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I’m quietly confident, the pressure is on them massively. If we score an early goal they will panic. We are decent on the road recently.

When I went the boys pen was underneath The Upper BullensRoad Stand right in the corner next to Gwladys Street and stayed like that until at least 1953when I was 12 and I started going into Gwladys Street itself, I remember the toilets not sure...

Yes running up those boys pen steps and seeing that wonderful stadium on 13-03-1948 was just amazing and the thrill of seeing it wasn’t diminished by losing 2-0 to Arsenal or following a poor team for the next few years because Everton was my...

Just that last step for me when you reach the top of the stairs and see the ground appear in front of you. Still gives me goosebumps more than 50yrs after I first climbed those stairs as a 3yr old. Just magical

La Mer by Charles Trenet who also wrote the lyrics— this is the song which became a big hit for Bobby Darin who recorded the English version of the song under the title Beyond the Sea.

If anthems count as songs then the French National Anthem—— La Marseille is a very inspiring song —— I remember it well from the film Casablanca.

….just close the thread;

might it be because of your eyes?

Ah come on Nath——I don’t know any big Dunc’s who are great unless you mean Duncan Edwards but he sadly passed away years before his time!

Which great Dunc was that Nath?

I think Sunderland are much more sensible than the Geordie fans, definitely more discerning they know when their team are poor just as we do— Newcastle fans would support eleven monkeys as long as they wore the black and white shirts!!

I never come on the forums but needed to come on and check I wasn’t the only one really struggling today. Feel a massive sense of loss. I’m devastated about it. Tears yday in the ground and a couple of times today I’ve had a little cry. I’m 41...

Another story from Sunday. Ive sat next to the same bloke for about 10 years. He brings one of his lads every week alternating between his two boys. Ive watched them grow up and they are now about 14 and 17. They were both in the seats on Sunday...

Thanks for your post Allsaint——It was the singing before the start of the game that I felt the most emotional more than any other part of the day——it was like we were one big massive soul holding us all together, a wonderful feeling.

Just to say, as a lifelong Southampton fan, what an absolute privilege it was to be at the game yesterday. The noise from the singing before the game was as good as anything I’ve ever heard on my travels to football grounds all over the country...