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The Saints FC Podcast. A podcast by John Bailey, Tom Parker and friends to discuss all things Southampton FC. Ocassionally joined by ex-Saints and legends, each show will have comment on the current state of play at Southampton Football Club and interviews with some of the Southampton greats!
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Tom and John return to the microphones for a rare outing to discuss this weird new feeling that is linked to being a Southampton FC fan.
Are the Saints making us feel good for a change?
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John and Tom decide to stomach the topic of Saints one more time this season. We reflect on the multitude of different things that Saints got wrong this season.
Tom and John reflect on the first few games of Nathan Jones tenure as Southampton manager, and have a look ahead to the league game against Villa and EFL Cup semi-final vs. Newcastle.
John and Tom are back in the studio(ish) to record a one-off episode to discuss whether Ralph should remain as Southampton FC manager.
Tom and John are back together to have a closer look at Saints new owners and what this will mean for the club in the short and longer-term. Will Saints have £100ms? Are we going to be an 'intelligent' football club?
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Hello Listeners, we're back!
We decided to record another episode of the Saints FC Podcast again. We hope you enjoy it.
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John & Tom, overcome technical difficulties to bring you a review of the Saints Leicester game and a look forward to the coming fixtures.
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John and Tom are joined by Saints fan and football analyst Alex Stewart from Tifo Football to rue over what might have been in the FA Cup semi-final and discuss the European Super League proposals.
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John and Tom cover the 5-2, the inexplicable loss to Brighton and Saints progress through to the FA Cup semi-final, coupled with an outstanding performance from Nathan Redmond!
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John and Tom look back on the past two Saints games, including a rare Premier League win and have a brief look at some of the highlights of Ralph's 100 game career as Saints Manager. We delve into why Kyle Walker-Peters is so essential for Saints and muse about Nathan Tella's impact.
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Tom and John reluctantly talk about how badly Saints are doing, again! Is it a conspiracy? Are refs actually that bad? Is it luck, the manager, what can Saints do to turn it around?
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John and Tom are joined by the Athletic's Carl Anka, as one of the few men to have witnessed BOTH the 9-0s. We relive some pain, try and exorcise some ghosts, and try and find some positives to look forward to.
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Saints, get through the third and fourth round of the FA Cup knocking out Shrewsbury and holders Arsenal in one week, where lots of Saints youngsters get a chance to show off.
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What a win!
Tom & John celebrate Saints beating Liverpool at St Mary's and Ralph's outpouring of emotion as we keep the hunt for the title and European positions alive.
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John is joined by Ben for another episode of the Ultimate Saints XI.
This time James Beattie is up, he chooses his all-time favourite Saints XI. Some he's played with, some from the past and some from more recent times.
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John and Tom talk about the Premier League title race, well, mainly they focus on Saints, but that is part of the Premier League title race right now!
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John and Tom are joined by Alex Stewart from Tifo on Saints beating Brighton and Ralph's Tactics. Alex is purveyor of fine football information videos that you need to have in your life, here he is explaining Saints tactics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBnczPnBBdY
We talk about Saints victory over Brighton, what's been going right at Saints and reflect on Ralph's two years in charge of Saints
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Carl Anka returns to the Saints FC Podcast to chat with John and Tom about the latest game against Manchester United, his thoughts on Southampton from afar and rekindling his bromance with Ralph Hasenhuttl.
We talk about James Ward-Prowse par excellence and then get onto Saints recurring nightmare of trying to defend a lead.
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John & Tom celebrate 100 episodes of the Saints FC Podcast and invite along Jacob Tanswell (the young up and coming journalist writing about Saints that you need to know about) who happens to be celebrating his 20th birthday!
We have a look at the tactical battle that played out at Molineux and have a quick peek at Saints next fixture vs Manchester United.
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It's the big one!
This episode sees the Saints FC Podcast taken over by the Channon family as Mick Channon Jnr interviews Mick Channon about his ultimate Saints XI. Ever wandered who Saints most successful ever player would have in his team? Well, here it is.
On top of that, this is just a rather lovely chat between a father and son talking about their shared love for Southampton Football Club and some of their collective memories together.
