Divergent

No - all the bell ends near me were clapping him.

Tall Paul

So we have a front runner closely followed by a dark horse.

And 44 years today since John Lennon was shot.

Here we go

Oh for a Chris Wood.

I phoned the ticket office this morning to get physical season tickets as I’m out of the country for all of September and I wanted to be sure my grandchildren and whoever is accompanying them in my place didn’t run into any difficulties, especially as I’m unsure of WiFi access at certain times. I had no problem getting them but I did have to pay £30 for the privilege. (3 tickets). I was told the only people not being charged are those with accessibility requirements. My Notts Forest tickets were removed from the app whilst I was still on the phone.

I do think if you are an individual it will be straight forward to log in, scan and go. it just gets a bit more complicated if you’re taking younger children and you are out of the country and want to transfer your ticket in the open window before the match to another adult and also distribute the kids’ tickets to their phones. Until I face this scenario in September I won’t know how easy or difficult it is and if I run into difficulties is there going to be a mechanism at the ground in Southampton for getting it sorted before kick off?

I can’t see anything in the FAQ’s that prohibits transfer of tickets to a different age range. I’m away for all of September so I’m intending to transfer my ticket to my son but I’m an OAP and he isn’t. Has anyone spotted anything that I’ve missed that would stop this and on the same subject will people be able to transfer children’s tickets to adults? I’m not intending to do that but I can see it could be open to abuse. Like a previous poster I’m going to be in a different time zone when I heed to do the transfer : Canada, America and possibly somewhere in the Atlantic. It could get interesting.

I like the idea of being able to transfer my ticket to family/friends if I can’t go - I do now - illegally - but always wonder if they’re going to be ‘caught’. What I hadn’t realised was the family centre now called the kids zone is only available if you’ve got an under 14. My grandson falls out of that age range just before the new season starts. I’ve only had a quick scan at the prices in other areas but on first look it seems that the overall price for one oldie plus 2 under 17’s may have doubled. it was a real bargain last season at around £520 for the 3 of us but think I’m looking at around £1,000 next season.

Well after the horror stories on here I was dreading getting my tickets. I’m in India and won’t be home unfortunately but got the2 grandchildren theirs and an adult rather than OAP one for my son so hopefully no difficulties will arise. Took me less than 10 minutes from start to finish but I didn’t search for specific seats I let them offer me what they had.

I thought the prices were reasonable - a £25 and 2 £15’s for the grandkids. Shame I’m on holiday - hopefully they won’t look too closely at my non OAP son!

I’ve just received an email from the club saying my 3 seats in block 20 won’t be held for me due to the impact of the new away seating. As I take my grandchildren currently I’m not that bothered as if there is an influx of home fans into that block to sit next to the away fans I’d rather the kids were out of it. Not sure where we shall go or even if we will go. We’ve enjoyed the Championship but don’t relish returning to the Premier League if we only see 2 home league wins all season again!

To the Sweet Caroline tune ( and I’ll retire to my bunker to await the incoming rocks 😳) Where it began, was down to Russell Martin And now we know it's growing strong We didn’t believe But time relieved our doubting Who'd have believed you'd prove us wrong Goals, scoring goals Reaching out, touching me, touching you Sweet Saints of mine Good times never felt so good I've been inclined To believe we never would But now we Look at the points and it don't seem so lonely We’re going to make it to the top And when I hurt Hurting runs off my shoulders How can I hurt when supporting you Goals, scoring goals Reaching out, touching me, touching you Sweet Saints of mine Good times never felt so good.

Hi ho Silva 🤣🤣