| Being a Saints supporter 13:27 - Dec 12 with 946 views | Tonyfromdk |
How and when did it take over your football life ??
For me I grew up in London and had (no more) two brothers
who were West Ham mad. In the late 70s we moved to Andover
during that time I started going to games with my school mates. By the early eighties I was a full Saints fan, much to the disgust of my brothers.
Years later I was accepted as the odd one out, and Saints/West Ham results were a fixture on Saturday evening..
I saw a lot of games during the 80s, most at the Dell but some at Upton Park.
I always had a soft spot for West Ham(for obvious reasons) but have been a true Saints supporter since 1979, when I saw Tony Funnell score the only goal in a win over Palace. [Post edited 12 Dec 14:23]
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| Being a Saints supporter on 13:49 - Dec 12 with 897 views | PatfromPoole |
My Dad used to work with Tony Funnell when he moved to the Poole area.
I blame Mick Channon's windmill celebration when I was a young kid watching The Big Match on ITV. That did it for me. |  |
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| Being a Saints supporter on 13:59 - Dec 12 with 872 views | SaintNick |
As many from here already know I came from a Liverpool background with all my family from Liverpool until my parents moved down here just before I was born.
Although my Dad did spent come of his childhood from age 9 and teens here after my Grandad moved here with Canadian Pacific shipping line during the late late 1920's and 1930's
I was solely a Liverpool fan up till age 9 as with my Dad having died and so being the outsider at school as most supported Saints, I can't remember a Manchester United fan at all in my school, I went to the Dell in January 1972 and have barely missed many home games since.
Even back in 1975/76 when I was probably the biggest Saints fan in the entire school, if Liverpool got beat I would be given loads of stick for being a Liverpool fan, if Liverpool got beat at the Dell I would have the p*** taken for the week after, despite the fact that half the people doing so would have been stood next to me in the Milton or Archers Road ends supporting Saints as I was doing.
15th January 1972 V Manchester United in the FA Cup 3rd round was my first game a 1-1 draw, I was 10 |  |
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| Being a Saints supporter on 14:09 - Dec 12 with 861 views | franniesTache |
i was born/lived just over a mile from the dell (and less than mile of where st mary's is now), my older brother was/is a saints fan, my uncle was/is a saints fan, my mum was/is a saints fan, my gran was a saints fan, my great gran was a saints fan, most of the people i wen to school with were saints fans.
I first started going with my older brother and a mush who lived down the road in the early/mid 80s (my mum has vision issues so in the 80's going to games wasn't easy).
As i got older i started to go just with my brother but would meet up on the terraces with nippers i knew from school, as i got older still i went just with that group (think it was about 15 of us).
So basically the short answer is, i'm from southampton, generations of my family are from southampton, my friends and their families were from southampton, so it was never a choice |  | | |
| Being a Saints supporter on 14:10 - Dec 12 with 857 views | A1079 |
I was loosely a Saints fan whilst at school but never went to a match and my parents (including my Father) had no interest in football or sport. I did recall watching the FA cup final at my grandparents house where it felt like half of Hampshire were present. I would say Saints took over my life from 1978/79 season when I started going with some friends and then never stopped going - home and away, until family commitments, work etc took me away from the area in 2002. I still roughly attend 15 games a year (c6 at home the rest away). | | | |
| Being a Saints supporter on 14:24 - Dec 12 with 827 views | SaintNick |
| Being a Saints supporter on 14:09 - Dec 12 by franniesTache |
i was born/lived just over a mile from the dell (and less than mile of where st mary's is now), my older brother was/is a saints fan, my uncle was/is a saints fan, my mum was/is a saints fan, my gran was a saints fan, my great gran was a saints fan, most of the people i wen to school with were saints fans.
I first started going with my older brother and a mush who lived down the road in the early/mid 80s (my mum has vision issues so in the 80's going to games wasn't easy).
As i got older i started to go just with my brother but would meet up on the terraces with nippers i knew from school, as i got older still i went just with that group (think it was about 15 of us).
