNicolaCortese “Iwenttoseewhat’swrongandatest wavetofansafterSaints showeditwasthecortisoneinjections. “Itprobablycostmeamarriage,but hadwonthe2010JPTfinal I’vemetJillandshe’sdifferentclass.” atWembley. TheymetwhileSteelewasenjoyingan eveningoutwithOsgood,oneofmany formerteammatestohavepassedonin recentyears. SimonCarter “It’snotthesamenowadays,”hesighs asherecallsthe likesofBobbyStokes andJohnMcGrath. [email protected] SPORTSEDITOR “Imisstheguys;Ossywasonly58, Bobby44andalthoughwedidn’tplay togetherIalsohadalotoftimeforBally AMID all the many words (AlanBall),whowasonly61.” writtenonthesubjectofNigel Steeleisalittlerheumy-eyedashe recountshisnexttale. Adkins’ shock departure,one “Igottheseblackcashmerecoats five-wordsentenceshouldjar madetomeasure,thesortwornbyJose Mourinho,whenIwenttoThailandwith withSaintssupporters. Jillsevenyearsago. ItwaswrittenintheSportsPink “OnewasforOssieandhislong last weekend by chief sports arms,oneforCasey(JimmyCase)and oneformyself. writerAdamLeitch. “Ossieloveditbut Commenting on the regime of thefirsttimehewore chairman Nicola Cortese, Leitch itwasathisuncle’s reflected on the current state of funeral–wherehe SouthamptonFootballClub. droppeddeadofa “The fans are customers now,” heartattack. hewrote. “Ossie’sson Thatstruckachordwithme,the tellsmehestill hasthecoatbut fact one of my colleagues Caseygavehisto described supporters as ‘cus- hisbrother,who tomers’. wouldn’twearit, “There is no doubting that andmine’sstill Saints, once one of the most hanginginthe homely and welcoming of clubs, wardrobe!” have changed beyond recogni- enSjoteyeeldemhaeseting JIMSTEELE tion,”Leitchwenton. otherformerteam- “It’snotthatanymore. matessincereturningsouth. “Saints is less a football club “HughieFisherandItookBrianO’Neil thereforthecommunityinwhich outforadrinklastweek,butheonly itstands,andmoreabusiness.” drinksorangejuicenow. Strongwords. RAREOUTING:Saints’whitekit, m“eHeteyliovuesinotnheHiTllhLeaWneinssotoIns’a.id‘we’ll mSeaacnksingtheAdfikrisnts cwonatsrovbeyrsinaol whichisonsaletofansbutwhich “Hesaid‘Ican’tgointhere,theydon’t hasonlybeenworninoneaway moveCortesehasmadeinrecent allowdogs!’Hedotesonhislovelylittle years. game,atLiverpool,thisseason. cockerspaniel! “JimmyGabriel’sanothercharacter. Dispensing with Alan Pardew ‘I’mnotdrinkingallweek,’heoncesaid. after a 4-0 win at Bristol Rovers ‘We’llseeaboutthat,’wereplied. provokedanoutcryatthetime. “BytheFridayweweresurprisedhe Manyfanshavealso criticisedthe an adult season ticket for anyone son–isnolongeravailabletobuy. stillhadn’thadadrink. factthatseasonticketpriceshave who previously had free entry Payanddisplayboothswereput “Saturdaymorningcomesroundand shotupinprice(though,tobefair, wouldhavecostalmost£500. up in the St Mary’s car parks. he’sbeendrinkingthenightbeforewe Saintshaverisentwodivisionsand Thereismore. Previously fans and staff could playArsenal! it would be a shock if prices had Nigel Adkins, Jason Dodd and parkthereforfree,nowonlyafew “Hesaidhehadtohaveadrinkwith been pegged at third division lev- Kelvin Davis were told they could minutesisfree. JohnWayne,whohadbeenonthetelly els). not attend a function at The Extracostshavebeenintroduced thepreviousnight!Nuts!” Inthesummerof2011theconces- Mayflower Theatre to celebrate for fans buying matchday tickets Ashereachesthedregsofhissecond sionforseasonticketholdersaged Saints’125thanniversary. viadebitcards. pint,Steeleadmitsheisunsureabout between60and64yearswaswith- Some fans are unhappy that the Previously booking fees theimmediatefuture. drawn, a decision condemned as whiteawaykithasonlybeenworn were paid for trans- “Wedecidedtogetoutofthepub “meanspirited”byfansatthetime. onceawayfromStMary’sallsea- actions, tradebutIloveitandImissitnow,”he admits. Forthefirsttimeever,blindfans son, at Liverpool, with only one whereas “Idon’tknowifI’mlookingforanother nowhavetopaytowatchSaints. other likely ‘appearance’ left – at n o w pubornot.I’msupposedtoseeonein Previously, the club gave free Norwich. ShirleyatsomepointbutI’mnotsureI admission to supporters who suf- Whilefanscanbuythiskitthatis fancyit. feredserioussightproblems. so rarely used, the yellow away “Therearesomanychainsthatmoni- Last summer that changed, and shirt–wornfarmoreoftenthissea- NIGELADKINS torallthepumpsnowandthat’snotfor me. “MaybeIshouldgiveGordonacalland askifheneedsanotherScotlandcoach. SEE MONDAY’S DAILY ECHO FOR MORE SAINTS NEWS “I’llremindhimheusedtocleanmy boots!” SATURDAY,JANUARY26,2013 THEDAILYECHO 9 Saints Spotlight IISS WWIITTHHOOUUTT MMEERRCCYY BOOK of the WEEK TheOutsider:Ahistoryofthe goalkeeper ByJonathanWilson “Sacking Adkins was Sportsbookofthemonth.com price:£12.80,saving36%onrrp by no means the first MscAhNooYldreaaysdethrsatwwillhreencaitllcfarommetthoeir pickingthefootballteamstocon- controversial move tuensletsfrsensoetmicelounnechvtoimluentmeeartecdhetos,go ingoal,itwasinvariablythe remainingtwoboyswhowentin Cortese has made.” first. Onreflection,thisseemsalittle odd,giventhatsuccessfulprofes- sionalgoalkeepersareoften referredtoas‘eccentric’or‘idio- syncratic’whenatschoolmostof theirclassmatesconsideredthem tobetheworstfootballers. They’vecertainlyalwaysneeded tobethick-skinned,foras JonathanWilsonpointsoutinthis superbly-researched,thought-pro- vokingbook,goaliescanoftenfind themselvesthescapegoatwhen theirteamslose,eventhoughthey mayhaveplayedablinder. Wilson,whoenjoyedenormous successwithInvertingThe Pyramid,ahistoryoffootballtac- tics,hascomeupwithsomething equallyengrossing. Inadditiontoincludingseveral incisiveinterviewsandmemoriesof goalkeepinggreatssuchasLev YashinandDinoZoff,theauthor considershow thegoalkeeper’s rolehasevolved overthepast century.Given howpivotalthe positionis,it’sa wonderthatno- onehaswritten soauthoritatively anddecisively aboutitbefore. CHALKANDCHEESE:Rupert Thankfully,Wilsonisquitecontent togooffatcompellingtangents, Lowe,left,lovedtotalkatpress forexamplewhenheconsidersthe conferences,whileNicolaCortese politicalsupportenjoyedbytwo neverappearsatthem. menvyingforthegoalkeeping positionintheCameroonnational side.Suchdiversionsmaketravel- lingwithafinewriterahugely enjoyablejourney.Moreover,his referencestoliterarygreatssuchas AlbertCamus(himself,famously,a goalkeeper)andVladimirNabokov there is a separate fee per ticket – backtobackpromotions. Iguessyoucan’thaveitbothways, andtheirwritingaboutthissolitary either if you buy online, over the The saddest thing, though, was canyou? position,servetogarnishWilson’s phone,oratthestadiuminperson. that no-one should have been sur- Onechairmaniscastigatedbysay- excellentdish. Talkingoftickets,half-seasontick- prised. ingtoomuch,anotherfornotsaying Mostofuscanrecalloutstanding etsarenolongeravailable. Saints legend Matt Le Tissier hit muchatall. saves,momentsuponwhich Long-serving programme sellers out at Cortese for failing to attend Thatwasonething,buttothennot matches,leaguetitles,evenWorld wereaxed. Mauricio Pochettino’s unveiling mentionAdkinsatallintheEverton Cupshavehinged.Whilethere’s Andrew Murray, who had always interview at St Mary’s, where the programmewaspettyandsad. beenawholelibraryofbookswrit- previously sold programmes in an chairman could have explained his Sad for Saints fans, because it tenaboutstrikers,thegame’sliter- area underneath the stands at St decisiontothemedia. (needlessly) gave their club a bad aryannalsarestrangelyshortof Mary’s, was told, at fairly short NodoubthispredecessoratSaints, nameinthenationalpress. goalkeeping-relatedtitles.Nomat- notice,hehadtovacatehisroom. Rupert Lowe, would have been Regarding the programme, Le terhowmanycomealongfrom Talking of programmes, Saints there. Tissier also appears to have been nowon,fewwillbebetterthanthis. madebackpagenewsinthenational Lowe often spoke at press confer- air-brushedoutofhistory. pressearlierthisweekforfailingto ences.ManySaintsfansthoughthe A recent advert for a new apart- We’veteamedupwithSports mentionNigelAdkins’nameoncein spoketoomuch. mentcomplexincludedthewording BookoftheMonth&havetwo theEvertonprogramme. Cortese, though, doesn’t make ‘appearancebyex-Saint’. copiesofTheOutsidertogive Inmyeyes,thatwasadisgraceful many public statements, and he snub on a man who had overseen neverholdspressconferences. CONTINUEDONPAGE10 LETISSIER away.Towinthisweek’ssports book,gototheirwebsite (www.sportsbookofthemonth.com) andanswerthefollowingquestion: FOR MORE SAINTS NEWSVISIT:www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport Whoisthemostcapped goalkeeperinthehistoryof internationalfootball? 