Welcome to SingaSaints  -  the Singapore Southampton FC Supporters Club!  No glory hunters, no Beckham fans, no skates!                                  "I see other clubs with bigger and better stadiums and more finances but they have not got the warmth this club has got." Gordon Strachan                                  "We may not be the best but we feel like the best. The future is red and white." SingaSaint Zul

LIBRARY Articles by journalists The Joy of Six: cracking free-kicks (the "most outrageously talented English player of all time" scores against Wimbledon) by The Guardian 101007 I may not have made the grade today - Le Tiss by The Daily Echo 091007 Bryan Robson's faith helps James Beattie (Beatts on what went wrong at Saints) by The Telegraph 290907 Best turned down 900 per cent pay rise to quit Saints by The Daily Echo 260907 On the Line - Fulham next in line for takeover (includes speculation Hong Kong businessman Carson Yeung is interested in Saints) by The Daily Mail 080907 Le Tissier: I might have left Saints if I was playing now by The Daily Echo 250807 Jones slammed for opting not to play Potters by The Daily Echo 250807 Jones drops Saints bombshell (Kenwyne Jones hands in transfer request and refuses to play for Saints) by The Daily Echo 240807 Bale sale makes Microsoft mogul reconsider Saints bid by The Daily Mail 110807 Saints Forum 2007 (listen to the annual pre-season BBC Radio Solent Saints Fans' Forum) by BBC Hampshire 090807 Absolute Saints (Saints show Argyle youngsters around St Mary's Stadium) by Plymouth Argyle official website 090807 The big sell out (about foreign ownership of football clubs in particular) by Tom Bower in The Observer 290707 What money can't buy (about ownership of football clubs in general) by David Conn in Observer Sport Monthly 290707 Executives hit back at Crouch by The Daily Echo 280707 Hone: We need at least £15m to make quantum leap of difference by The Daily Echo 270707 Saints fans lacking enthusiasm for 2007/08, claims survey by The Daily Echo 270707 Leon Crouch's statement (re sacking as Saints chairman) by The Daily Echo 230707 Crouch sacked as Saints chairman by The Daily Echo 230707 Singapore shops in Southampton by thisismoney.co.uk 170707 Police raid Pompey by The Daily Echo 160707 Stock Market announcement imminent? by The Daily Echo 160707 Saints in Sheikh (Maktoum's) sights by The Mirror 130707 "Portsmouth and Southampton is said to be particularly poisonous." Everybody Hates Leeds by Richard McCormick 100707 7 Saints players in The 50 worst footballers by Times Online 040707 Paul Allen denial sets off hysteria in Southampton by Sports Business Radio 250607 Allen denies interest in Saints by BBC Sport 250607 Gorman: Hod quitting was a rush decision by The Daily Echo 230607 Interview with Andrew Surman by FourFourTwo 030607 Brave Svensson vows to recover (from major knee surgery) by The Daily Echo 010607 Ted to be given the Sir Alf treatment (Crouch to pay for new Ted Bates statue) by The Daily Echo 290507 Saints' losses could soon be £1m a month by The Daily Echo 220507, Saints reply Burley: Jones is Saints' Drogba by The Daily Mail 110507 Alan Ball funeral photos by BBC Sport 030507 Football stars pay tribute to Alan Ball by The Daily Echo 030507 Ball funeral at Winchester Cathedral by The Daily Echo 030507 The 'Online Premiership' (Saints 18th) by Nielsen//NetRatings 010507 Microsoft boss in for Saints by The Political Economy of Football 280407 Why Microsoft billionaire is buying Saints by thisislondon.co.uk 280407 Microsoft man to bid for Southampton FC by thisismoney.co.uk 270407 Alan Ball's life in pictures by BBC Sport 250407 Football legend Alan Ball dies by The Daily Echo 250407 Lowe slams Saints board for 'failure' by The Telegraph 100407 Introducing 'Mr Jersey' - Saints' new £253,000 investor by The Daily Echo 030407 Unease grows over return of Saint Lowe by The Telegraph 020407 Saint Baird hopes to find the goal-den touch by The Belfast Telegraph 250307 Bale rides expectation and pinches himself at playing with