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and don't forget that they have a massive top of the table clash against 3rd in the league MK dons this weekend - who I thought looked pretty ordinary at SMS. says a lot about the standard of this division. There is no doubt that the commentators on sky were really surprised with the quality of of our play last night though

The bottom line of his "all time playing career" gives an insight into his non-progression as a professional footballer: Portsmouth 01-07-2003 23-12-2004 Trainee Clearly he got a full all round introduction to the basics!!

Definitely and with a doubt one of the best players I've ever seen in a Saints shirt (and that includes when he was playing )

Anyone go to the (thinking hard) 5th round league cup at White hart Lane - winter of about 70/71? Started snowing on the way up - the gates at WHL opened about 7 in a blizzard and the game was called off at about 7.15. About 50 saints fans then had a massive snowball fight in Trafalgar Square - got back to waterloo to discover most trains cancelled - got what happened to be the last train to soton which broke down at Basingstoke - finally pulled into soton central about 4am

LJ is improving all the time - but I feel he is too slow for right back (he struggled a couple of times today). Murty is ideal and LJ as right wing half would be perfect for him as he is really looking good going forward and he is beginning to put some really telling crosses into the box

more or less updated after todays results The First Round draw for this season's FA Cup is on Sunday The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON First Round Proper Draw 1pm Sunday 25 October 2009 Live on ITV1 Ties to be played 7 and 8 November 2009 Winning Clubs receive £18,000 from The FA's Prize Fund The Draw Numbers 1 Accrington Stanley 2 AFC Bournemouth 3 Aldershot Town 4 Barnet 5 Bradford City 6 Brentford 7 Brighton & Hove Albion 8 Bristol Rovers 9 Burton Albion 10 Bury 11 Carlisle United 12 Charlton Athletic 13 Cheltenham Town 14 Chesterfield 15 Colchester United 16 Crewe Alexandra 17 Dagenham & Redbridge 18 Darlington 19 Exeter City 20 Gillingham 21 Grimsby Town 22 Hartlepool United 23 Hereford United 24 Huddersfield Town 25 Leeds United 26 Leyton Orient 27 Lincoln City 28 Macclesfield Town 29 Millwall 30 Milton Keynes Dons 31 Morecambe 32 Northampton Town 33 Norwich City 34 Notts County 35 Oldham Athletic 36 Port Vale 37 Rochdale 38 Rotherham United 39 Shrewsbury Town 40 Southampton 41 Southend United 42 Stockport County 43 Swindon Town 44 Torquay United 45 Tranmere Rovers 46 Walsall 47 Wycombe Wanderers 48 Yeovil Town 49 Hinckley United 50 Nuneaton Town 51 Wrexham 52 Gateshead 53 Rushden & Diamonds 54 Mansfield Town 55 Stourbridge 56 Blyth Spartans or AFC Telford United (0-0) 57 Ilkeston Town 58 Lincoln United or Cambridge United (sunday) 59 Kettering Town or Redditch United (1-1) 60 Northwich Victoria 61 Barrow or Chester City (1-1) 62 Kidderminster Harriers or Fleetwood Town (0-0) 63 York City 64 Woking 65 Gloucester City or Lowestoft Town (1-1) 66 Farnborough or Salisbury City (0-0) 67 Forest Green Rovers 68 Crawley Town or AFC Wimbledon (1-1) 69 Oxford City 70 Bromley 71 Stevenage Borough 72 Wealdstone 73 Eastleigh 74 Staines Town 75 Luton Town 76 Oxford United 77 Bath City 78 Paulton Rovers 79 Tooting & Mitcham United or Eastbourne Borough (3-3) 80 Sutton United

classic :smt045

if you read that article the telling part of it is....... Apart from the first ten minutes (and that's being generous) and the free-kick and resulting goal, they didn't look too impressive to me

Just had a look at the crowds elswhere: in our division norwich got 24959 the next nearest was millwall v leeds - 14165 in the CCC sheff - crdiff was 25021 derby-qpr was 30135 the next nearest was cov - wba (midlands derby) 20871 in the prem burnley - wigan was 19430 brum - sunderland was 21723 (just a bit more than us) hull - skates 23720 These crowds really put it into perspective how well we are supported

Hmmmm...excellent read zd - but what worries me is, why didn't you take the opportunity to use rupert lowe as a subject for experiments with your postgrad students?? You could have changed the destiny of SFC and saved us all the agony of the past few years :smt103

