"11 December 1897. Southampton had used the County Ground for high-profile matches prior to 1896, including FA Cup matches and the finals of the Hampshire Senior Cup. On 26 April 1893, a team from Stoke visited the County Ground to play a friendly match against Southampton St Mary's. Even with the future founder of football in Brazil, Charles Miller playing at outside-left, the ""Saints"" were """"outplayed fairly and squarely on every point"""", losing 8–0. Despite the result, it was reported that the spectators """"thoroughly enjoyed the exhibition"""" and looked forward to witnessing """"more matches of a similar character"""" in future."
"One Cup 2 December 2015 <br> 4–3 v Norwich City, Premier League 30 April 2005 <br> 3–4 v Leeds United, Championship 19 November 2005 <br> 5–2 v Yeovil Town, League Cup 23 August 2006 <br> 4–3 v Birmingham City, Championship 29 November 2006 <br> 5–2 v Barnsley, Championship 17 February 2007 <br> 2–5 v Lazio, Friendly 28 July 2007 <br> 4–3 v Burnley, FA Cup 4 January 2014 Top goalscorers<br> ""As of the end of the 2017-18 season"" St Mary's Stadium St. Mary's Stadium in Southampton, England, has been the home stadium of Premier League club, Southampton F.C. since 2001."
"St Mary's Stadium St. Mary's Stadium in Southampton, England, has been the home stadium of Premier League club, Southampton F.C. since 2001. The stadium has a capacity of 32,505 and is currently the largest football stadium in South East England. Since the 1980s, when Southampton regularly challenged the best sides in the English league (particularly in 1984 when they were league runners-up), there had been talk of the club relocating to a new stadium to replace The Dell due to the old stadium's cramped location which made it unsuitable for major expansion work. When the Taylor Report on 29 January"
"The Dell, Southampton The Dell in Milton Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England was the home ground of Southampton F.C. between 1898 and 2001. Since 1896, Southampton had been tenants of Hampshire County Cricket Club at the County Ground, having vacated the Antelope Ground in the summer of 1896. The rent payable to the cricket club (£200 p.a.) was putting a strain on the football club's finances and, in an attempt to reduce this burden, the club had considered a merger with the Freemantle club and a move to their ground in Shirley. The merger proposals had fallen through, but at the"
"the 1976 FA Cup run, which finished with a win at Wembley. The Dell was demolished later, completed on Friday 13 July 2001 by Portsmouth-based demolition company, Hughes & Salvidge. A housing estate was later built on the site by Barratt Homes. The apartment blocks on the site bear the names of former Southampton players: The Dell, Southampton The Dell in Milton Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England was the home ground of Southampton F.C. between 1898 and 2001. Since 1896, Southampton had been tenants of Hampshire County Cricket Club at the County Ground, having vacated the Antelope Ground in the summer"
"for the season with nine goals in all competitions, despite having been injured between December 2016 and May 2017. New signing Nathan Redmond was the club's top scorer in the Premier League, with seven goals (eight in all competitions). Spanish midfielder Oriol Romeu won both Southampton F.C. Player of the Season awards, from the ""Southern Daily Echo"" and the club, as well as the club-run Players' Player of the Season accolade. The club's highest home attendance of the season was 31,891 against West Ham United in the Premier League on 4 February 2017 (their highest since April 2013), and their"
"Southampton F.C. Player of the Season Southampton Football Club is an English association football club based in Southampton, Hampshire. Founded in 1885 as St Mary's YMA, they became a professional club in 1891, and co-founded the Southern League in 1894. Southampton won the Southern League championship six times between 1896 and 1904, and were later elected to the Football League in 1920 as co-founders of the Third Division. The Saints finished as runners-up in their first season, and the following year received promotion to the Second Division as Third Division South champions. The club first entered the First Division in"
"addition, Southampton University has a radio station called SURGE, broadcasting on AM band as well as through the web. Southampton is home to Southampton Football Club—nicknamed ""The Saints""—the club plays in the Premier League at St Mary's Stadium, having relocated in 2001 from their 103-year-old former stadium, ""The Dell"". They reached the top flight of English football (First Division) for the first time in 1966, staying there for eight years. They lifted the FA Cup with a shock victory over Manchester United in 1976, returned to the top flight two years later, and stayed there for 27 years (becoming founder"
"Southampton F.C. league record by opponent Southampton Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Southampton, Hampshire. Founded in 1885 as St Mary's Y.M.A. and later known as Southampton St Mary's, they became a professional club in 1891, and co-founded the Southern League in 1894. Southampton won the Southern League championship six times between 1896 and 1904, and were later elected to the Football League in 1920 as co-founders of the Third Division. The Saints finished as runners-up in their first season, and the following year received promotion to the Second Division as Third Division South champions."
