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Looks just a cheap knock-off version of this (which is far better). Red stripe down the sides and no differing shades, trust this is more likely.

I think the official attendance was just under 30,000 but that's because they had to shut the gates as so many were finding ways of getting in without paying and not clicking through the turnstiles, they lost count! I remember it being 'guesstimated' there were probably around 35,000 rammed in with thousands more locked outside. That ramped up even more when they opened the gates towards the end of the match to let people leave which very few did but just allowed many more to pile in. That's why fans were spilling over onto the pitch before the final whistle.

My old man was a docker, as well as my grandad and a couple of uncles, none of them stewards but plenty were. And there was the well known ‘Dockies Gate’. And while the stewards did don white coats back then it was also a thing for fans to for a while, decorated with your club’s colours. Most famous at the Dell for the butchers coat was, unusually, a Millwall fan ‘deaf Tony’ who regularly stood under the Toomers.

Possibly, we were in the crowd surging on from the Lower West. We’d queued from 11:00 in the morning to get in! Kick-off was 7:30pm.

Some great photos on this thread - not my photos but these three are up there. The Milton in all its glory mid-70s, some fan playing the last post as the last few walked out of the Archers for the very last time in 2001 and the 7,000 at the San Siro in 2016

It’s the Germans, they don’t like him. They got history.

Noticed four so far including a 'Normandy Saints'. I think there's around 11,000 England fans out there officially.

Indeed, downtown Southampton was probably a massive culture shock from her Winchester surrounds, Glasgow will knock her socks off!

To be fair, he’s never claimed to be football savvy, he put his trust in people he thought did but acknowledges he got it wrong by now putting Spors in charge of such matters. This has lead to additional, (hopefully) improvements but only time will tell. I’m content with how things currently stand and my optimism has returned.

Some of us like the idea as it reverts back to the traditional colours we had with dark blue shorts for just about the first half of our existence. We only changed to black as they had a problem with the blue shorts fading too quickly in the fifties. It would also make us unique in this country for a team in (mostly) red and white stripes. With quarters 1890-94, halves 1894-96 and then (for over half a century) stripes 1896-1950s.

Yep, entirely agree, that was a great Forest side to watch, Robertson was outstanding - I was lucky enough to watch the likes of Paine and Davies in my early days going to the Dell. Davies got both goals in my first ever evening game in a 2-2 draw with Chelsea (71-72), unfortunately started to fade the following season but vivid memories of him leaping and heading a ball with genuine ferocity.

As most of your previous posts are pretty much on-the-money then I'll take this as just about sealed.

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If it is P&O then blue lettering would be fine if we’re reverting back to our traditional blue shorts at long last. We had blue in our kit long before the “salmon pink” skates.

The photo's legit but from several years ago when he arrived to sign as a player. Rangers and Leicester fans are both fighting NOT to have Russell Martin. "nobody wants me....."

We were buying tickets in the cheap Itchen/Chapel corner section in our last Championship season and the Dancing Man had a bar in the Chapel back then too.

Great first post. Reckon we'll get a few skates signing up on here this season

I’m quite comfortable where we are now going forward. I can make a distinction between Dragan Solak and Sport Republic and reasonably content since he took more control and with those now making the decisions. But if he really wants to sell up then possibly more turbulent times ahead.

Very Eric Cantona-esque...

I'm onboard with this, thought it was going to be Rohl from all the chat but Will Still's approach sounds an improvement on the recent sufferings - on paper at least. For now, my vigour has been reinvigored! But I can never get this little beauty out of my head from Les Reed describing what awaited with Pellegrino "exciting, attacking, high-intensity football"...............

I might tune into Solent on Sunday for the last few minutes of commentary just to hear Adam Blackmore say ”…some people are on the pitch! They think it’s all over! It is now….thank fuck for that!!!”

True. Just had a scoot over there, not happy, some are clinging to a post from a (as suggested) reasonable ITK that it's all bullshit while others are trying to arrange a protest against RM away at Bournemouth this weekend. I can't believe he hasn't learned anything from his PL experience (although, fucking unbelievably, he did confess he'd underestimated the strength and intensity once promoted) enough respected pros have criticised his tactics and inability/will to adapt. If it is him he'd better get off to a good start.

I’ve just listened to the Total Saints Podcast and they were suggesting it may be shown on Sky.

Spurs v Man Utd…mmm…could they both lose? That would be best.