Whitey Grandad

It goes a little way to washing away the stain of our dismal season in the Premier League. Now when people talk of Southampton they'll remember our performance yesterday rather than the twelve miserable points.

Defeated but not deflated. The beauty and purity of that Azaz strike could never be bettered. Utter joy and euphoria all around with complete strangers dancing up and down and hugging each other. Such moments don't come around too often these days. Those who don't 'get' football should watch these images in awe and envy. It's just a shame that our dreams were interrupted so cruelly and so quickly. Just as we were beginning to think that our monstrous defence was going to survive the improbable our walls were breached. We had shrunk back into our defensive perimeter throughout the whole of the second half and then Pep sends out his elite troops. Was it too much to hope for another 10 or 15 minutes of heroism? It had a certain inevitably about it. As Nelson said at Trafalgar, "This is too warm work, Hardy, to last long."

My son has decided to take one of my inferior tickets so there will be three generations of us going. I say 'inferior' but but in terms of location he will be right up in the penultimate row and my grandson and I will be in section 123 down near the pitch. I shall be driving two of us to Swindon to meet my grandson who will be on the train from Gloucester. It will be a family outing.

It's either that or a bulldog.

I prefer to celebrate St. Stephens's Day.

They were orange.

Amazon has plenty for next day delivery. But please don't 🫩

We were originally sitting in the penultimate row up in the gods but I have just now bought two more tickets on the halfway line down near the pitch using my daughter's membership. This now means that we have two tickets for sale if anybody is interested. They cost me £85 for the pair so any offers?

Do you have the ashes to go with it?

My younger sister has 'supported' them for a long time. She liked Colin Bell.

Is it a half and half tattoo?

What is this 'if' whereof you speak?

A prime example of ruthless efficiency. Surely not.

But that does mean that the team tgat goes up that way has less time to prepare for the next season.

At their place.