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Tag: Southampton
Southampton launch new kit with cartoon that pits team against diabolical former manager
A unique kit launch with a few cheeky digs.
Southampton teach Liverpool a lesson about social media karma
The Saints get retribution for Liverpool’s Twitter flippancy
In the lead up to the first leg of their EFL Cup semifinal against Southampton, Liverpool Tweeted a bit of promotional artwork. Take a look:
At first glance, it appears to be nothing more than a nice change of pace to the usual stream of promotional images, but upon closer inspection, a couple of things stand out. One, every Liverpool player represented is someone the club cherrypicked from Southampton. And two, “Southhampton” is spelled wrong. This combines the intentional and unintentional for a double whammy of disrespect.
Liverpool subsequently tweeted a corrected version of the image with the spelling mistake fixed, but the same group of players shown, demonstrating that they do want to get their opponents’ name right when they’re bantering at them.
But Southampton went on to prove to Liverpool that they don’t need the players they’ve lost by beating them 1–0 in the match. And it was a goal from Nathan Redmond that did in the Reds.
Of course, there’s still a second leg to play in order to decide who will face Man United or Hull City in the final and to ensure that doesn’t go wrong, Liverpool might want to sacrifice their remaining stock of Rickie Lambert shirts or something.
Jose Mourinho gives seven-minute response to one question after Southampton loss
Jose Mourinho appears to have entered the “final scene of Scarface” portion of his second stint with Chelsea after yet another loss, this time going down 3-1 at home to Southampton. After the match, he worked a medley of his greatest hits into a lengthy response to his interviewer’s one and only question to him.
Romelu Lukaku hits fan with errant shot, apologizes with hug and a shirt
.@RomeluLukaku9 climbs into the stands and apologises to a #SaintsFC fan after hitting her with a stray shot. http://t.co/l1V1BcgYA5
— BT Sport Football (@btsportfootball) August 15, 2015
Everton striker Romelu Lukaku was a bit off target during warm-ups at St. Mary’s Stadium, hitting a woman with an errant shot. Eager to make amends, Lukaku then climbed into the stands and gave the woman his shirt and a hug.
Football Shirt Friday: Roma, Celtic, Derby County, and Southampton lime
The endless flood of new kits continues to rise, so we must continue to wade through them in search of higher ground…
Giddy Frank Lampard and Sad Steven Gerrard both score in their final Premier League match
After years of highlighting and comparing their incompatible brilliance, Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard have both ended their England careers and their careers in England this season. Both signed off from the Premier League with a goal in their final match before heading to MLS, but the hugely different circumstances in which they scored and emotions on the day sum up their divergent experiences in the Premier League.
Football Shirt Friday: Milan, Southampton, Celtic, and cheetah print
It’s that time of year when kitmakers flood the marketplace with a new batch of football shirts that will go from high-priced conversation piece to bargain bin wash rag in just 12 short months. In what might become a regular feature, we’ll take a look at some shirts of interest and maybe convince ourselves to spend too much money on yet another football shirt in the process.
Southampton launch new kit with excellent parody video featuring a ‘color psychologist’
If you liked NBC’s Ted Lasso videos, you will love this. Just watch and appreciate that a club is handling a kit launch with a bit of creativity for once. We need to encourage things like this.
And yes, Catziano Pelle is a dear friend of Kitier Katba. Katou never liked him much, though.
Non-league player, Southampton steward bring body slams to football
On Saturday, a Conference North match between Worcester City and Stockport County devolved into backyard wrestling when former Pakistan international Shabir Khan body slammed Charlie Russell in response to a reckless challenge. Khan was shown a red card for the slam and Russell was shown a yellow for the tackle. But this was only the beginning of the English football’s tribute weekend to the WWE, though.