Saints’ JPT final adds to grass-roots fixture chaos (From This is Hampshire)
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Saints’ JPT final adds to grass-roots fixture chaos
7:55am Thursday 18th March 2010 in
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- By Simon Carter » Sports Editor
SAINTS’ Wembley trip has created extra misery for grass-roots football officials in the wake of the worst winter weather for three decades.
The adult and youth Sunday leagues were decimated throughout December and January because of rain and frost.
Now another round of games has been drastically reduced in some cases and abandoned altogether in others because so many players are heading to Wembley for the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy final.
And the new raft of postponements will mean the Southampton Tyro Youth League season will have to be extended by a month to nearly the end of May.
The Eastleigh & District Mini League has decided to postpone their entire fixture list despite the fact they have had to cancel all their cup competitions for the second year running because of the winter-weather created fixture chaos.
Comments(60)
Brite Spark
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8:12am Thu 18 Mar 10
Norwegian Saint
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8:26am Thu 18 Mar 10
I am happy with this season, a little sad about the play-offs but I put that down to the poor start not recent results.
Let's all enjoy Wembley and the last few games.
Next year we will go up and watch Poopey drown.
COYRs!!!
Luda.
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9:09am Thu 18 Mar 10
Other than that , its going to be a quiet summer transfer wise.
Boring, but good for the squad.
I would imagine we would have plenty of offers for our galacticos though.
I wonder if the pre season fixtures this year wil be a bit more imaginative?.
Barca..
Milan..
La Galaxy..
worried of e sussex
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9:19am Thu 18 Mar 10
LovelySaint
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9:32am Thu 18 Mar 10
worried of e sussex wrote:Not got mine yet either! I don't think we are alone though W, if nothing appears by the weekend I'll be hitting the phone!
still no tickets, getting more worried now!
worried of e sussex
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9:38am Thu 18 Mar 10
LovelySaint wrote:or hitting something!
worried of e sussex wrote: still no tickets, getting more worried now!Not got mine yet either! I don't think we are alone though W, if nothing appears by the weekend I'll be hitting the phone!
Dazzler79
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9:39am Thu 18 Mar 10
LovelySaint wrote:They are sending out tickets all this week.
worried of e sussex wrote:Not got mine yet either! I don't think we are alone though W, if nothing appears by the weekend I'll be hitting the phone!
still no tickets, getting more worried now!
So if you don't receive them mon/tue latest.
Then give them a call.
Brite Spark
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9:51am Thu 18 Mar 10
Dazzler79 wrote:I've got mine.
LovelySaint wrote:They are sending out tickets all this week.
worried of e sussex wrote:Not got mine yet either! I don't think we are alone though W, if nothing appears by the weekend I'll be hitting the phone!
still no tickets, getting more worried now!
So if you don't receive them mon/tue latest.
Then give them a call.
Brian1
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10:26am Thu 18 Mar 10
So lets cancel our wembley date, daily echo becuase you want to go holiday ????
I am Saint Paul
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10:27am Thu 18 Mar 10
Hampshire Cup final Under 13 KO 1330 on 28th. March 2010
Hampshire Cup final Under 16 KO 1530 on 28th. March 2010.
Any local boys who are involved and also Saints fans will have to choose between playing in the Hampshire cup final or going to Wembley.
Court Jester Crew
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10:47am Thu 18 Mar 10
LovelySaint wrote:I've not got my tickets yet so you are not the only one. I'm from the same area as worried e sussex. The post is so slow around the Uckfield area. We are the little bit of Red & White east of the mighty St. Mary's
worried of e sussex wrote:Not got mine yet either! I don't think we are alone though W, if nothing appears by the weekend I'll be hitting the phone!
still no tickets, getting more worried now!
Brite Spark
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12:02pm Thu 18 Mar 10
Court Jester Crew
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12:26pm Thu 18 Mar 10
Brite Spark wrote:I'll give you that you are east of St.Mary's.
I'm a little bit of red and white east of St Mary's too, there's loads of us out there.
I stopped for a pint in the Red Lion Stubbington on the Friday night before we played the lot from Fallingdown Park. I got talking to a skate fan who bought me a pint. I did insist he tasted it first in case it was poisoned.
seedhouse
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12:49pm Thu 18 Mar 10
Court Jester Crew wrote:If it wasn't before it was after he put his mouth on it!