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Ben Miller and John Bailey speak to Mick Channon Jnr about his Ultimate Saints XI. Mick Channon Jnr reminisces about some of his early memories of the Saints players as he grew up in and around the Southampton Football Club dressing room. There's some great stories, and some swearing (so just beware of that!)
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John and Tom are back to discuss how the mighty Southampton Football Club have risen to the top of the top flight in English football for the first time since 1988! COYR!
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Ben Miller takes over the Saints FC Podcast with a new podcast concept called Ultimate XI - first up is long-time Saints supporter and Sky Sports presenter Ed Chamberlin.
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Tom & John discuss Saints rise up the table and the seven goal thriller at Villa.
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Ep 94 - Saints FC Podcast joined by Author Michael Cox to discuss Saints win vs Everton
Michael Cox is the author of Zonal Marking and The Mixer, he also writes for the Athletic and is a regular guest on many football related podcasts. You can see his writing for the Athletic here: https://theathletic.co.uk/author/michael-cox/
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John and Tom are back for another episode of the Saints FC Podcast after a thrilling 3-3 draw with Frank Lampard's Chelsea.
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Boom! It's a hugely positive episode after the very disappointing start to the season that we covered in the last one.
Two wins and a very exciting foray into the transfer market!
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Is it high time for the high line after such a short time? John and Tom look at the most commonly cited issue of Saints abysmal start to the new season.
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John & Tom have a gaze into their crystal ball to see what's coming for Saints this season.
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John and Tom review the final game of the season and then get onto the Saints FC Podcast awards.
Listen in to find out who's won:
Player of the Season
Young Player of the Season
Goal of the Season
Hero of the Season
Villain of the Season
Most Improved Player
Best Chant / Song
Iconic Moment
Cult Hero
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John and Tom are back after four Saints games, three draws and a win, more great stuff from Saints yet again!
Let know your nominations for our end of season awards:
Player of the Season Young Player of the Season
Goal of the Season
Hero of the Season
Villain of the Season
Most improved player
Best chant / song of the year?
Iconic moment
Cult hero?
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John and Tom are back together to discuss Saints latest heroic victory! That's right, at HOME, against Man City!
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John is joined by The Athletic's Carl Anka to talk about Saints beating Watford away, the experiences of covering Saints during the lockdown, loads of listener questions and what the best book and film that he has watched as well.
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What happens when Saints return from a lockdown?
A 3-0 away win is what happens!
John and Tom find some answers to the questions we had last week as they look back on an emphatic Saints victory and look ahead to this week's games against Arsenal and Watford.
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After more than 100 days Southampton FC are back with a competitive Premier League fixture away to Norwich City.
John and Tom try to remember what football was, is, and what it might be - we also try to remember how to do a podcast.
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Ep 82 Saints FC Podcast - With Duncan Alexander from Opta. Duncan explains why Saints are outperforming their league position and could be an outside shout for achieving Champions League qualification.
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We welcome Tom back from his paternity leave to celebrate Saints arrival in the top half of the league table!
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John and Tom are back together to chat about the fabulous away victory against Chelsea and the draw with Crystal Palace. We also reminisce about some of our favourite moments from the past 10 years following Southampton Football Club.
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John, Tom and Mike discuss the latest happenings at St Marys - let us know your thoughts: saintsfcpodcast@gmail.com
John and Tom reflect on a busy past 9 days for Saints as they rack up 6 points from 9 in three crucial games as the relegation battle hots up.
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Tom Parker and John Bailey are back with Ep 76 of the Saints FC Podcast. They discuss the strong performance at Arsenal and then the ultimately disappointing result, away fans and the run of fixtures that saints must use to turn their season around!
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Ep 75 - Saints show resolve, heart and togetherness, despite missing out on the result at Manchester City for the second time in the week.
John and Tom are talking about the positives from another disappointment at the weekend and look ahead to the clash against Everton on Saturday.
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The Saints FC Podcast is back in Southampton to speak to Professor Simon Kemp about a ghastly week to be a Saints fan.
