Latest football stories from FansNetwork Tonda Eckert Charged By The FA Southampton Almost 3 months after the original Spygate issue loomed it's ugly head, the FA have finally got their act into geat two weeks before the start of the season to charge Tonda Eckert with breaches of FA rules.  Will Southampton See Youngsters Fire Them To Promotion Southampton Saints are going to lose a player or two in this transfer window,, that is an accepted fact and as with any departure from a football club, it is all about what happens next ! Whe replaces them, but do Saints have the replacements already at the club ?  Fulham Preparing To Lodge Large Bid For Shea Charles Southampton With Leeds United said to have cooled their interest in the Southampton midfielder, it seems that Fulham are still keen on securing his services and that they are about to try and make Southampton an offer they can't refuse.  Swans sunk in Austria : Still no Vipotnik Swansea City The Swans were capably defeated this evening in the beautiful setting of the Fussballplatz Mittersill in Austria. The Swans coaching team would have learned a lot from this friendly from effort, fitness, determination and awareness of course. However, it wasn’t a good watch.  Jimmy Riddle! Has the curse of Orta struck again? Leeds United Crysencio Summerville appears to be swopping the East End of London for the Middle East. Leeds however will not see a penny of the £68m deal!  Sport Republic Owned Club Playing In Southampton This Week Southampton 3 years ago Saints travelled to Ismir to take on fellow Sport Republic club Goztepe, now Valenciennes, another club on the roster are travelling to the UK to have a training camp at Staplewood and a game against Eastleigh FC.  Match Day : Swansea City v VFL Bochum 1848 & Transfer Latest Swansea City Swansea City face a stern test with a pre season friendly this evening at the Fussballplatz Mittersill in Mittersill, Austria. It follows a 2-2 draw in Kufstein against Holstein Kiel on Saturday. It is the second of three games over a week in the country.  Rest In Peace Kevin Keegan A True Legend Southampton All Southampton supporters of a certain age can remember where they were back in February 1980 when they heard Kevin Keegan had signed for Saints, Keegan was the reigning European Footballer of the year, it was the equivalent of Lionel Messi signing for Saints aged 29.  Ah, Vienna – Awaydays Queens Park Rangers It’s been a long week of late nights riding the rails round Vienna sampling Austrian cheese sausage, bidding a fond farewell to Zan Celar, lamenting the latest England failure, and occasionally seeing a QPR game break out. Some of this will mean nothing to you. |
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