Charlie Miller mural

[Fitzhugh Fella]

Did anyone else notice the wall painting on the walkway over the railway line to the stadium which has a really fantastic mural depicting Charlie Miller the ex Saints player from the 1890s who is credited to introducing football into Brazil.

It really is a work of art and looks fantastic. I don't know who is responsible but it is worth a look if anyone is down that way - the likeness of Miller is uncanny and someone has gone to a lot of trouble.

[Gemmel]

  Fitzhugh Fella said:

Did anyone else notice the wall painting on the walkway over the railway line to the stadium which has a really fantastic mural depicting Charlie Miller the ex Saints player from the 1890s who is credited to introducing football into Brazil.

It really is a work of art and looks fantastic. I don't know who is responsible but it is worth a look if anyone is down that way - the likeness of Miller is uncanny and someone has gone to a lot of trouble.

 

We all commeneted on it but no idea who he was.....cheers FF

[Pugwash]

Yup. Saw it in passing through the press. Shame it's hidden away, would've been better in one of the concourses.

[Saint_clark]

  Pugwash said:

Yup. Saw it in passing through the press. Shame it's hidden away, would've been better in one of the concourses.

 

I like it, hopefully the whole area around the stadium will be covered in stuff like that.

[latter day saint]

does look impressive and better than the usual graffiti. lot of work gone into it obviously. is the half finished bloke at the end LeTiss? nose looks about right?

[Saint_clark]

  latter day saint said:

does look impressive and better than the usual graffiti. lot of work gone into it obviously. is the half finished bloke at the end LeTiss? nose looks about right?

 

Thought that one looked more like Joseph Goebbels.

[RedWillie]

Believe it or not it was arranged through the local Police neighbourhood team - Sgt **** Partridge and some of the PCSO's from Northam, St Marys and Newtown. The art work was arranged with some Solent Uni volunteers ( who are my contacts) . I think it looks very good.

[oxfordshire_saint]

Yeah, I saw some arty types spraying it on before the Colchester game, they were in the middle of doing the Christ the Redeemer statue when I walked past.

[Kingsbridge Saint]

Charlie Miller is still playing - after Saints he went to Rangers and is now playing in the A League in Australia.

[brianoneils slidingtackle]

Very effective art work, a lot better than the graffiti thats sprayed over the place, southampton club badge at the far end looks slightly dodgy though !!

[John B]

Charles Miller arrived in Brazil with a pair of boots, a book of rules and a football. When he reached Sao Paulo, he was shocked to discover that no-one knew how to play. So he marked out a pitch, gathered twenty young men, and divided them into two teams...Today, Brazil are the greatest exponents of the beautiful game, and Charles Miller has been all but forgotten.

[eurosaint]

  Saint_clark said:

Thought that one looked more like Joseph Goebbels.

 

So it's true that Rupert commissioned the work then ???

[oxfordshire_saint]

  John B said:

Charles Miller arrived in Brazil with a pair of boots, a book of rules and a football. When he reached Sao Paulo, he was shocked to discover that no-one knew how to play. So he marked out a pitch, gathered twenty young men, and divided them into two teams...Today, Brazil are the greatest exponents of the beautiful game, and Charles Miller has been all but forgotten.

 

Have you been reading Futebol : A Brazilian Way of Life by Alex Bellos?

[beatlesaint]

Looks good.....just hope it doesnt fall victim of some mindless morons with a black spray can !

[John B]

  oxfordshire_saint said:

Have you been reading Futebol : A Brazilian Way of Life by Alex Bellos?

 

No I am selling

 

Josh Lacey God is Brazilian on EBAY

[Toadhall Saint]

Great mural - why can't they do something like that in the concourses at the ground?

[Fitzhugh Fella]

  Toadhall Saint said:

Great mural - why can't they do something like that in the concourses at the ground?

 

A very very valid point.

The mural is very well done - tis a shame that is is largly hidden in the walkway - it would look great ona giant poster outside the ground.

[RonManager]

  Toadhall Saint said:

Great mural - why can't they do something like that in the concourses at the ground?

