A little history of:

                 Formed 1885 by members of the St Mary's
                 Young Men's Association, St Mary's FC. The
                 church link was dropped, though the name
                 retained, in 1893. In 1895 applied for a
                 Southern League place, but was refused only
                 to be invited to fill a subsequent vacancy. 'St
                 Mary's' was dropped after two seasons. Moved
                 from the County Cricket Ground to the Dell in
                 1898. Six times Southern League champions,
                 Southampton were founder members of
                 Football League Division Three in 1920 (this
                 becoming Division Three (South) the following
                 season), of Division Three at the end of
                 regionalisation in 1958, and of the Premier
                 League, 1992.

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