ROBERT Gladstone is giving his long-suffering wife Mandy the bird ahead of the final by getting their parrots to voice their support for the Saints.

Rosie and Sylvester can already give a rousing rendition of When The Saints Go Marching In and have now added players' names to their repertoire.

Mr Gladstone, 42, has ensured cup fever reached Holbury by decking the outside of their house in Holbury Drove in blue and yellow lights and plastering the windows in soccer memorabilia.

He said: "I've put banners and posters in the windows, as well as the lights, but aren't allowed to put anything inside as my wife's a football 'widow' anyway.

"She says she'll be going out shopping today because all the shops will be nice and quiet."