alpine_saint Posted 3 February, 2009 Posted 3 February, 2009 AFC Southampton ? Eastleigh ? Bournemouth ? Some team further afield ? My son asked me this over the weekend. He's 8 years old and said Bournemouth. I think I would follow any team that rose from the ashes, whatever league they are in, though for some strange reason I have a soft spot for Crystal Palace...
SaintRobbie Posted 3 February, 2009 Posted 3 February, 2009 Saints will survive. We'll get these people out.
alpine_saint Posted 3 February, 2009 Author Posted 3 February, 2009 I hope so..... My son has had me up all evening, I am actually pretty ill too, but this result has left me unable to sleep. Pretty down.
Spades Posted 3 February, 2009 Posted 3 February, 2009 i think we will survive... But if it came to it i suppose i would go for Eastleigh
docker-p Posted 3 February, 2009 Posted 3 February, 2009 If the worst happens the new Southampton will be called... Southampton 1885, i know because I'll start them:rolleyes:
Holbury Saint Posted 3 February, 2009 Posted 3 February, 2009 The New Saints FC (that welsh league side that scores loads of goals)
ottery st mary Posted 3 February, 2009 Posted 3 February, 2009 Vospers. They're actually a better team with football people running the club. A manager and a structure that Saints could do well to replicate....The common denominator is.. FOOTBALL... people running the club. Saints have no football people or business people in place at the moment...UTTER SHAMBLES.
lamanga Posted 3 February, 2009 Posted 3 February, 2009 sfc ..Fc Barcelona from over here just to **** off the Real fans around me
alpine_saint Posted 3 February, 2009 Author Posted 3 February, 2009 Wow. 5 replies, and not one abusive amongst them. We really are in trouble.
Graffito Posted 3 February, 2009 Posted 3 February, 2009 That's the kind of thing an 8 year old would say.
St Landrew Posted 3 February, 2009 Posted 3 February, 2009 Nobody. I'll lose interest in football completely. I'll turn into an ordinary person. The kind who may watch the odd international and some matches of the World Cup, but if there's a decent programme on the other side, that'll do for me. As for going to a football stadium again, you can forget it.
Kadeem Hardison Posted 3 February, 2009 Posted 3 February, 2009 Your sons quite negative too, huh? And at 8 years old. Impressive.
alpine_saint Posted 3 February, 2009 Author Posted 3 February, 2009 Nobody. I'll lose interest in football completely. I'll turn into an ordinary person. The kind who may watch the odd international and some matches of the World Cup, but if there's a decent programme on the other side, that'll do for me. As for going to a football stadium again, you can forget it. I can relate to that attitude too.
St Marco Posted 3 February, 2009 Posted 3 February, 2009 Southampton FC will still be here just not as we know it Hopefully that will be a good thing
alpine_saint Posted 3 February, 2009 Author Posted 3 February, 2009 Your sons quite negative too, huh? And at 8 years old. Impressive. Exactly the opposite, idiot. He hasnt been shat on by his team for many years and barely appreciates the concept of loyalty. He's being positive about his football.
Micky Posted 3 February, 2009 Posted 3 February, 2009 Saints won't go under - yes it could get worse - but I doubt that we will get to a position where they actually cease to exist. A thought that occurred to me was 'In a couple of years time, will we all look back at the last 5 or 6 years and be joking about it', al la Manchester City. They fell into the 3rd tier briefly, I wonder how their supporters felt at the time, but look at them now. Sadly though - I don't think that we are going to be so lucky and our fate could well be a lot worse than thiers. No Saints to support - f u c k i t - don't bother...!!!
Greedyfly Posted 3 February, 2009 Posted 3 February, 2009 I hope so..... My son has had me up all evening, I am actually pretty ill too, but this result has left me unable to sleep. Pretty down. Something to do with Oz air I think as I am feeling pretty ****ed off at the moment too, Saints aside that is.
alpine_saint Posted 3 February, 2009 Author Posted 3 February, 2009 Something to do with Oz air I think as I am feeling pretty ****ed off at the moment too, Saints aside that is. Oz ? I am in Austria, not Australia..
JustMike Posted 3 February, 2009 Posted 3 February, 2009 Exactly the opposite, idiot. He hasnt been shat on by his team for many years and barely appreciates the concept of loyalty. He's being positive about his football. well said! my kids have asked me similar questions of late...and they are girls!!
Deppo Posted 3 February, 2009 Posted 3 February, 2009 I'll step up my interest in Stenhousemuir. Could be quite costly and time-consuming to support them, mind.
offix Posted 3 February, 2009 Posted 3 February, 2009 Hard to answer, as I live so far away and "supporting" a club is more than anything a state-of-mind at this distance. I cannot imagine having the same passion for any other team. Although watching Fulham on TV this week I found that I do have kind of a soft spot for them, as I see a lot of the "old" Saints in them (and they still have a real stadium too).
Saint_clark Posted 3 February, 2009 Posted 3 February, 2009 Weymouth, probably. Easy to get to and cheap. Saints won't go under in that way though. How many clubs in history have actually gone COMPLETELY out of business, meaning that their fans have had to change allegiances? (Before anyone says Wimbledon, that was different. The club didn't go under).
krissyboy31 Posted 3 February, 2009 Posted 3 February, 2009 Could always support Stoke, as long as they changed their name to ex Saints!
