Weston Saint

He only made 11 appearances for us last season through injury and only 2 sub appearances this year. Clearly he is not as good as some seem to think on here. He needs to move on and get games somewhere else.

Old joke but worth repeating A new Primary Teacher at a school near Fratton Park explains to her class that she is an ardent Pompey fan. She asks her kids to raise their hands if they too are Pompey fans. Everyone in the class raises their hand except one little girl. The teacher looks at the girl with surprise and says, 'Mary, why didn't you raise your hand?' 'Because I'm not a Pompey fan' she replied. The teacher, still shocked, asked 'Well, if you are not a Pompey fan, then who are you a fan of?' 'I am a Saints fan and proud of it' Mary replied. The teacher could not believe her ears. 'Mary, why are you a Saints fan?' 'Because my mum is a Saints fan and my dad is a Saints fan, so I'm a Saints fan too!' 'Well' said the teacher in an obviously annoyed tone 'that is no reason for you to be a Saints fan. You don't have to be just like your parents all of the time. What if your mum was a prostitute and your dad was an out-of-work drug addict, what would you be then?' Mary smiled, 'Then I'd be a Pompey fan!'

Anyone wanting to read more on BA flight 009 here http://www.ericmoody.com

Very enjoyable game in atrocious conditions. Full credit to both teams. Good to see Lallana staying out left, particularly in the first half. He can score playing in that position as well. Hope he has learned something more from that display. Very industrious, great skill and my man of the match. Our goals were top drawer against a decent side in top form. Their penalty came during a sustained period of pressure and I thought the takle from James was poor, ill times and reflected the game he is having at right back lately. Disappointed with their second goal as Davis parried it when he should have done better. OK, I know the conditions were poor but how many times have we seen him do that. Lambert was quiet but most times he had two players marking him and they effectively shut him out. However that gave Lallana and Connolly more room as he took an extra defender away. I like Jaidi. He is good in the air and a stronge presence in the centre of defence. I have been disappointed with Trottman in recent games, his positioning is suspect and he is missing timings of his defensive headers. Norwich are a good side and a draw should not be sniffed at. We are progressing but we do need to improve our defensive personnel if we are going to be spoken about in the same breath as Charlton, Norwich and Leeds. Playoff chances slipping away fast but I am not concerned. We need to build and consolidate. Use that next season to gain promotion and hit the Championship with our feet running in 2011/12 As for winning the JPT, we have Norwich to overcome. We have home advantage but if Norwich put out their full first team it is going to be very difficult. I also thing Leeds are miles ahead of us at present but we do have time to reach their level by using the transfer window to our advantage. What a pleasure to see Micky Channon at half time and looking fit and well. Only thing missing was his run with his windmill arm action. A real star who brightened up the awful weather conditions.

http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/435977.html Hampshire are in discussions to sign Shane Warne, their former captain, for next season's Twenty20 Cup. Warne led Hampshire from 2004 to 2007 and Rod Bransgrove, the chairman, confirmed that the club had made an approach. "Warne is the biggest name we've ever had at the club and, yes, we have spoken to him," he told the Daily Mail. "You can never rule out getting Warne back to Hampshire, although he's very busy and I wonder whether he'd get out of bed for the money we can offer." Since retiring from international cricket in 2007, Warne has captained Rajasthan Royals in the IPL, winning the inaugural event with a young and relatively unknown side. He is also involved in a host of other activities, starring in the TV commentary box in this year's Ashes, as well as playing international poker tournaments. In an effort to raise the profile of England's Twenty20 Cup competition, counties will be able to include four overseas players in their squads next season but only two will be allowed in each game. Middlesex signed Adam Gilchrist earlier in the week and are hoping to sign Sachin Tendulkar. Hampshire, have already secured Ajantha Mendis, the Sri Lanka spinner, creating the prospect of an exciting pairing with Warne, but Bransgrove said Hampshire have other options. "Hampshire have also had talks with other big-name players that are reasonably well advanced. I've been talking about the potential of Twenty20 for some time and getting these superstars in is what it's all about."

