| New owner - new ground? 16:44 - Jan 5 with 4344 views | saint901 |
I don't know much about Mr Solak but I hope he takes a real interest in his new acquisition.
If so, can I ask that he consider moving the stadium - pretty please?
Anybody coming into Sampton for a match finds the stadium an utter PITA to get to, park nearby, get out of, and leave the city. It should never have been put where it was.
Instead sell the land for housing - which is what all the surrounding property is going for and use the money to build something out near the motorway.
The sites near the old Transit factory look favourite to me. Easy access, good links into and out of town. A railway line ready.
I seem to think that Rupert whatshisface tried to build a stadium out there and got outline permission? He then got greedy and wanted a hotel, shops, residential and the planners said no.
Perhaps it would be a good time to try again and build a bigger (40k) stadium? |  | | |  |
| New owner - new ground? on 20:06 - Jan 5 with 1478 views | Poirot |
He can biuld a new training ground in a far better location along the M3 that will help attract players that want to live in surrey. |  | | |
| New owner - new ground? on 20:23 - Jan 5 with 1460 views | Chesham_Saint |
| New owner - new ground? on 18:35 - Jan 5 by grumpy |
A Pompey fan telling us about people sounding dodgy and new stadiums, you couldn't make it up.  |
A pompey fan.
You just couldn’t make it up. |  |
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| New owner - new ground? on 21:04 - Jan 5 with 1418 views | DorsetIan |
| New owner - new ground? on 18:19 - Jan 5 by Bicester_North |
I think Dorset Ian does as well, if he can find any petrol [Post edited 5 Jan 2022 18:20]
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Good point Bicester. Thankfully, I've still got a few jerry cans left, so I haven't had to go near a petrol station recently.
On the stadium location, I'm with everyone else. I used to park at St Mary's church or at the Mosque and heading directly north after a game was pretty boring. But I have a new foolproof plan now, so it's much easier.
Football grounds should be near the centre of a town or city. Drink or meal followed by a walk to the ground is what it's all about. Out of town grounds near shopping centres (The Ricoh) or in the middle of nuclear fallout zones (The Riverside) are terrible. | |
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| New owner - new ground? on 21:46 - Jan 5 with 1382 views | Berber |
| New owner - new ground? on 18:19 - Jan 5 by saint901 |
OK, just me who finds it inconvenient and expensive to get to and frustrating to drive out of town.
I must be the only out of towner who actually goes to matches. |
No mate, Mytchett Saint from .... well guess, I am in Camberley. It can take anything between 1 hr 40 mins at best to 3 hours to get to the ground. The last thing I want to do is drive to an out of town shopping centre. |  |
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| New owner - new ground? on 22:32 - Jan 5 with 1349 views | 1885_SFC |
| New owner - new ground? on 21:46 - Jan 5 by Berber |
No mate, Mytchett Saint from .... well guess, I am in Camberley. It can take anything between 1 hr 40 mins at best to 3 hours to get to the ground. The last thing I want to do is drive to an out of town shopping centre. |
You only have to look at Derby's ground to see what a horrendous location can do for a club! |  |
| GET THE F*CK OUT OF THIS FOOTBALL CLUB SPORT REPUBLIC |
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| New owner - new ground? on 22:51 - Jan 5 with 1319 views | cocklebreath |
| New owner - new ground? on 18:19 - Jan 5 by saint901 |
OK, just me who finds it inconvenient and expensive to get to and frustrating to drive out of town.
I must be the only out of towner who actually goes to matches. |
I’m an out of towner and I like it where it is, if it’s such a drag don’t go, you probably leave on 83 minutes. I can’t believe anyone would really want the ground stuck in the middle of nowhere, weird |  |
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| New owner - new ground? on 23:02 - Jan 5 with 1311 views | Chesham_Saint |
| New owner - new ground? on 18:19 - Jan 5 by saint901 |
OK, just me who finds it inconvenient and expensive to get to and frustrating to drive out of town.
I must be the only out of towner who actually goes to matches. |
Nope. I travel from Essex. | |
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| New owner - new ground? on 06:21 - Jan 6 with 1192 views | JaySaint |
| New owner - new ground? on 17:22 - Jan 5 by grumpy |
Location is fine.
