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Hope some stayed up to watch England have a good morning. After that time to get some sleep whilst England batters do what England batters do. Nice to see Hampshire's Neser top scoring.

Jonathan Forte’s quick fire brace against MK Dons, then he vanished and we never saw him again. 😂

A must win in December? If we really have any hope of 2nd (unlikely the way we defend) or the playoffs, we simply need to win these kind of games. But then we lost to one of the teams below them. Going for an edgy 2-1 win

Perhaps. Perhaps not...? Who decides...?

Standing on some sort of box down at the front at the Dell, nose just about at pitch level, watching Terry Paine and John Sydenham belting up and down the wings, the smell of the wintergreen ointment wafting through the air.

I was also at Loftus Road that day - quite a good shout for the best away performance I’ve ever seen from us. We blew them away. I recall one of the broadsheets saying we had a successfully imported the ‘catenachio’ style of play from Italy. Was it Jason Dodd’s debut? Benali also breaking through to claim a regular spot. Famously, we blew the champions Liverpool away 4-1 (going on 8-1) at the Dell the following week. Happy days.

I think Im a bit different to most on here being that I live in London and no one else supported Saints in my family so no one had any interest in taking me to any games, so I had to wait until I was 11 years old for my first saints game, QPR away 89-90 season. Got to the ground mega early, still remember being so excited and just wanted to see the players warm up. I called a load of them over whilst they were stretching for the odd autograph, including my absolute hero at the time, obviously, MLT. Had a quick chat with him and he ruffled my hair. I wasn't in the away end so I got to see all the saints fans go mental as we obliterated QPR 4 - 1. We were brilliant. I was in love. Never forget that. Also got quite emotional seeing us win the JPT. Seeing us lift a Trophy at Wembley for the first time in my life......Hard to beat.

Indeed. When do his two weeks run out?

"Everyone" is stretching the term more than a little. A few posters on here I'll grant you but hardly reaching double figures. That leaves many tens of others who we don't hear from. Which stats are these, by the way? Goalkeepers are impossible to quantify objectively. Every other goalkeeper that I see in several leagues seems much the same. Oh. And a Merry Christmas to you too!

Wasn’t it wonderful to see King Charles winter festival speech from Westminster Abbey today. Although why chose a religious venue when the winter festival has no religious element? 🤷‍♂️

Think I was there too. Fond memories of those tickets…….first bought them in Sperrings in Andover

Our winter festival crackers were of a high standard today. We didn’t have any winter festival pudding though. Winter festival presents were all on point. And the winter festival tree still looks resplendent. Winter festival day

Card websites have lots of them. For example... https://www.redbubble.com/i/greeting-card/Io-Saturnalia-by-CSMFHT/133153728.5MT14 Saturnalia and Christmas aren't one day things. They are week long plus things. Saturnalia was absorbed into the later festival. In 2025 it is convenient to have winter festival at same time as Christmas... because that is when a huge % of the country aren't at work or school and you can easily have a family party. No religious element is required to give presents, see friends and family and have a party.

Interesting article on BBC website today about fixtures over Christmas, and being played on Christmas Day. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cj69djzyjx6o

Crime won't crack itself.

My mate's aunty queuing up at the Dell and getting me and my mate tickets for the FA Cup finals in '76. I was 14 he was 13, we were the only people, adult or child, in the village that got tickets for the FInal. That included my brother who was 6 years older than me and had been watching Saints since he was 6, he wanted me to give him the ticket because of this and then he was going to beat me up to get it. My mate and I went, thought we were going to lose, Bob sat down on the terrace and gave up with about 15 minutes to go, he was convinced they were going to score - then that goal went in, luckily he'd got up just before it was scored. Saints will never, ever, have a moment like that again in my lifetime. The drive back on the coach was fantastic.

So was I

Sadly I left it a bit late in sending cards this year, and Sainsburys had completely run out of “happy winter festival”. I had to make do with merry Christmas instead, I feel so foolish.

So everyone’s eyes are deceiving them when they see him not performing very well in matches , not saving shots he should do, not coming for crosses etc….AND the stats illustrating that he’s the worst keeper in each league in every season’s played for us, are also meaningless. Ok pal

I was making a general point, not a personal one.

It doesn’t because celebrating it is not a biblical command. However it’s something Christian counties like our own have adopted. It’s wonderful to see your Muslim friends are integrating so well. as for your point about overspending on your credit card the bible warns about greed, materialism and love of money. Perhaps you should revisit those verses.

I'll have an 'l' please Bob.

Where in the Bible does it say that you should put up a tree, eat turkey, or overspend on your credit card ?

Clough turned him into a great winger. Very sad news. Only 72. RIP https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/dec/25/john-robertson-nottingham-forest-and-scotland-legend-dies-aged-72

Fantastic they are integrating so well and adopting our Christian customs. 👏👏