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Was it within 48 hours of a game??

Yes, you’re right it’s not been revived. Probably because it has been supplanted by the yellow/blue combination, especially among you youngsters! I doubt the club will look to have an amber kit along with a yellow/ blue creation the same season. I’d forgotten the Solent green. I liked it second time round, kit was quite nice. In fact we’ve had a couple of decent white away or third shirts (Wembley 2017, and the FA Cup shirt v Coventry a few years back). Im not against the changes and experiments (within reason), but just don’t fuck up the home kit please !

Unfortunately, I think that's often how we encourage them to sign. Do well with us and give us a good season or two and we can be your stepping stone to greater things

Fair enough, I had no idea. Interesting it has never been revived even once by the various kit brands in the intervening 50 years. Not even as a third kit. Hence my curiosity. I've lived through pure fashion biege/cream/pink kits, I have gone along with "Solent green" being a thing (loved it second time round too) there's been spitfire and other sea references. But never amber and black. Maybe we just don't want to look like Wolves or Hull. I think the fact that our greatest day (itself 50 years ago and before even I was born) was in yellow and blue means that will be our go-to scheme for the foreseeable.

Fuck EFL, fuck EFL, repeat, was the main chant at Eastleigh with we've got Tonda. Steve Gibson replace John Westwood in the chant No chants directed at Saints as non of the Eastleigh ultras were the and thier drum was previously broken by a Saints fan..

He is very fast though, just not with the ball. Maybe he can defect to England and train with them to raise his game

He ran around a lot. I think that’s all I can really say about his performance last night.

🤣 I'll take that as a compliment. When I was playing down at the pitches opposite Lordshill [versus Parkside Eagles] I made a save diving at clean-through player's feet and hurt my arm, chest and face - all my mates thought it was a stupid save to make in that standard of football. One of my best mates said I did it because my face was made of 'hay' and he has called my 'Hayface' ever since - I'm 64 now. Sorry post all about me and nothing to do with the game - luckily I don't post much!

I was singing. If Damian misses someone else will score.

Double Dianond nice beer

Enjoyable game overall and good atmosphere in Saints stand. Not sure on the gate but a lot of Saints fans in the Eastleigh seats, maybe 3.5k There was no expense spared with Saints mobile white van changing room !

Who remembers 3rd place?

Very much this. Styling ourselves as a place for those sort of players to get first team minutes and develop was a sound idea especially when we had Shields who had knowledge of, and relationships with, the players we were targeting. There were always going to be hits and misses. The problem comes when you put too much weight on them coming good. If they force their way into an established side, brilliant. The way our side is now I wouldn’t be opposed to us getting one or two of that ilk in should we go up.

Half of sport is confidence. With teams close in ability or ranking its game management and the mindset to adapt and take your chances. In tennis the top 30 in mens ranking are quite capable of beating anyone. But Wimbledon which is the world cup of tennis you see the same group of players and coaching teams winning in latter stages. Tuchel may now have seen the light, the holy grail that's beyond possession football and defensive setup

As a tennis coach that's very funny.

They were a lot better this year, too. (Yes, we were crap under Still).

Easy mistake to make with the Still era

ah. my memory is bloody terrible. I thought we were rubbish and lost. Maybe just rubbish then.

We didn’t lose to them last season. We beat them 2-1

It looks like a bib. All the time, I just wondered why they were wearing bibs. It's awful.

Lost 2-1 against them in preseason under Still. Looked much better this time around. You don't learn a lot from this type of game, but better to be winning them than losing.

The difference in the mentality of the players was obvious, take away that fear of failure and they look a different team. Plus a bit of pace upfront helps.

As far as I’m aware through the 60’s and early 70’s until 1973/4 when it changed to yellow and blue. I was told in the 70’s that the amber and black was chosen as this was the colours of the Hampshire Regiment, although later read that we borrowed a kit from the regiment that was burgundy and blue. No idea of the source of this although Fitzhugh might expand on the story. Yellow and Blue was nothing unique to Saints and just followed a 70’s fashion trend at the time. This had previously been the away strip of Man Utd, Chelsea and Everton (and they’re the only ones I can recall, probably more) in the previous couple of seasons. I’ve tried finding footage of Saints in amber and black, but the majority of clips are black and white. This includes away v Man Utd (Ron Davies in his prime), Arsenal on Boxing Day (Eric Martin’s best game ?) , and York City in Cup.