HUNDREDS of Southampton football fans have been queuing since the crack of dawn for the chance to buy tickets for the Saints European adventure in the Netherlands next week.

The club had a total of 1,400 tickets to sell from 9am this morning both at the ticket office at St Mary's Stadium and online.

Security manager Mark Hannibal said there were scores of people queuing outside the stadium this morning and only a handful of people were unsuccessful in buying tickets for the European football match.

Isaac Hale, 16 from Southampton was one of the last to get a ticket and said he spoke to a man who had been there since 3am.

He arrived at the stadium with his brother Thomas Hale, 15 and his dad at 6am and they were one of the last groups to get tickets.

 

Isaac said: "we can't believe it, we've been waiting here for hours hoping to get tickets because we didn't know how many were on offer. There have been people queuing from at least 6am and it's been quite a good atmosphere with everyone getting excited and talking about who they think is the best in the team. We're just really excited now, our dad is going to drive us there, he came with us to get the tickets. Me and my brother both play football so this is a big deal for us and it will be amazing to go to a European football match."

Mark said: "it's a real shame that some people didn't get tickets, this will be an amazing match so lots of people were really excited but ultimately we only had a few tickets to sell because we need to make sure the grounds are safe. It was great that so many people turned out though."