"Solent Thrashers, who play at the Test Park Sports Ground, and the Southampton Stags, who play at the Wide Lane Sports Facility in Eastleigh. The world's oldest surviving bowling green is the Southampton Old Bowling Green, which was first used in 1299. Southampton's police service is provided by Hampshire Constabulary. The main base of the Southampton operation is a new, eight-storey purpose-built building which cost £30 million to construct. The building, located on Southern Road, opened in 2011 and is near to Southampton Central railway station. Previously, the central Southampton operation was located within the west wing of the Civic"
"County Ground, Southampton The County Ground in Southampton, England was a cricket and football ground. It was the home of Hampshire County Cricket Club from the 1885 English cricket season until the 2000 English cricket season. The ground also served as the home ground for Southampton Football Club from 1896 to 1898. Hampshire's first match at the County Ground was in 1885 against the Marylebone Cricket Club. In that match Hampshire bowler James Fellowes ended with the best figures of 3-38 in the opening innings at the County Ground, during which the Marylebone Cricket Club made 269. Batting at number"
"County Ground, Southampton The County Ground in Southampton, England was a cricket and football ground. It was the home of Hampshire County Cricket Club from the 1885 English cricket season until the 2000 English cricket season. The ground also served as the home ground for Southampton Football Club from 1896 to 1898. Hampshire's first match at the County Ground was in 1885 against the Marylebone Cricket Club. In that match Hampshire bowler James Fellowes ended with the best figures of 3-38 in the opening innings at the County Ground, during which the Marylebone Cricket Club made 269. Batting at number"
"build a new ground on the disused gas work site in the heart of the city, about one and half miles from The Dell. The move was cited as the club returning home, because the club was formed by members of the nearby St. Mary's Church, as the football team of St. Mary's Church Young Men's Association before becoming Southampton St. Mary's F.C., and eventually Southampton F.C. Construction started in December 1999 and was completed at the end of July 2001, with work on the stadium itself and improvements to local infrastructure cost a total of £32 million. The Saints"
"a limited company and changed its name to Southampton F.C. The club won the Southern League championship for three years running between 1897 and 1899 and again in 1901, 1903 and 1904. This success spanned some major changes for the Saints, as the club moved to a newly built, £10,000 stadium called The Dell, to the northwest of the city centre in 1898. Although it would spend the next 103 years there, the future was far from certain in those early days and the club had to rent the premises first before it could stump up the cash to purchase"
"pulled one back in stoppage time, and Maya Yoshida came close to winning the game with a last-minute header, but the game ended level and Hapoel finished the group in second place. Southampton F.C. in European football Southampton Football Club is an English football club based in Southampton, Hampshire. The club was founded in 1885 and has competed in the English football league system from 1920. Since their first qualification to major European cup competition in 1969, they have participated in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the European Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Europa League and the Texaco Cup. The club"
"Southampton F.C. in European football Southampton Football Club is an English football club based in Southampton, Hampshire. The club was founded in 1885 and has competed in the English football league system from 1920. Since their first qualification to major European cup competition in 1969, they have participated in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the European Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Europa League and the Texaco Cup. The club qualified for European Football after the 2014–15 season through their league position for the first time since 1984. ""The Saints""' maiden European voyage was the 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, which they took"
"South Coast derby The South Coast Derby or the Hampshire Derby are terms used to describe football matches played between Portsmouth Football Club and Southampton Football Club. Portsmouth play their home games at Fratton Park, while Southampton play theirs at St. Mary's Stadium. Portsmouth and Southampton are the most successful clubs on the southern coast of England, and lie only 19 miles (31 km) apart. However, because the two clubs have often been in different divisions, the derby game has only been played 70 times since the first one in 1899. Portsmouth have won the most titles of the pair,"
