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it is true in my younger days that vast amount suppoters were local to the team they supported..not so much today it seems. It is easy to pick the Manchester Uniteds, and Chelseas of this world, as things like relegation, and long periods of not winning trophies won't hurt you. But there's always that feeling that other supporters look down thier noses at you as JCL's, plastics, or glory hunters..your not seen as true supporters. The respect is just not there. But if you pick a team that really earns it's achievments, rather than, say buys (Chelsea/Man City) or cheats (Portsmouth) it's way to trophies, then when success comes it is so so much sweeter. The memory stays forever, not for just a few weeks in early summer. Now why would someone support us Saints? Well we have seen some success, earned..I will add. We have also seen the other side, the dispair. But in both the feeling was heightened to level that a JCL cannot imagine. We are now in a period where our future seems assured. The plans for this club are mind boggling. We have always produced very good players, our academy has a reputation 2nd to none. and I REALLY MEAN NONE...even that is eclipsed by our current crop of home growns. There is nothing that this current crop cannot achieve. That is fine if you hold on to them..and for the first time in 66 years of supporting Saints I really believe we have an owner who will not only keep them, but will add the cream of the worlds best players to them to make a force to be reckoned with. We now have financial clout..to attract the best, and to keep the products of the best academy in Europe. We have a future to go with our past. My one hope though, is that we don't forget our past, and always remember those who made it worth supporting a team that entertained and struggled to get to this point. We have many to thank at Southampton..Like you at QPR we appreciate the good times and realise no one has the devine right to be in the top league and few will ever experience the real dizzy heights of success when actually getting there.. But at least we can say when we achieve something we deserved it, earned it, and we wiill have the pride that comes with that unique feeling no plastic glory hunter will ever experience. You see, at Southampton, and at clubs like yourself we don't follow our teams, we belong to them.
doing the same thing only results in the same thing
This is an easy question, we've got the core of a squad that have grown up together (Schniderlin, Lallana, Cork, Lambert, Fonte - Good honest pros done good) this is supplimented by some of the most exciting new talent in the game (Shaw, Clyne, Ramirez, Rodriguez) and together they play wonderful football, if you want to see how the rest of the careers pan out you need to follow the Saints.
please read all posts to the tune of 'Show me the way to Amarillo'
I'm not being funny mate but please don't let him support us. You can't just pick a name from a list when it comes to football. You have to feel an attachment to your club for some reason (locality, family reasons etc). There has to be some emotional tie. A football club is for life so when the going gets tough, which it will at some point, you've got to stick with it, whatever.
He'd be much better off with one of the big boys because he could just pick and choose when he wanted to support his club. Supporting Saints is a roller coaster ride which takes guts, committment and determination.
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Why support the Saints? on 08:52 - Apr 17 with 2467 views
I would say that he has to have the ability to go and watch them play sometimes, ie if he starts following Newcastle it will be a hell of a trip, if he followed Saints then assuming he lives west London way, it wont be that difficult to take him down here as a treat etc.
What is special about football is actually being able to watch the team that you support rather than being an armchair supporter all your life
Satisfying The Bloodlust Of The Masses In Peacetime
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Why support the Saints? on 09:09 - Apr 17 with 2432 views
if he is a young lad then try and get him along to watch some non-league football too. Explain to him that life is not all run in the glitzy fast lane. Find your local non-league club and go give them some support too.
Other than that if he is growing up within striking distance of Southampton then get him kitted out down the Megastore and we welcome him to our bossom with open arms!
If he has to be told who to support, tell him to follow Real Madrid or Barca etc - NOT an English Team. That decision should be his and his alone, made through some sort family connection, geographical connection or a player / manager who he admires and respects. Unless you get a season ticket next year, there will be very few games which are not sold out home or away, but Wigan if they stay up is a possibility!!
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Why support the Saints? on 09:21 - Apr 17 with 2410 views
As Pat says we ae currently a very ambitiuos club and i am actually quite excited about the future at Saints, i have never really had that feeling up until now mainly due to the fact we always flogged our best players and never spent much in the transfer market but that isnt the case now and i have watched them since 1971. I am not saying we are not a selling club EVERY CLUB is to an extent but we are much less of one now.
I truly believe this club is on the verge of something special, we have the best acadamy in the country bar none producing the best talent and maybe plans to expand our stadium as we are selling out every game now.
