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Nice to see John McGinn mocking boro with his goal celebration last night

They've been trying to whip their fans into a frenzy all week up there, this has taken it to the next level and the SFC team bus is now guaranteed a hostile welcome. Shoddy on our part if truth but if all turns out to be 'boro lead hoax it probably won't come to light until after and would have had the desired effect on spicing this up. Whatever happens up there, we need to give it back with interest on Tuesday. And I always quite liked Bob Mortimer too.

If anyone missed out 2 tickets have popped up as available…if you’re quick!

It's a crazy situation where they don't go on sale to members until after 11am this morning, it's been far too restrictive to try and sell tickets in such a short space of time. This window, where they'd have quickly sold out if it was earlier, leaves fans with little more than a day to sort travel and accommodation for a near 600 mile round trip and unhelpful early set-off for the lunchtime kick-off.

There was only 4 tickets available earlier this morning so probably has sold out by now. Always worth keeping an eye on though as the club do suddenly release a small number of corp/comp returns.

Logged in on my mobile a couple of mins before 12:30 and straight into the queue and in about 5mins after. First time it’s played up for me, had decent tickets selected a few times but kept chucking me out. Each time I went back to selecting seats were going rapidly. Was trying for Northam/Kingsland corner but had to settle on Chapel block 20 in the end. Not ideal but…

Good that we’ve reciprocated with ticket numbers but a bit crap for boro fans we couldn’t have agreed on pricing. Expecting a raucous start to the game, they’ll have it in for Azaz, dog’s abuse from the crowd and maybe a few edgy challenges flying in. If no more than a narrow defeat I still fancy us at home. Draw would be fine up there.

Maybe just a shame then that a few of our more classless types were serenading the locals to "you're so northern you eat off the floor" and "Preston's a shithole....etc". And it's no worse than the surroundings of St Mary's with a great big park across the road! There was a friendly steward greeting everyone who walked through our turnstile, and then again as we walked out. Deserved better than some of that bullshit.

It was mildly amusing after their PA announcement asking home fans to hang around as there would ba a player lap of honour for the home fans just before Larin knocked in the third and half the PNE crowd promptly fooked off. Our lot then pissed them off more after the final whistle by outstaying out welcome celebrating with the Saints fans while their players had to just wait in the corner until we eventually sloped off. Good game, too many free headers for them down our end first half, great double save from Peretz to offset the slip, their keeper narrowly got away with one just after our first. Great support but stop asking Tonda to give you a wave while the game's going on, he ain't interested and even gestured at one point that he was focusing on the game. Cracking day out.

If we get Boro and that's all they're giving us then I hope we reciprocate. Give them the same 2,000 and put netting over 500 seats in the away section either side of them. The slight drop in revenue will be a drop in the ocean and will just add to home advantage regarding support. And I'll be amazed if any more than a couple of hundred (and don't think it will even be that many) don't use their tickets now for Preston. Edit: Just had a look on the OS and they've still sold more yesterday. Of the extra tickets they put on sale a couple of days ago in the first small block on the end there's only 24 left and just 8 tickets at the other end, so all but 32 of the 5,600 have been sold. I'd say we'll have around 5,500 up there.

A few will probably bin this off now but I don’t think it will be many tbh. I actually think it may be a better atmosphere now, rather than half the crowd with heads to phones following other games, this should now get everyone’s full attention. There’s still enough about it for finishing as high in the playoffs as possible to give the game an edge. We’re still planning on making a good day of it.

I’m still looking forward to this, shame about a 12:30 kick-off but still enough riding on this game to keep it competitive. Club have just released a few more tickets in the first small end block, must be ones not taken up by staff.

They’re coming to win promotion tonight, their players and fans will be bang up for it, so would we if the boot was on the other foot. Hard to tell how it will go with us after the last flat home game from everyone and Saturday’s exertions but hopefully we go again and we leave everything on the pitch and in the stands.

Ingie 😁 green streaks in his hair, what ever happened to him…?

Mine were through the door when we got back Saturday.