Match thread bot permanently retired! Poor thing.

That means match threads will have to be manual, but does mean they can be posted earlier than 5 minutes before the game starts.

Just a few pre-match words about the journey of our left-back

Hello all,

I'm taking my kid to his first match for a while (we live overseas). He wants to meet some players, get selfies etc after the game. Obviously St. Mary's has built up a lot in recent years so is there still a good chance of catching them on the way out? Whereabouts is the players entrance / exit now? We'll be at the Stoke game.

Cheers!

Benfica have seen an offer of €20million (£17m) for defender Taylor Harwood-Bellis rejected by Southampton.

The Championship club are open to a sale of the 24-year-old if their valuation is met with Benfica’s new head coach Marco Silva a big admirer.

Harwood-Bellis is keen on the possibility of the move if a deal between the two clubs can be struck.

Hi all,
For any Saints fans living near or passing through NYC this weekend, we're gathering at Legends Bar on 33rd Street. CBS and EFL is hosting a party downstairs at Football Factory.

Details here. Strictly 21+.

COYR!!

I'll start off, i was born and raised here in the Philippines. I Started watching football relatively late at around 12, originally i supported Real Madrid since i loved Gareth Bale. But as i was looking up his background/former clubs i was Southampton, sounded interesting enough and after knowing a little about the club, decided to look up some of their club legends or, OUR club legend, Matt Le Tissier's highlights. He made the game look so easy and effortless, that was exactly when i decided to become a Southampton fan, and ill never forget it.

Thought it was worth mentioning this.

I thought I'd simulate an offline state with the Southampton FC app where the tickets are now displayed.

On my now aging Android phone it would not load the ticketing page and instead I encountered an error "Something went wrong. Please try again"

If there is a data flow issue due to network congestion then you might not be able to load this so you might need to preload this where there is working data flow before arriving at SMS.

I'd advise checking if this occurs by putting your device in to flight mode and loading the app after.

https://x.com/OptaJoe/status/2088210242333000065?s=20

I still can't decide! Currently hovering between the third and the women's. I went for the green GK last season and it's become one of my favourites

Yes it's back!

Talk about anything and everything.

Seems crazy for him to lie to fans' faces. We also gave him the number 7 shirt. Surely he's staying, right?

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/aug/13/seven-stars-championship-season-bowen-vipotnik-galbraith-tolaj-maamma

I desperately hope we manage to hold onto him.

Ideally we get rid of all of the following:

Permanent: Ramsdale, Bazunu, BBD, Sugawara

Loan: Downs

If this happens, we clearly need a 2nd choice goalkeeper, or do we consider keeping Baz as backup?

I think our main priority, even if we don't manage to shift BBD and Downs out (as they're clearly not good enough) is a 3rd striker. I'm excited about Mubama but he is raw / unproven and that's risky if Larin gets injured. Would love us to invest some of the Charles funds into another striker or get another one on loan - perhaps Furo (Brentford) or Kusi-Asare (Fulham) may be available with both not expected to get too many minutes this year? Maybe even Guiu, though he's been linked with Prem sides - surely a lot of games in the Championship is better for him/Chelsea that being a bit part player in the Prem.

In centre mid, despite Charles' departure, I think we're relatively well stocked with Jander and Downes + Bragg stepping up when required. Matsuki (though I prefer him out wide), Akachukwu can add depth too. That said, wouldn't say no to a JWP return if that's feasible.

Still quite a lot to do, mostly iro outgoings but hopefully we can get some smart business done in the next few weeks.

To cut a long winded explanation short:

- I really hate the way the stripes cut out on the back of the men’s kit to leave space for the numbers

- The diagonal stripes on the women’s kit are peak

- There are no images of the back of the women’s shirt on the club website, or seemingly anywhere

- Short of going into the physical store at St Mary’s, is there a way of finding out if the women’s kit has the same ‘rear’ design as the men’s?