I’d have him behind Virgil of the centre backs since I’ve been watching the team. And probably a toss-up between him and Dean Richards. But yeah Svensson was fantastic and definitely my favourite player in that excellent Strachan side.
🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 10 - most appearances by Nordic players 🔴🔝🔴
#8: Michael Svensson (87 games, Sweden)
Top quality defender whose career was sadly wrecked by a succession of serious knee injuries. Played for us in the 2003 FA Cup Final, and scored the last ever goal at Maine Road.
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#9: Jannik Vestergaard (79 games, Denmark)
6’ 6” centre-back who spent 3 seasons at Saints in the late 2010s before joining Leicester. Partnered Jan Bednarek at the back in most of his appearances for us.
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Well I for one am finding the whole Tottenham situation absolutely hilarious.
It would be very typical of us if we were to finish 7th in the Championship the year *before* the playoffs are expanded to six teams…
Back in 1974 we were the first ever team to get relegated for finishing 3rd from bottom in the old First Division, when relegation was expanded to 3 teams.
🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 10 - most appearances by Nordic players 🔴🔝🔴
#10: Alexander Ostland (49 games, Sweden)
Cult hero who was the subject of the fans’ chant: “Jesus is our right back“. Earned 20 Swedish caps and also played for AIK, Vitoria Guimaraes, Norrkoping and Feyenoord.
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🔵⚫️ Sheff Wed 1-3 Southampton stats review ⚫️🔵
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- We’ve now won 3 away league games in a row - 1st time we’ve done that since January 2020.
- This was the 333rd time we’ve scored 3 or more goals in an away game.
- Jack Stephens made his 200th starting appearance for the club.
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🔵⚫️ Sheff Wed 1-3 Southampton stats review ⚫️🔵
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- We’ve now won our last 6 consecutive league games against the Owls.
- THB’s goal was the 99th league goal we’ve scored vs Sheff Wed. 66 of these have been in home games, and 33 away.
- This was our 699th ever away win in all comps.
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🔵⚫️ Sheff Wed 1-3 Southampton match stats ⚫️🔵
Possession: 37% - 63%
Total passes: 288 - 517
Shots: 10 - 15
Shots on target: 3 - 6
Corners: 5 - 8
Fouls committed: 11 - 12
Touches in opposition box: 18 - 24
xG: 1.15 - 1.84
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🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 10 - longest unbeaten runs 🔴🔝🔴
#1: 26 games (26 Nov 1887 - 20 Feb 1892)
We didn’t lose any of our first 26 ever competitive games, so strictly this is our longest unbeaten run. It included 3 wins of the Hants Jr Cup, 3 wins of the Hants Sr Cup & our first 2 ever FA Cup ties.
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#2: 25 games (30 Sep 2023 - 10 Feb 2024)
After losing 4 Championship games in a row, Russell Martin’s men beat Leeds and didn’t look back. Their unbeaten run of 18 wins and 7 draws finally ended with a Championship defeat away at Bristol City.
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#3: 21 games (21 Mar 1896 - 13 Feb 1897)
This run included the first 11 games of the 1896-97 season, when we won our first Southern League title. It ended when Newton Heath (now Man Utd) beat us in an FA Cup 2nd round replay.
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🔴⚫️ Southampton 5-0 QPR stats review ⚫️🔴
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- This was the 400th time we’ve scored 4 or more goals in a home game.
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🔴⚫️ Southampton 5-0 QPR stats review ⚫️🔴
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- Kuryu Matsuki’s first goal made him the 100th different Saints player to score vs QPR.
- Matsuki also became the 1st Japanese player to score a brace for the club.
- This was our 2,222nd ever win in all competitions.
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🔴⚫️ Southampton 5-0 QPR stats review ⚫️🔴
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- Our biggest win since we beat Swansea 5-0 on Boxing Day 2023.
- This was our 6th consecutive win vs QPR, and our 50th ever win against them.
- Our joint biggest-ever win vs Rangers: we also beat them 5-0 in September 1957 under Ted Bates.
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🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 10 - longest unbeaten runs 🔴🔝🔴
#4: 20 games (5 Sep 1921 - 7 Jan 1922)
We went unbeaten for over 4 months in a season that saw us win Division 3 South on goal difference over Plymouth. Bill Rawlings smashed 21 goals during this 20-game run which featured 14 wins and 6 draws.
