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spyinthesky

spyinthesky

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Match report extract...

 

TESTIMONY TO THE FANTASTIC SUPPORT ON SATURDAY

 

Quote ...Backed by what sounded like half the Solent's population etc etc.....

 

...There was time for one last twist..Steve de Ridder waltzed around two feeble challenges and crashed home off the bar. "That's why we're top of the league" chorused the travelling hordes. You could see their point ....UNQUOTE

 

Always nice to read this in a broadsheet

 

ROD LIDDLE

 

Wrote an entertaining piece about the fact that ..'Nothing is more frustrating than a local derby against a club who think they are in another league'..

 

Quoting Chelsea's view of QPR and Fulham. Villa & West Brom, Man Utd and City. Boro and Sunderland/Newcastle. Bradford & Leeds etc etc

 

Made me think very much of Bournemouth last season and Pompey back in the 70's, 80's and most of the 90's in their relationship with us at a time when we were more focussed on Spurs and others.

 

Sorry I cant post the relevant articles but feel sure others may be able to

Saint 76er

Saint 76er

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Match report extract...

 

TESTIMONY TO THE FANTASTIC SUPPORT ON SATURDAY

 

Quote ...Backed by what sounded like half the Solent's population etc etc.....

 

That would be fish surely? .... :rolleyes:

ericofarabia

ericofarabia

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Match report extract...

 

TESTIMONY TO THE FANTASTIC SUPPORT ON SATURDAY

 

Quote ...Backed by what sounded like half the Solent's population etc etc.....

 

That would be fish surely? .... :rolleyes:

 

Maybe ... but at least fish with a good sense of taste and values!!!

ericb

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i don't know if i was too drunk or the video evidence on youtube is falsified but i'm sure we were singing "we are southampton, we're top of the league" after the goal, not what they quoted.

SaintRobbie

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Brilliant…. 'You could see their point'

 

Fantastic quote. Sums us up, even when we are poor we're good enough. Although it's a lot easier on the heart and nerves if we can stay good all the way through the season please!

OldNick

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Match report extract...

 

TESTIMONY TO THE FANTASTIC SUPPORT ON SATURDAY

 

Quote ...Backed by what sounded like half the Solent's population etc etc.....

 

...There was time for one last twist..Steve de Ridder waltzed around two feeble challenges and crashed home off the bar. "That's why we're top of the league" chorused the travelling hordes. You could see their point ....UNQUOTE

 

Always nice to read this in a broadsheet

 

ROD LIDDLE

 

Wrote an entertaining piece about the fact that ..'Nothing is more frustrating than a local derby against a club who think they are in another league'..

 

Quoting Chelsea's view of QPR and Fulham. Villa & West Brom, Man Utd and City. Boro and Sunderland/Newcastle. Bradford & Leeds etc etc

 

Made me think very much of Bournemouth last season and Pompey back in the 70's, 80's and most of the 90's in their relationship with us at a time when we were more focussed on Spurs and others.

 

Sorry I cant post the relevant articles but feel sure others may be able to

Spurs never has been a local derby and they would never see an intense rivalry with us, we would be well down their list of big games. We had a fall out during GH's reign but that is it. Thinking Spurs and us have an intense rivalry would be similar to us and Bristol or Ipswich.
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Spurs never has been a local derby and they would never see an intense rivalry with us, we would be well down their list of big games. We had a fall out during GH's reign but that is it. Thinking Spurs and us have an intense rivalry would be similar to us and Bristol or Ipswich.

 

Yea - Spurs couldn't care less about us.

spyinthesky

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Actually what I was trying to say re Spurs was at the time of the Glen Hoddle & Dean Richards incidents a fair amount of Saints fans had more animosity towards Spurs than Pompey, who were not doing very well at the time.

During this period all Pompey fans continued to see us as their main rivals whereas a lot of our support were more focussed on Spurs

Of course that has all changed now

The9

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Spurs never has been a local derby

 

Geography helps with this.

 

Also, no-one sang "that's why we're top of the league", the usual journalistic license.

JackanorySFC

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Actually what I was trying to say re Spurs was at the time of the Glen Hoddle & Dean Richards incidents a fair amount of Saints fans had more animosity towards Spurs than Pompey, who were not doing very well at the time.

During this period all Pompey fans continued to see us as their main rivals whereas a lot of our support were more focussed on Spurs

Of course that has all changed now

 

Not in my or any other Saints fan I knew at the times case? Yeah, Spurs took Hoddle, richards etc which made the 2003 FA cup demolition even sweeter but no one ever lost sight if who our rivals were - the sheer hatred at that league cup game in nov 03 was testament to that - genuinely nasty.

Sour Mash

Sour Mash

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Geography helps with this.

 

Also, no-one sang "that's why we're top of the league", the usual journalistic license.

Watch the highlights again and you'll hear it to be honest. Edited by Sour Mash
The9

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What the highlights again and you'll hear it to be honest.

 

Really ? All I heard was a ton of "we're top of the league, we are Southampton" where I was.

The9

The9

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Watch that video on youtube right till the end and you'll just about hear it. I cringed in all honesty.

 

Nothing wrong with the song if you assume we meant "we can play crap and still sneak an undeserved point with a flash of brilliance".

SO16_Saint

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Spurs never has been a local derby and they would never see an intense rivalry with us, we would be well down their list of big games. We had a fall out during GH's reign but that is it. Thinking Spurs and us have an intense rivalry would be similar to us and Bristol or Ipswich.

 

or Brighton and us...

 

Spurs couldn't give a rats @ss about us as a rival - like we couldnt' give two hoots about them

spyinthesky

spyinthesky

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Not in my or any other Saints fan I knew at the times case? Yeah, Spurs took Hoddle, richards etc which made the 2003 FA cup demolition even sweeter but no one ever lost sight if who our rivals were - the sheer hatred at that league cup game in nov 03 was testament to that - genuinely nasty.

 

Understand your point but it seems to me that Saints fans dislike of Pompey has almost always been reactive, at least in the recollection of current fans.

 

For most of the past 50 years Saints have been the dominent team in the area and at one time Pompey were a bit off the radar and. for some people, had been replaced by Spurs.

Thedelldays

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Understand your point but it seems to me that Saints fans dislike of Pompey has almost always been reactive, at least in the recollection of current fans.

 

For most of the past 50 years Saints have been the dominent team in the area and at one time Pompey were a bit off the radar and. for some people, had been replaced by Spurs.

not in a millions years IMO

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