| Hillsborough 13:22 - Mar 1 with 173 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 throughly recommend. [Post edited 1 Mar 13:52]
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| Hillsborough on 13:45 - Mar 1 with 67 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 67 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 31 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 29 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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