We try and digest what on earth led to the horrible 9-0 defeat at the hands of Leicester as well as a quick look at the Wolves draw and Carabao Cup loss to Manchester City, and if there is any glimmer of hope?
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One again we are joined by Carl Anka from the Athletic who sprinkles his insight across the current trails and tribulations of Southampton FC.
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John and Tom are back together to discuss the famous victory at Fratton Park, along with a couple of other items.
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John and Tom are talking about the South Coast Derby, and the other one, and the game against Sheffield United.
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John is joined by Carl Anka @Ankaman616 from the new kid on the block in terms of English football writing, The Athletic.
Carl takes us through why we should care about what he's writing about for the Athletic and his first impressions on the city and the club since moving here in the summer. He gives us our most in-depth look at the 4-2-2-2 formation, Ralph's plans for the club and what he can see from the 'more objective' no-fan viewpoint.
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John and Tom are back together to discuss all things Southampton, the draw against Man Utd. the win against Fulham, the comings and (well, mostly) goings of the transfer window, and something else........
Oh yes! That 3rd round draw in the Carabao Cup!
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John and Freddie from the Ugly Inside discuss Saints early season form, the first win of the season and what we can learn from the first few weeks of football.
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We chat to Gaz Seward about his trip to Burnley and have some sage advice for Ralph Hasenhuttl
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John & Tom get together to make some predictions that will make us look silly come May.
We look at Saints pre-season, transfer ins and outs, predictions and preview the games against Burnley and Liverpool.
John and Tom are back together recording in Tom's new house as they wrap up another season for Southampton Football Club.
Awards: Player of the Season Young Player of the Season Goal of the Season Hero of the Season Villain of the Season Most improved player Best chant / song of the year? Iconic moment? Cult hero?
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Would you rather be never alone, or alone forever?
Tom and John talk about Saints getting to safety and we deal with a couple of serious listener questions.
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Shane Long breaks the Premier League record for the fastest goal scored since the league formed, while John and Tom take nearly an hour to go over the last three games, look ahead to the next three games and chew over the best moments from the past 11 days.
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John and Freddie look forward to the Liverpool game over a beer, while John and Tom catch up after Tom's return from honeymoon.
Are Saints safe?
What do the remaining fixtures hold for Saints and Cardiff?
Can we go an entire episode without mentioning the opponents?
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James Ward-Prowse
Yan Valery
Josh Sims
Ralph Hasenhuttl
What is there not to get excited about for Saints? We beat our second top six side under Ralph, get a vital 6 points from 9 in our past three games, James Ward-Prowse becomes the country's top midfielder, Josh Sims returns, Yan Valery scores screamers....... we could go on!
(In fact we do, there's a whole podcast about it here!)
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John is joined by Freddie from The Ugly Inside as we look ahead to a critical week for Saints:
Suggested Stuart Armstrong Song:
"Oh Ralphy said, we’ve got to play him in centre mid, Oooooh words can’t describe, when we see him in the red and white. His hair is fine, he scores belters all the time. That’s why we'll sing this song, for Stuart Armstrong!"
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What is a James Ward-Prowse?
John and Tom discuss Saints latest games against Palace and Burnley and ask if we finally have an answer to the question, What is a James Ward-Prowse?
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John and William cross county borders and use modern telecommunication devices to bring you the latest episode of the Saints FC Podcast. Focussing on the two recent premier league wins and some made-up transfer rumours!
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Saints out to Derby County on Penalities
Tom and William get together to watch Saints FC's loss at home to Derby County in the FA Cup third round.
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John and James discuss the result against West Ham United that brings Saints back to earth with a bump.
What does this mean for the Ralph Hasenhuttl train and for Saints prospects over the next few games?
Cheeky little 20 min podcast from Tom and Will following Saints victory vs Huddersfield.
John from the Saints FC Podcast links up with Ben and Matt from the Total Saints Podcast and Southampton Dellivery Podcast for a Christmas special trident of Saints podcasts!
We discuss some of the frailties of podcasting life, chat about the recent victory against Arsenal and of course tackle all of your listener questions!
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John is in the midsts of moving house, so William and Tom meet up in his absence to record the latest episode of the Saints FC Podcast.
