| RIP Chivers 17:27 - Jan 7 with 1390 views | franniesTache |
Before my time but heard stories of him from my mum and gran, born in Southampton and was part of the 66 promotion team, passed today aged 80.
RIP mush |  | | |  |
| RIP Chivers on 17:40 - Jan 7 with 1069 views | 1teeminants |
Saints Legend. 108 goals in 189 games for The Saints. RIP Martin . |  |
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| RIP Chivers on 17:40 - Jan 7 with 1066 views | SalisburySaint |
Saw him a few times in from 65/66 season until he left for Spurs, then for England and against us for Spurs and Norwich
Shame his time at Saints is almost forgotten in the tributes I’ve seen so far
RIP Martin, without him I doubt we would have got promoted to top league for first time in 65/66. |  | | |
| RIP Chivers on 17:43 - Jan 7 with 1058 views | 1teeminants |
| RIP Chivers on 17:40 - Jan 7 by SalisburySaint |
Saw him a few times in from 65/66 season until he left for Spurs, then for England and against us for Spurs and Norwich
Shame his time at Saints is almost forgotten in the tributes I’ve seen so far
RIP Martin, without him I doubt we would have got promoted to top league for first time in 65/66. |
Yes I noticed. Most of the tributes don’t even mention his time with us even though he was a prolific scorer for us . | |
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| RIP Chivers on 17:45 - Jan 7 with 1050 views | HytheFerrytales |
I stand to be corrected but I remember Chivers and Ron Davies playing a season or two together but they were a bit too similar and Ted Bates sold Chivers to Spurs.
That gave an up and coming leggy kid from the youth team the chance to jump in as Davies' co-striker...step forward one Mick Channon...decent replacement. |  | | |
| RIP Chivers on 17:52 - Jan 7 with 1017 views | 1885_SFC |
RIP to one of our own. A true great. |  |
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| RIP Chivers on 18:12 - Jan 7 with 974 views | grumpy |
Sad News
Great player for Saints,scored nearly 100 goals for Saints.
Scored a lot of goals supplied from the wings by Paine and Sydenham
Left for Spurs when Channon was coming through, for a then record fee of £125,000.
He was rock solid,I didn't see anyone knock him off the ball,great player who played for England a few times.
RIP Martin,thanks for the memories. |  | | |
| RIP Chivers on 18:16 - Jan 7 with 952 views | grumpy |
| RIP Chivers on 17:45 - Jan 7 by HytheFerrytales |
I stand to be corrected but I remember Chivers and Ron Davies playing a season or two together but they were a bit too similar and Ted Bates sold Chivers to Spurs.
That gave an up and coming leggy kid from the youth team the chance to jump in as Davies' co-striker...step forward one Mick Channon...decent replacement. |
If my Memory serves me right,Davies,Channon and Chivers did play a game together.
I think it was Chivers last game before going to Spurs
Boy could we do with a player like anyone of those three now. | | | |
| RIP Chivers on 18:32 - Jan 7 with 914 views | templarinexile |
| RIP Chivers on 18:12 - Jan 7 by grumpy |
Sad News
Great player for Saints,scored nearly 100 goals for Saints.
Scored a lot of goals supplied from the wings by Paine and Sydenham
Left for Spurs when Channon was coming through, for a then record fee of £125,000.
He was rock solid,I didn't see anyone knock him off the ball,great player who played for England a few times.
RIP Martin,thanks for the memories. |
Rock solid is right!
I remember him nonchalantly knocking the barrel-chested Dave Mackay off the ball at the Dell; rumour has it that, as a consequence Mackay told Bill Nicholson that he simply had to sign him.
Unfortunately, I think we got lumbered with Frank Saul in part exchange. |  | | |
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| RIP Chivers on 18:44 - Jan 7 with 879 views | kingslandstand1 |
| RIP Chivers on 17:40 - Jan 7 by SalisburySaint |
Saw him a few times in from 65/66 season until he left for Spurs, then for England and against us for Spurs and Norwich
Shame his time at Saints is almost forgotten in the tributes I’ve seen so far
RIP Martin, without him I doubt we would have got promoted to top league for first time in 65/66. |
A fair bit here, surprisingly the Beeb
Ex-Tottenham and England forward Chivers dies aged 80 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/fo |  |
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| RIP Chivers on 18:46 - Jan 7 with 874 views | grumpy |
| RIP Chivers on 18:32 - Jan 7 by templarinexile |
Rock solid is right!
I remember him nonchalantly knocking the barrel-chested Dave Mackay off the ball at the Dell; rumour has it that, as a consequence Mackay told Bill Nicholson that he simply had to sign him.
Unfortunately, I think we got lumbered with Frank Saul in part exchange. |
Almost as bad as when we sold Shearer and Branfoot bought Speedie and Dixon as replacements.  | | | |
| RIP Chivers on 19:34 - Jan 7 with 827 views | HytheFerrytales |
I gotta say that 66/67 team in our first division debut year, is etched on my late teens memory.
Chivers, Davies Channon Paine and Sydenham..all already name checked on the thread.
Not forgetting..
A scary tough defence...Knapp, Webb, Watson, Hollywood and Huxford (ouch!)
Creativity....Wimshurst, Fisher
Oh..last and definitely last, Jimmy Melia..never knowingly passed to anyone wearing the same coloured shirt as him. | | | |
| RIP Chivers on 19:54 - Jan 7 with 806 views | SonicBoom |
It's a bad day. Kevin Keegan also diagnosed with cancer. |  | | |
| RIP Chivers on 20:10 - Jan 7 with 790 views | kernow |
Sad to hear this news. An important player with his dominant, physical presence and goals during Saints promotion to the top flight for the first time, a boyhood hero.