"The Spurs link, as usual is a non starter. Adam is committed to Saints and is enjoying his football immensely" That is the quote I have just received having emailed his family to verify

OK resent

That is outside of UK, he said England. Did you get my email about our next meet?

Agree but it is right to correct an error is it not?

I think what 19C was saying is that he was not exonerated. The CPS decided that it was not in the public interest being costly and time consuming. I do not want to get into this argument but it is only fair the correct outcome is recorded, or at least the Echo's version http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/district/southampton/4642320.Le_Tissier_will_not_face_charges_over_Saints_betting_scam/ And the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/8269028.stm

Hopefully this explanation will put the whole issue to bed. A word of advice to Nineteen Canteen. Let it go please. You are an intelligent poster and must see you have done this to death. I hope you take the advice in the way it is meant.

For the very old - Watch with Mother - with Picture Book on Monday, Andy Pandy on Tuesday, Flower Pot Men on Wednesday, Rag Tag & Bobtail on Thursday and Woodentops on Friday Ah, what memories of my childhood http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/children/watchwm/watchwm.htm#Picture%20Book

My money is on him not appearing despite the invite from you and one other poster.

I have great memories of that day. 7 of us met up at the Halo club in Weston at about 12 and played a couple of hands of poker and killer rummy (we had regular card schools then). Then a large carry out from the local off licence to one of the groups flat to watch the match. Pyramid of beer cans got bigger as the day went on. When Bobby Stokes scored one of us (not me) was in the bathroom having a pee. We all piled in with some of us falling into the bath. You had to be there! Then at the end of the match we staggered back to the Halo club to carry on celebrating but by 9pm we just ran out of steam!! Great day saddened now by the fact that out of those 7 one died of a heart attack at 39, one a brain haemorrhage at 41, one from cancer in early 50’s and my young brother was killed at age 41. Lost touch with one of them but regularly see the other. Later in the summer a group of us from work got hold of a video tape of the match so went up to one of the houses in Chandlers Ford all dressed up in Saints gear. Watched the first half then all down the pub for a few beers before returning for the second half. You should have seen the looks on the locals faces. On the day after the final I was supposed to be at a christening but stayed home in my flat above the shops in Bitterne Road (opposite the Station Hotel) and could almost touch the team as they passed in the open top bus.

Might not be the earlist on here but no doubt one of the best... 2nd September 1967 at Stamford Bridge 6-2 to Saints. Remember walking from the ground with my mate. We both had long Saints scarfs and he said we should hide them so not on show. Could not hide our smiles though.

Adams football of late is doing the talking. Forget the stories. I know for a fact that Surman did not go out drinking much and certainly not when a game was due within a few days.

By the way, Captain Eric Moody in the above post, is a personal friend of mine & poster Derry. He is a Saints Supporter and has attended with me this season and last. He reads this site as well

'Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get it under control. I trust you are not in too much distress.' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-431802/The-story-BA-flight-009-words-passenger-dreads-.html

Doing quite well at present 159-3 0ff 16 - 9.93 an over

After Hollywood on front line is David Thompson Your question marks are correct as well

Yep, David Paton it is and Ken Jones & Bob MCarthy as you suggest.

Quote from Giles White: “When we signed Mendis we postponed the second year of Imran’s contract to 2011. At the time there were visa issues and we weren’t sure that he was going to be able to come back. Things have changed now, but the other issue was that if he got picked for South Africa he wouldn’t be here until half way through the season which wouldn’t really have suited us. So we agreed with Immi that we would be pro-active in trying to sign Mendis. In an ideal world we wouldn’t want him playing for another County, but we wish him well at Warwickshire and he’ll be back here for 2011.”

Saturday on Sky I believe

Any one else notice that as the game went on in the rain the ball in the air became more unpredictable. It suddenly dipped more than in the dry and some of the defenders on both sides found it difficult to judge. Might account for some of Thomas's strange play at times