Amesbury Saint Posted 9 April, 2009 Share Posted 9 April, 2009 And if people really can't stomach more awful games then at least buy a ticket and stay at home. The team may well fail us again, but off the pitch it is time to stand up and be counted. I agree completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
um pahars Posted 9 April, 2009 Share Posted 9 April, 2009 30k a week like a proper big club and we'd never have been near administration. wouldn't matter if it was lowe in charge or not, we'd have an infinitely better chance. Yet people stay away then moan about the team, the lack of money, the lack of success. It's pathetic and sad because it costs the loyal 16k or so who actually do turn up purely for saints, not just to see man utd. We're not a proper big club, we're a mid ranking provincial club who can pull in 30,000 in the Premiership and anywhere between 15,000 to 25,000 in the second tier (depending on a number of factors). I really struggle to understand why people cannot comprehend that attendances are not fixed and they will indeed vary depending on success, the division we're playing in, the opposition, prices and a whole myriad of other factors. We probably have something like 14,000 hard core supporters (just as every club has its hard core). After that just like any other club (with the odd exception) our attendances will only increase if the next tranche of supporters see a reason to come. You can whinge, whine, scream and stamp your feet as much as you want, but that's just the way it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docker-p Posted 9 April, 2009 Share Posted 9 April, 2009 It can't possibly be proved here and now but.... I would bet anyone a pound to a pitch of 5hit that if Man United were to fall on hard times, get relegated and spend a few years in the lower reaches of the CCC, they too would only half sell their tickets at home, at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicko Posted 9 April, 2009 Share Posted 9 April, 2009 Buy a ticket you bastards & support your club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amesbury Saint Posted 9 April, 2009 Share Posted 9 April, 2009 Perhaps the administrator could announce some of the leading interested parties and what they are offering. Or perhaps some of the interested parties can announce their interest and vision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtonesfc Posted 9 April, 2009 Share Posted 9 April, 2009 I think most of us have given up on entertainment and value for money, personally it is about putting money into the club to keep it afloat while a buyer is being found. The club has given me some great times over four decades and that is the loyalty I am trying to repay. I fully expect an appalling showing against Palace but I will still support the shirt and won't quit if we aren't playing like Brazil. I don't see that the worst Saints team of all time or crap results are a reason not to try and save the club, especially as of a fortnight ago the money is now going directly into the club coffers with no chance of it disappearing as director's fees. And if people really can't stomach more awful games then at least buy a ticket and stay at home. I can't believe we still have to emphasise this BUT the club will not make the Burnley game without further finance, and no, the fans shouldn't have to cover for the board's mismanagement but they have left us on the brink and we have to deal with it. The team may well fail us again, but off the pitch it is time to stand up and be counted. What he said!I`m Saints always will be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtonesfc Posted 9 April, 2009 Share Posted 9 April, 2009 Perhaps the administrator could announce some of the leading interested parties and what they are offering. Or perhaps some of the interested parties can announce their interest and vision. And are the interested parties actually interested enough to attend the next few games themselves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amesbury Saint Posted 9 April, 2009 Share Posted 9 April, 2009 And are the interested parties actually interested enough to attend the next few games themselves? They should! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulwantsapint Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Club & OS dont help ticket sales like knowing sat would be good seller still not drafting in extra staff to take bookings over the phone warning fans to buy early as large walk up expected but not highlighting that you can buy tickets in MALL / MARLANDS I can imagine that a few see these things as off put offs staff at ticket office do a good job but need help to allow for rush of demand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Well done, our creditors will be pleased. Pity you couldn't make it earlier in the season. why do you rear your "Lowe is God" head on every thread?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
under the west stand Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Well I'll be hitting the A30, M5, A35, A31 on Monday. Probably be regarded as a 'stayaway' or a 'plastic fan', but hey I can take it. I was watching Saints week in / week out before most of those carping were born! And I can remember the last time Saints were in the old 3rd Div. 1st game of the season might have been against Rotherham. Bringing the lad too - who will insist on wearing his Exeter shirt (spot the difference!) - and say he's looking forward to seeing Exeter at SMS next year. Sadly, I think he's right - but hope he's wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N/West Saint Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 It can't possibly be proved here and now but.... I would bet anyone a pound to a pitch of 5hit that if Man United were to fall on hard times, get relegated and spend a few years in the lower reaches of the CCC, they too would only half sell their tickets at home, at best. You are spot on there m8. Liverpool and Manure fans come from all over the place, i.e Scandinavia, Ireland. I drive past OT most days and every time the place is like Chinatown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffo Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Well I'll be hitting the A30, M5, A35, A31 on Monday. Probably be regarded as a 'stayaway' or a 'plastic fan', but hey I can take