Deppo Posted 3 February, 2009 Posted 3 February, 2009 Gretna went under. Very unlikely we would, though.
Ponty Posted 3 February, 2009 Posted 3 February, 2009 How really under are we talking here? I think he means so they're not on TV anymore.
Saint_clark Posted 3 February, 2009 Posted 3 February, 2009 How really under are we talking here? As in, no longer in existence.
Scudamore Posted 3 February, 2009 Posted 3 February, 2009 I think he means so they're not on TV anymore. Oh. Well i'll carry on supporting Southampton FC as usual then.
Bailey Posted 3 February, 2009 Posted 3 February, 2009 I'd probably follow an average London based team like Fulham. I use the word 'follow' as I don't think I'd ever be able to 'support' another team. God forbid if we did go out of existence. Would be a sad, sad day.
krissyboy31 Posted 3 February, 2009 Posted 3 February, 2009 Gretna went under. Very unlikely we would, though. Maidstone and Scarborough too. Accrington, Aldershot, Newport and Barrow all went bust but new clubs were formed from the ashes, so to speak.
St Landrew Posted 4 February, 2009 Posted 4 February, 2009 How really under are we talking here? Put it this way. In 1963, Saints were the Premier league champions, and had many of the biggest stars in their team, but the stadium was sold off for redevelopment shortly afterwards. There was no club, and this meant that thousands of Saints fans had nothing to fill the void, that they could follow, that felt the same to them. Believe me, it can happen. Southampton Speedway was every bit as big as Saints football [speedway being much, much more popular back then, than it is now], and they completely disappeared.
spain saint Posted 4 February, 2009 Posted 4 February, 2009 I am quite liking Sevilla at the moment and going to England v Spain there next tuesday! Anyone else?
Scudamore Posted 4 February, 2009 Posted 4 February, 2009 Put it this way. In 1963, Saints were the Premier league champions, and had many of the biggest stars in their team, but the stadium was sold off for redevelopment shortly afterwards. There was no club, and this meant that thousands of Saints fans had nothing to fill the void, that they could follow, that felt the same to them. Believe me, it can happen. Southampton Speedway was every bit as big as Saints football [speedway being much, much more popular back then, than it is now], and they completely disappeared. Do you seriously see Saints disappearing?
La BoIS Saint Posted 4 February, 2009 Posted 4 February, 2009 Hopefully if the worst came to the worst some sort of AFC would start up. The depressing part would be losing contact woth people I have come to know over the years, without Saints I'm sure I would never see them again. To answer the question Brentford but it wouldn't be the same.
Loyal Saint Posted 4 February, 2009 Posted 4 February, 2009 I'd support no other team because there is no other team. Keep the faith. Up the Saints- 'we do not choose, we are chosen'
StuRomseySaint Posted 4 February, 2009 Posted 4 February, 2009 In all honesty, if they don't leave, which I don't think they will, and if we went into administration, which we will, and if they bought the club, which I think they will.... ..... then it would be AFC Southampton for me.
St Landrew Posted 4 February, 2009 Posted 4 February, 2009 Do you seriously see Saints disappearing? I'm just saying it's not impossible, and it has happened before in the city, and in professional football in this country. Sometimes, I wonder if fans don't think that the worst is possible because they just don't want to think that way. But we have to contemplate the worst. To me, I'd rather see a complete end to the club, than one that starts up again in some minor league, as AFC Wimbledon have done. I have enough memories of Saints being top class rather than having the once proud history diluted.
EFM Posted 4 February, 2009 Posted 4 February, 2009 AFC Southampton ? Eastleigh ? Bournemouth ? Some team further afield ? My son asked me this over the weekend. He's 8 years old and said Bournemouth. I think I would follow any team that rose from the ashes, whatever league they are in, though for some strange reason I have a soft spot for Crystal Palace... No other club really matters does it. I would just support whoever happened to be playing Pxmpey each week I suppose.
Deppo Posted 4 February, 2009 Posted 4 February, 2009 Maidstone and Scarborough too. Accrington, Aldershot, Newport and Barrow all went bust but new clubs were formed from the ashes, so to speak. All small clubs. I can't see it happening to a club our size though.
La BoIS Saint Posted 4 February, 2009 Posted 4 February, 2009 All small clubs. I can't see it happening to a club our size though. We're too good to go under...
Greedyfly Posted 4 February, 2009 Posted 4 February, 2009 Oz ? I am in Austria, not Australia.. Close enough both geographically and grammatically Still, whatever it is in the air has drifted...
St Landrew Posted 4 February, 2009 Posted 4 February, 2009 We're too good to go under... I've known bigger companies go to the wall. Saints, as Lowe always tells us, is a business first and foremost. We can go under, don't you believe it.
S4INT Posted 4 February, 2009 Posted 4 February, 2009 ********, if Saints go into league 1 then I'll still support them... the season ticket will be cheaper. Saints will not go into administration under Lowe, we'll just be ****. But hey what am I gonna do... go and support Pompey? Nah
Saint Fan CaM Posted 4 February, 2009 Posted 4 February, 2009 If the club went right under, I would not support another team - that would be it for me. I would get some enjoyment watching the game on TV and would probably always root for the underdog (why do we do that so well?), but that would be it.
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