THE LAST TIME...

The last time Southampton were this high up in the Premier League, the then Manager, Gordon Strachan, vowed that rather than going out to celebrate he was going to stay in, turn on the television and watch Teletext:-

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Diff	Pts
1	Manchester United	30	25	2	3	70	31	39	77
2	Manchester City	30	18	8	4	55	26	29	62
3	Tottenham Hotspur	31	17	6	8	53	38	15	57
4	Chelsea	30	16	7	7	59	32	27	55
5	Arsenal	30	15	8	7	59	33	26	53
6	Everton	30	13	12	5	47	35	12	51
7	Liverpool	31	13	9	9	59	40	19	48
8	West Bromwich Albion	31	13	5	13	41	41	0	44
9	Swansea City	31	10	10	11	41	40	1	40
10	Fulham	29	9	9	11	40	44	-4	36
11	West Ham United	30	10	6	14	35	44	-9	36
12	Southampton	31	8	10	13	44	53	-9	34
13	Stoke City	31	7	13	11	27	36	-9	34
14	Norwich City	31	7	13	11	28	47	-19	34
15	Newcastle United	31	9	6	16	41	56	-15	33
16	Sunderland	31	7	10	14	33	43	-10	31
17	Wigan Athletic	30	8	6	16	36	56	-20	30
18	Aston Villa	31	7	9	15	32	58	-26	30
19	Queen's Park Rangers	30	4	11	15	26	48	-22	23
20	Reading	31	5	8	18	36	61	-25	23

No wonder Mr. Happy is, well, happy......