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Saints v Utd in the FA Cup 3rd round (under the dutch duo)...For some reason the Northam started singing You'll never walk alone in reference to Liverpool being top of the league at the time. United fans responded with 'Who the f*** do you support? and that ended that!

Have a look at the pitch at Swansea or Cardiff...Rugby and football played on both and the pitch is absolutely fantastic! Gloucester (my local rugby team - I am a season ticket holder) is currently 16,500 capacity and there may be some expansion in the next few years to make it 18 - 20K. SMS is actually bigger than Cov's ground too which is being used as well.

Newcastle, Everton or Aldershot at home please.... Other than that one of Arsenal, Liverpool, Utd, Citeh, Chelsea away - No lose situation!

My Dad told me a story about Bolton in the early 1960's. Young lad playing for Preston (I think) nutmegged one of the Bolton fullbacks, Roy Hartle. Hartle wasn't too happy about this and the next time the young winger got the ball he ended up in the Burnden Park ditch... ...AL would have had his head kicked off!!!

The question that needs to be asked of the rest of the league...Can you keep up?

As a season ticket holder at Gloucester Rugby I would say that rugby refs very rarely make mistakes, but they do miss a lot. This isn't reallh suprising considering the amount that is going on, also there is a certain element of individual interpretation that simply doesn't apply in football. If the respect campaign was enforced on the top players, coaches and supporters in the way that it is enforced on the grass roots levels it would be a success. If a ref sent off Rooney, Ferdinand, Cole, Terry or Lampard for swearing at them and this was done consistently the game would change very quickly. As it is, children still see the stars acting like children and getting away with it so nothing changes.

After running for the 21:54 train back to Gloucester I wasn't really in a fit state to put down my thoughts last night... I felt that we always had control of the game, although there were a few nervous moments towards the end - mainly due to Saints giving the ball away. Lallana looked awesome for much of the game but did tire and was suprised that NA didn't take him off. Jack Cork is absolute class, my first opportunity to watch him and I was impressed with his poise on the ball and his ability to disrupt and stop attacks. Forte did ok, not really his best position - seemed happier playing of the shoulder of the last defender rather than holding up the ball. Spiderman linked the play well and was unlucky not to score, only a last ditch block preventing it. Bart was good, not alot to do - the freekick was in as soon as it left the blokes boot. Distribution was patchy but when Lambert came on that improved dramatically. Holmes was outstanding, always worried their left back and contributed to two of the goals. Glad to see him have a good game after such a bad time with injuries etc...NA obviously rates him. Martin and Seabourne looked good to me, complemented each other (if one ballsed up, the other was there to help out...some very good blocks etc). Frazer played well - would like to see him overlap more. Harding tried hard and did look good at times, but too often gave the ball away cheapley. Guly was brilliant at times, then awful the next minute. He suffered from not having Connolly or Lambert up top as Forte's running and movement was as good. Support for a Carling Cup game on a Tuesday night was good, always makes me laugh when people on here have a go saying "All people wanted to do is watch the match" etc - Well yeah, I do actually. There was lots of noise throughout, some good songs "We're taking the p***, We are Southampton we're taking the p***" was very loud. Finally special mention to the middle aged bloke (A swindon fan) who helped out a young saints lad (16/17) who was cornered by about 5 swindon chavs at the train station. Missed it by a couple of minutes - but they were intent on causing some harm to him before a local Swindon supporter stepped in.

I've been thinking of chants for Mr Di Canio....best I could come up with was "You're just a s*** Mussolini, S*** MUSSOLINI!" Just a thought...

It is due after tonights game

End of the game in Playoff year the Leeds fans got a little upset and started throwing bottles and seats at the Northam. It all started after a tannoy announcement giving the Hull v Cardiff score which coupled with our win meant we moved into the playoffs, but also effectively relegating Leeds. Huge cheer and the northern monkeys though we were taking the p..cue seats and bottles.

