ericofarabia

what about a variation on The Fair Play League? - at the end of the season half a point for each yellow and a full point for each red knocked off. Stoke would probably be on minus points!!

Another cold icy day, 77/78 promotion season away to Burnley. Atrocious weather meant virtually every game post poned but Burnley's undersoil heating saved our gae. Loads of games in the north postponed only a couple of hours before KO. Arrived on the bingo bus and was surprised to see so many coaches in the away park. Get to the ground to find pockets of Liverpool, Man utd, Newcastle, Chelsea ? and Halifax amongst others in the away section. Sporadic punch ups popping up all over the place, the police had no idea how to segregate so many factions!! Luckily once the game got underway it was quite an absorbing 3-3 which helped reduce the punch ups a bit!! I think there were as many Halifax fans as Saints fans in the away section!! But it was the constant Man U / liverpool / Chelsea taunting of each other that made it a bit edgy.

Wimbledon away in a Midweek Cup match at Plough Lane. Think we won 2-0 with Boyer scoring late 70's. Freezing cold, icy night, loads of space on the away terrace. In an attempt to keep warm people were lighting fires using newspapers, programmes and trash from the catering .. and the police didn't do anything about it!!

This time it has to be official - something to do with MUFC being on the stock market etc.

Harry Redkrap has thrown his name into the hat - reckons he'll be able to keep them up if the chairman gives him enough money to bring in some new faces !!

Lucas JukeBox who went to Boro, Sam Vokes Burnley ? , Drew Surman and Brian Howard - all based on the fact they they support Saints rather than how good they were!!

Admit it - it's the lure of seeing proper Red and white striped shirts isn't it? !!

All in NC's Masterplan - he knew this was going to happen. United will crumble just like Liverpool did. Make way for The New Kids on The Block

Not sure if you are on a wind up, but he is down in Abu Dhabi playing for Al Wahda, who are about mid table. He has scored a few goals for them this season.

Somebody has to I guess .... Michael Owen What are we going to talk about each transfer window now that he's retiring.

Tsk. You know very well he wasn't talking about Pre Season Frendlies !!

Soccer Guy‏@usasoccerguy8h That's suicide soccer right there in the Wigan deefense. Nobody cold execute the danger box evacuation kick, Seaswans lead 3-2.#epl Soccer Guy‏@usasoccerguy8h Tie completion whistle. The jaws of the EPL disaster sector are chomping at Coach Ricky Martinez's ass real hard now. #epl #disastersector Details If you don't do so already, Follow him on Twitter. Great p!ss take, but even funnier at times are people ranting back at him, not realising he is doing it on purpose and it's all a joke.

Share some sheep porn with them. That should win them around.

It's not our hands if he decides not to sign up to stay with us. Hope he will, but who knows what advice he's getting. Presumably he has an agent who may or may not relish getting a wedge from a Chelski signing on fee :-(

Can you imagine any manager being given 5 years to establish himself at a team the with aspirations and size of Man U nowadays..... 5 months more likely.

Not without the aid of his interpreter

I hate being Bi Polar It's fecking awesome!!

You're forgiven!! at least you were closer than all the people who have called me Erico in the past !!

Still pretty p!ss poor - back in the day we'd signed Kevin Keegan in February in preparation for the next season

Bring back The Albion Band FFS Or maybe The Saints Are Coming (Skids version, not U2)

Oi less of the EriK, it's with a C, Mr ToCyo. I was offering a Pub with Real Ale as a part of the package!! I'm a traditionalist and always went to London matches via Waterloo and used The Hole in The Wall as a starting point. Back in the day, trains from Southampton didn't stop at Vauxhall, (do they now?) and I'd rather be changing trains on the tube with the next connection only minutes away, rather than at some souless railway station when god know's when the next train will be arriving. Anyway I'll be supping London Pride in The Barasti Beach Bar, ogling scantilly clad females as a decent distraction, if the match turns to crap.

When are you going to write your memoirs? Little snippets like this snapshot into your past are wonderful, and strikes a cord with me. I remember being devastated to find out that they didn't have any posters of the kitman who used to catch the balls that were bowled out to him on the touchline by Eric Martin at the end of pre match kick arounds at The Dell. The final straw was no trendy designer, Saints logo'd sacks being available. Our marketing people have come on in leaps and bounds since then.

A good starting point could be a few pints in The Hole in The Wall right outside Waterloo. Not going to win any Pub of The Year contests, but very convenient and usually has about 7 Real Ales on the go and does pub grub. I haven't been in there for a few years but I'm pretty sure it won't have changed at all!! Beats the hell out of any more mainstream Plastic London pubs. Certainly worth the effort in my mind before heading off closer to the ground.

Last away game of the season - Fancy Dress, FacePaint, Tinsel and Foam Hands Ahoy