it. I was watching Saints week in / week out before most of those carping were born! And I can remember the last time Saints were in the old 3rd Div. 1st game of the season might have been against Rotherham. Bringing the lad too - who will insist on wearing his Exeter shirt (spot the difference!) - and say he's looking forward to seeing Exeter at SMS next year. Sadly, I think he's right - but hope he's wrong. That's stupid. Tell him not to come at all if he's insisting on wearing another teams ****ing kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeismyname Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Nothing to do with the abuse the Northam handed out last week? I am a season-ticket holder who wasn't there because I was in Germany. I guess they were abusing the stay-away fans who turned up?:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcuk fan Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 no m8, they were abusing the fans who headed straight for the exits as soon as charltons third goal went in. Harsh but deserved . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Tone Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 no m8, they were abusing the fans who headed straight for the exits as soon as charltons third goal went in. Harsh but deserved . Maybe so but ironic given that the Northam had not been very full in recent matches before that anyway. Fans abusing other fans is never a good idea. K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 My brother booked some tickets today and got them in the kingsland/northam corner, so they must be open now, and apparently they said there was 6500 left. Not sure about that to be honest, don't really believe they'd have sold that many since yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saints_is_the_south Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 My brother booked some tickets today and got them in the kingsland/northam corner, so they must be open now, and apparently they said there was 6500 left. Not sure about that to be honest, don't really believe they'd have sold that many since yesterday. Probably 6500 left until the corners are opened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffo Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Just spoken to ticket office - 18k sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wadesmith Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 no m8, they were abusing the fans who headed straight for the exits as soon as charltons third goal went in. Harsh but deserved . I got up to go to the loo after the third goal & someone called me a ****ing plastic..so i'm spending Monday with my baby daughter instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintDonkey Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 But the best comparison is last season when Lowe wasn't here. We averaged 21K i think which is where we are back to now the fV(kwit has gone. Sorry to burst your bubble but the best comparason is the Forest game. Same price as the Charlton game - differences being that Lowe had gone, the side were playing better in the run up to the Charlton game and the fans knew a big turn out was needed to keep Saints alive. Nottingham Forest - 26,580 Charlton Athletic - 27,228 I make that a maximum 648 fans staying away because of Lowe - less probably since I'd guess that most of them were responding to call to save Southampton. In fact that's what it's all about now. We need to save our club, that means going to the matches, buying stuff in the club shop ad generally throwing whatever we can spare at Soutampton. COYR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wadesmith Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Sorry to burst your bubble but the best comparason is the Forest game. Same price as the Charlton game - differences being that Lowe had gone, the side were playing better in the run up to the Charlton game and the fans knew a big turn out was needed to keep Saints alive. Nottingham Forest - 26,580 Charlton Athletic - 27,228 I make that a maximum 648 fans staying away because of Lowe - less probably since I'd guess that most of them were responding to call to save Southampton. In fact that's what it's all about now. We need to save our club, that means going to the matches, buying stuff in the club shop ad generally throwing whatever we can spare at Soutampton. COYR Worst comparison mate. Me & four others only went to that game so we could get tickets for the Man U game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Probably 6500 left until the corners are opened. Didn't read the whole thing obviously. My brothers tickets are in the Kingsland/northam corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saints_is_the_south Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Didn't read the whole thing obviously. My brothers tickets are in the Kingsland/northam corner. I did, maybe they meant block 35 in the kingsland? Don't think they'd open the corners up with only 18k sold. Saying that maybe they are opening them up for the last 3 homes games regardless of ticket sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintDonkey Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Worst comparison mate. Me & four others only went to that game so we could get tickets for the Man U game. Not really, unless you're saying that seeing Man U play is more of a draw than saving Saints so they can actually exist next season! If that is what you're saying then you're just self labeling as a complete plastic I'm afraid. Your money's still welcome though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wadesmith Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Not really, unless you're saying that seeing Man U play is more of a draw than saving Saints so they can actually exist next season! If that is what you're saying then you're just self labeling as a complete plastic I'm afraid. Your money's still welcome though Mate we both know thats not what i'm saying. What I am saying is that the draw of getting Man U tickets put quite alot on that gate. Therefore you can't just compare the two £15.00 games & say the only differing factor is that lowe was in charge for the first one. Although I kind of think you realise this anyway. Plastic & proud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFKA South