Our Fans were Fantastic!!

[spyinthesky]

That's all I have to say on the matter!!!!!!

[tdmickey3]

2 minutes ago, spyinthesky said:

That's all I have to say on the matter!!!!!!

This

[Toadhall Saint]

👏👏 

[Turkish]

They were, brilliant noise the yellow looked great 

 

[Willo of Whiteley]

Phenomenal support

[sfc4prem]

Absolutely superb. Lovely weather, excellent voices heard throughout - before, during and after the match.

Always consider how attractive the fans are, too. Our fanbase seemed to have a far more handsome and beautiful set of specimens compared to that ugly bunch of northerners. 😇😉

[Osvaldorama]

Absolutely brilliant support. Couldn’t ask for more. 

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

58 minutes ago, sfc4prem said:

Absolutely superb. Lovely weather, excellent voices heard throughout - before, during and after the match.

Always consider how attractive the fans are, too. Our fanbase seemed to have a far more handsome and beautiful set of specimens compared to that ugly bunch of northerners. 😇😉

Thanks 😘

[Harry_SFC]

Yep. Brilliant day out. Great support, great performance. 

[Sheaf Saint]

 

Aye, not bad.

[Bakovnetski]

1 hour ago, sfc4prem said:

Absolutely superb. Lovely weather, excellent voices heard throughout - before, during and after the match.

Always consider how attractive the fans are, too. Our fanbase seemed to have a far more handsome and beautiful set of specimens compared to that ugly bunch of northerners. 😇😉

How many pints did you have in The Arch?

[Dr Who?]

To be fair our support always turns up in the big games. 

A number of relegation battles when at The Dell

Villa Park 2003

Cardiff 2003

JPT Final Wembley 2010

League Cup Final 2017 Wembley 

San Siro 2017

Play Off Semi 2024 - home to WBA

Play off final 2024

FA Cup Quarters Arsenal 2026

Today FA Cup Semi

 

 

[CSA96]

[The Wyvern]

Thought we were loud and Man City even quieter than expected, silent until the last few mins.

Only moan would be us singing the same songs over and over, owts and yellows in particular. 

[ant]

Other than the sugar rush and initial aftermath of Gabbiadini's second, I think that's the best we've been at Wembley. 

Or to reframe it, the best we've been across an entire match rather than in a single moment. 

You rarely walk away more heartened from a loss than that.

[EssEffCee]

Don't think the atmosphere was great at all today if I'm honest.

[EssEffCee]

Not so much about the atmosphere in the ground but this doesn't reflect well at all on us either - https://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/threads/southampton-fans-coming-out-today.371554/

[Patrick Bateman]

1 hour ago, EssEffCee said:

Not so much about the atmosphere in the ground but this doesn't reflect well at all on us either - https://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/threads/southampton-fans-coming-out-today.371554/

Inevitable to get some helmets who need to lay off the sniff and booze in the sun. I didn't see anything, but there's no excuse in this day and age to be a tool at the match like that. All clubs suffer from this though in large numbers. 

[Sheaf Saint]

1 hour ago, EssEffCee said:

Not so much about the atmosphere in the ground but this doesn't reflect well at all on us either - https://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/threads/southampton-fans-coming-out-today.371554/

Like all clubs, we do sadly have a very small minority of utter tools following us. A day out in the sunshine at Wembley with a teatime KO allowing for all afternoon drinking beforehand is, unfortunately, going to bring a lot of them out of the woodwork. 

[Football Special]

I wouldn't care too much about what they put on their forum, City support was shite as expected, saw a few of theirs who thought it would be funny to celebrate right in the faces of Saints fans outside at the end then quickly wished they hadn't so probably two sides to those stories. 

I thought our support was good to be honest, build up around Wembley was buzzing and felt like we outnumbered them 3 to 1 going up Wembley way, no bother pre match just really positive atmosphere,  obviously the occassion meant more to us and that was reflected in the build up and the stands 

[LGTL]

Few of our younger fans embarrassing themselves on social media as always. They’ve no recollection of a pre Arab oil Man City though so I guess can be forgiven, but it’s just cringe when they’re arguing with 60 year old blokes who have probably seen it all. 

In terms of yesterday, a hell of a lot of coked up nippers which added an unnecessary edge afterwards. Atmosphere was pretty good though I thought. 

[Maggie May]

8 hours ago, EssEffCee said:

Not so much about the atmosphere in the ground but this doesn't reflect well at all on us either - https://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/threads/southampton-fans-coming-out-today.371554/

I saw this post game, too. Even our own fans were getting into scuffles with each other at the Green Man and in the concourse.  Of course, the majority outweighed the idiots but some of the “banter” given to City fans afterwards was cringeworthy. 

[Miltonaggro]

Summed up well for me (from FB this morning):

 

 

[Football Special]

23 minutes ago, LGTL said:

Few of our younger fans embarrassing themselves on social media as always. They’ve no recollection of a pre Arab oil Man City though so I guess can be forgiven, but it’s just cringe when they’re arguing with 60 year old blokes who have probably seen it all. 

