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Took a couple of mates and their better halves to their first match at Saint Mary's. After the match we stopped in Yates for a quick pint before heading to the station and had the misfortune to emerge just as the Charlton fans and their escort passed.

 

A bunch of Saints yoof were acting like complete tossers and we were trapped between them and the police. We were forced to shelter in a doorway with an elderly couple who were also in the wrong place at the wrong time while the idiots threw things at the poice.

 

As the police baton charged I was politely informed that perhaps I would be attending the last couple of matchs this season alone.

 

These scum need life bans now.

 

Sounds mental ! What were the yobbos throwing at the rozzers anyway?

 

Women shouldn't go to football matches, it should be against the law.

 

Trader are you a stand up comedian? You're nuts!

 

Yoof Yoof Yoof Yoof Yoof

 

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Sounds mental ! What were the yobbos throwing at the rozzers anyway?

 

Women shouldn't go to football matches, it should be against the law.

 

Trader are you a stand up comedian? You're nuts!

 

Yoof Yoof Yoof Yoof Yoof

 

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Behave! Or you'll have your pocket money docked and you'll go to the naughty step.

 

Oh, and seeing as women make up over 50% of the fan base, your precious game wouldn't exist without us.

 

Now be a good boy, and go to bed.

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Behave! Or you'll have your pocket money docked and you'll go to the naughty step.

 

Oh, and seeing as women make up over 50% of the fan base, your precious game wouldn't exist without us.

 

Now be a good boy, and go to bed.

 

50%!? Are you joking? :lol:

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Behave! Or you'll have your pocket money docked and you'll go to the naughty step.

 

Oh, and seeing as women make up over 50% of the fan base, your precious game wouldn't exist without us.

 

Now be a good boy, and go to bed.

 

OK mum :)

Woman 50% of the fan base, lol.

Have you been on the gin again mum?

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My man with the abacus at the game said there was bout 27,600 crowd and only 49% of those were women....Many dressed as men in football shirts with deep voices.

 

That'll be me and my mates, then... so nice to see you're all paying attention. And oi, Dog, would you rather Lucy Pinder were a netball fan, instead?

 

Seriously, though, even without the violence plenty of women who are interested in football are put off attending matches by all that pointless negative posturing, and frankly Saints needs all the paying customers it can get.

 

Just don't make us all wear those ghastly stupid pink fleeces.

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That'll be me and my mates, then... so nice to see you're all paying attention. And oi, Dog, would you rather Lucy Pinder were a netball fan, instead?

 

Seriously, though, even without the violence plenty of women who are interested in football are put off attending matches by all that pointless negative posturing, and frankly Saints needs all the paying customers it can get.

 

Just don't make us all wear those ghastly stupid pink fleeces.

 

Mom I love you to bits.....What I meant was that some of our men in Red and White striped shirts behave like women....But I am not allowed to say that AND my wife has just hit me over the head again....But I am sure you know what I mean about some of the male supporters:smt049

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There was trouble- GET OVER IT!

 

I couldn't go, I was working as usual- 100 miles away. Two of my sons, aged 13 and 20 were there and apparently it was far from pleasant.

 

Saints fans kicked off- and not just teenagers, a whole selection of ages- don't bullmanure people -it does't help.

A section of Charlton fans deliberately wound up Saints fans and it turned ugly.

 

It was obviously an incredibly emotional day for all Saints fans, my son was texting me and I was emotional before the game, what it must have been like for long term fans who were there, I can't imagine.

 

I cannot condone any violence but I can understand why emotions were running high and how people could react given provocation.

 

Saints fans have to accept that it happened and not bury their heads in the sand, my 13 year old was truly shocked and worried.

BUT- who wouldn't be emotional after the week that Saints fans have had?

There is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY that a serious potential investor would be put off by what happened off pitch today. It was a one-off that can be easily explained and many Charlton fans are from from innocent in this whole event.

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Some people have a sick sense of humour if thet think they are being ironic about an 8 year old has their head kicked in. I saw nothing humurous in saint 1976 and bournemouth saints post.

 

I also looked at the clip Stmarco refers to, there was one person in a wheelchair being pushed away. whilst not directly in the centre of the melee I bet they were scared ****less .all the same.

 

Well done to those who were causing trouble Albeit a handful of saints, you have brought nothing but shame to southampton football club.

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Good post St Pat

 

I was thinking about what you said and potential investors earlier.

 

I don't think todays results made much difference to potential investors.

If they are truly serious. they probably have aleady accepted that we are relegated givne the potential 10pt deduction. but equally they new we were in a mess and more likely to drop into Div 1. If they weren't seriously interested then they wouldnt bother talking to the administrators. from what I can work out from Exit and derry I think it was, the administrators were talking to a number of serious people today. I could be wrong , just picking up on what derry exit and I think weston said before the match.

These serious investors can obviously saints potential whilest we could be in div 1 next year I really dont think that is a problem for them.

