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Joy for Eckert as 10-man Southampton edge out Portsmouth in feisty derby
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25-second readAt the full-time whistle in the south coast derby, Tonda Eckert thrust his arms out wide and roared into the sky with the rest of the Southampton supporters.
It had been a tense 90 minutes after a tense few months, but finally the young German coach could let it all out.
At the end of a week where he found out that he will face no immediate ban for his part in the Spygate scandal that rocked the Championship last season, he helped deliver Southampton’s first home win over Portsmouth for 22 years.
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At the full-time whistle in the south coast derby, Tonda Eckert thrust his arms out wide and roared into the sky with the rest of the Southampton supporters.
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