10 THEDAILYECHO SATURDAY,JANUARY26,2013 Sports Saints Quiz Spotlight A SAD INDICTMENT OF 1WhoisthemanagerofLeague TwosideFleetwood? 2WheredoRaboDirectPro12 sideNewport-GwentDragonsplay theirhomematches? 3Whichcountysidefinishedbot- THE BEAUTIFUL GAME tomofDivisionTwolastyear? 4Whoscoredatryandkicked fivegoalsforWarringtonWolves intheir2012ChallengeCupfinal winoverLeedsRhinos? 5InwhichyeardidMartina Navratilovawinherfinalgrand slamsinglestitle? 6FromwhichclubdidChelsea signEdenHazard? Frompage9 Otherretailshopshavecustomers. 7XavierDohertyplayscricketfor We do not give our football club whichcountry? ThesameadvertintheDailyEcho our custom, do we? We give them 8Whatisthenicknameof a few days later included Le oursupport. Memphis'NBAteam? Tissier’s name in the same space Therefore,wearesupporters. 9WhatnationalityisFormulaOne whereSaintshadusedalternative That is how we have always driverSergioPerez? wording. viewed ourselves, and always 10AtwhichvenuewillItalyplay Did Nicola Cortese really not thoughtwewould. theirhomematchesinthe2013 wantLeTissier’snamementioned NicolaCorteserunsSouthampton RBS6Nationschampionship? inthatadvertisement? FootballClubasheseesfit,andhe 11WhowonthefirstLeagueCup Also in the programme for the runsitasabusiness. finaltobeheldatthenew Newcastle game last November, Heisnotemployedtobekindto Wembley? theonlymentionofAlanPardew– everyonehemeets,ortogiveaway 12Whichcountrywonthefirst makinghisfirstreturntoStMary’s bunches of free tickets to former WorldTwenty20? sincebeingsackedinAugust2010– players. 13Wheredorugbyunionside wasonthebackpage. He is a businessman first and LondonIrishplaytheirhome Nothinginside. foremost, and he needs to make games? Therefore, we shouldn’t have money for the people that employ 14Whichhistoriclandmarkwas been surprised at Adkins’ air- him. setbyFrenchskierJohanClarey brushingfromhistoryonMonday. No one can say he has not done duringSaturday'sWorldCup Former Saints players have spo- that. downhillatWengen? kenofnotfeelinghugelywelcomed JustlookathowmuchSaintswill 15Wherewillthe2013World at St Mary’s, compared to some SwimmingChampionshipsbe clubswhereformerfavouritesare bank over the next few years just held? givenfreeticketsandhospitality. bybeinginthePremierLeague. 16WhichBarclaysPremier Themostrecentwas1980sdefend- Eveniftheygodownthisseason, LeagueoutfitbeganlifeasDial erRuebenAgboola,wholeftSaints they will receive £48m worth of Squarein1886? forSunderlandin1985. parachutepaymentsoverthenext 17Whichteamransix-wheeled Agboola was at St Mary’s to see fouryears. carsinthe1976and1977 Sunderland win prior to This contrasts sharply with the FormulaOneseasons? Christmas, after buying a ticket £13m Saints received over two 18DavidBoudiawonOlympic himself. years on being relegated from the goldfortheUnitedStatesin “I’ll probably get an invite from PremierLeaguein2005. whicheventatLondon2012? Sunderland to the game there – Buttherearedifferentwaystodo 19ColinKaepernickplaysas that’sthedifference,”hesaid. many things, however. Different quarterbackforwhichNFLteam? “Sunderlandevensendmebirth- waystoconductbusiness. 20InwhichyeardidanIrishman day and Christmas cards and Surely you can be a good busi- lastreachthefinaloftheWorld everything is all-expenses paid nessman but also acknowledge SnookerChampionship? whenIgoupthere.ButIcan’tgeta your club’s proud history at the 21Thisyear'sSuperBowlwillbe ticketonmyowndoorstep! sametime? heldonFebruary3inNew “Don’tgetmewrong,whenIwas Surely you can be a good busi- Orleans.Whichteamwonthelast playingIhatedaskingforfreetick- nessmanandadmitthatfanswho timetheeventwasstagedinthe etsandwouldmakesureIbought suffer serious sight problems cityin2002? them.ButMickChannonevenhad should not really pay to attend 22WhodidLukeDonaldbeatin gamesatStMary’s? tyheearo'speRnyidngersCinugpleastmMaetdcihnainh?last “Should we have saIcfkaacmhaaniramgearn,tfheaetlsisthhiesgnaemedblteo. 23Namethelastteamtolose Cortese has gambled by sacking c2o4nIsnercuugtbivyeuFnAioCn,unpafminealsth?e been surprised by Aofdf.kins,butthegamblemightpay coachoftheEnglandSaxons Saintsmightgoontobiggerand s2i5deIn?women'stennis,which Adkins’ air-brushing bperottveerdthriinghgst..Cortesemightwellbe Italianplayeriscurrentlyranked He might, in time, be viewed by seventhintheworld? manyasafootballingalchemist. from history?” Hemightnot. Asusual,onlytimewilltell. But there is then absolutely no needtoaddinsulttoinjurybynot to queue to watch Southampton thanking Adkins publicly for his playapre-seasonfriendly!” RUTHLESS:SaintschairmanNicolaCortese goodworkandwishinghimwell. This begs the question: Should TherearemanyPremierLeague .inarrEaraS52;drallaCnoJ formerplayersreceivefreetickets ter one jot if Saints do or do not HartlepoolorCarlisleinLeague1, clubs that are run well who don’t 42;)9991dna8991(eltsacweN forSaintsgames? invite former players to watch or pay to park and watch shoot themselves in the foot with 32;nostaWabbuB22;stoirtaP Clubsareundernomoralobliga- gamesatStMary’s. Manchester United and Chelsea regardstopublicrelations. dnalgnEweN12;)ytrehoD tion to offer them, but it is a nice If given a choice between a rollupintheirexecutivecoachesa Swansea,WestBromwichAlbion, neK(300202;sre94ocsicnarF touchiftheydo. PremierLeagueclubwhomakeex- fewyardsaway? Everton,tonamebutthree. naS91;)mroftalpm01(gniviD81 For Sunderland to send Agboola playersbuytheirownticketsora Ofcourse,itisanobrainer. Itwouldbeinterestingtoknowif ;llerryT71;lanesrA61;anolecraB birthday and Christmas cards, Championshiponewhogivesaway Butitisallextrafueltothefire theirfansviewthemselvesas‘sup- 51;ecarpuCdlroWagnirud whenheplayedforthemovertwo freeticketstothem,Iknowwhich created when Adam Leitch says porters’or‘customers’. hpm001pototrevenamtsrifeht decadesago,showsacertainclass. mostsupporterswouldchoose. Saintsfansarenowviewedas‘cus- Perhaps,atPremierLeaguelevel, saweH41;muidatSiksjedaM31 Itisanicetouch,andonewhich Samewithpayanddisplaybooths tomers’. allfansarenow‘customers’. ;aidnI21;mahnettoT11;ocipmilO costsjustthepriceofastampanda atStMary’scarparks. Long serving supporters do not Iftheyare,thenitisasadindict- oidatSs'emoR01;nacixeM bitofforethought. Wouldfansstillprefertogetfree liketheword‘customers’. ment of the sport at the highest 9;seilzzirGehT8;ailartsuA Toalotoffans,itmightnotmat- parking at the ground and watch Supermarkets have customers. level. 7;elliL6;)nodelbmiW(09915 ;nosgdoHtterB4;erihsretsecuolG THE PINK & DAILY ECHO:BEST FOR SAINTS NEWS ANDVIEWS 3;edaraPyendoR 2;rednaxelAmaharG1:srewsnA

