Jermaine Wright is hoping for a fairytale ending to the "biggest game of his career" tomorrow.
The 32-year-old suffered relegation from the Premiership on the final day with George Burley's Ipswich in 2002.
However, he said the pain of that would pale into insignificance compared to the embarrassment of dropping into League One.
That is a black mark Wright has no intention of seeing forever etched onto his footballing CV.
"It's the biggest game of my career and, as players, we have just got to stay focused," he said. "I got relegated with Ipswich from the Premiership, but that's a different scenario.
"We shouldn't be where we are. With Ipswich we were expected to be relegated.
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"It all comes down to one game - our season depends on one game. We're at home, it's a sell out, everything's in place for a fairytale ending."
But Wright believes the players can take heart from their display in the 1-1 draw at West Brom on Monday, ahead of the Sheffield United game.
"It's the biggest game of the season," he said. "Monday night was the biggest and now it's turned to Sunday.
"We've given ourselves a bit of a chance with the result at West Brom.
"We should have got the points in the bag earlier, but we've given ourselves a fighting chance to get out of it.
"We know we're relying on other results, but if we win our game all the others have got to win theirs."
Wright said the fans will be crucial to the side's chances of success tomorrow.
"We need them, they will be like a 12th man to us," he said.
"It's a sell out and they were unbelievable at West Brom on Monday.
"They've been good all season and they've been through a lot, so hopefully we can give them something on the last day and we can all go home happy."
Full story and nine pages of Saints news and views and big match previews in today's Daily Echo.
Jermaine Wright gets his wish for a "fairytale ending" as Sheffield Utd field the following line up.
GK Snow White
Back four and midfield three The seven dwarves.
Front three Pinocchio, Bambi & Shrek.
Match report to follow.
Saints take an early lead as Dopey handles in the penalty area. Surman takes 1-0.
Sheffield utd hit back with their own penalty after Bambi goes over as if on ice. Doc hits a soft penalty that looks to be covered by Wright until a nasal explosion from Sneezy causes the ball to veer to the opposite side of the goal. 1-1
Just before half time disaster strikes as Shrek whips in a cross and Pinocchio gets a nose to it to steer it wide of a despairing Richard Wright. 1-2
HT Saints 1 Sheffield Utd 2
Sheff Utd are forced to make a substitution after Snow White chokes on her half time apple. She is replaced by Nemo.
Saints pile on the pressure and whip plenty of early balls into the Sheff box where Nemo is left floundering. From one of these crosses the ball hits the hapless Dopey on the back of the head and Nemo is nowhere to be found as the ball trickles into the corner of the goal. 2-2.
Despite endless pressure Saints allow countless chances to go begging and are almost caught out when Sheff break through with an early ball from Grumpy releasing Sleepy through the middle. Fortunately Sleepy took too much time on the ball and was caught napping by the ever alert Darren Powell, who was playing with the treatment couch strapped to his back, to save him having to get on it at the end of the game.
With just seconds to go Sheff sent on their final two substitutes, replacing Shrek with Dick Dastardly, and replacing Dopey at the back with the Ginger Bread Man.
This proved to be Sheffield's undoing as a long ball through the middle put the Ginger Bread Man under pressure from Stern John and the Sheffield player crumbled, leaving John with the apparently simple task of slipping the ball past Nemo. Nemo got both fins to the ball but such was the power in the shot that both ball and fish ended up in the net. 3-2 Saints.
Saints had one last scare to deal with, in injury time when Dick Dastardly burst clear of a static Saints back four. With the goal at his mercy Dastardly stopped and rigged up a booby trap for the backward rushing defenders, three of whom duly fell for it, with the other being too slow to fall for it. Dastardly then continued towards goal and just as he pulled back his right foot to shoot the referee, M. Le Tissier from Guernsey, blew the whistle for full time.
Saints had won and with other results going their way were safe from relegation.
And they all lived happily ever after, well they did until the evil Baron Hardup re took control of the club at the EGM
Jermaine Wright gets his wish for a "fairytale ending" as Sheffield Utd field the following line up.
GK Snow White
Back four and midfield three The seven dwarves.
Front three Pinocchio, Bambi & Shrek.
Match report to follow.
Saints take an early lead as Dopey handles in the penalty area. Surman takes 1-0.
