Saturday 5th Feb 1966
Saints took a massive step towards winning promotion to the top flight by THUMPING local rivals Portsm*uth 2-5 at Fratton Park. A Norman Dean hat-trick and a Martin Chivers brace, as Southampton humiliated their Hampshire neighbours.
That sounded nice, I think Iâll read it again.
Donât want to be a points-scoring boreâŚbut I was at that one too.
BTW The experiences from the away win against Plymouth formed the subject matter of the essay for my âO levelâ English Language exam a month later. 
This is fine, I will point score now⌠I was born 8 years, 10 months and 6 days after this event! I am sure that there are plenty on here who can make me feel old though!
It was snowing in Eastleigh the next day when I was born at Rookwood Maternity Hospital.
That was the first news story I was ever aware of.
When you can remember events from 58 years ago you kind of realise you might be getting on a bit. 
Originally posted by @Halo-Stickman
Originally posted by @Lets-B-Drinking
Originally posted by @Halo-Stickman
Originally posted by @lifeintheslowlane
Originally posted by @Lets-B-Drinking
4th Feb 1967. Saints 6 West Ham 2. Gates locked at The Dell before kick off as over 30,000 crammed in to see the World Cup winners get spanked by Saints.
Canât give you any match details, as me and my Dad didnât get there in time to get in. The perils of his shift work.
I was thereâŚ2 from Paine, 2 from Chivs 1 from Big Ron and a rare one from Denis Hollywood.
Strangely enough, John, Denis Hollywood also scored (a penalty) a few months later on April 8 1967 when we beat Burnley 4-0. Ron Davies got the other three.
I know all this because it was the first match my dad ever took me to and he wrote the team changes and the goal-scorers on the programme, which I still have. Dear old Dave Merrington was playing for Burnley that day.
PEDANT ALERT
Denisâ goal against Burnley wasnât a penalty. It was a shot from outside the area, at The Archers End.
I was in the front, right behind the goal and as the game was on Southern Soccer the next day, I saw myself on TV for the first time.
Bloody hell, Lets B, my old chap marked Hollywoodâs goal down as a penalty - youâre surely not telling me that the man who inspired my love for the Saints and taught me everything I know about the Beautiful Game was in reality just a silly old fool who couldnât tell the difference between a penalty and a long range shot from outside the box?
Seriously though, this isnât the first time Iâve been impressed by your powers of recall when it comes to Saints related stuff. Conversely, I struggle to differentiate one match from days of yore from another - apart from the really big games, of course. For instance, I canât remember a single goal from that Burnley match, which has always struck me as strange and sad seeing as it was my first ever game. I donât suppose you can remember if anyone actually did score a bloody penalty that day, can you?
Ron Davies hat-trick. No pens IIRC.
Originally posted by @lifeintheslowlane
Originally posted by @Lets-B-Drinking
Originally posted by @Halo-Stickman
Originally posted by @lifeintheslowlane
Originally posted by @Lets-B-Drinking
4th Feb 1967. Saints 6 West Ham 2. Gates locked at The Dell before kick off as over 30,000 crammed in to see the World Cup winners get spanked by Saints.
Canât give you any match details, as me and my Dad didnât get there in time to get in. The perils of his shift work.
Strangely enough, John, Denis Hollywood also scored (a penalty) a few months later on April 8 1967 when we beat Burnley 4-0. Ron Davies got the other three.
I know all this because it was the first match my dad ever took me to and he wrote the team changes and the goal-scorers on the programme, which I still have. Dear old Dave Merrington was playing for Burnley that day.
PEDANT ALERT
Denisâ goal against Burnley wasnât a penalty. It was a shot from outside the area, at The Archers End.
I was in the front, right behind the goal and as the game was on Southern Soccer the next day, I saw myself on TV for the first time.
The vital goal that Denis scored at Home Park in May 1966 in a nerve-wracking 3-2 win was his most memorable I can remember. It set us up for the 1-0 win at Leyton Orient 2 days later to virtually clinch promotion to the First Division for the first time in our history. </pedantry>
Ahem!! 1-1 draw. Same as in 1978.
Originally posted by @Lets-B-Drinking
Originally posted by @lifeintheslowlane
Originally posted by @Lets-B-Drinking
Originally posted by @Halo-Stickman
Originally posted by @lifeintheslowlane
Originally posted by @Lets-B-Drinking
4th Feb 1967. Saints 6 West Ham 2. Gates locked at The Dell before kick off as over 30,000 crammed in to see the World Cup winners get spanked by Saints.
Canât give you any match details, as me and my Dad didnât get there in time to get in. The perils of his shift work.
