Game #2481 | League game #2272
Season game #43 | Division One game #40
Highfield Road game # | Gordon Milne game #
Coventry City 8th | Southampton 13th (22)

Alan Ball makes his 100th league appearance for the Saints, the first player to achieve that feat with four clubs. Wallace is the hero, grabbing a hat-trick and making Andy Blair’s goal. His third is a superbly bent shot in a one-to-one with Peter Wells. Saints’ unbeaten run of six is over.