"being champions of England twice (1948–49 and 1949–50) and twice FA Cup winners (1939 and 2008), whilst Southampton have only won a single FA Cup (1976). In competitive matches between the two teams, Southampton have the most wins, and have been more regularly in a higher league than Portsmouth, including their 27 consecutive years in the top flight of English football. In the 2017–18 season, Southampton play in the Premier League and Portsmouth are in League One. Southampton were originally formed in 1885 as ""St. Mary's Young Men's Association F.C."", before adopting the name ""Southampton St. Mary's"" when the club"
"playing fields near the village of North Stoneham, Eastleigh. However, the club fell into a dispute with the local council about the lack of community facilities. Many people in Eastleigh were also unhappy with having another town's football club in their area. The dispute was resolved when the chairman, Rupert Lowe, declared new plans for the club to move to a new 32,000-seat stadium, for a cost of £32 million, on Brittania Road on the banks of the River Itchen. The move was confirmed at the end of the 1998–99 season (when Southampton achieved a late escape from relegation for"
"the renamed National League South, they were relegated to the Premier Division of the Southern League. The club were placed in the Premier South division at the end of the 2017–18 season as part of the restructuring of the non-League pyramid. The club played at Castlefields from their establishment until 1945, when a site for a new ground was offered to them by Lord Camrose. The new ground was initially known as Winchester Road, and consisted of a small wooden stand together with grass banking with some terracing. The first match played on 1 December 1945 against Southampton Borough Police,"
"following purchase by the Swiss billionaire, Markus Liebherr, and since 2012-13 the club has competed in the Premier League. History of Southampton Southampton is a city in Hampshire, England. The area has been settled since the stone age. Its history has been affected by its geographical location, on a major estuary on the English Channel coast with an unusual double high-tide, and by its proximity to Winchester and London; the ancient and modern capitals of England. Having been an important regional centre for centuries, Southampton was awarded City status by The Queen in 1964. Southampton became an important port in"
"respective maritime history. Matches between the two sides are known as the South Coast derby. The club has won the FA Cup once, in 1976, and their highest-ever league finish was second in the First Division in 1983–84. Southampton were relegated from the Premier League on 15 May 2005, ending 27 successive seasons of top-division football for the club. They returned after a seven-year absence, and have played there ever since. Southampton were originally founded at St. Mary's Church, on 21 November 1885 by members of the St. Mary's Church of England Young Men's Association. St. Mary's Y.M.A., as they"
"also Hon. Secretary to Hampshire County Cricket Club, secured the use of the County Ground, at an annual rental of £200. The last football match played at the Antelope Ground was on the evening of Wednesday 29 April 1896, when a crowd estimated at 3,000 saw the Saints defeat their local rivals Freemantle in a friendly, with the last goal being scored by Southampton-born Fred Hayter. Southampton Football Club spent the next two seasons as tenants at the County Ground, during both of which they won the Southern League title, before eventually obtaining a permanent home, when they moved to"
"the home of the Royal Navy. In fact, ""Skate"" is an abusive term originating from Portsmouth's civilian population, a dismissive one aimed at Royal Navy sailors based in the city. Including the above matches, plus Southern District Combination, Western League, Southern Alliance League and other official cup matches. Portsmouth – 62 Southampton – 56 Drawn – 21 Total – 139 Updated to 31 May 2015 Both Portsmouth and Southampton have had women's counterparts in the past. Although Southampton Saints L.F.C. has the better history, with their record 9 FA Women's Cups won and their once-star player Sue Lopez having made"
"August 2005 Highest transfer fees St Mary's Stadium has been home to the Saints since August 2001. It has a capacity of 32,689 and is one of only a handful of stadia in Europe to meet UEFA's Four Star criteria. The stadium has also been host to a number of international games. The ground's record attendance is 32,363, set in a game between Southampton and Coventry City in April 2012. From 1898 to 2001, Southampton played their home games at The Dell. The purpose-built stadium was redeveloped a number of times through its 103-year history, with two of the stands"
