Index

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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

Tissier, Matt Le

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