So basically the short answer is, i'm from southampton, generations of my family are from southampton, my friends and their families were from southampton, so it was never a choice |
I could say similar with a little adjustment
i'm from Southampton, generations of my family are from Liverpool, some even lived in Southampton nearly 100 years ago, but never became Saints supporters, my Dad & Grandad never started supporting Saints when they were down here and remained Liverpool fans till their deaths, my Grandad would send his copy of the Liverpool football echo to my Dad when he had moved back down here every week after he had read it.
If my Dad had lived to a ripe old age I would perhaps have never supported Southampton, I would not have been allowed to. I was never taken to the dell by my Dad and from memory he would visit the Dell just once a year to see Liverpool, possibly because he was going to the pub with his Saints supporting mates.
I do remember liking Saints as a team as they were local, I can remember going to get Ron Davies autograph at the Shell garage on Millbrook Road (still there now) when he did a personal appearance there, so I wasn't blind to the fact they existed, by late 71 I was taking an interest I considered them my second team, but from January 1972 they were well and truly my first team and from that moment on I would attend games either with fellow 10 year olds from school or even by myself if the opposition were poor and no one else wanted to go.
Imagine giving a 10 year old now his bus fare and the price of paying in on the turnstiles with perhaps a little bit for a can of coke etc now, you would be pulled up for child neglect, I even went to a night game on my own aged 10. | |
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| Being a Saints supporter on 14:46 - Dec 12 with 797 views | templarinexile |
First concrete memory is when it took us three matches to get past Notts Forest in the FA cup. First game at the Dell ended 3-3 and then it was a goalesss replay up there.
My uncle had tickets for us to go up to White Hart Lane for the second replayl but the car,a Triumph Herald, broke dowm on the Winchester bypass, so we never got there - I think we won 5-0 and went on to the semis where we lost to Man U at Villa Park.
Also I can remember the saints supporterss club which was upstairs in in the car park behind the west stand; players, Terry Paine, George Kirby, O'Brien, Hollywood etc.etc. would mingle with us ordinary mortals after the game, share a sherbert or two.
Girls would scream abuse and wanted to kill Ron Davies'wife when she came to collect him in his car after a match; they all wanted hinm for themselcves.
My dad ran a pub in the centre of Southampton; one Friday coming home from school I saw Freddie Kemp in a phone box outside the pub. I told my dad (who has having and afternoon lock-in with his mates), who went and literally pulled Freddie in and forced him to have a drink. I remenber coming back down to the bar at 6 p.m. when it officially reopened and Freddie was still there.
I can't remember the exact game but I was at the Dell the next day and I'm pretty sure that Freddie, perhaps because he still had the booze circulating in him, scored a goal or two.
Long lost days, never to be repeated in this current era, which seems to be mostly populated by overpaid underperforming prima donnas.
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| Being a Saints supporter on 15:09 - Dec 12 with 769 views | Southamptonfan |
My dad is a Saints fan, my grandad was a Saints fan. My dad married my mum who has brothers who are big Saints fans. She married my Dad who is a massive Saints fan, so.my mum by default goes to all the games. I was born in Winchester, but have always lived in and around the area. All of those above took me, my cousins and my siblings to the Dell from about 6 years old. I was in the mini bus with my Dad, Grandad, uncles to various away games from a young age - absolutely loved it and never looked back. It was like a group of us in the mini bus, all Saints through and through, it was brilliant being part of that as a kid on a Saturday. We were Saints together and I was a part of it as a kid. Watching them sing, drink some cans, celebrate the Saints, all lads together it was brilliant. My current family are all Saints fans ofcourse, I wouldn't have it any other way. It's in the blood. I don't know anyone else in the family who supports another team. My very first game was Norwich City at the Dell, watching from the terraced Milton Road end. Just loved it and couldnt wait to go to games. [Post edited 12 Dec 15:18]
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| Being a Saints supporter on 15:13 - Dec 12 with 753 views | Southamptonfan |
| Being a Saints supporter on 14:24 - Dec 12 by SaintNick |
I could say similar with a little adjustment
i'm from Southampton, generations of my family are from Liverpool, some even lived in Southampton nearly 100 years ago, but never became Saints supporters, my Dad & Grandad never started supporting Saints when they were down here and remained Liverpool fans till their deaths, my Grandad would send his copy of the Liverpool football echo to my Dad when he had moved back down here every week after he had read it.