"and development centre at Staplewood, near Marchwood, on the edge of the New Forest. Southampton FC spent very many years competing in the lower divisions of the Football League but since 1966 it has generally competed in the higher levels of professional football. The club's principal prize was its FA Cup win over Manchester United in 1976. The club was one of the founding members of the Premiership in 1992-93. The club was out of the top flight of football from 2005 until 2012 during which time the company owning the club went into administration but its fortunes were revived"
"South West Combination in 2006–07 after a shambolic season in which they won just once and were unable to field a team for a match in February. They had evaded relegation by a point in 2005–06. Yet another relegation saw the club playing at Southern Region level from 2008 until 2010, when they returned to the South West Combination as champions under the guidance of new manager Adam Lee. Southampton Saints' First Team play at the home of Sholing F.C.: Universal Stadium, VT Sportsground, Portsmouth Road, Southampton, Hampshire. SO19 9PW As of April 2014: ""For details of former players, see"
"on the site of the existing Fratton Park. Following Portsmouth F.C.'s financial troubles, subsequent relegation from the Premier League, and the failure of the England 2018 bid, as of May 2017 there are no active plans for a new club stadium. Portsmouth's main rivals are Southampton, who are 19.8 miles (31.8 km) away, with the ""halfway border"" between the two located in the Hampshire village of Titchfield. The South Coast Derby is one of the less frequently played rivalries within English football due to the clubs being in different divisions however this usually adds to the ferocity of the fixture."
"The 1897–98 season followed a similar pattern, with Southampton retaining their league title, and advancing to the semi-final of the FA Cup, losing to Nottingham Forest in a controversial replay. After two years in their temporary home at the County Ground in Northlands Road, in 1898 Southampton found a permanent home close by in Archers Road. The Dell ground was officially opened on 3 September with a match against Brighton United. Saints took an early lead, with Keay scoring the opening goal following ""a little finessing"" from Tom Smith, and Southampton went on to secure a 4–1 victory. Joe Turner"
"Southampton Women's FC Southampton Women's FC is a women's football club based in Totton, Hampshire, England. The club is affiliated to the Women's Football League and is an FA Charter Standard club. They are currently members of the and also have an U16 Youth Squad. Founded in 1970 Southampton Women's FC remain the most successful women's football team in Southampton. They are eight-time winners of the FA Women's Cup second only to Arsenal with 14 titles to their name. They more recently have returned to form with the First Team winning the Southern Region Women's Football League in 16-17 and"
"the parks and green spaces available for exercise and the amount of television watched by Sotonians was the lowest in the country. Thousands enter and run the Southampton Marathon in April every year. Speedway and racing took place at Banister Court Stadium in the pre-war era. It returned in the 1940s after WW2 and the Saints operated until the stadium closed down at the end of 1963. A training track operated in the 1950s in the Hamble area. Greyhound racing was also held at the stadium from 1928 to 1963. Southampton is also home to two American football teams, the"
"not have an official name, with various names suggested including the ""Fitzhugh Dell"", the ""Archer's Ground"" and ""Milton Park"" but gradually the ground became known by default as ""the Dell"". The stadium was opened in September 1898, with the inaugural match on 3 September being against Brighton United. The first goal at the stadium was scored by Watty Keay, with the others from Abe Hartley, Jim McKenzie and Tom Smith, as Southampton won 4–1. It hosted an international match in 1901, as England defeated Ireland 3–0 in the 1900–01 British Home Championship. In 1927, the original West Stand was demolished"
"the harbour in Portsmouth. In 1994, he was granted a testimonial year by Southampton FC. He died aged 44, on 30 May 1995 after contracting bronchial pneumonia, on the same day as Ted Drake, another footballer who started his professional career at Southampton. He has been honoured by having one of the luxury hospitality suites at the St Mary's Stadium named after him, and Stokes Court, one of the buildings on the site of Southampton's former ground, The Dell. Southampton Bobby Stokes Bobby Stokes (30 January 1951 – 30 May 1995) was an English footballer, well known for scoring the"