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Been thinking about going to this next week. Is it pay on the day and if I do go would any oxon based reds liketo share a lift? And who else from here is going ?

I'm going.

I only go to the big games.

I'm going.

I only go to games in university towns where I know someone to stay with and get smashed for a few days.

im going and bringing my turkish mate with flares.

I'll be there. whatever is left of L&P are sending a mini-bus down.

I'm going

But only because I am sharing the happy bus.

I don't think I can get off work early enough  >:(

I'm going. anyone else going from berkshire want picking up?

Was hoping to watch the game and stop over at a mates. Due to the fixture change I can't get the time off work :(

Im going...Car load from Calne..

I might go, anyone from Sussex need lifting?

oooh yes please, i have a lift back mind but can be by the A27.

I'd like to go but a) I don't have a lift and b) there's slim chance of me getting out of work early enough. :(

Still space on mini bus but we are leaving around lunch time I think?

Cant wait for this! Cant see us getting a result though....

KOT, I'm going from eastbourne so anywhere on the a27 is cool, although I'll warn you now that i'm bringing a manc mate with me. was planning on leaving here about 4 so would be with you about half past

skill, could you pick me up at the shoreham airport junction? Its traffic lights and you can turn in there and i will be on the corner from 4.30. You are looking at about and hour and a half from there at that time of day.

Think we might get a result, probably lose. I first went to The Dell in 65 when we got beat 2-1 and got relegated from Div 2...since then we haven't got so much as a point at Soton, so maybe it's about time we did...

Don't think i'm going to be able to make this now.

I'm still undecided, it ain't cheap on the train from London. I expect I'll be going though!

Don't forget your shoes this time!

How long would it take from bath?

I am quite tempted, but money / lack of may prevail

I'm not going so that will be easy

Pissed off got to work in Darlington all next week so no chance for me.

How you going, train? Or driving. I wouldn't recommend the former, having just looked, as it'll take you a while to get back.

 Im working nights along side a saints fan. It might be a loooong night

I was very vaguely considering driving, I'll givwe you a shout nearer the time should i follow through with my convictions

After some of the recent games I wasn't 100% sure, but I think today has made my mind up. Fucking hell when I think of all the shit-holes/games/journeys/turnouts over the last decade or whatever THIS HAS TO BE DONE. I know their ground is the same as Leicester, Derby, Middlesbrough etc but compared to what we've been used to......

If we dont take 2000 to this we should be ashamed, we are chasing promotion, its a new ground and its close. Get your fucking act together town fans.

Your royal decrees only work in Tonga, Iain.

Nevertheless, I will be there  ;D

When I phoned on friday we'd apparently sold 950 of our 3,000 odd allocation. Dunno if many more would pay on the day?

Afternoon gents.  Saints fan in Swindon here (in peace!)

Hopefully you guys take a decent number down on Tuesday night, I'd have thought you'd take a fair few more than the 950 mention before.  Its only a hour down the road afterall.

It should be a good game with two form sides.  Hopefully from my point of view the Saints will turn around the score from the County ground last August when you ripped us apart. 

Rule of thumb is we take double whatever tickets we pre sell.

Tough game for us. We've been on a great run in the last few months before those 2 defeats. Getting back on track yesterday was great however we have a few injuries to some key players so we may have to go with a 4-5-1. I think a point would be a great result for us.

We've had a settled team for the last few games and the only change that may happen for us tomorrow is Osteabor maybe giving way to James (as he came off after 15 minutes on Saturday against Leeds)

Saints fans are seeing this game as a must win if we are to have any chance of the play offs (which i think we'll come up just short) but after winning seven league games in a row at home together with some decent January signings (Fonte and Puncheon) the confidence is certainly there.

For those who are having a pre match beer in Southampton, pretty much all the pubs local to the ground will let you in with shirts.  Never normally any trouble apart from when we play the blue few from along the M27.

Thanks for the tips Saint - plenty of parking round the ground?
With your home winning run & our depleted (small) squad I'd definitely take a point, but we have enough about us to get a win. Was impressed with the noise you made at the CG (until you realised that you weren't gonna cuff the carrot-crunchers  ;)), one of the loudest I can remember at our place.
Puncheon is an exciting & dangerous player, I remember him ripping through us in a Barnet shirt & thinking that it was laughable that someone that good was playing for them.
COYR

There isn't a huge amount of parking around the ground. I always use the multistory on St Marys Road or the open car park on trinity road although you have to be there early to use this one.  You guys also have your own dedicated away fans park and ride.  This is just off the M27 at junction 8 (Hamble).

Cheers for the compliment on our away turn out at the county ground. Shame the team couldn't match us that night. If it wasn't for Kelvin Davis in goal it could have been five!  Thankfully for us our team is pretty much unrecognisable from then.

