Skates v Saints on BBC

[Thedelldays]

As I said on another thread; No woman allowed, no kids under the age of 15 and no blokes over the age of 60.

 

We need people at the peak of their football violence career for this one. 3,000 lads, all stood, giving it large on the BBC for the whole nation to see.

indeed..I get back from over seas the day before and dont want to see women and little kids sat in the away stand...waste of ticket IMO

[This Charming Man]

This game is almost certainly going on sale to season ticket holders who have been to x away games first, it's what x will be that matters. I'm a STH and will have been to at least 4 away come this match, but still not certain that'll be enough.

 

I also seriously doubt we'll have an allocation of 3k as mentioned above, Skates will sell whatever their maximum allocation (they really hate us) which will probably leave us with around 1k

 

They have to give us 10% of the grounds capacity, that's the rules. The only way it can be lowered is if the OB say so, on safety grounds.

[JRM]

would be great to see a few red flares set off in our end with red smoke blowing out onto the pitch would look brilliant on tv, went to Stevenage v Accrington Stanley in the play offs and the STANLEY ULTRAS let some off when the team came out, look superb.

[Appy]

This game is almost certainly going on sale to season ticket holders who have been to x away games first, it's what x will be that matters. I'm a STH and will have been to at least 4 away come this match, but still not certain that'll be enough.

 

I also seriously doubt we'll have an allocation of 3k as mentioned above, Skates will sell whatever their maximum allocation (they really hate us) which will probably leave us with around 1k

 

That won't happen, they had 4000 for the FA Cup game here, it's the rules.

[saintrich]

Will be playing in red and white or yellow, just so I know what balloons to order? thanks

[scott_saints]

This game is almost certainly going on sale to season ticket holders who have been to x away games first, it's what x will be that matters. I'm a STH and will have been to at least 4 away come this match, but still not certain that'll be enough.

 

I also seriously doubt we'll have an allocation of 3k as mentioned above, Skates will sell whatever their maximum allocation (they really hate us) which will probably leave us with around 1k

Are you honestly worried about getting a ticket with a STH and 5 away games behind you?

The ballot games are never anywhere near where as popular as people make out. 1 away game will be enough.

[ericb]

****ing bring em on. Unfinished business down that **** hole and the chance to do it on tv is great. No way i'm wearing a noddy top, it's train, alcohol and adrenaline for this one

[This Charming Man]

****ing bring em on. Unfinished business down that **** hole and the chance to do it on tv is great. No way i'm wearing a noddy top, it's train, alcohol and adrenaline for this one

 

That's the spirit.

[farawaysaint]

****ing bring em on. Unfinished business down that **** hole and the chance to do it on tv is great. No way i'm wearing a noddy top, it's train, alcohol and adrenaline for this one

 

Beating us 4-1 the last two outings can hardly be called unfinished business Let's thrash them 8-0 and call it a new chapter of dominance in South Coast football instead.

[Turkish]

****ing bring em on. Unfinished business down that **** hole and the chance to do it on tv is great. No way i'm wearing a noddy top, it's train, alcohol and adrenaline for this one

 

We need more fans like us and less of the mugs further up the thread.

[ericb]

Beating us 4-1 the last two outings can hardly be called unfinished business Let's thrash them 8-0 and call it a new chapter of dominance in South Coast football instead.

 

The unfinished business is revenge. Pure and simple revenge.

[PhilippineSaint]

Doesn't most of this thread incite violence down the wrong end of the M27 surely by now the Old Bill will have read this and will be arresting everybody involved as per the other internet warrior organiser from up north somewhere.

[ant]

get yourself to Reading and Bristol City and that'll be enough to get you a ticket.

 

Got a pretty major clash for Brizzle annoyingly but will definitely try to keep the Reading fixture free, good shout. Hoping I'll be able to get to Cardiff too.

 

[EDIT] Bloody hell, looks like I can get a return train ticket for £13.50 to Cardiff, that's a gimme then.

Edited 16 September, 2011 by ant

[shurlock]

Love some of the big i am on here - just a shame most of the 'proper lads' go into hiding and barely muster a whimper for the rest of the season. Our away support barely breaks a 1000 for most games - that's f**king pathetic compared to decent NPC teams. They are the plastics, the sky generation of away supporters and crawl out of the woodwork only when a booze up in London Town can be justified or are be ar $ed to travel a few miles to the outer reaches of Reading or the bleak depths of Brighton.

 

Fact is many of our supporters who put in the hours are the elderly and to a lesser extent women and children - and fair play if they get priority.