We discuss the victory against Arsenal and the loss against Cardiff, along with free beers, goals and this strange feeling of optimism!
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Ep - 52 - Hughes Sacked and Hasnehuttl up next (maybe?)
All change at St Marys as Hughes is Sacked and Raphael Honigstein gives the lowdown on the favourite Ralp Hasenhuttl
The Saints FC Podcast (minus Tom but plus William Porteous and Raphael Honigstein) discuss Saints sacking of Mark Hughes after a spirited performance against Manchester United and who the hot new favourite is to take over the Saints hot seat.
John and Tom discuss the failings of Saints performance at Fulham FC after the Saturday trip to Craven Cottage.
We discuss your emails and tweets to the Podcast as well.
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EP 50 - Saints FC Podcast
Tom Parker is back on the sofa with John and we get a call from Jeremy Wilson to discuss the malaise at Southampton and his thoughts on Les Reed's sacking, Mark Hughes and the immediate future for Saints.
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John and James discuss what's happened at Southampton as Les Reed is sacked by Saints and why this is important.
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We're joined by Southampton's most qualified fan*
*probably
John heads back to the University of Southampton to meet with Professor Simon Kemp and discuss Saints recent fortunes.
The Professor looks at Southampton's poor scoring record and tries to apply science to it......
He also shares a story on that time he ended up on the pitch at St Marys driving a noddy car!
On Sunday the Saints FC Podcast regulars John and Tom found a conveniently located pub in East London to watch Saints lose to Chelsea. Here you can hear the conversation pre-match, at half time and after the inevitable defeat.
Best enjoyed with three pints of beer.
Saints FC Podcast is back to talk about the draw against Brighton and the loss at Anfield, plus we look ahead to Saints visit to Wolves.
WARNING - Grown Up Content
We speak to Saints FC legend Claus Lundekvam, life the universe and everything.
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What do Crystal Palace and Brighton & Hove Albion have in common?
They both lost to Saints last week! The Saints FC Podcast returns with a happy John and Tom celebrating Saints first two wins of the season.
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The Saints FC Podcast are back to discuss Southampton's loss to Everton at the weekend, preview the games against Leicester and Brighton.
We discuss your emails, the future for Saints youth players, the fans forum, bitcoin, fashion and more.
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The Saints FC Podcast are back in the swing of things as we discuss the draw with Burnley at St Marys. While there may have been no goals to talk about, there is a lot of discussion about Mark Hughes' approach to the team selection, formation and how Saints new signings got on as they made their debuts.
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John, Tom and James Preview the 2018-19 Season for Saints, looking at the summer sales and signings, new(ish) manager and set out our expectations for the season ahead.
We go through all your tweets, reflect on Tadic's career at Saints and tell you which players to look out for, who we think will be the cult heroes and who will be banging in the goals (or not).
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Warning - grown up language!
Join us as we take a look back at all the results from the second half of the season from January to May, we discuss the dismissal of Mauricio Pellegrino and the appointment of Mark Hughes, the highs and lows of the season including the FA Cup run, we run through the best and worst moments of the season, over and underachievers, goal and player of the season nominations and we take your comments and your final thoughts of the season.
The Ugly Inside Takeover the Saints FC Podcast for their End of Season Review.
Part 1 of our Southampton FC 2017-18 End of Season Review. In the first episode we start from day 1 from the day Pellegrino got appointed all the way through the Premier League results to January, we try to figure out how and where it all started to go wrong and discuss the (lack of) transfer activity from Saints...
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John, Tom and James meet up on the Saints FC Podcast sofa to reflect on Southampton's 2017-18 season. The main focus of the nearly two hour chat is on what went wrong for Saints this season and how Mark Hughes managed to turn around Saints fortunes in the short period of time and get Saints over the line.
We also get a chance to reflect on the moments, players, heroes and villains of the season with the Saints FC Podcast awards.
The 2017/2018 Premier League Season is over, and Ben, John and Matt are combining forces to bring you one podcast that looks back and forward, both on their respective shows and in the Saints FC season. From the pitch and the boardroom to the perils of podcasting, join the guys as they do their best Shane Long impression (we try really hard but might miss the target more often than not).
