| Bournemouth 21:34 - Sep 24 with 6821 views | SaintNick |
Who has a ticket for Bournemouth next week and how are you getting there |  |
| Satisfying The Bloodlust Of The Masses In Peacetime |
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| Bournemouth on 11:11 - Sep 26 with 1533 views | Joiedevivre |
| Bournemouth on 16:47 - Sep 25 by PatfromPoole |
Confession time.
The first time I went to a Saints game in the flesh it was a League Cup game in 1987-88 at Dean Court, as it then was.
For my sins, I was in the Boscombe end, and they won 1-0.
We drew the second leg 2-2 and were out.
Saints were very much my team, but in those days I was taken to watch Boscombe.
I don't recall things being particularly tribal between the two teams at that time, though others may recall differently. I was only 14 at the time. |
Interesting. Now i’m intrigued. Why are you a Saints fan? |  | | |
| Bournemouth on 11:21 - Sep 26 with 1508 views | Wints76 |
| Bournemouth on 11:11 - Sep 26 by Joiedevivre |
Interesting. Now i’m intrigued. Why are you a Saints fan? |
Pat gave me a kiss at HT at Fratton when we stuffed them the other year. I think that kiss changed him and woke up some dormant feelings within him, and he has barely missed a game since. And it's to his credit. 💋 😘 |  | | |
| Bournemouth on 11:27 - Sep 26 with 1488 views | Ifonly |
My dad was a Cherries fan, but he got me hooked on Saints by taking me to the Dell from a young age. How different my life would have been if he could have been arsed to drive over to Bournemouth. |  | | |
| Bournemouth on 12:18 - Sep 26 with 1429 views | PatfromPoole |
| Bournemouth on 11:11 - Sep 26 by Joiedevivre |
Interesting. Now i’m intrigued. Why are you a Saints fan? |
It was basically down to two things:-
- being an impressionable 6 year-old seeing Mick Channon do the windmill celebration on The Big Match. I was asked around that time by my Mum if I wanted an England kit or a Saints kit as a birthday present, and I chose Saints. Funnily enough, Bournemouth wasn't an option. I didn't start going to watch them until I was 8 or 9.
- the boyish good looks of Wints76 on a wet night in Portsmouth |  |
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| Bournemouth on 13:37 - Sep 26 with 1371 views | saintwizzler |
And WFH on The Ugly Inside forum… |  |
| We thought that we had the answers,
It was the questions we had wrong. |
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| Bournemouth on 14:36 - Sep 26 with 1302 views | Bridders2 |
Lots of Saints fans come from Bournemouth (me included) as Saints were always seen as the big South Coast club!
Lots followed Phil Boyer and Ted McDougal back in the day, and of course Laurie Mac was a British household name and a big pull.
I always want Saints to beat Bournemouth, but still want them to stay up. | | | |
| Bournemouth on 14:50 - Sep 26 with 1292 views | StAnt |
| Bournemouth on 21:18 - Sep 25 by 1teeminants |
Yes I remember cheering their results myself . 👍 |
A bit daft because they always cheered at half time if they heard we were losing. | | | |
| Bournemouth on 15:39 - Sep 26 with 1227 views | franniesTache |
| Bournemouth on 14:50 - Sep 26 by StAnt |
A bit daft because they always cheered at half time if they heard we were losing. |
It's really not daft though, just shows how the two teams viewed each, and on our side it was generally a positive feeling towards them (and for me at least it still is).
I know this might sound weird but the fact the new forest is between us makes Bournemouth feel like it's in a different country to me, it doesn't really feel that "close", and you combine that with the fact it's in a different county, it's always been a nice town to go to and a very, very different demographic to Southampton and it's really hard to dislike them. |  | | |
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| Bournemouth on 16:23 - Sep 26 with 1207 views | PatfromPoole |
| Bournemouth on 15:39 - Sep 26 by franniesTache |
It's really not daft though, just shows how the two teams viewed each, and on our side it was generally a positive feeling towards them (and for me at least it still is).
