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I almost stopped hurling abuse at them when the 2nd went in, one of them was staring right at me, he looked like he was going to cry!!! The feeling didn't last long and I continued to let him know what I thought of him.

I have a feeling that over the next couple of weeks there will be quite a bit of propeganda trying to stop people boycotting etc....

The Square has a capacity of 1000, two seperate areas, one of which can be given to families. If you know anyone there then crack on and get it sorted! Do they have the staff to cope with hundreds of fans coming in at the same time?

Will knock something up tommorow on my return from the pubs if I know a definate venue. If I don't then some can still be knocked up with a 'tbc' venue.

Am in town tommorow, going to speak to the general manager of the Square, spoke to someone there today and sounded positive. In a perfect world I would like to use the Square, capacity is 1000, we can use upstairs as a family area. I have also proposed that I will give them a deposit to cover extra staff being laid on but it will be refunded if over a certain number attend ( probably about 100 ) The other option is Walkabout, so will speak to them tommorow as well, lastly Northam CLub. If anyone has any contacts of other venues then have a word.

It is also important that you only click 'yes' on the poll if you are definately boycotting, click on 'i won't march but....' if you do not intend to boycott. One last thing, if you are going in to the ground, it needs to be a 'win, lose or draw' walkout, if we score an early goal, don't allow this to tempt you to stay, all this will say to the board is that we are fickle and will be back as soon as we win.

Exactly, still finalising plans, but it seems the popular idea is for the marchers and everyone else to meet at reception ( i would look at marching from town at 2pm instead of earlier ) , people congregate outside reception until 2:55 At 2:55 the STH's enter the ground to take their seats. The non STH's remain outside reception. Once 5 minutes comes up on the scoreboard, it is the que for people to walk out, singing 'Oh when the Saints go Marching Out' ( or cheerio or anything else you want ) Meet up at reception, where we will then walk en mass to the venue, which I would hope to confirm by the end of next week, Walkabout seems a good idea, simply because their staff live on site, so can be on standby if the numbers are huge, and they are less likely to want a deposit to bring in extra staff.

Looking at the poll for the march 'to' the ground.... it looks like a higher percentage have definately voted themselves IN to this march and infact the 'definates' are similar to the Yes and Maybes put together on the last protest. 65% saying YES should mean a good turn out..... I should be able to get a bit more publicity, due to the more 'extreme' nature of this protest, will also be leafleting at Watford and Bristol, the website is done, but is taking an age to upload onto the server! Once the website is built there will be leaflets that can be printed off, I would ask anyone who can, to print some off and distribute them at Watford, I am working. :-( More will be distributed against Bristol and all the 'main' pubs will be leafleted prior to the Preston home game.

Good idea, it can be as simple as a JPG for the non computer savvy people, then it can simply be saved and printed. I am happy to host any initiatives, the website ( when the fookin DNS settings update ) can be used to host / promote any protest for the Preston game.

Yes.

See, now we are getting somewhere, everyone is chipping in with their own ideas.... there is room for them ALL Let's step up the gas against Preston and show Lowe and Wilde that we won't tolerate them any more. Oh.... and not a Trust Member or any other clique in site! :-) New Facebook Group - http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=48568893346&success#/event.php?eid=48568893346&ref=mf I think that link will work! No disrespect to the one set up.

Whoever fired Chris Nicholl cost me my place in Saints Schoolboys. :-( He was the manager when I was awarded a trial and was sacked in my last week, they went through restructuring of the YTS system and I never got back in. :-(

Pilchards, the golden rule about criticism.... ' If you are going to criticise something then make sure you have a solution that in your opinion, is better / more effective ' I applaud anyone who protests in whatever way they feel fit, rather than simply bad mouth something, I have racked my brains and come up with what I believe, will be a more effective protest. The guys on the march TO the ground are more than welcome to come over to reception and join the walkaway too.... it's not invite only!!! From looking at the Facebook group, alot of the younger ones don't agree with a boycott, alot that are old enough to remember the last boycott do agree. The Preston game should be used as an event for every single person who wants rid of Lowe and Wilde to protest in their own way, whatever that may be.

To be honest, the organiser of the march set up an event and then started knocking it! I will start circulating a Facebook group once http://www.saintsgomarchingout.co.uk is live ( I am just waiting for the DNS servers to update ) The site is very basic at the moment, but have put a forum on there and a few other bits, I will do more work over the next couple of days. I don't expect many of the 'younger generation' to support the boycott, many are too young to have experienced similar like the Branfoot one, so maybe can't see how it will work. The younger fans also obviously have an unconditional love for the club and understandably don't want to waste their season ticket. As I said before, there is a protest for everyones tastes. We should all club together and do what we personally think is the most effective. Laying wreaths, coming dressed in black, not coming at all, pitch invasions, protesting during, before or after the game, marching to the game, marching away from the game or anything else, everyone has a right to protest and should be able to do as they wish. My personal preference is to boycott and that is what I am doing, I want to invite people to join me, I represent nobody but myself, I have shelled out some cash setting up a website etc and would like to invite people to join me. If you want to join me then great!!! If you don't then I wish you luck in whatever you find appropriate, I will still be there and for one day, walking away from my football club, even if I am on my own.

With no disrespect to that Connor matey, I think I will set my own event up, he doesn't seem keen on the idea and labled the march to the ground as 'the main march' There is no 'main march' , people like to protest in different ways. You wouldn't let someone from Cadburys sell your Nestle for you, would you?

http://www.saintsgomarchingout.co.uk should be live at some point tonight, a very basic text website is done with a forum, poll, post box etc... just waiting fot the registration to be completed.

What makes you think/know that it won't work? 200 people is more than enough to make an impact... any more than great. What does Demo outside reception acheive? Seriously, do you think it will make an impact? This is not a march..... this is more of a 'walkaway' , it is a group of likeminded Saints fans saying " f*ck it, I've had enough of this " and going to the pub together. A very powerful statement, like I said, I won't run with it myself if I think the numbers won't show, that's not to say I won't still make the gesture myself.

Same should apply, but it won't. We have a large element of fickle fans, and we have a large element of superfans, of whom their love for the club blinds the reality. Win, lose or draw will not cut it. When the equaliser went in last night you would have thought we won the world cup, I was saying to my mate that I thought everyone would forget about Lowe and see a 1-1 draw as a massive result, when infact we played poorly once again. We have too many fans blinded by their love of the club, people do need to wake up to reality now, hopefully boycotting will wake everyone up.

Everyone leaving after 5 minutes is great.... however if we score in the first 5 minutes, if we start the game really well, how many people will actually walk? If something is planned then is has to almost guarantee a big turnout. At least a couple of hundred. If the numbers don't turn up then it can turn from a postive into a negative.

EXACTLY - That is spot-on and the point that I believe would be the most likely to have any effect on removing them. Let's remember, if we stop spending money, even for one day, then Barclays will start putting the pressure on Lowe and Wilde. The website is being built as we speak. Should be something up by lunch, if not then definately tommorow.

Exactly, which is why I propose the boycott.... Lowe will not react to a march to the ground, to being insulted, shouted at etc.... the only way him and Wilde will ever leave is if Barclays force them to step down.

Are you going to join now Aids? For the record, as soon as Lowe has f*cked off, I will quit TSF again. :-)

I am here to save Southampton FC from the scum that has infiltrated it! Boj? ANy chance you could make me a 750 x 120 banner for this website thingymajiggy? I am talented in many ways, making banners is not one of them.

OK, I have Thursday and Friday off work, I will post a student thread then, speak soon. x