Giggs by The Guardian 240307 'I owe Rasiak huge good beer' (interview with Marek Saganowski) by Polska Reprezentacja Pilkarska 090307 Southampton facing bleak future by The Daily Telegraph 150207 Have-nots ask the millionaires to take a share option (Football League asks the Premier League to distribute some of its TV income to less affluent clubs) by David Conn 240107 Parting message to Saints fans by Marcelo Sarmiento 200107 Worst football clubs to follow by Littlewoods Football Pools 050107 Time will tell for a dogged old hand finally enjoying his day (about Paul Telfer) by Scotland on Sunday 031206 Saints AGM - the questions and answers by The Daily Echo 291106 Crouch: I'll pay for new players - if Wilde does the same! by The Daily Echo 231106 Gareth Bale, Southampton and Wales by The Guardian 171006 Hone: We had to splash out by The Daily Echo 091006 Fellow Saints legends pitch in to help Ron Davies by The Daily Echo 071006 Saints legend Ron Davies: Does Rooney play for Chelsea? by The Daily Echo 061006 Please help Saints legend Ron Davies by Ron Davies Fundraiser 061006 Redknapp set to take legal action against the BBC (really) by The Independent 180906 Redknapp 'absolutely one million per cent innocent' (cough) by The Independent 170906 Tejera, nomadic 'golden child' at the centre of a storm by The Independent 160906 Southampton mystified by £100,000 that went missing by The Independent 160906 Southampton curtain lifts on timidity at the top by The Guardian 080906 Interview with Leon Crouch by The Lymington Times 070706 I'm going nowhere, says Sir Clive (following Wilde takeover) by sportinglife.com 030706 Lawrie makes his return (as non-executive director) by This Is The Saints 030706 Gavyn: I'm backing Wilde (former BBC chairman Gavyn Davies backs Wilde) by This Is The Saints 230606 Why I'm siding with Wilde by Lawrie McMenemy writing for The Daily Echo 240606 Lawrie's return (Big Mac to rejoin Saints as director if Wilde wins EGM) by This Is The Saints 190606 Saints united - that's the only way forward (Wilde calls EGM) by This Is The Saints 160506 Welsh star follows in Theo's footsteps by The South Wales Echo 150506 Why Harry's no Houdini (Paul Doyle sees through Harry Redknapp) by The Guardian 200406 Pompey deal to be probed by Yahoo! Sport 190406 Football league official stats: players used (Saints top table for players used) by The Football League 140406 Rupert hit for six (Corbett family back Wilde) by This Is The Saints 110406 Sherylle's back and Fit Club's Carey is a consultant (Saints consult two doctors) by This Is The Saints 060406 New investor blames Saints chief (Leon Crouch blasts Lowe and Woodward) by BBC Sport 050406, Woodward's reply 060406 Saints: It's strange why we've heard nothing... (about new major investor Sarwan Singh) by This Is The Saints 230306 Mystery as Singh buys almost 1m SLH shares (Sarwan Singh enters the takeover fray) by This Is The Saints 230306 Wilde man of St Mary's by Vital Football 250206 Wilde card may trump Lowe hand by The Mirror 250206 Southampton on bid alert after share sale by The Times 240206 My time at Southampton by Alan Shearer writing for BBC Sport 160206 Milan furious with Lowe (Mandaric vows to sue Saints) by Sky Sports 120206 Ormerod looks for new beginning by BBC Sport 070206 Lowe's high-class guide to being a low-rent chairman by Simon Jordan, chairman of Crystal Palace, writing for The Guardian 050206 Woody: What's offside? (Woodward asks Quashie to explain offside) by The Sun 040206 I don't want Trust seen as anti-Lowe (the Saints Trust is launched) by This Is The Saints 020206 Why Eriksson's exit creates new problems for England players (with references to Saints) by Graeme Le Saux writing for The Independent 010206 Saving Saints from all-time Lowe by The Daily Telegraph 250106 Pompey in dock (Pompey are charged with making an illegal approach for Harry Redknapp when he was Saints manager) by The Sun 220106 Fulham's turn to fret over rising star (after Theo's move to Arsenal) by The Independent 220106 Walcott will need