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Page numbers in italics refer to tributes to MLT
Adams, Micky 45, 46, 49, 80, 91, 138, 160, 238, 264-5, 286
Ball, Alan xii, xiv, 3, 69, 71, 93-5 (manages Saints), 96, 102, 104-8, 114, 121-3 (manages Man. City), 124, 129, 152, 166, 183, 198, 259, 267, 279-80, 285, 296, 299, 325
Bates, Ted 75, 152, 211, 319
Beattie, James 72, 163, 167, 168, 194, 270, 274, 325
Benali, Francis xiv, 21, 41, 64 (red carded), 86, 90, 91 (another red), 100, 133, 143 (and again), 148, 158-9 (scores, and a red), 164, 176, 194, 200, 206, 211, 214, 236, 261, 269, 285, 286, 307, 319, 321
booze 39, 40-1, 42, 44, 46, 49, 50, 53, 82, 104-5, 247
Branfoot, Ian xii, xv, 45, 47, 48, 49, 76-80 (manages Saints), 82, 84-5, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90-1, 93, 109, 262-4, 265, 286, 296, 317
Burley, George 215 (manages Saints), 218
Burridge, John 50-1, 286
Case, Jimmy 26, 29, 33, 34, 35, 40-1 (blind drunk), 42 (all-night session), 43, 57, 60, 75, 76, 148, 285, 286
Chelsea 4, 7, 48, 69, 70, 78, 84, 87 (Hoddle manages), 90, 101, 137, 173, 182, 231, 259, 260, 282, 283, 328
dressing room rows/on pitch aggro 26 (Chris Nicholl v Mark Dennis); 32 (Nicholl v Tim Flowers); 33 (Jimmy Case v anyone); 46 (Micky Adams v ‘Razor’ Ruddock); 49 (David Speedie v MLT, Speedie v Terry Hurlock); 56 (Paul Davis v Glenn Cockerill); 57 (Jimmy Case v Davis); 63 (Chris Nicholl v Paul Rideout); 64 (Francis Benali v John Fashanu); 91 (Benali v Ruel Fox); 92 (Tommy Widdrington); 143 (Graeme Souness v Graham Poll); 157 (MLT v Carlton Palmer); 159 (Benali v Nicky Barmby and Jamie Pollock); 161, 172 (David James v Matt Oakley); 174 (MLT v Robert Fleck); 185 (MLT v Glenn Hoddle); 201 (Tahar El Khalej v Kieron Dyer)
Dia, Ali, the hoax signing 140-1
Dowie, Iain 52, 98, 101, 105, 106, 261, 286, 288
England, see Tissier
Flowers, Tim viii, xii, 32, 58, 60, 76, 79, 80, 89, 98, 99, 108, 137, 148, 202, 266-7, 270, 285, 287, 301
Gascoigne, Paul 1, 4, 7, 202
Gray, Stuart 75, 79, 160, 193, 198 (manages Saints), 199, 208, 271-2
Grobbelaar, Bruce 61, 95, 96, 107, 109, 110, 111-4, 119, 138, 219, 288, 296
Hoddle, Glenn xii, 4, 5 (gets ratty with MLT’s brother), 6, 7, 8-9, 14, 27, 65, 68, 75, 87, 137, 173, 179 (manages Saints), 183-7, 185 (arrogance), 189, 190, 191-3, 202, 207, 209, 213, 316
Hughes, Mark 53, 80, 163, 164, 165, 175, 236, 286
Jones, Dave 75, 153, 154, 156, 157, 164, 165, 168, 180-2 (court case), 183, 192, 207, 208, 219, 270-1
Keegan, Kevin 14, 139, 202, 203, 267, 299
Lowe, Rupert xii, 29, 75, 142 (takes over Saints), 149, 151, 152, 153, 183, 192, 196, 198, 199, 206-7, 208, 209-10, 211, 213, 214, 215, 216 (ousted), 217, 219 (rejoins), 221-2, 223, 224, 225-6 (resigns), 235, 236
Lundekvam, Claus xiv, 137, 187, 196, 206, 210, 285
Manchester Utd 16, 35, 48, 60, 79, 80, 93 (beaten by Saints in Cup Final), 99, 100, 118, 126-7 (the ‘grey shirts’ game), 139 (thrashed 6-3 by Saints), 140, 162, 165, 171, 172, 173, 179, 180, 194, 210, 224, 232, 248, 264, 274, 289, 298
McMenemy, Lawrie xiv, 14, 16, 75, 91 (joins Saints), 93, 94, 107, 109, 111, 113, 128, 132, 145, 151, 152-3 (badly treated by Saints), 163, 215, 223, 253, 259-60, 279
Merrington, Dave 21-4, 45, 53, 71, 92, 109, 114, 123 (manages Saints), 124, 126, 130, 131, 136, 174, 193
Nicholl, Chris 2, 19, 26, 28, 31, 32, 33, 36, 37, 44, 58, 59, 60, 62, 63, 65, 73, 74, 76
Pearce, Stuart 31, 33, 79, 202, 328