Just somehow please give us our own end.  |
isn't the chapel a complete Saints end? | |
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| New owner - new ground? on 07:37 - Jan 6 with 1138 views | SalisburySaint |
| New owner - new ground? on 18:25 - Jan 5 by 1885_SFC |
You're far from that! I reckon more people travel to St Marys from out of town than actually live in the city itself... considerably more. |
As an out of towner, I'd say most of the ones I know (numerous from Bristol, Shaftesbury, Salisbury Area and London) are happy where ground is located.
The majority of out of towners I know travel to games by train which is a relatively short walk to ground. others that drive to games seem to have no issues with journey or parking, which from my experience is a major issue at out of town grounds like Stoke, Reading and Bolton etc.
plus where would fans go before and after games if ground is out of town as you suggest, the Bar at Southampton Airport ?
The existing location for so many reasons is the right one for the majority of fans [Post edited 6 Jan 2022 7:43]
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| New owner - new ground? on 08:13 - Jan 6 with 1110 views | saint68 |
I was really glad the Stoneham Lane site was ignored for the Britannia Rd site, the design of St Mary's isn't the greatest but it was of the time...I only wish we'd been able to keep a closer proximity to the pitch like before at the Dell..and within 10 minutes stroll there are countless bars and restaurants for after the game..location is not an issue. | |
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| New owner - new ground? on 08:56 - Jan 6 with 1076 views | SonicBoom |
This is a stretch even by 130's usual standards.
"You lot now want a new stadium"
Once guy suggested it and everyone else on the thread disagreed. |  | | |
| New owner - new ground? on 09:58 - Jan 6 with 1027 views | saint901 |
| New owner - new ground? on 22:51 - Jan 5 by cocklebreath |
I’m an out of towner and I like it where it is, if it’s such a drag don’t go, you probably leave on 83 minutes. I can’t believe anyone would really want the ground stuck in the middle of nowhere, weird |
We are such a friendly, non judgmental bunch aren't we?
Encouraging me not to go, making assumptions about when I leave, etc?
My first match was 1962. I've had a season ticket (2 in fact) since 2000 - the first year I could afford one - I've never left a match early (even when I would have saved myself some grief if I had).
I've lost count of the hours I've queued on the Avenue into and out of matches. I've tried trains but stopped when a drunk "fan" managed to chuck up over half a dozen people in a carriage. | | | |
| New owner - new ground? on 10:22 - Jan 6 with 1001 views | saint68 |
| New owner - new ground? on 09:58 - Jan 6 by saint901 |
We are such a friendly, non judgmental bunch aren't we?
Encouraging me not to go, making assumptions about when I leave, etc?
My first match was 1962. I've had a season ticket (2 in fact) since 2000 - the first year I could afford one - I've never left a match early (even when I would have saved myself some grief if I had).
I've lost count of the hours I've queued on the Avenue into and out of matches. I've tried trains but stopped when a drunk "fan" managed to chuck up over half a dozen people in a carriage. |
Move to Southampton.. its as easy as thatðŸ˜ðŸ‘ | |
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| New owner - new ground? on 11:23 - Jan 6 with 958 views | saint901 |
| New owner - new ground? on 10:22 - Jan 6 by saint68 |
Move to Southampton.. its as easy as thatðŸ˜ðŸ‘ |
No thanks. | | | |
| New owner - new ground? on 11:29 - Jan 6 with 953 views | PaleRider |
| New owner - new ground? on 09:58 - Jan 6 by saint901 |
We are such a friendly, non judgmental bunch aren't we?
Encouraging me not to go, making assumptions about when I leave, etc?
My first match was 1962. I've had a season ticket (2 in fact) since 2000 - the first year I could afford one - I've never left a match early (even when I would have saved myself some grief if I had).
I've lost count of the hours I've queued on the Avenue into and out of matches. I've tried trains but stopped when a drunk "fan" managed to chuck up over half a dozen people in a carriage. |
I think the problem is the Avenue - not the ground's location. I live in north west Hampshire and we usually drive to West Quay and park there. The wife nips into town or the cinema and we have a meal afterwards. It's an easy walk to St Marys and you can choose your approach. | | | |
| New owner - new ground? on 11:36 - Jan 6 with 952 views | DellHero_Would |
| New owner - new ground? on 18:19 - Jan 5 by Bicester_North |
I think Dorset Ian does as well, if he can find any petrol [Post edited 5 Jan 2022 18:20]
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All the Romanian tanker drivers that left because of Brexit came back to Dorset thank God after a couple of weeks.
