It was the shirt worn by Matthew Le Tissier when his hat-trick clinched Saints' Premiership survival.
Now it is playing a major role in helping to save the lives of children with serious heart conditions.
For the soccer hero's shirt was one of the star lots in a fundraising auction which raised more than £8,000 for the Wessex Children's Heart Circle.
Now this prized sporting souvenir has helped to buy life-saving equipment for the children's cardiac ward at Southampton General Hospital.
The Dynamap, which measures the level of oxygen in the blood, was officially handed over during a ceremony at the hospital, attended by members of the Wessex Children's Heart.
They included Mark Ind, general manager of the Holiday Inn, Southampton, who organised the auction during a "turkey and tinsel" theme evening at the Audleys Wood Hotel in Basingstoke.
A wide cross-section of the community backed the event, which was also dedicated to Callum Smith.
The Chandler's Ford youngster died just a few weeks before his third birthday after a brave battle against an acute heart condition.
Mr Ind, who lives at Chandler's Ford, has a personal interest in the work of the heart charity. His five-year-old son Alexander has had open heart surgery and faces another major operation in two years time.
Mr Ind said that plans were going ahead for a similar fundraising evening on October 16 at the Holiday Inn, Southampton.
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