DAVE’S TREASURE HUNT

Former Southampton striker Dave Puckett tells Jake Gunton about his efforts to track down some precious mementos of his playing days...

WHEN the whistle blew on the final day of the 1983-84 season, the last thing Southampton youngster Dave Puckett wanted to do was throw his shirt into the packed Meadow Lane away end.
A nimble-footed striker who played under the stewardship of Brian Clough and Harry Redknapp (twice) in an illustrious 20-year career, Puckett was a Saints boy - raised on the terraces of The Dell in the late ’60s.
At 18, having spent time in the youth set-up, then manager Law...

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