luck to enhance talents in era of Boy Wonders by The Scotsman 220106 Wonder of Walcott (Simon Clifford talks about Theo) by BBC Sport 200106 A brief stay on the south coast: an interview with Simon Clifford by Patrick Murphy writing for Soccer Review 2005 271205 The great Saints fall-out by This Is The Saints 241205 Burley appointment tinged with sadness by Antti Niemi on his Icons website 231205 Profile: George Burley by The BBC last updated 030106 Bold Mandaric gives Lowe the bird by The Times 221205 Feyenoord man linked with Southampton job by The Guardian 211205 Portsmouth: Teflon Redknapp will have to stick around this time by Stephen Orford writing for Square Football 111205 Woodward signs up to SFX by The Times 091205 Saints want Harry bets probe by The Mirror 081205 Lowe delivers parting shot as Redknapp rejoins Portsmouth by The Independent 081205 Sir Bobby unsure about Sir Clive by Sky Sports 081205 Boothroyd a big Woodward fan by This Is The Saints 071205 Dan Petrescu to manage Saints? (article in Polish) by Wisla Portal 061205 Antti Niemi and Brett Ormerod say Southampton is in a mess on their respective Icons websites 061205 Simon Clifford says 'Coaches wanted to see us fail' by The Times 051205 - Woodward's response 061205 Former stars in Southampton manager frame (i.e. Le God and Franny) by FansFC 051205 Wood you believe it! (Woodward is desperate to become Saints' next boss, well according to the ahem... Sun anyway) by The Sun 051205 Inside Clive's world by The Observer 041205 Wenger: Woodward could succeed by sportinglife.com 021205 LMA would not block Woodward by League Managers Association 021205 Sir Clive says sorry and is blasted! by The League Paper 271105 Three stars up for BBC award (one of them being Theo) by BBC Sport 261105 Teddy - a man for all managers (Teddy Sheringham on Harry Redknapp) by The Sunday Telegraph 201105 Clifford bites back by Daily Mail 191105 He's young and he knows how to score goals (not Theo but Harry Ball) by This Is The Saints 171105 A whole new ball game (Woodward interview) by The Daily Telegraph 061105 All hail Sir Clive Woodward (case for Woodward at Saints) by The Guardian 011105 Time to fight fresh-meat predators by The Observer 301005 Adams eyes return (Tony Adams wants to coach Saints) by Sky Sports 201005 From school to the top in ten years (Woodward interview) by The Times 260905 Locals repaint Chelsea fan's pub (in Saints colours) by BBC News 150905 Football fans are idiots: the fans respond by The Guardian 240805 Football fans are idiots by The Guardian 180805 Matt Le Tissier webchat by Sky Sports 120805 How Clifford will take Saints back to school by International Confederation of Futebol de Salao 080805 Welcome to the wacky world of Woodward by The Daily Telegraph 260705 Going back to basics! by This Is The Saints 150705 Identikit manager (about which football managers Woodward can learn from) by BBC Sport 240605 Open meeting re Saints Trust by The Saints Trust 170605 Saints fans call for Lowe's head by sportinglife.com 070605 Kiss the badge and make them cry by The Times 030605 Celebtitty wrestling by The Sun 190505 Southampton pay price for Lowe expectations and lack of ambition by Martin Samuel writing for The Times 180505 Lowe becomes a laughing stock by Henry Winter writing for The Daily Telegraph 160505 How Lowe can Saints go? All the way, I hope by The Daily Mirror 140505 Sven's praise for Crouch by TheFA.com 120505 Saints need true believers if they are to attain salvation (Gordon Strachan comments) by The Guardian 290405 Premiership relegation odds (Saints odds on to finish bottom) by William Hill 250405 Overhead kicks bore me (German tribute to Matt Le Tissier) by 11Freunde April 2005 Tom Hark (origin of the 'Harry & Jim' song) 070405 'Finland school play on Titanic is why I'm hooked on Saints!' by This Is The Saints 090305 Osgood: the night I took home the FA Cup - and slept with it by The Independent 060305 Crouch is heading king by Sky Sports 030305 Quashie pleads innocence of Pompey crimes by The Guardian 260205 