If my Dad had lived to a ripe old age I would perhaps have never supported Southampton, I would not have been allowed to. I was never taken to the dell by my Dad and from memory he would visit the Dell just once a year to see Liverpool, possibly because he was going to the pub with his Saints supporting mates.
I do remember liking Saints as a team as they were local, I can remember going to get Ron Davies autograph at the Shell garage on Millbrook Road (still there now) when he did a personal appearance there, so I wasn't blind to the fact they existed, by late 71 I was taking an interest I considered them my second team, but from January 1972 they were well and truly my first team and from that moment on I would attend games either with fellow 10 year olds from school or even by myself if the opposition were poor and no one else wanted to go.
Imagine giving a 10 year old now his bus fare and the price of paying in on the turnstiles with perhaps a little bit for a can of coke etc now, you would be pulled up for child neglect, I even went to a night game on my own aged 10. |
What was it that pulled you in to being a Saints fan through and through? At what point or moment did you think that Saints are your team? Was it one particular game, The Dell or just happened? [Post edited 12 Dec 17:50]
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| Being a Saints supporter on 17:30 - Dec 12 with 688 views | SouthSeaSaint |
Like Nick I was born on Merseyside and could have followed either of the clubs as I was growing up and indeed used to enjoy watching Liverpool and Everton when we were up visiting family during the football season.
However my Dad was a Saints fan and we lived in Milton Road when I was a kid.
My Dad took me to a game at The Dell before I was at school and I enjoyed the experience until the Albion Band stopped playing pre KO and my Dad had to take me home!!!!!!!
We then moved out to the east of Southampton but I was able to start watching Saints at Primary School age, with my Dad, despite the long bus journey to/from the game.
With a gang of lads from school we then began to go to a lot of away games and even to the odd Reserve game at The Dell.
Our school had quite a few Pompey fans so it was good that we had the upper hand from 1960.
The SCUM Strike breaking accusation is nonsense and was never mentioned when I was at School as it was/is completely untrue.
The only strike breaking was by Pompey Dockers in November 1976 and this can be verified by reports in the Portsmouth News & Daily Echo.
Plenty of disappointment as a Saints fan but more than made up by the occasional high spots.
Enjoying the current upsurge in form. Long may it continue. | | | |
| Being a Saints supporter on 17:37 - Dec 12 with 681 views | Tonyfromdk |
| Being a Saints supporter on 15:13 - Dec 12 by Southamptonfan |
What was it that pulled you in to being a Saints fan through and through? At what point or moment did you think that Saints are your team? Was it one particular game, The Dell or just happened? [Post edited 12 Dec 17:50]
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Phil Boyer was a great player for us in the old div2
We have someone similar now, who can score at
this level but will struggle in the premiership (div1)
Guess who…
As a young lad I loved watching him play.
Ivan Golac was my favourite though, he played the same position as I did then. | | | |
| Being a Saints supporter on 17:45 - Dec 12 with 662 views | HytheFerrytales |
| Being a Saints supporter on 14:46 - Dec 12 by templarinexile |
First concrete memory is when it took us three matches to get past Notts Forest in the FA cup. First game at the Dell ended 3-3 and then it was a goalesss replay up there.
My uncle had tickets for us to go up to White Hart Lane for the second replayl but the car,a Triumph Herald, broke dowm on the Winchester bypass, so we never got there - I think we won 5-0 and went on to the semis where we lost to Man U at Villa Park.
Also I can remember the saints supporterss club which was upstairs in in the car park behind the west stand; players, Terry Paine, George Kirby, O'Brien, Hollywood etc.etc. would mingle with us ordinary mortals after the game, share a sherbert or two.
Girls would scream abuse and wanted to kill Ron Davies'wife when she came to collect him in his car after a match; they all wanted hinm for themselcves.
My dad ran a pub in the centre of Southampton; one Friday coming home from school I saw Freddie Kemp in a phone box outside the pub. I told my dad (who has having and afternoon lock-in with his mates), who went and literally pulled Freddie in and forced him to have a drink. I remenber coming back down to the bar at 6 p.m. when it officially reopened and Freddie was still there.
