What the Southampton fans think...

[Alan Partridge]

Southampton >>>>>>>>>>>>> x 1million >>>>> Portsmouth

[rabidbee]

As we normally do pretty well against them...

I couldn't actually remember seeing us play them, so I looked it up. 10 wins, 12 draws, 13 loses. Mind you, we've only played them five times in the last 30 years, so I don't think it really counts.

(I don't remember the 2006 game, even though I must have been there, but I do now remember Souness moaning about the frozen pitch at Elm Park.)

[brendywendy]

I couldn't give a damn about Southampton. Certainly not whipping myself up into a frenzy over some sort of deluded faux-rivalry. Just another team really. As we normally do pretty well against them I can certainly tolerate their existence but they don't even remotely register on the hatred richter scale for me. Still, you knock yourselves out pretending that this is in any way shape or form a grudge match.

but what about when quashie? said they were a much bigger club than we were, when clearly they actually were?

[Thaumagurist*]

I do remember both of the games in 2005/6. I was at the 0-0 draw, sitting in the front in the oxf*rd pissing rain. They came close to scoring in the early stages.

The home game was on TV and that Little beat a defender before crossing for Lita to tap in only for it to be tapped in by the Southampton defender.

[papereyes]

As we normally do pretty well against them...

I couldn't actually remember seeing us play them, so I looked it up. 10 wins, 12 draws, 13 loses. Mind you, we've only played them five times in the last 30 years, so I don't think it really counts.

(I don't remember the 2006 game, even though I must have been there, but I do now remember Souness moaning about the frozen pitch at Elm Park.)

Is it just my fevered imagination or do I recall ...

*Souness striding out to remonstrate with the ref only for the biggest steward in the world to appear from nowhere and make him question the wisdom of doing that

*our players wearing trainers

*someone, possibly Caskey, scoring a fairly acrobatic goal

2006 - 0-0 draw with Quashie's remarks in the aftermath (and I agree with Floyd's withering contempt for the numpties frotting themselves over that). Thought we got battered and managed to hold on. Then, at home, easy, comfortable win? Two early goals and thank you very much?

[rabidbee]

Yeah, the FA Cup game in 97 the players wore some kind of trainers with blades instead of studs, because the pitch was rock hard. I don't remember too much of the match, but looking at the stats the Saints had two off, so no wonder Souey was livid.

Good.

[Sir Rodney Effing]

This was quite funny though...

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Originally Posted by Toadhall Saint
What's so bad about the pubs in whitley then?

They are full of thick chav *****s. Average IQ of about 50.
Common , pikey bastards.

The reason I know this.

Thats where the wife is from.

[loyalroyal4life]

who gives a toss, who d fcukin hell r they?

[Thaumagurist*]

*someone, possibly Caskey, scoring a fairly acrobatic goal

I think it was Caskey. Or was it Jamie Lambert?

[Vision]

(I don't remember the 2006 game, even though I must have been there, but I do now remember Souness moaning about the frozen pitch at Elm Park.)

The 2005/06 Home game (Home) Burley moaned about multiball. The 2005/06 Away game The Relegator moaned about "luck". Good job we have only played them 5 times in 30 years otherwise they'd have exploded with indigantion down Hampshire way by now.

[Bill Oddie's Beard]

Yeah, the FA Cup game in 97 the players wore some kind of trainers with blades instead of studs, because the pitch was rock hard. I don't remember too much of the match, but looking at the stats the Saints had two off, so no wonder Souey was livid.

Good.

Yeah, weren't the sendings off pretty late on tho? We already had the game wrapped up iirc

[Gordons Cumming]

Southampton have had their time............... now it's ours.

Time's change.

Move on, Saints.

"Oh when the Saints go movin on, oh when the Saints start movin on.........we're gonna.........."

I'll get my coat.

[rabidbee]

Yeah, weren't the sendings off pretty late on tho? We already had the game wrapped up iirc

http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=243098

Benali sent off after 75 minutes, when we were winning 2-1; Morley put away the resulting penalty to make it 3-1. Slater was then sent off in injury time.

So, no.

[The Cap]

Haven't gotta clue what the So'ton fans think but I wonder if any of 'em remember getting done at Elm Park (something like Lambert & Caskey as scorers I seem to recall), with Big Clive 'The Leg-end' Goddard shepherding Souness off the pitch/skating rink at the end. Ahhh,memories

[Baines]

As we normally do pretty well against them...

I couldn't actually remember seeing us play them, so I looked it up. 10 wins, 12 draws, 13 loses. Mind you, we've only played them five times in the last 30 years, so I don't think it really counts.

(I don't remember the 2006 game, even though I must have been there, but I do now remember Souness moaning about the frozen pitch at Elm Park.)

I think that the stats must be misleading you - I'm pretty sure that we played them 24 times in the 90s in various cup ties, undeservedly winning each one.

[AbovetheI]

Haven't gotta clue what the So'ton fans think but I wonder if any of 'em remember getting done at Elm Park (something like Lambert & Caskey as scorers I seem to recall), with Big Clive 'The Leg-end' Goddard shepherding Souness off the pitch/skating rink at the end. Ahhh,memories

You'll see him Saturday. Deputy chief steward I think.

Can't blame him for stopping him, what with Souness' track record of violating the centre circle.

[Mad Dog's Ghost]

Re the pubs in Whitley comment - they're all shut down now.

Floyd, know what you mean but one of my earliest footballing memories is 25,000 packed into elm park for league cup game with saints in 79. Brilliant atmosphere. Got on to the Tilehurst end 2 hours before kick off for a good position. 22,000 at Dell for replay with a huge Reading following. To me, this remains a fairly big game.

[Jackson Corner]

Re the pubs in Whitley comment - they're all shut down now.

Floyd, know what you mean but one of my earliest footballing memories is 25,000 packed into elm park for league cup game with saints in 79. Brilliant atmosphere. Got on to the Tilehurst end 2 hours before kick off for a good position. 22,000 at Dell for replay with a huge Reading following. To me, this remains a fairly big game.

I remember that night well. Hard to believe you could get that many in EP. The keeper played a blinder that night was it Terry Genoe? We also beat them in the league cup in 95, Trevor Morley with a cracking header a really good game from what I remember.

[T.R.O.L.I.]

I remember that night well. Hard to believe you could get that many in EP. The keeper played a blinder that night was it Terry Genoe? We also beat them in the league cup in 95, Trevor Morley with a cracking header a really good game from what I remember.

Great game - midweek in December (Round 4 of the LC) - near as dammit full house at EP. Nogan scores to put us one up, Stains equalise only for Oooooooh Trevor to socre the winner with a bullet of a header!

This was the same game that the a hoaxer called Stains to say the game was off (following our abandonment against Bury in the previous round)

http://www.royals.org/matdoc/281195.html

[Einstein agogo]

that has to be the most boring forum i've ever read... you have to be a zombie to support the saints.
i don't think we've had hatred for the saints until quashie said those things.. i always thought we had more rivalry with pompey as they tended to be in the same div's as us , mostly.
Are there any saints forums where they complain about players / pick the team / predict scores / get slightly excited?