Woodford Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Well I'll be hitting the A30, M5, A35, A31 on Monday. Probably be regarded as a 'stayaway' or a 'plastic fan', but hey I can take it. I was watching Saints week in / week out before most of those carping were born! And I can remember the last time Saints were in the old 3rd Div. 1st game of the season might have been against Rotherham. Bringing the lad too - who will insist on wearing his Exeter shirt (spot the difference!) - and say he's looking forward to seeing Exeter at SMS next year. Sadly, I think he's right - but hope he's wrong. Good on you for coming along and helping the club. None of us are 'carping', we are just appealing to all those who love the club, to do what you are and make an effort to save the club, either by coming to the game, or by buying a ticket and staying at home, if the fayre being served up on the pitch isn't to their liking. No one is saying that they are a better fan than others, just that the club is in it's hour of need, and everyone who wants to have a football club in Southampton next season, needs to answer it's call and show the club their support. As Mark Fry keeps saying, if the fans don't support the club and give him the time he needs, then finding a buyer for the club will be irrelevant. So come on all of you who have ever had Saints in your hearts, keep their heart beating, so that one day we will all feel the joy returning from the pride of saying 'I'm a Saints fan' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint75 Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Well, I have my S/T and may even take the misses along I am also going over to the megastore this weekend to spend a few quid that I normally wouldn't. It's all hands to the pumps at the moment so come on everyone do your bit :smt100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
um pahars Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Lowe should be completely irrelevant anyway. Whether people have stayed away for him, because they can't watch their beloved Man Utd, because they just can't be arsed, whatever, with 3 home games left to save the club, I expected 32,000 crowds. We've done it before, we did in reguarly and I seriously doubt 10,000 of those people have died or moved away since the Sheff Utd game. But, as I said before, most of them probably aren't interested enough to come on here anyway. You must have seriously weird notion of how our support is made up. We got a full house once last season for an effective cup final. We got another one this season for another effective Cup Final. We then got one spiked gate due to people having to buy tickets for that Cup Final and we have had one when it's all hands to the pump. Plastic this and plastic thast LMFAO. We've got a bedrock of something around 15,000(ish) and if you want to pull in anything significantly above that, then you need to start offering up some reason the middle ground supporters to turn up. It's the same for every team up and down the country. Attendances rise and fall due to a myriad of reasons. If you want them to remain at 30,000 irrespective of all the cold hard facts, then it is probably best you have a snooze and start dreaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
under the west stand Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Good on you for coming along and helping the club. None of us are 'carping', we are just appealing to all those who love the club, to do what you are and make an effort to save the club, either by coming to the game, or by buying a ticket and staying at home, if the fayre being served up on the pitch isn't to their liking. No one is saying that they are a better fan than others, just that the club is in it's hour of need, and everyone who wants to have a football club in Southampton next season, needs to answer it's call and show the club their support. As Mark Fry keeps saying, if the fans don't support the club and give him the time he needs, then finding a buyer for the club will be irrelevant. So come on all of you who have ever had Saints in your hearts, keep their heart beating, so that one day we will all feel the joy returning from the pride of saying 'I'm a Saints fan' Of course there's pride - pride in all the Saints have meant to me in all the years I have been supporting them; pride in wearing a Saints cap or shirt, esp. when it's easy to be a target from green and white retards - and I know, the lad should wear one his Saints shirts, but just because he can wear another r/w striped one with a Flybe logo - he will! At least he's keen to come and see the game. Last time he was leading a lot of singing in Block 35 - can get a bit quiet there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halo Stickman Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Some day in the future. A father and his young son are walking through wasteland in a run-down part of Southampton, when they pass a crumbling oval-shaped structure surrounding a field, overgrown with weeds. On a rusty wall, the boy notices some graffiti: ‘Southampton Football Club RIP’ ‘I didn’t know Southampton had a football club, Dad.’ ‘Oh yes, son, we had a club - a proud club - one upon a time. Then the people in charge did their best to destroy it’ ‘Didn't people try to stop it happening, Dad?’ ‘Some did, son. But others sat on their hands, watching the club die.’ ‘What do those people do on Saturday afternoons now, Dad?’ ‘They go shopping, son.’ ‘Is that all they do, Dad?’ ‘No, son; they hang their heads, wishing they’d done more.’ Come on, guys, we all know who's responisble for this mess, but let’s do everything we can to keep our club alive. We can start by selling out the remaining fixtures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffo Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 I'd rather have 20k in a stadium with standing, singing and a proper atmosphere in the Championship than a packed, sitting and quiet stadium for a game against Man Utd in the Prem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Um Bongo Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Don't think we will be selling any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Horne Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Don't think we will be selling any more. Could be giving refunds after that first half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint75 Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Well, I have my S/T and may even take the misses along I am also going over to the megastore this weekend to spend a few quid that I normally wouldn't. It's all hands to the pumps at the moment so come on everyone do your bit :smt100 Not sure I will take the misses now, no point in both of us being miserable!