The view from England

Reasons for optimism at Southampton

December 16, 2011
By Kevin Palmer
(Archive)
As Southampton were relegated to the third tier of English league football in April 2009, it seemed as though a club that had rubbed shoulders with the great and good of the game for several generations were about to be consigned to the waste bin of sporting history.

Financially crippled and destined to start life in League One with a ten-point penalty handed to them by the game's authorities following their dip into administration, the club that reached the FA Cup final just six years ...

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