By Chris Wright
To coincide with the club launching their brand new training facility, Southampton have approached Saints both past and present to share their memories of spending their formative years on the south coast.
The likes of Gareth Bale, Theo Walcott, Rickie Lambert and Matt Le Tissier all showed up for a good gush, as well as current players like old-timer Kelvin Davis, emergent youngster Matt Targett and Morgan Schneiderlin- who famously threw a tantrum and accused Southampton of “destroying his career” when they refused to let him leave for Tottenham this July just gone…
Seriously though, English football has an awful lot to thank the Southampton production line for – this is the academy that produced Chris Baird after all.
Should you wish to delve further, here’s a lengthy look around Southampton’s new £40million training hub – the snappily-titled Markus Liebherr Pavilion…
(Via Southampton FC)