There was that chap from Stoke who used to post on here, he was probably one of the furthest to travel down. I haven’t seen him on here for a while, nice chap but I think he got a bit of breakfast jammed underneath the caps lock on his keyboard. I know him and Ian were close. I hope he’s Ok. | |
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| New owner - new ground? on 11:54 - Jan 6 with 930 views | franniesTache |
F*ck moving the ground, it's SOUTHAMPTON fooball club, not out of town football club and St Mary's is a great location for the people of the city.
Plus i'm a Southampton exile and i don't have a single problem with getting to the ground, train in, pint at the wagon, walk to the ground, piece of p*ss. |  | | |
| New owner - new ground? on 12:36 - Jan 6 with 897 views | Chesham_Saint |
| New owner - new ground? on 11:54 - Jan 6 by franniesTache |
F*ck moving the ground, it's SOUTHAMPTON fooball club, not out of town football club and St Mary's is a great location for the people of the city.
Plus i'm a Southampton exile and i don't have a single problem with getting to the ground, train in, pint at the wagon, walk to the ground, piece of p*ss. |
I’m thinking of buying a helicopter. ðŸš
Cue brain dead 130 saying “you lot” are all wanting helicopters now we have new owners…
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| New owner - new ground? on 14:04 - Jan 6 with 826 views | 130yrs_and_one_Cup |
| New owner - new ground? on 08:56 - Jan 6 by SonicBoom |
This is a stretch even by 130's usual standards.
"You lot now want a new stadium"
Once guy suggested it and everyone else on the thread disagreed. |
Nope, I was on about the thread starter, and his hilarious thread. Then another poster agreed with him, so not everyone disagreed.
"and you also want a brand new stadium"
Can't see the word 'lot' here. Lots of spin from Sonic and his follower Chesham |  |
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| New owner - new ground? on 15:26 - Jan 6 with 793 views | Chesham_Saint |
| New owner - new ground? on 14:04 - Jan 6 by 130yrs_and_one_Cup |
Nope, I was on about the thread starter, and his hilarious thread. Then another poster agreed with him, so not everyone disagreed.
"and you also want a brand new stadium"
Can't see the word 'lot' here. Lots of spin from Sonic and his follower Chesham |
I’m sorry, I don’t remember anyone on here asking for a fvck wit to join in.
Now, run along back to the lower leagues there’s a good little fishboy. | |
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| New owner - new ground? on 15:45 - Jan 6 with 781 views | kingslandstand1 |
| New owner - new ground? on 15:26 - Jan 6 by Chesham_Saint |
I’m sorry, I don’t remember anyone on here asking for a fvck wit to join in.
Now, run along back to the lower leagues there’s a good little fishboy. |
And we all thought everyone welcomed 130   
Oh, and I say def stay where we are - ever been to Brighton's ground!! |  |
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| New owner - new ground? on 16:08 - Jan 6 with 753 views | 130yrs_and_one_Cup |
| New owner - new ground? on 15:26 - Jan 6 by Chesham_Saint |
I’m sorry, I don’t remember anyone on here asking for a fvck wit to join in.
Now, run along back to the lower leagues there’s a good little fishboy. |
A very emotional and highly predictable response from the poster who obviously follows other posters to get the meaning of paragraphs written on this site.
If only he could challenge his emotional energy into something worthwhile, pottery or fine art, or ballet perhaps. 'Lots' for him to consider here. | |
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| New owner - new ground? on 16:46 - Jan 6 with 723 views | Chesham_Saint |
| New owner - new ground? on 16:08 - Jan 6 by 130yrs_and_one_Cup |
A very emotional and highly predictable response from the poster who obviously follows other posters to get the meaning of paragraphs written on this site.
If only he could challenge his emotional energy into something worthwhile, pottery or fine art, or ballet perhaps. 'Lots' for him to consider here. |
Really? I mean, really? | |
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| New owner - new ground? on 16:47 - Jan 6 with 718 views | 130yrs_and_one_Cup |
| New owner - new ground? on 16:46 - Jan 6 by Chesham_Saint |
Really? I mean, really? |
You're not going to cry are you? | |
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| New owner - new ground? on 16:58 - Jan 6 with 692 views | franniesTache |
| New owner - new ground? on 16:47 - Jan 6 by 130yrs_and_one_Cup |
You're not going to cry are you? |
Nah he's going to steal your food  | | | |
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