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Southampton FC: Twenty years since the last game at The Dell

BBC | May 26, 2021

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The script of Southampton Football Club's final league game at The Dell 20 years ago couldn't have been written any better.

Level at 2-2 against Arsenal, a long ball falls to none other than Saints legend Matt Le Tissier, who swivels on the spot and volleys in a last-minute winner.

A fairytale finish.

"Who better to say farewell than one of the finest players to wear the red and white?" said Jon Champion, the BBC's Match of the Day commentator on 19 May 2001.

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image captionLe Tissier wheels away after scoring a last-minute winner against Arsenal

It was the perfect goodbye to the iconic football ground, which was the scene for countless memories for generations of Southampton fans over 103 years.

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