Craziest thing you did or wore at a football match?

[Pilchards]

(1) Wore a Saints shirt at the 2003 cup final with ‘RIX 15 and under’ on the back.

(2) Dressed up as a Saints version of John Westwood and wore it to Fratton with a big fish on the hat. Took it off when a brick missed me by inches. PS the train station to Fratton was the best journey ever!

(3) Took a replica FA cup to the DJ stand at Bristol nightclub and stood up to lift it in front of loads of Saints fans who travelled up before Cardiff. TOP NIGHT

(4) On the travel coach journey coming back from a London match I stupidly put up a message to coach 2 which was directed at the secretary of the club. Rightly he threaten to twat me when we got to the dell supporters club 😕

 

 

 

[Wurzel]

Asked to be a bodyguard by some tw@t who decided to go to Fratton Park dressed as a red John Westwood.

[Yorkshire Saint]

Bolton Wanderers away at the Reebok when only about 50 (literally) of us fuckers turned up. Beautiful day when I set off in sandals, shorts and a t shirt from the South with nothing else.... snowing, raining and bloody cold in Bolton .. I looked a right twat and the locals were not shy to remind me. 

Edited 10 August, 2023 by Yorkshire Saint

[Bad Wolf]

Not something I did as such but Bristol City away, I think it was 2008; We lost 2-1 and when we scored (most ridiculous thing is, I think we were 2-0 down so we were still losing) there was a massive bundle. It was February I think and freezing cold and during said bundle, I had scolding hot tea poured all over my head and within about 10 seconds, that horrific burn turned into ice cold! It was extremely uncomfortable.

[Turkish]

13 minutes ago, Yorkshire Saint said:

Bolton Wanderers away at the Reebok when only about 50 (literally) of us fuckers turned up. Beautiful day when I set off in sandals, shorts and a t shirt from the South with nothing else.... snowing, raining and bloody cold in Bolton .. I looked a right twat and the locals were not shy to remind me. 

Sandals FFS 🤦‍♂️

[Turkish]

Being a wacky sort of guy I once wore an away saints shirt over my hoodie at a home game. I’m mad me. 

[The Cat]

QPR away when Mane scored in the last minute I fell down the stairs when celebrating and ended up laying across a row of seats.

Hurt my ribs really badly and completely ripped the crotch out of my jeans. Had to walk around London after with my pants out.

Then I missed the train by a minute and ended up sitting outside Victoria station with some tramps drinking beer while waiting for the next train. Didn't look out of place at all.

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

17 minutes ago, Bad Wolf said:

Not something I did as such but Bristol City away, I think it was 2008; We lost 2-1 and when we scored (most ridiculous thing is, I think we were 2-0 down so we were still losing) there was a massive bundle. It was February I think and freezing cold and during said bundle, I had scolding hot tea poured all over my head and within about 10 seconds, that horrific burn turned into ice cold! It was extremely uncomfortable.

I was at that game I think. Seem to remember Yousef Safri getting sent off. I only found out about a week later and completely missed it during the game. 

[The Kraken]

I bought a Mars bar at the snack kiosk, i found my seat in the stand then rested the chocolate on my head as my pockets were full. Next thing I knew the whole crowd were chanting at me about it. Banter.

[The Juice]

West Brom Away 2008; weird violent snowball fight, following the game, with home fans 

[Turkish]

1 minute ago, The Kraken said:

I bought a Mars bar at the snack kiosk, i found my seat in the stand then rested the chocolate on my head as my pockets were full. Next thing I knew the whole crowd were chanting at me about it. Banter.

YOU ARE MENTAL!

I forgot about the time me and the lads wore orange high viz vests and shouted pork at each other for the whole game

 

[The Kraken]

1 minute ago, Turkish said:

YOU ARE MENTAL!

I forgot about the time me and the lads wore orange high viz vests and shouted pork at each other for the whole game

 

Lad 😎

[ChrisPY]

22 minutes ago, Bad Wolf said:

Not something I did as such but Bristol City away, I think it was 2008; We lost 2-1 and when we scored (most ridiculous thing is, I think we were 2-0 down so we were still losing) there was a massive bundle. It was February I think and freezing cold and during said bundle, I had scolding hot tea poured all over my head and within about 10 seconds, that horrific burn turned into ice cold! It was extremely uncomfortable.

Remember that game well. Bloke who must have been in his 50s in front of us stuck a balaclava on after we scored and rushed to threaten the Bristol City fans. After a minute or so, went back to his seat (about 5 metres from the segregation) and took the balaclava off again as if they wouldn’t see who had just been offering to fight them after the game.
 

