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2011–12 Southampton F.C. Season
The 2011–12 season was Southampton F.C.'s 72nd and seventh consecutive season in The Football League, and their first in the Football League Championship, Championship since 2009. Having achieved promotion 2010–11 Southampton F.C. season, the previous season, the club were looking to retain their place in the second tier of English football and make progress towards their long-term aim of returning to the Premier League. The 2011–12 season was the first with new sponsor aap3, a Southampton-based company providing "business and IT solutions". Southampton began their #Pre-season, pre-season preparations in July with a two-game tour of Switzerland, in a similar fashion to the 2010–11 season. Later in the month, the club held the first edition of the Markus Liebherr Memorial Cup, inviting European teams to compete in a tournament in honour of former owner Markus Liebherr. Additional friendlies followed before the league began on 6 August 2011. Southampton were relatively acti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southampton F
Southampton is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. It is located approximately southwest of London, west of Portsmouth, and southeast of Salisbury. Southampton had a population of 253,651 at the 2011 census, making it one of the most populous cities in southern England. Southampton forms part of the larger South Hampshire conurbation which includes the city of Portsmouth and the boroughs of Borough of Havant, Havant, Borough of Eastleigh, Eastleigh, Borough of Fareham, Fareham and Gosport. A major port, and close to the New Forest, Southampton lies at the northernmost point of Southampton Water, at the confluence of the River Test and River Itchen, Hampshire, Itchen, with the River Hamble joining to the south. Southampton is classified as a Medium-Port City. Southampton was the departure point for the and home to 500 of the people who perished on board. The Supermarine Spitfire, Spitfire was built in the city and Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pre-season
In an organized sports league, a typical season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session: for example, in Major League Baseball the season lasts approximately from the last week of March to the last week of September. In other team sports, like association football or basketball, it is generally from August or September to May although in some countries – such as Northern Europe, North America or East Asia – the season for oudoor summer sports starts in the spring and finishes in autumn, mainly due to weather conditions encountered during the winter. A year can often be broken up into several distinct sections (sometimes themselves called seasons). These are: a preseason, usually a series of exhibition games played for training purposes; a regular season, the main period of the league's competition; the postseason, a playoff tournament played against the league's top teams to determine the league's champion; and the offseason, the time w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelvin Davis (footballer)
Kelvin Geoffrey Davis (born 29 September 1976) is an English professional football manager and former footballer who is the manager of National League club Eastleigh. Davis played as a goalkeeper. He began his career with Luton Town as a youth player in 1991 and remained there until 1999. Davis later played for Wimbledon, Ipswich Town and Sunderland before moving to Southampton in 2006. Davis was team captain of Southampton from 2009 to 2012, after which he became club captain. From July 2016 to December 2017, Davis had been working as part of the support staff at Southampton. On 29 December 2017, Davis became Senior First Team coach following the resignation of Eric Black the previous week until parting ways with Southampton in 2022. Club career Early career Davis was born in Bedford, Bedfordshire and started his career as a trainee with Luton Town, turning professional in July 1994. He joined Torquay United on loan in September 1994 as cover for the injured Ashley Bayes, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnet F
Barnet may refer to: People *Barnet (surname) *Barnet (given name) Places United Kingdom *Chipping Barnet or High Barnet, commonly known as Barnet, one of three focal towns of the borough below. *East Barnet, a district of the borough below; ancient parish. *New Barnet, a district of the borough below. *Friern Barnet, a district of the borough below. ;Administrative units: *London Borough of Barnet, in Greater London, England *Chipping Barnet (UK Parliament constituency) (since 1974) ;Historic units: *Barnet Urban District (1863–1965) in Hertfordshire *East Barnet Urban District neighbour with same status/lifetime as above *Barnet Rural District, former name (1894–1941) of Elstree Rural District *Barnet (UK Parliament constituency) (1945–1974) *Barnet (electoral division), Greater London Council United States *Barnet, Vermont, United States, a New England town **Barnet (CDP), Vermont, village in the town *Barnet Run, a stream in West Virginia, United States Canada *Barne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Saville
Jack William Saville (born 2 April 1991) is an English retired professional footballer who last played for Farnborough as a defender. Club career Southampton Saville joined Chelsea's academy from Reading Under-14's and played over 20 games in Chelsea's 2007–08 youth side before being promoted into their reserve team squad. He spent four years at the club before joining Southampton from Chelsea's youth system in March 2009. Shortly after, he progressed through the club's youth system and reserves. Saville penned a three-year contract with Southampton in July 2010. Later in the year, Saville joined Stockport County on a month loan on 4 November 2010. However, he was told by manager Paul Simpson to fight his way to the first team, only to leave the club after being given a compassionate leave without making an appearance. On 11 August 2011, Saville joined Hayes & Yeading United on a three-month loan. He made his debut for the club, coming on as a 76th-minute substitute, in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Sharp
Billy Louis Sharp (born 5 February 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Doncaster Rovers. Sharp has played for Sheffield United, Rushden & Diamonds, Scunthorpe United, Southampton, Nottingham Forest, Reading, Doncaster Rovers and Leeds United. On 1 January 2019, Sharp scored his 220th goal and became the leading English born goal scorer in English professional football during the 21st century so far, overtaking the record set by Rickie Lambert. On 8 February 2019, Sharp scored his 100th goal in all competitions for Sheffield United when he scored his second goal in a 3–3 draw against Aston Villa. Three days after the death of his newborn son in 2011, Sharp played and scored the opener in the game, and five days later he was lauded by the Ipswich Town fans following his goal against them. He and his wife set up The Luey Jacob Sharp Foundation in aid of gastroschisis research and to support other people affected by this condition. Clu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadanari Lee
is a Japanese former footballer who played as a striker or attacking midfielder. He has made 11 appearances for the Japan national team. He is sometimes known as "Chung", in reference to his Korean name, Lee Chung-seong. Lee is known in Japan for coming on as a substitute in the 109th minute of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup final held in Qatar and scoring his first international goal to secure a 1–0 win over Australia, giving Japan their fourth Asian Cup success. Early life and family Lee was born to third generation Zainichi Korean parents in Tanashi (present-day Nishitokyo), Tokyo. He has Byeokjin Lee ( 벽진이씨) ancestry. His father was also a footballer, who played for Yokohama Tristar FC in the Japan Soccer League. His Korean name is Lee Chung-seong ( and also had used pass name . Club career Japan Lee started playing football at Komine FC and later moved to Yokogawa Electric. In 2001, he joined FC Tokyo youth team and took second places at All Japan Club Youth S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Alexander Mark David Oxlade-Chamberlain (born 15 August 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Süper Lig club Beşiktaş. He earned 35 caps for the England national team between 2012 and 2019. After rising to prominence with Southampton during the 2010–11 season aged 17, Oxlade-Chamberlain signed for Arsenal in August 2011. Scoring twice in his first three matches for the club, Oxlade-Chamberlain became the youngest English goalscorer in UEFA Champions League history and also claimed a regular place in the England under-21 team. Over his six seasons at Arsenal, he played 198 games and scored 20 goals, winning the FA Cup three times. He signed for Liverpool in August 2017, winning the 2018–19 Champions League and 2019–20 Premier League. Oxlade-Chamberlain made his debut for the England national team in May 2012 in a 1–0 win against Norway in a friendly. Following this, he received a surprise call-up to the England squad for UEFA Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