Strangely enough, John, Denis Hollywood also scored (a penalty) a few months later on April 8 1967 when we beat Burnley 4-0. Ron Davies got the other three.
I know all this because it was the first match my dad ever took me to and he wrote the team changes and the goal-scorers on the programme, which I still have. Dear old Dave Merrington was playing for Burnley that day.
PEDANT ALERT
Denisâ goal against Burnley wasnât a penalty. It was a shot from outside the area, at The Archers End.
I was in the front, right behind the goal and as the game was on Southern Soccer the next day, I saw myself on TV for the first time.
The vital goal that Denis scored at Home Park in May 1966 in a nerve-wracking 3-2 win was his most memorable I can remember. It set us up for the 1-0 win at Leyton Orient 2 days later to virtually clinch promotion to the First Division for the first time in our history. </pedantry>
Ahem!! 1-1 draw. Same as in 1978.
Is Lets B masquerading as MLG from you know where
Originally posted by @Lets-B-Drinking
Originally posted by @Halo-Stickman
Originally posted by @Lets-B-Drinking
Originally posted by @Halo-Stickman
Originally posted by @lifeintheslowlane
Originally posted by @Lets-B-Drinking
4th Feb 1967. Saints 6 West Ham 2. Gates locked at The Dell before kick off as over 30,000 crammed in to see the World Cup winners get spanked by Saints.
Canât give you any match details, as me and my Dad didnât get there in time to get in. The perils of his shift work.
Strangely enough, John, Denis Hollywood also scored (a penalty) a few months later on April 8 1967 when we beat Burnley 4-0. Ron Davies got the other three.
I know all this because it was the first match my dad ever took me to and he wrote the team changes and the goal-scorers on the programme, which I still have. Dear old Dave Merrington was playing for Burnley that day.
PEDANT ALERT
Denisâ goal against Burnley wasnât a penalty. It was a shot from outside the area, at The Archers End.
I was in the front, right behind the goal and as the game was on Southern Soccer the next day, I saw myself on TV for the first time.
Bloody hell, Lets B, my old chap marked Hollywoodâs goal down as a penalty - youâre surely not telling me that the man who inspired my love for the Saints and taught me everything I know about the Beautiful Game was in reality just a silly old fool who couldnât tell the difference between a penalty and a long range shot from outside the box?
Seriously though, this isnât the first time Iâve been impressed by your powers of recall when it comes to Saints related stuff. Conversely, I struggle to differentiate one match from days of yore from another - apart from the really big games, of course. For instance, I canât remember a single goal from that Burnley match, which has always struck me as strange and sad seeing as it was my first ever game. I donât suppose you can remember if anyone actually did score a bloody penalty that day, can you?
Ron Davies hat-trick. No pens IIRC.
Iâm pretty sure I was at the game as well, seeing as I was taken to every home game back then, but canât specifically remember anything about the game. However a quick look in the most excellent In That Number History of all things SFC, reveals that in the 86th min Terry Paine missed a penalty. Doesnât explain the Programme marking error? A few pre match bevies maybe?
Originally posted by @Lets-B-Drinking
Originally posted by @lifeintheslowlane
The vital goal that Denis scored at Home Park in May 1966 in a nerve-wracking 3-2 win was his most memorable I can remember. It set us up for the 1-0 win at Leyton Orient 2 days later to virtually clinch promotion to the First Division for the first time in our history.
Ahem!! 1-1 draw. Same as in 1978.
YepâŚsorry about thatâŚdid I tell you I was there in '78 too. 
Originally posted by @PhilippineSaint
Originally posted by @Lets-B-Drinking
Originally posted by @lifeintheslowlane
Originally posted by @Lets-B-Drinking
Originally posted by @Halo-Stickman
Originally posted by @lifeintheslowlane
Originally posted by @Lets-B-Drinking
4th Feb 1967. Saints 6 West Ham 2. Gates locked at The Dell before kick off as over 30,000 crammed in to see the World Cup winners get spanked by Saints.
Canât give you any match details, as me and my Dad didnât get there in time to get in. The perils of his shift work.
Strangely enough, John, Denis Hollywood also scored (a penalty) a few months later on April 8 1967 when we beat Burnley 4-0. Ron Davies got the other three.
I know all this because it was the first match my dad ever took me to and he wrote the team changes and the goal-scorers on the programme, which I still have. Dear old Dave Merrington was playing for Burnley that day.
PEDANT ALERT
Denisâ goal against Burnley wasnât a penalty. It was a shot from outside the area, at The Archers End.
I was in the front, right behind the goal and as the game was on Southern Soccer the next day, I saw myself on TV for the first time.
