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Southampton’s owner Dragan Solak was in attendance for the game, watching the teams walk out as the home fans loudly chanted in support of their head coach Eckert, and the Saints owner will have liked what he saw early on as Saints took the lead after eight minutes in the St Mary’s sunshine.
Flynn Downes slotted a pass through for Larin to chase and the Canada striker coolly struck the
After all the summer talk in various media outlets about the negative effect that Spygate was going to have on Southampton’s season, it was nice to actually start the Championship campaign, hopefully win the first game, and give everybody something else to talk about.
However, this is Southampton on the opening day. To many, it may have been a surprise that we lost to Watford, but look at our opening‑day
My biggest nagging worry is that while the expulsion from the play-off final in May has become a galvanising factor for fans and players alike, is there a quietly bigger impact on that let-down for the players in the back of their minds?
Has it punctured their resolve slightly knowing they have got to go uphill again for nine months to get where they want to be? Will bad moments
As a Southampton supporter, I had been counting down the days to the play-off final on Saturday.
After a season where Saints produced some of the best football and consistency I’ve seen in years, it finally felt like the club was building real momentum again.
But over the last week and a bit, that excitement has been completely overshadowed by the allegations surrounding the club.
When the first stories emerged
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The English Football League (EFL) has launched an investigation into an alleged case of spying by Southampton on Middlesbrough before they meet in the Championship play-offs.
The first leg of their semi-final takes place at the Riverside Stadium on Saturday, with the return at St Mary’s on Tuesday.
BBC Sport has learned Saints’ performance analyst was allegedly caught recording Boro training and taking pictures of tactics late on Thursday morning.
As excitement builds for Wembley, watch a special episode of Saints Social with Dell legend Mark Dennis and streamer and Saints fan Tyrone joining Jono Holmes and Lewis Coombes to discuss Southampton’s chances against Manchester City in this weekend’s FA Cup semi-final.
Saints Social is also on BBC Sounds as usual, along with lots more news and views from St Mary’s.
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Southampton were dealt a blow just before kick-off as Jack Stephens pulled up in the warm-up and had to be replaced in the starting line-up by Nathan Wood.
Bristol City had a great chance to open the scoring just three minutes into proceedings, Delano Burgzorg broke in behind with just Daniel Peretz to beat but the forward’s shot was well saved by the retreating goalkeeper.
Two minutes later the visitors
BBC Radio Solent’s Southampton commentator Adam Blackmore:
It’s been quite the turnaround for Saints from three months ago when they lost at home to Hull in January, were booed off, and we all pondered whether Tonda Eckert could survive a derby loss at Pompey eight days later.
What happened was Eckert saw the need for change, acted, and they haven’t looked back since. So what did he change?
The formation
Rovers were on the back foot from the start and were undone by a lovely Saints move midway through the first half.
Kuryu Matsuki played a clever pass in behind Rovers wing-back Ryan Alebiosu to Archer, who sent a low ball in from the left for Larin to finish from close range – the Canada forward’s fifth league goal since arriving on loan from RCD Mallorca in February.
The hosts