In terms of yesterday, a hell of a lot of coked up nippers which added an unnecessary edge afterwards. Atmosphere was pretty good though I thought. 

I was upper tier and expected atmosphere to be quite flat compared to lower but was actually impressed, good noise around me and everyone seemed to be getting involved, probably helped by the fact that it was limited areas left when on members sale so a real mix of fans getting the singing going. 

I'd say losing a semi final to a late goal there absolutely should be a necessary edge afterwards,  Highbury 84, get stuck in Saints 

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

9 hours ago, EssEffCee said:

Not so much about the atmosphere in the ground but this doesn't reflect well at all on us either - https://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/threads/southampton-fans-coming-out-today.371554/

I'll admit I made a pretty hasty exit to get back to Wembley Central and make sure I was able to get the last available train back (just to reiterate...shit kick off time...), but there were definitely a handful of Saints fans who came across as utter bell ends getting in the face of elderly City fans/young families coming out the ground.

Had hoped it was just an isolated incident, but perhaps not...

On the whole though, our fans were marvellous!

[Football Special]

9 hours ago, CSA96 said:

I've not really looked on social media since the game but would be great to see more pics and videos of our end, i really hate how the corporate club wembley tier cuts through our support, as expected loads of that was left empty 

[spyinthesky]

10 hours ago, Dr Who? said:

To be fair our support always turns up in the big games. 

A number of relegation battles when at The Dell

Villa Park 2003

Cardiff 2003

JPT Final Wembley 2010

League Cup Final 2017 Wembley 

San Siro 2017

Play Off Semi 2024 - home to WBA

Play off final 2024

FA Cup Quarters Arsenal 2026

Today FA Cup Semi

 

 

 plus White Hart Lane 1963 (v Nottm Forest 6th Rd 2nd Replay!!)

[spyinthesky]

59 minutes ago, Stripey McStripe Shirt said:

I'll admit I made a pretty hasty exit to get back to Wembley Central and make sure I was able to get the last available train back (just to reiterate...shit kick off time...), but there were definitely a handful of Saints fans who came across as utter bell ends getting in the face of elderly City fans/young families coming out the ground.

Had hoped it was just an isolated incident, but perhaps not...

On the whole though, our fans were marvellous!

Unfortunately most clubs, ours included, have a group of young lads who believe themselves to be tough when in a group and probably fortified by drink or some sort of pill/powder.
The sort of attitude displayed by those implicated on the City fans forum is probably linked to Saints being the underdogs for the match.
The behaviour shown by a minority of our supporters at Wembley has been noticeable in the past when we have played lower ranked teams at St Marys.. 
Its a shame as it denigrates the majority of our fans who are decent, family oriented supporters.

 

[Hamwic]

On the whole, it was a trouble free day. I met plenty of Mancs on the train and in the pub before the match. It was all very good natured tinged with a bit of natural rivalry. Yes, there were some idiots who'd had too much alcohol or marching powder or both, but both sets of supporters had a good day out. 

[Dr Who?]

1 hour ago, spyinthesky said:

 plus White Hart Lane 1963 (v Nottm Forest 6th Rd 2nd Replay!!)

I will have to take your word for that one I’m afraid. 

[Dr Who?]

1 hour ago, spyinthesky said:

 plus White Hart Lane 1963 (v Nottm Forest 6th Rd 2nd Replay!!)

I will have to take your word for that one I’m afraid. 

[Dr Who?]

11 hours ago, ant said:

Other than the sugar rush and initial aftermath of Gabbiadini's second, I think that's the best we've been at Wembley. 

Or to reframe it, the best we've been across an entire match rather than in a single moment. 

You rarely walk away more heartened from a loss than that.

For me it was the league cup final. Mainly because it was a final. The atmosphere throughout the 2nd half was amazing where I was and we had chances and should have won the game after a very dodgy half hour. I drove back to Carlisle pretty happy for a cup final loss and it was amazing. But topped again by the end of the playoff final… what a day that was! 

[Football Special]

I was in the ground for a good ten minutes after the final whistle, you could see the lift the players got from appreciation received from the fans, really good , Wembley obviously thought we wanted to hear from one of Man City's players broadcasting post match interview over the speakers but that was completely drowned out by Saints singing 

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1DepeD95uv/

[Paulwantsapint81]

Don’t know where bbc placed the microphones but sounded like they were right in the middle of saints end

OWTHS & YELLOWS simple but effective 

[Colinjb]

Brilliant today, the singing on the train, after the final whistle... on the way back!

We may have not got the result we wanted, but that was arguably the most fun day at Wembley/London i've personally had. Great mixing with fans of other teams in the centre of London, especially the Derby fans in Covent Garden.

[ant]

13 minutes ago, Colinjb said:

Great mixing with fans of other teams in the centre of London, especially the Derby fans in Covent Garden.

Posted in the match thread as well, but we were in Hackney Wick beforehand and the Hammers were complimentary about us. 

City fans weren't enjoying the critique of them outside the ground afterwards, which was amusing.

(By which I'm not condoning those that crossed a line - but the chants about their poor support weren't unfair).