Brite Spark wrote: I'm a little bit of red and white east of St Mary's too, there's loads of us out there.I'll give you that you are east of St.Mary's. I stopped for a pint in the Red Lion Stubbington on the Friday night before we played the lot from Fallingdown Park. I got talking to a skate fan who bought me a pint. I did insist he tasted it first in case it was poisoned.
worried of e sussex
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12:51pm Thu 18 Mar 10
Court Jester Crew wrote:i'm the only hartfield red!
LovelySaint wrote:I've not got my tickets yet so you are not the only one. I'm from the same area as worried e sussex. The post is so slow around the Uckfield area. We are the little bit of Red & White east of the mighty St. Mary'sworried of e sussex wrote: still no tickets, getting more worried now!Not got mine yet either! I don't think we are alone though W, if nothing appears by the weekend I'll be hitting the phone!
Brite Spark
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1:05pm Thu 18 Mar 10
seedhouse wrote:That's a bit of a Skate's pub!
Court Jester Crew wrote:If it wasn't before it was after he put his mouth on it!
Brite Spark wrote: I'm a little bit of red and white east of St Mary's too, there's loads of us out there.I'll give you that you are east of St.Mary's. I stopped for a pint in the Red Lion Stubbington on the Friday night before we played the lot from Fallingdown Park. I got talking to a skate fan who bought me a pint. I did insist he tasted it first in case it was poisoned.
Being bored I just looked at Fratton Park on Google Earth, someone has posted a picture of the Portsmouth v Man City game on there, (Portsmouth written incorrectly, muppet!) and there are at least 100 people in the ground!
IanRRR
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1:15pm Thu 18 Mar 10
St Retford
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1:26pm Thu 18 Mar 10
SomersetSaint
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1:39pm Thu 18 Mar 10
St Retford
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1:48pm Thu 18 Mar 10
I am Saint Paul
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2:27pm Thu 18 Mar 10
St dai
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2:40pm Thu 18 Mar 10
3 times this year with my boys team,
funny how it`s the teams looking at promotion and titles that call games off.
scprof
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3:02pm Thu 18 Mar 10
Optimism rules OK
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3:26pm Thu 18 Mar 10
SomersetSaint wrote:Well, i wasn't at the match last night, so perhaps i don't deserve my wembley ticket, after all, ive only gone to a tonne of away matches this year, and every JPT match (not to mention the away trip to tranmere). As well as going to numerous matches in the portvliet experiment season, having an ST before that, AND going to 20 matches the year before that.... Think before you post!
If Swindon brought 2,200 fans on Tuesday night, that means only about 18,500 Saints fans attended!! Where were the other 25,500 "Wembley faithful" and those who claim to go to every home game yet have mysteriously missed out on a JPT final ticket??!! I know March has been an expensive month, but I suspect all these missing fans were in the warm watching Chelsea v. Inter. Very disappointing and I'd say ask yourself if you deserve to be going to Wembley? I know I do!
saint andy
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5:03pm Thu 18 Mar 10
SomersetSaint wrote:Ok hang on i will see if i can get a special plane just to fly me home from work so i can get to the quota of games you want me to attend so i can go to wembley
If Swindon brought 2,200 fans on Tuesday night, that means only about 18,500 Saints fans attended!! Where were the other 25,500 "Wembley faithful" and those who claim to go to every home game yet have mysteriously missed out on a JPT final ticket??!! I know March has been an expensive month, but I suspect all these missing fans were in the warm watching Chelsea v. Inter. Very disappointing and I'd say ask yourself if you deserve to be going to Wembley? I know I do!
wait i am going
it's about time everybody stopped
b!tching about who should and shouldn't go we all have our own personel agenda's get over it and live with it
the ticket distribution wasn't the best saints have done but its done now its wembley and the officials that you should vent you anger at after NC did try to get more tickets
and i'm glad you feel you deserve to go along i suspect with 99% of the 44k that are going
gosportsaint
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5:39pm Thu 18 Mar 10
seedhouse wrote:East of paradise here, or west of sh1t.
Court Jester Crew wrote:If it wasn't before it was after he put his mouth on it!Brite Spark wrote: I'm a little bit of red and white east of St Mary's too, there's loads of us out there.I'll give you that you are east of St.Mary's. I stopped for a pint in the Red Lion Stubbington on the Friday night before we played the lot from Fallingdown Park. I got talking to a skate fan who bought me a pint. I did insist he tasted it first in case it was poisoned.
