| • Science | • People | • Locations | • Timeline |
| Full name | Southampton Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | The Saints | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1885, as St. Mary's YMA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | St Mary's Stadium, Southampton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 32,800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Rupert Lowe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Steve Wigley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | FA Premier League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003-04 | Premier League, 12th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Their finest hour was their FA Cup win in 1976, when they beat Manchester UnitedManchester United F. often abbreviated to Man United or just Man U pronounced man-you is an English football club based at Old Trafford, Greater Manchester. Formed as Newton Heath LYR F. in 1878, as the works team of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway d 1-0. They also were the runners-up in 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U against ArsenalArsenal F. also known as Arsenal The Arsenal or The Gunners is a north London football team founded in 1886. They play at Arsenal Stadium, Highbury. History Early years Arsenal were originally called Dial Square . The club later changed its name to Woolwi and runners-up in the 1979Events January-February January 1 Sino-American relations: United States and the People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations January 4 State of Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to families of dead and injured in Kent State University shootings. League CupThe Football League Cup commonly known as the League Cup is an English football competition. Like the more prestigious FA Cup, it is played on a knockout (single elimination) basis. Unlike the FA Cup, only the 92 members of The Football League (who organi final against Nottingham Forest.
Southampton enjoy a fierce rivalry with Portsmouth Football Club; despite Southampton being in a superior division for much of the 1980s and 90s, this derby was recently reignited by Portsmouth's promotion to the Premiership in 2003.
On 4 March 2004, Paul Sturrock was named as Southampton's manager, succeeding Gordon Strachan. However, just over five months later, on August 23 2004, it was announced that Sturrock was leaving the club 'by mutual consent', after a disappointing run of form and rumours of boardroom dissatisfaction with his management. He was replaced by Steve Wigley as head coach, despite rumours at the time that former England Rugby Union coach Sir Clive Woodward was to switch codes to football.
On October 11 2004 Frenchman Christian Damiano was unveiled as the Saints' 1st team coach, to work alongside Wigley.