Daily Echo | Saints | Southampton FC match reports from 2003/04 season

CHARLTON 2 - SAINTS 1

2:52pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

AS the Saints players head off on their summer holidays, it's time to reflect on a season that never really delivered what it promised.

SAINTS 3 - NEWCASTLE 3

2:51pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

END OF SEASON matches - they're soooooooo boring! Perhaps somebody should have mentioned that to Saints and Newcastle last night - I'd like a few more start-of-season and middle-of-season games like that one.

SAINTS 1 - ASTON VILLA 1

2:50pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

IT'S FUNNY how quickly things can change in the world of football.

CHELSEA 4 - SAINTS 0

2:49pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

FOR MOST PEOPLE chemistry experiments were the best part of school because when they went wrong things dramatically exploded.

SAINTS 1 - BOLTON 2

2:48pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

IT'S AMAZING how so much hard work can be undone in such a short space of time.

MAN CITY 1 - SAINTS 3

2:47pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

THE 'Kevin Phillips for England' bandwagon is picking up pace - maybe Sven will be the next to jump on board.

MIDDLESBROUGH 3 - SAINTS 1

2:45pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

NO SOONER had the excited chatter of European qualification re-started then it stalled again.

WOLVES 1 - SAINTS 4

2:44pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

IF THIS game was a glimpse into the future of life under Paul Sturrock, then it's going to be a good time to be a Saints fan once again.

SAINTS 1 - SPURS 0

2:43pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

PAUL STURROCK could write a football manager's cookbook.

POMPEY 1 - SAINTS 0

2:42pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

PAUL Sturrock probably learned more about his players in 90 minutes yesterday than he has in three weeks on the training ground - and it's not all good.

SAINTS 2 - LIVERPOOL 0

2:41pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

IT'S OFTEN said that the best football managers are the lucky ones. After this game you have to think Paul Sturrock could do very well at Saints.

BLACKBURN 1 - SAINTS 1

2:40pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

WHETHER Steve Wigley is the Saints manager until the summer or a new man comes in soon, they need to get a few wins to stop a promising season slipping into obscurity.

SAINTS 3 - EVERTON 3

2:38pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

STEVE WIGLEY'S first taste of Premiership management showed just what a fine line there is between success and failure.

ARSENAL 2 - SAINTS 0

2:37pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

WHOEVER takes over, whenever that may be, following in the footsteps of Gordon Strachan will surely be a double-edged sword.

SAINTS 0 - FULHAM 0

2:36pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

KEVIN PHILLIPS is starting to produce the kind of displays Saints bought him for - and proving it's all about partnerships.

MAN UTD 3 - SAINTS 2

2:34pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

WHAT A GAME! At 1-0 United it was all over for Saints, at 2-0 United it was definitely all over, at 2-1 there was a slim chance, at 2-2 what was going on? At 3-2 United it was in the balance and, by full time, the score could have been anything.

SAINTS 1 - BAYERN MUNICH 1

2:28pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

AS FAR as Saints legends go, they don't come any bigger than Ted Bates and Francis Benali.

SAINTS 2 - LEEDS 1

2:27pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

IF EVER proof was needed that there's not a lot to choose to between the bottom and the top of the Premiership this season, then this game was it.

BIRMINGHAM CITY 2 - SAINTS 1

2:26pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

IN SOME ways, Gordon Strachan's announcement this week could lift a weight off his shoulders. If results continue like this, it could yet hasten his departure.

SAINTS 0 - LEICESTER 0

2:25pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

AFTER last night's match, Losing My Religion by REM pumped out on the St Mary's PA. Perhaps it should have been Keep the Faith.

FA CUP: SAINTS 0 - NEWCASTLE 3

2:23pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

IT MAY BE time for the January sales but Saints are desperately short of one thing money can't buy - confidence.

SAINTS 0 - ARSENAL 1

2:22pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

SOMETIMES it's not whether you lose but the manner in which you do it that can be most disappointing.

FULHAM 2 - SAINTS 0

2:21pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

CHRISTMAS cheer was rather short on the ground for Saints fans at Fulham yesterday. In fact they had nothing to cheer about.

SAINTS 3 - POMPEY 0

2:20pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

CHRISTMAS is traditionally a time for turkey and stuffing. Yesterday at St Mary's Pompey played the part of the turkey and Saints duly gave them a stuffing.

CARLING CUP: BOLTON 1 - SAINTS 0 (AET)

2:19pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

SAINTS almost pulled off a smash and grab raid at Bolton, but in the end their Cardiff return dream died.

LIVERPOOL 1 - SAINTS 2

2:17pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

THE RACE for the Barclaycard fourth place championship is hotting up - and Saints could win it.

SAINTS 3 - CHARLTON 2

2:15pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

FROM POSSIBLY the least inspiring team in the league to the most entertaining, it's been a funny old week for Saints.

