Season 1966/67
All editions of "Southern Soccer"
were broadcast in 405-line black & white on VHF only until December
1969.
Maurice Edelston assumed to
be the commentator unless stated.
05/Nov probably
Southampton 3 Stoke City 2
12/Nov Gillingham 1 (Rackstraw(pen))
Swindon Town 0
19/Nov Southampton 1 (Davies)
Manchester United 2 (Charlton 2) *Listed in The News of
the World
26/Nov Portsmouth 0 Derby County
3 (Buxton, Hector, Durban) *NOTW
03/Dec Southampton 2 (Melia,
Davies) Newcastle United 0 *NOTW
10/Dec Showed ATV's London's
"Star Soccer" - Fulham 3 (Clarke 2, Conway) Southampton 1 (Paine)
17/Dec Portsmouth 3 (Kellard,
Hiron 2) Norwich City 3 (Sheffield 2, Curran) *NOTW
24/Dec No programme this
weekend
31/Dec
07/Jan Portsmouth 1 (McCann)
Bury 2 (Aimson, Jones)
14/Jan Southend United
1 (Flatt) Halifax Town 0 *Listed in The Observer
21/Jan
28/Jan Showed Anglia's
"Match of the Week" - Hull City 1 Portsmouth 1 [FA Cup 3rd Round]
04/Feb Southampton 6 (Hollywood,
Davies, Paine 2(2pens), Chivers 2) West Ham United 2 (Hurst, Burkett)
11/Feb Portsmouth 3 (Pointer,
Edwards, Harris) Northampton Town 2 (Moore, Brown)
18/Feb Brighton & Hove
Albion 1 (Turner) Chelsea 1 (Tambling) [FA Cup 4th Round]
25/Feb Bournemouth & Boscombe
A. 1 (Bumstead) Darlington 1 (Massie)
04/Mar Brighton & Hove
Albion 2 (Napier 2) Gillingham 2 (Yeo, Gibbs)
11/Mar Showed ABC's "World
of Soccer" [FA Cup 5th Round] *No Southern clubs left in
competition
18/Mar
25/Mar Southampton 4 (Paine,
Brown(og), Davies, Chivers) Fulham 2 (Earle, Clarke)
01/Apr Bournemouth & Boscombe
A. 2 (P.Norton, Oliver) Reading 2 (Harris, Smee)
08/Apr
15/Apr Showed Home International
22/Apr Southampton 0 Tottenham
Hotspur 1 (Gilzean)
29/Apr Showed ABC's "World
of Soccer" - [FA Cup SF]
06/May
13/May
Southampton, managed by Ted Bates since 1955, had just won promotion to the top flight for the first time in their history, their debut campaign in the old First Division in 1966/67 saw them finish 19th (two places above the drop), Saints centre forward Ron Davies was the entire Football League's leading scorer with 37 helping the club notch up an impressive total of 74 goals for, but the 92 goals against accounted for their lowly position. 2nd tier Portsmouth, managed by George Smith since 1961, ended the season in 14th. The 3rd tier saw Roy Bentley's Reading enjoy their best season for many years, narrowly missing out on promotion in 4th. Gillingham finished 11th whilst Brighton and Bournemouth just avoided the drop in 19th and 20th. In the Fourth Division, fringe Southern club Southend were 6th, Aldershot 10th.
Gillingham matchday programme
article
12th November 1966
Season 1967/68
There were no football highlights
scheduled for Southern viewers until the weekend of 30th September.
30/Sep Southampton 2 (Paine,
Davies) Nottingham Forest 1 (Lyons) *Listed in The News
of the World
07/Oct Portsmouth 2 (McClelland,
Hiron) Carlisle United 1 (McIlmoyle)
14/Oct Southampton 1 (Davies)
Leicester City 5 (?????, Sinclair, Stringfellow 2, Shilton)
*NOTW,
Leicester's keeper scored the 5th with a clearance.
21/Oct Home Internationals
28/Oct Brighton & Hove
Albion 1 (Flood) Watford 0
04/Nov Portsmouth 3 (Jennings, McCann
2) Hull City 0
11/Nov Southampton 1 (Chivers) Tottenham
Hotspur 2 (Robertson, Gilzean)
18/Nov Bournemouth & Boscombe
A. 1 (Held) Walsall 1 (Murray)
25/Nov Southampton 3 (Paine, Channon,
Davies) Sunderland 2 (Brand, Martin)
02/Dec Portsmouth 3 (Portwood,
Travers, Pointer) Blackpool 1 (Skirton)
09/Dec Showed ATV London's
match *NOTW
16/Dec Brighton & Hove
Albion 0 Swindon Town 0 *NOTW
23/Dec No programme this
weekend
30/Dec Gillingham 1 (Hunt)
Brighton & Hove Albion 1 (K.Napier)
06/Jan Southampton 3
(Channon, Davies 2) Chelsea 5 (Cooke, Baldwin, Tambling, Boyle, Osgood)
*NOTW
13/Jan Showed ATV
London's "Star Soccer" - Leeds United 5 (Jones, Hibbett, Lorimer, Madeley
2) Southampton 0
20/Jan Portsmouth 3 (McCann,
Kellard, Pointer) Norwich City 0 *NOTW
27/Jan Showed ABC's
"World of Soccer" [FA Cup 3rd Round]
03/Feb Southampton 1 (Davies)
Stoke City 2 (Burrows, Palmer) *NOTW
10/Feb Southend United 0 York
City 1 (Spencer)
17/Feb Showed ATV London's
"Star Soccer" [FA Cup 4th Round]
24/Feb Showed Home International
02/Mar Networked coverage of the
League Cup Final
09/Mar Portsmouth 1 (Hiron) West
Bromwich Albion 2 (Astle, Clark) [FA Cup 5th Round] *NOTW
16/Mar Southampton 0 West Ham United
0 *NOTW
23/Mar Portsmouth 2 (Ley(pen),
Hiron) Middlesbrough 0
30/Mar Showed ABC's "World
of Soccer" [FA Cup QF's]
06/Apr Bournemouth & Boscombe
A. 4 (Hold 3, K.White) Gillingham 0
13/Apr Southampton 2 (Paine,
Davies) Manchester United 2 (Charlton, Best)
20/Apr Portsmouth 2 (Newton(og),
Jennings) Blackburn Rovers 1 (Gilliver)
27/Apr Showed ABC's "World
of Soccer" - [FA Cup SF]
04/May Portsmouth 1 (McCann) Ipswich
Town 2 (O'Rourke 2)
11/May Southampton 0 Coventry City
0
Southampton improved to a 16th placed
finish with Ron Davies again topping the scoring charts (this time jointly
with Man Utd star George Best) on 28 but once again Saints defensive frailties
let them down. In the 2nd tier, Portsmouth finished 5th - yet points wise
they were well short of the required tally for promotion. Reading also
finished 5th in the Third tier with Brighton, Gillingham and Bournemouth
making up a mid-table trio of Southern teams in 10th, 11th and 12th.
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1955/56 - 1967/68
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