I can't remember the exact game but I was at the Dell the next day and I'm pretty sure that Freddie, perhaps because he still had the booze circulating in him, scored a goal or two.
Long lost days, never to be repeated in this current era, which seems to be mostly populated by overpaid underperforming prima donnas.
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Really enjoyed your memory jog on the 1963 run to the FA Cup semis. Went to every game..first away trips minus parents
Hope you won't mind if I pick you up on some details..
The Forest tie began at the City Ground..1-1 with Paine scoring.
The replay was 3-3 with Saints down 0-3 with less than 30 mins left I think. Even the East Stand sitters were up and at 'em ...unbelievable noise.
The second replay at WHL was indeed a 5-0 spanking..Esimated 20,000 plus on the road. we got in 15 minutes after ko and we were lucky.
Onto the semi...pissing rain...Denis Law popped our balloon...Always loved that guy though... even after that day.
Good to see a fellow old timer in action on here...nice memories of that year. | | | |
| Being a Saints supporter on 19:58 - Dec 12 with 555 views | kernow |
Born in Wigan, no football team in the football league at that time. It was all about rugby league.
Dad was an economic migrant and formative years were lived in Totton.
He wasn’t a football fan but he’s to blame for introducing his son to his first football match,
Saints v Pompey, season 63/63, the Dell, 4-2 win.
The atmosphere, the noise, the passion, the fanaticism, the aroma of bovril and condor ready rubbed, the thrill of watching the Saints come from behind to defeat their closest rivals.
Very evocative, very addictive. | | | |
| Being a Saints supporter on 21:34 - Dec 12 with 498 views | grumpy |
One of my earliest memories of watching Saints was as a youngster being taken to Leyton Orient by my uncle to see Saints gain promotion to the First Division ,Terry Paine scored with a header, a rare occurrence that,
From then on I rarely missed a game at home and saw quite a few away.
Standing on the Milton Terrace in the 70/80s was an experience I will never forget,there was an atmosphere that anything could happen and it often did.
London mobs often infiltrated the end and fights ensued.
Some Chelsea boys came unstuck one day, but normally there was too many of them.
Moved to stand under the West Stand and the Lawrie days as manager brought some of the best players to the Dell
Moved to St Marys and had a season ticket for a while but missed a few games due to work so gave it up and don't go as much as I used to
Have a brick in the wall there and as it says 'Forever a Saints Fan'
Rollercoaster ride as a fan it is,there will never be another. |  | | |
| Being a Saints supporter on 22:54 - Dec 12 with 461 views | Wints76 |
First football match I remember watching was Spurs v City in the 81 Cup Final replay. Remember loving all the razzamatazz around it and the Villa winning goal. Then no memory of anything till later that year and visiting my grandad in the eye hospital near The Dell and Saints losing at home to Spurs and my dad and Grandad being upset. Realised I had a decent team on my doorstep and started taking an interest. At my Junior School in Weeke, Winchester, we were all Saints fans. The kids in the year above and below were all sorts but we were Saints. As were all my family. It was only a matter of time till we won the league.
My old man never took me to a game, my mum did when she could and my dad was elsewhere in the ground (they weren't seperated, and I didn't think it weird!). In his later years I took him to some games and he saw us win at Wembley in 2010 |  | | |
| Being a Saints supporter on 17:59 - Dec 13 with 259 views | 1teeminants |
In the late 60's early 70's i lived in ipswich and went to school there. I followed Ipswich my first game being a 4-0 win against Man united with Best, Charlton, Law all playing for Man United. I must have seen over 50 games at Portman Road.
My dad was a massive saints fan as was his dad, they were both born in Hampshire and regularly attended games at The Dell.
As a one off My dad took my brother and i to the Dell in 1971. we drew 0-0 with Derby county and from that moment onwards i was hooked on Saints. We moved from the Ipswich area to Chandlers Ford in 1972 for my dad's work and i have followed Saints every season since then mainly as a season ticket holder. I still get that buzz and anticipation before every season if i didn't i probably would'nt go. I've seen many saints fans come and go over the years but i guess its just something i love doing and i guess i'll probably still be going in 20 years from now health permitting. [Post edited 13 Dec 18:01]
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