Pearson, Nigel 218, 219, 220, 222
Pinnacle consortium 226-10
Portsmouth (Hampshire inferiors) 52, 75, 93, 125, 234, 314
Redknapp, Harry 75, 209-10 (manages Saints), 211, 212-3, 219, 224, 287
referees see Matt Le Tissier
Rofe, Dennis 40, 41, 44, 45, 123
Ruddock, Neil 2, 45-6, 59, 60, 62, 76, 79, 80, 81, 202, 286
Shearer, Alan vii-ix, 13, 22, 23, 24, 25, 46-7 (slashed toes), 48, 60, 61, 62, 76, 80, 83-4, 98, 137, 142, 148, 158, 202, 223, 262, 263, 264, 285, 286, 287, 301, 325
Shilton, Peter 26, 34, 42, 74, 299
Soccer Saturday ix, xi, xiv, xvii, xviii, 247-53, 255, 263, 267, 273-5, 276, 277, 291, 310
Souness, Graeme xii, 45, 69, 75, 132 (manages Saints), 133 (humiliates MLT), 134, 135-6, 137, 138, 140 (the Ali Dia hoax), 141, 142, 143, 144, 149, 151, 153, 154, 198, 286, 287, 315
Southampton FC
10-point deduction xviii, 224, 225, 227, 228, 252
administration 224-5
bad deal selling Alan Shearer 47, 48, 83-4
Cup Finals 78-9, 205-6, 305
new stadium/St Mary’s xvii, 189-90, 197
power struggles 216
relegation xi, xviii, 211, 221, 224, 225, 249, 251-2
relegation scraps xvii, 5, 58, 82, 88, 90, 97-102, 124, 126, 128-30, 144-7, 160, 166-9, 179, 210-11, 218-9, 227, 249, 277, 298-9, 294, 303, 308, 322
thrash Man Utd 6-3 139, 298
worst buy (Agustin Delgado) 199-200
Spurs 3, 14, 15, 23, 27, 28, 30, 56, 67, 68, 75, 99, 110, 114, 116, 165, 185, 187, 189, 190, 192, 205, 207, 284, 318
Stelling, Jeff xi, 248, 273-5
Strachan, Gordon 75, 193, 198 (manages Saints), 201, 205, 206, 213, 224
Thompson, Phil xi, 227, 252, 276-7, 287
Tissier, Le Angela xiii, 6, 146, 147, 255, 256-7, 281
awards 64-5, 99, 108, 118, 234, 235, 281
being lippy 24, 44, 55, 173
brothers (Carl and Kevin) 1, 5, 12, 13, 16, 202
children xii-xiii, 50, 196, 203-4, 257, 281
diet (lack of) xii, 4, 5, 6, 187, 261, 267, 285, 307
dress sense (lack of) ix, 273-4, 277
earnings 20, 26, 29, 30, 39, 68, 71, 213, 230, 236, 236-7
Eileen Drewery (no thanks) 6
England, selected for/dropped by 1-2, 3, 4 (infamous Ireland match), 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 69, 124, 126, 137, 265 (Ireland), 282
fined 149
gambling 20, 41, 78, 116-8, 183, 268
goals, best 287-9
golf xiii, 8, 50, 104, 156, 226, 227, 238, 239-45, 256
hat tricks 36, 64, 78, 86, 97, 282, 312-3
injuries 5, 154-6, 168, 182-3, 197, 200-1, 229, 230
last goal at The Dell 195, 297, 302, 307, 311, 323
loses fortune on nightclub xiv, 116, 268
manager, with Francis Benali 214-5
non-league football 231-2
on lacking ambition 69-70
parents xii, 5, 6, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 20, 29, 37, 196, 257-8
Pinnacle consortium 226-10
referees (problems with) 14, 19-20, 55, 56-8 (David Axcell), 143 (Graham Poll), 171-7, 287
rejects moves 265: to Chelsea 7, 68, 69; Liverpool 69; Spurs 3, 67-8
remarries 256-7
retires, decides to 200-1
Saints, debut 27-9
Saints, early days at 20-6
Saints takeover bid xvii, xviii
sent off 55, 56, 81, 173, 174, 177, 231
Sky ix, xi, xiv, xviii, 247-53, 255, 263, 267, 273-5 see also Soccer Saturday
the scariest man I ever played against see Stuart Pearce
testimonial 202-3
TV offers/work 238
upbringing/teenage prodigy xii, 11-18
views on today’s football 30
Venables, Terry 1, 3, 67, 68, 265
Wallace, Danny 29, 36, 60
Wallace, Rod 23, 41, 59, 60, 61, 64, 65, 76, 285, 286, 311
Wigley, Steve 75, 193, 207, 208-9 (manages Saints), 224
Woodward, Sir Clive 211-13, 214
Wright, Mark 26, 36, 89, 96, 203, 288