DUNCAN HOLLEY

Pedigree - Great Grandfather was original shareholder; Grandfather was at the 1927 FA Cup semi-final; Father bought house in Archers Road to be near ground.

First match at The Dell - Stoke City May 1963. Stanley Matthews was due to play but cried off at the last minute - the first of many Dell letdowns.

Favourite player - as a boy, Ron Davies without a doubt one of the best headers of a ball there has ever been, as a grown-up Matt Le Tissier for his sublime skills, his icy coolness (46 out of 47 penalties will never be beaten) and his loyalty.

Claim to fame - was present at every match in the 1976 FA Cup run (only met 3 others so far).

Profession - Cabin Service Director with BA, 28 years.

Part-time profession - Official Historian to Southampton FC and co author of 3 books. A Complete Record 1885-1987 (Breedon Books 1987), The Alphabet of the Saints - A Complete Who's Who (Polar Press 1992) and In That Number - A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC (Hagiology Publishing 2003). Please see www.hagiologists.co.uk for details.

Interests - Photography, history and football and working out ways to combine all three!

Family - married to Louise, three children Joanna, Alfie and Ruby,
living in a village 6 miles north of Southampton!

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