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  Saint Samuel said:
How did you get train tickets so cheap? I'm really looking forward to this one, will be my next away game. How many will we take up? Safety in numbers might be best.

 

No worries. There is a walkway from the station straight to the away end.

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I don't think that Millwall really need many police for most of their games, Leeds excepted!

 

There's no real reason for any Saints fans not to attend on the grounds of safety (perceived hooligan threat), no more than any other away game.

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  RedAndWhite91 said:
Aren't Millwall fans more inclined to chase 8-year-old kids through a park, than try and start a mass brawl with a load of boozed up adults anyway?

 

You going to risk it?

there are certain pubs down the Old Kent Road, where you would risk a severe beating if you went in with Saints colours on

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You going to risk it?

there are certain pubs down the Old Kent Road, where you would risk a severe beating if you went in with Saints colours on

 

Don't usually wear colours anyway. I'm not going to be looking for trouble, so it's more than likely I'm not going to get into trouble. I was just referring to this old story: http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/4539786._Hide_in_a_bush__police_tell_scared_boy/

He was twelve, not eight. My mistake.

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It'd probably be best to not wear colours, but apart from that Millwall isn't as bad as some of you may think. There's just about 100 pikeys in the top tier to your left that spend the game being mouthy.

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  scott_saints said:
We're Southampton.

 

For this reason, there wont be any trouble (....that is newsworthy, anyway).

 

Since we've been out of the Premiership we're getting a worse and worse reputation. I'd bet there will be a fair bit of trouble at Millwall when we go tbh..

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  Griffo said:
Since we've been out of the Premiership we're getting a worse and worse reputation. I'd bet there will be a fair bit of trouble at Millwall when we go tbh..

 

I doubt there will be much trouble, as Millwall and the local police are well versed at controlling the fans at the New Den.

 

The fans are kept very much separate inside and outside of the ground. The away coaches are brought in by police convoy and unload in a secure area. There is a separate platform for away fans coming in by train that leads directly to the away end.

 

Only idiots really looking for trouble before the game will find any. If they turn up by coach or train they will have to leave the secure area first.

 

After the game the away fans are kept in for what seems like 2 hours, once you are released by the police there are tumbleweeds rolling down the street!

 

When I went, I didn't see any trouble at all depsite a few fans giving it large inside the stadium.

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Which pub(s) you planning on going to in London Bridge? Market Porter? The new Wheatsheaf was good before the Charlton game.

 

We usually manage about 6, including Market Porter, the George and some al fresco drinking at The Grapes.

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  Rees said:
I'm probably going to give this one a miss. From some of the books I've read in the past, it's a very nasty place to go and I don't fancy being set upon by some local ruffians.

 

lol

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  Rees said:
I'm probably going to give this one a miss. From some of the books I've read in the past, it's a very nasty place to go and I don't fancy being set upon by some local ruffians.

 

Please tell me you are joking!!

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I've been told by my Millwall mate (he's not a complete nutter!) that the police protection for away fans is pretty tight, apparently they wait at Bermondsey station and escort groups of fans to the New Den, a bit like when Millwall fans were escorted by police to St Marys in August.

 

I know plenty of football fans that are intimidated by Millwall away and wouldn't go, the whole West Ham/Millwall league cup incident hasn't helped, but I don't think its a problem, just wouldn't fancy getting lost in that particular area of London on my own wearing Saints colours!

  • 2 weeks later...
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surprised no ticket news for this one yet, will only be 3 weeks away on saturday. Hopefully we'll get the full 4000 upper and lower tiers.

Posted
  bungle said:
We usually manage about 6, including Market Porter, the George and some al fresco drinking at The Grapes.

 

Is that the George Inn at Southwark near London Bridge? Haven't been there for years but used to be a great old pub steeped in history

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  KK the 2nd said:
Is that the George Inn at Southwark near London Bridge? Haven't been there for years but used to be a great old pub steeped in history

 

That's the doozey. Just one problem: they only open at 12.

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  JRM said:
surprised no ticket news for this one yet, will only be 3 weeks away on saturday. Hopefully we'll get the full 4000 upper and lower tiers.

 

I thought the lower tier is always closed, I've never seen it opened. I thought this was so their fans in the upper tiers either side can't chuck stuff down.

 

Likewise though I'm quite surprised there's no news on this one yet, want to get my ticket confirmed, look forward to the usual Saints takeover of the Hole in the Wall!

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  oxfordshire_saint said:
I thought the lower tier is always closed, I've never seen it opened. I thought this was so their fans in the upper tiers either side can't chuck stuff down.

 

Likewise though I'm quite surprised there's no news on this one yet, want to get my ticket confirmed, look forward to the usual Saints takeover of the Hole in the Wall!

 

Tickets are on sale to home supporters from the 22nd on their OS, so hopefully we'll hear something soon ie tomorrow!

 

http://www.millwallfc.co.uk/page/TicketInfo/0,,10367~1912568,00.html

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  oxfordshire_saint said:
I thought the lower tier is always closed, I've never seen it opened. I thought this was so their fans in the upper tiers either side can't chuck stuff down.

 

Likewise though I'm quite surprised there's no news on this one yet, want to get my ticket confirmed, look forward to the usual Saints takeover of the Hole in the Wall!

 

No, they do open the lower tier, just don't think its often as most teams don't need the bigger allocation and I think they try to limit away allocations for teams like Leeds etc who would otherwise fill it.

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  oxfordshire_saint said:
I thought the lower tier is always closed, I've never seen it opened. I thought this was so their fans in the upper tiers either side can't chuck stuff down.

 

Likewise though I'm quite surprised there's no news on this one yet, want to get my ticket confirmed, look forward to the usual Saints takeover of the Hole in the Wall!

 

They closed the lower tier after the West Ham game (in the Championship) because it was a main clash point for fans.

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  RonManager said:

 

 

Good stuff. surprised they say tickets available on the day, this is one of the easiest away games to get to, £20 not to bad a price. Trains are back to normal then as well with the tunnel open, so the 9.30 from Central up to Waterloo for 10.49

 

must admit i laughed reading that, the ticket news says there are 5 wheelchair tickets available, then the travel news says the first wheelchair accessible coach is running with room for 6 so one of them is going to miss out!!

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  JRM said:
Good stuff...

 

..., the ticket news says there are 5 wheelchair tickets available, then the travel news says the first wheelchair accessible coach is running with room for 6 so one of them is going to miss out!!

 

Well spotted, however the club did promise to address the fan at the radio Solent forum who raised the isssue of wheelchair users accessing standard layout coaches. This is imho another example of the club delivering what we the fans are asking for.

 

It is Millwall who should be embarassed by this, as it would appear that Saints have a higher capacity coach than they do within their whole away section for wheelchair users! Astounding in this day and age.

 

Maybe deserves a thread on it's own?

 

Well done saints and I would advise anyone reading this who knows any wheelchair users who might want to attend to get in early, once it becomes common knowledghe that the wheelchair accessible travel club is up and running I would predict it to be very popular, not least due to the fact that the 'enabler' who could just as well be a friend or family member can travel at the concessionary rate too. As I said already, well done Saints I am surprised this has not been heralded more publicly actually, perhaps the Echo would like to do a piece on it? ;)

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