Football Special

I think Lincoln will sell out this week, lots of interest in it despite the early kick off. I was told one of the reasons we have extra midweek games is that Easter weekend has been claimed as an international break week so championship has to find a place in calendar for both those games, plus starting season a week later than usual condensed the season into fewer weeks. Norwich away on a Wednesday night feels like a thumbs down to me. I'm sure we've had midweek trips to WBA, Sheffield Utd and Stoke previously as well, tough journeys considering all midweek games are televised. Costs spiralling, just noticed its £50 for official coach travel to Lincoln , blimey.

I agree, there are plenty left for Birmingham away still on sale to season ticket holders with 4 aways at the mo, i reckon that will make any season ticket. Shame to have that as a midweek trip again.

Lincoln details out now, expect this will be the hardest away game to get this season, think it might be paper tickets https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/lincoln-city-vs-southampton-2627

Agree , certainly other teams in the league with higher budgets / expectations. A good start is so important , we didnt win any of the equivalent games against the first 7 fixtures so need to be realistic. West Ham will win the league, i reckon Norwich surprise (ish) in 2nd. Play offs a bit of a mess now going down to 8th. Always a surprise package who does well and a team you dont expect will be in bottom 3.

A few of our iconic kits were hated when first released but you still see them now with retro re-makes. Blue flame admiral, Dimplex Pony, i recall people hated the pink kit a couple of years ago but that ended up being a big seller so you never know.

A lot of that £5M will be add ons i reckon, especially with Ballard's injury record. He's a good player though if stays fit and certainly knows where the goal is.

Wrong I have it on good authority it was Barnaby Williams

Safe travels to those heading out to Germany this weekend, remember the Skates are out there as well so keep your wits about you on the ferries , trains and autobahns

I miss the good old days of the mid to late 90s where it was often pay on the day at the turnstiles and we'd have 500 spread out in the away end

Will be interesting to see, quite a few were blocked out for Birmingham as well. Looking at Skates ticket news for Lincoln, not only is allocation small, its also split between two stands?!

Yeah but for some teams "e tickets" is just an email with a PDF ticket (i think Skates do that) which is nice and easy to share with a mate on WhatsApp, I would say our access via an official Saints app makes it much harder to share tickets

Out of the 1200 for Lincoln I wonder how many will be blocked out for corporate requests / player comps / regional supporter clubs? How do they distribute tickets with the app requirements?

Saints Disabled supporters association are usually happy to accept donations of old programmes https://saintsdsa.org.uk/

League Cup 3rd round REPLAY wasn't it? Good random mid-90s fixture

Also possible that Lincoln might be paper tickets if they still operate that way, if so will sell out to very high away numbers , Wrexham coming up as well was paper tickets last season for another small allocation