Trevor in Vancouver

Dad was born and bred in Totton and hardly missed a Saints match. His father lifted him over the turnstiles, where they would always find their way into the west stand at the Dell. He emigrated to Vancouver in 1967, married my Mum, and I came along shortly after. But Dad got homesick and, in 1974, moved the family (Mum had 2 kids from a previous marriage) back to England and found a place on Mill road, Millbrook. My first Saints memory is of course 1 May, 1976, and I was hooked for life on that day. However our stay in England was a short one. Mum hated it there, and threatened to leave my Dad if we didn't come back to Canada. Before we left though, Dad bought us kids all sorts of Saints memorabilia - to this day I still have my 2 inch-high plastic F.A. cup sitting on top of my TV! Of course following English football was not an easy thing back then, but I did my best, always checking the scores on Sunday morning in the local paper. Though I do vaguely remember seeing a match sometime in the very early '80's when Saints played Liverpool, and we had a Yugoslavian goalkeeper (Katilinic?) who played an absolute blinder and we stole the game 1-0. My parents split up and Dad returned to England and remarried, now living in semi-retirement in Portchester. I get over ever couple of years and Dad and I always get out to see Saints. The first Saints game I ever attended though was a good one. Late February 1990 vs. Norwich, where our #7 score 3 times that afternoon, 2 of which were of a quality of which I doubt I will ever see again. I remember coming back to Vancouver and swearing to my friends that God was a footballer and he played for Southampton! I'm a bit of a weirdo here, wearing my Saints jerseys, while everyone is of course wearing Man U., Chelsea, Real Madrid, etc. But I'm immensely proud of my heritage, and would never ever dream of "going glory".

When you're driving in your Chevy and you're pants are gettin' heavy............

Garrincha. Better than most previously listed here.

If ever there was a thread that needed a contribution from Deppo, this is it.

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I'm happy.

Well done - great vid!!

I could hardly understand a word of Poyet's interview. Can someone please translate it from Pr!ck to English for me? Much appreciated.

We're the Vancouver over 'ere. COYS

Well, that was fun.

Well done Saints. Not the prettiest display I've ever seen, but there was never any doubt as to who the eventual winner of this match would be. Great day for football. Wake up and watch Saints win on the internet, then go down the road and watch the Vancouver Whitecaps play their first game in the MLS. Great atmosphere, and good to see the Whitecaps fully deserving of their 4-2 win against rivals Toronto F.C. (Canada's Pompey equivalent!)

Anyone worried that we won't get a result today needn't worry anymore. I'm in town and going to the next 4 games, and every game I've ever attended Saints have won. Looking forward to today, it's been 3 years since I've been to St. Mary's. COYS!!

China?

Sorry, this was supposed to be a response to Dark Munster's post #31. However I am a computer gimp.

Atta boy!

If true, hope he's better than the last Canadian to play for Saints. Jim Brennan.

IMO, all this talk of "British" and "American" is completely missing the point. This is all about a multi-national corporation that make millions per day committing a gigantic blunder, then worrying far more about their bottom line than getting of their ar5es and cleaning up the mess. You'd think that a corporation as big as them would have the resources to not take this long to cap this thing? Not a contingency plan that something like this might feasibly happen, therefore what to do if such a thing occurs? No, I'll bet BP will put far more energy and effort into cleaning up their own public image than worrying about the environmental catastrophe they have caused.

Oddly enough, I am reading "Dell Diamond" now, and just finished the part where it explains her role with the team, and how rare it was in those days for a woman to be doing it. R.I.P. Mrs. Bates.

Classic Derek & Clive!

Apparently not defensive enough.....

Blessed are the pizza makers.

Mental. Absolutely mental.

Poor guy.