#57 Why didn’t Matt Le Tissier play more for England?
Soccer 101
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4.9 • 853 Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2021
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of Soccer 101, Ryan Bailey explores the legend of Matt Le Tissier—and his distinct lack of international call-ups.
Premier League fans of a 90s vintage will have fond memories of Le Tissier, who spent his entire career at Southampton, and scored some of the most breathtaking goals of the era.
Talent oozed from his pores, and he is still considered one of the Premier League’s greatest-ever players. But he managed just a handful of appearances for England. Why is that?
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| 0:00.0 | It's April 13, 1996 and Southampton's home stadium, the Dell, a tiny 15,000 capacity stadium, is rocking. |
| 0:21.2 | The lowly saints have just gone 3-0 up against Sir Alex Ferguson's high-flying star-studied Manchester United. |
| 0:28.3 | And it's not even half-time yet. |
| 0:30.7 | The man who scored the third goal and who was instrumental in creating the first two as well |
| 0:35.3 | is a hero on the South Coast who never has to pay for his drinks in town. |
| 0:40.3 | Attacking midfielder Matt Lettizier. |
| 0:43.3 | Letticee in the centre. Heaney is also. It's Shipoli. |
| 0:48.3 | Schmichael's missed that. Letticee surely? This is amazing. It's 3-0. |
| 0:58.6 | Fergie was so furious at halftime that he famously ordered his United side to change their kits from their grey colour that allegedly blended the players into the crowd, to blue and white stripes. |
| 1:10.4 | But it didn't work, Southamton stood firm |
| 1:12.7 | and won 3-1. A matter of weeks before United won their third Premier League title. Fast forward a few |
| 1:20.0 | months to October 96 and Manchester United returned to the Dell and suffer a 6-3 defeat. That's one of |
| 1:26.9 | their heaviest and most memorable defeats |
| 1:29.3 | in Premier League history. The man at the centre of Southampton Shockwin was, you guessed it, |
| 1:34.9 | once again, Matt Lettizier, who scored an unbelievable lob over goalkeeper Peter Schmeich |
| 1:39.9 | from outside the box. |
| 1:41.8 | Berkiew again, here's Letizio facing May once more. He's round Palisster. He's round May. Oh, Otisio, facing May once more. |
| 1:45.0 | He's round Pallister, he's round May. |
| 1:46.9 | Oh, he needs Chip Schmichael, and that is a sublime piece of skill. |
| 1:54.1 | My name's Ryan Bailey, and in this episode of Soccer 101, I'll be explaining who Matlet is was, |
| 1:59.9 | why he was one of the best Premier League players |
| 2:02.0 | of all time, and why he was never awarded with the international career with England that he |
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