Our Fans were Fantastic!!

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

1 hour ago, Badger said:

Impressive support yesterday but as above the range of songs could have been better.

Also, impressed by the range of yellow away shirts brought out of the wardrobes after a few years. Ranging from the 80’s classics including the ‘flame effect’ , and some others (including  Hummel and Pony) designs I’d forgotten existed. 

If just like to say I was pleasantly surprised by the lack and f songs about Pompey yesterday though. Don't think I heard the 'get your father's gun' song once.

[Secret Site Agent]

On 25/04/2026 at 20:18, 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. 😇😉

I was there yesterday.

Thirty Thousand Manchester City Fans

Not one Manchester Accent.

[Osvaldorama]

You can’t get many songs going in Wembley because of the acoustics and the size of it. It’s why ‘yellows’ and OWTS work. Because they’re simple and can get the whole crowd involved. 
 

As for that city forum.. fucking nonsense. Both sets of fans mixed everywhere and there was barely any trouble. You’re always going to get some knobheads at a big game. 
 

Probably none of them posting on there have ever been to a game before. Bunch of plastic corporate soulless pricks 

[Football Special]

 

[oldsarum]

8 hours ago, Secret Site Agent said:

I was there yesterday.

Thirty Thousand Manchester City Fans

Not one Manchester Accent.

There were never 30k city fans there 

[Patrick Bateman]

It was "soulless" on Saturday apparently 😂 ... https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/man-city-wembley-empty-seats-wake-up-call-4381506?utm_source=fb&utm_campaign=social_fb_posts&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwY2xjawRb5DRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeckExGBSd_lNYIpHJ7beqvPPRU6gwSTwuVD7yyxGKoSYNWvDUOIc_sZDdMkg_aem_wlADJnyf8CctiSfV0-YCfw

 

[Sheaf Saint]

9 hours ago, Secret Site Agent said:

I was there yesterday.

Thirty Thousand Manchester City Fans

Not one Manchester Accent.

If you had travelled north after the game like I did, you would have heard plenty. 

[Osvaldorama]

I actually really fucking hate city. 
 

Corporate, soulless financial cheaters. Their accolades mean nothing.  
 

I won’t even watch the final as it’s cheats v cheats. Two clubs that are literally a stain on football 

[Saint Garrett]

On 25/04/2026 at 23:01, 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/

Yeah like all clubs we've all got our tossers sadly. But that just a reflection of society. 

All I saw was both sets of fans being pretty respectful, with some good banter between them.  

I was shocked how bad they were though, I always had good respect for their fans as they've always been pretty humble and respectful, whilst also being pretty loud "proper" fans. But it was strange fromthem Saturday, generally heard them once or twice.  Not sure if thats because we were so loud for most of the game, or whther they just didn't sing. 

I know it's a second home for them, and we're "small fry" but I would still expect the ones that turned up to be pretty loud.

[LeBizzier69]

On 26/04/2026 at 08:18, 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!

Only grief my daughter (who's only 12) and i got on the way back was from pompey dicks.....walking to the train, and then on the train too. One even got escorted away from the train by transport police for knocking on the train window from the platform and giving it the w@nker gesture to a few of us.

Was some "lively" banter with citeh fans walking back but it was all pretty good natured.

[Sir Ralph]

5 minutes ago, Saint Garrett said:

Yeah like all clubs we've all got our tossers sadly. But that just a reflection of society. 

All I saw was both sets of fans being pretty respectful, with some good banter between them.  

I was shocked how bad they were though, I always had good respect for their fans as they've always been pretty humble and respectful, whilst also being pretty loud "proper" fans. But it was strange fromthem Saturday, generally heard them once or twice.  Not sure if thats because we were so loud for most of the game, or whther they just didn't sing. 

I know it's a second home for them, and we're "small fry" but I would still expect the ones that turned up to be pretty loud.

I think that’s the point. For the few of them that went there was zero atmosphere 

[OldNick]

13 hours ago, Sheaf Saint said:

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).

Yes we generally sung 2 songs but Im glad we didnt end up singing songs about Pompey. IMO we were awesome

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

2 hours ago, Sheaf Saint said:

If you had travelled north after the game like I did, you would have heard plenty. 

I got on the last train back to Liverpool. Handful of City fans on my carriage, but not many. Actually seemed to be more Arsenal and West Ham fans...

[Miltonaggro]

On 25/04/2026 at 22:30, 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

 

 

Yes, we can always go toe to toe when it matters.  Over the years I think it's shocked oppo fans.  One odd game that stands out was the FA Cup Quarter Final v Brighton in 1986, which we won 2-0.  We had the whole uncovered Goldstone Lane side and end of the ground (10-12k?) and frightened the life out of the locals.  Biley was a sub for Brighton and absolutely shit himself   

[Sir Ralph]

On the City forums they are taking the Michael saying that we only had two songs “yellows” and “oh when the Saints”. Better than the no songs from their end I suppose….

