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I see them as part of Southampton Football Club who are a very forward thinking club and should be championing their woman’s team. We have a very good team that I would expect to be in the top flight within 5 years. I know you can check the scores in the championship on Sky Bet (other betting sites available).

Oh my word. It was the BBC that got the score right, and the official Southampton website have updated their score now from 0-8, to 0-9. Unbelievable.

Oh yeah, it’s all about the ‘big names’ to appeal to the global market. I’m still trying to work out why the winners of the northern and the southern have a playoff to see who get into the championship (according to Wiki) but 2 teams get relegated from the championship? Also what if the teams relegated are 2 southern teams, that just does not add up. I think the whole structure will find its feet over time. It does seem Ipswich will give us a run for our money. Then in a playoff anything can happen. The BBC at first only game us a point, so they were checking Twitter and took the result from the other Southampton team. They now have us on results as winning 0-9 not 0-8. It’s all a little shambolic.

Turns out not a bad day again. I think we may go up again. Always had a good team. https://www.southamptonfc.com/women/results/2021-22

I know a lot of supporters are not or cannot get into it, but now they are part of the club and hopefully heading towards the top flight in the next few years, it is just another part of SFC to get behind and support. We are all Saints after all. The coverage by the club is awful, as the game finished 20 minutes ago, but I can find out what is happening in the game from the Southampton team that are not associated with the club. 🙄

I am following the debut season of Southampton FC Women in the national league southern. I say following, but I am finding very hard to find out anything when the match is going on. Even the Twitter feed on the official site is rubbish. Looks like sky bet only have from championship up. I get the feeling that this is going to be the start of a successful period for the club. Played 4 won 4, with the last game being 9-0, as we look for promotion this season into the Championship and one off the top flight. I am fully aware it is not for everyone but it is part of Southampton FC, so to me it will add to the success of the club. So comment if you are interested. Also if anyone has better ways or anyway of following the team when it comes to matches then please let me know. Going to games is not possible until they have some up north! some links - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/womens-premier-league-south/table - Table https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/womens-premier-league-south/scores-fixtures/2021-08 - results and fixtures https://www.southamptonfc.com/women/matches/2021-22/national-league-southern-premier/hounslow-vs-saints-2021-09-05 - Southampton fc page.

Yeah he ruled himself out of internationals so better not be seen on the training ground 😬

Yep or the game would be a Sunday.

I see a theme. 😬

I do agree with most of this, but I do hear racist comments still and it frustrates me rather than angers me. Sometimes it is plain ignorance and others it has been thrown as abuse. But what I heard in the 80’s and 90’s was much worse and it was mostly (not all) at football unfortunately. All I can do is show my disagreement of such comments and educate my children that is not ok to discriminate against anyone. Then hopefully this will go a small way. Oh and should that not be Anti, Anti racism? “I don’t think anyone is anti racism” said Turkish 😬

Overall I think we can agree that as a country have come a long way since the 70’s, 80’s and even more recently on all these matters. The media now is so under the microscope and instant that things seem much worse than they actually are. You drill down and compare to yesteryear and, well there is no comparison. It does not mean that we do not go on educating and try and continue trying to improve things even further.

I just don’t understand why people feel that strongly about the gesture that they feel they have to boo. But they do and they will continue to, as it is a gesture that will continue now for a long time because of this.

I agree. Like I said if all we have to worry about is anti anti racism then it’s not that bad. Ok then you have Twitter as some fans completely overstepped the mark because we lost the final and they desperately looked for scapegoats.

Ok yes, not all, but I just cannot understand why people would boo. It is 5 seconds, just carry on with what you are doing. Sometimes I miss it happening. I don’t really get booing anything, it’s not a panto!

This. It is 100% a society problem. Racism, sexism, homophobia… and discrimination. It was also never be completely eradicated, but we need to voice that it is not acceptable as in the past it has either been laughed about or people have accepted and that it was the ‘norm’ and joined in with the bullying/insults. All we can do is keep educating our young that it is just not acceptable behaviour. Times will continue to change slowly over a period of time.

Yes it is still there. The booing is a way of showing this, without shouting racist slurs. ‘but not racist’ just don’t like politics in football.

Agree 100% and I will not get involved with even trying to argue a point on here. This is where I compare in the 70’s and 80’s when there were monkey noises in the crowd and people throwing banana, to now when people are just booing the gesture of taking the knee, and can only take the positives from this that we have come a long way. I cannot understand why you would boo the gesture unless you are racist. Why should it bother you that much, oh that’s right ‘keep politics out of football’ ok then. There is no place in football and no place in society for racism (these of course are linked).

I think we have a weaker team, but a stronger squad which I think will see us good as it gets to Christmas time. Last season when Inges was out we missed him big time. Also very early days but I think our new signings look pretty handy, but only time will tell. Another centre back would be nice. I think Norwich, Watford and Newcastle will go down, but the below will all finish below us. Wolves, Brentford, Brighton, Palace and Burnley. With Leeds and Villa on par and not much between us.

Does it close next year then? That is later 😯

I don’t think this would happen, I had the feeling the game would end and that would be it, if it was not for the ‘injured’ Newcastle player. Yes we would feel the injustice, but have the feeling we would be asking why it was not referred. but it was and we scored. 😃

Also the whole VAR thing is odd. Me and many Newcastle fans believe the game would have played out to the final whistle at 2-1, if there player had not tried to cover up the foul and try and waste time needing treatment. There was no evidence after the foul on Armstrong that the game was going to be stopped to check for a possible penalty. The game went on for a good 20/30 seconds. Then the referee stopped play so the Newcastle player could get treatment. On the way home listening to the radio they agreed that VAR was a little hit and miss and more likely for these type of things to be checked if there is a break in play. I think the Newcastle player shot himself and team in the foot.

Parenting Fails #365 This is me (in the black and white Cloven Hoof tee) celebrating the 96th minute equaliser yesterday. My 9 year old son nowhere to be seen in the shot, I have found out 20 hours later was on the floor after falling over 😬. You can see my son next to the bloke in the black away Saints top In the row in front. My son is the red blob on the floor. PS - I do not know why the supporters in the bottom right are so small. 🤷🏽

Should have easily won that game, nearly lost (somehow) but snatched a draw that felt like a win. Football is very strange Can we please just be more clinical jeez 🙄

Just about to leave with the boy for the game. I have mixed feelings about this with our recent record, but Newcastle are all over the place. This is one of about 6/7 away games that I will be going into looking for all 3 points, so will be very disappointed if we lose. I went into the Everton game with no expectations for a win, and at half time I was extremely surprised, but at full time I was saying to the boy that this is a Saints away game that’s how it goes the majority of the time and I was upbeat (for a defeat). IF we lose today he will see a different slightly angrier dad. I’m going for a 2-3. With the new additions and Wednesdays win, I am slightly more optimistic about the season ahead, but it could all be blind faith and hope for the boy in his first season of going regularly. 🤞

Newcastle are a team that we pretty much beat at home and lose away since when I first started going to games in the 80’s. Very rarely lose at home to them, but rarely win away. But every season is a new chapter. Come on we just won 8-0 away!