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🔴⚫️ Southampton 5-0 QPR match stats ⚫️🔴
Possession: 57% - 43%
Total passes: 561 - 408
Shots: 13 - 5
Shots on target: 9 - 1
Corners: 5 - 3
Hit woodwork: 1 - 0
Touches in opposition box: 23 - 16
xG: 1.56 - 0.26
Clinical in front of goal!
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🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 10 - longest unbeaten runs 🔴🔝🔴
#5=: 16 games (23 Mar 1950 - 9 Sep 1950)
Manager Sid Cann oversaw this excellent run. But after it ended, the team’s form fell away badly, and barely 15 months later, Cann left the Dell. He went on to spend nearly a decade in charge of Wycombe.
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🔴⚫️ Southampton 1-1 Charlton stats review ⚫️🔴
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- This was our 444th ever draw in the second tier (2nd Division / Championship).
- Taylor Harwood-Bellis made his 100th league starting appearance for us.
- Shea Charles made his 50th league appearance.
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🔴⚫️ Southampton 1-1 Charlton stats review ⚫️🔴
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- We’re now unbeaten in our last 6 games vs Charlton (W3, D3).
- This was the 800th home game in which we’ve scored exactly 1 goal.
- It was also our 299th ever 1-1 draw at home.
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🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 10 - longest unbeaten runs 🔴🔝🔴
#5=: 16 games (6 Dec 1975 - 24 Feb 1976)
McMenemy’s men hit their stride in December 1975. This run included our FA Cup 3rd, 4th and 5th round matches. It ended with a league defeat to York (who got relegated), but the season ended in glory.
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🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 10 - longest unbeaten runs 🔴🔝🔴
#7: 15 games (6 Sep 1902 - 25 Dec 1902)
We won the Southern League title in 1902-03 after going unbeaten for the first 15 games of the season. The run ended when, after beating West Ham away on Xmas Day, we lost at home to Spurs on Boxing Day.
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🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 10 - longest unbeaten runs 🔴🔝🔴
#8=: 14 games (22 Nov 1980 - 17 Feb 1981)
Spearheaded by Steve Moran, Mick Channon and Kevin Keegan, we went 14 games undefeated and would finish the 1980-81 season in 6th place in Division 1 - our highest ever league finish at the time.
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🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 10 - longest unbeaten runs 🔴🔝🔴
#8=: 14 games (6 Oct 1984 - 1 Dec 1984)
This impressive run under Lawrie McMenemy came despite playing these 14 games in the space of just 56 days. We only scored 18 goals in this spell, but also conceded just 9: winning 7 games and drawing 7.
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🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 10 - longest unbeaten runs 🔴🔝🔴
#10=: 13 games (12 Mar 1966 - 20 Aug 1966)
We went undefeated for the final 12 games of the 1965-66 season (including Mick Channon’s debut) and then our 1st ever top flight game in August 1966. The run ended with a 2-0 loss away to Sunderland.
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🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 10 - longest unbeaten runs 🔴🔝🔴
#10=: 13 games (17 Sep 1949 - 17 Dec 1949)
Charlie Wayman scored 10 goals and Ted Bates 8 in this unbeaten run of 6 wins and 7 draws in Division 2. We finished the season agonisingly missing out on promotion to Division 1 on goal average.
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🟡⚫️ Southampton 2-1 Leicester stats review ⚫️🟡
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- Sufianu Sillah Dibaga became the 7th Spaniard to play for us.
- Dibaga and George Long are the 1,143rd and 1,144th men to play a game for Saints.
- This is the 2nd time we’ve beaten the Foxes 3 times in a season: also in 2007-08.
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🟡⚫️ Southampton 2-1 Leicester stats review ⚫️🟡
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- Cyle Larin’s goal was the 1st FA Cup penalty we’ve scored since James Ward-Prowse netted from the spot vs West Ham in March 2022.
- We’ve used 5 different keepers in our last 5 FA Cup ties (Lumley, Ramsdale, McCarthy, Peretz, Long).
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🔵🔴 Leicester 3-4 Southampton stats review 🔴🔵
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- 1st time we’ve done the league double over the Foxes since the 2007-08 season.
- This was our 35th ever 4-3 win.
- A goal for Ryan Manning on his 100th appearance for the club - he’s the 209th player to reach that milestone.
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🔵🔴 Leicester 3-4 Southampton stats review 🔴🔵
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- In the post-war era, this is the ONLY game where we’ve come back from 3-0 down and won. We lost 278 and drew 3 of the previous 281 games in which we went 3-0 down.
- This was the 2,200th game in which we’ve conceded 2 or more goals.
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