FFS Tonda It’s been nice to have a week off in preparation for the first leg of the play-off semi-final at the Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough. I’m sure everyone wanted a nice quiet week off anyway, where the only focus is on training and getting ready for the first game of this season defining semi-final. That was how it was going until Thursday, when a story broke in the Daily Mail, that a Saints first team staffer had been caught filming a Middlesbrough training session.

Podcast Episode · In That Number: Southampton FC Podcast · 17/11/2025 · 1h 26m

Last Time Around When the fixture list for the Championship came out, there were only two games on it that Saints and Pompey fans were looking for.  This is because for the first time since the 2011/12 season it’s time for Saints and Pompey to play in a league game and the first time in any game at all since 2019.

So This is Refereeing in England? It’s exactly half-way through the season after today’s game against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.   1...