Ep 36 of the Saints FC Podcast, recorded from the Lord Clyde pub at various stages of the Swansea vs Saints match.
From the first pint in the sunshine through to the bottle of Moet to finish off the evening, join John, Tom and friends as we go through an emotional evening following the Saints.
Big thanks to William Porteous Blyth for tech and production support! Arrrrgh!
John and Tom are joined by regular listener and email contributor Jason Dickey, who's in England watching the Saints for the first time while visiting friends. Not only do we get to reminisce about Southampton beating South-Coast neighbours Bournemouth but we also get our first taste of high-art as Jason reads us a surprisingly excellent poem about his first experience of watching the mighty Southampton.
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The Saints FC Podcast are missing Tom Parker as he suns himself in Portugal but fortunate enough to get William Porteous Blyth to step in and join John on the sofa to discuss the trials and tribulations of Southampton Football Club.
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John and Tom are joined on the sofa by Matthew Markstone from the Southampton Dellivery Podcast. Matt, who lives in California, made his first trip abroad to see the Saints playing against West Ham in London (and of course make a guest appearance on the Saints FC Podcast).
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Saints FC Podcast are lucky enough to be invited by Scott Charlton to 'An Evening With' Matt Le Tissier at Revolution in Southampton. We recorded the Q&A session as Saints fans got to ask questions of one of the greatest football players of a generation and Southampton hero!
They say never to meet your heroes. There's no such danger with Matt Le Tissier though, the guy is charming, funny and has great stories to tell about football.
John and Tom are joined by Duncan Alexander, author of Outside the Box and the brains behind Opta Joe. We reflect on Pellegrino's sacking as manager of Southampton and have a look at what our chances are of surviving relegation.
Duncan has some surprising statistics for us from his work at Opta, ranging from how Saints are an outlier in terms of performance in the Premier League right that way through to proof of Francis Benali being a lunatic!
In episode 30 of the Saints FC Podcast we discuss the last two results in the Premier League as we pick up two points from two big opportunities for Saints to press ahead and win some matches! I
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This week we have Deputy Football Correspondent from the Daily Telegraph, Jeremy Wilson, join us on the Saints FC Podcast. Jeremy is an award winning journalist who started reporting on Salisbury City before moving onto reporting on Southampton Football Club for the Daily Echo and Sports Pink.
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This episode Tom and John discuss Saints progress through to the FA Cup Quarter Finals where we will be pitted against Wigan Athletic after knocking our West Brom at the Hawthorns.
The Saints FC Podcast is once again on the phone with a former Southampton great. This time its the 1997-98 Player of the Season and goalkeeper with over 200 appearances and 50 clean sheets for Southampton - Paul Jones.
Jones was a Welsh international for 9 years, even beating Ryan Giggs' monopoly on the Welsh player of the season on one occasion!
John and Tom are back on the sofa celebrating one year of the Saints FC Podcast. In the year since we started the podcast we've had over 21,900 downloads and have been averaging over 1,100 listens per episode since the start of the season. A big thanks to all our listeners, please keep downloading, subscribing, listening and letting us know your thoughts on twitter, e-mail, reddit and the forum. saintsfcpodcast@gmail.com @SaintsFCPodcast
John Bailey and Tom Parker meet up for another episode of the Saints FC Podcast. The draws against Watford and Tottenham come under scrutiny, as does Pellegrino (again), his in game management, surrendering points from winning positions and the lack of activity in the transfer window.
We go through a lot of listner correspondence, have a closer look at Michael Obafemi, Saints 17 year old debutant, and have a look forward to the games against Watford in the FA Cup and Bighton at home in the league.
John and Tom are back to review Saints last three fixtures, including the honourable draw at Old Trafford, the disappointing loss at home to Crystal Palace and the 3rd round FA Cup win against Fulham.
Is Pellegrino better against the big sides than against the sides we should be beating, how have we lost another must-win game at home, and are we harsh to say that the win against Fulham was unconvincing?
