judgey

If the likes of Olallana and Smirking Saint had been supporting Saints in 1976, then they wouldn't (I assume from their pathetic comments that they weren't) be talking such drivel. For those who were at Wembley in 1976 , out in the town on the Saturday night, in town for the open top bus parade, at Mick Channon's testimonial etc these were truly fantastic moments in what has in all honesty been a hard road supporting the Saints. Not just moments to be forgotten in a few weeks but memories that I and many thousand Saints fans will always cherish. That's why some of us are truly pisxed of with the attitude last week. We had an opportunity to re-create that very special magic again and we just couldn't be bothered.

Sad news. As a boy / teenager I lived in the next road to Pat and his family. My brother was a friend of Pat's son. We managed to get Pat to take training with our football team a couple of times - he was brilliant, a natural coach and a very lovely man.

I lived virtually opposite side of the road to Tommy Traynor where Mick Channon lodged as a teenager. Remember one day helping to push his old Ford Anglia down the road to get it started. Not sure todays young players would have that type of problem. Later, remember going to Wembley with my mates to see Mick play for England - if I remember rightly he scored! Great player and top race horse trainer too - not many people have been so successful in two totally different sports