 

Maybe they can, maybe they are thinking about it and planning it right now, maybe you should suggest it?

[RedAndWhite91]

Yeah all looks proper good down there, it looks like it's not all finished yet, and I reckon it's gonna look ace when it's all completed.

[macthesaint]

  RedWillie said:

Believe it or not it was arranged through the local Police neighbourhood team - Sgt **** Partridge and some of the PCSO's from Northam, St Marys and Newtown. The art work was arranged with some Solent Uni volunteers ( who are my contacts) . I think it looks very good.

AHA Well done to all concerned.Back of the net!

[krissyboy31]

Saw this before the Colchester game and was really impressed (although the cynic in me was just waiting for the graffiti asbos to deface it).

[Badger]

  Fitzhugh Fella said:

A very very valid point.

The mural is very well done - tis a shame that is is largly hidden in the walkway - it would look great ona giant poster outside the ground.

 

Or in the Saints museum when Markus decides to provide it.

 

I haven't seen the mural myself and although it sounds good I think they should replace it with a drawing of a train.

[Master Bates]

  Fitzhugh Fella said:

Did anyone else notice the wall painting on the walkway over the railway line to the stadium which has a really fantastic mural depicting Charlie Miller the ex Saints player from the 1890s who is credited to introducing football into Brazil.

It really is a work of art and looks fantastic. I don't know who is responsible but it is worth a look if anyone is down that way - the likeness of Miller is uncanny and someone has gone to a lot of trouble.

 

Yep, couldn't not notice it, very good indeed.

[OldNick]

  Master Bates said:

Yep, couldn't not notice it, very good indeed.

Im surprised as oit doesnt have bewbs

[Master Bates]

  nickh said:

Im surprised as oit doesnt have bewbs

 

I saw you stood next to it, one big tit will do to get my attention

[OldNick]

  Master Bates said:

I saw you stood next to it, one big tit will do to get my attention

That was you with the big box of Kleenex then MB?

[the saint in winchester]

  Kingsbridge Saint said:

Charlie Miller is still playing - after Saints he went to Rangers and is now playing in the A League in Australia.

 

Let me get that right ... he played for Saints in the 1890s and is still playing now .. in 2009??? He's been playing for over 110 years??? And commentators get excited about Giggs playing for 20!!!

[Master Bates]

  nickh said:

That was you with the big box of Kleenex then MB?

 

It sure was

[St. Jason]

  Pugwash said:

Yup. Saw it in passing through the press. Shame it's hidden away, would've been better in one of the concourses.

 

Hardly hidden away matey, there's a good few thousand that go over the bridge every game, not only that but the fans crossing are from every stand and not just the one stand if it had been put in a concourse!!!!

 

We were all impressed with it and knew who he was, also walked through the parks before the game on the way down from The Bedfords for a change, really impressed, clean, neat and blooming!!!

[eurosaint]

  St. Jason said:

Hardly hidden away matey, there's a good few thousand that go over the bridge every game, not only that but the fans crossing are from every stand and not just the one stand if it had been put in a concourse!!!!

 

We were all impressed with it and knew who he was, also walked through the parks before the game on the way down from The Bedfords for a change, really impressed, clean, neat and blooming!!!

 

Your lot must be very knowledgable, I thought it was Bert Scriven !!!

[Dannyboy_Saint]

Only problem is i wonder how long before someone sprays 'PFC' all over it?

[SFKA South Woodford]

  Fitzhugh Fella said:

A very very valid point.

The mural is very well done - tis a shame that is is largly hidden in the walkway - it would look great ona giant poster outside the ground.

 

Ajax have done something similar in the Amsterdam Arena.

 

When I was walking through on Saturday, I was hoping to see further progress made on it from the day of the Colchester game, but was saddened to see that someone had already attempted to deface it with a spray can, and written on it with a marker.

 

Why do people feel the need to destroy and deface, rather than build, create or just admire?

