šŸŽ„ Remembering when Southampton earned promotion from League One | OneFootball

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Blaise BourgeoisĀ·13 May 2020

šŸŽ„ Remembering when Southampton earned promotion from League One

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Back in 2011, Southampton secured promotion from League One on the final day of the season with a 3-1 win over Walsall in front of nearly 32,000 at St Maryā€™s, ending their two-year spell in Englandā€™s third-flight.

The following year those magical Saints, spearheaded by 27 Championship goals along with 13 assists from Rickie Lambert, would earn back-to-back promotions to the Premier League, where they resided ever since.


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Though Southampton would have went up due to Huddersfield failing their own match, it will always be remembered as one of the great nights in club history.

Surely St. Maryā€™s was the loudest it had been in several years when a young Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain bagged his 68th-minute goal to virtually seal promotion.