Kenilworthy1959

It might be that people had poor experiences of the previous schemes. I signed up for the one at the Ordnance Survey in 2003/4 and it was so appalling I stopped using halfway through the season even though I had paid for it. We frequently got drivers who didn't know the way back after the game, a couple of times I had to direct them. And the buses used to get stuck in gridlock. Sometimes it was two hours after the final whistle before I got back to my car. With a two hour drive after that it just wasn't appealing. And it didn't operate for evening games.

Bolton had plenty of chances. A few shots were blocked by our players and one great save by Peretz. They could easily have won.

Anyone is an upgrade on Mings

Yes after the war my uncles used to cycle from Southampton to Fratton Park to watch Division One games. That's why the oldest programme in my collection is from Portsmouth v Chelsea in 1946.

Was this the first red card in this fixture?

While the idea of perpetually being a shark in the EFL pool of little fish seems enticing it is not sustainable. I can't think of a single club that is run successfully on the lines of being competitive, but not too competitive in the Championship. It is a division you eventually leave in one direction or the other. Within two seasons of not going up we would be stripped of any player of quality with only home defeats to Preston to look forward to. And while I loathe the EPL, Hull and Ipswich are showing that it is possible to give it a decent go. The other factor is that paradoxically, it is cheaper to be an away fan thanks to the price-cap that scandalously we don't have in the Championship.

I spoke to a couple of older City supporters a couple of days ago. They show no remorse at all. They say "that if City hadn't done it they wouldn't have seen them win all the trophies they enjoyed"

Fines and compensation will not hurt City. They are backed by a family worth a trillion dollars. They can cough up a couple of billion without blinking. Expulsion is the only thing that will hurt them. And they should go into League 2.

Its not hard if the system works. But why have a Saints ticket app designed to handle away tickets and then not be able to use it?

It's nonsense that we have yet another method of ticket delivery as they won't be available in the Saints app, you get a link to download them to your mobile.

Played an important role in avoiding relegation in 2005/6.

Blocking is I think what used to be obstruction but it never seems to be given nowadays

It can't be good for THB to see the dreadful Mings picked ahead of him.

One of Mr Dean's very worst decisions was away at Watford in April 2019 (the Shane Long game). Right at the very end Redmond was heading through on goal when he was tripped by a Watford player who had already been booked. Dean had his whistle in his mouth to blow for the foul. Realised he would have to show a red card and then waved play on.

If Larin continues his current form we will face serious interest from PL clubs come January.

That must be the clear winner. Just slightly before my time. I didn't start going until 1969.

I am wondering if this is our biggest ever win after going behind? And ideas?

If we have to give Derby £2.5m to take him its worth it

He probably has one eye on the move at least

If they include Mings I would want another £5 million. One of the main factors in Villa's improvement in recent seasons is that he wasn't available

With a two match ban for a West Brom forward for handling the ball into the net it looks like the era for over the top punishments is well established. It is not even clear that it was intentional. Will Norwich get a ban for their goal against us last season?

Southampton the Complete History of the Club published in 1979 signed by the author Peter East. And a signed copy of Lawrie McMenemy's diary of a season also published in 1979. And in the attic my wooden seat from row Q of the West Stand plus lot of copies of the newspaper that Saints used to publish just before the start of each season.

A team that is likely to be at the top of League One - like Leicester would be a more realistic test

I can't believe the preseason is over and we haven't played a team remotely like the opposition we are going to face in the EFL

They are very well done. Would like to see the home with nay blue shorts and socks