Any one into real ale could try William IV, 816 High Road, Leyton it's a bit further but is a brew pub and is home of the Brodie's brewery that opened in September 2008 - highly recommended (by me) :drinkers:

just a quick update The winners of these 32 ties will be in the hat with all 48 Lge 1 and Lge 2 clubs for the draw for the First Round Proper. FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round. Saturday 24/10/2009, 3pm (except match 10). 1 Hinckley United v Histon 2 Nuneaton Town v Kendal Town 3 FC Halifax Town v Wrexham 4 Gateshead v Southport 5 Workington v Rushden & Diamonds 6 Mansfield Town v Altrincham 7 Buxton v Stourbridge 8 Salford City or Blyth Spartans AFC (replay Tue 20th) v AFC Telford United 9 Ilkeston Town v Tamworth 10 Lincoln United v Cambridge United (playing Sun 25th, 3pm) 11 Kettering Town v Redditch United 12 Northwich Victoria v FC United Of Manchester 13 Barrow v Chester City 14 Kidderminster Harriers v Fleetwood Town 15 York City v Bedworth United 16 Hendon v Woking 17 Gloucester City v Lowestoft Town 18 Farnborough v Salisbury City 19 Mangotsfield United v Forest Green Rovers 20 Crawley Town v AFC Wimbledon 21 Oxford City v Bury Town 22 Bromley v Ebbsfleet United 23 Chelmsford City v Stevenage Borough 24 Aylesbury v Wealdstone 25 Dover Athletic v Eastleigh 26 Hayes & Yeading United v Staines Town 27 Luton Town v Grays Athletic 28 Oxford United v Thurrock 29 Bath City v AFC Totton 30 Paulton Rovers v Chippenham Town 31 Tooting & Mitcham United v Eastbourne Borough 32 Hampton & Richmond Borough v Sutton United

Watched the game on telly - and the thought of a beckford 1 on 1 with james does not excite me.

Hi Eric & Phil, You might feel at home next time you back to blighty if the uk ragheads have their way.............. http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/134080/Now-Muslims-demand-Give-us-full-Sharia-law

amazing - thats almost (apart from the 3-6 place) a perfect normal distribution. Probably suggests that almost everyone has given the position that they really think saints will finish in, rather than where they really hope we'll finish. So the most probable outcome is mid-table! Presumably some statistician on here will say I'm completely wrong!

I read that as catering manager - and wonderered if he was coming to SMS to follow in lowes culinary footsteps bit early in the morning for me

I lived in the UAE for eight years and met Hodgson a few times in Dubai when he was manager of the UAE. He was always the real gentleman, but was really shafted and taken for granted by the locals. I haven't listened to the programme yet (but will do) so don't know if he mentioned his short spell in the UAE? must have been around 2002/03 (although my memory is fading - must be the sun). The official line is that he was sacked because the UAE didn't do very well in the Gulf Cup. But the true and rarely quoted version is that he wasn't allowed to pick the team he wanted. The UAE FA was run by one of the sons of the ruler/president (the Al Nahyan family) who also owned the top team in the UAE at that time - Al AIn (who played in an obscene purple strip) - he wanted Hodgson to basically pick the team that he wanted. This came to a head in the Gulf Cup and Hodgson essentially walked out - in fact he went back to Europe after the tournament and didn't return Shortly after that I met John Burridge a few times in Muscat in Oman. I used to visit Muscat regularly and when John first went out there he was staying at the same hotel - another great guy

and this one creased me up too "Pompey chimes sound like death knell" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/portsmouth/article6857635.ece

Looks like its getting to their new owner........... from the Times "ulaiman al-Fahim 'admitted to a Dubai hospital'" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/portsmouth/article6858235.ece

Just happen to be having a couple of beers next to the river in Torun, northern Poland and it seems that Saga and Raziak are almost legends here in Poland. Personally, I've always rated Saga and I reckon he will really come good in div 3 sooner rather than later

If he doesn't get a game on Saturday perhaps he can teach the Northam to sing

My daughter bought me an 'engraved' (so it said on the box) Saints whiskey glass for christmas about 5 years ago - it came out of the dishwasher minus the engraving!

I'm disgusted () that an MLT Corinthian player and authentic MLT signature goes for only 99p! There I was thinking I was sitting on a retirement fund of similar stuff!

I'm assuming from alan pardew's comment above that our previously non-existent scouting system haven't actually seen him play yet? but that he came highly recommended by some money grabbing agents??

I'm driving - we are in the lake district for the weekend staying with my sister-in-law - but I'll be OK for a couple before the game! I'll keep an eye on this space!