TheAlehouseBrawlers

We can have up to 7,000 for Blackburn…why couldn’t they be down south 🥴

I’m a bit amazed anyone is really surprised that there’s still availability tickets for some our next 4 aways. All up north, 2 midweek and all fairly big allocations, fans doing them all will clock up 1,200 miles on the road over a couple of weeks. Some fans just prefer closer fixtures that inevitably sell out fast but mostly miss out. No rocket science.

You’re right, the city boundaries stretch out roughly west to east from Redbridge, Millbrook, Lordshill, Bassett, Swaythling, Townhill Park, Midanbury, Harefield, Thornhill, Hightown, Sholing, Woolston to Weston and everything in between to the city centre. There’s your 250k. But every city has a metropolitan area that immediately doubles it. The ‘City of London’ has a population of only 8,500, ‘Central’ London is a couple of million, Greater London (Metropolitan area) around 9m. I think Southampton’s ‘city’ population is expected to rise to around 300k by 2040.

I assumed this would certainly be attempted but the OB are going to need some convincing unless they’re bringing the skate coaches in over the Itchen Bridge. Even then they may put measures in place to prevent it. We’ll be getting the same when we go down there in the reverse fixture so…carry on.

There is speculation in Ipswich that he could be heading their way. But they do seem to be linked with him every transfer window.

I agree, you would expect things to start falling into place September onwards but I'd still have preferred to be playing the skates a one or two weeks later once the new boys had a couple of games under their belts. We'll likely be far more affected with absentees over the international break, if everyone was around then a couple of clear weeks on the training ground would be ideal but by the time the skates come around we'll still be a bit raw, they'll be settled. Not an ideal fixture for newbies. Happy to have my concerns blown out the water.

FFS, gazumped by f’kin Watford……….

...and looks like the Ticket Exchange may have opened as limited tickets available here https://tickets.southamptonfc.com/selection/event/seat?perfId=10228791642378&ot=0&gtmStepTracking=true Edit: also now confirming sold out and details for ticket exchange/ticket transfer https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/news/article/portsmouth-h-ticket-exchange-and-ticket-transfer-update

Yep, David Armstrong, great player for us and Boro - poignant to note that it was 3 years ago last Friday that he passed away. If we get a return from Azaz to a similar level then we've done well.

I’m still a bit pissed after being there when they stuck 7 past us and the OB held us back in extra time making us miss the last train back from Waterloo. Payback time………eventually

Just tuned in, looks like we're doing good in East...ahem...Anglia...

Back in the day their mob was known as the Naughty Forty, it’s more Squirty Thirty these days.

Started out at Royston Vasey FC...his mum and dad are so proud

He'll be aware that we may well have £100m burning a hole in our pocket shortly if we get what we want for Dibling and Fernandes so holding out for a little personal incentive to make the deal happen.

As of today there are 600 tickets left for the skates, 1200 home seats left for Stoke on Saturday and just 18 left for the cup game away at Norwich. Don't thank me.......