Sheffield utd hit back with their own penalty after Bambi goes over as if on ice. Doc hits a soft penalty that looks to be covered by Wright until a nasal explosion from Sneezy causes the ball to veer to the opposite side of the goal. 1-1
Just before half time disaster strikes as Shrek whips in a cross and Pinocchio gets a nose to it to steer it wide of a despairing Richard Wright. 1-2
HT Saints 1 Sheffield Utd 2
Sheff Utd are forced to make a substitution after Snow White chokes on her half time apple. She is replaced by Nemo.
Saints pile on the pressure and whip plenty of early balls into the Sheff box where Nemo is left floundering. From one of these crosses the ball hits the hapless Dopey on the back of the head and Nemo is nowhere to be found as the ball trickles into the corner of the goal. 2-2.
Despite endless pressure Saints allow countless chances to go begging and are almost caught out when Sheff break through with an early ball from Grumpy releasing Sleepy through the middle. Fortunately Sleepy took too much time on the ball and was caught napping by the ever alert Darren Powell, who was playing with the treatment couch strapped to his back, to save him having to get on it at the end of the game.
With just seconds to go Sheff sent on their final two substitutes, replacing Shrek with Dick Dastardly, and replacing Dopey at the back with the Ginger Bread Man.
This proved to be Sheffield's undoing as a long ball through the middle put the Ginger Bread Man under pressure from Stern John and the Sheffield player crumbled, leaving John with the apparently simple task of slipping the ball past Nemo. Nemo got both fins to the ball but such was the power in the shot that both ball and fish ended up in the net. 3-2 Saints.
Saints had one last scare to deal with, in injury time when Dick Dastardly burst clear of a static Saints back four. With the goal at his mercy Dastardly stopped and rigged up a booby trap for the backward rushing defenders, three of whom duly fell for it, with the other being too slow to fall for it. Dastardly then continued towards goal and just as he pulled back his right foot to shoot the referee, M. Le Tissier from Guernsey, blew the whistle for full time.
Saints had won and with other results going their way were safe from relegation.
And they all lived happily ever after, well they did until the evil Baron Hardup re took control of the club at the EGM
[quote][bold]crew657[/bold] wrote:
we had rain we had sun
we scummers just for fun
we had sun we had rain
we beat the scum again[/quote] I think you must be the most stupid person to ever post on this site. You have my pity.
crew657 wrote:
we had rain we had sun
we scummers just for fun
we had sun we had rain
we beat the scum again
I think you must be the most stupid person to ever post on this site. You have my pity.
Posted by: island saint, Isle of Wight on 8:40pm Sat 3 May 08
[quote][bold]george[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]crew657[/bold] wrote: we had rain we had sun we scummers just for fun we had sun we had rain we beat the scum again[/quote] I think you must be the most stupid person to ever post on this site. You have my pity.[/quote] Right on george, what a prat, why he doesn't go and do something more intelligent. Oh right, his little song is the best his tiny brain can manage.
Up the Saints, The only [bold]TEAM[/bold] in the South.
george wrote:
crew657 wrote: we had rain we had sun we scummers just for fun we had sun we had rain we beat the scum again
I think you must be the most stupid person to ever post on this site. You have my pity.
Right on george, what a prat, why he doesn't go and do something more intelligent. Oh right, his little song is the best his tiny brain can manage.
We'd better watch out! He reckons he'll be at the match tomorrow to celebrate us getting relegated. So look out for a neanderthal with his knuckles dragging along the ground! Do not approach him cos, as he says, he's "really hard!" Best call the SAS![italic]italic[/italic]
We'd better watch out! He reckons he'll be at the match tomorrow to celebrate us getting relegated. So look out for a neanderthal with his knuckles dragging along the ground! Do not approach him cos, as he says, he's "really hard!" Best call the SAS!
[quote][bold]Tony[/bold] wrote:
We'd better watch out! He reckons he'll be at the match tomorrow to celebrate us getting relegated. So look out for a neanderthal with his knuckles dragging along the ground! Do not approach him cos, as he says, he's "really hard!" Best call the SAS![italic]italic[/italic] [/quote] No, look out for a spotty, inbred 14 yr old cyber warrior **** who thinks he's hard cos he once saw a Bruce Lee film and read a Battle comic!
