I suppose some people must decide to select a team, but to most it is surely a bolt from the blue. A nine-year-old sees some team wins three nil and virtually never win again, but that small child is lost. I'm sure we can remember that moment we woke up and thought, 'Bugger, I'm a Saints' fan.'![]()
Fran, I used to support Pompey more than Saints until they managed to reach the PL. I have always supported the teams along the Solent as I have pride in my region. With PFC it was a case of enough is enough when you saw all the broken promises about ground redevelopment during the Mandaric years. So I said to myself, I will support them again when I see evidence of this.
When I was a schoolboy I was taken to Southampton by my father and neighbours and loved the experience of standing there on the Archers Road terrrace watching Ron Davies nod in those crosses from Terry Paine. I admit my love affair with Southampton lessened during their days in the PL when it was usually a struggle to say up. It was case of being a born again Saint in 2009 when I went along for the first match in League 1 against Millwall as from there there was only one way to go and that was "up."
