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I've little doubt if you popped back to the last time the skates were about to fuck it up in the playoffs their local rag would have been doing the same. And they conveniently like to forget that the freak-with-the-bell and his little band of merry men first took a drum into their home games because the place was like a fucking morgue. And then they came up with this little beauty to encourage more to get involved

Think that's just a couple of quid after 6pm so probably best, particularly if coming in down the Avenue. Alternative is the West Quay Retail Park, open air car park near Furniture Village, Decathlon, etc., free parking after 8pm so depending on what time you're arriving to how much to pay (after 7pm £1.00 for one hour, after 6pm £1.50 two hours). But this would probably only be better if you were driving out to pick up the M271.

FFS that just has to be a skate wind-up

You’re right, football supporters certainly come in all shapes. There’s a post in the Lounge forum that shines a light on one such distant Saints fan who passed away earlier this year that may get missed as not on the main board

Sounds like he was a great family man and a Saints story worthy of the main board really. Similar age to myself and sounds like we got into it around the same time so plenty of ups and downs following this football club for your father, from a distance. Condolences for your loss.

It’s a great place for noise when they’re up for it, like most grounds, not always like that. Looking on their forums they’re saying Sunday was one of the best ever atmospheres at the Hawthorns. Let’s hope every Saints fan is equally up to it on Friday.

Yeah, was always going to sell quick and that was a good atmosphere for the JPT, helped by just about the entire ground being Saints, I think MK had little more than 100 fans tucked up in the corner. The first leg will be raucous, that's a good ground for noise when they're up for it. Hawthorns has always been a top away day and one of my favourite grounds since I started going away mid-seventies. Really envied that they had two cracking 'ends', big banks of covered terracing like we never had at the Dell. We've regularly taken good numbers, 10,000 in the FA Cup in '76, would have taken a lot more for this playoff if the space was available.

About the right shade of blue for the shorts. That’s all.

A bit of a balls ache for those driving at the weekend - I remember road works adding to the miserable trip back from Derby after the midweek playoff semi. A positive result this time would help, of course. https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24304406.southampton-fc-fans-hit-a34-closure-west-brom-match/

Shit timing for a thread like this imo - time to galvanise support for these playoff games rather than stir up

Yep looks like the link has been blocked - click on search, then planning and copy and paste - 24/00479/FUL - and it should throw everything up. Click on 'plans and documents' if you want to see the drawings.

I guess these proposals still need approval yet (although probably confident of getting passed after consultations), if anyone wants more detail then fill your boots... https://planningpublicaccess.southampton.gov.uk/online-applications/files/7B087AD0A361A51F51134B1CF1290CF5/pdf/24_00479_FUL--1956099.pdf

We were given 2,000 tickets, we sold 2,000 tickets, just watched the ITV highlights and the commentator says "1500 Saints fans", where does he get that from? At least the TV cameras never picked out a couple of old grannies to represent our support this time. Great unexpected result though, nice for a playoff final push.

That's about the year I was born...not really my thing, I'm stuck in the 70s terrace culture but good luck to anybody willing to try and change our crap St Mary's atmosphere. I hope (more than expect) we'll all be surprised by how much it improves things.

You're probably right, and some in those blocks may have moved further over to be more central, but as blocks 43-45 are new areas and mostly sold does suggest this is proving popular with many supporters.

Just had a look, one seat left in Block 40, then 41 and 42 sold out and just a handful of seats right at the bottom of blocks 43-45. 46 about half gone. Wonder what that little empty block at the top of 43 is all about, is that where (and this would please one or two) the drummers are going? https://tickets.southamptonfc.com/selection/subscription?productId=10228644212981&_gl=1*13jwtjf*_ga*NTE3NzA2MTY2LjE3MTQ2NzI0NTY.*_ga_LXLP92QWGK*MTcxNDY3MjUwMy4xLjEuMTcxNDY3Mjc1OS40Ny4wLjA.&_ga=2.25258548.80062912.1714672457-517706166.1714672456

For anyone interested, these were last season's Championship Play Off Final ticket prices

Tbh, I don't think they're that bad, I don't feel like I'm being fleeced at £30. You may not like ticket prices if we get to Wembley, cheapest will probably be £35-40, but the majority likely over £50 up to £90+ - finalists should get around 36,000 each.

Prices released for the home game Friday 17th May (8pm) - £30 adult wings/behind goals https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/news/article/play-off-semi-final-ticket-information Sale dates: Thursday 2nd May - 9.30am - Season Ticket Holders Tuesday 7th May - 9.30am - All '23/24 Members who've attended one or more home/away games this season. Wednesday 8th May - 9.30am - Season Ticket Holder Additional (can buy two additional tickets) Wednesday 8th May - 12.30pm - All '23/24 Members Thursday 9th May - 9.30am - Supporters with a booking history since the '21/22 season

No dead rubber for Leeds, they need to go all out for a win and hope for the best elsewhere. They've still got a realistic hope of going up automatically. Elland Road will be a bearpit, at least early-on, you'll hardly notice a couple of thousand Saints fans tucked up in the corner with 35,000 Leeds fans baying for blood all round the ground. Can only see our ponderous lightweights crumbling in that environment. Still dead rubber for us.

Because he can’t watch another minute of this boring, ineffective walking football.

I'm sure many would agree with your first sentence, maybe not so much with the second. We could but who can guess what frame of mind these players are in now and if RM is just gonna tell them to stick with the plan? Stoke are still in a relegation battle, if they're as tenacious as we used to be in those top-flight 'Great Escapes' many years back, then our defenders could again be under a bit of pressure while they're ponderously knocking the ball between themselves. "Brave" man to bet on this one.

We’re the possession kings, a crown RM wears proudly, but in reality it’s nothing if there’s no end product and so painfully exposed at the back. A few months back we had some success against the lesser sides (but even most of those now know how to play it) but we’ve constantly come unstuck against the better sides in this division. They can afford us all this possession we want as they know we’ll do little with it and just pick us off when the opportunity arises, last night the perfect storm, nearly 70% possession with a 5-nothing defeat. Last night was always a dead rubber but after the second half capitulation against Cardiff’s second XI a solid performance was required for momentum going into the play-offs. We’d get eaten alive in the PL and be coming back down with the Christmas decorations.

We had around half the end on Saturday and a bit round the corner, much like we get in the Northam, but once the opposition score our lot mostly go quiet so doesn’t really matter how many there are. I started going regularly at the start of the 70s and the Milton, under the Toomers, was the main area for singing. By the mid-seventies some had moved over to under the West and the Warrens made home in the Archers. They were more ‘doers’ than singers. Jim Redpath’s “We’re the barmy Archers Army” (I shouldn’t laugh) migrated to that end late 70s.

And next season in this division. Potentially two promotion parties to endure and have rammed down our throats, wish I had some confidence with us in the playoffs.