Club archive
Records, scars & silverware
The numbers that explain Southampton: 815 appearances, Wembley in 1976, 11-0 hammerings, 0-9 trauma, and enough historical whiplash to make the archive filing cabinet nervous.
815
Most appearances
Terry Paine
1956–1974
228
Most goals
Mick Channon
All-time leading scorer
11-0
Biggest win
Northampton / Watford
Southern League era
32,363
Record St Mary's crowd
Coventry City
28 April 2012
Player records
Most Appearances
Terry Paine
1956–1974 · 18 seasons of loyal service
Most Goals
Mick Channon
1966–1977, 1979–1982 · the club's sharpest finisher
Most Goals in One Season
Derek Reeves
1959–60 · Third Division South
Most Goals in One Match
Albert Brown
vs Northampton Town · 28 December 1901
Youngest Player
Theo Walcott
16 years, 143 days · vs Wolves, 6 August 2005
Oldest Player
Willy Caballero
41 years, 122 days · vs Blackpool, 28 January 2023
Money desk
Transfer records
Highest fee received
£75m
Virgil van Dijk to Liverpool
January 2018 · world-record defender fee at the time
Highest fee paid
£22m
Kamaldeen Sulemana from Rennes
January 2023 · pace, promise, and a very large invoice
Other high-water marks
Record St Mary's attendance · Coventry City, 28 April 2012
Highest scoring Saints game · Wolves, 18 September 1965
Founded as St. Mary's Y.M.A.
Form runs
Streaks that became folklore
10
Longest league winning run
16 April 2011 – 20 August 2011
11
Longest winning run, all comps
16 April 2011 – 20 August 2011
22
Longest league unbeaten run
30 September 2023 – 10 February 2024
25
Longest unbeaten run, all comps
30 September 2023 – 10 February 2024
19
Longest home league winning streak
12 February 2011 – 29 November 2011
21
Longest home winning streak, all comps
12 February 2011 – 29 November 2011
Biggest wins
When Saints ran riot
11-0
vs Northampton Town
Southern League · 28 Dec 1901
Home
11-0
vs Watford
Southern League · 13 Dec 1902
Home
8-0
vs Northampton Town
Third Division South · 24 Dec 1921
Home
8-0
vs Sunderland
Premier League · 18 Oct 2014
Home
8-0
vs Newport County
EFL Cup · 25 Aug 2021
Away
6-0
vs Carlisle United
Second Division · 22 Jan 1977
Away
6-0
vs Wolves
Championship · 31 Mar 2007
Away
6-0
vs Oldham Athletic
League One · 11 Jan 2011
Away
Biggest defeats
The bad pile
0-9
vs Leicester City
Premier League · 25 Oct 2019
St Mary's infamy
0-9
vs Manchester United
Premier League · 2 Feb 2021
Old Trafford nightmare
0-8
vs Crystal Palace
Southern League · 16 Nov 1913
Away
0-8
vs Tottenham Hotspur
Second Division · 28 Mar 1936
Away
0-8
vs Everton
First Division · 20 Nov 1971
Away
0-6
vs Plymouth Argyle
Second Division · 5 Dec 1931
Home
Major honours
Cabinet check
1
FA Cup winners
1976
3
FA Cup finalists
1900, 1902, 2003
2
League Cup finalists
1979, 2017
1
League runners-up
1983–84 First Division
Archive timeline
Milestones
1885
St. Mary's Y.M.A. founded
The beginning of the long, occasionally sensible, mostly chaotic story.
1901
Albert Brown scores seven
Northampton Town are introduced to a very bad afternoon.
1976
FA Cup glory
Bobby Stokes, Wembley, Manchester United. You know the rest.
1984
Top-flight runners-up
Saints finish second in the First Division.
2012
St Mary's packed out
32,363 against Coventry City remains the stadium high-water mark.
2023–24
Unbeaten machine
25 without defeat in all competitions under Russell Martin.