Great day and we will have more. Sadly, as we all like promotions, there will be no more like that (hopefully).
The memory of that great day has cheered me up no end Had a great day in hospitality nada cracking night out on the town afterwards...ahhhhhhh Keep smiling everyone!
What a day that was, that (along with Walsall & our JPT Win) are what you remember for the rest of your life. Spine-tingling watching all the highlights & celebrations back.
Funnily enough, having been a Saints fan for many years and having something of a perverse nature, I actually found our last match staying up heroics over the years to be more exciting. To be fair, we were never really going to lose to Coventry or Wallsall, but I remember a particularly dour 0-0 with Wimbledon as we battled with Man City for relegation to be unbelievably exciting. That said, I'd take promotions and winning cups any day of the week
Fighting relegation is only fun in retrospect when you escape. I remember 2005 too clearly to want to go through that again. I remember a few fans moaning how boring it was when we were midtable for a while...be careful what you wish for. I'd settle for midtable next season...I'd take it now.
No way am I wishing for it. It is, as you say, retrospective. The huge feeling of relief that follows the feeling of impending doom.
No way am I wishing for it. It is, as you say, retrospective. The huge feeling of relief that follows the feeling of impending doom. Remember Tiss on Sky when we beet Sheffield Utd to stay up. That was pure excitement/fear.
I never been as nervous about a game not actually watching it. After the game I was shaking like a leaf and could barely talk.
Yes, that was fun, let's go down and do it again? Plus a nice juicy local derby with the Cherries, why not?
Never liked relegation battles. Not even the bitter-sweet relief. One might have survived, but deep down I know we've been nothing more than relegation fodder. I suppose I might be the most bizarre Saints fan in that I've never really enjoyed putting up with a mediocre team overall, whether it punches above its weight or not. I've never liked the epithets Struggling Southampton, and much prefer Super Saints. This new ambitious era can't get into its stride fast enough for me, because I'm not getting any younger.