John is lucky enough to get a chance to speak to Saints legend Michael Svensson about his time at Saints, getting to the 2003 FA Cup final, playing for Gordon Strachan and a whole host of other topics as we discus his career.
We get a chance to put some listener questions to Michael, including whether he would prefer forks for arms or spoons for legs! Thanks to Les' Lamborghini for that one!
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Saints try and ruin the Christmas spirit with a disappointing run of fixtures, where losses to Leicester and Chelsea is followed by a failure to take three points at home vs. Huddersfield.
John is on the Isle of Wight staying with the outlaws, fortunately Mike (John's father in law) is a Southampton fan as well, so is able to step into Tom's shoes and discuss Saints form over three disappointing fixtures.
Episode 21 of the Saints FC Podcast covers the last five Southampton Premier League games, from the abysmal loss at Anfield, to the many reasons to be cheerful and hopeful from the games against Everton, Man City, Bournemouth and Arsenal.
Pellegrino is finally working out how to make Saints tick, showing some tactical nous, and players like Pierre Emile Hojbjerg, Jack Stephens and Charlie Austin get their season going.
The Saints FC Podcast were invited to Southampton's Staplewood Training Ground in Marchwood, Southampton, where a 'UK Media XI' including John from the podcast were playing against a Mauricio Pellegrino XI - made up from coaching staff, ex-players and staff from around Southampton FC.
John catches up with former Saints captain Dean Hammond, who led Southampton on the field through three fantastic seasons that saw Saints win the Johnstone's Paint Trophy, and secure back to back promotions from League 1 to the Premier League.
Tom and John discuss the disappointing loss at home against Burnley and the (ahem, yes) disappointing draw way at Brighton & Hove Albion.
Unfortunately this is not a cheery podcast as we try and work out why Saints results have been so poor. Whether Southampton have desreved to be on the receiving end of the results and whether Match of the Day's new statistic XG can provide an insight into what has been happening.
John Bailey and Tom Parker discuss the latest happenings at St Marys with a draw against Newcastle United and a win against West Brom courtesy of a Sofiane Boufal wonder goal.
Saints FC Podcast talk to Michael Cox author of The Mixer.
Michael Cox of ZonalMarking.net and the Totally Football Show podcast speaks to the Saints FC Podcast about all things tactics, following the release of 'The Mixer' a book he's written about 25 years of tactics in the Premier League.
The Saints FC Podcast are joined by Richard Chaplow all the way from Orange County in California, USA.
John is joined by both James and Tom for this episode of the Saints FC Podcast as they discuss their trip to Selhurst Park in the victory against Crystal Palace and the loss at St Marys to Manchester United.
John and Tom are back together in the famous Saints FC Podcast 'studios' to talk about what has gone wrong at Saints?
John and Tom get together again to discuss the summer that Southampton have had, with new manager Mauricio Pellegrino arriving from Alaves, players coming in and players leaving, transfer rumours and the incredibly annoying Virgil Van Dijk transfer scenario.
The Saints FC Podcast interview Hassan Kachloul.
Hassan Kachloul joined Southampton in 1998 and played for three seasons racking up 85 appearances and 15 goals from midfield.
Ken Monkou joins the Saints FC Podcast for a conversation. We cover his time at Southampton FC, Huddersfield, winning Player of the Year for Chelsea and his post football career tossing pancakes!
Ken Monkou played over 200 games for Saints in the Premier League, scoring over 10 goals including a vital last minute winner versus Norwich City in the famous 5-4 win for Saints and the first goal when Saints schooled Man Utd during the infamous 'invisible kit' day.
Ken takes us through disagreements with Graeme Souness, fashion advice from Ian Dowie and what part of the cake Matt le Tissier is.
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John Bailey and Tom Parker discuss the 2016-17 Premier League season through the eyes of Southampton Football Club.
Part 2 covers off questions from our followers and goes through the first ever annual Saints FC Podcast awards! Listen in to see who's won:
Academy/Young Player of the Season
Player of the Season
Goal of the Season
Hero of the Season
Villain of the Season
Chant of the Season
Player/Manager most likely to leave
Most bleedingly obvious typical Saints thing to do of the Season
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John Bailey and Tom Parker discuss the 2016-17 Premier League season through the eyes of Southampton Football Club.
