Ivan Toney was on target again to give Brentford’s slim chances of securing a place in Europe a boost following a 2-0 Premier League win at struggling Southampton.The Bees had a 12-match unbeaten run that bolstered the aspirations broken by a 1-0 defeat at Everton but bounced back on a wet day on the south coast.Toney poked the ball into the net from a corner for his 16th goal of the seaso...Full Story »

Zak Brunt’s second-half penalty saw Boreham Wood edge to their fifth straight win after a 1-0 victory against Southend.Femi Ilesanmi had a chance from Brunt’s corner but fired his shot over the bar before Nathan Ashmore made a good save from Gus Scott-Morriss’ low effort.The Wood goalkeeper was called into action again to deny Harry Cardwell before Ilesanmi’s chance was d...Full Story »

Manchester United survived Casemiro’s early red card and an impressive display by rock-bottom Southampton as a pulsating Old Trafford encounter ended goalless.Erik ten Hag stressed the need for his side to be at their best as the Red Devils returned to Premier League duty for the first time since last weekend’s historic 7-0 shellacking at rivals Liverpool.United showed impressive cha...Full Story »

Chesterfield made it back-to-back wins in the National League after hanging on to beat fellow play-off hopefuls Southend 2-1 at Roots Hall.The Spireites started well after claiming their first win in 10 attempts at Gateshead on Saturday and Laurence Maguire headed their opener with 14 minutes on the clock.Paul McCallum headed against the crossbar as his side went hunting a second, but visiting g...Full Story »

Ruben Selles insisted Southampton are “hunting” down those above them in the table after Carlos Alcaraz’s winner lifted them off the bottom of the Premier League for the first time since before the World Cup break.The January signing slotted past the Leicester goalkeeper in a crucial 1-0 win for Saints, ending a winless run at home stretching all the way back to the visit of Ch...Full Story »

Carlos Alcaraz’s first-half goal handed Southampton a lifeline as they secured a crucial three points in a 1-0 win over fellow relegation battlers Leicester.The Saints had gone into the game winless in eight Premier League home games, a run of matches stretching all the way back to the visit of Chelsea to St Mary’s in August.However, January signing Alcaraz’s second goal in as ...Full Story »

Barnet boosted their Vanarama National League promotion hopes by beating play-off rivals Southend 1-0 at Roots Hall.Idris Kanu slotted home the 67th-minute winner after Harry Smith’s shot had been pushed into his path.Smith almost opened the scoring after his looping header struck a post, with Nicke Kabamba’s follow-up effort blocked on the line.Southend’s best chance fell to H...Full Story »

Manchester United are monitoring Southampton youngster Romeo Lavia ahead of the summer window but two other Premier League giants are in the race for the midfielder. The 19-year-old has caught the attention of many since joining the Saints in the summer from Manchester City and has played 20 games so far with the Premier League side, despite having a hamstring injury during the season. Sout...Full Story »

Paul Hurst hailed his history makers after Grimsby reached the FA Cup quarter-finals with a shock 2-1 success over Premier League strugglers Southampton.Gavan Holohan converted two penalties at St Mary’s to fire the League Two visitors into the last eight of the competition for the first time since the Second World War.Duje Caleta-Car pulled one back for the top-flight’s bottom side ...Full Story »

Gavan Holohan converted two penalties as League Two side Grimsby dumped Premier League strugglers Southampton out of the FA Cup with a shock 2-1 win at St Mary’s.Midfielder Holohan capitalised on moments of madness from Saints pair Lyanco and Duje Caleta-Car to fire the Mariners into the quarter-finals of the competition for the first time since the Second World War.Croatia defender Caleta...Full Story »

EX-SOUTHAMPTON striker Graziano Pelle's stunning wife Viktoria Varga has showed off her red-hot body on the beach. Pelle, 37, scored 30 goals in 80 appearances for the Saints between 2014-16. The Hunagrian model is the wife of former Saints striker Graziano PelleCredit: Instagram @vikyvarga And wife Viktoria was with him during his time on the South Coast, having met the charming Italian goal...Full Story »

Leeds boss Javi Gracia described his side’s 1-0 home win against Southampton in his first game in charge as “something really special”.Junior Firpo’s second-half strike halted Leeds’ 10-game winless run in the Premier League and lifted them out of the bottom three.Former Watford, Malaga and Valencia boss Gracia was delighted with his winning start after being appoin...Full Story »

Teenager Henry Sandat fired Southend to a fourth successive victory as Gateshead left Roots Hall with a 1-0 defeat in their National League clash.Sandat had been named on the bench but an injury sustained by Harry Cardwell during the warm-up gave the 17-year-old his chance which he seized by netting in the fifth minute.A shot by Callum Powell was parried away by goalkeeper Filip Marschall but it...Full Story »

Gus Scott-Morriss was on target for the second successive match as Southend boosted their play-off push by coming from behind to beat Halifax 2-1 in the Vanarama National League.Defender Scott-Morriss, who also scored in last week’s victory at Maidenhead, turned home following a corner to claim the hosts’ 79th-minute winner.Jesse Debrah poked the West Yorkshire visitors ahead at Root...Full Story »

Nathan Jones said he has “no idea” if he will be spared the Southampton axe following his side’s crushing 2-1 defeat against 10-man Wolves at St Mary’s.Southampton remain rooted to the foot of the Premier League after Wolves came from a goal down, and a man down, to leave Jones scrambling for his future.Furious Saints fans chanted “get out of our club”, and &l...Full Story »

Vincent Kompany watched Nathan Tella’s brace fire Burnley into the last 16 of the FA Cup and then joked he had hidden his phone during January to ensure there was no danger of the forward being recalled by Southampton.Tella scored after just 46 seconds of Tuesday night’s fourth round replay against Ipswich, but Burnley needed his second in stoppage time to see off the Tractor Boys, w...Full Story »

Harry Cardwell poked home a 90th-minute winner to secure a 2-1 victory over Maidenhead and Southend’s first win on the road since November.The hosts got off to an ideal start in their first match at York Road since January 1 with former Southend player Shawn McCoulsky giving them an eighth-minute lead.However, hopes of a first home win since mid-November received a blow just before half-ti...Full Story »

Oshwin Andries, the captain of South Africa's U-20 men's football team, has died at the age of 19, his club Stellenbosch FC have confirmed. Local media reports indicate that the young talent was murdered in a stabbing on Saturday morning, although his cause of death has not been made official. "It is with deep sadness that Stellenbosch F.C. has learned of the untimely passing of promising yo...Full Story »

Nathan Jones came out fighting after Southampton’s fans turned on him during the 3-0 defeat at Brentford, vowing to stamp his authority on the club.The Saints boss, appointed in November to steer them away from relegation, faced chants of ‘you’re getting sacked in the morning’ and ‘get out of our club’ after they were left rooted to the foot of the table.After...Full Story »

Jack Bridge’s brace fired Southend back into the National League play-off places with a 2-0 win over troubled York.Both goals came in the second half, with the first from the penalty spot after Bridge went down under a challenge.Bridge stepped up himself and opened the scoring in the 64th minute with a spot-kick down the middle as Ethan Ross dived to his right.The second was all Bridge&rsq...Full Story »