The Best and Worst Southampton Number 7’s since Le Tissier retired in 2002

BEST – Rickie Lambert

What Rickie Lambert did for Southampton during his spell between 2009 and 2014 was nothing short of sensational.

The England international, currently plying his trade at second-tier side Cardiff City, scored 117 times in 235 appearances for the Saints, and helped inspire them to back-to-back promotions from League One to the Premier League, where they have remained ever since.

He continued his rich vein of form into the Premier League years, netting 15 times in the first season to help keep Southampton up, and then scored 13 goals the following season to help then-manager Mauricio Pochettino’s side to an eighth place finish.

The 34-year-old earned himself 11 England caps in 2013 and 2014, and then earned himself a dream move to Liverpool in the summer of 2014.

The best number seven since Le Tissier’s retirement? Without a doubt…