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The Police and safety council will not allow any changes to seating away fans at SMS.

After the Ted Bates statue and now revealing our tactics its no surprise.

After the Ted Bates statue slur, no Saints fan should give Sheldon the time of day.

The bottom line must be to anyone who hasnt cancelled this athletic subscription scam to do so asap Dan Sheldon shouldnt be allowed anywhere near St Marys, clear grass, mugging us off to the nationals with this revalation. I dont care if other clubs do it, you dont have grass journalists like him around st marys. Hes a total wazzock

I dont know who runs the media at Saints these days but this Sheldon fella isnt doing us any favours with this sort of stuff. Im amazed hes got the brass after the whole Ted Bates statue non story, which deeply upset his family.

pompey born Sheldon

Solak increasing match bonuses ££££ 😄

Yes that looks the same name as per takeover talks with Solak.

I imagine her investment representative does most of the meetings and she still owns 20%

It should be allowed to move away fans its how football grounds should and always used to work, away fans more or less behind a goal. Its whats happening on the pitch thats the main issue, nobody was complaining with all the home wins under koeman, great atmosphere etc

I dont see any advantage from away fans being behind a goal, its whats happening on the pitch that will dictate the situation.

I dont get that its a football match and thats where you should find away fans. I dont see it being an issue at all when whats happening on the pitch isnt losing.

I dont think thats really viable close to hospitality and due to high numbers would need access from infront of the itchen stand, which would create an unwanted safety concern. Improve what happens on the pitch and that should improve the general atmosphere. I can remember the dell and archers full of away fans and never an issue when winning games. I really hate the grounds that have removed away fans from behind the goal and put them miles away. Newcastle probably the worst and Villa park where until the away ticket cap, you had to pay more due to it being a main stand. Cup games with 5K isnt really a barometer to check and a good forty minutes of Saints losing.

I dont understand why people want to move away fans, yesterday was different because it was a Cup game with more than usual. I can remember the Cup game against Pompey and the 2003 FA Cup games with the same numbers and there wasnt any problem with atmosphere and noise then. So it would appear the problem now is fans these days are not making enough noise ? Lets not forget the very cheap tickets yesterday meant allsorts of people turned up. Originally Saints fans went into the northam blocks to be near away fans then some went to the northam corner. There would be little difference if away fans were in the kingsland corner and like yesterday would go right across the northam stand. West Ham will have 5000 fans so people better get organized and hopefully the prices wont be silly cheap and nearer the £20+ mark The ability to isolate away fans to a degree is a good reason to keep them in the corner, britannia road can be closed the fencing can go up in the car park etc None of that would be possible if the away fans at 3K went into the kingsland corner and even more STs would need to move. Saints are lucky to have such a good arrangement and im sure the health and safety licence shows that.

A member of the Ted Bates family has been very upset with claims made in the media last week.

So a former victim of BH has said that hes attended meetings with others at the club in recent years and the Ted Bates statue has never been mentioned.

Eh... Why the hell would the club leak a story to the media about inconclusive claims, nobody with a brain would do that.

Whats it got to do with 'the athletic' its none of their business and theyve merely latched on to the media frenzy around statues coming down and wanting attention to their poxy website. This is pure club business on such a serious subject and Dan Sheldon should be thinking, no this isnt something that i want my name attached to and is better off coming from the club.

No evidence ! Any Saints fan out there subscribed to this 'athletic' needs to cancel it and complain about the conduct of Dan Sheldon and this disgusting article. If as people suggest 'they knew' then how did BH continue with football academys locally in the 90s and get jobs at bashley and winchester ? Dave Merrington started work in 1983 i think and was the first person acting on something he heard that complained to Nicholl and to the board. The only 'hands up' you can point to in my eyes from the club at the time of Higgins leaving in 1989, they told the FL but failed to tell the Police for a set time. I also think after the failed court case in 1992 the club never seem to consider any thoughts to those that gave prosecution evidence. But back then was there any counselling around like nowadays ?

In depth ? Anyone that pays for this shite is a total mug.

Appalling that this has come out via Dan Sheldon, who apparently is someone that attends every Saints game and media gathering. Did he not stop to think that just maybe the club should be the 'only' ones making comment with such a sensitive subject ? Clearly he didnt as hes only interested in getting 'the athletic' media attention and gullible people to pay to read their twaddle. The fact is there is no evidence about Ted Bates and the barnardos report as i see it is purely 'their opinion'. Well its my opinion that the club are not responsible for the actions of Bob Higgins in anyway. There are many unanswered questions around the original police case that flopped becuase ???? If as claiimed 'everyone knew' in Southampton then why didnt anyone actually tell the police back then ? Now we have Ted Bates legacy stained because of Dan Sheldon and his shitty employer.

Got you paying then LOL

Its clickbait garbage that fans shouldnt have to pay for to read news thats been leaked to their journos.

What is this 'athletic' load of tabloid tosh