Good morning sir, allow myself to introduce myself. My name is Del Bianco, feared leader and general of Europes most notorious and best dressed soccer firm, the DEF. Should you nephew choose to become a Saints fan he will immedately come under the umbrella of protection currently enjoyed by all other Saints fans that the DEF offer. He will never have to worry about walking home alone at night, people starting on him in pubs and being the victim of mindless thuggery as awareness grows that he is a connected guy to the DEF. He will automatically start dressed better, acting like more of a wise guy and have the confidence to know that he can walk in peace at all times.
If he is fortuante he may also be invite to become part of our youth policy, which will see him start as a member of the Under 5s, move up to the Yoof before becoming a fully fledged member of the DEF on his 21st birthday, subject to passing strict tests as to gameness, hardness, style and charisma. As the name suggests, only the very best can be a made up guy in the DEF, but any Saints fan can be a connected guy.
Let his choices be wise and his future be bright.
Regards
Del
Not Even God can stop the DEF.
Part of A small, but perfectly formed nucleus of clueless c**ts bowling underarm, deludely thinking they're in the big leagues since December 2015
Here we have something new. Just like the Phoenix we have raised ourselves from the ashes. But that in itself is not new. But those involved in our resurrenction are.
1. A CEO who is not tainted by previous involvement in British football.
2. A manager with new and exciting views on how the game should be played
3. A (mainly) young talented team
4. A team that is increasingly attraction attention for all the right reasons
5 A Club where players no longer appear to want to leave. They believe.
6. A first rate Academy with history of producing talented players.
7. A club where a player can begin and end his career if he is talented.
8. We are Southampton, the future of football.
Tell the lad to get in on the ground floor for a team that in the not too distant future will rule Europe.
Hope this (being my opinions and no one else's) will be an assist.
That's not necessarily true WE. The reason I support Saints is because they were the first team I got every sticker for in my panini sticker album as a young yahoo. I had no connections to Southampton, the closest grounds to me growing up were QPR (who most of my family support) or Brentford. There was plenty of tough going along the way supporting them but I didn't waiver.
One more of us = One less of them!
Forza Rossobianco
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Why support the Saints? on 11:24 - Apr 17 with 2298 views
Guaranteed tears and pain? I would imagine he's had enough of that with QPR!
As someone who lives in Essex and has converted a young relative to Saints I can tell you that he loves being slightly unique in that his school is chokk full of Wham, Spurs and the other ususal suspects. As a Saints fan though he gets to see his team beat all of these from time to time whilst they know he's not a plastic supporting Manure.
Also Saints and QPR aren't that different in size so when Rangers come back up, he can have a relaistic rivalry with the rest of his family!
Some great posts here thank you. I was expecting a little more personal abuse so I'm happy on that front too. Del Bianco you are a funny man, naming your firm after your favourite 80s rock band n all, you must have a very smart logo. There's some good stuff here and I'd be happy if the lad takes you up, proper club n all. He's still got the Hammers under consideration, along with West Brom, Villa and Norwich. I kicked Fulham into touch, just not having it. Naarwich will go the same way.
Choose West Ham if he is not sure about football they will do ok for him whilst Fat Sam is in charge as they don't play much of that. Seriously with West Ham they will have plenty of tickets spare when they move to the Olympic Stadium so wont be hard for him to see them and may even get some freebies via school.
Lifes a marathon not a sprint
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Why support the Saints? on 19:09 - Apr 17 with 2041 views
What?! Once in the OS, they will turn as plastic as Chelski and arsenful. Another false club more interested in money support rather than local support, anyway the OS is in Leyton Orients territory, so WH won't even be playing on their own turf, might as well move to Milton Keynes!
Hello jamois - hmm things look a bit tight for QPR but next season may not be a disaster - there's £60m of parachute payments and Redknapp is a crafty old sod who knows what he is doing - QPR could be back up again in 2014.
Why Saints? Well don't pick us for our winning record, which is pretty dismal - one major in 125 years which is kak, so we aren't glory hunters. We have good away support - good sense of humour and quite vocal. We have one major rival - a bunch of pikeys in League Two - quite fun to laugh at. There is another rival club - Bournemouth who jump up and down a lot hoping we'll notice them.
SFC is very ambitious at the moment - rich owners, ambitious chairman, a livewire manager and a squad full of goals. The future is looking v positive at the moment, the chairman wants to crack on and he wants European football at SMS for 14/15 and I think we will get it.
You could do worse than hook up with the London Saints, still going strong after 35 years....
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