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19 hours ago, hypochondriac said:

The fakes are pretty good I reckon! 

I got my home shirt from Dhgate before they even officially announced what is was.  It arrived without the sponsorship though which actually I don't mind.  The sizes are always right for me.  Same as the official shirt.  Nowadays chinese fakes dont seem to come up small like they used to.  I think I'll wait until the black 3rd kit gets announced and then get that on Dhgate

11 hours ago, Football Special said:

If the quality of these is as good as the real thing I can  see huge numbers abandoning the official club shop, paid an absolute fortune for my kids last season and the greedy bastards at the club have even removed the season ticket holder discount now, got to be worth trying this 

They get better each year.  The real thing generally has a slight elastic stretchable feel to it compared to the fake and is generally slightly thicker.   I wouldn't go for numbers and names on the back as they can peel off after a while.  That said that only happens once the shirt's out of date anyway.  Always go for a 30 degree wash or lower  

14 hours ago, InvictaSaint said:

I’m still trying to work out why DHgate says it won’t deliver to my location (UK). Have I missed something?! 🤷‍♂️

You always get that before you log in and state your address as UK.  Create an account, log in and then in the top right (assuming your using a  browser rather than phone) change the ShipTo, Language and Currency

On 26/06/2025 at 11:35, Saint_clark said:

Bizarrely mine has turned up from DHGate before it's even been officially released - and with no sponsor to boot! 

 

Interesting.  I'm expecting mine any day.  It was less than £9.50 including delivery so not expecting much

For comedy value I'm getting that shirt.  But it will be from DHgate for £10

On 05/07/2024 at 00:20, St. Neil said:

It's like the dodgy listing is even predicting all the returning signings as well. Anyone brave enough to take a punt even with a 4 month delivery date?

That's DHgate.  I messaged one of their suppliers asking if it's actually been produced.  They said no it's in production.  So basically they're advertising something that they think might be the new kit but not making it yet.

On 08/06/2024 at 20:03, Pamplemousse said:

The best kit we've had in this century IMO is the 2009-2011 Umbro kit. 

You mean 2008 to 2010

Interesting opinions from Prutton.  I didn't realize RM played for their manager under Norwich, or at least I forgot.

That's a massive advantage for us in my opinion and probably goes a long way as to why we did the double over them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE38MwyWp44

I know it's tempting fate but does anyone know what time the final kicks off at should we get there.  I know it's 26/5 but I cant find what time it is.  Still says TBA on https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13120822/efl-play-offs-fixtures-dates-and-schedule-for-championship-league-one-and-league-two

15 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

Have we just accidently won a game - certainly two very lucky goals.

Palace had more possession, 8 corners to our 1, 13shots to our 6... and we committed twice their number of fouls. Talk about winning whilst playing shite.

Twice as many shots on target than they did to be fair

Chris Waddle.  Saints v Tottenham.  It was in the 88/89 season about February I think.  Muddiest pitch ever.

Weirdly I just saw a tweet that said he'd signed in a club record deal for the Saints.  It's now gone off my phone and nowhere else to be seen on tinternet

Remember that dreadful show during the 2002/2003 season, called 'The Club' about the Saints.  It was only shown in the South region and was hilarious.  I remember they dedicated about 15 minutes to Matt Oakley's tropical fish collection.

and who remembers that young female Saints fan in the very early 80's on Jim'll fixit it getting her wishes to meet all the players (Keegan etc) and be a mascot

Played for Saints when I became a fan in 81.  Legend.

On 19/07/2022 at 12:31, Turkish said:

when are they sending the new kit out?

29th

Two things that really annoy me.

1. A replica kit means a lot to a child and children can't wear a shirt with the same sponsor due to our choice of sponsor.  I know it's only the sponsor and the rest is the same but kids want to wear exactly the same outfit as their heros.

2. The optimal time for wearing a shirt apart from to games is in the summer.  Given the shirts only last a year, the shirt is old hat by the time the season ends.  People want to wear the shirt in the summer months preceding the season and they can only do so from the beginning of August.  Surely, release it in May after the season has ended.

I know it's only a shirt but it means a lot to a lot of people otherwise it wouldnt sell for that price.

1 hour ago, nta786 said:

I like the kit but when did kits become £55 rather than £50?

Also 29th July is a long time to wait until you receive your kit 

 

I bet you'll be able to buy it on DHgate and have it delivered before then and all for £15.  The club are encouraging this by making us wait so long

21 hours ago, Pilchards said:

If you are interested in getting these full kits for only £35 for Adults and £30 for Children then become a member of this group.

These are the real shirts which they order for you, They will order a bulk of Saints shirts straight away I believe.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2247562552063445/?ref=share

How do they get them that cheap ?  You sure they don't get them from Dhgate or something ?

2 hours ago, FarehamSaintJames said:

Nice to see the club dragging out the kit launch until they've finished editing some pointless two minute video for its release; rather than actually releasing it early and trying to capitalise on some sales.

It's also a World Cup year, will a lot of fans be buying internationals shirts this year? In all truth probably not. But then again I haven't bought a football shirt for maybe twenty years. Waste of money.

Then again maybe I'm just old. 🙂 I've never understood why clubs take ages to drag out kit launches. Just do it once the season ends. Presumably kit manufacturers have been on this for the past year? Just seems the Southampton Way to delay it until July and then not actually make them available to buy until mid-October once all the faults have been ironed out 🤣

Really winds me up how they make us wait months.  Given it's a new shirt every year, the prime time for wearing a new football shirt is the summer before the season starts.  The following summer, the shirt is old hat.

I have 1 x ticket spare if anyone want's it.  Just want face value of £70.  Kingland Block 30 Row C hence the £70.  PM me if interested.

Man City are pure filth.

When was the last time City fell behind in a match ?

Maybe a mob will come along, throw it in the Solent and erect a statue of MLT instead

I remember back in 2009 when we went into administration, we tried to avoid the points deduction by saying it wasn't Saints that went into administration; it was the holding company Southampton Leisure holdings.  The football league were having none of it because a few years earlier, none other than Derby County had escaped the points deduction in exactly this way.  Have I got this right ?  

On 09/07/2021 at 10:19, Antrimsaint said:

Just ordered mine off your recommendation. I ordered an xl. I am rather rotund. How was the sizing for you.

Havent bought a shirt since the 2010 season cos of the prices but thought I’d  give this a go.

I ordered L and got a L. Sizes seem right.  Just ordered the full 3rd kit for myself for £16 😊