#saintsxmas Barry Gale Returns

Dr Barry Gale, who joined the club as player integration officer in May 2015 to implement his player integrated stripe strategy ahead of the launch the club’s new 2015/16 kit, returns to outline another strategy he has developed at Southampton’s state-of-the-art training ground – the Christmas Related Accreditation Programme.

Dr Gale assumes the role of Santa in the video and is joined by player liaison officer, Hugo Scheckter, who assists as chief elf. The pair spend time with the likes of Ryan Bertrand, Virgil Van Dijk and Sadio Mané as part of the video, which ends with a message to the fans delivered by Dr Gale.