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 I wonder how many will try for a refund after today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 just bought me and my 4 kids tickets for the palarse game..although i may need my head examining Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Someone warn the ticket office that there is going to be a bit of a rush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delmary Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Crap result today but all Saints fans must get down to St.Marys on Mon. The club's survival depends on our support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedWillie Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Someone warn the ticket office that there is going to be a bit of a rush yeah, out the door..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amesbury Saint Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Crap result today but all Saints fans must get down to St.Marys on Mon. The club's survival depends on our support. I have been fully behind get down to SMS rally call. Including getting other people to go as well. But todays performance it feels that only the fans are doing their bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delmary Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 I have been fully behind get down to SMS rally call. Including getting other people to go as well. But todays performance it feels that only the fans are doing their bitI understand how you feel but this is all about saving the club. Results are insignificant now. The club is in Intensive Care clinging to life. Do we pull the plug on the life support machine, let the club vanish from existence or do we fight to preserve this once great proud club? I'll be there Mon because the club needs our financial support. Do nothing and you might live to regret your actions. SOS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonjoe Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 I got up to go to the loo after the third goal & someone called me a ****ing plastic..so i'm spending Monday with my baby daughter instead. plastic x 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voteforpedro Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 I got up to go to the loo after the third goal & someone called me a ****ing plastic..so i'm spending Monday with my baby daughter instead. Don't let that stop you. Obviously however said that was feeling annoyed/ frustrated/ let down by the team and let their anger out on you when they shouldn't have. If you feel that spending the day with your baby daughter is the right thing to do then thats fine. But not if you are only doing it because someone, in the heat of the moment (when maybe it had just struck them that actually their team will playing be in the 3rd tier of English football next season, or could be liquidated by the end of this season), said something out of frustration which was aimed at those turning their back on the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffo Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Will be there on Monday as usual. Singing as much as possible in block 4. I'm there for the club, not to support the team, who I firmly believe will now be relegated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoozonside10 Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 Well done, our creditors will be pleased. Pity you couldn't make it earlier in the season. I don't want to start a ****ing contest but I would probably wager I've been to more games than you over the years sonny! Including this season. Now stop antagonising your fellow fans and support the team, do you remember how to do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saints foreva Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 I can't see anymore than 23,000 tbh. And I keep asking myself.. Why should the fans bother.. if they players don't? It is us that has to suffer every week, not the players. They just look forward to getting their wages at the end of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millbrook Saint Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 I can't see anymore than 23,000 tbh. And I keep asking myself.. Why should the fans bother.. if they players don't? It is us that has to suffer every week, not the players. They just look forward to getting their wages at the end of the week. To be honest I know how you feel, I have a season ticket and have seen some dross over the last few years. The trouble is, now it's not about supporting the team anymore, now it's about supporting the club, if there is the possibility of wealthy investors on the horizon we need to show them that it is Southampton FC that's worth investing in and not some northern ****hole. How gutted would we all be if they pull out because they don't think the support is there. It is imperative for the future of the club that we all act now. Sod the team they may not be worthy (although I think a decent manager would have improved results) of our support but our club is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delmary Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 I can't see anymore than 23,000 tbh. And I keep asking myself.. Why should the fans bother.. if they players don't? It is us that has to suffer every week, not the players. They just look forward to getting their wages at the end of the week.But now it's not about the players it's about saving the club from going bust. As fans we have to dig deep and stand by our club in its hour of need. Do the right thing and get down to St.Marys on Mon;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Jonny Posted 10 April, 2009 Share Posted 10 April, 2009 i just had a nightmare trying to get 3 tickets together anywhere in the ground, ended up in block 38 ffs. Boooorrrring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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