Southampton Football Club news from the Daily Echo

COMMENT: Season ticket price is right for Saints fans

Nicola Cortese

7:30am Thursday 23rd May 2013

Saints have shown respect for their supporters by modestly increasing prices as they massively increase ambitions.

The Rumour Mill - Thursday May 23

WAYNE ROONEY

9:43am Thursday 23rd May 2013

The Daily Echo brings you a round up of the day's Premier League transfer rumours

England could get five Champions League places

Bale revealed he would have to sit down and think about his career if the Lilywhites fail to qualify for the Champions League

3:48pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

Changes to Champions League rules agreed today could see Europe's top nations having up to five teams in UEFA's top club competition.

Wotte in Commons debate

Saints head coach Mark Wotte wants his side to show they are 'still alive'. Picture: Action Images

11:12am Thursday 23rd May 2013

Former Saints boss Mark Wotte has found himself at the centre of a war of words.

Saints reveal season ticket prices

Snow warning to Saints fans travelling to Newcastle

9:21am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

SAINTS have unveiled the price of season tickets for the 2013/14 Premier League campaign.

Now Shaw is linked with Old Trafford move

Luke Shaw

8:14am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

Saints left back Luke Shaw is again being linked with a move from St Mary's this summer.

Carroll withdraws from England squad - is now the time to call up Saints star Rickie?

Rickie Lambert

7:46am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

Will Rickie Lambert finally get a call from England boss Roy Hodgson?

Saints cash in on Premier success

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7:00am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

SAINTS banked record amounts of Premier League prize money in 2012/13 – and will receive many more millions as a result of staying up.

COMMENT: Saints should be applauded for 2013/14 season ticket prices

Snow warning to Saints fans travelling to Newcastle

10:29am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

SAINTS fans have been hit with several large increases in terms of season ticket prices in recent years.

Premier League ins and outs

The Barclays Premier League Trophy

2:32pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

The Daily Echo keeps track of all the summer ins and outs across the Premier League

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

Rickie Lambert

10:15am Tuesday 21st May 2013

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

Saints need to splash the cash to realise European ambitions

Mauricio Pochettino

8:00am Tuesday 21st May 2013

After the drama comes the excitement.

Fox recalled to Scotland squad

Danny Fox is in the Scotland squad.

10:10am Tuesday 21st May 2013

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

Saints legend honoured by League Managers Association

Lawrie McMenemy

8:20am Tuesday 21st May 2013

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

Poch bats away renewed Chelsea interest in Shaw

Luke 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.

Pochettino ready for a busy summer

Mauricio Pochettino

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.

Lambert still not content

Rickie Lambert

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.

Schneiderlin praises "amazing season"

Morgan Schneiderlin celebrates his goal

7:00am Monday 20th May 2013

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

Full circle is good for Davis

Kelvin Davis

7:00am Monday 20th May 2013

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

Nineties revisited without a Great Escape

MICHAEL OWEN

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.

Michael Owen salutes Southampton fans

MICHAEL OWEN

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.

Pochettino sad Saints can't sign off with win

Mauricio Pochettino

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.

Lallana hails Saints progress

Adam Lallana

7:40pm Sunday 19th May 2013

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

Saints finish season with Stoke draw

6:17pm Sunday 19th May 2013

Saints couldn't sign off with a win but still had reason to celebrate as they drew their final home game of the season 1-1 with Stoke at St Mary's.

Saints 1 Stoke 1

Southampton FC coverage from the Southern Daily Echo

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

Saints v Stoke photo gallery

Saints v Stoke photo gallery

6:24pm Sunday 19th May 2013

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

Overwhelming backing for Pochettino

Mauricio 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.

Premier League final day - as it happened

Gareth Bale

7:07pm Sunday 19th May 2013

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

Poch out to ruin Owen farewell

Michael Owen will carry the Olympic torch in Wandsworth

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.

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

LIKELY RETURN: Kenwyne Jones

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'.

Update: Pensioner badly hurt in crash on city road

Serious crash shuts city road

6:00pm Sunday 19th May 2013

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

Jones will pay for damaged car

LIKELY RETURN: Kenwyne Jones

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.

Comment: Relief as influential Pochettino stays

Mauricio Pochettino

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.

Cortese to stay at Saints

Nicola Cortese

8:19am Saturday 18th May 2013

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

Boruc ends the season triumphant

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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.

Punch predicts big things for 2013/14

Jason Puncheon

7:00am Saturday 18th May 2013

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

Saints' final day opponents rocked by pig head incident

GOING NOWHERE: Sunderland striker Kenwyne Jones, who will not be allowed to leave, according to boss Steve Bruce

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.

Saints legend Paine: We could finish top four next season

TERRY PAINE

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.

Pulis promises Owen fond farewell

Michael Owen celebrates his goal

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.

Lambert and Shaw could miss season finale

Rickie Lambert

11:22am Friday 17th May 2013

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

Ward-Prowse in England squad

James Ward-Prowse

12:33pm Friday 17th May 2013

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

Le Tiss to face the Army

Matthew Le Tissier

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.

Pochettino says he will leave Saints if Cortese goes

Mauricio Pochettino

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.

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

Nicola Cortese

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.

Schneiderlin lands fans' award

Morgan Schneiderlin

7:00am Thursday 16th May 2013

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

Video - Pochettino press conference

Mauricio Pochettino

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.

Final farewell for Saints legend

Kevin Moore

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.

Hodgson again ignores Saints for England squad

The new England manager has asked fans to be patient.

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.

Ex-Saints defender made redundant

Olly Lancashire in his Saints days.

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.

Saints linked with Barcelona defender

Saints draw

8:14am Wednesday 15th May 2013

SAINTS have been linked with a £2.5m move for Barcelona defender Frickson Erazo.


Saints around the web

Premier League 2012-13 review: Our writers' best and worst moments (link)

guardian.co.uk 4:11pm Mon 20 May 13

Brilliant goals, best-forgotten predictions and matches that prompted dramatic late rewritesBest playerPaul Doyle Luis…

Merse's Premier Picks (link)

Sky Sports 12:03pm Wed 22 May 13

Player of the Season

Judge a man by his actions, not by his words (link)

View from the Chapel 12:37pm Sat 19 Jan 13

They say it is always best to judge a man by his actions rather than his words.

Premier League Transfer Talk (link)

Daily Telegraph 8:00am Thu 23 May 13

Transfer Talk: follow all the rumours and gossip from the Premier League.    

Premier League, Scottish Premier League, Football League & European fans' table (link)

BBC Sport 3:41am Tue 21 May 13

Interactive table shows how the level of support at your favourite football club compares with your rivals.

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