The Fab FAB

[Turkish]

1 hour ago, Mboto Gorge said:

Does anyone know if the FAB have any priorities to discuss at the next meeting? Any agenda lined up? I fully expect some groundbreaking initiatives to be implemented next season in order to make it an even better matchday experience for every fan, bearing in mind they’re all lifelong avid fans who’ve been going for decades. 

I’ve seen the agenda and the items on it are as follows

1 Catching and punishing those who breached the bubble rules

2 reintroduction of a grassing hotline to report fans who misbehave in or outside the stadium - see above

3 Pre poured half time drinks

4 review performance of push notifications on the app

5 an place on the app to reports stadium Maintenance issues in real time, such as toilets running out of bog roll

[franniesTache]

16 hours ago, Turkish said:

I’ve seen the agenda and the items on it are as follows

1 Catching and punishing those who breached the bubble rules

2 reintroduction of a grassing hotline to report fans who misbehave in or outside the stadium - see above

3 Pre poured half time drinks

4 review performance of push notifications on the app

5 an place on the app to reports stadium Maintenance issues in real time, such as toilets running out of bog roll

Is there any truth in the fact they're finally discussing how to stop people from saying nasty words to the away fans? Apparently one away fan was accused of having a face with it's own gravitational pull the other week because it was so big and this really hurt his feelings.

Also hopefully they'll be talking about how we can invest more money in the women's team because the mens team is taking too much of it.

I believe The FAB will be on the money with these things given how well they represent us

[Turkish]

13 minutes ago, franniesTache said:

Is there any truth in the fact they're finally discussing how to stop people from saying nasty words to the away fans? Apparently one away fan was accused of having a face with it's own gravitational pull the other week because it was so big and this really hurt his feelings.

Also hopefully they'll be talking about how we can invest more money in the women's team because the mens team is taking too much of it.

I believe The FAB will be on the money with these things given how well they represent us

See point 2, luckily the grassing hotline will be available for you to report this sort of behaviour immediately. The last thing we want is for visiting fans not to be welcome which includes anything about their appearance that might make them targets. It’s great that’s you already recognise this as an issue which only confirms the FAB have their finger of pulse of all the big issues 

[franniesTache]

29 minutes ago, Turkish said:

See point 2, luckily the grassing hotline will be available for you to report this sort of behaviour immediately. The last thing we want is for visiting fans not to be welcome which includes anything about their appearance that might make them targets. It’s great that’s you already recognise this as an issue which only confirms the FAB have their finger of pulse of all the big issues 

Hopefully the FAB will leads us all in a round of "We Appreciate That You're Here, We Appreciate That You're Here" to the away fans tomorrow to show how welcoming we are as a club.

Maybe followed by "We respect you because you've travelled", or "Whatever happens, we hope football wins"

[Turkish]

12 minutes ago, franniesTache said:

Hopefully the FAB will leads us all in a round of "We Appreciate That You're Here, We Appreciate That You're Here" to the away fans tomorrow to show how welcoming we are as a club.

Maybe followed by "We respect you because you've travelled", or "Whatever happens, we hope football wins"

I come from Southampton the pride of South 

we love everyone and wish them good heath 

we are the saints we do not sin 

all we want is for football to win

Southampton people are in town 

Edited February 20 by Turkish

[Patrick Bateman]

4 hours ago, franniesTache said:

Is there any truth in the fact they're finally discussing how to stop people from saying nasty words to the away fans? Apparently one away fan was accused of having a face with it's own gravitational pull the other week because it was so big and this really hurt his feelings.

Also hopefully they'll be talking about how we can invest more money in the women's team because the mens team is taking too much of it.

I believe The FAB will be on the money with these things given how well they represent us

Surely that can't actually be real??? Jesus wept.

 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

43 minutes ago, Patrick Bateman said:

Surely that can't actually be real??? Jesus wept.

 

I heard they were sorting out blasphemy too.

[Turkish]

2 minutes ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

I heard they were sorting out blasphemy too.

Not before time. Using the lord or son’s name in vein is insulting to Christian’s. It’s also not inclusive of other religions or takes into account our atheist fans base. The sooner we get the grassing hotline the better, it’s 2026 yet people still think it’s the 70s 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

[trousers]

[Toussaint]

Every game will be a mandatory draw,  losing can make people sad and cause anxiety. Winning is elitist and a form of bullying in the workplace. 