I know this might sound weird but the fact the new forest is between us makes Bournemouth feel like it's in a different country to me, it doesn't really feel that "close", and you combine that with the fact it's in a different county, it's always been a nice town to go to and a very, very different demographic to Southampton and it's really hard to dislike them. |
Fun Fact for the Day.
Bournemouth was part of Hampshire until 1972. | |
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| Bournemouth on 16:33 - Sep 26 with 1194 views | franniesTache |
| Bournemouth on 16:23 - Sep 26 by PatfromPoole |
Fun Fact for the Day.
Bournemouth was part of Hampshire until 1972. |
yup well aware of that, hence way Aampshire played the occasional game in Bournemouth.
Also the original county name was Southamptonshire which went west to bournemouth and christchurch and as far east as portsmouth.
I've long thought they should bring that county name back tbf | | | |
| Bournemouth on 17:16 - Sep 26 with 1170 views | PatfromPoole |
| Bournemouth on 16:33 - Sep 26 by franniesTache |
yup well aware of that, hence way Aampshire played the occasional game in Bournemouth.
Also the original county name was Southamptonshire which went west to bournemouth and christchurch and as far east as portsmouth.
I've long thought they should bring that county name back tbf |
I seem to recall a certain petition to the powers that be, for Portsmouth to be excluded from the UK....... | |
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| Bournemouth on 18:05 - Sep 26 with 1126 views | djsaint |
| Bournemouth on 16:33 - Sep 26 by franniesTache |
yup well aware of that, hence way Aampshire played the occasional game in Bournemouth.
Also the original county name was Southamptonshire which went west to bournemouth and christchurch and as far east as portsmouth.
I've long thought they should bring that county name back tbf |
Yeah, up until 1959 it was called ‘The county of Southampton’ or Southamptonshire. |  |
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| Bournemouth on 19:00 - Sep 26 with 1057 views | Joiedevivre |
| Bournemouth on 14:36 - Sep 26 by Bridders2 |
Lots of Saints fans come from Bournemouth (me included) as Saints were always seen as the big South Coast club!
Lots followed Phil Boyer and Ted McDougal back in the day, and of course Laurie Mac was a British household name and a big pull.
I always want Saints to beat Bournemouth, but still want them to stay up. |
Phil Boyer being the First-Div-i-sion’s top scorer.
I don’t see bournemouth as a rivalry, but there’s certainly something above the norm there. Many of the younger generation will continue to parrot the older generation in their “liking” of bournemouth, but I don’t believe it to be genuine.
They are annoying, local, and we have played them a lot in the last few years in tension-filled situations (2018 relegation fight game at st marys, 2020 relegation of bournemouth and 2023 when we lost on the way down). Similar to our games against Palace between 2018-22 as a game you can look forward to. But that’s my opinion. | | | |
| Bournemouth on 15:22 - Sep 27 with 790 views | Manwithnoname |
| Bournemouth on 16:47 - Sep 25 by PatfromPoole |
Confession time.
The first time I went to a Saints game in the flesh it was a League Cup game in 1987-88 at Dean Court, as it then was.
For my sins, I was in the Boscombe end, and they won 1-0.
We drew the second leg 2-2 and were out.
Saints were very much my team, but in those days I was taken to watch Boscombe.
I don't recall things being particularly tribal between the two teams at that time, though others may recall differently. I was only 14 at the time. |
Went to the '87 League cup game, remember after game a huge mob of us ran at a large group in the park outside only to realise when we got up to them they also were Saints. |  | | |
| Bournemouth on 21:49 - Sep 27 with 666 views | 1teeminants |
| Bournemouth on 14:50 - Sep 26 by StAnt |
A bit daft because they always cheered at half time if they heard we were losing. |
Tbh I never considered what they thought about us I just knew they were a small local team and I genuinely wanted them to do well because they were never anywhere near our level and never a threat to us. [Post edited 27 Sep 21:57]
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