One Gillingham fan took umbrage to our lot singing on the Jubilee train back down, but I think he was just a bit odd.

[Football Special]

14 hours ago, EssEffCee said:

Not so much about the atmosphere in the ground but this doesn't reflect well at all on us either - https://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/threads/southampton-fans-coming-out-today.371554/

Just read that whole thread, absolutely comedy gold, especially matey crying cause his Mrs got called fat in McDonald's, must be on a wind up, would take most of their stories with a huge pinch of salt. 

But overall you can see how triggered they are, they know our crowd outshone their pathetic support and have taken to the Internet to have a good old winge being bullied off the pitch, resorting to the usual 'Pompey fans are better' nonsense. Perhaps they were expecting us to give them a guard of honour on Wembley Way. 

Pleased that despite the result some of them had their day out spoilt 👍 

Edited 7 hours ago by Football Special

[EssEffCee]

1 minute ago, Football Special said:

Just read that whole thread, absolutely comedy gold, especially matey crying cause his Mrs got called fat in McDonald's, must be on a wind up, would take most of their stories with a huge pinch of salt. 

But overall you can see how triggered they are, they know our crowd outshone their pathetic support and have taken to the Internet to have a good old winge being bullied off the pitch, resorting to the usual 'Pompey fans are better' nonsense. 

Pleased that despite the result some of them had their day out spoilt 👍 

I didn't see any of that. Not checked it since I posted it here.

Having a go at people with kids and singing racist songs is dreadful though.

[Football Special]

29 minutes ago, EssEffCee said:

I didn't see any of that. Not checked it since I posted it here.

Having a go at people with kids and singing racist songs is dreadful though.

Not ideal, but im certainly not going to believe all the posts on there.

As for kids, there's a little glory hunting shit who turns up to my kids training each week in a City kit, clearly been given poor guidance by his parents but if he pipes up at all this week they’ll be getting the full treatment 

[EssEffCee]

9 minutes ago, Football Special said:

Not ideal, but im certainly not going to believe all the posts on there.

As for kids, there's a little glory hunting shit who turns up to my kids training each week in a City kit, clearly been given poor guidance by his parents but if he pipes up at all this week they’ll be getting the full treatment 

Fair point. I'm inclined to think that people wouldn't make it up for the sake of it but I guess you never know these days. It is the internet after all.

[Football Special]

Classic Ally McCoist reaction to our goal , love the footage of our end as well 

 

[Nordic Saint]

1 hour ago, Football Special said:

But overall you can see how triggered they are, they know our crowd outshone their pathetic support and have taken to the Internet to have a good old winge being bullied off the pitch, resorting to the usual 'Pompey fans are better'

They haven't even played Pompey for years, but when they did......

Pompey fans don't travel that far north:

 

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

11 minutes ago, Football Special said:

Classic Ally McCoist reaction to our goal , love the footage of our end as well 

 

Does Steven Gerrard hate is for some reason? Or just hate football in general?

[Scoobysaint]

The atmosphere in the stadium was pretty amazing, especially the goal going in. The standing in the upper areas was at times problematic for some folk. I saw one chap who was there with his elderly father who wasn’t capable of standing the whole game. Fair play to the fans in front who were ok with sitting in the most part. 

We have got some idiot fans though, young lads who have watched too much football factory. Saw a group of ten or twelve trying to wind folk up at the station on the way home. Not sure what they would do if they actually met some real old school types. Maybe see how tough our “yoof firm” is when they meet Millwall in the playoffs!

Only other gripe is why do grown men feel the need to essentially shit themselves in a confined train carriage and then justify it by exclaiming “it’s the Guinness”. 

Edited 1 hour ago by Scoobysaint

[Pilchards]

Looked like a fire drill on the final whistle between Chelsea and Leeds.

Probably say 85% of our fans stayed for a further 15 minutes on the whistle.

 

[Scally42]

19 hours ago, EssEffCee said:

Not so much about the atmosphere in the ground but this doesn't reflect well at all on us either - https://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/threads/southampton-fans-coming-out-today.371554/

They've got some front and short memories 

 

[spyinthesky]

20 hours ago, The Wyvern said:

Thought we were loud and Man City even quieter than expected, silent until the last few mins.

Only moan would be us singing the same songs over and over, owts and yellows in particular. 

Agree, only two songs were sung with fans full backing but volume was very impressive.
In comparison Man City fans could hardly be heard apart from one fairly tame rendition of 'Blue Moon' when they scored.
I suppose it was to be as expected as their fans have had more than their fair share of success and, as a consequence, are followed by a lot of 'tourists'.

[Sheaf Saint]

10 minutes ago, spyinthesky said:

Agree, only two songs were sung with fans full backing but volume was very impressive.

Yeah the problem being that the vast majority of our fans there yesterday either don't go to away games or sit in the quieter parts of St Mary's, so probably don't know the words to a lot of the other songs. So if we want the whole crowd singing then it needs to be the obvious classics. 

A small pocket of fans near me tried getting the father's gun song going, but it didn't travel far (thankfully - I think it's a cringey, tinpot song that needs to get in the bin).