Things in the past.

[Saint Bowood]

the mouthy sod under the west stand shouting the same thing at 10 to 3 every Saturday home game - "time to get em out of the pub Ted"

[alehouseboys]

Ken Bailey's occasional visits walking round the pitch in all his regalia (taking stick as he past in front of the Milton/Lower West. The 'Old Spice' dancing girls prancing around in hot-pants. Queueing for an hour to get in before the gates opened...OB checking your palms to make sure you weren't too old for the nippers queue.

 

Miss the fanzines, particularly the UI.

[AussieDog]

pillars blocking the view

fencing around the pitch

terraces!

people p1551ng on my leg on the terraces (OK, that was at White Hart Lane when 51000 of us crammed in in our last promotion season!)

away games on clive foleys coaches (oh the shame....)

austin hayes, steve mills, bobby stokes, alan ball, peter osgood...RIP all of you...

Saints A team against Vospers in the Hampshire combination??? (I think)

Saints teams with half the team having come from the youth team AND winning (think shearer, wallace's, leTiss, et al...)

[sandwichsaint]

......OB checking your palms to make sure you weren't too old for the nippers queue.

 

Tell me this isn't a typo of 'OB checking your plums'? (do tell, I've never heard or seen this before anywhere).

[Guest Dark Sotonic Mills]

Tell me this isn't a typo of 'OB checking your plums'? (do tell, I've never heard or seen this before anywhere).

 

If you had hair on your palms, you were obviously an adolescent.

[The9]

If you had hair on your palms, you were obviously an adolescent.

 

If you had hair on your palms you were obviously Steve Grant. Now the back of your hands, that's fairly normal.

[SNSUN]

Waiting for Skacel to sign... or are we still waiting?

[The Fat Controller]

Jack White not letting you in the car park and queuing up to use your priority vouchers

[Colinjb]

Wondering if we'll ever see Delgado play.

[Third Division South Days]

10 minute half-times and the match finishing at 4.40 (or 9.10 in the evening).

 

Alowed time to get back to the local for a couple.

[The Fat Controller]

phoning saints clubcall 0898 12 11 78

[SNSUN]

Signing injury prone players.

[SNSUN]

phoning saints clubcall 0898 12 11 78

 

I got a bollocking from my olds once for using that to listen to a Saints game. Cost them a fortune.

[derry]

And "Frrrruppence on the ball!"

 

Those of us old enough will remember. :cool:

 

"penny on the ball" :cool:

[Lets B Avenue]

Selling the lottery cards.

[derry]

2nd replays. I was at WBA 72 and Leicester 78.

 

White Hart Lane 1963 Won 5-0

[Badger]

F.A Cup draws on a Monday lunchtime.

[david in sweden]

Standing at the Milton Rd!

 

....in the pouring rain with water running down your neck ...!

[Badger]

Standing on the terrace under the East Stand,and learning new swear words...

[david in sweden]

MLT on the ball )-:

 

...and scoring from free-kicks...and beating 5 defenders on the run ...and then scoring ...and dummying " dummy " keepers...and not missing penalties (well almost...) and spontaneously scoring with half-chances from anywhere inside or outside the box...GET IN !!!!!!!!!!

[dubai_phil]

Wondering if we'll ever see Delgado play.

 

Wondering if we'll ever see Charlie George play

[sandwichsaint]

F.A Cup draws on a Monday lunchtime.

 

Though if IRC they had Monday draws right through our run to Cardiff?

 

Loved the old-school Monday draws - one of my most vivid memories of being at school is being on the field at Hamble school with a tranny (ooh-er missus) and hearing 'Manchester United' 'will play' 'Derby County', cue us all going mental as we knew we had pulled the Palace plum in the semi's. Happy days.

 

Things we miss about Saints? Black shorts with two red stripes down the sides. The chocolate boxes. My first unaccompanied games and standing on bits of the Milton that our dad would never have allowed us on. Taking the floating bridge to games. A floodlit game at the Dell, just how did they get the grass so green and the lines so white?