So, 44000 of us going to Wembley, how many Skates do we think will go two weeks later.
Put money on it they don't have to cancel local games.
COYR
Bungy53
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6:07pm Thu 18 Mar 10
Court Jester Crew wrote:I've not my ticket either, I got through on the first day for STH's and bought 1 ticket and would have thought I would have had mine by now.
LovelySaint wrote:I've not got my tickets yet so you are not the only one. I'm from the same area as worried e sussex. The post is so slow around the Uckfield area. We are the little bit of Red & White east of the mighty St. Mary'sworried of e sussex wrote: still no tickets, getting more worried now!Not got mine yet either! I don't think we are alone though W, if nothing appears by the weekend I'll be hitting the phone!
Could not get through to customer service all day so I sent an email instead.
Got a reply saying if I don't receive ticket by next Weds, contact ticket office and they will provide a duplicate.
It would then be interesting on the day if 2 of us are trying to sit in the same seat, each with authentic tickets. It was also suggested that I let Royal Mail know that I haven't got my mailing.
Call me cynical this might suggest some tampering of mail--let's hope not.
west wales saint
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6:21pm Thu 18 Mar 10
Bungy53 wrote:Have faith, my tickets arrived today,up in the gods but will enjoy the day
Court Jester Crew wrote:I've not my ticket either, I got through on the first day for STH's and bought 1 ticket and would have thought I would have had mine by now. Could not get through to customer service all day so I sent an email instead. Got a reply saying if I don't receive ticket by next Weds, contact ticket office and they will provide a duplicate. It would then be interesting on the day if 2 of us are trying to sit in the same seat, each with authentic tickets. It was also suggested that I let Royal Mail know that I haven't got my mailing. Call me cynical this might suggest some tampering of mail--let's hope not.LovelySaint wrote:I've not got my tickets yet so you are not the only one. I'm from the same area as worried e sussex. The post is so slow around the Uckfield area. We are the little bit of Red & White east of the mighty St. Mary'sworried of e sussex wrote: still no tickets, getting more worried now!Not got mine yet either! I don't think we are alone though W, if nothing appears by the weekend I'll be hitting the phone!
coyr
Harleysaint
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6:30pm Thu 18 Mar 10
west wales saint wrote:West Wales.....Is'nt that Ireland?
Bungy53 wrote:Have faith, my tickets arrived today,up in the gods but will enjoy the day coyrCourt Jester Crew wrote:I've not my ticket either, I got through on the first day for STH's and bought 1 ticket and would have thought I would have had mine by now. Could not get through to customer service all day so I sent an email instead. Got a reply saying if I don't receive ticket by next Weds, contact ticket office and they will provide a duplicate. It would then be interesting on the day if 2 of us are trying to sit in the same seat, each with authentic tickets. It was also suggested that I let Royal Mail know that I haven't got my mailing. Call me cynical this might suggest some tampering of mail--let's hope not.LovelySaint wrote:I've not got my tickets yet so you are not the only one. I'm from the same area as worried e sussex. The post is so slow around the Uckfield area. We are the little bit of Red & White east of the mighty St. Mary'sworried of e sussex wrote: still no tickets, getting more worried now!Not got mine yet either! I don't think we are alone though W, if nothing appears by the weekend I'll be hitting the phone!
Matthew Allen
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6:35pm Thu 18 Mar 10
west wales saint wrote:Mine came today, so keep the faith.
Bungy53 wrote:Have faith, my tickets arrived today,up in the gods but will enjoy the day coyrCourt Jester Crew wrote:I've not my ticket either, I got through on the first day for STH's and bought 1 ticket and would have thought I would have had mine by now. Could not get through to customer service all day so I sent an email instead. Got a reply saying if I don't receive ticket by next Weds, contact ticket office and they will provide a duplicate. It would then be interesting on the day if 2 of us are trying to sit in the same seat, each with authentic tickets. It was also suggested that I let Royal Mail know that I haven't got my mailing. Call me cynical this might suggest some tampering of mail--let's hope not.LovelySaint wrote:I've not got my tickets yet so you are not the only one. I'm from the same area as worried e sussex. The post is so slow around the Uckfield area. We are the little bit of Red & White east of the mighty St. Mary'sworried of e sussex wrote: still no tickets, getting more worried now!Not got mine yet either! I don't think we are alone though W, if nothing appears by the weekend I'll be hitting the phone!