 

So perhaps trough my drunken stupor (I spelt it right this time Phil) thinks are not as bad as they actually seem right now

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"Good post St Pat"

 

Careful- I'm far more used to abuse!!

In my incredibly limited posts to date I have been accused of being a Lowe 'plant' and luvvie' because I DARED to say that it wasn't only Lowes fault and I could see two sides to the argument.

 

My two sons, who went today and have been indoctrinated into following the Saints, even though they have never lived in Southampton, were both shocked today. After being a regular at the Dell in the 70's, I doubt it what close to even being 'handbags' but football has moved on.

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It was nothing, stood their laughing at a bunch of kids acting like they were pwopa nawty, nothing was going to happen. highlight was seeing a kid no more than 12 throw a door stop at a rozzer and shout 'cam on then ya fackin pig'

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I love the good ol' 'there was trouble' posts. It always seems to be on a massive sliding scale starting with 'all out war' to 'handbags at 10 paces'. Mind you I suppose it's no different to the match thread ratings which are also consistently inconsistent.

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A FEMALE Charlton fan had to be taken to hospital after being knocked out by a bottle to the back of her head.

 

Glad so many find your scum element a laugh.

 

Shameful and a disgrace but what can we expect when alledgedly decent fans turn on their own just because they don't support their particular cause. There are fans outside those loyal supporters who regulalrly attend games that through one action or another seem hell bent on destroying this club and doing all they can to deter potential investors.

 

I hope that somewhere the incident is on CCTV and the inevitably drunk little low life who did this is named and shamed and punished appropriately. Very depressing.

 

I wish the Charlton fan well and that she suffers no serious side effects from a serious assault that could have very grave consequences. It would be nice to know how she is doing tonight and if things are ok or not. I think all decent Saints fans will be appalled at this news and I'm sure like myself offer our sincere apologies and hope she is making a good recovery and feels she can return next year in safety when no doubt we will be meeting in the league.

 

Anyone read about Natasha Richardson's recent bump on the head? Can I recommend for the good of us all, anyone who has any information about this assault passes it on to the police if they haven't already arrested the scumbag.

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Shameful and a disgrace but what can we expect when alledgedly decent fans turn on their own just because they don't support their particular cause. There are fans outside those loyal supporters who regulalrly attend games that through one action or another seem hell bent on destroying this club and doing all they can to deter potential investors.

 

I hope that somewhere the incident is on CCTV and the inevitably drunk little low life who did this is named and shamed and punished appropriately. Very depressing.

 

I wish the Charlton fan well and that she suffers no serious side effects from a serious assault that could have very grave consequences. It would be nice to know how she is doing tonight and if things are ok or not. I think all decent Saints fans will be appalled at this news and I'm sure like myself offer our sincere apologies and hope she is making a good recovery and feels she can return next year in safety when no doubt we will be meeting in the league.

 

Anyone read about Natasha Richardson's recent bump on the head? Can I recommend for the good of us all, anyone who has any information about this assault passes it on to the police if they haven't already arrested the scumbag.

 

Have you considered the possibility that this little story might not be true?

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Sadly with some scenes I have witnessed this season it seems all to believeable and prefer to respond in a genuine manner regardless.

 

Fair enough. I've not witnessed much this season and been to most games; more often than not things get blown out of all proportion

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Shameful and a disgrace but what can we expect when alledgedly decent fans turn on their own just because they don't support their particular cause. There are fans outside those loyal supporters who regulalrly attend games that through one action or another seem hell bent on destroying this club and doing all they can to deter potential investors.

 

I hope that somewhere the incident is on CCTV and the inevitably drunk little low life who did this is named and shamed and punished appropriately. Very depressing.

 

I wish the Charlton fan well and that she suffers no serious side effects from a serious assault that could have very grave consequences. It would be nice to know how she is doing tonight and if things are ok or not. I think all decent Saints fans will be appalled at this news and I'm sure like myself offer our sincere apologies and hope she is making a good recovery and feels she can return next year in safety when no doubt we will be meeting in the league.

 

Anyone read about Natasha Richardson's recent bump on the head? Can I recommend for the good of us all, anyone who has any information about this assault passes it on to the police if they haven't already arrested the scumbag.

 

You are a complete tool,who seems to thrive on knocking Saints fans in any way you can.If the story is true then they will get their just desserts,if not you just look the stupid tw*t!

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We're a Category C support these days, meaning classed along with the likes of Stoke, Cardiff etc.

 

And a Charlton fan I speak to said when the Charlton fans got locked in their turnstile we kicked those **** off red metal doors down and it massively kicked off in the Charlton concourse. Obviously that is a full blown lie so why wouldn't this little story be either about the women being hit? But if true, hope she's okay.

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Sadly with some scenes I have witnessed this season it seems all to believeable and prefer to respond in a genuine manner regardless.

 

 

Have you???

 

It's normal for you to make them up, bullsht, post on here and then haveto get them removed.

 

You just can't help yourself.:---):---)

 

Troll, bullshtter, Corp Ho - I'm just not sure.;)

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Were not a family club any more, the sooner people realise this the better.