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Saturday,January26,2013 CCAANN SSAAIINNTTSS MMAAKKEE BBAARRCCAA WWAAYY PPAAYY?? 55p Supporting LOCA L sport CHERRIES v RBS 6 NATIONS – P42-45 CREWE REPORT PREVIEW – P15 READ ADAM RANT ON PAGES 12-13 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW SAINTS LEGENDAND FACUPWINNER JIM STEELETALKS EXCLUSIVELYTOTHE SPORTS PINKABOUT: l1976ANDALLTHAT lDRINKINGWITHPELE lNICOLACORTESE lALLTHINGSSAINTS SEE PAGES 4-9 CUPOFJOY:JimSteele, left,celebratingthe1976 FACupwinwithPeter Rodrigues,right,and PeterOsgood. SCHNEIDERLIN: MY FRENCH HISperformancesinthePremierLeaguethisseasonhave already won him many admirers, and Morgan Schneiderlinisnowhopinghecancatchtheeye ofFrancecoachDidierDeschamps. DREAM Schneiderlinhaslookedathomeduringhis firstcampaigninthetopflight,bringinga blendofsophistication,eleganceandhard worktohiscentralmidfieldposition. n ByGordonSimpson in the Premier League for tackles pergame,amongthetopfivein The 23-year-old, pictured, has interceptions,andhasapasssuc- certainly been one of the stand- cess rate that stands at an out performers for Saints this impressive84.4percent. term. Heisthehighest-rankedplayer Continuedonpage3 t ARE SAINTS FANS STILL SUPPORTERS OR JUST CUSTOMERS? P8-10 2 THEDAILYECHO SATURDAY,JANUARY26,2013 Saints Spotlight Inside AAmmbbiittiioonn PAGE 11: aatt tthhee Saints legend Terry Paine’s EXCLUSIVE column PAGE 14: Saints 2012/13 stats ccoosstt ooff PAGES 18-20: Ten years of managerial musical chairs ccoommmmoonn at St Mary’s ddeecceennccyy OUT:NigelAdkins’ sackinghaslefta bittertasteinthe mouth. PAGES 22-23:When Saints AFTER the dust has set- andIapplaudthechairman’s were snowed under ... tledandtimehaspassed, ambition.I’mnotdaft,Ican remembertwoyearsagowe we find ourselves in a bemoaned the loss of Alan PAGES 24-25: position where we can Pardew and questioned the ask “do we feel any dif- club, it’s not something you time, we still believe we’re appointment of Scunthorpe Budge Pountney ferent about the sacking getvotedinto,it’ssomething here to pick up the scraps managerNigelAdkins–this youearn. fromthemaster’stable. wasmadnesssurely? – from ofNigelAdkins?” Nigel Adkins earned the Ask yourself, what do you Itwasn’tanditprovedtobe Murrayfield to For me, personally, I still right to be a Premiership want from this season? oneofthebestappointments feel devastated at Adkins’ manager, it’s not by luck or Survival? A finish one place inourclub’shistory. the New Forest dismissal and I don’t think good fortune, he became a abovetherelegationzone? Who’s to say Pochettino thatwillevergoaway. Premiership manager Ifthat’swhatyouwantthen won’tbeevenbetter? However,Icanseetherea- throughhardworkandeffort you’renodifferenttome,but I loved Nigel Adkins’ time son behind it and accept it. and it’s hugely insulting to you’re spectacularly differ- at this club but I also have PAGES 32-37: WithAdkinsitwastheclas- write off his contribution to enttoourchairman. faithinourchairman,whoto sicexampleoftherightman, the club by suggesting he’s As fans we still seem to datehasgotitallright. Non-league attherightplace,attheright not good enough for this believewedon’ttrulybelong That said, as we move for- time. league. in this league and perhaps ward I have a serious mes- football Put simply, Nigel Adkins Iwillalwaysbegratefulto that’swhywecan’tstomach sagetothechairman:ignore putasmilebackontheface NigelAdkinsforwhathedid Adkins’dismissal. the fans and our history at of Southampton Football forallofusandI’dbehugely Askyourselfwheredoyou yourperil. PAGE 38: Club. disappointedinourfanbaseif feel Saints would be under You can airbrush Nigel He was precisely what the anySaintsfanwassocallous Adkinsintwoyearstime? Adkinsoutofourhistoryand Colleges and clubneededatthetimeandI, astodismissthemanandhis Myanswerwouldbe:asolid produce a match-day pro- forone,willalwaysbegrate- impact on Southampton midtableside,aFulhamora grammethatignoreshisvast Tyro football fultohim. FootballClub…whichiswhy Stoke, established in this contributiontotheclub. It’s not up for debate, it’s theclub’sbehaviourafterhis league, tough to beat, but You can forcibly remove notsomethingthatstatsand dismissal leaves a bad taste ultimatelynotactuallydoing placards that merely thank arguments of ambition can inmymouth. anything. thepreviousmanagerforall RBS 6 everdiminish.Weowehima You want to move on, you That’stherealreasonwhy he’sdoneforus. hugedebt.Whatisdisturbing want to take the club to the Adkinsleftus. You can do all that as you NATIONS irsectehievendutmhabterdiospfuetmeaAildskIin’vse’ neIxdtolne’vtehl?aveaproblemwith trFuothriSsatihnattsNfiacnoslatChoertheasresihs rbuuntjouusrtcslhuobw,iat’sliyttoleurclcahsosi.ce, PPARGEEVSIE4W2-45 asaweornba.midsl,niet’hmyto,aowsPsttrahestmuoerlidpetirrhnissaghitnipughlmsye,abnwsaatcaiglksl- tagthhlpOeaapnttlwaediuoetadhfenptydAho,deduokrrwieifnaanmss’oaibnndnissitysiiwdtmohenei,i.snswstgarh,uleginsI- aotgaofIbbouildctseaoeinfnnoabosssucoecugeumhltruCfuiotrcoyrehrhstiaehismssnoec’t.’thksarftoleoramnlaligldyl- ioasmhluAloorpcwwakccntttlhohuNawebit,glfaeaepdltnphgAsraedeonkcfkiitanthhtshiieosminmca.lduhebaunogtndoe – Being a Premiership man- it comes to the Premier termplanandIcanseewhy That’s how you move for- agerisn’tsomesortofsecret League, we’re still small Adkinswasremoved.Igetit wardasone… CONTACT US - CALL: 023 8042 4515 SATURDAY,JANUARY26,2013 THEDAILYECHO 3 n Saints FA CUP ROUND-UP Spotlight HATTERS GO MAD IN BRIGHTFUTURE:MorganSchneiderlinispraying foracall-uptotheFrenchnationalteam. NORWICH LUTONproducedthesur- tors’advantage11minutes priseresultoftheFACup intothesecondhalf,only fourthroundtodaywitha forArgentinianstriker 1-0winatPremierLeague JoseUlloatolevelonhis Norwich. debutsixminuteslater. ScottRendell’s80th However,TheoWalcott minutegoalproveddeci- strucktowinitforArsene siveinaclashbetween Wenger’ssidefiveminutes twosidesseparatedby85 fromtime. placesintheEnglishfoot- JohnnyHeitinga’s90th- ballladder. minutegoalgaveEverton TheBlueSquarePremier a2-1successatBolton. side’svictoryatCarrow StevenPienaar’sscrappy Roadmeanstheyareonly 18th-minutegoalgave theseventhnon-league DavidMoyes’menthelead teamtoreachthefifth beforeMarvinSordell– roundofthecompetition whosetwogoalssawoff sinceWorldWarTwo. Sunderlandintheirthird Norwichwerenotthe roundreplay–squared onlytopflightteamembar- thingsnineminuteslater. rassedtoday,asMKDons Readingeasedintothe won4-2atQPR. last16witha4-0winover FormerSaintsboss SheffieldUnited. HarryRedknapp,Pictured, NoelHuntopenedthe whomadesweeping scoringinthesixthminute, changesaheadof MikeleLeigertwood’slong- Tuesday’svisitof rangegoalagainstoneof ManchesterCityinthe hisformerteamsdoubled league,sawhisteam theadvantagefiveminutes thrashedbytheirLeague beforethebreak,before Oneopponents. HuntandGarath QPRknockedMK McClearymade Donsoutinthethird sureofthewin roundofthiscom- withinninemin- petitionlastyear, utesofthesec- butArmand ondhalfstart- Traore’sfourth- ing. minuteowngoal BlueSquare andRyanLowe’s Premier 40th-minuteeffort Macclesfieldwere gavethevisitorscontrol unabletoemulate athalf-time. Luton’sexploits,Jordi RyanHarley(50)and Gomez’sseventh-minute DarrenPotter(56)madeit penaltygivingPremier Schneiderlin holding 4-0beforeJayBothroyd LeagueWigana1-0winat andFabiopulledtwogoals MossRose. backinsidethelastseven Therewaslateheart- minutesforthePremier breakforLeagueTwo Leagueside. AldershotatChampionship ManchesterCitybooked Middlesbrough. theirplaceintomorrow’s DannyHylton’s89th- fifthrounddrawwithvicto- minutegoalappearedto out for La Bleus call ryintheearlykick-offat haveearnedthe Stoke. Hampshiresideareplay PabloZabaletastruck butLukasJutkiewicz theonlygoalfiveminutes addedtohis83rd-minute fromtimeasCityrepeated effortwithalast-minute thescorelinewhichwon winner. the2011finalagainstthe