🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 10 - most league goals in a season 🔴🔝🔴 #9: 85 (League 1, 2009-10) This was our first season down in the 3rd tier since 1960. Alan Pardew’s men couldn’t overcome a 10pt deduction and a slow start to the season, and finished 1 place outside the playoffs. #SaintsFC

🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 10 - most league goals in a season 🔴🔝🔴 #10: 85 (Championship, 2011-12) Nigel Adkins’s men secured back-to-back promotions and a return to the Premier League after a brilliant season. Rickie Lambert top scored with 27 goals. #SaintsFC

🔴🟡 Sheff Utd 1-2 Southampton stats review 🟡🔴 (2/2) - Ross Stewart is the 1st Saint to score a brace in a league game since Che Adams v Preston in April 2024. - Both our league wins this season have been 2-1 after having trailed at half-time. #SaintsFC

🔴🟡 Sheff Utd 1-2 Southampton stats review 🟡🔴 (1/2) - This was our 5th consecutive league victory over the Blades. - We’re now unbeaten in our last 6 games at Bramall Lane, with 4 wins. - Cameron Archer played his 50th game for the club. #SaintsFC

I love the footy of course, but I have to say that the Ryder Cup is the single best event in sport. Just sensational entertainment.

Anthony Gordon's dedication to recreating all of Princess Diana's iconic looks is to be admired

🔴⚪️ Southampton v Middlesbrough stats preview ⚪️🔴 - Stephens set to make his 150th starting appearance in the league. - Archer set to play his 50th game. - Have lost only 2 of our last 13 home games vs Boro. - We’ve yet to score in the 1st half of a game at St Mary’s this season. #SaintsFC

🔴🔴 Liverpool 2-1 Southampton stats review 🔴🔴 (2/2) - Since beating Liverpool in the League Cup semi in 2017, we’ve won only 1 out of 18 games against the Reds. - Isak’s opening goal was the 200th we’ve ever conceded to Liverpool. #SaintsFC

🔴🔴 Liverpool 2-1 Southampton stats review 🔴🔴 (1/2) - Adam Armstrong made his 150th appearance for the club. He’s the 134th player to reach that milestone. - Shea Charles scored his 1st goal and became the 11th Northern Irish player to score for us. #SaintsFC

🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 10 - biggest wins 🔴🔝🔴 #1: Southampton 14-0 Newbury, FA Cup 1st Qual Rd, 13 Oct 1894 Herbert Ward (3), George Nineham (3), Jack Angus (2), Fred Hollands (2), Harry Offer (2), Ernie Taylor and Lachie Thomson were the legends who scored in our record win against Newbury. #SaintsFC

🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 10 - biggest wins 🔴🔝🔴 #2: Southampton 11-0 Watford, Southern League Div 1, 13 Dec 1902 This came less than a year after we’d beaten Northampton by the same scoreline, and means that 4 of our 5 biggest ever wins were in the month of December. John Fraser scored 4. #SaintsFC

🔴🟠 Hull 3-1 Southampton stats review 🟠🔴 (2/2) - Manning started his 50th league game. - This was the 1,800th time ever where we’ve scored exactly 1 goal in a game. - Was our worst defeat to Hull since 2008 (when we lost 5-0). #SaintsFC

🔴🟠 Hull 3-1 Southampton stats review 🟠🔴 (1/2) - Hull’s opening goal was the 2,500th we’ve conceded in the 2nd tier of the Football League. - Was the 3rd consecutive game vs Hull where we’ve scored in the 88th minute or later. #SaintsFC

🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 10 - biggest wins 🔴🔝🔴 #3: Southampton 11-0 Northampton, Southern League Div 1, 28 Dec 1901 Albert Brown became - and remains - the only Saints player to hit 7 goals in a game. We were Southern League top scorers that year, but only finished 3rd. Pompey won it. #SaintsFC

🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 10 - biggest wins 🔴🔝🔴 #4: Southampton 10-0 Petersfield, Hants Junior Cup, 17 Dec 1887 This was only the 2nd competitive fixture in our history. A.A.Fry hit 5 and Ned Bromley scored 4. It remains the only time that 2 Saints have scored 4 goals in the same game. #SaintsFC

🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 10 - biggest wins 🔴🔝🔴 #5: Southampton 9-0 Chatham, Southern League Div 1, 20 Dec 1899 Archie Turner - the 1st man from Hampshire to be capped by England - scored 4 in this rout. An almost identical XI somehow contrived to lose the reverse fixture 1-0 just 2 months later. #SaintsFC

🔴🟠 Hull v Southampton stats preview 🟠🔴 - We’ve won on 4 of our last 5 visits to the MKM Stadium. - However we did lose the last time the two sides met - a 2-1 defeat at St Mary’s. - Ryan Manning is set to make his 50th league start for the club. #SaintsFC

🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 10 - biggest wins 🔴🔝🔴 #6: Southampton 9-1 Northampton, Southern League Div 1, 27 Jan 1906 Harry Brown scored a hat-trick as we racked up 9 goals in the ‘Hampton derby’. We went on to finish the season in 2nd place behind Fulham - but 1 spot ahead of Pompey. #SaintsFC

🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 10 - biggest wins 🔴🔝🔴 #7: Southampton 8-0 Gravesend, Southern League Div 1, 6 Jan 1900 Having won our previous 7 league games, we proved far too strong for Gravesend. 6 different Saints got on the scoresheet, with Jack Farrell and Alf Milward scoring 2 apiece. #SaintsFC

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🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 10 - biggest wins 🔴🔝🔴 #8: Southampton 8-0 Northampton, Division 3 South, 24 Dec 1921 We smashed Northampton on route to claiming the Division 3 South title. Bill Rawlings scored 4 goals, while Arthur Dominy and Henry Johnson each bagged braces. #SaintsFC

🔴🔵 Southampton 0-0 Portsmouth stats review 🔵🔴 (3/3) - Fellows, Jander and Scienza are the 11th, 12th and 13th players to make their Saints debut in the derby. - Shea Charles is the only player to start all 7 of our league and cup games this season. #SaintsFC

🔴🔵 Southampton 0-0 Portsmouth stats review 🔵🔴 (2/3) - Leo Scienza become the 5th Brazilian to play for us (others: Miller, Guly, Lyanco, Welington) - Caspar Jander became the 4th German to play for us (others: Rosler, ABK, Quarshie). #SaintsFC

🔴🔵 Southampton 0-0 Portsmouth stats review 🔵🔴 (1/3) - The 1st goalless draw in the derby in over 100 years (last time was in Sep 1924). - This was our 1,200th clean sheet in league matches. - Bazunu’s 1st clean sheet since April 2024 vs Blackburn. #SaintsFC

🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 10 - biggest wins 🔴🔝🔴 #9: Southampton 8-0 Sunderland, Premier League, 18 Oct 2014 Our biggest ever top flight victory began with a spectacular and hilarious own goal from Black Cats centre back Santiago Vergini. Sunderland scored 2 further own goals that day. #SaintsFC

🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 10 - biggest wins 🔴🔝🔴 #10: Newport 0-8 Southampton, League Cup 2nd Rd, 25 Aug 2021 Our biggest ever away win featured a hat-trick from winger Mohamed Elyounoussi. He remains the only Saints player to score a League Cup hat-trick in the last 20 years. #SaintsFC

🔴🔵 Southampton v Portsmouth stats preview 🔵🔴 - Will be the first derby in the league since 2012. - We need 1 goal to make it a total of 100 scored against Pompey in league games. - The last Saints manager to beat Pompey in the league was Steve Wigley in 2004. #SaintsFC

🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 9 - appearances by Dutch players 🔴🔝🔴 #1: Ken Monkou (233 games) Debut: 24 Aug 1992 v Man Utd W-D-L: 72-55-106 Goals ⚽️: 13 Had the occasional mistake in him, but a whole-hearted player who gave 110% for the club. Also played for Feyenoord, Chelsea and Huddersfield. #SaintsFC

🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 9 - appearances by Dutch players 🔴🔝🔴 #2: Virgil Van Dijk (80 games) Debut: 12 Sep 2015 v WBA W-D-L: 33-20-27 Goals ⚽️: 7 Arguably the club’s best ever defender. Left for Liverpool for a reported world record fee for a defender, and was Ballon d’Or runner-up in 2019. #SaintsFC

🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 9 - appearances by Dutch players 🔴🔝🔴 #3: Jos Hooiveld (76 games) Debut: 10 Sep 2011 v N.Forest W-D-L: 33-19-24 Goals ⚽️: 9 A key player in the side that won promotion to the Premier League in 2012. But once in the top tier, he lost his place to Yoshida and Lovren. #SaintsFC

🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 9 - appearances by Dutch players 🔴🔝🔴 #4: Jordy Clasie (49 games) Debut: 30 Jul 2015 v Vitesse W-D-L: 28-6-15 Goals ⚽️: 2 Dutch international who arrived from Feyenoord with a strong pedigree, but never really managed to sustain a regular run in the side. #SaintsFC

🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 9 - appearances by Dutch players 🔴🔝🔴 #5: Wesley Hoedt (45 games) Debut: 9 Sep 2017 v Watford W-D-L: 9-16-20 Goals ⚽️: 1 Came from Lazio with a good reputation, but couldn’t perform consistently in red and white. Moved to Anderlecht and later played for Watford. #SaintsFC

🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 9 - appearances by Dutch players 🔴🔝🔴 #6: Ulrich Van Gobbel (34 games) Debut: 19 Oct 1996 v Sunderland W-D-L: 10-10-14 Goals ⚽️: 2 Powerful defender who linked up at Saints with manager Graeme Souness, under whom he also played at Galatasaray. Also played for Feyenoord. #SaintsFC

🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 9 - appearances by Dutch players 🔴🔝🔴 #7: Maarten Stekelenburg (25 games) Debut: 3 July 2015 v Vitesse W-D-L: 10-6-9 World Cup finalist in 2010 who joined us on loan from Fulham as cover for an injured Fraser Forster. Also played for Ajax, Roma and Monaco. #SaintsFC

🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 10 - appearances by Dutch players 🔴🔝🔴 #8: Jan-Paul Saeijs (20 games) Debut: 10 Jan 2009 v Barnsley W-D-L: 5-7-8 Goals ⚽️: 2 Loanee from Roda JC who partnered Chris Perry at centre-back for the 2nd half of the 2008-09 season. Scored a brace in a 2-2 draw with Watford. #SaintsFC

🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 9 - appearances by Dutch players 🔴🔝🔴 #9: Eljero Elia (17 games) Debut: 11 Jan 2015 v Man Utd W-D-L: 6-2-9 Goals ⚽️: 2 Winger who played half a season for us on loan from Werden Bremen. But then signed for Feyenoord rather than staying with us on a permanent basis. #SaintsFC

🔴🟡 Watford 2-2 Southampton stats review 🟡🔴 (2/2) - Bazunu’s 82nd game for the club - puts him joint 250th on the list of all-time most appearances. - Watford’s 2nd equaliser was the 2,499th goal we’ve ever conceded in the 2nd tier of the Football League. #SaintsFC

🔴🟡 Watford 2-2 Southampton stats review 🟡🔴 (1/2) - We remain unbeaten at Vicarage Road since 2007. - Finn Azaz became the 32nd player from the Rep of Ireland to make an appearance for us. - Was our first 2-2 draw since we drew with Preston by that scoreline in Oct 2023, 86 games ago. #SaintsFC

🔴🟡 Watford v Southampton stats preview 🟡🔴 - We’re unbeaten in our last 10 league and cup games away at Vicarage Road, dating back to 2009. - Jack Stephens could become the 10th Saint to play 10 games v Watford. - We’ve only failed to score once in our last 13 league games v Watford. #SaintsFC

🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 10 - top scorers in the 2nd tier 🔴🔝🔴 #1: George O’Brien (132 goals) Scottish striker who joined from Leeds in 1959 and fired us to the Division 3 title. Then scored bags of goals in Division 2 playing up front alongside first George Kirby and then Martin Chivers. #SaintsFC

🔴🟡 Norwich 0-3 Southampton stats review 🟡🔴 (3/3) - Our 9th ever 3-0 win vs Norwich - we’ve had more wins by that scoreline than against any other club (2nd: 6 wins by 3-0 vs QPR, Coventry) #SaintsFC

🔴🟡 Norwich 0-3 Southampton stats review 🟡🔴 (2/3) - This was Alex McCarthy’s 40th clean sheet for the club. - Mats Roerslev became the 6th Dane to start a match for us (others: Hojbjerg, Vestergaard, Ekelund, Madsen, Gronbaek). #SaintsFC

🔴🟡 Norwich 0-3 Southampton stats review 🟡🔴 (1/3) - Our first meeting with Norwich in the League Cup since 1973. - Our 52nd ever win vs the Canaries - more than against any other club. - Cameron Archer’s goal made him the 120th different Saints player to score vs Norwich. #SaintsFC

🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 10 - top scorers in the 2nd tier 🔴🔝🔴 #2: Bill Rawlings (108 goals) Scored 193 goals in total during his time at the club in the 1920s (3rd most all-time) including a record 13 hat-tricks. Moved to Man Utd, but couldn’t replicate there his form from The Dell. #SaintsFC

🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 10 - top scorers in the 2nd tier 🔴🔝🔴 #3: Terry Paine (87 goals) A pinpoint provider of crosses for others, but scored a fair few goals himself. Won the World Cup in 1966 just a few weeks after we gained promotion to the First Division for the first time. #SaintsFC

🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 10 - top scorers in the 2nd tier 🔴🔝🔴 #4: Charlie Wayman (73 goals) Our most prolific ever striker, averaging 0.72 goals per game during a 3-year stint at The Dell in the 1940s. But his wife was unhappy living on the south coast and he was sold to Preston. #SaintsFC

🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 10 - top scorers in the 2nd tier 🔴🔝🔴 #5: Martin Chivers (70 goals) Prolific striker who helped take Saints into the top flight for the first time ever in 1966. Also played for Spurs and Servette, and scored 13 goals for England. #SaintsFC

🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 10 - top scorers in the 2nd tier 🔴🔝🔴 #6: Ted Bates (64 goals) Consistent goalscorer in the 2nd Division in the post-war years, including hitting 15 in 1949-50. But it wasn’t until he later became our manager that we finally reached the top flight. #SaintsFC

🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 10 - top scorers in the 2nd tier 🔴🔝🔴 #7: Eric Day (63 goals) Winger who played 422 games during an 11-year spell at the club from 1945 to 1957, scoring 158 goals in total. Spent his entire professional career at The Dell. #SaintsFC

🔴🔝🔴 SFC Top 10 - top scorers in the 2nd tier 🔴🔝🔴 #8: Mick Channon (58 goals) Our all-time top scorer hit 228 goals for the club in total, of which 58 were scored in the old 2nd Division. Scored 6 goals in our glorious FA Cup-winning run in 1976. #SaintsFC