Manager Paolo Di Canio
Founded 1881 Ground County Ground
Address County Road, Swindon, SN1 2ED
Capacity 15,728
Highest Gate 32,000 v Arsenal - FA Cup 3rd Round, 1932
Length 110 yards Width 70 yards
Squad:
1 Mattia Lanzano Goalkeeper
3 Callum Kennedy Defender
4 Aden Flint Defender
5 Joe Devera Defender
6 Daniel Boateng Defender (on loan from Arsenal)
7 Paul Caddis Defender
Southampton 0 City 2
Match Report by Colin Hall
City surprised and delighted their followers in equal measure with an impressive 2-0 victory at title contenders Southampton. Goals from David Nugent and skipper Matt Mills secured the side's first win in seven visits to St Mary's Stadium and completed a league double over their hosts.
Despite the acquisition of Danny Drinkwater from Manchester United (via Barnsley) and loanee Nathan Delfouneso from Aston Villa, City remained unchanged from the team that destroyed Forest in last week's FA Cup replay, so both new arrivals had to settle for places on the bench. Meanwhile, the home side were missing several influential players, including top scorer Rickie Lambert and winger Adam Lallana.
The visitors made a strong and positive start, with Jermaine Beckford sending an audacious volley wide within the opening minute. The hosts responded, with ex-City striker David Connolly twice going close. The second of these chances, resulting from a wayward Neil Danns pass, should have presented a stronger test for Kasper Schmeichel in the City goal.
City were quick to punish this profligacy, as Nugent collected an excellent ball from Mills to cut in from the left and open the scoring It was a particularly sweet strike for the former Portsmouth hitman, who unsurprisingly attracted particular abuse from the home following.
The Saints reacted forcefully to this blow and a needlessly-conceded free kick on the edge of City's penalty area almost offered them the chance of a quick leveller. But the training-ground move was well anticipated by left-back Paul Konchesky, who was able to clear the danger.
View from the opposition – Southampton 23 Jan 2011
Name: Jamie Gordon
Current home town: Leicester
Birthplace: Southampton
How long have you supported your team? 32 years
Overview of your club:
Great club been through a rocky few years on and off the field. Now turned corner and back on track.
Favourite thing about your home ground: Atmosphere when full
Favourite match played by your team & why: Beating Man United some years ago when they changed kit at half time saying they could not see one another.
Favourite player of all time who played for your club: Matt Le Tissier...
About our forthcoming match against you:
Two good attacking teams. Hopefully this is the start of another good run at St Mary’s for the saints. Bit of revenge for loosing at Walkers (King Power) when your keeper played a blinder.
Manager: Nigel Adkins
Founded: 1885
Ground: St. Mary's Stadium Address: Britannia Road, Southampton, SO14 5FP
Capacity: 32,500 Highest Gate: 32,151 v Arsenal, Premiership, December 29, 2003
Squad:
1 Kelvin Davis Goalkeeper
2 Frazer Richardson Defender
3 Dan Harding Defender
4 Morgan Schneiderlin Midfielder
6 Jose Fonte Defender
7 Rickie Lambert Striker
By Car
Please be aware that it is not advisable to head towards the ground on a match day unless you have a specific pass for one of the nearby car parks. Surrounding roads are subject to police road closures and heavy congestion.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WILL GIVE DIRECTIONS TO THOSE DRIVING TO THE ST MARY'S STADIUM ON NON-MATCHDAYS. DUE TO THE FACT THAT BRITANNIA ROAD IS SUBJECT TO A POLICE ROAD CLOSURE - DO NOT HEAD IN THE DIRECTION OF BRITANNIA ROAD ON A MATCH DAY.
How to get there
Parking around the St. Mary's Stadium is extremely limited so the club have set up numerous alternatives to enable you to get there comfortably, safely and efficiently.
Information from Chris Jacobs (Saints fan). Just wanted to let you guys know that anyone coming down to southampton by car on monday is best to park at ocean village which is about a 10 minute walk from st marys. Also parking is free after 6 pm so as a saints fan I'd advice an leicester fan to park at ocean village if their driving. Hopefully this will help your fans and i hope for a cracking match also not far away from a pub called the chapel arms which welcomes all away fans and always a great atmosphere.
Hope this helps the foxes that are travelling down.
By bus
A discounted Solent Dayrider or Southampton Dayrider is available to all match day and season ticket holders on match days only. This discount is £1 off a Southampton Dayrider (offer price is therefore £2) or £2 off a Solent Dayrider (offer price is therefore £4.00).
Both tickets entitle supporters to full use of the Bluestar, Solent Shuttle and Wilts & Dorset services in the appropriate area of validity. Vouchers must be detached from the Southampton FC match day or season ticket booklet by the driver of the first bus boarded and a Dayrider ticket will then be issued.
Conditions of the Dayrider are as per normal and are valid on all buses except Nightstar and certain other specific contracted services. The pass may be transferred to other users once the purchaser has finished using the ticket, but each individual must have a valid pass on each particular journey.
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