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06-05-2025
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'Behind enemy lines' - Saints legend Le Tissier dons Pompey shirt for charity match
SAINTS legend Matt Le Tissier pulled on a Portsmouth shirt as he played the pantomime villain in a charity football match at Fratton Park. Le Tissier featured for Alan Knight's Charity XI against a team of Pompey legends, helping to raise money for the vital work done by cancer charities. Knight, 63, who played 195 times for Portsmouth, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in October 2024, receiving the football world's full support. Le Tissier was a surprise unannounced attendee on the day, cheekily revealing his arrival on social media with the caption: "Behind enemy lines." Entered enemy territory — Matt Le Tissier ✝️ (@mattletiss7) May 5, 2025 Alan Knight's XI drew 8-8 with the Portsmouth Legends team, as Le Tissier came off the bench to entertain a crowd over 6,000 strong in PO. Le Tissier was greeted with inevitable chants from the fans of his former bitter rivals, but earned their appreciation with a good natured smile. The Saints hero played 518 games in red and white but put the past aside to help raise money for charity, donning a Portsmouth away shirt. Today's teams. 🔵⚪️ — Portsmouth FC (@Pompey) May 5, 2025 It is not a sight many Saints fans will want to see again but is a touch of class from the 56 year old, who scored an incredible 195 goals for the Dell outfit. Le Tissier will be back on the red side when Saints meet Pompey in South Coast derby league matches, for the first time since 2012, next season. With both clubs set for participation in the Championship, Saints will take on Portsmouth home and away in their quest for promotion to the top flight.
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27-01-2025
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Saints legend backs farmer protest as tractors lined up at St Mary's
Saints legend Matt Le Tissier backed a farmers' protest at St Mary's Stadium on Saturday ahead of the Premier League game against Newcastle. Around 14 tractors were lined up outside the stadium before the 3pm kick-off, as they rallied against Labour's inheritance tax changes. Le Tissier was spotted backing the Farmers for Action protest in a video posted on their Instagram account. In the video, the Saints legend said: 'I'm pretty disgusted in the way the government are treating farmers, there seems to be a real attack on them without realising that these people are what makes our food go round. No farmers no food, it's not a catch phrase. 'We don't want to be reliant on the plastic food that people are trying to flog us in supermarkets and I think it's about time farmers actually got paid a fair price for what they produce.' READ MORE: One sign on a tractor said: "RIP farmers, abolish the death tax." The farmers congregated along Bitterne Manor at about 11am, then peacefully protested outside St Mary's before dispersing shortly after arriving at 12.30pm. A reader said: "Lots of residents came out in support along the road. Looks like they met up with more tractors in the industrial estate before heading to St Mary's Stadium up the road." READ MORE: Daily Echo Camera Club member 'Definitelyblurredphotography' pictured the ten-plus tractors parked in the industrial estate next to the stadium. Farmers rallied outside St Mary's Stadium. (Image: Alfie House) In a video on X, protest organisers Farmers for Action said: "These are our British farmers. "Farmers for Action – football fans outside Southampton Football Club, everyone standing together. "Let's have a fair price for farmers and a fair price for all. Scrap the IHT. It's time the government listened." Police were present throughout the demonstration. Farmers gathered at protests across the UK as their campaign against the Government's inheritance tax reforms steps up. The National Farmers Union (NFU) staged a series of events as part of a so-called National Day of Unity, with farmers bringing food, tractors and livestock to town centres across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