Edited yesterday at 09:59 by Sir Ralph

[OldNick]

20 minutes ago, Sir Ralph said:

On the City forums they are taking the Michael saying that we only had two songs “yellows” and “oh when the Saints”. Better than the no songs from their end I suppose….

I think theirs are City and Blue Moon, not sure of any others

[Nordic Saint]

2 hours ago, OldNick said:

Yes we generally sung 2 songs but Im glad we didnt end up singing songs about Pompey. IMO we were awesome

When you have more than 35,000 fans, spread around 3 sides and several tiers of a massive stadium, limiting what you all sing to a couple of songs, makes sense. If you started a variety of songs, it would just cause confusion and not everybody would sing the words at the same time or even join in. Anyway, I don't know why Man City are criticising us for only singing 2 songs, as in the first half they sang none and in the second half I only heard them sing one: that awful dirge of theirs: City, City followed by some mumbling.

The other thing about most of the other football songs that we didn't sing is that they are generic so the players may not even know who is singing them and people watching on TV definitely won't. With OWTS and Yellows, Yellows, everybody knew it was us.

When we had our best atmosphere at the Dell in the late 70s, it was always loudest when our fans all around the ground sang OWTS together; not a variety of different songs.

City fans online after the game were very defensive and resentful of the fact we outnumbered and   outsang them so they were being hypercritical of us. What happened off the pitch seemed to concern them more than the result.

Edited yesterday at 10:46 by Nordic Saint

[aintforever]

4 hours ago, Patrick Bateman said:

It was "soulless" on Saturday apparently 😂 ... https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/man-city-wembley-empty-seats-wake-up-call-4381506?utm_source=fb&utm_campaign=social_fb_posts&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwY2xjawRb5DRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeckExGBSd_lNYIpHJ7beqvPPRU6gwSTwuVD7yyxGKoSYNWvDUOIc_sZDdMkg_aem_wlADJnyf8CctiSfV0-YCfw

 

The problem is not Wembley, it's the fact that they have been allowed to cheat for so long to get there 23 times in the last 10 seasons.

 

 

[Sir Ralph]

1 hour ago, OldNick said:

I think theirs are City and Blue Moon, not sure of any others

I think they general point was they didn’t sing them as well!

[OldNick]

1 hour ago, Nordic Saint said:

When you have more than 35,000 fans, spread around 3 sides and several tiers of a massive stadium, limiting what you all sing to a couple of songs, makes sense. If you started a variety of songs, it would just cause confusion and not everybody would sing the words at the same time or even join in. Anyway, I don't know why Man City are criticising us for only singing 2 songs, as in the first half they sang none and in the second half I only heard them sing one: that awful dirge of theirs: City, City followed by some mumbling.

The other thing about most of the other football songs that we didn't sing is that they are generic so the players may not even know who is singing them and people watching on TV definitely won't. With OWTS and Yellows, Yellows, everybody knew it was us.

When we had our best atmosphere at the Dell in the late 70s, it was always loudest when our fans all around the ground sang OWTS together; not a variety of different songs.

City fans online after the game were very defensive and resentful of the fact we outnumbered and   outsang them so they were being hypercritical of us. What happened off the pitch seemed to concern them more than the result.

Exactly

[OldNick]

2 hours ago, Miltonaggro said:

Yes, we can always go toe to toe when it matters.  Over the years I think it's shocked oppo fans.  One odd game that stands out was the FA Cup Quarter Final v Brighton in 1986, which we won 2-0.  We had the whole uncovered Goldstone Lane side and end of the ground (10-12k?) and frightened the life out of the locals.  Biley was a sub for Brighton and absolutely shit himself   

Wow that was an eventful day, one of our group arrested and we had to wait around for a few hours forhim to be released. Remember one of the Totton lads scaling the floodlight tower lol

[OldNick]

Met Tom Davis the comedian who was Barry Gale on some of our promo stuff a few years back at Gerrards Cross station. He had loads of good things to say about Saints, and put down a lot of that exposure to his rise to be quite well known now. He came up with some stuff about Sullivan at his beloved WHU but not that I could put on here!!!

[Miltonaggro]

2 minutes ago, OldNick said:

Wow that was an eventful day, one of our group arrested and we had to wait around for a few hours forhim to be released. Remember one of the Totton lads scaling the floodlight tower lol

Glad you remember it Nick, magnificent support that day, like a cavalry charge in the park on way back to station. I seem to remember a strike in the docks (or maybe general strike) which led to a lot of lads deciding on a group day out. 

