Forget Portsmouth. Southern Manchester United fans are the worst fans on the planet.
When we were drinking before the Cup Final, there was an 80/20 split between Saints fans and Manchester United fans. The Mancunian lads were sound. The Irish lads were sound.
I was walking to the bar, singing OWTS during a rendition from our lot, and this mush tells me to “fucking shut up”, in a manner that implies potential violence.
Hearing that he’s neither Mancunian nor Irish, I ask “where are you from?”.
“What does that matter?”, he asks.
“I’m from Southampton. They’re my team. You’re not from fucking Manchester, and neither is your team”.
I know that we’re statistically unlikely to win anything. I also know that no-one that supports Saints is in it for trophy glory, which is why I’m not as dismissive of Southampton fans from elsewhere as I would be of big club fans.
It will come all too infrequently, but if and when it does, that glory will be ours in a way that “fucking shut up” man from Surrey will never know.
So looks like Members with a purchase history who bought membership before the Wigan Cup Game should be OK for tickets as well as all ST Holders.
Looks like I am OK as one of my mates isn’t able to go and I got in to ask first. May have one single ticket on my Membership but that will go to one of our krew down here.
Likewise chaps … Tyke and I are unlikely to get to this unfortunately so we have 2 membership tickets which qualify for the first day of membership sale. Let me know if you want me to buy 2 tickets for you. CD