[latter day saint]

Dont be silly, i'll be giving it the trampoline, giving them throat slitting gestures and shouting "come on then" as loudly as i can, safe in the knowledge that anyone who comes within 100 foot of me will be nicked or smashed with a truncheon.

Pansy !

like the sound of flares etc.

will look really good, as would a few smoke bombs lobbed in their direction

[Turkish]

Pansy !

like the sound of flares etc.

will look really good, as would a few smoke bombs lobbed in their direction

 

Imagine this behind the Jamie Ashdowns goal when we go on the attack, all on BBC camera.

 

[Griffo]

If anyone can get me a ticket, I will repay the full cost of the ticket, as well as promising to supply up to 10 flares to people for free.

[ant]

Love some of the big i am on here - just a shame most of the 'proper lads' go into hiding and barely muster a whimper for the rest of the season. Our away support barely breaks a 1000 for most games - that's f**king pathetic compared to decent NPC teams. They are the plastics, the sky generation of away supporters and crawl out of the woodwork only when a booze up in London Town can be justified or are be ar $ed to travel a few miles to the outer reaches of Reading or the bleak depths of Brighton.

 

Fact is many of our supporters who put in the hours are the elderly and to a lesser extent women and children - and fair play if they get priority.

 

Can't speak for anyone else but I go to all of the away games I can - which admittedly isn't anywhere near as many as I'd like, but sadly at my tender age I'm not yet in a position where I can turn down the money which gets me through the non-football days. Hell, even buying a season ticket made things pretty tight financially. I'll be at every game home and away game as soon as I'm able.

 

Bit annoying that it means having to fudge my way to enough aways for the visit to the skates but that's the way it is at the moment. I'm sure you're right and there's plenty of fans as you describe... Can't really blame people for being up for this fixture though.

[latter day saint]

Imagine this behind the Jamie Ashdowns goal when we go on the attack, all on BBC camera.

 

i just have a picture of some old dear emptying her Thermos of tea over anyone who sparks one up

[shurlock]

Can't speak for anyone else but I go to all of the away games I can - which admittedly isn't anywhere near as many as I'd like, but sadly at my tender age I'm not yet in a position where I can turn down the money which gets me through the non-football days. Hell, even buying a season ticket made things pretty tight financially. I'll be at every game home and away game as soon as I'm able.

 

Bit annoying that it means having to fudge my way to enough aways for the visit to the skates but that's the way it is at the moment. I'm sure you're right and there's plenty of fans as you describe... Can't really blame people for being up for this fixture though.

 

Fair play and I'm sure your circumstances aren't unique. Money's tight and it's easier to go when you've got a few years of work experience. I couldn't start doing away games on a serious basis until my mid/late 20s and its probably easier when you're based in London. I still end up scratching around for cheap tickets/deals and occasionally have to turn down games for work (fortunately I'm self-employed), though I try to make sure they're home rather than away games.

 

Was talking to a West Ham fan who was telling me that while they don't get massive away numbers - say compared to Spurs on a game to game basis, their numbers don't fluctuate and they have one of the highest numbers of core regulars.

 

Don't know how we compare to the rest of the league but ours is about 1000 and ideally it should be higher. A good number of our regulars are the thermos and blanket brigade. Why they shouldn't be anymore eligible for a massive game like the skates is beyond me.

Edited 16 September, 2011 by shurlock

[doddisalegend]

Imagine this behind the Jamie Ashdowns goal when we go on the attack, all on BBC camera.

 

 

Yep I can see the clubs points deduction from here............

[Griffo]

Yep I can see the clubs points deduction from here............

 

When have you ever seen clubs getting points deductions for flares/smoke bombs? Never? Thought not.

[anothersaintinsouthsea]

Love some of the big i am on here - just a shame most of the 'proper lads' go into hiding and barely muster a whimper for the rest of the season. Our away support barely breaks a 1000 for most games - that's f**king pathetic compared to decent NPC teams. They are the plastics, the sky generation of away supporters and crawl out of the woodwork only when a booze up in London Town can be justified or are be ar $ed to travel a few miles to the outer reaches of Reading or the bleak depths of Brighton.

 

Fact is many of our supporters who put in the hours are the elderly and to a lesser extent women and children - and fair play if they get priority.

 

Who are these decent NPC teams you type of? Other than Leeds and west ham I doubt any will be that far above us, particularly when you remember that our average away journey is a lot longer than most.

[Dig Dig]

Yea lighting a flare makes you well hard

[LGTL]

I have a season ticket. I will have gone to every away game up to then. In that case, I am going. Lads only please.

[Denzil]

Imagine this behind the Jamie Ashdowns goal when we go on the attack, all on BBC camera.