Glenn(Leeds)
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6:39pm Thu 18 Mar 10
Matthew Allen
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6:39pm Thu 18 Mar 10
saint andy wrote:Not all fans live locally and also have work commitments, so it's not always easy to get to all the games.
SomersetSaint wrote: If Swindon brought 2,200 fans on Tuesday night, that means only about 18,500 Saints fans attended!! Where were the other 25,500 "Wembley faithful" and those who claim to go to every home game yet have mysteriously missed out on a JPT final ticket??!! I know March has been an expensive month, but I suspect all these missing fans were in the warm watching Chelsea v. Inter. Very disappointing and I'd say ask yourself if you deserve to be going to Wembley? I know I do!Ok hang on i will see if i can get a special plane just to fly me home from work so i can get to the quota of games you want me to attend so i can go to wembley wait i am going it's about time everybody stopped b!tching about who should and shouldn't go we all have our own personel agenda's get over it and live with it the ticket distribution wasn't the best saints have done but its done now its wembley and the officials that you should vent you anger at after NC did try to get more tickets and i'm glad you feel you deserve to go along i suspect with 99% of the 44k that are going
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I live in North London, so will be going to Wembley and taking my 2 kids too.
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Looking forward to a special day! COYR's
Norwegian Saint
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6:41pm Thu 18 Mar 10
SomersetSaint wrote:Very strange post.
If Swindon brought 2,200 fans on Tuesday night, that means only about 18,500 Saints fans attended!! Where were the other 25,500 "Wembley faithful" and those who claim to go to every home game yet have mysteriously missed out on a JPT final ticket??!! I know March has been an expensive month, but I suspect all these missing fans were in the warm watching Chelsea v. Inter. Very disappointing and I'd say ask yourself if you deserve to be going to Wembley? I know I do!
I have only gone to just one game this season but I feel I am as big a fan as anyone else. Just because I live abroad doesn't make me feel any less of a fan. I would love to be going, why put such a negative post towards fellow Saints? Why take it out on people that can't afford £25 every week? Do you just want season ticket holders to go?
Sorry, but I think you are either a selfish, stupid person or a Poopey fan who is jealous of our worldwide fans.
Harleysaint
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6:59pm Thu 18 Mar 10
Norwegian Saint wrote:Hello Norway! Spent many happy years near Moelv working on a farm during school holidays!
SomersetSaint wrote: If Swindon brought 2,200 fans on Tuesday night, that means only about 18,500 Saints fans attended!! Where were the other 25,500 "Wembley faithful" and those who claim to go to every home game yet have mysteriously missed out on a JPT final ticket??!! I know March has been an expensive month, but I suspect all these missing fans were in the warm watching Chelsea v. Inter. Very disappointing and I'd say ask yourself if you deserve to be going to Wembley? I know I do!Very strange post. I have only gone to just one game this season but I feel I am as big a fan as anyone else. Just because I live abroad doesn't make me feel any less of a fan. I would love to be going, why put such a negative post towards fellow Saints? Why take it out on people that can't afford £25 every week? Do you just want season ticket holders to go? Sorry, but I think you are either a selfish, stupid person or a Poopey fan who is jealous of our worldwide fans.
Problem that you are up against is Zenophobia.
Lot of these Dudes think that you are Johnny Foreighner.
They dont realise the nature of loving something that other people love as well.
"I love it more than you"(They think)
It will all come together,but by then it might well be so big that none of us are as comfortable as we would like to be!
Lets just owe 700Million like man.u
Way forward....I so dont think so!
1 Thousand thanks for listening.
COYRAWAPMACHINE!!!!
bazza
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7:04pm Thu 18 Mar 10
eaglespark
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7:15pm Thu 18 Mar 10
Harleysaint wrote:Somerset Saint didn't mention anybody in particular, and all these people protesting must be feeling that if the cap fits then they might as well wear it.
Norwegian Saint wrote:Hello Norway! Spent many happy years near Moelv working on a farm during school holidays!
SomersetSaint wrote: If Swindon brought 2,200 fans on Tuesday night, that means only about 18,500 Saints fans attended!! Where were the other 25,500 "Wembley faithful" and those who claim to go to every home game yet have mysteriously missed out on a JPT final ticket??!! I know March has been an expensive month, but I suspect all these missing fans were in the warm watching Chelsea v. Inter. Very disappointing and I'd say ask yourself if you deserve to be going to Wembley? I know I do!Very strange post. I have only gone to just one game this season but I feel I am as big a fan as anyone else. Just because I live abroad doesn't make me feel any less of a fan. I would love to be going, why put such a negative post towards fellow Saints? Why take it out on people that can't afford £25 every week? Do you just want season ticket holders to go? Sorry, but I think you are either a selfish, stupid person or a Poopey fan who is jealous of our worldwide fans.