Bouncebackability! by The Times 200205 Prodigy stays loyal to Southampton by The Times 180205 Crouch aims for the heights to fill Beattie void by The Independent 060205 Sadly, the players hold all the aces by Express & Star 040205 Scummers v Skates by The Observer 230105 Redknapp: Woodward not the answer by sportinglife.com 160105 Saint Phillips on a mission for survival by The Guardian 150105 Premiership's players need to watch out - I'm ready to return (says Gordon St Rachan) by The Guardian 140105 I've no problem with what I'm doing now, but I just want to come back (says Gordon St Rachan) by The Daily Telegraph 080105 Saints alive? (North London yob on Jamie Redknapp and Calum Davenport) by JOLYON.net 040105 Nice dividends, shame about the points by This Is The Saints 030105 Jones's stock rising at Hillsborough (Kenwyne Jones pisses all over Port Vale) by The Yorkshire Post 291204 My new team are muddy marvels (Gordon St Rachan snubs skates for Soton U-11s) by The Sunday Mirror 261204 Wigley not whinging by sportinglife.com 141204 Safety-first tactics make for dull fare by The Times 131204 Harry's game offers salvation for Saints by The Times 131204 Saint Harry's sideshow to test Lowe threshold by The Independent 121204 Fergie's support for Wigley by Red Issue 071204 Sturrock named manager of month (for League One) by BBC Sport 021204 Crystal Bally (Alan Ball predicts the future) by This Is The Saints 261104 Phillips seals derby win by Sky Sports 131104 Too soon to write off Wigley (says Gordon Watson) by This Is The Saints 131104 Give Wigley five years to succeed (says Terry Paine) by This Is The Saints 131104 It was Chinese Wat-er torture for John! (supporting Saints in China) by This Is The Saints 131104 Armstrong fears for Wigley future by BBC Sport 101104 Osgood: "Wigley's best isn't good enough" by Soccer365 101104 Rupert laid bare by John May writing for BBC Sport 101104 Wig whammed by Watford (Watford 5 Saints 2 in the Carling Cup) by The Mirror 101104 Niemi honoured in homeland (Antti named Finland's player of the year) by UEFA 011104 Wallace faces his new world with dignity (Danny Wallace battles multiple sclerosis) by The Times 011104 Lowe on a mission to convert Saints by The Guardian 291004 How Saints pipped Premiership elite to sign hat-trick hero (Dexter Blackstock) by This Is The Saints 291004 Head of recruitment for Saints Academy Malcolm Elias snubs Chelsea by TEAMtalk 191004 Saints' future is looking good ... it's the present that's alarming! by This Is The Saints 181004 Beattie's Chinese battle (Beatts' bust-up with skates at Chinese restaurant) by The Sun 111004 Fernandes fined over police chase by sportinglife.com 071004 Rodrigues' cup final medal at auction by This Is Southampton 011004 EPL Asians worth their salt by The Straits Times 300904 United top of the all-time points pile (Super Saints 11th in all-time points table) by Sky Sports 210904 Premiership pitfalls for 'a nobody up from the sticks' (Paul Sturrock tells the story of his sacking) by The Guardian 190904 Teenager Theo's a hot prospect by This Is The Saints 110904 The long goodbye of a manager makes players lose their focus (Gordon Strachan on his last days at Saints) by The Guardian 030904 'Sack the board!' by This Is The Saints 260804 The boys from Brazil - then and now... (a critical look at samba soccer) by The New Paper 220804 Saints alive! (punter backs Saints at 55-1 when 2-1 down before Saints beat Blackburn 3-2) by Betfair 210804 Stur-ring must stop (Alan Ball on Luggy and player power) by This Is The Saints 170804 Keepers hauled over the Coles... by This Is The Saints 270704 Strachan draws motivation (... from Aussie sport) by The Age 010604 Final whistle (Beatts ponders life after death) by The Mail on Sunday 300504 Cash pours into football by MSN Money 260504 £24m by This Is The Saints 190504 Time for Saints to push on (Beatts exhorting Rupes to loosen the purse-strings) by BBC Sport 160504 How Danny helped to create football's greatest winning machine (tribute to Danny Wallace) by Alex