[Noodles34]

I’m worried for tomorrow now.  There’s been enough time for the FAB to work out who I am and I have a feeling that @franniesTache may have used the ‘grassing hotline’. 
As I walk through the Itchen North turnstile I will remind myself of when I crossed the Thai/Malay border with 2k worth of Kit Kats and  the composure I kept. However, this is the FAB, another level, got a bad feeling about it. 

[Turkish]

1 hour ago, Noodles34 said:

I’m worried for tomorrow now.  There’s been enough time for the FAB to work out who I am and I have a feeling that @franniesTache may have used the ‘grassing hotline’. 
As I walk through the Itchen North turnstile I will remind myself of when I crossed the Thai/Malay border with 2k worth of Kit Kats and  the composure I kept. However, this is the FAB, another level, got a bad feeling about it. 

My sources tell me you have been on the FABs radar for a while now. Your sins allegedly include shouting at an opposition player with large nostrils he could smell a Sunday roast on Wednesdays, abusing a bald away fan by slapping your forehead and suggesting northerners eat off the floor. Be very afraid your little stunt with the bubble breach is the final straw. This sort of unacceptable behaviour has no place at SMS

Edited February 20 by Turkish

[Turkish]

@Noodles34 is quiet, I assume he is in front the committee right now after being spotted today 

[tdmickey3]

1 minute ago, Turkish said:

@Noodles34 is quiet, I assume he is in front the committee right now after being spotted today 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

21 minutes ago, Turkish said:

@Noodles34 is quiet, I assume he is in front the committee right now after being spotted today 

The F.A.B. discuss Noodles's fate...

[Mboto Gorge]

22 hours ago, Turkish said:

My sources tell me you have been on the FABs radar for a while now. Your sins allegedly include shouting at an opposition player with large nostrils he could smell a Sunday roast on Wednesdays, abusing a bald away fan by slapping your forehead and suggesting northerners eat off the floor. Be very afraid your little stunt with the bubble breach is the final straw. This sort of unacceptable behaviour has no place at SMS

Rumour has it he also victimised a strawberry blonde player on the opposition team earlier this season by referencing him to a maize based cheese snack of the same colour. Totally unnecessary and unnaceptable and deserves the strongest form of sanctioning 

Edited February 21 by Mboto Gorge

[AlexLaw76]

They have probably gone quiet because they are in the last round of voting for the style of the rainbow-themed foam hands set to be released by the club.

[ChrisPY]

Do we get special smoke released from the St Mary’s chimney when a new member is voted in?

[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 hour ago, ChrisPY said:

Do we get special smoke released from the St Mary’s chimney when a new member is voted in?

Vice Squad arrest F.A.B. in election misunderstanding!

 

[Mboto Gorge]

7 hours ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

The F.A.B. discuss Noodles's fate...

Is that Rasmus on the far left? 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

4 hours ago, Mboto Gorge said:

Is that Rasmus on the far left? 

"Y'know guys. If we were to actually cause the disasters, then rescue everyone, we'd be heroes. That would be f.a.b. Yeah, if it's not broken, break it."

[Noodles34]

15 hours ago, tdmickey3 said:

Just got out of solitary, nerves shattered, broken at the moment.. need to get home and reflect. Will update you later. 
what was the score? 

Edited February 22 by Noodles34

[Toussaint]

1 hour ago, Noodles34 said:

Just got out of solitary, nerves shattered, broken at the moment.. need to get home and reflect. Will update you later. 
what was the score? 

Do you have a date for the realignment camp? It’s a long road back, I’m not actually sure it can be done. You’ve crossed so many lines man, I’m not sure I can share a forum with you anymore. I think it would be better for all of you were de pkatformed.

[Noodles34]

[Holmes_and_Watson]

49 minutes ago, Noodles34 said:

I did start a Free Noodles! campaign.

But businesses complained I was undercutting them, and the council said I needed a food license.

Read more in my new book "The Long Path To Freedom, And Other Recipes."

 

[EssEffCee]

Noticed in the latest minutes that 'The club are looking at a reward system/loyalty points for attendance for next season'.

Away points for home cup matches and women's games incoming?

[Weston Super Saint]

2 hours ago, EssEffCee said:

Noticed in the latest minutes that 'The club are looking at a reward system/loyalty points for attendance for next season'.

Away points for home cup matches and women's games incoming?

Can they start with three points for a win?

[franniesTache]

On 22/02/2026 at 09:40, Noodles34 said:

Just got out of solitary, nerves shattered, broken at the moment.. need to get home and reflect. Will update you later. 
what was the score? 