SAINTS 2 - PORTSMOUTH 0

2:13pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

After seven long years without a derby, the south coast was keyed up for a real cracker - but in the end it was no contest.

ASTON VILLA 1 - SAINTS 0

2:12pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

GORDON Strachan may have committed his immediate future to Saints but he has some very serious problems to solve - most critically in midfield.

SAINTS 0 - CHELSEA 1

2:10pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

Changes in personnel, three attacking substitutions at once - a new way of playing or a final hurrah?

Tuesday 07 February 2006

2:09pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

IF only Saints could add a Jay-Jay Okocha to their squad.

SAINTS 0 - MANCHESTER CITY 2

2:07pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

THERE ARE several key things you need to do in order to hope to win a football match.

CARLING CUP: BRISTOL CITY 0 - SAINTS 3

2:06pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

THERE WAS a distinct whiff of nostalgia in the air at Saints' Carling Cup win at Ashton Gate last night.

SAINTS 2 - BLACKBURN 0

2:05pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

THAT OLD footballing adage 'a game of two halves' might well have been coined with this match in mind.

EVERTON 0 - SAINTS 0

2:03pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

IT WAS a case of close but no cigar once again as Saints always looked the more likely against Everton but again failed to find that killer touch.

STEAUA 1 - SAINTS 0

2:02pm Tuesday 30th May 2006

Southampton's first European adventure for 19 years came to an abrupt end last night.

NEWCASTLE 1 - SAINTS 0

11:37am Tuesday 30th May 2006

IT was billed as the sorcerer versus the apprentice. And, with his 250th league goal and his sixth already this season, Alan Shearer proved he can still cast a spell over even the meanest of Premiership defences.

SAINTS 0 - MIDDLESBROUGH 1

11:32am Tuesday 30th May 2006

KEVIN PHILLIPS' dismissal will naturally attract the spotlight, but it should not deflect from what really ended Saints' unbeaten start to the season.

UEFA CUP: SAINTS 1 - STEAUA 1

11:29am Tuesday 30th May 2006

AT HALF-TIME last night the Happy Mondays were blaring out of the St Mary's PA system singing "You're twisting my melon, man." It seemed quite apt.

TOTTENHAM 1 - SAINTS 3

11:27am Tuesday 30th May 2006

THIS WAS the day when Saints fans could finally bury their animosity for Glenn Hoddle, because this was the day Saints proved to him they are better off without him.

SAINTS 2 - WOLVES 0

12:14pm Monday 22nd May 2006

AFTER beating Manchester United even another win can still feel like a comedown - but make no mistake, these three points against Wolves were probably more important.

SAINTS 1 - MANCHESTER UTD 0

12:12pm Monday 22nd May 2006

It may not have had the excitement of the 6-3, it may not have had the shirt changing of the 3-1, it may not have had more than one goal but yesterday's 1-0 win was as special as any of Saints' famous home victories against Manchester United over the years.

LEEDS UNITED 0 SAINTS 0

12:11pm Monday 22nd May 2006

Football teams can't always play brilliantly but the sign of a good one is that when they don't, they're still hard to beat. That's why Saints are a good team.

SAINTS 0 - BIRMINGHAM 0

12:09pm Monday 22nd May 2006

THE slogan on the matchday programme promised 'Red Hot Saints', yet there was something rather sub-zero about much of Saturday's performance.

SAINTS 1 - PARMA 0

12:07pm Monday 22nd May 2006

The heat took its toll as Saints finished off their pre-season friendly programme with an energy-sapping 1-0 win over Parma.

REDS 2 - YELLOWS 3

12:05pm Monday 22nd May 2006

THERE was no doubting the highlight for the 6,000-plus Saints fans who turned up at St Mary's for last night's inter-squad friendly.

MILLWALL 2 - SAINTS 2

12:04pm Monday 22nd May 2006

Fitz Hall scored his first goal for Saints yesterday as they battled out a 2-2 draw with Millwall in the August heat.

Reading 2 Saints 3

11:51am Monday 22nd May 2006

Midfield goals offer reason to be cheerful Saints' 3-2 friendly win over Reading last night proved what goals from midfield can do.

HALMSTADS BK 2 - SAINTS 1

11:50am Monday 22nd May 2006

Saints boss Gordon Strachan wasn't at Halmstads last night to watch his side lose their final pre-season tour match 2-1, but the reports that have no doubt filtered back to him will contain mixed reviews.

IFK VARNAMO 1 - SAINTS 2

11:46am Monday 22nd May 2006

Even the freak thunderstorm and torrential downpour which saw this game abandoned four minutes from the end couldn't dampen the thought that Saints need a new striker.

JONKOPING SODRA 0 - SAINTS 4

11:43am Monday 22nd May 2006

Tuesday 07 February 2006 Saints kicked-off their preparations for the new season with a polished performance and a 4-0 win over Jonkoping Sodra.