Ferguson 110504 Danny deserves big day at St Mary's (tribute to Danny Wallace) by Lawrie McMenemy 010504 Premiership has ready cash for big names by The Straits Times 010504 'Bald Beckenbauer' relishing Korean challenge by Yahoo! Sport 210404 My 'crazy' times as Dell boy Danny by This Is The Saints 210404 Saints unearthed something special with diamond Danny by This Is The Saints 200404 Sturrock: Is he ready to pick two Saints teams? by This Is The Saints 140404 Paul Sturrock exclusive interview - part 2 by This Is The Saints 070404 Paul Sturrock exclusive interview - part 1 by This Is The Saints 060404 Yo could have been a Gunner! by This Is The Saints 310304 Southampton 1-0 Spurs: Welcome To The David Pleat School Of Football Management by www.spurscommunity.co.uk 270304 Niemi's pursuit of perfection ensures Southampton stay in safe hands by The Independent 270304 Naughty Fabrice by The Daily Echo 260304 Antti Niemi catches everything by Sami Hyypia writing for Sonera Plaza 160304 Penalty king Le God says, "Don't put Owen on spot!" by The Sun 160304 Sturrock uses sins of the past to achieve Sainthood by The Scotsman 140304 Wing nut (Luggy's tactics) by Sunday Herald 140304 Beatts on the box by The Independent 080304 Hoddle's lasting Saints legacy (sports psychology at Saints) by This Is The Saints 030304 Beatt retreat (Le God on Beatts' England chances) by The Sun 020304 Le Saux is making a big impact off the pitch by The Times 010304 Le Tissier's goal was always to remain loyal by The Times 270204 Editorial comment: no-one comes close to our level of information (Rupert Lowe v. Daily Echo - Part III) by This Is The Saints 230204 The inside view: a contented dressing room by The Daily Telegraph 210204 Perrin's rising chance alerts Hoddle by The Independent 150204 Saints urged not to forget about Frenchman Perrin by This Is The Saints 130204 BBC's hotshot spurns 'God' by showing true colours (about supporting two Premiership clubs) by The Independent 090204 End this offside confusion (i.e was Ruud van Nistelrooy offside scoring the winner against Saints?) by Alan Hansen writing for BBC Sport 020204 Farewell to an icon (includes a pic of Chris Marsden with hair!) by ESPN Soccernet 270104 Strachan's dig at Wenger and Houllier by The Sunday Mirror 250104 Football rivalries: the complete results by PlanetFootball 240104 Strachan's Soccer Saturday funnies by Sky Sports 220104 Strachan's departure will leave Saints under par by Ron Atkinson writing for The Guardian 160104 Arsenal are great, but Saints are a special team under Strachan, too by This Is The Saints 301203 Our greatest ever achievement... (according to Nick Holmes) by This Is The Saints 241203 Lowe the realist draws the line at high risk by The Independent 211203 Saints debutant Fitz tipped to be 'better than Rio' by This Is The Saints 191203 Tin Man: Thanks for your support by This Is The Saints 181203 Farewell Saint Ted by This Is The Saints 101203 Saints won't rush the transfer market by This Is The Saints 051203 Collision course (Rupes slams European Commission) by This Is The Saints 041203 Yawn... it's the worst ever Premiership by The Observer 301103 History in the making by BBC Sport 271103 Southampton v Portsmouth: The fans by This Is The Saints 261103 Outstaying his welcome? (a reference to Gordon Strachan) by ESPN Soccernet 261103 New contracts for Telfer, Dodd by This Is The Saints 221103 Lundekvam arets spiller (article in Norwegian about Claus Lundekvam being named Norwegian Player of the Year) by Nettavisen 101103 Griffit overcame early doubts by Sky Sports 311003 Something fishy is going on at St Mary's by The New Paper 241003 Some of the critics were hoping England would lose (Beatts talks about Saints fans, Steaua Bucharest-Saints and Turkey-England) by The Daily Telegraph 181003 Svensson: I won't change my style by Sky Sports 121003 Blayney is Irish hero by The Daily Telegraph 111003 Southampton's black footballers by BBC - Hampshire 091003 Saints learn tough lessons (from 1-1 draw with Steaua Bucharest) by BBC Sport 