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St Mary's To Double In Capacity For 2025/26 Season
Tuesday, 1st Apr 2025 10:05

CEO Phil Parsons is expected to announce exciting plans at 11.55am to make sure that even more customers, sorry supporters can attend matches from next season, when over 60,000 Saints fans will be able to see each game.

The plan is so simple it is amazing that not a single club in the World has thought of this before and Sport Republic and indeed Phil Parsons and his board will be hailed as revolutionaries and dare I say it football genius's for this innovation.

As mentioned 60,000 will be able to attend each game at St Mary's next season, therefore doubling the club's income and enabling it to storm to promotion and then take it's rightful place in what will then become a "Big 8" in the Premier League.

So how are they going to do this ?

Easy, starting next season there will be half season tickets, in the past this has been where supporters can buy a season ticket at the half way point of the season, but this is different it is ground breaking.

The Southampton half season ticket will not be half a season, but half a game, potentially doubling St Mary's capacity overnight, the plan is simple but effective.

Those with season tickets for the first half of the game will be able to have a drink in the fan zones outside the ground and if they are above minimum wage, purchase a food item as well.

When they enter the ground for kick off, those with season tickets for the second half of the game will be able to enter the fan zones and enjoy watching the first half on the big screens, whilst eating and drinking.

At the half time whistle, the 1st half season ticket holders will leave the ground to be replaced by the 2nd half season tickets holders, of course those having just left the ground will watch the game etc in the fanzones.

At a stroke we have doubled the capacity of St Mary's and also doubled the earnings potential for food and drink.

Half and half scarves will take on a new meaning, one half saying Southampton FC and the other half saying 1st Half only.

This is truly revolutionary and we should applaud our football club for it's forward thinking.

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saintpete01 added 10:11 - Apr 1 A Genius post Nick 🤔☹️
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Bowlercow added 10:55 - Apr 1 It is Apri 1st today isn't it
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arfurdent added 11:29 - Apr 1 will obviously charge more for the first half that will cleared out by the three goal rule
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kenchilds70 added 12:56 - Apr 1 Brilliant ha ha ha ha ha
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SaintPaulVW added 12:58 - Apr 1 Brilliant idea. The fans that love to leave early will snap up the first half tickets.
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andoverpedro added 14:22 - Apr 1 60,000 dissapointed fans instead of 30, 000. i would laugh at this April fools but the real joke has been on all saints fans this season they should all have there season ticket money paid back . the whole of the saints squad should pay this .
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