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If I said that after hearing the financial state of the club, the potential buyer leant over to Paul and asked him how he could get him the hell out of there and quickly, you'd get the idea. I heard a lot of the financial details but don't feel comfortable sharing it. All I can say is that no-one is interested in buying them, the Pompey Trust only has £700K and liquidation looks likely. Birch was downbeat and seems to be going through the motions prior to liquidation. Still, you never know. Something may turn up but to be honest, Paul sounded a bit down. A shame for the football fans in Pompey, but who cares about the glory hunters amongst them. I don't...

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Pompey Scot then tweeted about why anyone would wonder why he has extreme hatred for all Saints Fans. He removed my tweet in reply which said: He's so upset he's now made his twitter account private and I'm sure I could hear him sobbing in Fareham from here. Shame I'm banned from there, because I'm unable to post details of the interesting chat I had with Walshie at the Ajax game about his meeting with Trevor Birch the week before, together with a billionaire Asian investor, regarding the purchase of Pompey. Funny as feck...

I take it you haven't seen Jerry Maguire:

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Nothing like a sweeping generalisation and preconceptions presented as facts to completely devalue your points. I was at the Fratton Park riot with my son and got pelted with stones, so I think I understand what football rivalry means to some people. I just happen to think that a few overblown headlines and handbags at ten paces doesn't define an entire City as animals. You really need to think for yourself, rather than getting swept up in the mass hysteria generated by pussies that think anything shouted at you at a football game is of any consequence...

In a game involving Pompey against any other team than Saints, I would want Pompey to win. Why? Because they happen to be located about 15 miles from me, in Hampshire and I have a number of good friends who support them or used to play for them. Explain why hatred for Pompey is a pre-requisite for a Saints fan. In fact, explain why hatred for another set of fans is a pre-requisite for being a Saints fan. Friendly rivalry is as far as it should go and I have yet to hear any reason why that should not be so...

Maurice was a chippie, as I posted. I am not sure what the rest of the names did for a living but there were shed loads of dockers inside the Dell. People like Talbie Bligh and his brother Tony were a couple of lads I knew well. The Saints Firm consisted of pretty much all the local gangs throughout the Southampton area, who fought each other through the week and for some reason, joined up together on match day. Jimmer was a popular Woolston lad and after he was stabbed in Ipswich, we took 8 coach loads up there, so not a small firm at all. I was in a crowd of about 2,000 who chased the Spurs fans back to the central station after a match, with police motorbikes being driven at us trying to keep us apart. The Spurs fans were led by a Jamaican lad called Sammy, who was fairly well known at the time. He got killed in a fight near the Lane, not long after this incident. Pushed in front of a train apparently. As far as the bananas, I am sure you are right. I just assumed they came in from there. Sh! t, I'm sounding like my Dad used to. Many apologies to the younger lads on here. Pathetic I know and for any squaddies, ex- or otherwise, I know you're harder than anyone else, but let's face it, we weren't getting paid for fighting....

To be fair, the yoof are a bunch of mincers...

Containerisation didn't help. Southampton then turned into a city of insurance salesmen and shop workers. I have an old 8mm film I filmed of an away day to Ipswich in the early 70's. The town was totally wrecked, cars turned over and all because one of our lads (Jimmer, I believe) got stabbed by the pikey c* nts. The film makes "Green Street" look like a trip to Legoland. You are right, Southampton fans were mature, hard and didn't take any sh !t from the London clubs or from those up North. Now it's all banners and bull sh!t. Maurice the Mallet was a chippie who used to wear his bib and braces to the Dell, after work. He got his name from his habit of taking a mallet along with him. Dougall used to grab an opposing fan and Maurice would lay him out with his mallet. Sh !t i miss those times. It was like being in the army....

Yoof alert....

Saint Army would be better, but for me, it's whatever is adopted by the fans....

The worst thing that this Premiership mallarky has brought is a few London-based Saints fans taking the p! ss out of my Hampshire accent, when I was up in town last weekend. Asked me where my tractor was. Jesus H. Christ, do I miss the days when our "army" was mainly dockers in their late twenties, with arms built up by unloading tonnes of bananas off the Cape boats. We didn't need banners to warn away fans to expect a quick chase back to the Central Station. Spurs, Millwall, West Ham, Man U?? They all ran, from blokes like Maurice the Mallett, Dougal, Jimmer Marshall, Bootsie, Killer Callaway, et al... I'm getting misty eyed just remembering it....

The term is not ours, it's a Pompey one. We need to own our name...

Please, for God's sake don't let us adopt this term, just because a couple spotty kids, that go to away games near their parents house, have made a banner....

Please, don't tell me we're now calling ourselves "Scum Army" or is it just our hard as nails yoof....?

True democracy is dead, in Europe. It has withered as a result of the declining standards of education your post demonstrates, that has led to a woefully uninformed electorate who think they are owed cheap credit, to buy sh !t they don't need, paid for by wages they don't earn. To top it all, they expect free healthcare, money when they are not working and a pension. No wonder China looks at the West and laughs.

Democracy doesn't work any more and the sooner people start realising this, the better. The reason it doesn't work is that too many voters failed to inform themselves about the issues that may lead them to vote in an educated manner, beyond the front page of the Sun. They are at the mercy of professional politicians who are better at pandering to the masses and employing public sector workers who will support their socialist dreams. Anyone with a brain cell can see that the burden these state workers, a result of a socialist democracy, have caused, is the breakdown of the economies of countries like Italy, Spain, Greece and Portugal. Their policies are now dictated by the unelected leaders in the EU, who have even, as is the case in Italy, replaced the whole government with unelected officials. What we need is representatives that are selected on the basis of their achievements in fields other than taking a political degree at Oxbridge or being a shop steward for Unite. We need successful businessmen, academics, sportsmen, doctors, etc. who have been recognised for their achievements, to represent us, in addition to the elected rabble who have f*** ed this country up since WWII. What we need is the House of Lords, just as it is now.

The Higg's boson explains why Alpine has such a large mass. I don't know about the Higg's bosun. He's probably a Pompey fan, anyway...

You obviously spent too much time reading the "Bible" and not enough reading "Origin of the Species". On second thoughts, don't bother. Alpine hasn't and his life is testament to the benefits of ignorance....

Leave it out. It's not like the c*** invented it...

I know what you mean. That Alexander Fleming....what a tool and don't get me started on f***ing Charles Darwin...

Proof of funds was required, not idle boasts by a bunch of dreamers, led by that well known Southampton administrator, Antony Fanshawe...

SouthamptonFootball Club 2011/12 Player Awards Dinner Friday 4th May 2012 On behalf of Southampton Football Club I would like to thank you for your support as a player sponsor this season and am pleased to inform you that the ‘Southampton Football Club2011/12 Player Awards Dinner will be held on Friday 4th May. The Black Tie event hosted by Ed Chamberlin will commence at 7.00pm with a drinks reception where you will also have the opportunity to be photographed with your sponsored player. This will be followed by a four course meal, guest speakers and Awards Ceremony celebrating this season’s achievements. A silent auction will also be running throughout the night in aid of the Saints Foundation. Asa Player Sponsor you are entitled to 9 inclusive places at the event and you will also be able to purchase additional places at £125 + VAT. Pleasecan you confirm your attendance, if you wish to purchase any additional places and all guest names by contacting myself by phone on *************** by Tuesday 1stMay. I appreciate that this is very short notice but unfortunately we were unable to confirm details prior to today’s match. We look forward to welcoming you to an evening of celebration! Best Regards,