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Saints Take Great Support To Upton Park ! Now Reward Them !

Saints Take Great Support To Upton Park ! Now Reward Them !
Thursday, 18th Oct 2012 16:37

Whatever you think of Saints supporters you cant fault their loyalty on the road this season and this Saturday once again they turn out in great numbers.

Saints are once again taking a full contingent up to London for the trip to West Ham United following on from a similar number of Saints fans who made the last journey to the capital to see Saints thrashed at Arsenal.

This continues a decent turn out at the previous away games this season, with 2,000 going to Man City on the opening weekend despite the mtach being televised on a unday and a disgusting price of £50 a ticket, the aforementioned trip to the Emirates and another 1,800 or so who made the trip to Goodison Park.

Its good to see great support on the road and this is better than the same fixtures the last time we were in the premier, however the loyal fans have been rewarded with three defeats, so now is the time for the team to repay them for their time and money spent and put in a performance that is worthy of this support.

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Saint92 added 17:20 - Oct 18 Any idea what the number is likely to be on Saturday, full 3,000?
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SuperKelvin added 18:17 - Oct 18 Yep- sold out a while back- should be a cracking atmosphere
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LostBoys added 03:09 - Oct 19 I cannot wait
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SingaporeSaint added 09:13 - Oct 19 Best of luck tmr we need to put in a good away performance and hope this is it.. I'll be watching it live in Singapore with West Ham fans! Lets hope we are smiling afterwards.
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bendybob added 13:20 - Oct 19 A fair comment at the end there Nick. I`d like to see NA make some logical tactical changes during the game this time, if any are necessary
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AndySpain added 21:48 - Oct 19 50quid to see Saints at Man City? Yep that's enough - friend here wanted to see Real Madrid play Celta this weekend - mid-stand tickets - 145euros each!!!!! So a family of four - with no concessions for kids - 580euros! Average wage (in Andalucia) about 1000euros a month .... someone's having a laugh methinks.
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