Polaroid Saint

The 4-1 win against Newcastle at the dell in the eighties will always stick in my mind. best player that day was peter beardsley for the toon - if he'd been on his own it would have been a draw!!!

Chapel Rovers???

That is good advice. And considering it's post-glasto, much easier to adhere to than normal...

...Okay, So. I have heard a rumour - from someone I trust implicity but also know to be a bloody good wind-up merchant. It is a ridiclous and unlikely tale that I do NOT believe one iota, however I feel it best to share, so it can be dismissed for the nonsense it clearly is. The clue was rather heavy-handily put in the original post. Swiss based consortia is meant to include former fomula one world champion (and 'not-the-stig') M Schumacher... ...a tax break for him apperently ?!?! See, absolute tosh. But the more I have been playing it over in my mind all day, the more it makes sense and I felt the need to share. It's the heat, it must be.

I have a rumour. A new rumour. And it's about the Swiss bid... ...ooohh, Can I? Can I? Can I? I'd love to post it, but if it's anywhere near true then I don't want to scupper it! Actually, what am I saying, it's about as likely to be true as Michael Schumacher being unveiled as the Stig on BBC's Top Gear!!!?!!!

Something's been bothering me for some time. What happened to Nicks A thru to F ??? Eh?

I have always had a very close 'second' team - one that has caused me great issue over the years. In fact, of the two main reasons* I became a Saints fan in the first place, they are probably the most important. See, my Dad's family are ALL Brentford, but my dad was not into football at all. As such I would be brought old kits and scarfs by various uncles and the grandperants. In 1983, any boy running around in a 20-a-side game in the park in red and white stripes would be called "southampton" by his new found team mates. I soon learnt this was the home of heros and conviently the closest club to where I lived and, best of all they were one of the top teams in the country. So, as any self-respecting 6 year old would do; I hunted the glory! Of course, it's all been pretty much downhill since then and I have had to watch as the two teams come closer in parity untill the Bees are now arguably the more attractive side to todays young 'un looking for a club in Red n White stripes... ...I'm not saying I'm jumping ship, just realised now that my life-boat is more seaworthy than the vessal I'm currently on. (over stretched that metaphor I think). *the other reason? My mother (pregant with me at the time !!) was at Wembley on the greatest day in Saints history so had a soft spot for them :-)

well said that man. (FIW; we Jews do tend to keep OUR money to ourselves and just use the normal stuff the rest of you use for playing with).

I'm available. And sadly for the first time after saying that for 15 years, I truly believe that I CDAJFU.

oh dear. Swiss famous for accute financing, utmost discretion, immaculate paperwork, flawless continental efficiency and superb attention to detail. British famous for bullish chancers that spout their gobs off about how much money they have (or haven't) got. swiss backers and british bidders would be more re-assuring! ;-)

lol@basingstoke ?!?!?

PSV Einhoven are another one. And the league are not only banning their own history they are slapping it with a restraining order! - pointless rebranding name changes, overt sponsorship, letting clubs move and rename, shafting 'historic clubs' with petulant points deductions, pandering to television schedules, favouritism to currently succesful clubs, the list goes on...

Tis a city, the historic capital of the West Riding (Yorkshire) donchaknow!

I remember a time when it seemed like they were! Bl00dy OS more concerned with concerts than they were the football. Ah, remember the glory days when all we had to moan about was the OS and the catering? It's probably the wrong thing to say, but they could knock it down and build houses. Very popular thing to do to football stadiums these days it seems.

Aye, by some way, unless you count Wakefield... ...yes, it's a city.

Also Oxford at the moment too.

Bath - it's the famous one!

Ah, an educated guess, I see. Talking of education; what did you get for your Geography O'Level/GCSE? ;)

Stevo, you are a Skeptic not a cynic! Re-badge yourself pronto and you can carry on saying the same things without fear of condemnation! :cool:

No evidence that they did, what-so-ever; apart from succesfully completing due-dilligence and convincing the administrator that there were funds in place. Which, when you put it like that, is quite convincing. It's one of Rumsfield's 'unknowable unknowns' now, I reckon.

TL: "We truly believe that with the right backing, we would have made a difference." And that there was the crux of the problem with Pinnacle from Day One. I, with the right backers, would have truly made a difference too Tony! That's what everyone was asking you to disclose, that's what you said you had, that's what you failed to show, that is why some (easily ignored) abuse is coming your way.

Someone's got a little bit confused here me thinks. I don't doubt that the southampton-mad.co.uk people are Southampton through and through. But I can see they are also clearly Mad.

But Red Bull ain't Swiss...

And I was so looking forawrd to tucking into that Humble Pie. Seriously, a glib comment but a serious point. This is the the news we all saw coming, but NONE of us wanted. We been played again chaps. To be honest. I give up. SFC doesn't deserve this, but then it doesn't deserve fans as passionate as you lot either.

I'd be very sceptical about any article that appears in the mail... ...especially one without a by-line. smacks of the dunk-hunter at work... ...nooooo! ?!?! ;-)