Matthew Le God

I'm sure you could make a slight tweak so that it isn't by putting more of the load on the new foundations if needed.

I know some of them are old, my point was these clubs you listing have been considering expansion. Cortese has big plans as shown by the £15 million spent on Staplewood. They aren't looking to wallow in the bottom half of the Premier League or Stapelowood wouldn't be improved on such a scale. They also didn't wait for Premier League football to announce the Staplewood plan, so I don't see why they would need to wait for a stadium expansion. I think it does. It shows a club one place above Saints in the Championship who are averaging 7,000 less than Saints whilst in a similar league position are looking to expand to 38,000. It also shows a timeframe of how a development may take place.

Where did your "three times the 2001 to 2005 price" come from? If I were to guess, I'd say the highest price for an adult, non-corporate ticket at St Mary's next season will be around £40 - £42 and the lowest between £28 - £30. That is a long way from "threes times the 2001 - 2005 price"!

On what do you base that? Cheapest and most expensive ticket this season at each stadium in the Premier League...

Stop making this too easy...! Norwich board members have talked of plans to expand to 35,000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/9418837.stm Old Trafford is already 75k and one of the biggest stadiums in Europe. They have in the past talked of raising it to 90k+, but given the club debt and ownership it probably won't happen. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2012/02/20/liberty-stadium-extension-under-discussion-with-swansea-council-91466-30368776/ http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2007/apr/03/newsstory.sport3

11:00am on 26 April 2012 at The Victory Lounge, Fratton Park http://www.pkf.co.uk/web/pkf.nsf/82D34E3438E9E594802579DC0052E1E9/$file/pkfjaproposals.pdf

Might not even matter, as the new weight wouldn't be on the original foundations if done like this...

I am fully aware of that, but John Madjeski was the owner when they submitted the prosals of 38,000 in 2006 and recieved planning permission. Such as?

Cortese has already stated that they have been planning in this area and it just so happens that 14,000 extra seats takes St Mary's to around the size Cortese has spoken of.

Every season in the Premier League Southampton averaged over 30,000 at St Mary's, including the year we came 20th and were relegated. Imagine if the team was actually any good to watch!

I expect Southampton to announce either an expansion of St Mary's or a relocation to a new stadium relatively soon. "I wouldn't exclude the possibility we would build a complete new stadium somewhere else" - words of Nicola Cortese An interview on 13th March 2010, from 36:00 Cortese is asked about the stadium... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/8565914.stm For him to say that, they clearly have HUGE plans for Saints, be it expanding St Mary's or building a new stadium at a huge cost. A new stadium would have to be a lot bigger than 32k to justify moving. A number of Saints fans are underestimating just what the Liebherr/Cortese plan is for this club. ............................. Reading in 2006 put in a planning application to extend their stadium by 14,000 seats to 38,000. Proposal document... http://www.readingfc.co.uk/staticFiles/e/a2/0,,10306~41486,00.pdf (an interesting read I think) The planning application was accepted but they shelved the idea because they were relegated. Their potential new owner Anton Zingarevich has stated since they have now been promoted again that... "If we stay up after the first year then we will upgrade the stadium". http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17753759 So they will likely use the plans that already have been granted planning permission. These plans have a deadline of November 2013 and construction must start by then. What Reading and possibly Saints might expect to see... Design of the Madjeski development ("similar" to be done at St Mary's?) Unlike Wolves who are currently knocking down Molineux and starting again, Reading will extend the current stadium and Saints will likely do similar. Schedule for the original Reading plan As you can see it is relatively quick. Stages of development at the Madjeski Stadium Reading - Reading average attendance in Championship 19,028 - 14,000 more seats on a 24,000 capacity stadium - 38,000 capacity in the Premier League Southampton - Southampton average attendance in Championship 26,149 - 14,000 more seats on a 32,000 capacity stadium - 46,000 capacity in the Premier League (similar to the size Cortese has spoken of wanting at the fans dinners) Cortese/Liebherr estate have already shown their ambition and resources to back up those ambitions with a £15 million development at Staplewood training ground and going for category 1 academy status under the EPPP. Expanding St Mary's is the next step and will need to be done in order for the club to progress to the levels Cortese has set his sights on. Every season in the Premier League at St Mary's averaged over 30,000 so it is clearly too small as it currently stands. Southampton won't be able to do any major work during the summer of 2015 as it hosting Rugby World Cup games. So given the planning application length and the length of construction we might see work over 2013 and 2014 perhaps?

Who cares? Up is up!

He will be too old to play for the academy.

It is not just Cardiff that Middlesbrough can catch. Blackpool and Birmingham wins would also be required before Saints kickoff to ensure Middlesbrough have nothing to play for.

Saints could be promoted before West Ham next kick a ball. Saints play on Saturday, West Ham play on Monday night.

I think he has 3 goals in 3 games for Saints against Peterborough United so far...

The decision over which game to show would have been made quite a while ago. Leicester looked like they might have a chance of making the playoffs, unlikely now, but they aren't going to switch the game they decided on because Leicester look unlikely to go up now.

Fratton Park isn't in her constituency boundaries.

No TV coverage, the Championship game chosen for foreign TV tonight is Leicester City vs Burnley.

3,389 were sold in advance according to Peterborough press officer on Twitter. So around 600 left to buy today.

Peterborough haven't had a 0-0 in a league game for 118 matches!

It helps Alpine sleep better at night to think he has let it all out like his therapist told him to do so?

Only because someone in the media asked if he had an operation, which wasn't true. Who asked Adkins about Schneiderlin? Adkins can't answer questions if he isn't asked them.

Why? Adkins releases very little in the way of injury information good or bad about most players in order to keep the opposition guessing. A very sensible strategy tbh, and one I thought you might have noticed given he has been in charge a long time now.

1948/49 But even then, what bearing does a season 63 years ago have on the Southampton team of today? Most of the current team's fathers weren't alive then, let alone the players. It is completely irrelevant, as is the playoff failure in 2006/07.