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Saints receive almost £44m in Premier League TV and prize money

10:15am Tuesday 21st May 2013

SAINTS banked almost £44m in Premier League TV money in 2012/13.

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Saints need to splash the cash to realise European ambitions

8:00am Tuesday 21st May 2013

After the drama comes the excitement.

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Fox recalled to Scotland squad

10:10am Tuesday 21st May 2013

SAINTS defender Danny Fox has been recalled to the Scotland squad.

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Saints legend honoured by League Managers Association

8:20am Tuesday 21st May 2013

FORMER Saints boss Lawrie McMenemy was honoured at last night’s League Managers Association awards event.

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Thousands of spectators expected as Polo returns to Hampshire

5:38pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

POLO returns to Hampshire this weekend with a high-class showcase near Alresford on Sunday.

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Poch bats away renewed Chelsea interest in Shaw

7:30am Tuesday 21st May 2013

Mauricio Pochettino says Chelsea should be more worried about Saints signing their star players rather than making a move for Luke Shaw.

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Pochettino ready for a busy summer

7:00am Monday 20th May 2013

Mauricio Pochettino insists he will not rest this summer as he looks to improve Saints ahead of next season.

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Lambert still not content

7:00am Monday 20th May 2013

Rickie Lambert may have finished as the Premier League’s joint highest English goalscorer for the season but was still lamenting himself.

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Schneiderlin praises "amazing season"

7:00am Monday 20th May 2013

Saints player of the season Morgan Schneiderlin believes his side have shown they belong in the Premier League.

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Full circle is good for Davis

7:00am Monday 20th May 2013

Kelvin Davis was delighted his season ended as it started – between the posts.

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Spitfires swoop for Collins

3:00pm Monday 20th May 2013

EASTLEIGH have made their first summer signing, capturing midfielder Jamie Collins from Conference National club Forest Green Rovers.

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Nineties revisited without a Great Escape

7:00am Monday 20th May 2013

THERE were brief flashbacks to the late nineties as Michael Owen’s career drifted towards completion and Robert Miles’ Children blasted from the tannoys, but not as far as Saints were concerned.

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Michael Owen salutes Southampton fans

9:42am Monday 20th May 2013

Michael Owen's career may have ended with an uninspiring draw at Saints but the Stoke striker insists he could not have asked for much more from his final match before retirement.

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Buis wins Netley 10k race

9:34am Monday 20th May 2013

Over 500 runners took to the roads of Victoria Country Park, Netley on Sunday to compete in the annual 10 kilometre race.

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Pochettino sad Saints can't sign off with win

6:54pm Sunday 19th May 2013

Mauricio Pochettino described himself as “a little bit sad” that Saints couldn’t round off their first season back in the Premier League with a final day victory against Stoke at St Mary’s.

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Lallana hails Saints progress

7:40pm Sunday 19th May 2013

Saints skipper Adam Lallana has hailed the “massive strides” his side have made this season.

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Saints 1 Stoke 1

2:06pm Sunday 19th May 2013

Updates and chat as Saints take on Stoke at St Mary's in the final game of the Premier League season

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Saints v Stoke photo gallery

6:24pm Sunday 19th May 2013

Photos from Saints 1-1 draw against Stoke at St Mary's

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Overwhelming backing for Pochettino

10:28am Sunday 19th May 2013

Saints fans have reacted with overwhelming delight at the news that Mauricio Pochettino will remain as the club’s manager.

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Premier League final day - as it happened

7:07pm Sunday 19th May 2013

How events unfolded on a dramatic final day of the Barclays Premier League season.

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Poch out to ruin Owen farewell

2:19pm Sunday 19th May 2013

Southampton manager Mauricio Pochettino believes Michael Owen is one of England's greatest ever players, but hopes to ruin his farewell match after falling foul of the Stoke striker at the 2002 World Cup.

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Ex-Saint misses out on return due to pig's head 'prank'

8:02pm Sunday 19th May 2013

FORMER Saints striker Kenwyne Jones was left out of the Stoke squad for today's game at St Mary's as a result of a pre-match 'prank'.

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Update: Pensioner badly hurt in crash on city road

6:00pm Sunday 19th May 2013

One of Southampton's major roads has been shut after a serious crash.

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Jones will pay for damaged car

10:30am Sunday 19th May 2013

Stoke striker Kenwyne Jones has apologised to team-mate Glenn Whelan after smashing his car windscreen in a mistaken act of retribution for a training-ground prank which went wrong.

