The Southampton Courier
Match12 Sep 2026
Southampton cannot stop winning
5 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Will Smallbone in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Southampton this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match12 Sep 2026
Southampton are at home on the road
3 straight away victories. Sides that win away are usually sides that can defend and can counter, and the table has begun to reflect what those journeys have earned.
Match12 Sep 2026
Southampton see off Swansea City
Three points for Southampton, 1‑0 the final word against Swansea City in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad14 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Caspar Jander
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Caspar Jander, and the manager let it.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Léo Scienza was the difference for Southampton
Marked 7.86. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Ross Stewart is off the mark for Southampton
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Cameron Archer left out for tactical reasons at Southampton
The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.
Market14 Sep 2026
Matías Díaz brings the grey hairs Southampton lacked
At 39, he has seen every situation this season can produce, twice. The legs will be managed; the head is the purchase.
In brief
- Player ratings Finn Azaz runs at them all day
- Player ratings The pass was always on for Tom Fellows
- Market The market said no: Jack Stephens stays put