Blackburnwereconvinc- sameopponents. ing3-0winnersatDerby Yetvictorymaystillhave thankstogoalsfromColin comeatacostfor Kazim-Richards(45),Scott Fromfrontpage Schneiderlin, who moved to needtobuildupalargerbodyofworkthan RobertoMancini’smen Dann(66)andJordan It is no wonder that his reputation has Saints in 2008 from RC justoneseasonoftop-flightEnglishfoot- aftercaptainVincent Rhodes(71),whileChris been growing substantially.But is there a Strasbourg, for a fee of £1.2m, ball before he will come under serious Kompanylimpedoffinthe Dagnall’sgoal20minutes chance that he could eventually be hon- already has plenty of experi- considerationfromDeschamps,whotook firsthalf. fromtimedecidedanother ouredwithacallupbyLesBleus? enceofinternationalfootballat overthenationalteamlastsummer,but OlivierGiroud,whonet- all-Championshipclashin “To be honest, I have no phone calls or youthlevel. his performances so far will have tedtwiceinthemidweek Barnsley’sfavouratHull. anything, but I just do my job and if it HehasbeencappedbyFrance donehischancesnoharm. defeatofWestHaminthe LeeNovak’s74th-minute comes it comes,” said a patient ateveryagegroupfromunder- He enhanced his standing even BarclaysPremierLeague, penaltygaveHuddersfield, Schneiderlin, when asked if he had been 16sthroughtounder-21s. moreearlierthisweek,whenhe repeatedthefeatas undertheleadershipof given any indication of a senior interna- And, while he was never was voted man of the match in Arsenalwon3-2at caretakermanagerMark tionalfuture. going to come onto the Monday night’s televised Brighton. Lillisfollowingthesacking “IknowthatintheFrenchnationalteam radar of the senior team encounter with Everton, at St TheFrenchmangavethe ofSimonGrayson,thelead therearealotofgoodplayers,almostevery withSaintsoutsideofthe Mary’s,infrontofaglobalaudi- Gunnersa16th-minute againstChampionship player who is in the squad plays PremierLeague,nowthat ence. leadatBrighton,but rivalsLeicester. ChampionsLeagueorEuropaLeague.I’m the club are back at the battling for staying up in the Premier elite level he has the ONTHERADAR:Francecoach AshleyBarnes’headerlev- However,ChrisWood League,somaybethemanagerisnotlook- opportunity to impress. DidierDeschampsistheman elledthescores17min- earnedareplayforthevis- uteslater. itorswithagoaleightmin- ing for this, but hopefully in one year or Of course, MorganSchneiderlinhopesto Giroudrestoredthevisi- utesfromtime. twoyearswecandosomethingaboutit.” Schneiderlin may impress. CONTACT US - EMAIL: [email protected] 4 THEDAILYECHO SATURDAY,JANUARY26,2013 Saints Spotlight RAISING A GLASS Fans Focus SAINTSfanshavebeenkeento havetheirsayonnewboss MauricioPochettinofollowinghis SimonWalter firstgameinchargeagainst Everton. [email protected] Thewebsitedailyecho.co.uk THE mop of red curls is hasseenahugesurgeoftraffic followingPochettino’sappoint- long gone, but Jim mentinplaceofNigelAdkins. Steele’s passion for Therehavebeenthousandsof Saintsstillburnsbright. readerscommentspostedanda pollaboutthedecisionthathas Since returning to attractedmorethan12,500 Southampton earlier this votes. season, the Saints legend HereatThePinkwetakea has been a regular at St lookatsomeoftheviewsbeing Mary’saswellasthecity’s expressedbySaintsfansfrom pubs,thehabitatwherehe acrosstheglobe. ismostfondlyremembered since the passing of The Dell. SPIKEISLANDTRADERsays... WemeetattheWestEnd Goodsolidgame,greatsupport Brewery,whereheishold- fromthefaithfull,nowitstimeto ingcourtatthebar. seewhatMPcandoandIFcortese His views are delivered isvindicated,althoughstillhatethe thickandfast,inhisbroad wayitwasdone.COYR Scottishaccent. “NigelAdkinswastreated LeTissiersEarLobesays... disgracefully but the fans “Longballs“and“verticalfootball” havetogetbehindthenew worriesmeabit....Stillsayingthat guy now...when I first weren’ttheysohungryfirsthalf, joined Southampton every evenGastonchasing,chasing, teamhadatleastfourScots chasing,wasgreattosee!Seems intheteambutallthekids liketheyneedmorefitnessafter seemtodonowisgoonthe runningoutofpuffinsecond bloodycomputer...Itwould half.....?LukeShawsocomposed, be fantastic to chat with myMOTM.GoodluckNigel,we fansaboutourexperiences haven’tforgottenyouevenifthe on matchdays but Nicola matchprogrammehas!!Goodluck Cortese has gone over the tothenewman! top...we miss Lallana...Luke Shaw’s beingbuiltuptoomuch...I realisetheyoungsterswant togoontobiggerandbetter thingsbutwhathaveBale, Chamberlain and Walcott everwon?” CertainlylessthanSteele, theman-of-the-matchwhen SaintswontheFACupon that glorious day at Wembley nearly 37 years ago. Inevitably, conversation BOSS:NewSaintsmanager sooncomesroundto1976. MauricioPochettino. Steele is in reflective Dubai-saints89says... mood. HisrealtestisagainstManchester Hecaughtupwithseveral Utdnextweek.Anythingbuta former teammates at the drawwouldbegoodallroundbutif funeralofanotherex-Saint, wewin,thenIwon’tbesorry Ken Jones, the previous Adkinsgotthesack.MPmagic week, a few days after he wouldhaveworkedandtheclub and Jimmy Case bumped willgoonasuccessfulroll. into Gordon Strachan, Steele’s boot cleaner at Southamptonboysays... Dundeeintheearlyseven- He’sgotsometimenowtowork ties, en route back from a withtheteamandwhoknows,he Spanishholiday. PARTYTIME:JimSteelecelebratingthe1976FACup couldbringyetanotherplayeror “IaskedGordonwhether winwithPeterRodriguesandPeterOsgoodand, twoinasNChassaidthereis he’d got the Scotland job right,raisingaglass. moneyinthepot.Itwasagood buthewouldn’tleton–not solidpreformencelastnight,should thattheinformationwould havehadthreepointsbutsome have been worth anything bered, despite spending “I was on some field in gamesgothisway.ManUtdnext, to me as he was 12-1 on!” onlyfouryearsatTheDell Dundee – we didn’t have thiswillbeasbeensaidhisbiggest Steele laughs heartily, as afterTedBatespaidathen training pitches in those test. jovialafigureoffthepitch club-record £80,000 for his days–whenthistaxipulls ashewasformidableonit. servicesinJanuary1972. upandthedriverasksthe ghk230473says... “Six-foot-two, eyes are “When you think of coach if James Steele’s Greatperformanceandtherewas blue,JimmySteeleisafter today’s transfers with all around? anobviousdifferenceinourplay, you,”wentthechantwhen thoseagents,”hesighs,pint “Hedidn’tknowwhatwas wewereintheirfacesandwere thetalenteddefenderlined of lager in hand, as he going on, he just said he’d closingdownwithurgency.Fellani up for Saints during the recalls the day his life beentoldtotakemetoDens isabigplayerforevertonand mid-seventies. changed forever 41 years Park. I’m thinking some- lookslikehedoesthejoboftwo, He is still fondly remem- ago. one’sdied. can’tseehimbeingtherelong! THE PINK & DAILY ECHO:BEST FOR SAINTS NEWS ANDVIEWS PositivestartandIhopeitlasts. Continuedonfacingpage. SATURDAY,JANUARY26,2013 THEDAILYECHO 5 Saints Spotlight TO JIM STEELE... Fans Focus miltonroadsays... Iwassopleasedtobewrong.I careerbeforeitbegan. thoughtEvertonwouldwinlast “A few weeks earlier I’d night.Thesupporthandledthings beenpickedforScotlandat fantasticallywell,theysupported the same time as Tommy theteamandMP,butcertainly Docherty – I sat on the madeitveryclearthatNAwasnot benchwithKennyDalglish forgotten.Theteamplayedwellfor against Belgium – but as themostpartandthekeeper soon as I moved to lookedverygoodtonight. Southampton that was it. Sometimeswedonotgetthe AnywheresouthofLondon acknowledgementforwhatweare andtheydidn’tnoticeyou.” achieving.Weareinthemiddleof Steele received five per averytoughrun,Infourofthelast centofthe£80,000transfer fivegameswehavedrawnagainst fee, which he used as a toptensides.StokeandChelsea deposit on a house in