📣 Sinclair Armstrong joined Turkish side Göztepe for an undisclosed fee.
The club thank Sinclair for his contributions in a City shirt and wish him all the best for the future.
Find 2 things odd:
1. #itfc fans think we’re better option than #ffc - established Prem side in SW London + we’ve seen how quickly stock fall with relegation
2. #ffc fans who don’t want him. Chance to get mngr that may be top tier. You’re not getting top tier mngr that’s proven
@SouthamptonFC Why wouldn’t you lot sack him? IMO 5% chance it’s a case of a second chance etc, and 95% chance those higher up were fully aware so now can’t sack him for it. If someone was booking hotels and flights for random trips to Boro midweek before a game, the higher powers would know
🚨 The League Arbitration Panel's full written reasons on #SaintsFC spying on Ipswich Town in April:
"The Club was scheduled to play Ipswich in a home fixture on the evening of 28 April 2026. In preparation, Ipswich trained at Eastleigh Football Club (“Eastleigh”) prior to the match. The evidence before the Commission was that Southampton and Eastleigh had a close working relationship.
"Mr Eckert’s evidence before the Commission was that he had understood that someone from Eastleigh had sent CCTV footage of the Ipswich training session to someone at Southampton, the existence of which he (Mr Eckert) knew only a couple of hours before kick-off. After a short while, he asked for it to be switched off, so he could concentrate on the pre-match meeting. He said the footage showed nothing of influence, and he made no alterations to the match preparations which were in any event complete by that time.
"However, it was Analyst 1’s evidence that the Assistant Coach (one of Southampton’s First Team Coaches) told him that Mr Eckert had said at an earlier match preparation meeting that “someone should go to Eastleigh to look at Ipswich”; and the Junior Analyst Intern said he was approached by the Assistant Coach to go to Eastleigh to watch Ipswich “as the boss is adamant that someone needs to go”. The Junior Analyst Intern felt uncomfortable doing this and said, “No”, and no further pressure was applied for him to go.
"Analyst 1 also felt uncomfortable: he said in his evidence that he grouped himself with the younger members of the analysis team who were being pressurised into carrying out observations, and he felt pressurised himself. Furthermore, at the time of the Ipswich match, he was attending a UEFA Coaching Course. So, he did not go to observe the Ipswich training session either. But Analyst 2 called him when he was at that course, saying the coaches were insistent that someone should go to Eastleigh, and Analyst 1 called an Academy Analyst Intern who had worked with Eastleigh before, and he said he would go. Analyst 1 asked that he be provided with Eastleigh kit and a legend, i.e. what his supposed “role” was at Eastleigh.
"The Junior Analyst duly went to Eastleigh and observed the training sessions. Someone at Eastleigh video recorded the whole session on the morning of the match, this was sent to Southampton. From that footage, the Club was able to predict the exact Ipswich team for the fixture."
@garyslade1987 1. No one can persuade me they wouldn't have noticed some random bloke lurking in their clobber, and/or that they didn't provide it to them
Put the ball down. Take a few steps back. Run up. Hit it.
I will never understand these stupid run ups. It’s a hill I’ll die on. #champi̇onsleague#psgars
@emmakennytv Just checking - do you realise Amaaz has been convicted of assaulting the two female PCs and a member of the public, and this was just in relation to PC Marsden?
@CPhilpOfficial Whilst I would naturally agree, isn’t this slight misinformation? Reading a lot of others saying they’ve already been convicted of a load of stuff in relation to it and this was just a specific charge
A lot of misinformation about this Manchester airport attacks trial. I saw stories/tweets & was astonished they’d got off, what none of the stories/tweets made clear is they’ve already been convicted of a load of charges in relation to the attack & this was just a part of it!
Guess that’s a lesson to us all not to be so harsh on these young superstars that burst on to the scene. Littler seemed a cocky tw*t mid season but was actually someone struggling and likely insecure. Probably do him some good to show that side long term, and a great performance!