Springhill

Guly is now the 4th highest scorer in the Championship with 9 goals

Anyone remember the attendance at Mick Channons testimonial held a few days after the 76 cup final. I thought it was 30k+as people were standing on the touchline and invading the corners of the pitch!!!

Have a look at this..... http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=RobaJKGMMiE !!! Why don't we have Liebherr on the shirts??

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=RobaJKGMMiE

I went to the Orient game when we got promoted in 1978 Looking up the records I see that the crowd was 19,428 of which 12,000 were Saints fans.......!!!!!!!

See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Reader....!!

Are we talking about the same school? I refer to the one at the end of Stafford Road which at the time was called Western District Infants School. I can assure you that George Reader was headmaster at the time I was there.

George Reader was the headmaster of Shirley Infants School when I was there from 1942-1947 when I was there!

He ended his career with Hereford.....I recall being in Nottingham for a conference and went to see them play Notts Forest.....great player!!

A bit odd that the OS has not updated the current situation regarding injuries for 11 days!!. To surprise the opposition perhaps!

I do hope that bloke has his drum confiscated.....I can't stand that monotonous banging all through the game!!

I would be very sad to see Pompey be chucked out of football altogether as some are now predicting. Back in the 60's I worked in Portsmouth for a few years whilst living in Southampton ( and commuting by bicycle!!.) I and a couple of friends used to attend Portsmouth and Southampton home games on alternate saturdays because we enjoyed the entertainment!!!!. In case you should thereby doubt my credentials as a Saints supporter I was born within 100 yards of the Dell, saw my first game in 1947 and am a current ST holder. Pompeys predicament seems horrendous but I sincerely hope that the good citizens of Portsmouth have a team to support in the future

So did I...best game for a long time....and a fair result

My response to the FL email..................................................................Dear Patricia Brown Thank you very much for your prompt and detailed reply to my Email regarding Southampton FC. My main concern is that apparently the Football League are attempting to force the prospective purchaser of the club to forego the right of appeal against the points deduction by withholding the clubs registration. It seems to me that all the purchasers want is an opportunity to put their case. If then denied so be it as far as I and many others are concerned .!

See my response from FL on EMail campaign thread!!

Dear Mr Young Thank you for your email, the content of which has been noted. It may help if we clarify The Football League’s role in relation to football clubs. The vast majority of football clubs (and all Football League clubs) are companies incorporated under English Law. The Football League has no jurisdiction over those companies (or their owners) save where it relates to the participation in our competitions. Put simply, provided the owner operates within the law of the land he/she is free to operate the business as he/she sees fit. If he/she operates outside the law of the land then that is a matter for the legal authorities of the country in question. The owner is free to use the assets of that business as he/she sees fit, provided any actions are legal. What The League provides is a national membership organisation and administers competitions within which the member clubs participate and it is these Clubs that make up the ‘membership’ of The League. They vote in Rules and Regulations which The League then administers. We do not “run” the member clubs. That is done by the owners and directors of those member clubs. For example, we have no legal jurisdiction to dictate who can or cannot own a business, but The League does have the ability to determine whether that company should be able to participate in our competitions. We also have rules and regulation in relation to membership and participation in our competitions with relevance to directors. In particular the Fit and Proper Person Test disqualifies people from operating as directors of a club if they fall into any of the following categories: • Anyone subject to a ban from a Sports Governing Body relating to the administration of that sport. • Anyone with an unspent conviction relating to fraud or dishonesty. • Anyone that is disqualified from acting as a director of a UK registered company. • Anyone currently subject to a Bankruptcy Order. • Anyone who has been a Director of a club that has been in administration twice during a five-year period or a Director of two different clubs that have each gone into administration in a five-year period. The Fit and Proper Persons Test can only operate within the constraints of the law of the land and cannot be used to cover any grievance against an owner or director of a club. Its relevance is limited to legal issues. Provided League Rules and Regulations are observed that private company is entitled to be a League member and participate in our competitions. When a private company suffers an insolvency event or encounters financial problems it falls under the remit of the insolvency law that operates in this country. The League is there to offer advice in relation to our policies and regulations. We are not there to “bail clubs out” or take over the running of the clubs. That is a matter for the owners or, should they be appointed by the court, the administrators. The League is a not-for-profit organisation that generates revenue and distributes it to the member clubs. When a club is looking to exit administration or administrative receivership and move into the hands of new owners The League has a degree of control in terms of assuring the new owners can support the club going forward (The League does not have the same control when a private sale takes place as it has no legislative control over a private business in this regard). The League operates an insolvency policy, part of which includes the Sporting Sanctions Regulation. This Regulation sees clubs that suffer an insolvency event deducted 10 points. This Regulation was voted into place by our member clubs in September 2003 and came into force on May 10, 2004. Clubs recently amended the Sporting Sanction regulation to try and ensure that any Club who was likely to be relegated by virtue of their playing record could not manipulate the 10point deduction to their advantage. This sanction seeks to restore the competitive balance that would otherwise be distorted by the use of insolvency proceedings, in the first instance to prevent creditors of the club being able to recover sums lawfully due to them and, thereafter (in the majority of cases) seeking to settle the amounts due to those creditors other than by way of payment in full. The sanction is designed to have a deterrent effect and to make Directors more accountable to supporters for the way they have run their clubs. In time, this should foster a more sustainable approach to managing football clubs and, hopefully, reduce the number of clubs needing to go into administration. The ten-point deduction itself is not intended as a punishment but rather as an attempt to balance the competitive advantage clubs receive by ridding themselves of debt. An appeal against the sanction is allowed under League Regulations where insolvency events have occurred due to circumstances which are deemed to be unforeseeable and unavoidable. We assure you The League does not wish to lose any Club. Patricia Brown Customer Service The Football League http://www.football-league.co.uk Response from FL !!l

I sent the following EMail to the FL before this thread appeared...."..You appear to be pursuing a course of action against Southampton FC of which the worst scenario could be that the City of Southampton is completely deprived of its Football team. In case you have not noticed the world in general and this country in particular is undergoing a great financial trauma which is causing massive unemployment. You presumably exist to promote the game of football in this Country........how does that equate to enforcing some rule that would be laughed out of Court if it got there but which will inevitably if pursued result not only in the loss of a long established club but a significant loss of jobs. The government has bailed out the banks but you take a completely opposite approach and simply worsen financial problems on the spurious excuse that you are protecting the integrity of football. Please get into the real world! ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, A Southampton season ticket holder" I suspect that if the worst scenario did occur there would be Government and/or judicial intervention

In a cafe in Lyme Regis on my way to a meeting in Exeter and having a coffee break.

Yes I'll renew but I am a bit worried that the shuttle buses from Town Quay and the station may be discontinued as an economy measure.....if so then I'll have a major travel problem!

Well I wish they would hurry up and do so......the pitch is not the issue what about fans who live in rural areas and would almost certainly have to face dangerous icy roads before and especially after the game. I don't want to miss the game but I'm not taking the risk.

I think that is totally irresponsible of SFC The pitch may be OK but what about those supporters who have to drive 20/30 miles or more.....I certainly shall not be taking the risk!

Apart from Saga's 2 great goals the best moment of the game for me was to actually see McGoldrick substituted......well done Mr Wotte...hope you don't get a bollocking from Rupert.

Interesting snippet in the Times yesterday http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article5372587.ece