saints_is_the_south

So far 355 people have pledged to donate a total of approx £705k - A pretty incredible total considering this iniative was only launced just over 24 hours ago. I was thinking, to get these ideas more wide spread what about distributing leaflets at the stadium detailing the ideas? These could also be left in pubs, shops...etc around the city. If contact details were left on them then people who wanted to help would be able to get in touch.

Any news on ticket sales as 8pm approaches? The total was 23.5k at 4pm I would like to think that they have managed to sell another 2k in 4 hours atleast.

Good news & well done to Crouch & Richards. Its this sort of coming together that will see Saints pull through in the end.

Hope you did in the end but if you couldn't get through then surely it means they are now very very busy at the TO and in the call centers after people have finished work which is good news.

My fist was almost going my through my TV screen then. Arrogant, arrogant parasite c*nt.

Great work. Good to see this gathering pace. As for the money, there is no doubt in my mind that i will stay true to my word of a donation of £500 & more if i can afford it. I'm supposed to be going away at the end of May but would be more than willing to sacrifice that trip to donate money.

I'm not calling in, just keep dropping Mr Luker an email every couple of hours.

Does seem strange considering 1.5k was sold this morning in 4 hours. I'll get another update around 5pm.

Somebody is telling porkies. Luker quoted me at 23k at 3pm. If we can reach 26 or 27k by the end of today then i think we'll sell out with the walk up tomorrow.

23k sold as of 3pm, thats 2.5k sold as of opening time this morning (7 hours). 5 hours left today & 7 tomorrow to shift 9.5k tickets seems a bit of a big ask. At a rate of 2.5k per 7 hours we'll end up with an attendance of around 28/29k.

Just had the following email from David:

Not any more. Only place you can get tickets in the city center now is from the ticket kiosk in the Mall (Marlands).

I agree that a good option would be to only have the mega store open on match days & West Quay open weekdays. Would certainly help cut costs. I've always wondered why a small ticket kiosk was never put in the West Quay store, would surely make sense. People wouldn't have to go out to the stadium & whilst people were in West Quay buying tickets they might be tempted into buying stuff in the shop. I know it may be the same case with the mega store at the stadium but its easy for people to park in the north car park & go straight to the TO without going near the mega store.

Not sure if my calculations are correct but i make it £602,500 pledged so far, that is including the 33 who said £5k or more at an average of £10k each.

Forest in the league i think? about 26k. Man Utd in the cup 32k

I imagine there will be a large walk up tomorrow. David Luker said to me that the TO are urging all fans who have bought over the phone to try & collect tonight as opposed to tomorrow as there will be large ques. Ticket office also open til 8pm tonight so plenty of time for people to get their tickets on the way home from work.

To stand any chance of staying up i think the last thing we need is a few games to be shown on sky!!

Just had this email from ITV Meridian, must have got my email address from facebook i guess. Theres still time if anybody is up for it? I don't really care whether it raises £10 or £1k atleast i know I've tried to do something no matter how small it be. ITV are willing to follow it so if anybody wants to volunteer then PM me.

Can we not have atleast 1 thread that isn't a about Rupert f*cking lowe? Anyway seems block 1 & 2 are open which will be snapped up in no time, David Luker also said the ticket office were consdiering opening block 43 in the Northam.

Would atleast help the club see it through to the summer surely.

Latest email from Mr Luker:

Great news but i find it hard to believe that they've managed to shift over 4k tickets in just 2 hours!!

Tonight - Sweet FA Sat - Pub, Saints game, pub Sun - Sweet FA

http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/articles/article.php?page_id=11586 Cheap bus tickets for all remaining 3 home games. 50p for a single fare is pretty good value. Great to see various organisations across the city pulling together for Saints.

Exactly. Unfortuantly i don't have a couple of grand to donate to the club. It might not be the best idea ever but I'm just desperate to do something. I completly understand the state the club is in & realise that a simple bucket collection won't raise much it might pay part of the stewards wages tomorrow which will surely help the club in some way. If i have enough volunteers by this afternoon i'll look at pursuing it, if not then i'll forget it.