away,EvertonandArsenalat Chandler’sFord. home.Withalittlemoreluckwe Hemade200appearances wouldofwonthreeofthem.Toput under Ted Bates and then lastnight’seffortintocontext, Lawrie McMenemy, one of Evertonhavelostonlythreetimes whichstandsoutabovethe in31games.WelcomeMP.Thereis rest. though‘ONLYONENIGEL ‘Amazing Grace’ is the ADKINS’ voicemail message on Steele’s mobile phone, but rightbackinthebarsays... ‘Abide With Me’ would be Lastnightconfirmedtheprogress more appropriate, so vital NAmadeinorganisingthisteam was his performance at andhowmuchanumberofplayers WembleyonMay11976. havecomeonunderhim.Morgan “The‘76FACuprunwas Schneiderlinwasimmense(again) one of those fantastic andisalreadymyplayerofthe things. It all began with season.JCisimportantnextto Hughie Fisher scoring in him.LukeShawbeyondbelief. the last minute against Begsthequestionwhy?Butthat’s Villa in the third round. gotthatoutofthewayandI’m Hughie never scores, a bit movingon.Whatthenewguyhas likemereally. “WehadtogotoVillafor thereplayonaWednesday night and didn’t think we hadmuchchance,butaswe wentpastWembleyonthe train Channon said ‘we’ll bethere’. ‘Yeahright,’wethought, butafterbeatingVilla2-1 we said ‘you could be right’. “We got fairly easy draws,wedrewacouple OUT:Saintsfanshavepaidtrib- away and kicked West utetosackedbossNigelAdkins. Brom’s arse at home, then beat Crystal Palace todonowistransformtheseper- quite easily in the semi- formancesintovictoriesbygetting final after getting them theteamtoscoregoalsduring instead of Man United or periodsofdominance.ALcoming Derby.” backwillmakeadifferencebutI The off-field can’thelpthinkingweneedanoth- drinking erstrikertopartnerRLandanout exploits of andoutwingertogetbehindin Steele and widepositions.Onlydownerabout co. are theperformancelastnightwas almost as JRod.Nolackofeffortbutjust looksoutofhisdepth–muscled CONTON outofitagainandagainandno PAGE6 instinctiveunderstandingwithRL. SunnySaintsays... DearMr.Pochettino,pleaseunder- standthatthekindnessthatyou observedorevenfeltcomingfrom “So I get to Dens Park, asNormanHunter’sstand- speak English then – and themagnificentfanswasnot walk in the door and Ted inasheandJackCharlton was so excited I got there directedatyoumate.Itwasdirect- Batesisstandingthere. weregettingon. early. edattheplayers.Okay,Nigehas ‘Hi. I’m Ted Bates, “Buttherewerenoifsor “No-one was there but I goneandyouarenowatthehelm, Southampton,’ he said. buts,thatwasit! sawmynameabovemypeg soit’snowtimeforyoutocutyour ‘You’ve just signed for “We flew down and Ted in the dressing room and clothaccordinglyandstartuson Southampton, you’ve got putmeinaB&Broundthe was in my underpants Freckle,’ he said. Ron theroadtoChampionsLeague anhourtogetready.’ corner from the Dell, when big Ron Davies wasagoodlad,magic.” football.Unfortunately,justhaving ‘Where’sSouthampton?’I showed me where the Dell walked in the door: ‘Are WhileSteelecherishes premiershipsurvivalisnotenough. said.‘Seriously!’Iwassur- was and said training’s at youthatguyfromScotland histimewithSaints,he Whywoulditbe?Thatiswaswhat prised,IthoughtIwassup- ten–bethereat9.15. we’ve just signed?’ ‘Aye!’ believes the move wealreadyhadwithNige.Besides, posed to be going to Leeds “I said ‘Aye’ – I couldn’t ‘A lot of money for a ended his Scotland ifyoudon’tprovide,thenNCwill THE PINK & DAILY ECHO:BEST FOR SAINTS NEWS ANDVIEWS ensurethatyouwillendupsleep- ingwiththefishes.COYR-UTS Continuedonpage6. 6 THEDAILYECHO SATURDAY,JANUARY26,2013 Saints Spotlight STEELE FORGED A Fans Focus Frompage5... Frompage5 “We had to stay in London, which BringbackBranfootsays... sucked,butOssie(PeterOsgood)dida SackingAdkinswastheright theirperformancesonthefield. runnerandgotacarbacktoWindsor.” decision,takenatthewrong “Ontheeveofoneawaygame,[Mick] The next day around 250,000 people time.Heshouldhavewalkedthe Channontellsmetogetsomebeer. welcomedtheirheroesbacktothesouth plankaftertheWestHamgame “I said ‘we’re playing tomorrow’ but coast during an open-top bus tour of andnotinthemiddleofatrans- hesaid‘thisisourlastchance’. Southampton. ferwindow.Itwashandledbadly “Igotsixcasesofbeerforfiveorsixof “OssiehadtorunquickerthanI’dever (Nicolashouldhavefinessedthe us. seenhimtogetonthebus! wholesituation).Thenewguyis “Ofcourse,McMenemyfindsoutand “We went round the Ford plant at sayingtherightthings,hewants goesabsolutelymad,saying‘ifIknew Eastleigh, and on to Millbrook and ustohavemoreofacutting you were going to drink I’d have Shirley. Everywhere was packed with edge.IfthisPochcharacteris broughtthereserveteamuphere!’ Saints supporters. It was out of this decent,he’llgetmoreoutofthe “Butwewon.Onanotheroccasion,a world! players’sattributesthanNige fewdaysafterthesemi-final-wewere “MickChannon’stestimonialagainst did.Thosewhostayedawayare toldtomakeourwaytoHaylingIsland, QPRwasontheMondayandwewere beingpetulant,andarenothelp- where we were staying before playing still half drunk, with fans sat on the ingtheclub.Moreliketheycan’t Pompey. touchline.” standthatNCdoeshisown “Ossie(PeterOsgood),[Jim]McCalliog During the celebrations, Steele, thingandisnottryingtowina andmyselfwentdownCowherdsfora OsgoodandStokestookthesilverware popularitycontest.Asitshould coupleofdrinksandacouplemoreand totheDrummondArmsinPortswood, bewhenyou’retheheadhoncho! a couple more – and then two for the where Steele had been staying with road! landlord Jimmy McGowan, a former richard1946says... “WhenwegottothehotelGeorgethe Southampton player who would tragi- IliveinAustraliaandcanonly trainercameoutandsaidwemightas cally take his own life when financial seeSaintsmatchesonTV.Iam wellgohome–sowethoughtwemight worriestookholdinthemid-eighties. gladtheSaintssupportersdid aswellgoforanotherdrink!” “Allthelocalsweredrinkingoutofthe notboothenewmanagerlike Steve Williams and Pat Earles made Cupandthenwetookitintothecentre theChelseasupportersdo!Only theirdebutsina2-1winatFrattonPark oftown,”continuesSteele. afewweeksagowhenSaints thatnight. “Afteracoupleofburgers,wedrank “There was a threat that Osgood, coffee out of it and Ossie left it by McCalliog and I wouldn’t play in the McMenemy’sdoorthenextmorning. final,butthatwasnevergoingtohap- “When Lawrie called us back in he pen,”smilesSteele. inMgothstatSaitinwtassfafrnosmwiMllcnCoatlnlieoegd’sreexmqiunids-- “Pele drank with us, but he ite pass that Bobby Stokes scored the m“oWstefawmeoruesugnodaelrinstehveercelupbr’seshsiusrtoeryfo.r didn’t like to drink in the first 20 minutes but at half-time L‘ifawwerisecaosrkee,dwwehwaint’I.thought.Itoldhim public so as not to harm “Luckily enough, that was the case. TommyDochertystillsaysthegoalwas KEYMAN:Saintsfans ofWfsihdiele,bSuttotkheast’wsillilfea!”lways be remem- his status with the kids.” haveurgedthenewboss bered as the match-winner, Steele’s tostickwithJason heroicsarenotforgotteneither. Puncheon. “Stokesygotacarforscoringthegoal andkeptitwhenhecouldn’tevendrive! toldusKeithHoney,thesecretary,had drewwithStokeafterbeing3-1 “I got an extra £2,000 and split it nearlyhadaheartattackbutTedBates upeveryonewantedNA’shead. betweenalltheguys.Butmysharesoon wasdoubleduplaughinghisheadoff. NowintheEcho94percentsay wentasIpaidformyparentstostayfor Weknewwewereokaythen! itwasunfairhegotthesack? theweekwithtwofriends.” “ItoldKeith’sdaughterthatstoryat TheyplayedwellagainstEverton Steele’stwoyoungerbrothers–“both hisfuneralsixmonthsago!Theywere butneedtostartwinninghome Jambos” – watched Hearts lose 3-1 to fantastictimes.” games! Rangers in the Scottish Cup final at Lessthanayearlater,Steeleplayed Hampden his last game for Saints, his top-flight TLoSaintsChisays... careeroverattheageof26. Ifeltthathisstyleofplaywas “All the locals in the pub HewassentoffatOldTraffordfollow- entertaining,andherespected ing persistent clashes with Jimmy whatAdkinshasbroughttothe Greenhoff, as Manchester United had cplluabye.rAsltwhoillubgehcaowmainvgeotofftohreeign were drinking out of the trhoeuinrdrervepenlagye,2-w1iinnnMinagracnhF19A77C.upfifth- club,thisshouldn’taffectthe Thefollowingweek,Steelewasmade lLikaemsboefrtPausncthheeyona,reLathllareneacaonrde FA Cup and then we took tWhiensncearpseCgouaptefxoirtSaagianitnss’tEAunrdoeprelaenchCtuapt playerswhowillbeguaranteeda TheDell. paslaIcewafosraybeoaurstAtodkcionms’ed.eApsahrtuurrte it into the centre of town.” RJiOmLSLtINeeGleBiAnCaKctTioHnEfoYrEtAhReSe:x- VHanissDlieprgifEtelsdtthweiwthinnsienvgegnoalmtoinAuntedst andthewayCortesehashan- SaintsXI. remainingofthetwo-leggedthird-round dledit,Iwanttogetbehind tie,asSaintslost3-2onaggregate. ‘Pochi’andseewhathecando “That was my last hurrah, that was forussaintsinthefuture Park,whilehefrustratedaUnited basically when I got dumped,” he side including Stuart Pearson, Lou ward, leaving me and Mel Blyth, who “It was the last time the Queen pre- laughs. “Ted MacDougall hit the post BuddySFCsays... MacariandSteveCoppellatWembley. wouldbemarkinghisman. sented the FA Cup but when all the threetimes,Ossyhitthebartwiceand Strangeoldworld!Guttedlast “Icouldreadthegame,Iknewwhen “IhaveanaffinitywithBobbyMoore, wives and girlfriends asked what she thentheyblamedmeforgettingbeat!I weekatseeingNAgoing,yet someonewoulddartforwardandwould hewasn’tveryquickbutcouldreadthe had on all we could reply was ‘black toldthemthatafterwards!” lessthanaweeklaterandIfeel juststepup,”hesays. gameandsocouldI.Ijustmovedup, gloves’! Steele did not play in Britain again. excitedaboutthefuture!Shallow “I was always the last man as [full- whichp****dPearsonoff!” “I was very happy for the likes of InsteadhemovedtotheUnitedStatesto Imaybe,butreallyinterestedto backs]Peachy(DavidPeach)andPedro Steeleremembersthecelebrationsas GeorgeReader,thechairman.Everyone captain Washing ton Diplomats under seeifNC/MPhasmadean (PeterRodriguez)wouldalwaysgofor- thoughtheywereyesterday. wasoverthemoon. former Manchester United player impactandcanbringinanother qualityplayerortwointhislast CONTACTTHE SPORTSDESK - EMAIL:[email protected] weekofthetransferwindow. Continuedonfacingpage... SATURDAY,JANUARY26,2013 THEDAILYECHO 7 Saints Spotlight BIG REPUTATION Fans Focus Frompage6... TSSsays... Personallyprettyhappywiththe squad.ToachieveCortese’s ambitionwewillhaveto strengthen,butatthemoment wehaveawellgelledteam.Abit likeNorwichlastyear,thatare playingwell.I’mhopingforone Spanishmidfielder,aplaymaker maybe.Willbeinterestingtosee whatMPthinksofthecurrent squad. SaintMaxsays... Ithinkwestillhavetoinvestin theside.Yeswehaveplayed verywellandtoanextent matchedthelikesofChelsea, ArsenalandEverton,butwe havenodepth.Ourbenchis lightontalent,andthatshows whenweplaygreatfor65mins, makesomesubstitutionsandthe wholeflowiscompletelydisrupt- ed.Wecannothopethatthe current11orsostayfitforthe runin,asifLambert,forexam- ple,receivedabadknockthat kepthimoutforsixweekswe wouldbetoothless. GREATMEMORIES:JimSteelewithLawrie McMenemy,above,andwithMickChannon andHughieFisher,below. HISTORY:Ex-Saintsboss NigelAdkins. allsaintsnocurvessays... It’snaturaltolinksomanydiffer- entplayerswithanewmanag- er...butdon’texpectustosign allofthem!MPwillwanttobring inacoupleofplayerswhoknow hisstyleoffootballbecauseit willbeeasierforhimtogetoth- erstofollowtheirlead.Thisis nottodamagethedevelopment oftheyoungstersalreadyonthe FLASHBACK:JimSteele,aboveright,withJimMcCalliogand booksbuttoenhancetheir PeterOsgoodattheDailyEchoprintingpressin1976. developmentintotheSpanish wayoftraining.Thiswillincrease DennisViollet,oneofthesurvivorsof wereofferedBudweisers,butwhenthe riesthanhehasatthefootballclub. “Thenthisyoungkidcameoverand thelevelofskillsamongstthe theMunichairdisaster. press conference finished we were “I’d heard all the things about Le said‘areyouamember,sir’?Isaid‘no playersandspeedwithwhich “Afewclubswereinforme,includ- invitedbyhisentouragetoasuiteon TissierandCorteseandthisandthat,so I’m an ex-Saint’ and he said ‘sorry theycanmakedecisionsonthe ingRangers,butI’djustgotdivorced, thetopfloorofthehotel. whenIboughttwoticketsfortheAston you’renotallowedin,thisisasupport- pitchduringgames.Englishplay- themoneywasgood,Iwasgivenafree “Pele then brings out a bottle of Villagamesoonaftermovingdown,I ers’club’. ersdon’talwayshavethevision carandafreeapartment,”saysSteele, whiskyandasksifit’sanygood! gavemynameas‘JamesSteele’. “Idon’tblameCorteseformakingus orawarenessofthecontinental whoplayedagainstsomeofworldbeat- “Wesaiditwasn’tbadandhesaid‘I “I was hardly going to say ‘Jim buyticketsbuttonotbeallowedinthe playersandthisneedstochange ersintheStates. thoughtyoutwowereScottish!’ Steele’eventhoughthegirlatthetick- supportersclub...Itwasn’tasifIwant- ifwearetobesuccessfulinthe “Oneday,Dennistoldmeheneeded “Peledrank,butnotinpublicsoas etofficewasonlyyoungandwouldn’t edafreedrinkoranything! futureplayingastylesimilarto metogotoapressconferenceaheadof nottoharmhisstatuswiththekids. haveknownwhoIwas. “IloveSaintsbutthissortofthing Barcelona. agameagainstNewYorkCosmos. Fantastic!” “But the guy behind her said ‘I doesn’thappenatanyothertopclub.It “Iwassupposedtobeplayinggolfbut Steelewentintothepubtradeonhis thought it was you Steeley!’ I said doesn’tmakesense. angusmccoatupsays... hepersuadedmetogowithacoupleof returntotheUKin1994,runningthe ‘don’tsayanything,Imightnotgeta “AfterbeingthrownoutIwasn’teven Ithinkthemanagerisdoing others–includingmybestmateEric ChamberlayneArmsinWoolstonand ticket!’ goingtogotothegame,butthepub exactlytherightthings.He’s Martin(theformerSaintsgoalkeeper). theKingsArmsinShirleybeforemov- “Idon’ttotallydisagreewithwhat’s roundthecornermademefeelsowel- lookingatplayersfromaculture “TheplacewaspackedsoIwoundthe ing to the Cotswolds, where he was beengoingon,soIboughttwotickets come. thathehasplayed,andmanaged window down and asked what was landlordoftheBlackBearinMoreton- thinking one of the ex-Saints would “Iwentwithoneofthemintheend in.It’sagoodlongtermaimto goingon,onlytobetoldthat(mimicks in-Marshformanyyears. showupsoonerorlater. and it was a great win. I’ve been to useacademy,andotheryoung Americanaccent)‘NewYorkCosmos Itwasfromtherethathereturnedto “I went on to the supporters club everygamesince.” playersbroughtin,butsurelythe had signed some players called Pele, Southamptonfivemonthsago. belowthestandandtwoorthreecame Now62,Steeleistwicedivorcedand numberonepriorityistopre- BeckenbauerandCarlosAlberto!’ Suffice to say, he has received a overtoshakemyhandandsayitwas serveourPremierstatusandif CONTONPAGE8 “Pelesaidhedidn’tdrinkwhenwe warmer welcome in the city’s hostel- greattoseemebackintown. wehavetoimportafewSpanish orSouthAmericanstorealise CONTACTTHE SPORTSDESK - CALL:023 8042 4515 thoseambitionsthensobeit.I’m asannoyedasmostpeople aboutNigel’sremovalbutthat’s historynow. 