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Reply | So How Did The Bubble Trip To Pompey Go ! The Scene Report
at 14:07 26 Jan 2026
Have to be honest the absolutely ridiculous over the top policing made my mind up that if we're there again next season and it's a bubble again i'm not going.
It's just not worth the expense and hassle for me |
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Reply | 5 Things About The Trip To Pompey
at 13:26 26 Jan 2026
1. The bubble was f*cking awful, stupidly early start, disorganised when we got there, no toilet on the bust, and our bus had more people allocated to it than seats. Plus given there was the same number of arrests yesterday as there was without it i don't see how it can be justified in the future.
2. Tense game we probably should've won it but can't finish and can't defend when it matters.
3. Given all the "hatred" we're told about that was one of the most timid Fratton crowds i've ever seen
4. Their fans along the road in smiling and waving at the buses was really strange, seemed like they were welcoming us into hayling island
5. The lad stood in a saints top just up from the good companion pub on the way back was funny, plenty of blue few around him too and he wasn't getting any abuse |
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Reply | Saints V Pompey Matchday Thread
at 22:45 24 Jan 2026
Sounds like you’re in the same “red zone” buses as me Nick. Not looking forward to tomorrow to be honest, got the hallmarks of the worst away ever and the bubble has really p*ssed me off |
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Reply | Parsons
at 10:54 21 Jan 2026
We go into level one at half time now, it's decent to be able to have a proper drink like a whisky or brandy in relative peace rather than being in the throngs being served crap over priced beer.
One of the few things i'd say is an actual improvement (though we all comment on how far we've come from the days of the old "refreshments" stall at the back of the Archers & urinal that was basically a wall) |
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Reply | Who Is The Worst Signing Saints Have Ever Made
at 20:20 16 Jan 2026
I was at the league game Día played he actually came inches from scoring and wasn’t half as bad as people made out. I think the story has grown massively in size over the years, and if it wasn’t for the George weah bit he’d be completely forgotten
Also we never actually signed him, he was a trialist who’d been training with the squad and was put in the match day line up because we had a massive injury crisis. |
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Reply | Give me an S
at 19:31 15 Jan 2026
Our Claus was one of mine.
You can also count
He’s our Cedric
Eyal Berkovich’s song
Woolston ferry
And a couple we tried that never caught annoyingly
Raspberry beret for Kyle walker peters
Dock of the bay generally about Saints
Electric avenue for the skates (we’re going to chase you through goldsmith avenue)
And one that was never going to take because of the song it was based on, another Saturday night by Sam Cooke (again just a general saints one)
I’m sure there’s more I’ve missed too |
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Reply | Give me an S
at 09:49 15 Jan 2026
It gets trotted out almost every game by my lot, every verse too 
Though to be fair it's a lot harder at away games as our inbetweeners lot are more interested in pantomime banter and stealing songs from liverpool |
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Reply | Pompey Away Details
at 12:37 14 Jan 2026
So you agree then Nick no real trouble happened in the cup and it was adequately policed?
Therefore given that a night game, the first in a very long time, which was probably the most high risk kind of game we can have, proved we don't need the bubble.
I also fail to see the relevance of goldsmith avenue being a single road, arguably that's easier to police than the route to St Mary's.
Frankly in 2026 there is no consistent argument in favour of the bubble, and there's certainly no conceivable need for the extreme measures that have been put in place for it.
We need to stop criminalising football fans for simply going to a game, i'd have thought this would be something you - with your background - would be hugely on the side of |
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Reply | Pompey Away Details
at 13:04 13 Jan 2026
Except that's not right Nick we have the Fan Advisory Board, surely they should've been the ones consulted or what's the point of their role?
I also don't believe there would've been major trouble, there was no major trouble in the league cup and i have no reason to believe there would've been for this.
Also it doesn't hold water given we're one of the very few games in the country that have a bubble now, so if it works to not have one for everyone else why does it change for us?
Given what we've since learned i'm cynically thinking the clubs knew how much money they could fleece from the fans for this game and it was a nice chance for them to do it. |
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Reply | Pompey Away Details
at 12:44 13 Jan 2026
I think what annoys me the most is the fans were apparently consulted, so either they were ok with this nonsense or they were completely ignored.
If it's the first then i'd like to know why the hell fans groups thought this was the right thing to do, and why they thought their opinion represented everyone.
If it's the second then what's the point of even having a consultation with the fans?
Like is said i'm not going next time if it's the same, i bought mine knowing it was a bubble but not being aware of the extreme circumstances we'd be put under. |
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Reply | Pompey Away Details
at 10:22 13 Jan 2026
The whole thing is a f*cking disgrace Nick, the fact is it's set up to scalp as much money out of fans as possible by forcing them to use facilities at the clubs.
Putting aside the completely over the top and draconian requirements expecting fans to turn up to the ground up to 4.5hours before kick off for a drive that takes around 40mins, forcing them to use the coaches but also charging for them, restricting food and drink on the coaches and effectively saying you have to buy everything from one or other of the clubs, is disgraceful.
I've pretty much decided that should they stay up and should it be a bubble again i'm not going to do it, because they've utterly ruined the enjoyment of the day out, and effectively criminalised normal fans despite no evidence that needed to happen.
I have actually contacted the Football Supporters Association about it and would advise others to do the same
https://thefsa.org.uk/contact/ |
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Reply | 5 Things About Doncaster
at 14:32 12 Jan 2026
You were lucky you missed out on the drink that we were given that was Guinness with a double shot of port in it.
It was incredible how cheap Doncaster was in general to be fair, don't think i paid over £30 for a round all day |
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Reply | 5 Things About Doncaster
at 12:41 12 Jan 2026
1. Some decent pubs in the center of Doncaster but was surprised how few of their fans were in them, seemed like every pub was full of saints
2. This team are going to be disastrous at Fratton, the mental weakness is visible to all and i genuinely thought Doncaster would nick it towards the end
3. Was surprised how cheap the trains were, my train up from london cost me less than the standard train back home to southampton does
4. Made me chuckle when i overheard from one of the home fans that loads of saints had gone into the club shop before the game and bought them out of billy sharp face masks
5. Wintz childlike excitement at getting to go to THAT pub from the video was hilarious, i think was more excited by that than the prospect of the game |
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Thread | RIP Chivers
at 17:27 7 Jan 2026
Before my time but heard stories of him from my mum and gran, born in Southampton and was part of the 66 promotion team, passed today aged 80.
RIP mush |
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