Football Special

Going to be Tuesday 14th April. Feels like we'll be playing home midweek games every week in the run in

I doubt it as they wouldnt let Forest have more last year. I was at Man City v Forest semi final last season in corporate, a good 3 or 4000 empty seats in the City end upper tier and that was with any city fan with purchase history being able to buy up to 4 each. I think we'll only just sell our allocation anyway, times are hard and prices are ridiculous to be honest.

I believe Saints have it registered as our "FA Cup kit" so our first choice kit to wear, if drawn as home side we'd wear it as default, if drawn as away then just depends on opposition. No doubt another boom in sales for the Chinese retailers. Always seems to happen to Saints, 2017 wore a white shirt in final that was never on sale to fans, we rarely wear red and white stripes at Wembley

Draw this evening after West Ham vs Leeds Saints are ball number 1. As usual trains are a mess, looks like engineering works in Basingstoke- Woking area, diversion from Southampton via Havant, frustrating. Last season semi final allocations for each team were 36,230 , should be plenty to go around.

Thanks, very harsh on Manning

I agree, his finishing isn't great especially one on ones

Is it possible to watch the whole game again on iplayer? Can't find it, would like to hear that

I had three messages from mates who support various clubs saying congrats, what a win etc but also what a player that Scienza looks, definitely raised his profile

Is Manning suspended for the semi final?

From what I hear, Stephens and Welington should be available if Tonda wants more fresh legs , no one will want a rest though I think this will be like WBA after Fulham away, could struggle a bit, prediction 1-1

Adrenaline pumping, fans the same, many were still singing in the stadium and outside long after final whistle, wouldn't surprise me if some are still there now

Last night is definitely up there as one of the best nights at St Mary's, I was Itchen Centre for a change and atmosphere was even good around there plenty giving loud vocal support, the bounce from the Northam end when the winning goal went in , beautiful to see. Can't believe what a turnaround it's been, from Nathan Wood telling us to fuck off to now a real sense of unity and such a feelgood factor running throughout the club, fanbase and team buzzing for a trip to Wembley again, can't stop watching the highlights YELLOWS

I was talking about Bragg but sure Loch Ness Drogba can go as well

2018 we were really struggling and everyone had been year before in league cup final, think even Chelsea struggled to sell their end. Some of us managed to go in 2021 as well in strange circumstances More feelgood factor this time but tickets are expensive so should be enough to go round

Scotland surely will consider taking him to the World Cup

I'd say we're weaker than at Fulham, unfortunately probably a 1-3 defeat

No unfortunately not as St Mary's capacity has reduced over the years with seats being removed for requirements for subs benches / tv + VAR cameras , we used to be able to get 32k (record is Coventry at home i think) , now we can only fit just over 31k. Will be interesting to see how much segregation they leave in Kingsland Centre. I think all hospitality packages are sold now so should be 31k there tonight, im hoping we enjoy the game without too many reminders of why we don't really want to get promoted (VAR, half and half scarf fans, big club bias refs etc)

Im not sure if they'll be harder, Wrexham will be bang up for the game on Tuesday and a real shame to see Keifer Moore is already back for them. Eustace is an excellent manager at this level and has done very well at Derby. We could do with Stoke (and our Gav) giving them a good game on Monday and hopefully hold them to a draw. Its a massive week and with everyone else playing again on Monday we'll have a clearer picture. Monday games of interest: Ipswich v Birmingham- expect a home win and i think 2nd place is where Ipswich will finish. Millwall v Norwich- interesting game , this Norwich side look capable of giving them a good test. Derby v Stoke - predict 1-0 Derby, BBD goal from edge of box past a diving Bazunu Swansea v Middlesbrough- four games without a win for Middlesbrough, pressure starting to show? Hull v Coventry- could do with Cov digging in and getting a result here, they looked off the pace vs Derby last night

Don't over think it, whatever will be will be, no fomo for me just looking forward to the Arsenal game

Im convinced a Ben Brereton Diaz goal will deprive us of a play off spot this season

You can be sure Preston away will as well, big allocation and very early start for a lunchtime kick off 250 miles away

Thanks, I read Coventry were given a couple of hundred more on top of normal allocation recently so reckon we've got the same, will be just short of 2700 , I like having whole end behind the goal rather than being stuck in a corner. Lots of good memories going to Swansea over the years , especially the 1-0 Gabbiadini relegation decider

Crazy prices and it's even more than that now via Reading, were the blue seats on the ticket plan for "Family" purchases? I couldn't work that out but good prices for anyone going with a kid

Not sure if that new outer block is in addition to the original allocation, im sure it wasn't on there when I booked. Nice to have a decent size allocation for our final Saturday 3pm away day, go on sale to any season ticket holders later today so good chance for non away regulars to get a ticket. Trains are a bit of a mess unfortunately, cheapest route is Southampton to Cardiff via Salisbury but that has rail replacement buses as far as Salisbury, alternative route via Reading is a lot more expensive.

Some big games today: Middlesbrough v Millwall Oxford v Hull City West Brom v Wrexham Coventry v Derby