8 THEDAILYECHO SATURDAY,JANUARY26,2013 Steele’s Saints Spotlight happiest TTHHEE MMOODDEERRNN GGAAMMEE memories Frompage7 everygamesince.” Now62,Steeleistwicedivorcedand livesinWalthamChasewithJillSmith, hispartnerof11years, “She’sdifferentclass,Itaughtherthe pubbusinessandshe’sprobablybetter atitthanme,butshe’snowgotajob lookingafterpeoplewithdementia. “WhenIaskedifshewassureshe wantedtodoit,shesaidshe’dbeokay andthatitwouldhelpherlookafterme inacoupleofyears!” Steelerevealsthecortisoneinjections hehadinhisgroinpreventedhimfrom havingchildren. “Ihadthemtwiceaweekfortwo-and- a-halfmonths,Icouldn’twalkthenext daybutwouldbefitasafiddlethenext. “ItwasonlywhenIwenttoAmerica FLASHBACK:Markus andthewifewantedkidsthatIfound out. LiebherrandNicolaCortese “Iwenttoseewhat’swrongandatest wavetofansafterSaints showeditwasthecortisoneinjections. “Itprobablycostmeamarriage,but hadwonthe2010JPTfinal I’vemetJillandshe’sdifferentclass.” atWembley. TheymetwhileSteelewasenjoyingan eveningoutwithOsgood,oneofmany formerteammatestohavepassedonin recentyears. SimonCarter “It’snotthesamenowadays,”hesighs asherecallsthe likesofBobbyStokes andJohnMcGrath. [email protected] SPORTSEDITOR “Imisstheguys;Ossywasonly58, Bobby44andalthoughwedidn’tplay togetherIalsohadalotoftimeforBally AMID all the many words (AlanBall),whowasonly61.” writtenonthesubjectofNigel Steeleisalittlerheumy-eyedashe recountshisnexttale. Adkins’ shock departure,one “Igottheseblackcashmerecoats five-wordsentenceshouldjar madetomeasure,thesortwornbyJose Mourinho,whenIwenttoThailandwith withSaintssupporters. Jillsevenyearsago. ItwaswrittenintheSportsPink “OnewasforOssieandhislong last weekend by chief sports arms,oneforCasey(JimmyCase)and oneformyself. writerAdamLeitch. “Ossieloveditbut Commenting on the regime of thefirsttimehewore chairman Nicola Cortese, Leitch itwasathisuncle’s reflected on the current state of funeral–wherehe SouthamptonFootballClub. droppeddeadofa “The fans are customers now,” heartattack. hewrote. “Ossie’sson Thatstruckachordwithme,the tellsmehestill hasthecoatbut fact one of my colleagues Caseygavehisto described supporters as ‘cus- hisbrother,who tomers’. wouldn’twearit, “There is no doubting that andmine’sstill Saints, once one of the most hanginginthe homely and welcoming of clubs, wardrobe!” have changed beyond recogni- enSjoteyeeldemhaeseting JIMSTEELE tion,”Leitchwenton. otherformerteam- “It’snotthatanymore. matessincereturningsouth. “Saints is less a football club “HughieFisherandItookBrianO’Neil thereforthecommunityinwhich outforadrinklastweek,butheonly itstands,andmoreabusiness.” drinksorangejuicenow. Strongwords. RAREOUTING:Saints’whitekit, m“eHeteyliovuesinotnheHiTllhLeaWneinssotoIns’a.id‘we’ll mSeaacnksingtheAdfikrisnts cwonatsrovbeyrsinaol whichisonsaletofansbutwhich “Hesaid‘Ican’tgointhere,theydon’t hasonlybeenworninoneaway moveCortesehasmadeinrecent allowdogs!’Hedotesonhislovelylittle years. game,atLiverpool,thisseason. cockerspaniel! “JimmyGabriel’sanothercharacter. Dispensing with Alan Pardew ‘I’mnotdrinkingallweek,’heoncesaid. after a 4-0 win at Bristol Rovers ‘We’llseeaboutthat,’wereplied. provokedanoutcryatthetime. “BytheFridayweweresurprisedhe Manyfanshavealso criticisedthe an adult season ticket for anyone son–isnolongeravailabletobuy. stillhadn’thadadrink. factthatseasonticketpriceshave who previously had free entry Payanddisplayboothswereput “Saturdaymorningcomesroundand shotupinprice(though,tobefair, wouldhavecostalmost£500. up in the St Mary’s car parks. he’sbeendrinkingthenightbeforewe Saintshaverisentwodivisionsand Thereismore. Previously fans and staff could playArsenal! it would be a shock if prices had Nigel Adkins, Jason Dodd and parkthereforfree,nowonlyafew “Hesaidhehadtohaveadrinkwith been pegged at third division lev- Kelvin Davis were told they could minutesisfree. JohnWayne,whohadbeenonthetelly els). not attend a function at The Extracostshavebeenintroduced thepreviousnight!Nuts!” Inthesummerof2011theconces- Mayflower Theatre to celebrate for fans buying matchday tickets Ashereachesthedregsofhissecond sionforseasonticketholdersaged Saints’125thanniversary. viadebitcards. pint,Steeleadmitsheisunsureabout between60and64yearswaswith- Some fans are unhappy that the Previously booking fees theimmediatefuture. drawn, a decision condemned as whiteawaykithasonlybeenworn were paid for trans- “Wedecidedtogetoutofthepub “meanspirited”byfansatthetime. onceawayfromStMary’sallsea- actions, tradebutIloveitandImissitnow,”he admits. Forthefirsttimeever,blindfans son, at Liverpool, with only one whereas “Idon’tknowifI’mlookingforanother nowhavetopaytowatchSaints. other likely ‘appearance’ left – at n o w pubornot.I’msupposedtoseeonein Previously, the club gave free Norwich. ShirleyatsomepointbutI’mnotsureI admission to supporters who suf- Whilefanscanbuythiskitthatis fancyit. feredserioussightproblems. so rarely used, the yellow away “Therearesomanychainsthatmoni- Last summer that changed, and shirt–wornfarmoreoftenthissea- NIGELADKINS torallthepumpsnowandthat’snotfor me. “MaybeIshouldgiveGordonacalland askifheneedsanotherScotlandcoach. SEE MONDAY’S DAILY ECHO FOR MORE SAINTS NEWS “I’llremindhimheusedtocleanmy boots!” SATURDAY,JANUARY26,2013 THEDAILYECHO 9 Saints Spotlight IISS WWIITTHHOOUUTT MMEERRCCYY BOOK of the WEEK TheOutsider:Ahistoryofthe goalkeeper ByJonathanWilson “Sacking Adkins was Sportsbookofthemonth.com price:£12.80,saving36%onrrp by no means the first MscAhNooYldreaaysdethrsatwwillhreencaitllcfarommetthoeir pickingthefootballteamstocon- controversial move tuensletsfrsensoetmicelounnechvtoimluentmeeartecdhetos,go ingoal,itwasinvariablythe remainingtwoboyswhowentin Cortese has made.” first. Onreflection,thisseemsalittle odd,giventhatsuccessfulprofes- sionalgoalkeepersareoften referredtoas‘eccentric’or‘idio- syncratic’whenatschoolmostof theirclassmatesconsideredthem tobetheworstfootballers. They’vecertainlyalwaysneeded tobethick-skinned,foras JonathanWilsonpointsoutinthis superbly-researched,thought-pro- vokingbook,goaliescanoftenfind themselvesthescapegoatwhen theirteamslose,eventhoughthey mayhaveplayedablinder. Wilson,whoenjoyedenormous successwithInvertingThe Pyramid,ahistoryoffootballtac- tics,hascomeupwithsomething equallyengrossing. Inadditiontoincludingseveral incisiveinterviewsandmemoriesof goalkeepinggreatssuchasLev YashinandDinoZoff,theauthor considershow thegoalkeeper’s rolehasevolved overthepast century.Given howpivotalthe positionis,it’sa wonderthatno- onehaswritten soauthoritatively anddecisively aboutitbefore. CHALKANDCHEESE:Rupert Thankfully,Wilsonisquitecontent togooffatcompellingtangents, Lowe,left,lovedtotalkatpress forexamplewhenheconsidersthe conferences,whileNicolaCortese politicalsupportenjoyedbytwo neverappearsatthem. menvyingforthegoalkeeping positionintheCameroonnational side.Suchdiversionsmaketravel- lingwithafinewriterahugely enjoyablejourney.Moreover,his referencestoliterarygreatssuchas AlbertCamus(himself,famously,a goalkeeper)andVladimirNabokov there is a separate fee per ticket – backtobackpromotions. Iguessyoucan’thaveitbothways, andtheirwritingaboutthissolitary either if you buy online, over the The saddest thing, though, was canyou? position,servetogarnishWilson’s phone,oratthestadiuminperson. that no-one should have been sur- Onechairmaniscastigatedbysay- excellentdish. Talkingoftickets,half-seasontick- prised. ingtoomuch,anotherfornotsaying Mostofuscanrecalloutstanding etsarenolongeravailable. Saints legend Matt Le Tissier hit muchatall. saves,momentsuponwhich Long-serving programme sellers out at Cortese for failing to attend Thatwasonething,buttothennot matches,leaguetitles,evenWorld wereaxed. Mauricio Pochettino’s unveiling mentionAdkinsatallintheEverton Cupshavehinged.Whilethere’s Andrew Murray, who had always interview at St Mary’s, where the programmewaspettyandsad. beenawholelibraryofbookswrit- previously sold programmes in an chairman could have explained his Sad for Saints fans, because it tenaboutstrikers,thegame’sliter- area underneath the stands at St decisiontothemedia. (needlessly) gave their club a bad aryannalsarestrangelyshortof Mary’s, was told, at fairly short NodoubthispredecessoratSaints, nameinthenationalpress. goalkeeping-relatedtitles.Nomat- notice,hehadtovacatehisroom. Rupert Lowe, would have been Regarding the programme, Le terhowmanycomealongfrom Talking of programmes, Saints there. Tissier also appears to have been nowon,fewwillbebetterthanthis. madebackpagenewsinthenational Lowe often spoke at press confer- air-brushedoutofhistory. pressearlierthisweekforfailingto ences.ManySaintsfansthoughthe A recent advert for a new apart- We’veteamedupwithSports mentionNigelAdkins’nameoncein spoketoomuch. mentcomplexincludedthewording BookoftheMonth&havetwo theEvertonprogramme. Cortese, though, doesn’t make ‘appearancebyex-Saint’. copiesofTheOutsidertogive Inmyeyes,thatwasadisgraceful many public statements, and he snub on a man who had overseen neverholdspressconferences. CONTINUEDONPAGE10 LETISSIER away.Towinthisweek’ssports book,gototheirwebsite (www.sportsbookofthemonth.com) andanswerthefollowingquestion: FOR MORE SAINTS NEWSVISIT:www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport Whoisthemostcapped goalkeeperinthehistoryof internationalfootball? 