Saints On This Day

Southampton matches on this day in history, every day of the year. The good, the bad, and the ugly

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#OnThisDay in 2004, goals from Kevin Phillips, Anders Svensson and James Beattie earned Saints a 3-2 win over Blackburn

It was a notable game as Andy D'Urso gave Barry Ferguson two yellow cards without sending him off, and for the subsequent sacking of Sturrock #saintsfc #rovers

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#OnThisDay in 2004, #SaintsFC came from behind to win 3-2 against #Rovers at St Mary's:

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#OnThisDay in 2010, Rickie Lambert scored a free-kick in a 1-1 draw against Leyton Orient #saintsfc #lofc

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Ali Dia, the Premier League’s most famous grifter, is 57 today.

Here’s Graeme Souness talking up his new signing, and the nice chat he had with pal George Weah.

What days. What incredible days.

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#OnThisDay in 2005, Nigel Quashie's penalty earned Saints a 1-0 win over Norwich #saintsfc #ncfc

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#OnThisDay in 2011, Guly Do Prado scored the only goal of the game in a 1-0 win over Millwall #saintsfc #millwall

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#OnThisDay in 2015, Jay Rodriguez's penalty rescued Saints in a 1-1 draw at home to Danish team FC Midtjylland #saintsfc

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Happy 36th Birthday to Andrew Surman #saintsfc

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Happy 57th Birthday to former player Ali Dia #saintsfc

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🎂 Happy 29th Birthday to Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain #saintsfc @Alex_OxChambo

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Happy 57th Birthday to former player Paul Rideout

His place in Southampton history sadly came as an opposition player when he scored a hat-trick in our infamous 4-3 loss to Tranmere Rovers #saintsfc

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#OnThisDay in 2013, on his first ever appearance in an England shirt, Southampton's Rickie Lambert scores the winner in a 3-2 win over Gordon Strachan's Scotland #saintsfc #england #scotland

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#OnThisDay in 2021, @AdamArma9 scores on his debut for Southampton against Everton in a 3-1 defeat #saintsfc #efc

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#OnThisDay in 2005, Southampton picked up their first win since relegation with a 1-0 win over Paul Sturrock's Sheffield Wednesday.

Kenwyne Jones scored the winner #saintsfc #swfc

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#OnThisDay in 2011, David Connolly scored the only goal in a 1-0 win away to Barnsley #saintsfc #barnsleyfc

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#OnThisDay in 2016, the Claude Puel era began with a 1-1 draw at home to Watford

On his debut, Nathan Redmond scored for the Saints #saintsfc #watfordfc

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Happy 52nd Birthday to former striker Alan Shearer #saintsfc @alanshearer

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Happy 35th Birthday to Dany N'Guessan #saintsfc

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#OnThisDay in 2009, Rickie Lambert scored on his debut in a 2-0 win in the League Cup over Northampton Town #saintsfc #ntfc

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One down, 116 to go 😅

#OnThisDay in 2009, Rickie Lambert scored the first of his MANY goals for #SaintsFC! 😍

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#OnThisDay in 2007 Southampton suffered a horrific start to the season with a 4-1 home defeat to Crystal Palace #saintsfc #cpfc

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Happy 48th Birthday to Neil McCann #saintsfc