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JAMES BEATTIE: The Great Escape season was an amazing experience and I got Southampton's Player of the Year

I was starting to assert myself. I got Saints’ player of the year in my first season in the Premier League. I only started playing regularly in November as I had to work my way into the team.

The Great Escape that season was an amazing experience. Notable games were Wimbledon away at Selhurst Park, our second to last game, where we took 10,000 fans and created an amazing atmosphere.

All the fans were wearing fezzes in homage to Hassan Kachloul. Class. I scored one that day.

Also the game against Everton on the final day, when we won 2-0.