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Great to see him interviewed on the pitch. He looked remarkably fit for a 74-year-old. His answers were honest and interesting too. His Dad told him to reply to an ad Saints had placed in the local paper (Echo) for youngsters to come to a trial, where he scored two goals. The rest is history.
From Drake to Chivers to Ings, the tradition of Southampton producing great strikers continues.
Chivers was transferred to Spurs and Channon replaced him in the first team. Scored on his debut, 1-1 at Molyneux. Promotion year I think, although not certain. Martin Chivers was formidable. Wasn't he from Millbrook ?
Chivers was transferred to Spurs and Channon replaced him in the first team. Scored on his debut, 1-1 at Molyneux. Promotion year I think, although not certain. Martin Chivers was formidable. Wasn't he from Millbrook ?
Correct. My uncle was always saying that it was no problem if Chivers was poached by Spurs as we had this young lad Channon in the reserves who would be even better ..... We sold him for £125,000 which was an English record at the time. Check out his goal scoring for example .... In the 1965—66 season, he played an integral role as the club finally gained promotion to the top flight (as runners-up), scoring 30 goals from 39 games, generally from crosses provided by Terry Paine and John Sydenham. All his goals were scored from the first 29 games, and he failed to find the net after the end of February. Phenomenal
Chivers was transferred to Spurs and Channon replaced him in the first team. Scored on his debut, 1-1 at Molyneux. Promotion year I think, although not certain. Martin Chivers was formidable. Wasn't he from Millbrook ?
Chivers played a big part in ensuring we didn't get relegated in our 1st two seasons in Top Tier football, forming a formidable partnership with Ron Davies and thriving on the endless supply of crosses from Paine and Sydenham, before leaving midway 67/68 season.
The fee of 125,000 was at the time a British Record but included a valuation of about 50,000 for Frank Saul in player exchange, which to be honest was at least double his real worth!!
I had a chat with Chivers at Tottenham once. He was a host in one of their corporate dining rooms and I asked him if he preferred Saints of Tottenham. He said Spurs, something that was diplomatically avoided yesterday..! But for whichever club, he was an excellent player.
Who did we sell when Kerry Dixon and David Speedie arrived in a £575.000 deal that didn't work out?
The dynamic duo who Branf#rt assured us would score more goals than Alan Shearer, and criminally didn't even put in a sel on clause. 15% of the 15 mill (?) Newcastle coughed up would have been handy, but then we may not have ended up with Markus!!
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