Another Solent valley Saturday

[dave.woodhall]

Another unbiased preview.

https://heroesandvillains.info/2023/01/19/another-solent-valley-saturday/

[Legion]

FBed.

[SamTheMouse]

"...about fifteen thousand of them will remember they support Man Utd after all".

Haha that's very good.

I come from those parts and it's an astute observation.

[VILLA MOLE]

no ings and watkins debate indeed

[darren woolley]

Spot on Dave.

[eamonn]

What a brilliantly cynical preview!
In fact, if there were stand-up comedy based gigs for football fans (yeah...perish the thought, actually), this "set" would go down a storm!

Apart from Blose and Baggies-taunting, I don't recall reading an opposition club have so many blows rained down on them in one article. And such a harmless club, too! Bravo 

[LeeB]

For me, they're the most plastic of all the plastic clubs, which is odd as they've actually got a bit of history and have been more or less a top flight club for 50 years.

It was the ground move, the sudden arrival of fans and an away following and Rupert Lowe's delusions of grandeur that turned me I think. And appointing Clive Woodward, twats.

[Jon Crofts]

I hate this lot, last time I went to The Dell we lost 2-0 to a couple of James Beattie goals, my previous visit we lost 2-0 to a couple of Kevin Davies goals, our PL record against them is fairly terrible.
A horrible city that's bordering on Plymouth levels of shitness. Be glad to see the back of them.

[Jon Crofts]

For me, they're the most plastic of all the plastic clubs, which is odd as they've actually got a bit of history and have been more or less a top flight club for 50 years.

It was the ground move, the sudden arrival of fans and an away following and Rupert Lowe's delusions of grandeur that turned me I think. And appointing Clive Woodward, twats.

Did Woodward actually manage them or was he just appointed as a performance coach?

edit: A quick check of Wiki says no he didn't manage them, but, it did remind me of some of the absolute whoppers they've appointed in the past like Dennis Wise, Redknob & Pearson.

[Simon Page]

Is it still compulsory to listen to Level 42 in Southampton? Town full of jumpers-draped-on-shoulders, deck shoe wankers.

Pompey's miles better.

[Jon Crofts]

Is it still compulsory to listen to Level 42 in Southampton? Town full of jumpers-draped-on-shoulders, deck shoe wankers.

Pompey's miles better.

You just wait until you visit Chichester. Fucking hell you’d think everyone was Chay Blyth.

[Simon Page]

Chichester is the only town I've been escorted to the edge of by the rozzers. Very keen to make sure we all left. Given we were half a dozen 18/19-year-old, middle class stoners who weighed less than 20 stone between us, I came to the conclusion it was easily the most paranoid snooty place I've ever been. Hampton-in-twatting-Arden with a cathedral - somewhere between Portsmouth and Brighton to buy an ornamental teapot.

[clash city rocker]

Chichester is the only town I've been escorted to the edge of by the rozzers. Very keen to make sure we all left. Given we were half a dozen 18/19-year-old, middle class stoners who weighed less than 20 stone between us, I came to the conclusion it was easily the most paranoid snooty place I've ever been. Hampton-in-twatting-Arden with a cathedral - somewhere between Portsmouth and Brighton to buy an ornamental teapot.

I like Chichester.  Years ago had 6 months working there. 6 of us all villa. The pubs we used use to call us the villa renegades when we went in.

[rougegorge]

I hate this lot, last time I went to The Dell we lost 2-0 to a couple of James Beattie goals, my previous visit we lost 2-0 to a couple of Kevin Davies goals, our PL record against them is fairly terrible.
A horrible city that's bordering on Plymouth levels of shitness. Be glad to see the back of them.

It's not a terrible city and also I know quite a few of their fans who are eminently reasonable. Like Plymouth, it got blitzed in the war and the post war planners didn't do a good job on a lot of British cities, Brum included.

[Jon Crofts]

I hate this lot, last time I went to The Dell we lost 2-0 to a couple of James Beattie goals, my previous visit we lost 2-0 to a couple of Kevin Davies goals, our PL record against them is fairly terrible.
A horrible city that's bordering on Plymouth levels of shitness. Be glad to see the back of them.

It's not a terrible city and also I know quite a few of their fans who are eminently reasonable. Like Plymouth, it got blitzed in the war and the post war planners didn't do a good job on a lot of British cities, Brum included.

It’s less the architecture and design and more the what is there to go there for?

A ferry or a cruise ship out of Southampton.