Living and working in Gloucester. I am in an office with 4 Saints fans (including myself)...out of a staff of 80! In GLOUCESTER! Strangest place I have ever met a Saints fan was at the NY Mets v Houston Astro's baseball at Shea back in 2007. Talking to the wife and the Hispanic fella in front turns round and asks if we were English. Brief conversation about what we were doing here, ends up talking about football. I ask him who he follows and to my suprise and my wife's horror - Saints! He picked them years and years ago (back in early 80's, Keegan and Ball era) and followed them ever since. His kids were all Saints fans and he even went to a game in about 1996 (We drew 0-0), he absolutely loved it. The Yanks all around us were highly amused and we both ended up converting a few to the cause!

Golden post of the summer

Ricky Lambert, Southampton's goal machine! De Ridder to Lambert - Definately got a ring about that...

Eddy Merckx, Rene Magritte, Audrey Hepburn

So was I, my Liverpool supporting best mate was not amused when I spilt my drink/hugged him like a crazed maniac. That was my favourite goal from that season, if only because it caused my Ex-GF, her Dad, her sister and her sister's lesbian lover to leave the ground early - and got the full 'We can see you sneaking out" treatment with everyone pointing and waving. American's call it closure I think - thanks Morgs!

Sheffield Utd....Hmmm! Interesting that the Thai bloke was putting his daughter in the front. Where have we seen that before?

I have just been winding a few of them up on the facebook page - I almost feel sorry for them...then again!

Madejski not dancing around anymore.... Loving this, went to Swansea Uni - I was there at the Hull City game back in 2003, incredible achievement! They are my 'second team' after Saints so it will be weird seeing them in the Premiership and us in the Championship

Nice to see Arsenal losing again! Blackpool and Wigan to go, unless something really stupid happens at Spurs...

I agree. HMRC tried to an emotional argument which was the worst way to go about it. If they had argued on a purely financial basis, HMRC would have won. I reckon Chinny will try the 'we need the takeover to happen or the club will fold' trick again... I don't think it will work again though!

Liam Feeney = Leon Best

Thank the lord Saints aren't involved in this. I have never experienced a greater shift in emotion as I did during and after THAT game at Pride Park...Rasiak goal was my greatest moment as a Saints fan...all the passion I have for this club unleashed in a single moment - Then to lose on penalties (which we haven't done again since by the way!) was absolutely horrible. So much worse than England, sat in a pub in Swansea close to tears and having Swansea City fans coming up to me and trying to console me...got a lot of free drinks that night! I have changed my mind about who I want to win this...Bournemouth (just) and hope that Huddersfield go up as Champions next year...

Not 'just' back from the game, but as I was knackered last night I thought I would wait till this morning. I thought we did play well, but as soon as their keeper made the wonder save from Fonte in the 2nd half you had the feeling it was going to be 'one of those nights'. Losing Morgan in the first 10 minutes had a huge effect on the shape of the side. Harding/Lallana and RL all linked well on the left, but Butterfield didn't really have anyone to feed to on the right. N'Guessan (who reminds me of Antonio, in that I don't think even he is sure what he is doing when he gets the ball) worked hard but I am not sure he really grasped what position he was playing. The whole side seemed to be off balance, most of the play was down on the left which meant that Walsall just packed that side. When we switched it to the right we looked dangerous but we didn't do it enough. Macken took his goal well and their keeper (although a fatboy) was like Gordon Banks...One of those games that we battered them but wouldn't have scored if we had played for another 90 minutes. It's not the end of the world but it does put more pressure on the Bompey and Charlton games.

To be honest there is no need for an expansion for the RWC in 2015. Most likely St Mary's will get two or three games at best, probably hosting Scotland/Argentina or Fiji. The IRB and RFU will look to sell out the ground with an attractive fixture but won't give us any of the big five. The smallest ground will be Kingsholm in Gloucester which will hold 18-20K in 2015.

The Champagne is getting ready to pop at my house....here we go people!!!