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Comment: Relief as influential Pochettino stays

12:49pm Saturday 18th May 2013

Mauricio Pochettino has played a high risk game this week but it will be a sense of relief to the vast majority of Saints fans that he is to stay as manager.

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AFC Totton: The full story of the cash crisis threatening the future of the Stags

4:47pm Saturday 18th May 2013

The future of AFC Totton is today in jeopardy as a cash crisis threatens the future of the historic club.

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Cortese to stay at Saints

8:19am Saturday 18th May 2013

Nicola Cortese has agreed a new deal to remain as chairman of Southampton Football Club.

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Boruc ends the season triumphant

7:00am Saturday 18th May 2013

Of all the players to run out at St Mary’s tomorrow for the final game of the season few have had as turbulent, but ultimately triumphant, a season as Artur Boruc.

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Punch predicts big things for 2013/14

7:00am Saturday 18th May 2013

Jason Puncheon expects Saints fans to expect a lot more from the team in 2013/14.

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Saints' final day opponents rocked by pig head incident

8:53pm Friday 17th May 2013

Stoke have promised to launch an internal investigation after suggestions a pig’s head was placed in the locker of striker Kenwyne Jones earlier today.

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Saints legend Paine: We could finish top four next season

7:00am Friday 17th May 2013

Saints legend Terry Paine insists the club are capable of finishing in the top four of the Premier League next season.

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Pulis promises Owen fond farewell

3:41pm Friday 17th May 2013

Stoke manager Tony Pulis has promised Michael Owen a send-off this weekend as the striker calls time on his professional career with one final game against Saints at St Mary's.

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Lambert and Shaw could miss season finale

11:22am Friday 17th May 2013

Rickie Lambert and Luke Shaw are doubts for Saints' season finale against Stoke.

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Wat chance of Adam returning to Eastleigh?

7:54am Friday 17th May 2013

EASTLEIGH boss Richard Hill has not ruled out the possibility of bringing midfielder Adam Watkins back to the Silverlake Stadium.

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Ward-Prowse in England squad

12:33pm Friday 17th May 2013

James Ward-Prowse has been included in England’s provisional squad for the upcoming under-20 World Cup.

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Saints legend's success at Salisbury

7:52am Friday 17th May 2013

THEY say never give a dog a bad name and it was a mis-spelling of a rescue one that led to yesterday’s Saisbury handicap winner being bizarrely named Freddy With a Y.

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Le Tiss to face the Army

3:38pm Friday 17th May 2013

Matt Le Tissier, left, is among a host of ex-players who will turn out for an FA Legends team against the Army FA tomorrow.

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Pochettino says he will leave Saints if Cortese goes

9:51am Thursday 16th May 2013

SAINTS manager Mauricio Pochettino has this morning said he will leave the club if Nicola Cortese leaves the club.

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Is putting pressure on Liebherrs a tactic that will pay off?

11:08am Thursday 16th May 2013

CHIEF SPORTS writer Adam Leitch evaluates what impact the threat of Mauricio Pochettino may have on the Liebherrs as they evaluate whether or not to keep Nicola Cortese.

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Schneiderlin lands fans' award

7:00am Thursday 16th May 2013

Morgan Schneiderlin has been crowned the Daily Echo Player of the Season.

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Video - Pochettino press conference

5:36pm Thursday 16th May 2013

Watch two video clips from today's press conference from Mauricio Pochettino ahead of Saints final game of the season on Sunday, against Stoke City.

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Final farewell for Saints legend

2:06pm Thursday 16th May 2013

Former teammates of Kevin Moore joined family and friends in paying their respects to the ex-Saints player at his funeral today.

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Hodgson again ignores Saints for England squad

1:52pm Thursday 16th May 2013

Roy Hodgson has called up Reading goalkeeper Alex McCarthy for his England squad for the upcoming double-header with Republic of Ireland and Brazil.

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Ex-Saints defender made redundant

2:52pm Thursday 16th May 2013

Thirteen Aldershot players - including former Saints defender Olly Lancashire - have been made redundant, joint administrators Quantuma Restructuring have confirmed.

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Stags chairman quits during stormy EGM

11:50pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

THE latest chapter in the civil war that threatens the future of AFC Totton resulted in the resignation of chairman Paul Wallace last night.

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Open meeting over Stags tonight

7:00am Wednesday 15th May 2013

AFC TOTTON boss Steve Riley is appealing for people to “stand up and be honest” about the turmoil engulfing the Southern Premier Division crisis club.

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