Southampton 1 Tottenham 2

Southampton 2 Sheffield Wednesday 0

Southampton 4 Aston Villa 1

Arsenal 6 Southampton 1

Stevenage 1 Southampton 4

Southampton 0 Wigan 2

It was as if the last three eventful sporting months — an Olympic Games for the ages, a European Championships for England and Ireland to forget — had never happened.

Gaston Ramirez is edging closer to a move to Southampton.

Manchester City will begin their defence of the Barclays Premier League with a home match against Southampton.

SOUTHAMPTON missed the chance to move back to the top of the npower Championship after suffering a second successive home defeat last night.

Nottingham Forest 0 Southampton 3

HUNCHED in an over-sized duvet coat, the last place Wayne Rooney wanted to be on Saturday was surplus to requirements on the substitutes’ bench at a freezing St Mary’s Stadium.

Scunthorpe caretaker boss Ian Baraclough is relishing the prospect of locking horns with Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson.

Holders Manchester United will begin their Carling Cup defence at Scunthorpe - and the third-round draw also paired Tottenham and Arsenal together for a north London derby.

Simon Cox’s second-half volley was enough to keep West Brom in the Coca-Cola Championship automatic promotion places with a 1-0 win at Plymouth.

Scunthorpe 2 Manchester City 4

Scunthorpe 3 Preston 1