Tony wrote:
We'd better watch out! He reckons he'll be at the match tomorrow to celebrate us getting relegated. So look out for a neanderthal with his knuckles dragging along the ground! Do not approach him cos, as he says, he's "really hard!" Best call the SAS!
No, look out for a spotty, inbred 14 yr old cyber warrior **** who thinks he's hard cos he once saw a Bruce Lee film and read a Battle comic!
Posted by: island saint, Isle of Wight on 9:38am Sun 4 May 08
[quote][bold]dave[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]Tony[/bold] wrote: We'd better watch out! He reckons he'll be at the match tomorrow to celebrate us getting relegated. So look out for a neanderthal with his knuckles dragging along the ground! Do not approach him cos, as he says, he's "really hard!" Best call the SAS![italic]italic[/italic] [/quote] No, look out for a spotty, inbred 14 yr old cyber warrior **** who thinks he's hard cos he once saw a Bruce Lee film and read a Battle comic![/quote] Whats up, if we see him, dont call the SAS, call the girl guides, although might not be a fair fight! Real support for your club, shall I travel away to see them play, no, I'll go to the club I hate most and watch them get relegated. What a sad little tosser who knows nothing about football, well he is a skake fan, well nearly, he knows the play in portsmouth!
dave wrote:
Tony wrote: We'd better watch out! He reckons he'll be at the match tomorrow to celebrate us getting relegated. So look out for a neanderthal with his knuckles dragging along the ground! Do not approach him cos, as he says, he's "really hard!" Best call the SAS!
No, look out for a spotty, inbred 14 yr old cyber warrior **** who thinks he's hard cos he once saw a Bruce Lee film and read a Battle comic!
Whats up, if we see him, dont call the SAS, call the girl guides, although might not be a fair fight! Real support for your club, shall I travel away to see them play, no, I'll go to the club I hate most and watch them get relegated. What a sad little tosser who knows nothing about football, well he is a skake fan, well nearly, he knows the play in portsmouth!
Posted by: Sparsigns, Fair Oak on 10:49am Sun 4 May 08
Jermaine Wright gets his wish for a "fairytale ending" as Sheffield Utd field the following line up.
GK Snow White
Back four and midfield three The seven dwarves.
Front three Pinocchio, Bambi & Shrek.
Match report to follow.
Saints take an early lead as Dopey handles in the penalty area. Surman takes 1-0.
Sheffield utd hit back with their own penalty after Bambi goes over as if on ice. Doc hits a soft penalty that looks to be covered by Wright until a nasal explosion from Sneezy causes the ball to veer to the opposite side of the goal. 1-1
Just before half time disaster strikes as Shrek whips in a cross and Pinocchio gets a nose to it to steer it wide of a despairing Richard Wright. 1-2
HT Saints 1 Sheffield Utd 2
Sheff Utd are forced to make a substitution after Snow White chokes on her half time apple. She is replaced by Nemo.
Saints pile on the pressure and whip plenty of early balls into the Sheff box where Nemo is left floundering. From one of these crosses the ball hits the hapless Dopey on the back of the head and Nemo is nowhere to be found as the ball trickles into the corner of the goal. 2-2.
Despite endless pressure Saints allow countless chances to go begging and are almost caught out when Sheff break through with an early ball from Grumpy releasing Sleepy through the middle. Fortunately Sleepy took too much time on the ball and was caught napping by the ever alert Darren Powell, who was playing with the treatment couch strapped to his back, to save him having to get on it at the end of the game.
With just seconds to go Sheff sent on their final two substitutes, replacing Shrek with Dick Dastardly, and replacing Dopey at the back with the Ginger Bread Man.
This proved to be Sheffield's undoing as a long ball through the middle put the Ginger Bread Man under pressure from Stern John and the Sheffield player crumbled, leaving John with the apparently simple task of slipping the ball past Nemo. Nemo got both fins to the ball but such was the power in the shot that both ball and fish ended up in the net. 3-2 Saints.
Saints had one last scare to deal with, in injury time when Dick Dastardly burst clear of a static Saints back four. With the goal at his mercy Dastardly stopped and rigged up a booby trap for the backward rushing defenders, three of whom duly fell for it, with the other being too slow to fall for it. Dastardly then continued towards goal and just as he pulled back his right foot to shoot the referee, M. Le Tissier from Guernsey, blew the whistle for full time.