[Turkish]

reacting in a rational way to results, potential new signings, transfer rumours, new kit lanches, announcements etc rather than hystrionic multi posting with 'this club is f****' if we dont win every game 10-0 or sign modern day Pele's for everyday the transfer window is open.

[Turkish]

caring more about the result than what can be stuffed down our faces at half time and how long it takes to queue for it.

[Thedelldays]

super saint

[Third Division South Days]

The radio station.

[Turkish]

Shields being up and klingons trying to sap our power

[Thedelldays]

dennis rolfe HT chats

[saintwarwick]

Watching Claus score

[for_heaven's_Saint]

Counting the amount of long throws Rory Delap took in a game.

[70's Mike]

The "pirate vendor" selling off all the Saints T shirts outside the Milton Road end up The Dell

 

known paul for 36 years although not seen him for a few months

[krissyboy31]

The character, the smell, the atmosphere, the geographic position and the intimidation of The Dell!!

[Thedelldays]

the laughing paki..

 

although, not SFC related (probably)

[70's Mike]

trying to have a p*ss and get a pint at half time in the Milton,

and not having to organise upfront to be at a game with your mates, just turn up on the terrace and they were there.

[WestSaint]

Seeing the TV vans in the dell carpark and being excited that we were going to be on match of the day that evening

[sydney_saint]

Takeover threads

[Hamilton Saint]

White Hart Lane 1963 Won 5-0

 

I remember that - my brother was at that game.

[krissyboy31]

Wondering if we'll ever see Charlie George play

 

Wondering if we'll ever see Perry Groves play.

[miserableoldgit]

Selling the lottery cards.

I used to deliver those bloody things around Eastliegh and Twyford one evening a week and collect the money. A real pain in the ass! I did win £75 on them in 1973. It virtually paid for a holiday at a Jersey hotel though!

[The Fat Controller]

the hooligan fences up the archers road end

[Redondo Saint]

Having a beer in the players bar on a Monday night

 

Taking the **** out of Venison's jacket!

[dubai_phil]

The old Home Team dressing Room at SMS :-)

[Dimond Geezer]

Was going to say both "The Saints Marching Jazz Band" & "Ken Bailey" (didn't he get done for Kiddy fiddling? Apologies if not true), but someone beat me to those two, I''l go for:

 

Players not taking warm-ups seriously. I remember MLT in goal for some of these & MLT, Shearer, Ruddock & Flowers deliberetly kicking balls into the Milton.

 

Also:

Getting vouchers at the turnstiles for up-coming all ticket matches.

 

And:

Players running onto the pitch from the er.. tunnel (well down some stairs & out of a door) in the corner of the pitch. Only us & Man U did this I think.

[saintjinksie]

team saints room at the dell playing rayman on psone and table football

[alehouseboys]

...OB checking your palms to make sure you weren't too old for the nippers queue.

 

Tell me this isn't a typo of 'OB checking your plums'? (do tell, I've never heard or seen this before anywhere).

 

 

They told us if our hands were rough we were obviously working and would be sent to queue with the oldies...or maybe it was just some pervy ol' copper who liked rubbing young boys hands.

 

 

 

 

Just me then...I feel so dirty........

[Mark``]

I'm only like 17 so... Gareth Bale ripping up the left hand side, Wayne Bridge, Theo Walcott, MLT, Matty Oakley

[Badger]

red and white stripes,for a season anyway.

[EastleighSoulBoy]

Being able to get a free programme from my uncle who was in charge of sales on match days ( not THAT uncle ESB )

I don't know who you could possibly mean!

[EastleighSoulBoy]

"penny on the ball" :cool:

 

Good Lord! You are much older than I anticipated!

 

I always had to laugh at the little chap with the flat cap who shouted ffffruppence on the ball, his glasses were so thick he must have been nearly blind, poor old duffer.

[EastleighSoulBoy]

known paul for 36 years although not seen him for a few months

 

Still running the markets, he's up at Eastleigh most Saturdays.