Problem that you are up against is Zenophobia.
Lot of these Dudes think that you are Johnny Foreighner.
They dont realise the nature of loving something that other people love as well.
"I love it more than you"(They think)
It will all come together,but by then it might well be so big that none of us are as comfortable as we would like to be!
Lets just owe 700Million like man.u
Way forward....I so dont think so!
1 Thousand thanks for listening.
COYRAWAPMACHINE!!!!
The point he makes is a good one. After two five-goal thrillers and a one-nil over Leeds, it is absolutely justified to expect more than 18,000 for the next home game.
slugger
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7:36pm Thu 18 Mar 10
eaglespark wrote:i take your point....here's mine....I'm proud that saints have sold out their 44,000 allocation and could perhaps have sold another 10,000,surely that is a fantastic statement of our potential fan-base.every club sells more tickets for the "bigger games"and as we progress up the leagues our attendances will increase,as do all other clubs attendances ! can we please stop knocking the less regular fans and welcome them, as they are our future.....we cannot do it averaging 20,000...the more the merrier !!!
Harleysaint wrote:Somerset Saint didn't mention anybody in particular, and all these people protesting must be feeling that if the cap fits then they might as well wear it. The point he makes is a good one. After two five-goal thrillers and a one-nil over Leeds, it is absolutely justified to expect more than 18,000 for the next home game.Norwegian Saint wrote:Hello Norway! Spent many happy years near Moelv working on a farm during school holidays! Problem that you are up against is Zenophobia. Lot of these Dudes think that you are Johnny Foreighner. They dont realise the nature of loving something that other people love as well. "I love it more than you"(They think) It will all come together,but by then it might well be so big that none of us are as comfortable as we would like to be! Lets just owe 700Million like man.u Way forward....I so dont think so! 1 Thousand thanks for listening. COYRAWAPMACHINE!!!!SomersetSaint wrote: If Swindon brought 2,200 fans on Tuesday night, that means only about 18,500 Saints fans attended!! Where were the other 25,500 "Wembley faithful" and those who claim to go to every home game yet have mysteriously missed out on a JPT final ticket??!! I know March has been an expensive month, but I suspect all these missing fans were in the warm watching Chelsea v. Inter. Very disappointing and I'd say ask yourself if you deserve to be going to Wembley? I know I do!Very strange post. I have only gone to just one game this season but I feel I am as big a fan as anyone else. Just because I live abroad doesn't make me feel any less of a fan. I would love to be going, why put such a negative post towards fellow Saints? Why take it out on people that can't afford £25 every week? Do you just want season ticket holders to go? Sorry, but I think you are either a selfish, stupid person or a Poopey fan who is jealous of our worldwide fans.
COYR !!!!!
Baddesley Bill
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7:55pm Thu 18 Mar 10
slugger wrote:I'll add to that...it really gets my goat that some would call the likes of myself a 2nd class fan who doesn't deserve his place at Wembley. I've been to just 6 games this season (2 JPT matches). If life were simple, money grew on trees and I was free of other priorities then I would be there every week (as I was as a youngster). If we had 44,000 STHs I'd say "fair doos...they deserve the places at Wembley before me"....the fact is I still love, follow and support my club from my front room when I can't attend and I don't need some doughnut saying otherwise!!!
