Stoke Game Cheap Seats Sell Out In Record Time

Tickets for the home game against Stoke City have flown out of the boc office in a record time usually only reserved for the likes of Man United and Liverpool.

Saints supporters have clamoured to get tickets for the final game of the season and the visit of Stoke City in spite of the fact that its looking increasingly likely that there wont be anything at stake for either of the sides on the day, hopefully not for Saints at least.

Within minutes of going on sale there were reports of the on line system crashing and phone lines being jammed and by lunchtime today the last tickets in the normal seated areas were being sold meaning that only hospitality areas now remain.

In some respects its strange as to how so many want to go and see a game that there will be absolutely nothing hanging on it for Saints, earlier in the season games that were genuine relegation six pointers didnt sell out, Wigan and Aston Villa for instance earlier in the season and Reading and Sunderland just before Xmas, both of which had over 2,000 and 1,000 empty seats in the home areas, its good to see crowds flocking to St mary's now, I just cant understand why they wouldnt go to games that had something on them yet now are clamouring to see what could effectively be a friendly.

But perhaps this isnt just confined to Southampton and many Premier league grounds this season have struggled to sell out for most of the season

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