Oh and COYR???   I'm agreeing with you there!  You'l be in your white away kit?   ;)

Ah yeh fair enough - it's a habit. You've got white in your kit haven't you so I'm thinking the all-blue 3rd kit - COYB. We wore that kit at Fulham & still our fans were singing come on you reds  ::) :doh:

Again thanks for the tips - park & ride for us I reckon. Sounds hassle-free & easy to find.

It is easy.  Junction 8 and follow the signs.

It will obviously drop you off at the ground.  The nearest pub to the ground is the King Alfred.  If you walk along the Northam End of the ground (where you are sat/stood) and walk up over the bridge by the railway track it will bring you out on Northam Road and you'll see the KA from there.

If the weathers nice you can stand outside where they'll have a BBQ going and every normally mixes well.

I'd like to know which route you take! :)

M4 newbury - A34, takes an hour.

I normally come off at Junction 14 and take the road across through Wickham and Wickham Heath to meet up with the A34.  Not sure its much quicker but it breaks the journey up!  Takes just over any hour from my house in Freshbrook.

Suppose it depends what time you leave. Traffic is the issue whenever I've gone.

I'll pay on the day

i bought 3 yesterday so 953

Same here I think, as long as I can get a young adult on the day. The OS doesn't say any different but I might give the ticket office a ring tomorrow to check.

I'm sure you'll be able to.  I know we can buy them in the saints sections and the same should apply for you.

Saint, someone was telling me today that Saints had already sold 22,000 advance tickets for Tuesday....is that right?

Don't know how many we've sold so far but that wouldn't surprise me.   We've had four 30,000+ crowds since Christmas and when we played Huddersfield a couple of Tuesday ago we had 20k with very few away supporters.

I'd reckon if you bring a couple of thousand on Tuesday and with the current feelgood factor around St Marys it could get the attendance up to 23-24k

1,150 tickets sold as of this morning.

The Season ticket deadline is tonight (hours extended to 8pm) so maybe we might get some more people picking up their saints ticket at the same time.

anybody need a lift from round richmond area, or wokingham? can't wait for this one. I fancy a point.

Are you a thirsty Irishman or is it a draw that you are after?

 ;D both please!

Hope so. If we dont make 2,000 it will be a bit embaressing.

Rovers took 3,500 on a tuesday night.

agreed, we need to fill this. don't see why we shouldn't - not far for most people (whether you're from swindon, london or where ever), big game, not been there for a while (if at all?).

get on it people.

What time are you leaving?

anyone need a lift? don't mind detouring via the county ground.

dellboy, leaving teddington area half 4/5 depending on when i can get out of work, so will be in wokingham around half 5/6. Gonna be smash and grab job for me!

  that's just the town end one right? Shame about the saints, won't be out of work in time.

Juddie,

You need to allow plenty of time with the M3,especially at rush hour around Basingstoke,
Winchester and where the M3/M27 meets.They can get snarled up very quickly and very often.

Allow time for the park and ride for away fans,if you're using that and if you're thinking of driving
into the city centre,Southampton City Council have deliberately slowed the traffic,by increasing
the traffic lights and box junctions.It can be a continual stop start situation!

really? cheers for the heads up. Not sure if I can physcially get away any earlier than 4, so may have to chance it. It's always a rush for home games, let alone away ones!

If you know exactly where you want to park,i'm sure you'll be fine.However,if you're going to be
searching for somewhere,that's when problems arise and you'll need to allow yourself that extra
bit of time.

Yeah sorry, you are right.

I was originally going to the Saturday game on the 23rd January, as with Leeds, so that means that we will almost certainly win, and in style!

Its also very busy around the interchange as you approach Southampton, from Wokingham you will need to allow at least 1.5 hours at that time of night. Driving onto the Hamble will take another 15 minutes.

A tip for parking: Park on the streets (off street parking) near Southampton University approximately 2 miles, plenty of buses go towards St Marys, not sure what number on public transport though, you can also pick up student buses which will take you within a 10 minute walk.

The traffic lights will do your head in.

really looking forward to it now, thanks lads...!

Is anyone in bath or north east somerset going that i can tag along with / be willing to go halves on petrol money?

you can come and collect me from Bradford on Avon and take me!!! ;)

thats kind of Bath/North East Somerset

you can take me for a ride in your KA!! ;)

JFW, you live in BoA?
Very posh...we are looking to move there in the summer...

Nope just work here
Its full of old folk and they are always dying to it should be easy enough to find a property!

Only joking its a pretty nice town but there are ALOT of old folk

You fit right in then JFW

Oh bore off you mingy little oaf! ;)

If you lot dont start being nicer to me you wont get invited to my amazin 30th fancy dress party where you have to dress as something beginning with C!!

Lucien Sanchez is coming as Craig David!

Si Pie can go as himself then = a cunt.

 :D

I will go as a chlamydia, hide in the corner and not say a word all night.

edit: what the hell happened there? I only typed that once  ???

For sure!!! by the way this wont be until next January!

