SAINTS GO MARCHING OVER

Southampton wiped hapless Sunderland all over St Mary’s today, scoring eight. Here are the highest team scores in the premier league since it started.

4 March 1995 Manchester United 9 – 0 Ipswich Town

19 September 1999 Newcastle United 8 – 0 Sheffield Wednesday

22 November 2009 Tottenham Hotspur 9 – 1 Wigan Athletic

9 May 2010 Chelsea 8 – 0 Wigan Athletic

23 December 2012 Chelsea 8 – 0 Aston Villa

18 October 2014 Southampton 8 – 0 Sunderland

And the highest aggregate scores in Premier matches:

Portsmouth  7-4 Reading

Spurs  6-4 Reading (Thanks to John Coombes for his editing-always vigilant.)

Manchester United 8-2 Arsenal

Arsenal  7-3 Newcastle

WBA 5-5 Manchester Utd

BIGGEST WINS FOR SOUTHAMPTON ARE:

9-3 v Wolves – 2nd September 1965 (league)      8-2 v Coventry – 1st April 1984 (FA Cup),

7-1 v Ipswich – 3rd January 1965 (FA Cup)        6-0 v Luton – 8th February 1995 (FA Cup)

BIGGEST DEFEATS: 0-8 v Tottenham – 2 March 1936  0-8 v Everton – 1 November 1971 (league)