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Southampton: Five previous final day wins for Saints at St Mary’s

By Marc Walker

SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND - APRIL 28: Daniel Fox (R) leads the Southampton celebrations after his sides third goal scored by Jos Hooiveld during the npower Championship match between Southampton and Coventry City at St Mary's Stadium on April 28, 2012 in Southampton, England. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)
SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND - APRIL 28: Daniel Fox (R) leads the Southampton celebrations after his sides third goal scored by Jos Hooiveld during the npower Championship match between Southampton and Coventry City at St Mary's Stadium on April 28, 2012 in Southampton, England. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images) /
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SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND – MAY 07: Alex Chamberlain (L) of Southampton celebrates his goal with team mate Frazer Richardson during the npower League One match between Southampton and Walsall at St Mary’s Stadium on May 7, 2011 in Southampton, England. (Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images)
SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND – MAY 07: Alex Chamberlain (L) of Southampton celebrates his goal with team mate Frazer Richardson during the npower League One match between Southampton and Walsall at St Mary’s Stadium on May 7, 2011 in Southampton, England. (Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images) /

Saints 3-1 Walsall, League One, 7th May 2011

The arrival of Nigel Adkins at the club proved the catalyst for two years of superb football and a brilliant rise to the Premier League.

Saints ended the 2010/11 season with a comfortable home win in front of their fans to give a signal of what was to come the following year.

A great solo goal from Guly Do Prado opened the scoring, and veteran striker David Connolly made it 2-0 just minutes later.

Walsall replied with a powerful strike from Julian Gray but second-half substitute Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain signed off his time with Saints in style with a special strike of his own to make it 3-1.

Saints team: K Davis, F Richardson, R Dickson (D Harding), J Fonte, R Jaidi, M Schneiderlin (R Chaplow), G Do Prado (A Oxlade-Chamberlain), D Hammond, A Lallana, R Lambert, D Connolly