Great clip - good to see the Dell in all its glory. Southampton handed out some thrashings to all of the top teams there in the old days - the magic;s never quite been there since the old place got knocked down.
Surprised they didn't win any silverware in that era with quality players and a good team ethic, for the best part of two decades. The Dell was a tough place to go to, don't think it was a particularly favorite hunting ground for Liverpool.
Had a season ticket in the Archers road when I was a kid, £96 for the whole season! How times have changed. It was amazing watching Le God all those years ago..One of the country's most naturally gifted payers ever in my opinion. Good times at The Dell.
I went to so many games at the Dell that season thanks to my GF who was at Southampton University. Witnessed some cracking games. Great team, epic stadium.
what a brilliant unexpected result, loved that saints team. I'm behind the goal on the second two with my brother. Difficult to pick a man of the match. I remember being impressed with how Dodd kept Barnes out of the game and how brilliant Paul Rideout was. Thanks for this!
Southampton, the better team on the day by a mile. Some wonderful fluid football and beautiful goals. This was not the typical manner in which other teams pulled off shock results against Liverpool back then with scrappy goals from set pieces (eg Crystal Palace in the semi final that same season)
"The Southampton keeper" was Tim Flowers. It's as if the commentator didn't know his name. Chris Nichol was Saints manager. Liverpool were in 2nd place; Southampton in 3rd, at the start of the game, according to 11v11 website.
Not just a question of what if with Southampton and the numerous top class players they have lost over the last few years but back in the early 90s. Shearer, Wallace, Flowers, Le Tissier and Rideout to name but a few.
Strange how Southampton didn't do better with the players they had in that era. I always thought that Liverpool should have strengthened their squad at the end of 1990. The team, while still very good, was running out of steam and it needed new blood with the likes of Le Tissier and Shearer. But Liverpool embarked on one of the strangest transfer policies ever after winning the title - buying rubbish, while it was Man Utd who began buying well...of course the rest is history.
Saints have produced some top players down the years. Terry Paine, Ron Davies, Shearer and Matt Le Tissier to name but 4. Not often Liverpool took a clobbering like that back then.