 

 

That definately looks like Plan B in the middle with the cap on.

[Tokyo-Saint]

I do not live in Southampton anymore, meaning I have to travel to all home games as if it was an away game. Does this give me more hardcore fans points than the others?

[View From The Top]

I have a season ticket. I will have gone to every away game up to then. In that case, I am going. Lads only please.

 

No chance. I'm taking my boy. He's been from Carlisle to Plymouth so has earned the right to a trip to the skates.

 

He's more than likely been to more away games in the last few years than most of the gimps and pseudo "lads" that will be in the away end.

[View From The Top]

I do not live in Southampton anymore, meaning I have to travel to all home games as if it was an away game. Does this give me more hardcore fans points than the others?

 

Likewise. All my home games are a 360mile round trip away games and my home games are "norvern" away games.

[Turkish]

Yea lighting a flare makes you well hard

 

No one said it did. It just looks great. Although i am sure a lot of the gimps will prefer bloated, fat middle aged blokes in replica shirts clapping like demented seals.

[shurlock]

Who are these decent NPC teams you type of? Other than Leeds and west ham I doubt any will be that far above us, particularly when you remember that our average away journey is a lot longer than most.

 

You might be right - im sure we get about the same as a lot of biggish NPC teams such as Derby; but obviously less than Leeds and West Ham but probably less than the likes of Wolves and Sheff U when they were around (we should be aspiring to that kind of level).

 

But my larger point is the sheer variation - we take huge numbers to London clubs and places like Reading/Watford - far bigger than what they take to our place, suggesting we have greater potential to raise the number of core regulars; yet that support fizzles away for other games. It also appears that at the margins our numbers are swelled by more supposed 'lads' -you'll know its a totally different vibe when we play in London- who then disappear when it comes to less glamerous games.

[Turkish]

That definately looks like Plan B in the middle with the cap on.

 

Cant see a gold chain or turned up collars though.

[Royce2uk]

What colour face paints we all going to wear? Im not sure whether to go for the good old red and white stripes, or to have Come On You Reds on my cheeks!! What do you guys reckon :)

[oldsarum]

Love some of the big i am on here - just a shame most of the 'proper lads' go into hiding and barely muster a whimper for the rest of the season. Our away support barely breaks a 1000 for most games - that's f**king pathetic compared to decent NPC teams. They are the plastics, the sky generation of away supporters and crawl out of the woodwork only when a booze up in London Town can be justified or are be ar $ed to travel a few miles to the outer reaches of Reading or the bleak depths of Brighton.

 

Fact is many of our supporters who put in the hours are the elderly and to a lesser extent women and children - and fair play if they get priority.

 

last season our away avaearage was about 1600 and we seldom had below 1000, only 500 Oldham (evening game), 600 Hartlepool and 900 Carlisle I would have thought felll below that level.

 

Our average would have been higher had it not been for the large number of midweek away games and the restricted capacities or allocations we were given eg Brighton 900 tickets, Bournemouth 1200(when Brighton were given 2,300)

 

We have already had a great turn at Leicester 2682 and the 1200 at Ipswich for a midweek game was pretty good

 

You only get the Hardcore of around 1000 to most northern games, but for games in the midlands out turnouts are improving around 2,200 at Notts Co. last year 200 0 at Walsall year before, and we had nearly 2000 at Leeds a couple of years ago.

 

So we are not quite up with the big boys but our away support has got better in the last couple of seasons and I would expect our avarage to be around 1,800 at end of the season helped by good turn outs at Reading, P8mpey, Brighton, Palace, Watford and Bristol City

[CanadaSaint]

No one said it did. It just looks great. Although i am sure a lot of the gimps will prefer bloated, fat middle aged blokes in replica shirts clapping like demented seals.

 

Why on earth do you feel the need to make comments like that about people who were following this club long before we ever reached the top flight?

 

I've often found that people who keep trying to convince others that they're hard usually aren't.

 

Most normal people outgrew that stuff years ago (if they ever believed in it at all), realizing that it doesn't achieve anything and just makes the perpetrators look stupid.

 

And all the infantile prattling on here from the self-appointed 'toughies' will only serve to guarantee another stupid confrontation.

[Turkish]

Why on earth do you feel the need to make comments like that about people who were following this club long before we ever reached the top flight?

 

I've often found that people who keep trying to convince others that they're hard usually aren't.

 

Most normal people outgrew that stuff years ago (if they ever believed in it at all), realizing that it doesn't achieve anything and just makes the perpetrators look stupid.

 

And all the infantile prattling on here from the self-appointed 'toughies' will only serve to guarantee another stupid confrontation.

