The Southampton Courier
Match19 Aug 2028
Nowhere to hide for Southampton
0‑4 against Wrexham, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
The dugout21 Aug 2028
Patrick Agyemang keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Southampton may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Player ratings21 Aug 2028
A defender's goal wins it for Southampton — 7.69
1 for Will Smallbone, marked 7.69, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
Market21 Aug 2028
Moses Sesay is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Southampton is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market21 Aug 2028
Flynn Downes has his eye on Europe
It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Southampton can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
Southampton rebuffed over Tom Hamer
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Lincoln City have kept their man, and Southampton go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
6 academy graduates step up at Southampton
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Number 100 for Patrick Agyemang
100 goals for this club, and somewhere in the stand there is a person who can still tell you where they were for most of them.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Words exchanged at Southampton
Brayann Pereira and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
In brief
- Match Southampton see off Bolton Wanderers
- The dugout Taylor Harwood-Bellis gets it from the manager
- Market One of our own: David Scott joins the Southampton first team