[OldNick]

1 minute ago, Miltonaggro said:

Glad you remember it Nick, magnificent support that day, like a cavalry charge in the park on way back to station. I seem to remember a strike in the docks (or maybe general strike) which led to a lot of lads deciding on a group day out. 

So many stories that day, I drove the mini bus and it turned out like the Jolly Boys outing !! We had some great trips with the Totton lads

[Saint86]

On 25/04/2026 at 23:01, 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/

Walked to wembley central with my lad after the game, mixed fans all the way. Saw absolutely zero scuffles and no police were involved. So whatever it was must have been very isolated - could equally be complete horeshit from some very sad city fans.

Most city fans I met were pretty friendly and normal tbh. Didn't see any trouble the entire day.

Edited yesterday at 12:24 by Saint86

[Ken Tone]

1 hour ago, aintforever said:

The problem is not Wembley, it's the fact that they have been allowed to cheat for so long to get there 23 times in the last 10 seasons.

 

 

Lived in  Manchester for a while many years ago. In those days , with city very much second best to united , their fans were genuine fans and nearly all local. Whereas at old Trafford you could see lots of ' home' fans coaches from Surrey etc.

In the early days of their success I was actually quite pleased for the long-suffering city fans I used to work with.  But nowadays they're swamped by the plastics. Summed up by the couple in city colours who came in on our tube carriage from where they lived in Central London, who I suspect had never been to Manchester. 

[OldNick]

4 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

Walked to wembley central with my lad after the game, mixed fans all the way. Saw absolutely zero scuffles and no police were involved. So whatever it was must have been very isolated - could equally be complete horeshit from some very sad city fans.

Most city fans I met were pretty friendly and normal tbh. Didn't see any trouble the entire day.

I saw a minr scuffle near where the entrance to get on the trains, police were there quickly

[Miltonaggro]

4 minutes ago, OldNick said:

So many stories that day, I drove the mini bus and it turned out like the Jolly Boys outing !! We had some great trips with the Totton lads

A good mate of mine (unfortunately, died unexpectedly year before last) was a LUFC nut, and one of the main faces in the Leeds Service Crew in the 1980s / 90s - had settled down by the time I got to know him.  He always spoke very highly of Saints support, and said that a lot clubs forgot that Southampton was a major port town and industrial hub for southern England, and got caught out.  Blue few overrated and overhyped in that time period. As was mentioned above, when we have something to get behind the city always steps up. 

[Maggie May]

Did anyone see the guy chased at full pelt by security around blocks J and K?  He was then being cuffed by cops while face down on the ground.  Probably around 4.30pm.

[TheAlehouseBrawlers]

7 hours ago, OldNick said:

Wow that was an eventful day, one of our group arrested and we had to wait around for a few hours forhim to be released. Remember one of the Totton lads scaling the floodlight tower lol

Ingie 😁 green streaks in his hair, what ever happened to him…?

[Badger]

12 hours ago, LeBizzier69 said:

Only grief my daughter (who's only 12) and i got on the way back was from pompey dicks.....walking to the train, and then on the train too. One even got escorted away from the train by transport police for knocking on the train window from the platform and giving it the w@nker gesture to a few of us.

Was some "lively" banter with citeh fans walking back but it was all pretty good natured.

Where was that ?
We thought we might see some at Reading station on the way back but none. Couple of young saps commented 2-1 and “fuck off Southampton” to us, no idea who they supported, just being arseholes. But we were also approached by an Arsenal fan, on the way back from the Emirates commiserating on the result and that everyone at their game was really willing Saints to win. Quite a buzz there when hearing we’d taken the lead apparently. 
 

City fans we spoke to on the tube and on the way back were fine. Although there were some gobby fuckers on both sides also wanting to be heard. 

[Badger]

8 hours ago, Saint86 said:

Walked to wembley central with my lad after the game, mixed fans all the way. Saw absolutely zero scuffles and no police were involved. So whatever it was must have been very isolated - could equally be complete horeshit from some very sad city fans.

Most city fans I met were pretty friendly and normal tbh. Didn't see any trouble the entire day.

Wonder if it’ll be as friendly v Millwall in the playoffs if it happens? 

[Badger]

11 hours ago, Miltonaggro said:

Yes, we can always go toe to toe when it matters.  Over the years I think it's shocked oppo fans.  One odd game that stands out was the FA Cup Quarter Final v Brighton in 1986, which we won 2-0.  We had the whole uncovered Goldstone Lane side and end of the ground (10-12k?) and frightened the life out of the locals.  Biley was a sub for Brighton and absolutely shit himself   

 

9 hours ago, OldNick said:

Wow that was an eventful day, one of our group arrested and we had to wait around for a few hours forhim to be released. Remember one of the Totton lads scaling the floodlight tower lol

Yes, that game was memorable for the support and day out. 
 

