As a Brighton fan I'm acutely aware of how­ mis-management and greed can destroy a club. It's a­ disgrace what's happened to Southampton - and­ it's about time all real supporters united in­ preventing such things happening again. If we don't­ then no club, however great or small, is safe. Football­ is not just about business; it's about history,­ passion and pride. This must be respected. Good luck­ Southampton - keep on fighting.

Sorry i just happened across this site and im reading­ all these reviews im 65 years old i remember the saints­ in the old 3rd division so they have been down and out­ like the rest of us (im a Millwall fan for my sins)you­ go up you come down you win you lose its your team you­ dont have a right to moan if you come down because if­ your no good you lose,look at us,so what you do is­ still support the team and just hope it gets better.And­ when it does it still kicks you in the mouth, so­ welcome to real life football in the Championship,1st­ div,2nd div,where the true fans are who love there­ clubs.believe me you will enjoy it.

waltondev1952, we didn't steal sturrock! He applied­ so we gave him an interview then paid the agreed­ compensation! We never approached him so so get ya­ facts right? As for your players, who did we take? And­ lets just leave ya stadium alone, coz the less said the­ better!

i can remember not so long ago,when southampton stole­ our manager from us,then after about 8 games,they­ sacked him.im talking about paul sturrock,and plymouth­ argyle.they have wasted so much money,it beggars­ belief.i also remember when they were relegated , the­ southampton fans came down and laughed at our­ stadium.how are the mighty fallen.i have no sympathy­ for them whatsoever.theyve taken players from us and­ wasted them.the wages they are paying mediocre players­ is rediculous.as i said,they have brought this upon­ therselves.

Good luck Saints, I am sure that you will get all this­ sorted out. The Boro managed to get by and survive in­ the 80's and somebody will come along to bail you­ out of this mess

Good luck Saints. Hope you survive. From a ManUnited­ fan.

I never post comments till today but this is something­ that has pi..ed me off for years now . As long as prem­ league and sky have their incomes its a case f..k the­ lower leagues . It sickens me that for what a top team­ pays for a player a lower team could cease to exist . I­ am just waiting for one of the so called big 4 to face­ winding up . Liverpool wernt close cause that debt is­ tied to owners but chelsea and man u debt is clubs (i­ may be wrong with this statement but you get the point)­ . I think fa should reduce ammount each prem club gets­ for final pos and use money to help the likes of­ stockport , darlo , southampton etc insted of punishing­ them further . Those at the top have sold their souls­ for money ............... Good luck to all those­ struggling clubs i hope you survive and i say that as a­ so called rival of two of the one i mentioned by being­ born in portsmouth but living in and supporting­ Hartlepool. Greed is killing the game i love .......­ Dave , Hartlepool

I am getting more than a tad annoyed with this now. It­ is obvious the Football League are reluctant to let us­ escape the 10 point deduction, if things carry on the­ way they are going we are going to end with an even­ bigger points deduction. Lets just take the 10 points­ on the chin, it isn't a big deal really, most teams­ have had much bigger point deductions. Even with -10­ points we can still take the league by storm next­ season just by keeping the squad we have now, who­ obviously don't mind staying or they would have­ gone by now. Just renew all the contracts with the­ apparent "several millions" that this­ pinnacle group have and we will cruise through League­ One whoever is in charge (manager wise). Apparently the­ new manager will have money to spend, this can only be­ positive. Lets get this all wrapped up and get on with­ winning the league.

Come On You Reds!

ravinginsomia
ravingP(rick) more like.

Does bates have a Brother?

What happens if they dont get a buyer?
Do they fold as­ a team?
Bummer but atleast cobblers get through to the­ second round of the carling cup!

raven gobshite you will get kickinf you skate ttwwwaaat

We beat Man U 1 -0 in '76 to win the FA Cup: we­ beat Man U 6-4 in a league match; beat Arsenal 3-2 with­ le Tiss scoring the last goal at the Dell - we­ can't F@#*ing beat greedy a***holes who bled the­ club dry in the name of business: thus ends 62­ wonderful years of my life. I can't cry any more!

From a Newcastle United fan, Good Luck Southampton - i­ truly mean that; this is an horrendous thing to be­ going through for all the fans.

Sadly although fans do put in a great deal of money­ into their clubs the vast majority of it comes from TV.­ Unfortunately too much of that money goes into the­ greedy pockets of top Premier league players.

I have­ no qualms about players earning a good living from the­ sport but a lot of them are now obscenely wealthy Their­ earnings are on a par with those of say Tiger Woods and­ Roger Federer which is absolutely ridiculous

The people pay the Government(taxes), the Government­ use that money to save the banks, the banks pressurise­ the people by throwing them out of their houses and­ disolving their football clubs. What a crazy world.

Point 17 - well said, totally agree with you 100%. ­ I'm sick of the club I support taking us fans for­ granted, we pay £650 for a season ticket, then £130 for­ champion league tickets, then £30 per domestic cup­ game. And we get treat shabbily. It's about time­ we (football fans) let our respective clubs know that­ they live or die on the basis of us (the fans).

I am a Man Utd fan, but here's hoping Southampton­ survive. It would be a disgrace if they were to­ disappear.
F..k the banks. power to the people who­ saved the godamn banks.