The vital goal that Denis scored at Home Park in May 1966 in a nerve-wracking 3-2 win was his most memorable I can remember. It set us up for the 1-0 win at Leyton Orient 2 days later to virtually clinch promotion to the First Division for the first time in our history. </pedantry>
Ahem!! 1-1 draw. Same as in 1978.
Is Lets B masquerading as MLG from you know where
Lets B has the real knowledge. MLG is for x-box.
The mystery of Hollywoodâs non penalty has been solved!
It turns out that Iâve gone bonkers, because my dad never marked it as a penalty first nor last.
Sorry, Dad 
Thanks for your help in solving this mystery / non mystery fellas.
Funnily enough Eric I had discovered this link to the match (below) on the official site just before you posted. It, too, mentions Terry Paineâs missed penalty. Btw, I notice that I was born about a week before you - hopefully youâre hanging on to your marbles better than I appear to be atm!
Originally posted by @Halo-Stickman
The mystery of Hollywoodâs non penalty has been solved!
It turns out that Iâve gone bonkers, because my dad never marked it as a penalty first nor last.
Sorry, Dad
Thanks for your help in solving this mystery / non mystery fellas.
Funnily enough Eric I had discovered this link to the match (below) on the official site just before you posted. It, too, mentions Terry Paineâs missed penalty. Btw, I notice that I was born about a week before you - hopefully youâre hanging on to your marbles better than I appear to be atm!
Apart from Uncle Dave, check out the Burnley team.
Brian OâNeil missed out, but there was Willie Morgan and Ralph Coates who we played against for several more seasons.
And wasnât Arthur Bellamy a character in âThe Archersâ? (and I DONâT mean the terrace.)
Originally posted by @Lets-B-Drinking
Originally posted by @Halo-Stickman
The mystery of Hollywoodâs non penalty has been solved!
It turns out that Iâve gone bonkers, because my dad never marked it as a penalty first nor last.
Sorry, Dad
Thanks for your help in solving this mystery / non mystery fellas.
Funnily enough Eric I had discovered this link to the match (below) on the official site just before you posted. It, too, mentions Terry Paineâs missed penalty. Btw, I notice that I was born about a week before you - hopefully youâre hanging on to your marbles better than I appear to be atm!
Apart from Uncle Dave, check out the Burnley team.
Brian OâNeil missed out, but there was Willie Morgan and Ralph Coates who we played against for several more seasons.
And wasnât Arthur Bellamy a character in âThe Archersâ? (and I DONâT mean the terrace.)
Must have been something in the water up there ⌠Ralph Coates was famous for his Bobby Charlton Comb Over and Andy Lochheadwas a slaphead. Luckily Willie Morgans flowing locks made up for them 
Southampton FC â@ SouthamptonFC 7m7 minutes ago
# OnThisDay in 1980, # SaintsFC announced they were signing reigning European Footballer of the Year Kevin Keegan â
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I would post a link to the video that they have on Twitter but canât seem to grab it for some reason
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Hereâs Lawrie talking about the signing instead :-
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And hereâs a link to the original tweet with the video
I remember this because we were stationed in Blandford at the time and I won the shoolâs Chancellors award for Best Achievement in Science and Maths.
Now good old KK was supposed to come along and present my prize, fucker didnât turn up though did he and some big wig from the town presented the awards instead.
Saints and I have crossed paths many times before I became inextricably wedded to them.
Originally posted by @BTripz
Southampton FC â
@SouthamptonFC 7m7 minutes ago
#OnThisDay in 1980,#SaintsFC announced they were signing reigning European Footballer of the Year Kevin Keegan ââ
I would post a link to the video that they have on Twitter but canât seem to grab it for some reason
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Hereâs Lawrie talking about the signing instead :-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EkUixwEADI
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And hereâs a link to the original tweet with the video
Chief Pedant here.
It was on the 11th, so not on this day in history.
Originally posted by @Lets-B-Drinking
Originally posted by @BTripz
Southampton FC â
@SouthamptonFC 7m7 minutes ago
#OnThisDay in 1980,#SaintsFC announced they were signing reigning European Footballer of the Year Kevin Keegan ââ
I would post a link to the video that they have on Twitter but canât seem to grab it for some reason
â
Hereâs Lawrie talking about the signing instead :-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EkUixwEADI
â
And hereâs a link to the original tweet with the video
Chief Pedant here.
It was on the 11th, so not on this day in history.
It was a Monday I believe, a couple of days after my wife was admitted to The Wessex Neurological Unit at The General with a suspected brain tumor. Thankfully it wasnâtâŚwe were at home watching it on the lunchtime newsâŚfuckinâ sensational.
I was in my office when my Mum rang. It was live on Solent and she put the radio next to the phone. I gave a commentary to the rest of my colleagues, whether they wanted it or not.