One lasting memory is that they were filling up the open terrace in sections, and would hold back people until each section was full. You had to enter from the higher level at the back of the terrace. Frank Sinatra ‘New York, New York’ was in the charts at the time and playing. Some bloke decided to break through the Police cordon at the back to walk down the empty terrace acting out a Sinatra impression with the music playing, strutting and high kicking for the chorus. It caused quite a response from the crowd.
 

The Police and stewards let him have his moment of fame and glory before letting the next batch of fans into his stage and terrace. 

Edited 22 hours ago by Badger

[Miltonaggro]

13 hours ago, Badger said:

Wonder if it’ll be as friendly v Millwall in the playoffs if it happens? 

If that happens, it will likely be as full on as it can be in the 2020s should we beat them.  I hope Millwall go up with us one way or the other. 

[Nordic Saint]

22 hours ago, Ken Tone said:

Lived in  Manchester for a while many years ago. In those days , with city very much second best to united , their fans were genuine fans and nearly all local. Whereas at old Trafford you could see lots of ' home' fans coaches from Surrey etc.

In the early days of their success I was actually quite pleased for the long-suffering city fans I used to work with.  But nowadays they're swamped by the plastics. Summed up by the couple in city colours who came in on our tube carriage from where they lived in Central London, who I suspect had never been to Manchester. 

Post-match, City fans were going on as if it was the only time we'd been in an FA Cup Semi-final so that's why we outnumbered and outsang them. One posted that we were excited because it was our only Wembley appearance in 50 years.

It was Saints' 14th FA Cup Semi-final. Before the Emiratis bought them, Man City had only been in 10, and only 10 of the current Premier League teams have appeared in more semi-finals than Saints.

Edited 8 hours ago by Nordic Saint

[Maggie May]

5 minutes ago, Nordic Saint said:

Post-match, City fans were going on as if it was the only time we'd been in an FA Cup Semi-final so that's why we outnumbered and outsang them. One posted that we were excited because it was our only Wembley appearance in 50 years.

It was Saints' 14th FA Cup Semi-final. Before the Emiratis bought them, Man City had only been in 10, and only 10 of the current Premier League teams have appeared in more semi-finals than Saints.

That's the problem.  No one remembers FA Cup semi finalists.  

[Football Special]

8 minutes ago, Nordic Saint said:

Post-match, City fans were going on as if it was the only time we'd been in an FA Cup Semi-final so that's why we outnumbered and outsang them. One posted that we were excited because it was our only Wembley appearance in 50 years.

It was Saints' 14th FA Cup Semi-final. Before the Emiratis bought them, Man City had only been in 10, and only 10 of the current Premier League teams have appeared in more semi-finals than Saints.

It was our 3rd Wembley FA Cup semi final in 9 seasons , plus we'd had 2017 league cup final and recent play off final, we didn't need our Sat Navs to find Wembley, well trodden path 

[Nordic Saint]

1 hour ago, Maggie May said:

That's the problem.  No one remembers FA Cup semi finalists.  

True, we are very much the nearly men of football. So often runners-up in leagues and cups or losing semi-finalists.

For a club with a fanbase our size (20th in the all-time average attendance table) we are, in terms of trophies won, possibly the most underachieving team in the country, but in terms of coming close to winning them, we are right up there.

But, things can change. Before Don Revie became their manager, Leeds United never even came close to winning a trophy; their greatest achievement was reaching one FA Cup Quarter-final. I'm hoping Tonda Eckert can do for us what Revie did for Leeds or Brian Clough did for Forest.

Edited 7 hours ago by Nordic Saint

[OldNick]

16 hours ago, TheAlehouseBrawlers said:

Ingie 😁 green streaks in his hair, what ever happened to him…?

Yep lost track of him many years ago

[Saint86]

On 27/04/2026 at 11:22, Nordic Saint said:

City fans online after the game were very defensive and resentful of the fact we outnumbered and  outsang them so they were being hypercritical of us. What happened off the pitch seemed to concern them more than the result.

Don't think there can be any doubt that we fully rattled them and fundamentally they just didn't like it.

We were the far better fans (not even a question), and then we had the nerve to scare the crap out of them by keeping a clean sheet for 82min and taking a lead that left them needing a lucky deflected and bouncing shot to get back into the match. They almost got proper humbled and they know it, and that's just too much for their billy big bollocks "fans" online - pretty funny really 😄

 

[Gloucester Saint]

On 27/04/2026 at 10:46, Miltonaggro said:

Biley was a sub for Brighton and absolutely shit himself   

Just like 1984 when through with only Shilts to beat.

[Gloucester Saint]

21 hours ago, Badger said:

Wonder if it’ll be as friendly v Millwall in the playoffs if it happens? 

Probably not as bad as Covent Garden 1991 v the skates.

It was very unfriendly for the blue few.