eaglespark wrote:i take your point....here's mine....I'm proud that saints have sold out their 44,000 allocation and could perhaps have sold another 10,000,surely that is a fantastic statement of our potential fan-base.every club sells more tickets for the "bigger games"and as we progress up the leagues our attendances will increase,as do all other clubs attendances ! can we please stop knocking the less regular fans and welcome them, as they are our future.....we cannot do it averaging 20,000...the more the merrier !!! COYR !!!!!Harleysaint wrote:Somerset Saint didn't mention anybody in particular, and all these people protesting must be feeling that if the cap fits then they might as well wear it. The point he makes is a good one. After two five-goal thrillers and a one-nil over Leeds, it is absolutely justified to expect more than 18,000 for the next home game.Norwegian Saint wrote:Hello Norway! Spent many happy years near Moelv working on a farm during school holidays! Problem that you are up against is Zenophobia. Lot of these Dudes think that you are Johnny Foreighner. They dont realise the nature of loving something that other people love as well. "I love it more than you"(They think) It will all come together,but by then it might well be so big that none of us are as comfortable as we would like to be! Lets just owe 700Million like man.u Way forward....I so dont think so! 1 Thousand thanks for listening. COYRAWAPMACHINE!!!!SomersetSaint wrote: If Swindon brought 2,200 fans on Tuesday night, that means only about 18,500 Saints fans attended!! Where were the other 25,500 "Wembley faithful" and those who claim to go to every home game yet have mysteriously missed out on a JPT final ticket??!! I know March has been an expensive month, but I suspect all these missing fans were in the warm watching Chelsea v. Inter. Very disappointing and I'd say ask yourself if you deserve to be going to Wembley? I know I do!Very strange post. I have only gone to just one game this season but I feel I am as big a fan as anyone else. Just because I live abroad doesn't make me feel any less of a fan. I would love to be going, why put such a negative post towards fellow Saints? Why take it out on people that can't afford £25 every week? Do you just want season ticket holders to go? Sorry, but I think you are either a selfish, stupid person or a Poopey fan who is jealous of our worldwide fans.
LovelySaint
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8:25pm Thu 18 Mar 10
Baddesley Bill wrote:Well said :)
slugger wrote:I'll add to that...it really gets my goat that some would call the likes of myself a 2nd class fan who doesn't deserve his place at Wembley. I've been to just 6 games this season (2 JPT matches). If life were simple, money grew on trees and I was free of other priorities then I would be there every week (as I was as a youngster). If we had 44,000 STHs I'd say "fair doos...they deserve the places at Wembley before me"....the fact is I still love, follow and support my club from my front room when I can't attend and I don't need some doughnut saying otherwise!!!eaglespark wrote:i take your point....here's mine....I'm proud that saints have sold out their 44,000 allocation and could perhaps have sold another 10,000,surely that is a fantastic statement of our potential fan-base.every club sells more tickets for the "bigger games"and as we progress up the leagues our attendances will increase,as do all other clubs attendances ! can we please stop knocking the less regular fans and welcome them, as they are our future.....we cannot do it averaging 20,000...the more the merrier !!! COYR !!!!!Harleysaint wrote:Somerset Saint didn't mention anybody in particular, and all these people protesting must be feeling that if the cap fits then they might as well wear it. The point he makes is a good one. After two five-goal thrillers and a one-nil over Leeds, it is absolutely justified to expect more than 18,000 for the next home game.Norwegian Saint wrote:Hello Norway! Spent many happy years near Moelv working on a farm during school holidays! Problem that you are up against is Zenophobia. Lot of these Dudes think that you are Johnny Foreighner. They dont realise the nature of loving something that other people love as well. "I love it more than you"(They think) It will all come together,but by then it might well be so big that none of us are as comfortable as we would like to be! Lets just owe 700Million like man.u Way forward....I so dont think so! 1 Thousand thanks for listening. COYRAWAPMACHINE!!!!SomersetSaint wrote: If Swindon brought 2,200 fans on Tuesday night, that means only about 18,500 Saints fans attended!! Where were the other 25,500 "Wembley faithful" and those who claim to go to every home game yet have mysteriously missed out on a JPT final ticket??!! I know March has been an expensive month, but I suspect all these missing fans were in the warm watching Chelsea v. Inter. Very disappointing and I'd say ask yourself if you deserve to be going to Wembley? I know I do!Very strange post. I have only gone to just one game this season but I feel I am as big a fan as anyone else. Just because I live abroad doesn't make me feel any less of a fan. I would love to be going, why put such a negative post towards fellow Saints? Why take it out on people that can't afford £25 every week? Do you just want season ticket holders to go? Sorry, but I think you are either a selfish, stupid person or a Poopey fan who is jealous of our worldwide fans.
gosportsaint
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8:34pm Thu 18 Mar 10
LovelySaint wrote:You should try being a Saints fan in Gosport. Whether you go to games or not you deserve a medal.