250903 A bad, bad move (prophecy fulfilled as Hoddle is sacked) by The Guardian 220903 Phillips keen to make up for lost years by The Independent 210903 Inspiring Strachan on tea duty by The Daily Telegraph 200903 Anders' agent in 'gossip' fury by This Is The Saints 090903 Beattie driven by Fergie by The Daily Telegraph 040903 Accounting for the small loss (explaining Saints' annual loss of £500,000) by Southampton stockbrokers Charles Stanley 040903 Higginbotham happy to play the super Saint in waiting by The Independent 310803 'United should win every year' (apparently about Man U but actually about Saints and Rupert Lowe in particular) by The Guardian 300803 Why I'm staying with Saints by James Beattie writing for BBC Sport 220803 Bruce almost had Beatt (Steve Bruce on James Beattie and Kevin Phillips) by The Sun 200803 The amazing (and probably inaccurate) Guardian Unlimited Premiership predictor by The Guardian 150803 Goodbye and good luck, Neil McCann (a Gers fan tribute) by Little Boy Blue 080803 The new Saint Le Saux has no regrets by The Guardian 080803 Curbs follows Saints lead by premierleague.com 060803 Sign of the times for McLeish (context of Neil McCann's sale by Rangers) by The Scotsman 050803 Beattie moans Bridge loss by BBC Sport 210703 Lineker backing Beattie by Sky Sports 210703 Football's elite buy up £1m villas on Gulf hideaway (our Wayne Bridge too) by The Observer 130703 Strach's training camp is hell by The Daily Record 120703 EPL agrees major changes by BBC Sport 070603 The irrepressible unpronounceable (Shev interview with Bohs) by Tony Magner 230503 Oakley has designs on building real success for Southampton by The Independent 170503 Lowe, man of providence who put Saints on a high by The Independent On Sunday 110503 Thoroughbred Saint (Mick Channon recalls Saints' 1976 FA Cup win) by The Guardian 110503 Saints must redefine ambition to complete renaissance by The Guardian 150403 Interview: Rupert Lowe by The Guardian 070403 Keep your eye on the ball (a testicular cancer charity) by Bid4Sport 060403 "I'm staggered at Beattie's exclusion" by Andy Gray 250303 Wilko and out? (slightly vulgar, very funny and just barely related to Saints) by Ready To Go 020203 The New Paper interviews Matt Le Tissier - One-way Hoddle 250103 The New Paper reports on Matt Le Tissier and David Hirst taking a training session with Singapore's U-16s - Smile, Smile, Smile 220103 Niemi's strolling it as Strach's Saints go down a storm by The Scotsman 200103 The Straits Times interviews Matt Le Tissier, Joel Stransky (rugby), Susan Devoy (squash) and Chris Fydler (swimming) - All walks of sporting life lead to golf 200103 The Straits Times interviews Matt Le Tissier - Me, Hoddle and that faith healer 180103 The Straits Times interviews Matt Le Tissier - From saintly soccer star to golf caddie 160103 TODAY interviews Matt Le Tissier - Just happy to be home 150103 It's a miracle at St Mary's by TODAY 110103 Patron Saint (Gordon Strachan about 'fitba', family and society) by Bryan Cooney writing for The Sunday Herald 050103 January sales: please buy! (the Premiership's top discards) by The Evening Standard 030103 Wilkinson tribute to Strachan by PA Sport 020103 Lowe: Saints and Spurs are pretty equal by The Evening Standard 311202 Mystic May's predictions by John 'Mystic' May writing for BBC Sport 271202 Half term reports for Saints and the (snigger) North London yobbos by The Independent 241202 Little Southampton keeps finding a way by FOX Sports World 091202 On the spot: James Beattie (possibly the frankest interview Beatts has ever given) by The Daily Telegraph 071202 Southampton shift the accent towards their future (interview with Georges Prost) by The Independent On Sunday 011202 Saints win not soured (by a whinging Arsene Wenger as Saints beat Arsenal 3-2) by The Sunday Times 251102 Southampton (everything you need to know about the team) by The Guardian 120802 Matt Le Tissier - Tribute by BBC Hampshire 290702 Hall of Fame - Matt Le Tissier (Matt is first inductee) by Fantasy League 110402