The Saints Academy
Southampton runs a highly successful youth academy, with a number of teams from ages nine to 18 years. Recent products of the club's youth system include the England internationals Arsenal winger/forward Theo Walcott and defender Wayne Bridge, Wales and Spurs left-winger Gareth Bale, and Northern Ireland defender Chris Baird. Other players who have come through the ranks are Nathan Dyer, Andrew Surman, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, and Adam Lallana.
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