Can someone confirm I can get tickets on the night please? Also, will us Swindon fans be congregating in a particular pub? I will be on the lash all afternoon in Southampton in readiness for this one  :doh:

the official website says yes you can buy on the night.

....like we got invited to the pool party!!

Staff Only!

Yeah but this isn't at the sports centre?

All 1300 advance tickets sold, total away allocation is 3700 so 2400 up for grabs pay on the door.

Bit worried about parking. Hear it's a bit wank.

We've never had any problems parking there and that was when they were in the PL and getting capacities. We'd normally park a mile or two from the ground on a residential street and get the bus, they were pretty frequent though that was on a Saturday - don't know what they're like midweek. There was a train station we'd park near, fuck knows what it was called.

Park n Ride...

http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/Directions/0,,10280~1656617,00.html

Buses are very frequent right up to midnight, so no problems getting back as long as theres room to get on the bus in the first place. Haven't used the Park & Ride, I was just thinking what a nightmare that could be to catch to and from the ground, bit like Gatwick/Heathrow park/bus a free for all, queing does not exist those who push the hardest get on.

sounds like the uni buses too dell!

Where's the party being held JFW? I'd like to gatecrash  :) (seeing as it's in Calne).

By the way Si Pie won't be coming, well according to this from another thread......


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I don't intend on going to Calne, not for a night out, not at a weekend, not ever.
 
 

I'm driving down straight from work tomorrow, on my own  :(

Drive to Bitterne park, signposted (left) off of Thomas Lewis way, which if you come off at airport sign (Don't come off at Southampton turn) from M27 is the road into the city. Once in Bitterne Park, park car near to a large pub called "the station" which is on Bullar road, (there will be loads of Saints fans in there). Across the main road from the station is a bus stop where every 10 mins or so you will  be able to get a bus very close to the ground. (Or walk ina bout 20 mins) I'm a local and that is what I would be doing if I hadn't stupidly booked a holiday without checking fixtures first.......

i would just like to point out that their park n ride for away fans doesn't appear to be suited from our west country entrance.....am i right??

I drove past it the last time I went to a game at St Mary's. Pretty certain we went that way to avoid the traffic, which will be even worse for an evening kick off. So I wouldn't let the slight detour put you off.

Why not? I'm going to Salisbury, join M27 at Jct2....off at Jct 8, park and ride about 500 yards away.

was just going by the link to their park n ride directions and thinking if its 6 junctions how far is that from J2 to J8??if its anything like the m4 then its best part of 40 miles?!?!

About 12 miles

No I'm informed that they organise it pretty well with minimum disruption to travelling fans. They plan it according to how many are expected, ie buses will be fairly constant & 100-odd can pile onto each one, so as long as it's not left until the last minute we should be fine. I only ever worry about getting there - couldn't care less how long it takes to get home.

Thanks to the Saints fan who was on here yesterday and all the others who gave advice.

Anybody going from London? I'm getting the 1635 from Waterloo

Youre welcome.  Hope you all have a good evening at the home of football. (Apart from the result of course! ;) )

Saint, one quick question.....can we pay at the turnstiles or do we have to go to a specific ticket office?

The dedicated away Ticket office is litrally right next to the turnstiles.

Thanks.

Has anyone got a booster seat I can borrow? Going with Bushey Boy but i'm a bit worried he won't be able to see over the steering wheel...

I've got a meeting at Wembley R4E 3pm-4pm, if you're anywhere near you can jump in.

My lecture doesn't finish til 4pm, and that's at Holborn. Will be easier to jutst head over the bridge to Waterloo ...and I've booked train tickets already. Thanks for the offer though.

I can't go to this now, due to finances being in a far worse state than i previously envisaged

Sorry JFW :(

anyone travelling up on the cardiff to portsmouth line ill be leaving warminster at 4/5 . anyone know any decent pubs around st marys

Barring a last minute miracle, I won't be attending.

Sonic if you are going can I get a lift? I'd meet you in witney or something. I sent you a pm on my phone but I don't know whether it's worked or not. Cheers

Its OK my beautiful ginger boy!

Ive brought my gym stuff so Ill go to total body conditioning instead

Mate of mine is leaving Warminster at 4-30 ish....picking up my old man and brother at Codford....do you want to check if he has a space?  ???

Sippo is not welcome if he carries on.....

leave him in St Mary's, don't be surprised if he never comes back :)

 :beach:

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The King Alfred on Northam Road is away fans friendly and is about a 2 minute walk from the ground. Does a BBQ on matchdays weather permitting so thats where i'm gonna be from about 3pm this afternoon!

Is this the pub of choice?

sounds a plan will be there about 6

Will drop by there if I get there early enough

Can't be arsed to trawl through pages for parking, any one got any ideas near the King Alfred?

This is the post code. Looks like street parking on google maps.

SO14 0PD‎

righto, I'm heading off. see y'all down there!

do you go over the footbridge?