Saints had won and with other results going their way were safe from relegation.
And they all lived happily ever after, well they did until the evil Baron Hardup re took control of the club at the EGM
This is funniest thing I have read on this site for ages(sad innit)Is there any chance of a job for him writing for the Echo!!?
Jermaine Wright gets his wish for a "fairytale ending" as Sheffield Utd field the following line up.
GK Snow White
Back four and midfield three The seven dwarves.
Front three Pinocchio, Bambi & Shrek.
Match report to follow.
Saints take an early lead as Dopey handles in the penalty area. Surman takes 1-0.
Sheffield utd hit back with their own penalty after Bambi goes over as if on ice. Doc hits a soft penalty that looks to be covered by Wright until a nasal explosion from Sneezy causes the ball to veer to the opposite side of the goal. 1-1
Just before half time disaster strikes as Shrek whips in a cross and Pinocchio gets a nose to it to steer it wide of a despairing Richard Wright. 1-2
HT Saints 1 Sheffield Utd 2
Sheff Utd are forced to make a substitution after Snow White chokes on her half time apple. She is replaced by Nemo.
Saints pile on the pressure and whip plenty of early balls into the Sheff box where Nemo is left floundering. From one of these crosses the ball hits the hapless Dopey on the back of the head and Nemo is nowhere to be found as the ball trickles into the corner of the goal. 2-2.
Despite endless pressure Saints allow countless chances to go begging and are almost caught out when Sheff break through with an early ball from Grumpy releasing Sleepy through the middle. Fortunately Sleepy took too much time on the ball and was caught napping by the ever alert Darren Powell, who was playing with the treatment couch strapped to his back, to save him having to get on it at the end of the game.
With just seconds to go Sheff sent on their final two substitutes, replacing Shrek with Dick Dastardly, and replacing Dopey at the back with the Ginger Bread Man.
This proved to be Sheffield's undoing as a long ball through the middle put the Ginger Bread Man under pressure from Stern John and the Sheffield player crumbled, leaving John with the apparently simple task of slipping the ball past Nemo. Nemo got both fins to the ball but such was the power in the shot that both ball and fish ended up in the net. 3-2 Saints.
Saints had one last scare to deal with, in injury time when Dick Dastardly burst clear of a static Saints back four. With the goal at his mercy Dastardly stopped and rigged up a booby trap for the backward rushing defenders, three of whom duly fell for it, with the other being too slow to fall for it. Dastardly then continued towards goal and just as he pulled back his right foot to shoot the referee, M. Le Tissier from Guernsey, blew the whistle for full time.
Saints had won and with other results going their way were safe from relegation.
And they all lived happily ever after, well they did until the evil Baron Hardup re took control of the club at the EGM
This is funniest thing I have read on this site for ages(sad innit)Is there any chance of a job for him writing for the Echo!!?
Posted by: WhiteleySaint, Whiteley on 11:28am Sun 4 May 08
[quote][bold]crew657[/bold] wrote:
we had rain we had sun we scummers just for fun we had sun we had rain we beat the scum again[/quote] In the 2005 season when we were relegated we played you three times, we won twice. Check your facts next time.
Now go and buy your big silk flag for the Johnsons Paint "lets draw lots of little clubs or get the ref to ignore clear penalties & handballs" Cup Final!
crew657 wrote:
we had rain we had sun we scummers just for fun we had sun we had rain we beat the scum again
In the 2005 season when we were relegated we played you three times, we won twice. Check your facts next time.
Now go and buy your big silk flag for the Johnsons Paint "lets draw lots of little clubs or get the ref to ignore clear penalties & handballs" Cup Final!
Posted by: Cinderella, Fairytale Land on 11:35am Sun 4 May 08
Coming 4th bottom in the second division will be a true fairytale to me. It is good to see Jermaine has experience in these situations. Shame they all ended in relegation. Maybe because we have players who think escaping relegation on the last day of the season i a fairytale is the reason we are stuck here.
Coming 4th bottom in the second division will be a true fairytale to me. It is good to see Jermaine has experience in these situations. Shame they all ended in relegation. Maybe because we have players who think escaping relegation on the last day of the season i a fairytale is the reason we are stuck here.
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