10 THEDAILYECHO SATURDAY,JANUARY26,2013 Sports Saints Quiz Spotlight A SAD INDICTMENT OF 1WhoisthemanagerofLeague TwosideFleetwood? 2WheredoRaboDirectPro12 sideNewport-GwentDragonsplay theirhomematches? 3Whichcountysidefinishedbot- THE BEAUTIFUL GAME tomofDivisionTwolastyear? 4Whoscoredatryandkicked fivegoalsforWarringtonWolves intheir2012ChallengeCupfinal winoverLeedsRhinos? 5InwhichyeardidMartina Navratilovawinherfinalgrand slamsinglestitle? 6FromwhichclubdidChelsea signEdenHazard? Frompage9 Otherretailshopshavecustomers. 7XavierDohertyplayscricketfor We do not give our football club whichcountry? ThesameadvertintheDailyEcho our custom, do we? We give them 8Whatisthenicknameof a few days later included Le oursupport. Memphis'NBAteam? Tissier’s name in the same space Therefore,wearesupporters. 9WhatnationalityisFormulaOne whereSaintshadusedalternative That is how we have always driverSergioPerez? wording. viewed ourselves, and always 10AtwhichvenuewillItalyplay Did Nicola Cortese really not thoughtwewould. theirhomematchesinthe2013 wantLeTissier’snamementioned NicolaCorteserunsSouthampton RBS6Nationschampionship? inthatadvertisement? FootballClubasheseesfit,andhe 11WhowonthefirstLeagueCup Also in the programme for the runsitasabusiness. finaltobeheldatthenew Newcastle game last November, Heisnotemployedtobekindto Wembley? theonlymentionofAlanPardew– everyonehemeets,ortogiveaway 12Whichcountrywonthefirst makinghisfirstreturntoStMary’s bunches of free tickets to former WorldTwenty20? sincebeingsackedinAugust2010– players. 13Wheredorugbyunionside wasonthebackpage. He is a businessman first and LondonIrishplaytheirhome Nothinginside. foremost, and he needs to make games? Therefore, we shouldn’t have money for the people that employ 14Whichhistoriclandmarkwas been surprised at Adkins’ air- him. setbyFrenchskierJohanClarey brushingfromhistoryonMonday. No one can say he has not done duringSaturday'sWorldCup Former Saints players have spo- that. downhillatWengen? kenofnotfeelinghugelywelcomed JustlookathowmuchSaintswill 15Wherewillthe2013World at St Mary’s, compared to some SwimmingChampionshipsbe clubswhereformerfavouritesare bank over the next few years just held? givenfreeticketsandhospitality. bybeinginthePremierLeague. 16WhichBarclaysPremier Themostrecentwas1980sdefend- Eveniftheygodownthisseason, LeagueoutfitbeganlifeasDial erRuebenAgboola,wholeftSaints they will receive £48m worth of Squarein1886? forSunderlandin1985. parachutepaymentsoverthenext 17Whichteamransix-wheeled Agboola was at St Mary’s to see fouryears. carsinthe1976and1977 Sunderland win prior to This contrasts sharply with the FormulaOneseasons? Christmas, after buying a ticket £13m Saints received over two 18DavidBoudiawonOlympic himself. years on being relegated from the goldfortheUnitedStatesin “I’ll probably get an invite from PremierLeaguein2005. whicheventatLondon2012? Sunderland to the game there – Buttherearedifferentwaystodo 19ColinKaepernickplaysas that’sthedifference,”hesaid. many things, however. Different quarterbackforwhichNFLteam? “Sunderlandevensendmebirth- waystoconductbusiness. 20InwhichyeardidanIrishman day and Christmas cards and Surely you can be a good busi- lastreachthefinaloftheWorld everything is all-expenses paid nessman but also acknowledge SnookerChampionship? whenIgoupthere.ButIcan’tgeta your club’s proud history at the 21Thisyear'sSuperBowlwillbe ticketonmyowndoorstep! sametime? heldonFebruary3inNew “Don’tgetmewrong,whenIwas Surely you can be a good busi- Orleans.Whichteamwonthelast playingIhatedaskingforfreetick- nessmanandadmitthatfanswho timetheeventwasstagedinthe etsandwouldmakesureIbought suffer serious sight problems cityin2002? them.ButMickChannonevenhad should not really pay to attend 22WhodidLukeDonaldbeatin gamesatStMary’s? tyheearo'speRnyidngersCinugpleastmMaetdcihnainh?last “Should we have saIcfkaacmhaaniramgearn,tfheaetlsisthhiesgnaemedblteo. 23Namethelastteamtolose Cortese has gambled by sacking c2o4nIsnercuugtbivyeuFnAioCn,unpafminealsth?e been surprised by Aofdf.kins,butthegamblemightpay coachoftheEnglandSaxons Saintsmightgoontobiggerand s2i5deIn?women'stennis,which Adkins’ air-brushing bperottveerdthriinghgst..Cortesemightwellbe Italianplayeriscurrentlyranked He might, in time, be viewed by seventhintheworld? manyasafootballingalchemist. from history?” Hemightnot. Asusual,onlytimewilltell. But there is then absolutely no needtoaddinsulttoinjurybynot to queue to watch Southampton thanking Adkins publicly for his playapre-seasonfriendly!” RUTHLESS:SaintschairmanNicolaCortese goodworkandwishinghimwell. This begs the question: Should TherearemanyPremierLeague .inarrEaraS52;drallaCnoJ formerplayersreceivefreetickets ter one jot if Saints do or do not HartlepoolorCarlisleinLeague1, clubs that are run well who don’t 42;)9991dna8991(eltsacweN forSaintsgames? invite former players to watch or pay to park and watch shoot themselves in the foot with 32;nostaWabbuB22;stoirtaP Clubsareundernomoralobliga- gamesatStMary’s. Manchester United and Chelsea regardstopublicrelations. dnalgnEweN12;)ytrehoD tion to offer them, but it is a nice If given a choice between a rollupintheirexecutivecoachesa Swansea,WestBromwichAlbion, neK(300202;sre94ocsicnarF touchiftheydo. PremierLeagueclubwhomakeex- fewyardsaway? Everton,tonamebutthree. naS91;)mroftalpm01(gniviD81 For Sunderland to send Agboola playersbuytheirownticketsora Ofcourse,itisanobrainer. Itwouldbeinterestingtoknowif ;llerryT71;lanesrA61;anolecraB birthday and Christmas cards, Championshiponewhogivesaway Butitisallextrafueltothefire theirfansviewthemselvesas‘sup- 51;ecarpuCdlroWagnirud whenheplayedforthemovertwo freeticketstothem,Iknowwhich created when Adam Leitch says porters’or‘customers’. hpm001pototrevenamtsrifeht decadesago,showsacertainclass. mostsupporterswouldchoose. Saintsfansarenowviewedas‘cus- Perhaps,atPremierLeaguelevel, saweH41;muidatSiksjedaM31 Itisanicetouch,andonewhich Samewithpayanddisplaybooths tomers’. allfansarenow‘customers’. ;aidnI21;mahnettoT11;ocipmilO costsjustthepriceofastampanda atStMary’scarparks. Long serving supporters do not Iftheyare,thenitisasadindict- oidatSs'emoR01;nacixeM bitofforethought. Wouldfansstillprefertogetfree liketheword‘customers’. ment of the sport at the highest 9;seilzzirGehT8;ailartsuA Toalotoffans,itmightnotmat- parking at the ground and watch Supermarkets have customers. level. 7;elliL6;)nodelbmiW(09915 ;nosgdoHtterB4;erihsretsecuolG THE PINK & DAILY ECHO:BEST FOR SAINTS NEWS ANDVIEWS 3;edaraPyendoR 2;rednaxelAmaharG1:srewsnA

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