Top 69 Southampton Quotes & Sayings
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Last updated on December 18, 2024.
I never had any feelings of hate towards the Southampton fans - they helped me and of course, they made some good business.
As a child, I had lived many years in Southampton and sang in the choir of the Dune Church.
I could have stayed at Southampton until I retired and finished my career there.
Alan Pardew brought me to Southampton and was a great influence and then we had consecutive promotions under Nigel Adkins.
Southampton is my last job. I might have said it before, but this time, I really mean it.
People at school used to assume I was going to be a footballer, and it wasn't until I got to 16, when I was at Southampton, that I had a doubt for the first time in my life. Southampton said I wasn't big enough, but it was just because I hadn't grown. Simple as that.
Full compliments to everybody in Southampton because the support of the fans was amazing and the spirit and the belief of the players, it's very enjoyable for the manager.
I don't think I was ready for the Premier League until I was 24 at Southampton.
They have a choice as a club. They don't have to sell. Maybe Southampton's objectives have changed. They were looking to be a Champions League club, I believe. They obviously wanted to change... I don't have sympathy, no.
Making my debut at Man City, playing with my brother, that was a high point and was amazing. Going to Charlton and winning the League One championship. Even when I was at Southampton, my first year there I really enjoyed it.
I grew up in Southampton. My mum was a shop assistant; my dad was a carpenter. They broke up when I was eight.
I'd just like to thank everyone at Southampton for what they've done for me.
I think it is also good for my development, playing in a team like Southampton at right-back where sometimes you're going to be under pressure and be one-v-one with the best players in the world, let alone the League.
In any game, you have to work to stay in it, especially away against a good team like Southampton. It's a fantastic club and one I've said on a few occasions Cardiff City would do well to emulate, both on and off the field.
I was with Luke Shaw at Southampton. He's a very strong boy. He's had a horrific leg injury. You don't come back from that without being mentally and physically strong.
I think Southampton will finish above teams that are well below them.
My playing career that was a bit up but mostly down. I played in the Premier League at Southampton but most of my career was in the lower divisions.
Having spent many summers in Southampton as a New Yorker, and as someone whose family has a place in Newport, I have a strong affinity for each place.
I'm enjoying the Premier League; I'm enjoying playing for Southampton - I love the club, and I love the supporters.
The players know what they have with Southampton, what they can expect from us, and that's the main part.
I had been released by Southampton and was back playing Sunday League football when I signed for Bournemouth. I grew to love the club.
The summer after college, I got a job as a chef at Conscience Point Inn in Southampton. I spent the summer on the water and cemented my expertise with seafood. I've always gravitated toward places that do seafood.
At Southampton, my dad was the academy coach at under-11 level.
I had offers from Celtic and Southampton as well.
Southampton have always been at the top, apart from the seasons when they weren't.
Oddly enough, my mother was born in Southampton. I have roots in Southampton, Bridgehampton, Sag Harbor. My grandfather, her father, Stefano Rullo, when he came from Naples, he went to Pennsylvania and worked coal mines.
I was 17 when Arsene Wenger gave me my first Premier League start for Arsenal against Southampton and I was very immature when I was playing.
I will always love Southampton. I had a great time down there.
I had a great time at Southampton and will always be thankful for that.
Football-wise, I help with my 12-year-old and his team, and I play football on a Friday with my mates and that's about it. I always look out for results at Rovers and Southampton mainly, and I go and watch Liverpool when I can.
And Brighton have beaten Southampton 4-2 which is exactly the same result as last year when they won 3-1
Southampton's barrage balloons floated gleaming in the moonlight like the ghosts of elephants and hippos.
I have a wonderful flat in Southampton and sometimes after games I have friends and family round and we have very nice evenings - especially after wins.
We have fabulous fans who are with the club 24 hours a day. It is something special to be playing for Southampton.
I am happy that I can go to Tottenham but want to thank Southampton and coach Ronald Koeman.
It annoys me a great deal when people accuse me of not having any ambition because I've stayed at Southampton all these years. You can't get more ambitious than to aim to play for England, can you?
I like to be important for the team. That's it: to try and help my team Southampton to give fans pleasure to enjoy.
My husband, Steve Hamilton - an actor/producer and co-Director of the Southampton Playwriting Conference - and I had been working in the theatre in New York for many years.
When Southampton showed interest it was hard for me to turn down a club that has proven to be a great place for young players to grow and get given the opportunity to show a bigger audience that they are ready.
We do not want to be giving quality sides such as Southampton, Palace, Norwich and the rest eight or nine points start and expect to get back up with them.
I really want to go to a club that really wants me. Southampton gave me that opportunity, and it paid off, I think.
When I left Leipzig I was thinking about my next step, and I want to stand in front of a new team, new language, to get developed personally and in my view of football. That's why I made the decision to come to Southampton.
When I have extra time I just go out to the Hamptons. I have a house in Southampton I go out to as much as I possibly can.
I'm from Southampton.
I enjoyed English football from day one when I was with Southampton.
Maybe there is some regret with how I left Southampton.
I have a very similar connection with Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool as I had earlier with Ronald Koeman at Southampton.
I think back, when I saw The Great Gatsby, the film, my grandfather probably helped supply all the alcohol to all these Southampton parties, back then.
I started going training with Southampton, and they were selecting the team for the under-9s. I did a six-week trial and got in. I was quite lucky to play at a good standard from a very young age.
Southampton is the most beautiful city in England, and everything is great.
Southampton is for sporting rich; Bridgehampton is for nearly rich; East Hampton is for the very rich.
I was quite small as a lad compared to everyone else so I didn't stand a chance at Southampton. They told me one day that they weren't interested so I moved on. I just went away and enjoyed my football.
I had a good contract at Southampton, the managers in the Premier League are very well paid, but in football you need ambition.
Everything I heard about Southampton was nice, and I know that they want to play good football.
I plan to go to college in Southampton, a fishery studies college. Again, my brother was down there about two years ago and he said it was great, so I'm looking forward to that.
Southampton have all the advantages to create good players; when you compare it to Serbia, Southampton has the better facilities. They can produce a player who is much more ready.
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I remember the chief executive at Southampton after Nicola Cortese thanking me for the platform I left them. That recognition is always nice. That's like winning a trophy for me.
I was not happy when we lost Morgan Schneiderlin, Nat Clyne and other players of that quality at Southampton.
A coach was managing the Newbury team, and he wanted me to play for his local team, and from there, I did it at district level, and then I got picked for Southampton.