[spyinthesky]

Was possibly one of the very few Saints fans at Elland Rd in the early 1970's and stood alone in the home end.
The Referee gave a very soft penalty  against Gerry Gurr for tapping Billy Bremner on the head with the ball, after Bremner had given him a dig and wee Billy then collapsed onto the ground.
I yelled out something profound, immediately realised my mistake and then looked round to see hundreds of Leeds fans staring at me in disbelief.
Did something similar in the corporates at Stamford Bridge a few years back when Jay Rodrigues scored early doors.
Most of the Chelsea 'fans' around me seemed to be mainly Russian women or their kids, all focussed on their phones so no problem..
Got away from both situations without a scratch.

[Lee On Solent Saint]

Not so much wore, but for every home game in the late 80s and early 90's, we always took an inflatable banana with us to The Dell. Most Match of the Day highlights you'll see us at the front in the Milton end waving it around like proper twats. Also wouldn't recommend giving it large to away fans after a big win. The days when the buses ran along Hill Lane, we had just beaten Palace and a group of fans were walking back to the station. We were on the top deck giving them bantz, which they didn't really appreciate. Obviously buses stop at bus stops, que about 15 pissed off Palace fans trying to get on the bus. Thankfully the driver had the good sense not to let them on.

[Saint_clark]

Me and my brother used to take a family friends kid, young lad about 14 to the games. One wintery game there were piles of snow all around the stadium where they'd scraped it aside. Thought it would be funny to pick him up and throw him into it, watch him sink into the soft fluffy snow and struggle to get himself out. 

It had compacted into hard ice. In front of hundreds of bystanders we launched a 14 year old lad onto rock solid ice and nearly caved his spine in. 

Was still funny. 

(Disclaimer - I don't think this is "crazy", but it's certainly the moment I most wanted to run and hide when it happened. Really embarrassing). 

Edited 10 August, 2023 by Saint_clark

[The Cat]

36 minutes ago, ChrisPY said:

Remember that game well. Bloke who must have been in his 50s in front of us stuck a balaclava on after we scored and rushed to threaten the Bristol City fans. After a minute or so, went back to his seat (about 5 metres from the segregation) and took the balaclava off again as if they wouldn’t see who had just been offering to fight them after the game.
 

Hahaha. Was this the cup game? I was there, wish I'd been over that side to see that.

[Bad Wolf]

1 hour ago, Stripey McStripe Shirt said:

I was at that game I think. Seem to remember Yousef Safri getting sent off. I only found out about a week later and completely missed it during the game. 

Yes same!!! Now you say it, that's exactly what happened to us. He must have got sent off without a red card or something because I absolutely remember not knowing we'd played with 10 men until the next day.

[Bad Wolf]

48 minutes ago, The Juice said:

West Brom Away 2008; weird violent snowball fight, following the game, with home fans 

I was at that game. It was the one where Phillips scored against us and shouted "THAT'S WHO THE FUCK I AM!" after we'd spent the last hour quizzing on him who he was. I think that was it.

[StDunko]

42 minutes ago, The Juice said:

West Brom Away 2008; weird violent snowball fight, following the game, with home fans 

I remember an undercover copper, seemingly on his own amongst the saints fans, shouted "West Midlands Police" got his warrant card out and tried to arrest a Saints fan for throwing snowballs (to be fair to the copper, the fan in question was using the snowballs to smash up a greenhouse in one of the gardens behind The Hawthorns).

The saints fan just ran away, if I remember correctly.

[Bad Wolf]

47 minutes ago, ChrisPY said:

Remember that game well. Bloke who must have been in his 50s in front of us stuck a balaclava on after we scored and rushed to threaten the Bristol City fans. After a minute or so, went back to his seat (about 5 metres from the segregation) and took the balaclava off again as if they wouldn’t see who had just been offering to fight them after the game.
 

We were about 16 at the time and one of the stewards seemed drunk and kept telling me what they do to "gas head" fans every time they see them in town.

[Monk]

Saints shirt to a Pompey game vs Tranmere aged 6/7.

Parents were splitting up at the time, a couple of weeks earlier I went to my first Saints game vs Everton under the lights. I was then taken to Fratton Park in April, Dad told my Mum I was going to the football so she naturally assumed Saints, so put me in the Saints shirt under my jacket. Took my jacket off and got battered (verbally), had a steward approach my Dad and told me to turn it inside out, even had two old dears stick up for me and say leave me alone. 

I remember my Dad taking me to the toilet and he was getting hammered, I didn't understand at the time. 

Pretty sure he had a few words with my Mum when we got back. 