[Wes Tender]

It is a real shame that there are such morons about who will jump at the chance to deface it. The paintings on the cricket building in Hogsland Park are also excellent, but have also been defaced. The trouble is, you are now getting a breed of grafitti artist who are acknowledged as being proper contemporary artists in their own right, people like Banksy and the local council at Bristol are considering that some of his work ought to be preserved. Well, as far as I'm concerned, I'd be happier if the local authority did their duty and eradicated his work which is what the local population pay their Council taxes for. If other yobs obliterated it, then he has no reason to be upset about it, does he?

[RedAndWhite91]

  Wes Tender said:

It is a real shame that there are such morons about who will jump at the chance to deface it. The paintings on the cricket building in Hogsland Park are also excellent, but have also been defaced. The trouble is, you are now getting a breed of grafitti artist who are acknowledged as being proper contemporary artists in their own right, people like Banksy and the local council at Bristol are considering that some of his work ought to be preserved. Well, as far as I'm concerned, I'd be happier if the local authority did their duty and eradicated his work which is what the local population pay their Council taxes for. If other yobs obliterated it, then he has no reason to be upset about it, does he?

 

To be honest, there is a different between this:

 

 

And this:

 

[solentstars]

  Fitzhugh Fella said:

Did anyone else notice the wall painting on the walkway over the railway line to the stadium which has a really fantastic mural depicting Charlie Miller the ex Saints player from the 1890s who is credited to introducing football into Brazil.

It really is a work of art and looks fantastic. I don't know who is responsible but it is worth a look if anyone is down that way - the likeness of Miller is uncanny and someone has gone to a lot of trouble.

its fantastic and its shows part of our history,would love to more wall paintings around the stadium.

[John McAndrew]

part of the stuff in the painting was my idea as i was approached by one of the pcso's on it ages ago...once its is all finished it will be coated with anti-graffiti covering so any other stuff over the top will wipe off...and funny enough the hogland park artist is also working on the walkway...and he comes from a graffiti background

[saint_mears]

  John McAndrew said:

part of the stuff in the painting was my idea as i was approached by one of the pcso's on it ages ago...once its is all finished it will be coated with anti-graffiti covering so any other stuff over the top will wipe off...and funny enough the hogland park artist is also working on the walkway...and he comes from a graffiti background

 

Is it work by Mike Fibb ?

[John McAndrew]

the person i am on about is known to many as Slam...also done the subway between east st and st marys st...this is his website

 

http://www.de5ign4.com/

[Fitzhugh Fella]

  John McAndrew said:

part of the stuff in the painting was my idea as i was approached by one of the pcso's on it ages ago...once its is all finished it will be coated with anti-graffiti covering so any other stuff over the top will wipe off...and funny enough the hogland park artist is also working on the walkway...and he comes from a graffiti background

 

Hope it is finished soon so the protective layer can be put on.

Fair play to you - it looks great, hope the club take note.

[John McAndrew]

i only talked over ideas months ago so cant take any credit....slam and the other artists are the guys who done all the hard work...cant wait for it to be finished either

[St Columb Saint]

Any chance someone can take a picture and post it on here for us out of towners :smt023

[saint_mears]

  John McAndrew said:

the person i am on about is known to many as Slam...also done the subway between east st and st marys st...this is his website

 

http://www.de5ign4.com/

 

Yeah thats Mike then all ex graffiti artists from the 80s

[solentstars]

  John McAndrew said:

part of the stuff in the painting was my idea as i was approached by one of the pcso's on it ages ago...once its is all finished it will be coated with anti-graffiti covering so any other stuff over the top will wipe off...and funny enough the hogland park artist is also working on the walkway...and he comes from a graffiti background

great art and imagination ,fantastic idea ,congratulations to all of the artists.

[Pugwash]

  St. Jason said:

Hardly hidden away matey, there's a good few thousand that go over the bridge every game, not only that but the fans crossing are from every stand and not just the one stand if it had been put in a concourse!!!!

 

We were all impressed with it and knew who he was, also walked through the parks before the game on the way down from The Bedfords for a change, really impressed, clean, neat and blooming!!!

 

Problem is, in the crush leaving the game there's so many people yer can't see it all! Yeah I knew the story, but it's a matter of scale - needs a larger 'canvas'.