Sold him to Spurs for an absolute fortune, not a bad return at the time for a lad from Millbrook.
Wish we had someone like him up front these days.
RIP Martin Chivers | | | |
| RIP Chivers on 20:15 - Jan 7 with 781 views | kernow |
| RIP Chivers on 19:34 - Jan 7 by HytheFerrytales |
I gotta say that 66/67 team in our first division debut year, is etched on my late teens memory.
Chivers, Davies Channon Paine and Sydenham..all already name checked on the thread.
Not forgetting..
A scary tough defence...Knapp, Webb, Watson, Hollywood and Huxford (ouch!)
Creativity....Wimshurst, Fisher
Oh..last and definitely last, Jimmy Melia..never knowingly passed to anyone wearing the same coloured shirt as him. |
My memory is probably as bad as your’s but fairly certain that some of those names mentioned played later. | | | |
| RIP Chivers on 20:27 - Jan 7 with 767 views | hedgeend61 |
Never saw him playing live for Saints, too young, but saw him age 11 playing and scoring for England in 1973 at Wembley when Chiv and Mick scored.
https://eu-football.info/_matc
Met Martin in Hospitality v Spurs at SMS 18 3 2023
He was a Gentleman, RIP fella |  | | |
| RIP Chivers on 20:32 - Jan 7 with 739 views | HytheFerrytales |
| RIP Chivers on 20:27 - Jan 7 by hedgeend61 |
Never saw him playing live for Saints, too young, but saw him age 11 playing and scoring for England in 1973 at Wembley when Chiv and Mick scored.
https://eu-football.info/_matc
Met Martin in Hospitality v Spurs at SMS 18 3 2023
He was a Gentleman, RIP fella |
They both played in the shit-show WC qualifier that year vs Poland which condemned us to a DNQ for the finals in Germany | | | |
| RIP Chivers on 20:37 - Jan 7 with 725 views | HytheFerrytales |
| RIP Chivers on 20:15 - Jan 7 by kernow |
My memory is probably as bad as your’s but fairly certain that some of those names mentioned played later. |
I challenge you to a Google-off... | | | |
| RIP Chivers on 20:46 - Jan 7 with 711 views | HytheFerrytales |
| RIP Chivers on 20:15 - Jan 7 by kernow |
My memory is probably as bad as your’s but fairly certain that some of those names mentioned played later. |
ok..you got me on a typo...For Watson read Walker | | | |
| RIP Chivers on 20:52 - Jan 7 with 687 views | kingslandstand1 |
| RIP Chivers on 19:34 - Jan 7 by HytheFerrytales |
I gotta say that 66/67 team in our first division debut year, is etched on my late teens memory.
Chivers, Davies Channon Paine and Sydenham..all already name checked on the thread.
Not forgetting..
A scary tough defence...Knapp, Webb, Watson, Hollywood and Huxford (ouch!)
Creativity....Wimshurst, Fisher
Oh..last and definitely last, Jimmy Melia..never knowingly passed to anyone wearing the same coloured shirt as him. |
Jimmy Melia, the Jack Stephens of his day with always getting stick! Renowned now for that Brighton FA Cup final | |
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| RIP Chivers on 21:00 - Jan 7 with 683 views | kernow |
I watched Saints being thrashed 5-1 at home by bottom club Blackpool in that first season in the top flight. Midfield was bossed by a certain hard cased little Scot named Hughie Fisher.
Ted Bates signed him soon after. | | | |
| RIP Chivers on 21:02 - Jan 7 with 680 views | HytheFerrytales |
| RIP Chivers on 20:52 - Jan 7 by kingslandstand1 |
Jimmy Melia, the Jack Stephens of his day with always getting stick! Renowned now for that Brighton FA Cup final |
The famous commentator quote from that game.."And Smith must score"
He missed, but the quote was used as the title of the main Brighton fanzine for years after.
Time for my cocoa and bed I hear the forum say. | | | |
| RIP Chivers on 21:44 - Jan 7 with 633 views | shotters |
Before my time but my dad and grandad saw him play and I have happy memories of them both telling stories about those times in the long car journeys down to The Dell
One of a select few players who scored more than 100 goals for Saints
RIP Big Chiv [Post edited 7 Jan 21:44]
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| RIP Chivers on 21:53 - Jan 7 with 608 views | kingslandstand1 |
| RIP Chivers on 19:54 - Jan 7 by SonicBoom |
It's a bad day. Kevin Keegan also diagnosed with cancer. |
Really sad news re KK.
I wonder if SFC will send out a sad to hear comment as his other club's have
Former England boss Keegan diagnosed with cancer - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/fo | |
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| RIP Chivers on 22:57 - Jan 7 with 554 views | mushinexile |
My childhood footballing hero. A Saint, through and through.
Sad to hear of his passing. | |
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| RIP Chivers on 23:06 - Jan 7 with 544 views | 1teeminants |
| RIP Chivers on 18:12 - Jan 7 by grumpy |
Sad News
Great player for Saints,scored nearly 100 goals for Saints.
Scored a lot of goals supplied from the wings by Paine and Sydenham
Left for Spurs when Channon was coming through, for a then record fee of £125,000.
He was rock solid,I didn't see anyone knock him off the ball,great player who played for England a few times.
RIP Martin,thanks for the memories. |
108 goals in 189 games for us Grumpy . Great strike record. | |
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