Matt Le Tissier signed his
first professional contract for £100 per week at the beginning of
the 1986/87 season. He made his first team debut in a friendly at
Exeter on 8th August 1986. Matt Le Tissier also appeared in a testimonial
for Nick Holmes against Benfica at The Dell. His competitive bow came
as a substitute in a 4-3 defeat at Norwich on 30th August 1986. The
gifted youngster was deployed on the right hand side in his early
years. On 2nd September 1986 he made his first start at The Dell in a
2-0 win over Tottenham but Le Tissier was mostly confined to the
bench for the next few months. He scored his first two goals in a 4-1
League Cup thumping of Manchester United on 4th November 1986. In a Littlewoods Cup third-round replay
at the Dell, Southampton thrashed United silly. Saints blew their
visitors away. George Lawrence opened the scoring in the first half
with a 20-yard smash. On 71 minutes, Danny Wallace was set up by
Colin Clarke to make it 2-0. Then an 18-year-old forward called
Matthew Le Tissier turned up to unveil an art piece called harbinger:
he scored his first club goal with a saucy lob over Chris Turner then
added a fourth with a close-range header. We all know what happened
next, Red Devils boss Ron Atkinson was sacked as a result, making way
for a certain Alex Ferguson... All the goals of this historic game
with the two first goals of Mattew LE TISSIER, the last game on Ron
Atkinson and the beginning or Sir Alex Ferguson era :
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