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The previous post said that Southampton stand to earn money from the transfer of Peter Crouch from Liverpool to Portsmouth, thanks to a clause in the players contract from when the Saints sold him to Liverpool.
However I don’t expect Chairman Rupert Lowe to be ecstatic, having earlier negotiated an early payment from Tottenham for the [...]

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It seems that it is not only Portsmouth who will benefit from Peter Crouch’s potential move to Fratton Park as their fierce rivals Southampton would receive a significant percentage of the transfer fee that Portsmouth are set to pay Liverpool.
The England striker was sold to Liverpool from Southampton in July 2005 for £7m and it [...]

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Bradley Wright Phillips and Nathan Dyer have been charged with burglary after an incident at a Portsmouth nightclub involving the Southampton players  was caught on CCTV earlier this year.
The players will appear at Portsmouth Magistrates Court on July 8th.
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It’s probably not the best time to be a follower of Southampton Football Club. After only just avoiding the drop last season, they have appointed an unknown coach from Holland and now it appears they are having to taking drastic measures to ease their financial worries.
They are set to close three corners of their stadium [...]

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Southampton have taken on former Holland international Jan Poortvliet as a replacement for manager Nigel Pearson.
The 52 year old has won six titles with clubs in the lower divisions of the Dutch league, will be joined at St Mary’s by fellow countryman Mark Wotte, who will take charge of the club’s academy.
Saint’s acknowledge the work [...]

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