Southampton had been relegated from the Premier League after Saturday’s 2-0 defeat towards Fulham capped a nightmare season for the membership rooted to the underside of the desk.
Second-half objectives from Carlos Vinicius and Aleksandar Mitrovic condemned Southampton to the drop at St Mary’s.
Ruben Selles’ aspect are and not using a win of their final 11 video games and their plunge into the Championship was confirmed with two matches nonetheless to play.
The Saints will return to the second tier for the primary time in 11 years.
Southampton spent a lot of the season within the backside three and Selles was unable to save them from the drop after changing the sacked Nathan Jones in February.
Jones had lasted simply 14 video games as successor to Ralph Hasenhuttl, who was dismissed in November after 4 years in cost.
The warning indicators had been there for some time for Southampton, who completed a lowly fifteenth within the earlier two seasons and suffered a 9-0 thrashing at Manchester United in February 2021.
Southampton are the primary staff to be relegated from the Premier League this season.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, a famous Southampton fan, was at St Mary’s to witness the final rites on Southampton’s painful marketing campaign.
With simply two house league wins this time period, many Southampton followers had clearly accepted their destiny earlier than Saturday judging by the swathes of empty crimson seats in a number of sections of the stadium.
With Fulham in full management, much more empty areas opened up as supporters trudged away earlier than the ultimate whistle put Southampton out of their distress.
Boos and chants of “you’re not fit to wear the shirt” greeted affirmation of Southampton’s descent into the Championship as followers contemplated journeys to Millwall, Plymouth and Rotherham as an alternative of Anfield, Old Trafford and the Etihad Stadium.
“It has been coming. We knew we were in a difficult position,” Southampton captain James Ward-Prowse stated.
“We want to go away individually and as a membership and assess if we’ve executed every thing we probably may. I don’t suppose we’ve got and that could be a disgrace.
“Have selections been proper? Have we executed every thing we may on a pitch? I believe we must always carry out at a greater stage than we’ve got executed.
AFP
