Finn Azaz's first-half strike was enough to secure a 1-0 victory over Norwich and send Southampton into the Championship play-off places for the first time since the opening weekend.

In retrospect of that December 2003 thriller, an afternoon when “cagey and defensive" was off the agenda in the five-goal thriller. The game provided a fitting, if emotional, backdrop to the death of ...

Follow live coverage as Southampton face Crystal Palace today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester ...

Southampton swooped to sign the attacker last summer and he has since adapted well to life with the Championship side.

The Premier League table does not make for pretty reading for Southampton. Bottom by four points — and five from safety — after 12 of the 38 games is a worrying enough statistic, but the glaring ...