Wurzel

Said it loads of times and I'll say it again - if you want to get the whole ground joining in it has to be a SONG, not a chant. Spot the connection with the following (in no particular order) OWTSGMI (Spurs stylee) Delilah (Stoke) Blue Moon (Man City) I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles (West Ham) Goodnight Irene ( Brizzle Rovers) Blaydon Races (Toon Army) Pick any one from about 50 (ManUre Away) You'll Never Walk Alone (Liverpool / Celtic) too name just a few. The words don't matter they are all SUNG to established tunes AT THE CORRECT SPEED. It gives the whole ground chance to join in, it's not already over by the time the other end of the ground has worked out what it is. SONGS have long notes and harmonies that again create atmosphere - chants don't. When a SONG is SUNG properly at a ground it's easier to join in than it is to ignore it. The nearest SMS ever comes to the Whole ground singing is "It's All Southampton", because of the reasons above. More often than not the away fans also join in with it, obviously replacing the team name. So if you want atmosphere stop chanting, start singing , and shoot the guys in the back row that bang the boards

I was trying to be subtle, maybe I should just state the bleedin' obvious - because of the bit in bold !

Err, I really think it's best if you don't.

Did anyone EVER have a Bar 6 from anywhere other than the vending machine at the Swimming Baths. ?

LoL I remember you and your mate quite clearly then - you 2 my mate and me (I am the one cut in half far right on the photo) were possibly the only kids on the coach. I can still hear OWTSGMI being played on the banjos in my head to this day. I remember on the way home filling a sleeping drunk guy on the back seats pockets with chicken bones and ****ing ourselves as he was dropped off in Shirley and staggered across the road finding them in every pocket as he searched for his keys I must have got confused with the photos then - being next door to the Echo Office, they took photos of the Running Horse crowd for both the semi and the final. That explains why I couldn't find it when I went over Central Library and searched the Echo Archives for May 1st then :-? I best add an edit to the blog entry now LoL

You know when you've hit the bottom. It's when Mrs Pilchards screams "No, not there" ;-)

You mean this photo on HERE ?!?!? Thought that was before the final, I went to both with the RH so I could be wrong . Think the pub is long gone, it would have been where West Quay now is.

Mummy and Daddy's book-shop comes in useful at last then. ;-)

I was once told that this was one of many government issue prefabricated pubs quickly erected on bomb sites during or after the war to help keep up moral. No idea if it's true.

Why do the words Nineteen Canteen spring to mind?

Chavs? That was me and Mrs Wurzel as you well know. (Didn't do me any good though she still had the bad back). Seeing as the club is into making all these changes at the moment please can they sort an under-18s only section ( somewhere the other side of the railway would be good). I now know why songs from the Northam are 2 octaves higher than the old Itchen corner used to be .

Me too. Not only that I missed it at the game as well. First time I'd ever gone for a **** during the match, took another 24 years before I'd do it again (by which time I just knew there was nothing to miss).

Live in play is the section that you can bet on matches in play Live Streaming is the live video action that they show. They don't have rights to show English games here so if you have a UK IP you won't see it

Not a scam but you won't see it if you're in the UK.

I can not believe how the total attitude of the club has changed in such a short time since the takeover. Everything that was wiped away over the last 10 years or so restored in 4 short minutes. Amazing and emotional (btw was the music on the the original or dubbed on by the you-tuber?)

I believe that they got there but I also reckon that a lot of the photos and/or recordings were faked back ups just in case things didn't turn out as planned. Reference to the above, the dual light source makes sense but look at the horizons, behind the astronaut and in the reflection. Makes the moon look about a mile across at best.

Great choice - we are definitely starting to feel like a Football Club again I Only have one concern - just texting the news to Mrs W and his surname comes up as "raped" in my predictive text ?!?

Is there anyway to increase upload speed? or is that down to the IP?

Big **** does That's what I was getting at. Could an adult only get a ticket in the FE before or is it always only if accompanied by a child?

Are you all missing this? http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~1718626,00.html

So is a billion a thousand million or a million million? Who cares !

Hello, Hello Southampton are back Southampton are back

Solent: ALL issues betwen andmin/club/FL/ and buyer resolved. Contracts being drawn up for signature :-)

Our new pre-match tune could do with a bit of a remix http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ga_m4OD_7A

Can't be arsed to look but do I also recall that Ken Tointon was placed onto the board of SFC Ltd at the request and/or advice of Begbies Traynor?