alehouseboys

So where have these extra tickets suddenly appeared from? We sold out in 6 hours when they went on sale a couple of weeks back, Brighton will/have sold all theirs so just how do you conjure up additional seats? Either they've relaxed segregation or the club must have been holding some back for 'staff' and have been left with a surplus. Or, like the last away fixture, there's been another cock-up...but if they then decide to hold them back for another week for 'collection only', why put them on sale a day later on the 30th when there's a home game which would, at least, make it fairer for those from outside the area to get tickets as they're likely to be in Southampton.

http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2555850,00.html We've today been given a limited number of additional tickets...where they've suddenly found these extra seats from is a mystery. On sale from 9am on 29th Dec, collection only...so be quick.

http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2555850,00.html We've been given an extra (small) batch of tickets. Be quick.

St Mary's is 'dead from the waist down' most of the time, south of the halfway line is mostly comatose. If the Chapel (what a waste of a good end) would get going it would probably rub off on either side. But their sh*thole is like the old Dell, small stands, tight to the pitch, any noise quickly goes round the ground. They've got one decent stand, the fartton end, which has great acoustics and gets the other small stands involved easily. When we play them at SMS, it's one of the games that most of the stadium gets going, farrton isn't like that most weeks. If you're lucky enough to know an honest skate, they'll tell you that when they knocked down the original fartton end and replaced it with an open terrace the place was like a morgue.

Well, that was disappointing. The players must be wondering what all the fuss was about. The least intimidating atmosphere from both sets of fans ever for a derby? 1.00pm kick-off, no booze and the bubble (for us) just helped kill it. They're just all 'happy clappy' these days, ours was poor, OK before the kick-off but then the majority appeared to just want to watch. No roar when attacking, even after we scored it was OK for a bit then faded. Best bit was "who the f*ck is laughing now?" which was gaining momentum and was getting to them...would have been great to have held out and had the whole stand doing that at the end. Roll on April.

Generations of my family have been dockers and they'll tell you it all b*llocks. The closest to any truth in all this is when Townsend Thoresen pulled out of Southampton when our dockers went on strike and moved took their business down the M27. The 'docks strike' myth started when people started to question their irrational hatred to anything 'Southampton'. To justify it they invented this fairytale and peddled it as truth. First they said it happened early last century so it would be harder to prove otherwise, unfortunately someone pointed out that although Southampton was a commercial port with very militant union members, back then the p*rtsmyth was naval, so no unions and so no strikes were possible. So they've just reinvented it a few times but there's never been any evidence of the bullsh*t. But still trot it out at any opportunity.

FFS. I don't know if you're really just having a laugh but...THE DOCKS STRIKE IS A F*CKING MYTH...made up years ago in a skate fanzine. F*cking 'ell, how gullible are some people, the skates are notorious for making stuff up and it becoming fact on their little island in a blink of an eye. Let's have a go...the reason we hate the skates is after that story years ago of a group of their fans vandalising a sheep up on Portsdown Hill. Even their own fans were disgusted, one of them even went as far as naming himself after the poor abused animal and often posts on here. He's called 'Corp Ho'. Fact.

Call me Mr Picky but... Coaches generally seat 54, 11 x 54 = 594 and there's 32 double-deckers leaving SMS (+ 2 coaches), 32 x 70 = 2,240 Total = 2834 (tbf you could probably knock a few off for stewards)

Well it starts OK as you put but after that it becomes a weird chant with some of the most stupid nonsensical words ever used in a football song. We should change the 'lyrics' or another to leave well alone imo. That's better...but it's that f'kin tune again!

I see Wet Spam have got a (to date) 63 page thread concerning our 'friends down the road' and their financial problems... http://www.kumb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=119652&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=1220 ...nice to read comments about letting them 'go to the wall', 'money laundering' and 'taking away their FA Cup win' amongst others.

I'm sure somebody said the other day that the skates only had 300 at Burnley on Saturday, this cannot be true as Fred Dinenage's Meridian has just reported that the "travelling ARMY" had to wait until stoppage time for the goal, it must surely have been 3,000 or even more likely 30,000. Sleeping Gnats...I mean Giants.

If I could type it might help. And just a little reminder...no f'kin "pay up p*mp*y".

We just gotta make sure we shout loud. If we go a goal down shout louder. If we go ahead take the f'kin roof off and dont' let up. A bit of bouncing would be nice, we should adapt that one they do around Europe. "If-you-really-hate the-cheating-skates JUMP! If-hate-really-hate the-cheating-skates JUMP!..." continually while jumping around. Good visual, highlights their cheating and keeps you warm on a cold winters day.

http://www.northstandchat.com/showthread.php?221819-southampton-away-tickets-sold-out-in-a-day..& Someone couldn't wait to let them know...no doubt they'll now be saying it's our cup final. BTW (and to who it may concern) it sold out in 6 hours not "24" and why have you told them we can't sell out for the skates?

Unfortunately some of the lightweight 'fans' have already shown their true colours with their excuses for not bothering. Let's hope this attitude hasn't transfered to the players if they read/hear some of the comments. Although the same can be said for them with how long home tickets have been unsold. It does make you laugh when you hear some of our lot trying to put this 'derby' on a par with the big ones. No let up from the ones there...but to those it may concern, don't join in with "Pay up p*mpey". Tw*ts.

Maybe we shouldn't jump the gun here, it's only 'another' rumour over this debacle. IF they've sent tickets back it would be because they 'wouldn't' sell them rather than 'couldn't' as I know of a number of people who've applied but haven't heard anything. This suggests they've been very selective in who gets them. This figure of 3200 keeps coming up, and I know it was reported on their OS, but I'm fairly certain that end doesn't hold that many. It was rammed with Brighton, Leeds and a few others and the most is around 3000. Despite what dune keeps banging on about I can see no way the OB aint gonna demand a section of seats either side of that end be used for segregation. If all this is so I can't see us having any more than 2800 (2400 IF we've sent back 400). So if the OP has any truth in it then I'd say it's almost definitely a case of 'wouldn't' not 'couldn't'.

But dune think about it...all that money you saved by also "refusing" to go to fartton (although you "would have done" if you lived down here and paid £30 for ticket for that sh*thole and NO accessible pubs + £12 for bus) would have paid for a ticket at Donny AND a taxi from the many town centre pubs after a few shandies...just saying like

I was told that they were by a skate last week...obviously just bullsh*tting as usual... http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/South-Coast-Derby-Ticket-Update-2784.aspx

Turkish is just gonna lurve this thread...

Well if you weren't successful in getting our tickets you could always try and get theirs. On general sale for a month and the skates still haven't sold out. Struggling to sell 17,000 to home fans for their biggest game..lucky they didn't build that big potty then.

Ours have so far only shown up on the on the sales history of the one who put the applications in but we're apparently all listed. Have checked but nothing showing on mine. And once again just to keep that warm feeling of having a ticket going...

So if this email received by 'saintinlondon' from the Ticket Office is correct with regards to "thousands of applications" then it's surely over subscribed...and they must have ditched loads?

There were 4 or 5 and tbf I saw one of them arguing with the wurzel steward who told them to go down and stand in the aisle alongside one group of lads but they had a little exchange of opinion as the Saints ones were saying that would cause more antagonising. Guess they have to tow the home club's line in these situations though.

This Brizzol mob in the pub, were they all wearing high-vis orange tops with 'Response Team' on? 'Cos they were well up for it inside the ground and the fat git (head steward) was frothing at the mouth waiting for it to kick-off. Didn't anyone get nicked when it got a bit animated down the front when the ex-skate goalie turned round sticking his fingers up when the second went in?