I'm going to start supporting Southampton

I have always liked Southampton as a club and when I was in Southampton and the surrounding area I thought it was lovely - the New Forest was lovely.

Also if I go and support them now I can join in with the promotion party. I should also have Premiership football to look forward to next season.
Anyone fancy joining me being a Southampton fan?
Here is a link to the Saints forum. I am about to join up.
http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/forum.php

Ha ha, I've missed you Mich.

I once supported Southampton actually, I made my Dad drive us all the way to Southampton to go on a ground tour of The Dell.

Well i went to Uni there and lived there for 4 and a bit years.

was there the day they were relegated from the prem. Very morose atmosphere in the town, surreal.

But no, i couldn't support anyone else if you paid me. Bolton is in the blood, in the heart. Even though i wish it wasn't most of the time.

Natasha Whittam wrote:I once supported Southampton actually, I made my Dad drive us all the way to Southampton to go on a ground tour of The Dell.

Your Dad sounds a nice bloke to drive you all that way to have a look around The Dell. I did like that stadium too. Come and join me as a Saints fan, it has to be more fun than supporting the shower of shit that Bolton Wanderers serve up week in week out.

Hipster_Nebula wrote:Well i went to Uni there and lived there for 4 and a bit years.

was there the day they were relegated from the prem. Very morose atmosphere in the town, surreal.

But no, i couldn't support anyone else if you paid me. Bolton is in the blood, in the heart. Even though i wish it wasn't most of the time.

What a great place to go to Uni. Was it a nice place to live and lots of good boozers? Do you still live in Peterhead?

Peterhead LOL. No never lived there bud.

Yes southampton was superb for the time i was there, short train journeys to Brighton, London. Good days out all around, winchester, dorset etc.

cracking weather too.

Natasha Whittam wrote:I once supported Southampton actually, I made my Dad drive us all the way to Southampton to go on a ground tour of The Dell.

Who's a little princess then?

Michael Bolton wrote:

Your Dad sounds a nice bloke to drive you all that way to have a look around The Dell. I did like that stadium too. Come and join me as a Saints fan, it has to be more fun than supporting the shower of shit that Bolton Wanderers serve up week in week out.

Ok, I'm in.

Are we going to be real or armchair Southampton fans?

wanderlust wrote:
Who's a little princess then?

You're making me blush.

Was it Inverness?

Natasha Whittam wrote:

Michael Bolton wrote:

Your Dad sounds a nice bloke to drive you all that way to have a look around The Dell. I did like that stadium too. Come and join me as a Saints fan, it has to be more fun than supporting the shower of shit that Bolton Wanderers serve up week in week out.

Ok, I'm in.

Are we going to be real or armchair Southampton fans?

I think it would have to be armchair fans, you get a better view watching on the telly and you don't have to spend hours travelling there and back. Watching on the telly is for real fans.
Unfortunately they won't let me join the forum, they won't accept my email address.

Woooohooo Leicester have scored against West Ham. Southampton will be promoted tonight if West Ham don't win. Get in there. Say we are Premier league say we are Premier league.

Michael Bolton wrote:

I think it would have to be armchair fans, you get a better view watching on the telly and you don't have to spend hours travelling there and back. Watching on the telly is for real fans.
Unfortunately they won't let me join the forum, they won't accept my email address.

I'm not really cut out for being an armchair fan. I need to boo in the stadium.

I also tried to register on that site, but they don't let you use Yahoo, Hotmail etc.

Perhaps we should choose another club, we clearly aren't welcome at Southampton.

Natasha Whittam wrote:

Michael Bolton wrote:

I think it would have to be armchair fans, you get a better view watching on the telly and you don't have to spend hours travelling there and back. Watching on the telly is for real fans.
Unfortunately they won't let me join the forum, they won't accept my email address.

I'm not really cut out for being an armchair fan. I need to boo in the stadium.

I also tried to register on that site, but they don't let you use Yahoo, Hotmail etc.

Perhaps we should choose another club, we clearly aren't welcome at Southampton.

Yes we do need to support another team. We need a term who can take us on an exciting ride like it was supporting Bolton in the 90s. Any ideas who we could support? We could take over their forum.

Hipster_Nebula wrote:

Michael Bolton wrote:Was it Inverness?

Yeah i used to live there, lived there for 2 years.

I live in Leith now.

Leith? Where in hell is that?

It's near Edinburgh.

Are you Scottish?

Michael Bolton wrote:

Yes we do need to support another team. We need a term who can take us on an exciting ride like it was supporting Bolton in the 90s. Any ideas who we could support? We could take over their forum.

I agree, we don't want to just pitch up at a club about to hit the Premier League, because it'll just be another season of trying to finish 17th.

So let's choose someone in League 2 who we feel has the potential to "do a Bolton" over the next 10 years. I'll get back to you in 5 mins.