In fairness? I've seen several fall into that trap but a Saints fan?...... sling that rope over the Itchen bridge!
One of my favourite, if often forgotten, Le Tiss goals scored in that 3-1. How he plucked the ball away from Schmeichel and then with two ManU players rushing to the line he calmly side footed the ball just in off the far post - the only place they couldn't get to. He then turned and took the applause. Magic..! The most skilful player on the pitch by a country mile.
i'm sorry about my previous post on this thread,I didn't make my self clear enough.I didn't think it would become so popular . Wigan have done well to get into the Premier League,they've been perennial overachievers and they've managed to stay up in the Premier League for a few years now,but I don't regard them as a proper football club,they've got no tradition,poor fans,poor pitch and they are mainly a rugby club. it's very embarrassing seeing a premier league club with such poor attendances,like having the stadium at 72% of its full capacity to see the reigning champions of England. Wigan and MKD aren't proper football clubs in my opinion. Huddersfield and Leeds have rich history in football and tradition.Wigan don't. Wigan have done well to get into the Premier League,they've been perennial overachievers and they've managed to stay up in the Premier League for a few years now,but I don't regard them as a proper football club,they've got no tradition,poor fans,poor pitch and they are mainly a rugby club. it's very embarrassing seeing a premier league club with such poor attendances,like having the stadium at 72% of its full capacity to see the reigning champions of England. Wigan and MKD aren't proper football clubs in my opinion. I don't mind seeing smaller clubs in the Premier League,that is not what's in question atleast clubs like Blackpool have some tradition in english football the same can't be said about clubs like Wigan and MKD. Not really,their club is going nowhere. Wigan have done well to get into the Premier League,they've been perennial overachievers and they've managed to stay up in the Premier League for a few years now,but I don't regard them as a proper football club,they've got no tradition,poor fans,poor pitch and they are mainly a rugby club. it's very embarrassing seeing a premier league club with such poor attendances,like having the stadium at 72% of its full capacity to see the reigning champions of England. Wigan and MKD aren't proper football clubs in my opinion. They have the capacity to fill their stadium up to 25,000,but saints didn't back in 1990's because the stadium max capacity was of 15,500.
Wigan got promoted into the PL and have just had a good result against ManU...they deserve respect for that. We aren't even there yet.
Well fatletiss - i can assure you that i am a saints fan all right, ever since my first game at the Dell in 71-72 season v Newcastle when we lost 2-1 and i think Tony Green scored both their goals. However you are quite correct and it was the 3-1 game when fergie used the famous shirt colour excuse - sorry for my mistake but it does happen i'm afraid esp with a memory like mine + i always get those two wins over MU mixed up. I am no football anorak but am def a saints ST holder and have supported them through thick and plenty of bloody thin ! In my job i go abroad for months at a time and i have not always been here when some games are played so cant remember chapter & verse of every game over last 40 years. I was in the Persian Gulf on a ship when Saints beat MU 3-1 listening to the game on the BBC World Service ! The whole point of my post was to say that i feel Wigan are a small club but are certainly not a joke, and that i can see a similarity to us when we were in the prem/1st div and playing at The Dell Anyway onwards & upwards and looking forward to tonights colossal encounter - apart from our record on live tv i feel confident that saints will win tonight.
Just pulling your leg fella. Your first game was before mine, so I'll take it you are a couple of years or so older than me, in which case the memory must be really going!! My first game was at home to Hereford in 1975.
No problem - all taken in good part !! I travel a lot and one good trait of us Brits is being able to take the piss out of ourselves and have a laugh at the same time ! Are you looking forward to tonight like i am - i have just got a feeling like it could be one of those great nights ! ? I feel like a kid i am so excited - in fact my kids are calmer about it than i am !
Of course your kids are calmer, dman, they haven't had the pain, suffering and angst that us older fans have. Success is so easy to get used to.
Not so sure fran - my 14 year old clearly remembers May 2005 and the 1 - 4 game v Pompey and the final nail v Man Utd. He was in tears then, but i told him things would get better and we would come back - and we almost have !
My little brother started supporting Saints halfway through the second Championship season. So like dman, he started with the bad and now really wants us to win Promotion as he has supported us for 7 seasons and has never seen Premier League football.
