IN
THAT
NUMBER
-
'a
post-war
chronicle
of
Southampton
FC'
is
a
massive,
640-page
hardback,
published
in
2003
at
£35.
This
new
history
of
the
Saints
covers
the
post-war
seasons
-
up to 2003
of
the
club's
118
seasons
to
date.
Even so
it
comprises
640
pages
(with
more
than
1500
illustrations)
and
is
surely
the
most
comprehensive
post-war
history
of
a
football
club,
in
so
far
as
it
includes:
•
Thumb-nail
match
reports
of
2,376
League
games
•
A
similar
style
of
reports
on
157
League
Cup-ties,
24
games
in
Europe
and
35
matches
in
minor
cups.
•
Much
fuller
match
reports
on
178
FA
Cup-ties,
including
14
pages
on
the
road
to
Cardiff.
•
Every
Reserves
line-up
from
1946
to
2003.
Yet
this
is
NOT
a
facts-and-figures
compendium.
Among
the
many
features
that
stop
this
book
being
another
collection
of
stats
are
the
following:
Most
thumb-nail
reports
end
with
a
comment
from
an
ECHO
reporter
or
the
manager
-
occasionally
both.
A
section
of
the
book
is
devoted
to
pen-pictures
of
384
first-team
players
and
of
those
who
managed
them.
Even
the
Reserves
line-ups
feature
some
fine
photographs,
including
one
of
the
16
year-old
Mick
Channon,
pictured
with
the
two
young
reserves,
whose
youngest-ever
appearance
record
he
had
not
long
broken.
That
record
recently
went
again
and
there's
a
place
for
Andrew
Surman,
the
latest
youngest-ever
Reserve,
in
this
book's
comprehensive
picture
gallery.
The
FA
Cup
reports
are
full
of
contextual
commentary,
not
just
on
events
at
the
club,
but
on
the
wider
context
of
the
day,
as
when
Barnsley
won
at
The
Dell
at
the
end
of
the
miners'
strike.
Compiled
by
Saints
Official
Historians,
Duncan
Holley
and
Gary
Chalk,
IN
THAT
NUMBER
had
been
more
than
20
years
in
the
making.
Check
what
the
reviewers
say
about
the
book
This title is out of print, although 2 second-hand copies may still be available.
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