In the final section of today's look back in time, we cast our eyes on a few cracking games from the past, where you there for the Spurs comeback at the Dell in 1979 ?

It was good Friday and Saints were heading down to Devon to take on Plymouth Argyle, but with the promotion hopes all but over barring winning every game, most Saints fans eyes were on Wembley in a couple of weeks time.

Plymouth must have been more exited about our Cup final appearance than us as a 25,305 crowd turned up at Home Park, bigger than the gate a week or so earlier for our trip to Portsmouth.

The game would all but end our promotion hopes an 82nd minute goal sending us to defeat, if we had won this and the following game then we would have scraped up on goal difference, but truth is the Cup Run cost us promotion in hindsight when in six games starting on 28th February we lost 4 and drew 2. a couple of wins back then would have changed the momentum, but we were clearly focusing elsewhere.

We were back in the First Division three years later though when Tottenham Hotspur visited the Dell on Easter Monday, Saints roared into a 3-0 half time lead when David Peach gave us the lead from the spot on 6 minutes, and when we got another penalty on 19 minutes it wasn't Peach but Alan Ball on his 600th League appearance who took it and scored, when Phil Boyer scored just before the break it looked all over.

Up until the hour mark that certainly looked the case, then Taylor scored for the visitors and on 68 mins Spurs were back in the game through Jones and they now had the impetus.

So it was no surprise when they equalised through Pratt with 10 minutes left and they looked the most likely winners than, Lawrie McMenemy must have thought he had a team of Pratt's and certainly wasn't complimentary about them after the game.

1982/83 was a transition season and we had forced our way back into the top 10 after a poor start, but we still had it in our locker to beat the best although we could just as easily lose to the worst, Champions elect Liverpool arrived at the Dell.

Saints took the lead on 4 minutes when Martin Foyle was fouled by Grobbelaar and Steve Moran scored from the spot, Kenny Dalglish and Craig Johnston scored twice in quick succession before Nick Holmes equalised and that was only the first 22 minutes.

It was Holmes that won it 4 minutes before the break with a 30 yard lob that sailed over Grobbelaar's head, strangely after such a free scoring first half there would be no goals in the second, nit that Saints fans cared.

In 1991/92 we headed up to Old Trafford to try and thwart their quest for their first League title in 24 yearsin what would be the last season before the Premier League, we were now a team in the Ian Branfoot mould and played a certain type of game, Alex Ferguson was not impressed and despite winning 1-0 he refused to shake hands with Branfoot after the game telling his "where he could go if he thought he could shake hands with me after coming here and playing like that " the title challenge was clearly getting to him and he would lose it to Leeds a game or two later.

2011 was a promotion season Bristol Rovers were the visitors on the Saturday after our set back at Rochdale although we were still in second place level with Huddersfield but with a game in hand, it was now becoming a two horse race for the runners up spot, Bristol Rovers were fighting for their lives at the bottom and dug in the tension in the 23,647 crowd was broken in the 82nd minute when Guly scored the only goal of the game.

Four years ago we were chasing down a European spot and it was a rare point at Goodison Park, we had the bulk of possession, bulk of the chances but still went a goal down through Mori with 20 minutes left, Sadio Mane came to our rescue with 15 minutes to go, but we couldn't find a winner.

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