[Noodles34]

Went to Fratton for a Spurs friendly, yeah, have no idea why. But decided to wear my Saints shirt. 
As well as the home lot giving me grief, the Spurs lot didn’t seem impressed either. 
Left at HT 

Still don’t know why I went to the game and why I wore the shirt. 

[The Juice]

50 minutes ago, Bad Wolf said:

I was at that game. It was the one where Phillips scored against us and shouted "THAT'S WHO THE FUCK I AM!" after we'd spent the last hour quizzing on him who he was. I think that was it.

'Stand up if you f++ked Kev's wife', after she was in the press for having an affair. 

[The Juice]

50 minutes ago, StDunko said:

I remember an undercover copper, seemingly on his own amongst the saints fans, shouted "West Midlands Police" got his warrant card out and tried to arrest a Saints fan for throwing snowballs (to be fair to the copper, the fan in question was using the snowballs to smash up a greenhouse in one of the gardens behind The Hawthorns).

The saints fan just ran away, if I remember correctly.

I remember the burger vendors outside the group taking a few snowballs as well.. was all very surreal 

[Colinjb]

50 minutes ago, StDunko said:

I remember an undercover copper, seemingly on his own amongst the saints fans, shouted "West Midlands Police" got his warrant card out and tried to arrest a Saints fan for throwing snowballs (to be fair to the copper, the fan in question was using the snowballs to smash up a greenhouse in one of the gardens behind The Hawthorns).

The saints fan just ran away, if I remember correctly.

I saw that happen, if I remember correctly the owner of the greenhouse began by throwing the snowballs at the passing Saints fans.... before he went inside on realising his mistake.

[Patrick Bateman]

I know someone who wore an orange Stone Island jumper 😨

[The Kraken]

Stu from Romsey wore a Ben Sherman shirt to Derby away after someone called Paul Allen dared him to. Wonder what happened to him…..

[Bad Wolf]

27 minutes ago, The Juice said:

'Stand up if you f++ked Kev's wife', after she was in the press for having an affair. 

I joined in with that one. I'm ashamed of myself for some of the things I've chanted at football matches as a teenager

[The Juice]

2 minutes ago, Bad Wolf said:

I joined in with that one. I'm ashamed of myself for some of the things I've chanted at football matches as a teenager

Not to pile it on, but I also seem to remember 'you should be washing up' to the female assistant referee... wasn't Saints fans' best outing

[Turkish]

6 hours ago, Patrick Bateman said:

I know someone who wore an orange Stone Island jumper 😨

The infamous orange SI. Called out on another forum by another clubs lads as well 🤣🤣🤣

[Turkish]

6 hours ago, The Kraken said:

Stu from Romsey wore a Ben Sherman shirt to Derby away after someone called Paul Allen dared him to. Wonder what happened to him…..

Those were the days. When SRS boasted about how well dressed he was as he wears Ben Sherman 🤣

[Wade Garrett]

9 hours ago, Yorkshire Saint said:

Bolton Wanderers away at the Reebok when only about 50 (literally) of us fuckers turned up. Beautiful day when I set off in sandals, shorts and a t shirt from the South with nothing else.... snowing, raining and bloody cold in Bolton .. I looked a right twat and the locals were not shy to remind me. 

You deserved tha abuse just for wearing sandals.

[FarehamSaintJames]

FA Cup v Millwall at St Mary’s 2012 (4th round replay I think).

Bitterly cold night, probably the coldest I’ve ever been just in general. Tissue tucked into the socks at half-time, and the arms for warm, hat, scarf, balaclavas etc. Probably had around five layers on.

2-1 up with ten mins left and Millwall equalise. Bollocks, another 40 mins or so if frostbite. Stoppage time and Millwall go 3-2 up.

Never celebrated so much as it meant I could go home and get some warmth.

[Turkish]

 

1 hour ago, Wade Garrett said:

You deserved tha abuse just for wearing sandals.

This. What sort of a moron wears sandals, the only time they are remotely acceptable is on holiday and even then it’s debatable. Unless you’re a bird with nice feet and painted toe nails. 

