| Hillsborough 13:22 - Mar 1 with 675 views | Southamptonfan |
What a dilapidated, tired, worn out, old place. The turnstiles were old style,.with a steward checking your ticket. No fanzones, no burger vans, inside there was a Dell style tuckshop type hatch to get a drink and a chocolate bar. Stairs were fenced off as they were too dangerous. Paint peeling off the walls. The blocks weren't labelled, it was difficult to.find your seat! It was very sparse outside the ground, no queues for anything, just fans looking numb and had given up. Chansiri what a tw@t.
In contrast, what a breath of fresh air their fans are. So interesting that with adversity, you get friendliness back. I have never been to a ground, and met fans who were so loyal, clearly love their club and would never desert them. No tourists, no arrogance, just what you would call proper fans. Some.of their fans even clapping our coaches as we left. And they sang loudly to our left throughout the second half.
I went with Nick's Away Travel. I would thoroughly recommend. [Post edited 1 Mar 15:54]
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| Hillsborough on 13:45 - Mar 1 with 566 views | kingslandstand1 |
Apparently one of the problems with selling the club is the amount of money that would be needed to get the ground up to anything like acceptable to today's standards |  |
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| Hillsborough on 13:47 - Mar 1 with 568 views | A1079 |
Completely agree Southamptonfan. The demise of a once great club and ground.
Personally, I never felt it recovered from the Hillsbrough disaster and that was the start of it's demise and it has been one bad thing after another for them. Not that it was the fault per se of SWFC and certainly not their fans. I have a real soft spot for SWFC and you are right about their supporters. They were friendly, helpful and no arrogance. It was like going back to an age old day of going to football with the turnstiles, ticket checks etc and very basic facilities. | | | |
| Hillsborough on 14:00 - Mar 1 with 535 views | Southamptonfan |
| Hillsborough on 13:47 - Mar 1 by A1079 |
Completely agree Southamptonfan. The demise of a once great club and ground.
Personally, I never felt it recovered from the Hillsbrough disaster and that was the start of it's demise and it has been one bad thing after another for them. Not that it was the fault per se of SWFC and certainly not their fans. I have a real soft spot for SWFC and you are right about their supporters. They were friendly, helpful and no arrogance. It was like going back to an age old day of going to football with the turnstiles, ticket checks etc and very basic facilities. |
It really was like going back 20 or 30 years. No computer screens or tapping your ticket anywhere in sight. Old style canteen like hatches to get a chocolate bar and a sprite. Although I did get searched by a rather "hands-on" steward. Perhaps a massage as you enter Hillsborough is all they can offer 😂.
Jokes aside, it was great away day and love a ground in and around coronation street type houses and cobbled streets. All part of going to different places. I agree, always have a soft spot for clubs that been through adversity. It develops loyal, proper fans. [Post edited 1 Mar 14:05]
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| Hillsborough on 14:03 - Mar 1 with 530 views | Southamptonfan |
| Hillsborough on 13:45 - Mar 1 by kingslandstand1 |
Apparently one of the problems with selling the club is the amount of money that would be needed to get the ground up to anything like acceptable to today's standards |
The Wednesday fans were saying that Chansiri is insisting on a certain percentage of any sale too, a legality that he is exploiting. They were also saying that any owner wants to buy the club as its cheapest, which would be when they are officially in league one. A bit like us.not signing a manager until we were officially a Championship club. Plus, they said if they don't get an owner until the summer, they will start with a points deduction as they are continuing to break financial rules. | |
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| Hillsborough on 14:25 - Mar 1 with 484 views | kingslandstand1 |
| Hillsborough on 14:03 - Mar 1 by Southamptonfan |
The Wednesday fans were saying that Chansiri is insisting on a certain percentage of any sale too, a legality that he is exploiting. They were also saying that any owner wants to buy the club as its cheapest, which would be when they are officially in league one. A bit like us.not signing a manager until we were officially a Championship club. Plus, they said if they don't get an owner until the summer, they will start with a points deduction as they are continuing to break financial rules. |
As someone else commented on the BBC forum as a message of hope to the Wednesday fans, look where we were in 2009 (L1) and where we were in 2017 (Europe and a Cup Final!) | |
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| Hillsborough on 15:09 - Mar 1 with 389 views | felly1 |
I used Nicks Coaches as well.
They are decent way to travel to away games.
My only bugbear is they turn up at the Services all at the same one , at the same time and it's then a bunfight to get your grub ordered and eaten before your coach goes. | | | |
| Hillsborough on 16:03 - Mar 1 with 311 views | Southamptonfan |
| Hillsborough on 15:09 - Mar 1 by felly1 |
I used Nicks Coaches as well.
They are decent way to travel to away games.
My only bugbear is they turn up at the Services all at the same one , at the same time and it's then a bunfight to get your grub ordered and eaten before your coach goes. |
Yeah, I agree. I think that is an issue with travelling by coach. You can't stop when you want, eat when you want etc, often can't get anything if there is a big queue and you.only have 40 minutes at the services. It's easier if there isn't such a big following. I guess that is the drawback of going by coach. They don't give you too long, as there is a fine line between spending longer at the services, but then getting in football traffic and being late for the game. To be honest, the prices at the services are a f@cking rip off, so tend to just pack sandwiches, sausage rolls etc, put a drink in the freezer the night before when I go by coach. Often get something at the ground, but finding a burger van yesterday was like finding a needle in a haystack.
However, you just relax on the coach, you don't have to worry about parking or negotiating traffic. Nick always gets us to the game well on time, friendly stewards and drivers, lots.of chats with other Saints fans. There and back, with USBs, watching films on your phones and toilet.on board. I like the coach for certain games. For Fulham though, I'm going by train, to enjoy the day in London. [Post edited 1 Mar 16:07]
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| Hillsborough on 16:27 - Mar 1 with 248 views | BLEEDRED |
| Hillsborough on 16:03 - Mar 1 by Southamptonfan |
Yeah, I agree. I think that is an issue with travelling by coach. You can't stop when you want, eat when you want etc, often can't get anything if there is a big queue and you.only have 40 minutes at the services. It's easier if there isn't such a big following. I guess that is the drawback of going by coach. They don't give you too long, as there is a fine line between spending longer at the services, but then getting in football traffic and being late for the game. To be honest, the prices at the services are a f@cking rip off, so tend to just pack sandwiches, sausage rolls etc, put a drink in the freezer the night before when I go by coach. Often get something at the ground, but finding a burger van yesterday was like finding a needle in a haystack.
However, you just relax on the coach, you don't have to worry about parking or negotiating traffic. Nick always gets us to the game well on time, friendly stewards and drivers, lots.of chats with other Saints fans. There and back, with USBs, watching films on your phones and toilet.on board. I like the coach for certain games. For Fulham though, I'm going by train, to enjoy the day in London. [Post edited 1 Mar 16:07]
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Going to be fun on the trains on Sunday!!! | | | |
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| Hillsborough on 16:51 - Mar 1 with 209 views | FredTheLeg |
I thought the ground was fantastic myself. Yes it desperately needs some work done to it but I hope they never move. Lost enough great grounds in the last decade or so.
Our support was rubbish but then that's to be expected as it always is with a big allocation. | | | |
| Hillsborough on 17:06 - Mar 1 with 174 views | sledger |
it took an age to get a drink in the concourse because they couldnt serve as the card machines wouldnt work,is it any wonder there skint. | | | |
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