 

Not quite sure what that's supposed to mean? Does this mean that as far as some supporters are concerned families are not welcome, or that for the time being the atmosphere is going to be so bad that families shouldn't turn up?

 

Sad if you think that's true - it's a death sentence for the club if only a self-appointed 'elite' (I use that word with a heavy sense of irony) will ensure that only they can be at matches.

 

Don't allow the selfish, self-serving useless minority to drive the real, vital long-term fanbase away from the club. Because that's the best way to ensure that there won't be a Saints to support in the future.

 

Saints is a family club. Just wish the families of the 'yoof' had drug them up better. Can't be going with the excuse that ooh, poor babies, they're upset. If you're past a certain age - like three - then you should be able to deal with negative emotions without hurting anyone. Uncontrolled, appallingly managed toddlers, the lot of them. This is not a class statement, BTW. In my line of work I come across plenty of very privileged teenagers who are no better than brats, and plenty of rather less privileged ones who are and will become the decent bedrock of the community.

 

There was trouble, get over it? NO. It's unacceptable and it will kill the club. the yobs should get over themselves and GROW UP, the lot of them.

 

Rant over.

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Mom I love you to bits.....What I meant was that some of our men in Red and White striped shirts behave like women....But I am not allowed to say that AND my wife has just hit me over the head again....But I am sure you know what I mean about some of the male supporters:smt049

 

Aw. But give the choice between what we saw yesterday and a team full of Kelly Smiths, I know what I'd choose.

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It happens away from the football ground normally. Nothing at all ever happens in football grounds. Families and children etc are in no danger whatsoever, it's all normally between people that are looking for trouble.

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NObody has actually said whether we won the fight or not....

 

Well.... ?

 

There was no fight.

 

Apart from one or two older Charlton fellas, the rest looked as though they were more than happy to be put back in the ground (not as much bouncing around outside compared to their bouncing the other side of the netting when they were inside LOL).

 

Walking home we mentioned that it wouldn't surprise us if they put them all in the back of a meat wagon and bussed them to Parkway, or if not assign one copper to each of them for the walk to the station.

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There was no fight.

 

Apart from one or two older Charlton fellas, the rest looked as though they were more than happy to be put back in the ground (not as much bouncing around outside compared to their bouncing the other side of the netting when they were inside LOL).

 

Walking home we mentioned that it wouldn't surprise us if they put them all in the back of a meat wagon and bussed them to Parkway, or if not assign one copper to each of them for the walk to the station.

 

I heard they had a very tight escort back to the station.

 

'tis funny, I heard a group of their 'lads' were bouncing around in the Kingsland Estate last season before they got out of their depth and asked the police to give them an escort to the ground.

 

Silly billys.

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I think the vast majority of people at the game yesterday were families. I could be wrong.

 

I think what Dan is trying to say is that back when we were a Premiership team we had much less of a hooligan element and were generally perceived by others in the footballing community as a friendly welcoming club. Nowadays though that isn't the case,and unfortunately we're being compared to Cardiff,Stoke etc... when it comes to fan behaviour,so even though theres still a vast majority of families at games,its the minority that have given us the bad reputation. Like it or not we are no longer viewed as a family club,people need to start accepting that.

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I think what Dan is trying to say is that back when we were a Premiership team we had much less of a hooligan element and were generally perceived by others in the footballing community as a friendly welcoming club. Nowadays though that isn't the case,and unfortunately we're being compared to Cardiff,Stoke etc... when it comes to fan behaviour,so even though theres still a vast majority of families at games,its the minority that have given us the bad reputation. Like it or not we are no longer viewed as a family club,people need to start accepting that.

 

 

No we just had a smaller hooligan element than the big clubs, with only 13500 home fans the majority with season tickets.

Now we are perceived as one of the big clubs, in terms of potential, we just have the same % of yobs as everyone else

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Just to put the record straight, there was a firm/crew in with The Charlton lot, you couldn't miss em. This is pretty unusual for these guys to make themselves so prominent. Usually there is trouble away from the ground and most people don't even get to hear about it. There has been a recent nasty history between Charlton and Saints and obviously these boys were here for some action, as i said its very unusual for these type of guys to be so obvious. Anyway the old bill knew who they were thats why they had them cordoned off and they were letting all the other Charlton fans go as they wished. Anyone who reckons those Charlton boys were scared is very mistaken, these guys aren't scared. As for the Saints, well a lot of huffing and puffing with the OB and shouting etc but it was at The Albert that the real Southampton boys were waiting, but to be fair to the police they had it all in control. I left it at Six Dials but didn't hear anything licking off after.

So thats the way it is, Football Factory in your face.

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What, like shooting them up with copious amounts of heroin before leaving for the match?

 

Interesting idea Mom.

 

Hmm, yes, see what you mean - sorry, southern roots showing there. Past tense of drag=drug. But a little bromide might not go amiss. And leave the heroin for those that know how to use it.

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