Part 1 of the end of season review takes a whistle stop tour through the entire season, starting with Ronald Koeman, Mane, Wanyama and Pelle leaving, with Claude Puel coming in along with Saints record signing Sofiane Boufal. We discuss the cup run in the EFL Cup, the Europa League disappointment, beating Inter Milan, Arsenal and Liverpool, while failing to find momentum and capitalise on the progress of the past few seasons.
Part 2 will be out in the next few days where you can join us for comments from listeners and the coveted Saints FC Podcast Awards.
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The Saints FC Podcast is lucky enough to speak to Saints legend and former England international David Armstrong.
David is famous for playing as part of arguably one of the best Southampton sides ever including Mick Channon, Alan Ball and Kevin Keegan who came close to winning titles and trophies under Lawrie McMenemy.
David tells us about being involved in one of the greatest Saints goals ever, playing over 350 consecutive games while at Middlesborough and how he adapted to life after football following an injury that left him disabled from his mid 30s.
Following the interview with David, Tom and John discuss Saints recent form in the Premier League, the games against Chelsea, Manchester City and Hull City. We also discuss rumours about Claud Puel and whether he will be eased out of the club in the summer.
The @SaintsFCPodcast 's John Bailey and Tom Parker discuss all things Southampton as we look back at Saints performances against Tottenham Hotspur, Bournemouth, Crystal Palace and West Bromwich Albion and reaching 40 points in the Premier League
Also on the agenda is James Ward-Prowse and Nathan Redmond's England debuts, Ryan Bertrand's 100th appearance for Southampton and Shane Long's recent run of form.
We work out how to pronounce Dusan Tadic, then proceed to mispronounce his and a load of other players and managers names wrong in the podcast and Dele Alli is declared to the be the future world's best player!
It's been a good few games for Southampton, so this podcast is a suitably cheery meander through a couple of wins and good performances.
Enjoy, and let us know what you think, either on twitter, iTunes reviews and ratings or even on email: saintsfcpodcast@gmail.com
The Saints FC Podcast speak to the sons of two Southampton Football Club legends, Mick Channon Jr. son of Mick Channon and Mitchell Le Tissier, son of Matt Le Tissier.
Mick has written a book, 'How's your father? Embracing Failure in the Shadow of Success' and shares some fantastic anecdotes from his life, as a student, racehorse trainer, Southampton trialist and son of a famous father.
Mitchell Le Tissier tells us about his experiences growing up on the Channel Islands, playing for Southampton at his father's testimonial, being subbed on for Peter Beardsley and Ian Wright's bizarre choice of penalty spot.
In the first half of this episode we talk to ex Saints FC legend Brett Ormerod about his time at Southampton Football Club. We talk about his famous performance in the 2003 FA Cup semi final, playing in the final and losing to Arsenal 1-0.
Brett tells us about James Beattie, Anders Svennsson, and life under Gordon Strachan and what it was like in that great Saints side that made it to 8th in the Premier League and to the FA Cup final. Brett also tells us what it was like as Saints started to fracture after Strachan left, Harry Redknapp, Rupert Lowe and Clive Woodward are all discussed in a time when Brett tells us Saints had lost their way.
Afterwards we give our opinion on Southampton's performance in the EFL Cup final versus Manchester United, what the atmosphere was like and our thoughts for the rest of the season.
John Bailey and Tom Parker launch the first episode of the Saints FC Podcast and are joined by two Saints legends, Jason Dodd and Neil Maddison.
We talk about the 3-1 loss to West ham United, the brand of football under Claude Puel and look forwards to the EFL Cup Final.
Jason Dodd and Neil Maddison discuss life at Southampton from the late 80s through to the early 00s, playing for only £91 a week, playing snooker with team mates and learning their trade under Dave Merrington. Jason and Neil reminisce on victories over Pompey, Neil Heaney kicking a Tottenham right back into the stand and how the focus of their team tactics of getting the ball to Le Tiss!
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