[O_B]

[Noodles34]

It has taken longer to recover than I imagined. 

Before I left their confinement, I had to sign an NDA and give a sample of urine, both held on file for the duration of my life. 

I think I am allowed to say this though: 

The FAB are real, they are here and they are watching, listening and reading every word. They live in the corners of your mind, they stand behind the shadows of your terror and they watch over you while you sleep. You should take them seriously, very seriously indeed. 

The confinement is real and there are people in there that haven't seen the light of day for many a year.

The old gasworks is somewhere you really do not want to venture into alone. The screams will haunt me forever. 

They tried to reason with me that the 'Bubble' for for my own safety, that if it had not happened then millions would have been slaughtered along Goldsmith Avenue, I said the League game just a few years earlier had no real incidents... I wish I hadn't cause that is when they sent in Sarah and she wasn't wearing her Saints top, it was far more intimidating. She said that 2019 didn't exist, it never happened and it was all AI bullshit, we'd never even signed Danny Ings. But I wasn't breaking, I was strong and they were getting impatient, they sent in Yasmin to try and fluff me up, but that didn't work either so there was no option left, they sent in a tag team due of Football Martin to interview me whilst P Diddy Pete Dawson danced in front of me. Basra, Helmund, Hanoi, hell holes I guess but this was a different scale. 

They broke me, I confessed and then had to await the verdict. I'm out on bail, they are deciding my fate and at anytime (probably tomorrow night) I might be pulled by Yasmin maybe, or even Master Chee, I just pray it won't be Sarah in that get-up again. 

That's all I can say, I've probably said too much. If you see this man tomorrow night as you walk to the ground, you will understand the look. 

 

 

Edited February 23 by Noodles34

[Football Special]

Good to see the latest FAB meeting tackled important issues. Up the Bingo Bus. If I had my way away ticket priority would go to official travel club users only. 

Potential free coach travel for final day at Preston away

The club said they are exploring the idea of free coach travel to Preston for the last game of the season, and would like to discuss this with fans.

They added that they are looking to target and reward those fans who frequently travel to away games on the official club transport

[franniesTache]

17 minutes ago, Football Special said:

Good to see the latest FAB meeting tackled important issues. Up the Bingo Bus. If I had my way away ticket priority would go to official travel club users only. 

Potential free coach travel for final day at Preston away

The club said they are exploring the idea of free coach travel to Preston for the last game of the season, and would like to discuss this with fans.

They added that they are looking to target and reward those fans who frequently travel to away games on the official club transport

With time and persistence they'll achieve their final dream goal. Every game a bubble game.

[EssEffCee]

25 minutes ago, Football Special said:

Good to see the latest FAB meeting tackled important issues. Up the Bingo Bus. If I had my way away ticket priority would go to official travel club users only. 

Potential free coach travel for final day at Preston away

The club said they are exploring the idea of free coach travel to Preston for the last game of the season, and would like to discuss this with fans.

They added that they are looking to target and reward those fans who frequently travel to away games on the official club transport

Don't give them ideas. I dread to think what will earn points in this new loyalty scheme...

It's like at Boro when people on official coach got a free programme and pie, because nobody else who made the 600 mile round trip on the first weekend of January deserved it of course.

[Football Special]

Forgot to share the link

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/25908971.southampton-fc-indicate-plan-repair-st-marys-building/?fbclid=IwY2xjawQWQ7hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR7EXbZcpJfkGv-1nb0b_kmJN_RfUwCNxm2Jea3dGf4SQ_FmkVBALdj3IkzdeA_aem_LVlFeeGchE2KSB_L9j0ELQ

[Football Special]

29 minutes ago, EssEffCee said:

Don't give them ideas. I dread to think what will earn points in this new loyalty scheme...

It's like at Boro when people on official coach got a free programme and pie, because nobody else who made the 600 mile round trip on the first weekend of January deserved it of course.

I've suggested the following to FAB:

Dear FAB 

Thank you for everything that you do for us true supporters. 

I feel that things are finally going in the right direction but I'd like to suggest the following for management of away ticket sales. 

1) always take the smallest possible ticket allocation offered, this will allow us to phase out the casual fan 

2) priority one window should be exclusively for regular users of the OFFICIAL club travel 

3) priority window two is for known and trusted acquaintances of regulars of the official travel club 

4) final window any other fans can apply to be vetted by the FAB for their suitability to represent the club at Away games, attendance subject to signing a bingo bus behaviour code. 

