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Days Like These

 

So why would a book on Southampton FC involve Hitler, Charlie Chaplin the IRA, a woman who had her throat slit while sleeping with her baby and Winston Churchill?

For that matter, what have the Saints got in common with badly-fitting false teeth, lost spectacles, fire crackers and tea-towel holders? And while we are about it, why did a Southampton player decide to chop off half his little finger (and no, we are not talking about Charlie George's unfortunate accident with his lawn-mower)?

All is revealed in this book on the Saints that looks back at quirky trivia, strange coincidences, record-breaking feats and just plain bizarre stories that have taken place over the last 132 years, from the club's inception right up to and including the 2016-17 season.

Most of the tales inside this book have never been told or are long forgotten. Some are very recent. Others have come to light while researching the club's history. There was the Saint who rescued Real Madrid, the day the Saints beat an international side in their own back-yard, while Rickie Lambert went one step further than walking on water.

Why did the Irish stretcher bearers cause so much hilarity at a Saints game and what about the ref who officiated while sitting in the stands, not to mention the time a Saints forward was denied a goal because of a drain? And why did Ted Bates, Southampton's manager, offer to join a local 60s pop band?

Intrigued? It's all laid out on a day-by-day basis, illustrated by hundreds of unseen photos, resulting in the sort of book that once picked up won't be put down. Not in a hurry, anyway.


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Consult the full list of the Saints' post-war penalty-takers - an appendix to this book's six-page salute to Penalty Kings, Matt Le Tissier and Rickie Lambert. (This will open in a new tab.)

 

 

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