 

Why do you keep going on about people saying they are hard? No one has. I said flares look great as have other people. I'd sooner have that image on the BBC and a reflection of our fan base (although i'll be at Fratton) than a bloated middle aged gimp in a replica shirt.

[RedFear]

No one said it did. It just looks great. Although i am sure a lot of the gimps will prefer bloated, fat middle aged blokes in replica shirts clapping like demented seals.

 

wow you are so cool

 

how can i be a fan just like you?? i definitely think you are only a real fan when you let flare off at a match

[Dark Munster]

Yep I can see the clubs points deduction from here............

 

 

Blue flares it is, then.

[100%Red&White]

They have to give us 10% of the grounds capacity, that's the rules. The only way it can be lowered is if the OB say so, on safety grounds.

 

But that's what's being said down there, they reckon they're giving us a reduced allocation with the extra segregation taken out of our numbers.

 

Hopefully we'll do the same if that happens, only fair.

[Dig Dig]

No one said it did. It just looks great. Although i am sure a lot of the gimps will prefer bloated, fat middle aged blokes in replica shirts clapping like demented seals.

 

Would prefer that to a load of boozed up pencilled necked ****ants all stood there with their flares and scalves hiding their little spotty gimpy faces. The same type who think they are hard around the masses but would **** themselves if caught alone. Embarrassing.

[Turkish]

Would prefer that to a load of boozed up pencilled necked ****ants all stood there with their flares and scalves hiding their little spotty gimpy faces. The same type who think they are hard around the masses but would **** themselves if caught alone. Embarrassing.

 

I quite agree. Kids like that are embarrassing.

Edited 16 September, 2011 by Turkish

[Turkish]

wow you are so cool

 

how can i be a fan just like you?? i definitely think you are only a real fan when you let flare off at a match

 

Lose a bit of weight, lose the replica shirt and sharpen yourself up for a start.

[shurlock]

last season our away avaearage was about 1600 and we seldom had below 1000, only 500 Oldham (evening game), 600 Hartlepool and 900 Carlisle I would have thought felll below that level.

 

Our average would have been higher had it not been for the large number of midweek away games and the restricted capacities or allocations we were given eg Brighton 900 tickets, Bournemouth 1200(when Brighton were given 2,300)

 

We have already had a great turn at Leicester 2682 and the 1200 at Ipswich for a midweek game was pretty good

 

You only get the Hardcore of around 1000 to most northern games, but for games in the midlands out turnouts are improving around 2,200 at Notts Co. last year 200 0 at Walsall year before, and we had nearly 2000 at Leeds a couple of years ago.

 

So we are not quite up with the big boys but our away support has got better in the last couple of seasons and I would expect our avarage to be around 1,800 at end of the season helped by good turn outs at Reading, P8mpey, Brighton, Palace, Watford and Bristol City

 

You're right about the improvements in the numbers going to the midlands, though I would be surprised if numbers are as high as 1800, even if the league has more of a southern feel this season.

[View From The Top]

Our away support over the last 3 years has pis sed all over our away support when we were in the EPL.

 

Corky Morris and I have been going to northern away games together for 20 years and our away support has never been better.

[Um Bongo]

Hoping to get a ticket for this one, Atmosphere will be cracking from the saints fans.

[Turkish]

Hoping to get a ticket for this one, Atmosphere will be cracking from the saints fans.

 

Now the away end has a roof we should be able to generate a bit more noise. Lets hope the team turn up this time.

[doddisalegend]

Why do you keep going on about people saying they are hard? No one has. I said flares look great as have other people. I'd sooner have that image on the BBC and a reflection of our fan base (although i'll be at Fratton) than a bloated middle aged gimp in a replica shirt.

 

I reckon NC might not agree

 

Although he did sneak into the Northam once, and Italians are pretty good at crowd trouble maybe he'll by right in the middle at fratton spurring people on with a belting rendition of "we're coming for you..........."

[Saintandy666]

It's in December, Plenty of time to book it off. Or pull a sicky

 

Well, I would, but the problem is it is only a part-time shop job because I am still a student and so on! You can't take time off in December , and they know I support Southampton unfortunately, so it would be far too obvious to pull a sicky!

[suewhistle]

Geez, has Turkish been on this thread all day? Can't stop though, this middle-aged lady is off to football training.

 

The good thing about Turkish is that you don't just have to rely on one post to get an accurate impression..

[DJ_TOAST]

I got the following 2 weeks off after the game for xmas so all fine on that front....good too as gone be be up at 7am starting on the beers.

Just hope the 3 away games will have done by then will be enough for a ticket.