5) strictly no alcohol to be consumed on Away days 

Keep up the good work 👏 

 

[Chez]

1 hour ago, Football Special said:

Good to see the latest FAB meeting tackled important issues. Up the Bingo Bus. If I had my way away ticket priority would go to official travel club users only. 

Potential free coach travel for final day at Preston away

The club said they are exploring the idea of free coach travel to Preston for the last game of the season, and would like to discuss this with fans.

They added that they are looking to target and reward those fans who frequently travel to away games on the official club transport

No issue with the club giving regular users of a service a reward, but perhaps paying for the ticket of fans that have attended a lot of aways might also be nice. 

[Pamplemousse]

1 hour ago, EssEffCee said:

Don't give them ideas. I dread to think what will earn points in this new loyalty scheme...

It's like at Boro when people on official coach got a free programme and pie, because nobody else who made the 600 mile round trip on the first weekend of January deserved it of course.

Previously they did give a free voucher to every fan, I think they did it for a Fulham game a couple of years ago around Christmas.

Presumably the Middlesbrough free pie was the FAB idea and naturally they restricted it to just travel users. Looking after their own.

I've been to pretty much every away game; don't expect or want a reward but only giving a reward to a certain section because of how they travel is not on at all. I don't live in Southampton so I wouldn't be able to get the official coach anyway!

I note in those minutes that there was a discussion about the Portsmouth game but no feedback shared about the fact a bubble was in place at all! So what's the point of raising anything with them.

[Chez]

Minutes from last FAB meeting: 

https://assets.ctfassets.net/qtmbc4zcgkle/1BXlUvBqBokuYKiLD4SKj3/d9e703db1bff5719b90d173afae0142b/FAB_Minutes_edited_Feb_2026.pdf

Includes a small section about the derby game.

The minutes suggest members of the FAB tried to explain to the Southampton officials at the meeting that fans weren't happy with the ridiculously early start. This was blamed on SKY TV's request for a 12 o'clock kick off time. The amount of people unhappy was questioned and the clubs response seemed to be 'forward us any complaints' (as though the FAB got these complaints by email or letter).  FAB explained that the complaints were heard at the actual game. So they were effectively forwarding them at that meeting. 

Looks like the early start and the notification were the only things raised. I think its fair to say the FAB were not pushing back on a bubble next year, but they did at least tell SFC that fans were not entirely happy with the impact of it.  

 

 

 

 

Edited 5 hours ago by Chez

[Chez]

8 minutes ago, Pamplemousse said:

Previously they did give a free voucher to every fan, I think they did it for a Fulham game a couple of years ago around Christmas.

Presumably the Middlesbrough free pie was the FAB idea and naturally they restricted it to just travel users. Looking after their own.

I've been to pretty much every away game; don't expect or want a reward but only giving a reward to a certain section because of how they travel is not on at all. I don't live in Southampton so I wouldn't be able to get the official coach anyway!

If you buy a lot of something, then getting a reward from the seller in terms of a discount or a free one of those things seems to make sense. Buy ten coach tickets get one free is fine. Buy 20 pies get one free.  Buy ten aways get one free.

[EssEffCee]

27 minutes ago, Pamplemousse said:

Previously they did give a free voucher to every fan, I think they did it for a Fulham game a couple of years ago around Christmas.

Presumably the Middlesbrough free pie was the FAB idea and naturally they restricted it to just travel users. Looking after their own.

I've been to pretty much every away game; don't expect or want a reward but only giving a reward to a certain section because of how they travel is not on at all. I don't live in Southampton so I wouldn't be able to get the official coach anyway!

I note in those minutes that there was a discussion about the Portsmouth game but no feedback shared about the fact a bubble was in place at all! So what's the point of raising anything with them.

Agreed mate, I didn't particularly want a pie or programme but it's the principle of it that some fans are more important than others in the club's eyes.

It'll all be down to money, guarantee they still made a profit from those fans despite the freebies. And if they do Preston based on x amount of official coach travels it'll be the same.

Reminds me of the fans forum when someone asked why the club didn't do anything for the fans anymore like free badges or a letter for doing every away etc. and Parsons replied with stuff they make money from like the fanzones.

[IFHP]

With regards to the free travel to Preston for a select few I see this as a direct try to put Nicks away coaches out if busnesss or at least reduce the amount of coaches they take . What’s the betting you’ll start to earn loyalty points for using club transport.