Southampton Who are You?: Channon, Keegan, Le Tissier – and Kenwyne’s coldness allergy

Jake asks the question

The return of a fixture popular among exiled Sunderland fans in the deep south, Southampton away; I recall seeing lots of our supporters on the Isle of Wight ferry when heading for a short break after one match. Eugene McManus, a Southampton fan since boyhood, is the gaffer at The Saints**, a pub named after the team more than half a century ago and welcoming to “housetrained” away followers (though it’s in Millbrook, about five miles from St Mary’s stadium) …

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Martins Musings from Manchester United 3 SAFC 1: taking heart in defeat

Malcolm Dawson writes...with M. Salut at the pantomime (no not Old Trafford) he has forwarded MON’s post match personal e-mail to me. More of the same I’m afraid, just like the performance! No good the manager taking part in Radio 4’s “Just a Minute” as he regularly commits the cardinal sins of deviation and repetition, whilst his team provides the hesitation. Still here are his words of wisdom…..

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Sixer’s Sevens: Manchester United 3 Sunderland 1 not unexpected but still disappointing

After the rhetoric and posturing that resulted from a bit of mickey taking at the end of last season no doubt the supporters of Manchester United will be celebrating their revenge. We can expect more than a modicum of gloating and worse but to anyone coming on here to tell us “we told you so”, let me state that this result came as no surprise. That’s not to say we didn’t have hope, but it was in hope and not with expectation that we travelled to Old Trafford this afternoon.Pete Sixsmith‘s seven-word verdict gives the synopsis; come back for Sixer’s full assessment …

At least we got one

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Manchester United v SAFC Guess the Score: five each for Rooney, Poznan?

Buy Two, Win Two, says Jake

This is how I have described the Poznan non-issue for readers of ESPN FC:

Hundreds of hospital wards, we are told, have been closed by the spread of Norovirus.

But another nasty bug – the Poznan virus – is doing the rounds and has affected worrying numbers of Manchester United supporters who have gone down with distressing symptoms ranging from gross over-reaction and humourlessness to an irrational desire for vengeance.

Fortunately for those whose responsibility it is to cope with this outbreak, the cause has already been identified: lingering United anger at the Poznan-style mockery indulged in by some supporters of Sunderland, to the amusement of many more (and neutrals), at the end of the final game of last season at the Stadium of Light.

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