[Miltonaggro]

One of those that I can recall was in 1991. Working in London at the time and a Glaswegian colleague managed to get three ‘corporate’ tickets for Arsenal v Celtic, Paul Davis testimonial. It was Highbury, so corporate was like at the Dell, a front row close to the directors box. Myself and Dave (redacted) another local lad went mainly to show solidarity and gain Justice for Glenn Cockerill from three years before. It was a Tuesday evening game and we were on it with the Celtic fans from early afternoon. By the match the three of us were completely wrecked and having bought a load of knock off merchandise covered in green and white. We took our seats and realised that we were sat amongst a contingent of the cast of Eastenders. Next to me were Lofty and Michelle, I shit you not. I think we adjusted to our surroundings for about 15 minutes but it went quickly downhill with Dave and myself giving our opinion on Davis and our Scottish pal holding forth about Arsenal and the English. We were noticed by the massed Celtic fans behind the goal who were encouraging us. It’s a blur but was fucking carnage. We were escorted out well before half time, as we left Michelle from Eastenders cracked her RADA veneer and told Dave to fuck off. We picked up with the Celtic contingent afterwards as popular heroes and I got back to Southampton on the Thursday evening having ‘lost’ 48 hours.  One of the more interesting incidents, I still have the Celtic scarf and hat, shite quality but happy days. 

[Billy the Kidd]

Most bizarre thing I once saw was Saints win at home.

No idea how many years ago it was, or if it was actually real. Think it was 🤷‍♂️

[AlexLaw76]

The ma dressed as a clown away to Boro (on TV) was the most bizarre thing I have seen

[sfc4prem]

Remember at Bristol Rovers away early in Pardew's spell in charge, some absolute psycho threw an aubergine onto the pitch. Some impromptu chanting in relation to said vegetable thus commenced. Banter.

[Nordic Saint]

11 hours ago, Noodles34 said:

Went to Fratton for a Spurs friendly, yeah, have no idea why. But decided to wear my Saints shirt. 
As well as the home lot giving me grief, the Spurs lot didn’t seem impressed either. 
Left at HT 

Still don’t know why I went to the game and why I wore the shirt. 

That was 43 years ago. I was at that game too. In those days if we didn't have a game, Saints' fans used to go down to Fratton to support the opposition and Pompey fans did the same at the Dell, especially when we played Millwall.

Spurs won 2-1, which pleased us. After one of those friendlies at Fratton Park a Pompey fan got thrown under a moving train during the brawl that ensued.

[Nordic Saint]

15 minutes ago, sfc4prem said:

Remember at Bristol Rovers away early in Pardew's spell in charge, some absolute psycho threw an aubergine onto the pitch. Some impromptu chanting in relation to said vegetable thus commenced. Banter.

"We are cordon bleu chefs. We take our ingredients wherever we go."

[AlexLaw76]

17 minutes ago, sfc4prem said:

Remember at Bristol Rovers away early in Pardew's spell in charge, some absolute psycho threw an aubergine onto the pitch. Some impromptu chanting in relation to said vegetable thus commenced. Banter.

People shouting 'wotsit' at a ginger Rovers player - those were the days

[Saint Fan CaM]

I know some will slate me for this, but the craziest thing I did at a football match was sit until the end and watch Saints get hammered 0-9 - twice. Yep, you couldn’t make it up! 😉🤣

[Joey-deacons-left-nut]

I once wore a full face Saddam Hussain mask to a Saints game... no idea why... was pretty drunk and bought it from the Fancy dress store down East Street... seemed like a good idea at the time!

[Hatch]

Not me,  but wearing to a match related ,  the Danny Baker / Danny Kelly phone in about the bow tie is one of the funniest things I have ever heard

[jemanson]

2 hours ago, Billy the Kidd said:

Most bizarre thing I once saw was Saints win at home.

No idea how many years ago it was, or if it was actually real. Think it was 🤷‍♂️

I went to St Mary's last year hoping to be entertained and perhaps even see a goal ... crazy I know.

[Turkish]

2 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said:

The ma dressed as a clown away to Boro (on TV) was the most bizarre thing I have seen

Dear me how awful was that, his sad face at the end of the game when we were losing 

[Turkish]

2 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said:

People shouting 'wotsit' at a ginger Rovers player - those were the days

Look like a Wotsit, you look like a Wotsit

that was full on steeeeeeeeeeve era I believe people did that and thought they were mad 

[Lymington Saint]

50 minutes ago, Hatch said:

Not me,  but wearing to a match related ,  the Danny Baker / Danny Kelly phone in about the bow tie is one of the funniest things I have ever heard

Happy days.  Back when 606 phone ins were worth listening to.  It's tedious now and I switch off - plastic fans phoning in to moan about refs, managers or who they should be buying/selling.

Funniest phone call I remember from those days was from a Partick Thistle fan who ran to away games.  When asked the furthest he had run, replied 'Queen of the South'.  Dumfries - over 70 miles away.  Took him 2 days to get there.  

[southamptonfc]

Can't believe nobody said this yet so I'll say it.

 

Wore a fez. If you were there, it was a great day.