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"leeee barn-ard - southampton's goal machine..."

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssssss!!!!!! 2-0

Oh ffs!!!!!

Jeez...

He's been like that from 3.00 pm!

Most obvious post of the day I know - but we really need that 2nd goal now...

Sweepstake for a Saints sending-off: Jaidi for me!

Stand by for the ref to even it up...

lol. Carrot munchers...

No sooner do I say that then...

Why do I get the feeling that this vvanky ref is going to have an influence on the outcome of this result today???

lololol. I thought of the delightful Abi Titmuss - and to my surprise - it/he was correct ffs!

I'm still waiting for Barnard to show us what he can do...

I can see this being a high-scoring game for some reason. I'm going for 3-3. I think it will be a goalfest!

Confirmed that we will not be getting any extra tickets atall: http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/5011515.Saints_won_t_get_any_more_seats_for_Wembley/

It's all here: http://www.football-league.co.uk/johnstonespainttrophy/news/20090901/support-your-team-on-road-to-wembley_2246525_1780709

Quote [from a Carlisle fan]: "Surely this is supposed to be a neutral venue though. If we have behind a goal and Saints have all three sides then surely that essentially becomes an away game for us handing Southampton a competitive advantage. Personally, I believe it should be half each and if we don't sell ours then the seats go empty". Eh??? Great - let's have 20,000 empty seats at Wembley for the final with thousands of Saints fans sitting at home watching it on the box when they'd have loved to have been there!?!? Apart from the loss in revenue & the silence of 20,000 empty seats going begging - that's the most stoopid post I've read since the old King died ffs!

24,000 tickets...for a club that has a home gate normally around the 5,000 mark. Seems fair to me.

We're all one big Saints "family" woodsaint. I'm sure someone somwhere will help you out nearer the final mate.

Yes. I think you have to sell a kidney just to be able to afford a few pints inside Wembley stadium!

Don't forget the clocks go forward the night before...meaning an hour's less kip to get over the pre-Wembley hangover!

Confirmed on the JP website as a 1.30 KO.

That'll be down to Wembley itself. It's the same whenever I buy concert tickets for any large venue - they add a few quid on for a 'booking fee'. It's a massive con of course in this instant-electronic super-highway world of today - but what can you do?