Baddesley Bill wrote:Well said :)slugger wrote:I'll add to that...it really gets my goat that some would call the likes of myself a 2nd class fan who doesn't deserve his place at Wembley. I've been to just 6 games this season (2 JPT matches). If life were simple, money grew on trees and I was free of other priorities then I would be there every week (as I was as a youngster). If we had 44,000 STHs I'd say "fair doos...they deserve the places at Wembley before me"....the fact is I still love, follow and support my club from my front room when I can't attend and I don't need some doughnut saying otherwise!!!eaglespark wrote:i take your point....here's mine....I'm proud that saints have sold out their 44,000 allocation and could perhaps have sold another 10,000,surely that is a fantastic statement of our potential fan-base.every club sells more tickets for the "bigger games"and as we progress up the leagues our attendances will increase,as do all other clubs attendances ! can we please stop knocking the less regular fans and welcome them, as they are our future.....we cannot do it averaging 20,000...the more the merrier !!! COYR !!!!!Harleysaint wrote:Somerset Saint didn't mention anybody in particular, and all these people protesting must be feeling that if the cap fits then they might as well wear it. The point he makes is a good one. After two five-goal thrillers and a one-nil over Leeds, it is absolutely justified to expect more than 18,000 for the next home game.Norwegian Saint wrote:Hello Norway! Spent many happy years near Moelv working on a farm during school holidays! Problem that you are up against is Zenophobia. Lot of these Dudes think that you are Johnny Foreighner. They dont realise the nature of loving something that other people love as well. "I love it more than you"(They think) It will all come together,but by then it might well be so big that none of us are as comfortable as we would like to be! Lets just owe 700Million like man.u Way forward....I so dont think so! 1 Thousand thanks for listening. COYRAWAPMACHINE!!!!SomersetSaint wrote: If Swindon brought 2,200 fans on Tuesday night, that means only about 18,500 Saints fans attended!! Where were the other 25,500 "Wembley faithful" and those who claim to go to every home game yet have mysteriously missed out on a JPT final ticket??!! I know March has been an expensive month, but I suspect all these missing fans were in the warm watching Chelsea v. Inter. Very disappointing and I'd say ask yourself if you deserve to be going to Wembley? I know I do!Very strange post. I have only gone to just one game this season but I feel I am as big a fan as anyone else. Just because I live abroad doesn't make me feel any less of a fan. I would love to be going, why put such a negative post towards fellow Saints? Why take it out on people that can't afford £25 every week? Do you just want season ticket holders to go? Sorry, but I think you are either a selfish, stupid person or a Poopey fan who is jealous of our worldwide fans.
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Baddesley Bill wrote:i think ALL saints fans deserve a medal after what we've been through !.......poopey are just finding out what it's like,long live saints...long death poopey !
Gossie...you deserve a medal AND a red n white flak jacket mate! :O)
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slugger wrote:I dont begrudge anyone going to Wembley. Wish I was going. I will be on foriegn shores. I dont have a season ticket as I like sitting in different parts of the ground. I have spent more on tickets this year than it would cost me to have a season ticket. I dont want to have to sit in one place all the time. Perhaps I just have itchy feet
Baddesley Bill wrote: Gossie...you deserve a medal AND a red n white flak jacket mate! :O)i think ALL saints fans deserve a medal after what we've been through !.......poopey are just finding out what it's like,long live saints...long death poopey !
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Norwegian Saint wrote:I fully accept everyone's individual opinion and glad I provoked quite a few sensible and well reasoned responses. However, Norwegian Saint is clearly the exception! You call my post strange, yet come out with ridiculous cr*p about the possibility of me being a Poopey fan who is jealous of Saints worldwide fanbase?!! I would politely suggest you need to take your medication as prescribed and that you are probably not in a fit mental state to make the long journey from Norway to watch Saints at Wembley on Sunday 28th!!
SomersetSaint wrote: If Swindon brought 2,200 fans on Tuesday night, that means only about 18,500 Saints fans attended!! Where were the other 25,500 "Wembley faithful" and those who claim to go to every home game yet have mysteriously missed out on a JPT final ticket??!! I know March has been an expensive month, but I suspect all these missing fans were in the warm watching Chelsea v. Inter. Very disappointing and I'd say ask yourself if you deserve to be going to Wembley? I know I do!Very strange post. I have only gone to just one game this season but I feel I am as big a fan as anyone else. Just because I live abroad doesn't make me feel any less of a fan. I would love to be going, why put such a negative post towards fellow Saints? Why take it out on people that can't afford £25 every week? Do you just want season ticket holders to go? Sorry, but I think you are either a selfish, stupid person or a Poopey fan who is jealous of our worldwide fans.
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