By Nick Mabey. As we head into the third international break of the season (only two to go, both in March), it’s been quite a four-week spell for Saints since the last one. We’ve played five games, winning four and – importantly given our earlier travails – suddenly become...
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Suburban Safari Suburban Safungi
By Katie Isham. With the daylight hours fleeing and biblical downpours part of our daily routines, conditions are perfectly ripe for mushroom season. Abundance is the word on the street. Maybe not the street, but the soggy, boggy woodland trails. The fungi explosion is happening right now and you...
Suburban Safari: St. James’ Park
By Katie Isham. Of all the parks in the city of Southampton, St. James’ Park in Shirley may be my favourite. Don’t tell the others. But there’s a certain something about this one that makes it impossible not to love. Maybe there’s bias in the fact it’s home to...
View from the Kingsland: Russell’s Rollercoaster
By Nick Mabey. Am I the only one who thought the days of wild swings in emotion supporting Saints were over, at least for a while? Sure, it has been a turbulent summer in terms of players leaving and joining, but that was always going to be the case....
Suburban Safari: Lost in Westwood
By Katie Isham. It’s the end of the summer holidays. What’s everyone been up to? Some people go cruising round the Caribbean. Some people go sightseeing through Italian villages. But the wisest people go for the most exotic locations around: exploring the wild woods of Southampton. On the eastern...
View from the Kingsland: Revolting referees
by Nick Mabey. The season is well underway now and there’s always much to talk about. A clampdown on time wasting and dissent is hitting the headlines, even managing to upstage VAR and the transfer window this year. I’m hoping it’s just the start of a refereeing revolution. At...
Heritage: Pride past and present
by People’s Pride Southampton volunteer Frida Eliasson. Picture: Mike Daish. Pride has undergone a growth spurt since its inception in the UK, with the first Pride Parade being held on the 1st July 1972, marking the three-year anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. This first parade garnered a modest turnout...
View from the Kingsland: Into the Unknown
By Saints columnist Nick Mabey. The new season is suddenly upon us – how did that happen? One minute I’m lapping up the Ashes in between so-called summer showers, next moment I’m switching my attention from weather maps to the Saints website, the Echo and various supporter Facebook groups....
Suburban Safari: City Farm
By Katie Isham. Long summer days call for another farm outing. Our city is blessed with fields of farms stashed away in the suburbs. One of these is Southampton City Farm in Millbrook. There’s been a farm on this site since the mid-1970s so if you’ve never been, what...
View from the Kingsland: Renewal Time
by Nick Mabey. I can usually tell how excited I am about the forthcoming season by how early I renew my season ticket. This year my deadline was 30th June, if I wanted to get the early bird discount, and I actually renewed on 20th. I reckon that’s about...