SAINTS legends Matt Le Tissier and Francis Benali feature in The Nuffield Theatre’s new production about the team.

The Saints opens on Friday, August 1 and runs until August 17. Le Tissier and Benali will make their acting debuts in the production, featuring as themselves in cameo roles in pre-recorded film segments.

The Saints, a play about the highs and lows of following Southampton Football Club and the pivotal role of football within regional cities across the country, Kenny Glynn is the world’s biggest Saints fan and for 25 years he has been locked in a game of football against the world.

On his 26th birthday, the world steps up its game and Kenny Glynn faces the match of his life as he takes on women, money and status with the help of his mates, his family and the guiding spirit of Matt Le Tissier.

Can they conquer all the things the world is throwing at them? Will Southampton ever win the FA cup again? And what can we learn from the icons we hold so dearly at the club?

The Saints, written by Luke Barnes and directed by one of British theatre's best directors Matthew Dunster, explores football in Southampton, the history of the club and how it's shaped our understanding of ourselves in the city.

Performances will take place at the Nuffield Playing Field at Guildhall Square, a specially built pop-up theatre which combines outdoor stadium with Jacobean theatre.

The production explores the unequivocally theatrical experience of attending a football match, from the sense of spectacle and occasion to the intimacy and power of crowd behaviour and the sense of belonging and community this creates.

Tickets: 023 8067 1771, nuffieldtheatre.co.uk