Southampton fotball

& 8220;Now, of course, I have to earn my place in the starting line-up for the opening Championship match against Southampton next month.

DAVE JONES insists his Cardiff City players are in good shape as they prepare for the new Coca-Cola League season and will peak just before their opening fixture against Southampton at Ninian Park next month.

But Celtic, who beat Southampton 2-0 at StMary's last night in a friendly, are so sure they will do business they have called off their bid to land fellowRomanian Dorin Goian, 27, who had been identified if the bid for Tamas failed.

The script on these occasions usually demands that the football is played at a sedentary pace, tackles are withheld, and the hero of the hour, on this occasion Claus Lundekvam, the Norwegian defender who spent 14 seasons with Southampton, emerges fro....