Programme sellers 'sacked' by Saints (From Daily Echo)

Big Deuche wrote:
This year I should be celebrating 50 years of supporting my beloved Saints. In that time I have missed only 5 home games. I have worked for the club since 1976, first selling lottery tickets and doing collection rounds, then as a programme seller. I would first like to answer the claim that the club need to sell more programmes. In the many years I have been a programme seller I have sold out at around 95% of the games. At this seasons games we sold out around 30 minutes before kick off. That is just at our busiest time when we can sell up to 800 programmes in games against top clubs. So if the club needed to sell more programmes then the person ordering them should have listened to those who tried to tell him.
As for the queues, we rarely had a large queue and I think anyone going to the ground would not be fooled by this poor claim. Sadly after 36 years of working for this club I have been dumped without even being given the chance to buy a ticket.

tugboat wrote:
Cant see the problem to be honest,we have to become more efficient at generating revenue for this club to be financially viable.No different from when the echo stopped selling copies in the high street,no public outcry then was there .Remember that guy with no teeth shouting out the headlines outside the echo office at the bargate-times move on. All I want is a clean sheet against fulham,NC has the clubs best interest at heart.

Rockhopper wrote:
Seems a strange decision and surely the programme sellers could be relocated to other tasks around the stadium. Can't see any reason other than a relatively small saving to the club on wages. If that's the case I would have preferred to see savings made by a reduction in the number of stewards employed on a match day. From observations they appear well over-staffed both inside and outside the stadium, while of course watching the match for free. More importantly unlike the programme sellers they are not generating an income for the club. Very disappointing how these people have been treated by SFC.

Always something to say wrote:
Can't really see how this is going to be better selling programs from he stadium shop and food outlets as conjestion and waiting times in each is shocking.

tugboat wrote:

Big Deuche wrote:
This year I should be celebrating 50 years of supporting my beloved Saints. In that time I have missed only 5 home games. I have worked for the club since 1976, first selling lottery tickets and doing collection rounds, then as a programme seller. I would first like to answer the claim that the club need to sell more programmes. In the many years I have been a programme seller I have sold out at around 95% of the games. At this seasons games we sold out around 30 minutes before kick off. That is just at our busiest time when we can sell up to 800 programmes in games against top clubs. So if the club needed to sell more programmes then the person ordering them should have listened to those who tried to tell him.
As for the queues, we rarely had a large queue and I think anyone going to the ground would not be fooled by this poor claim. Sadly after 36 years of working for this club I have been dumped without even being given the chance to buy a ticket.

I read your post with genuine interest,please explain what you mean by "I have been dumped without even given the chance to buy a ticket " ?
And lastly were you actually "employed" by SFC.
Sorry if this appears as a stupid question,but Im guessing that if you were a full time employee you would have a serious grievance that I would sympathise with.

SaintsBTGOG wrote:

tugboat wrote:
Cant see the problem to be honest,we have to become more efficient at generating revenue for this club to be financially viable.No different from when the echo stopped selling copies in the high street,no public outcry then was there .Remember that guy with no teeth shouting out the headlines outside the echo office at the bargate-times move on. All I want is a clean sheet against fulham,NC has the clubs best interest at heart.

"Cant see the problem" ? LOL

NC has 'his' interests at heart as his expenses show.

Big Deuche wrote:

tugboat wrote:

Big Deuche wrote:
This year I should be celebrating 50 years of supporting my beloved Saints. In that time I have missed only 5 home games. I have worked for the club since 1976, first selling lottery tickets and doing collection rounds, then as a programme seller. I would first like to answer the claim that the club need to sell more programmes. In the many years I have been a programme seller I have sold out at around 95% of the games. At this seasons games we sold out around 30 minutes before kick off. That is just at our busiest time when we can sell up to 800 programmes in games against top clubs. So if the club needed to sell more programmes then the person ordering them should have listened to those who tried to tell him.
As for the queues, we rarely had a large queue and I think anyone going to the ground would not be fooled by this poor claim. Sadly after 36 years of working for this club I have been dumped without even being given the chance to buy a ticket.

I read your post with genuine interest,please explain what you mean by "I have been dumped without even given the chance to buy a ticket " ?
And lastly were you actually "employed" by SFC.
Sorry if this appears as a stupid question,but Im guessing that if you were a full time employee you would have a serious grievance that I would sympathise with.

In the week we received a text telling us the time we were needed for the Fulham game on Sunday. Then on Thursday the letter in the article above arrived. Of course the timing of this has not allowed us the chance to buy a season ticket and none were offered to us. We now have to hope that we can buy tickets for the individual games. No I was not full time but have been doing much for the club over the years as a volunteer or on a part time basis.

Saintade wrote:
Firstly the rather suspect halting of work at Stoneham and now axing programme sellers with a lame excuse...these are classic signs of a moratorium on spending. I reckon we've seriously overspent and have also underestimated attendances and retail sales and our revenues are way down. And I'm not surprised with that horrible new kit that hardly anyone has bought.

Abbey Saint wrote:

Saintade wrote:
Firstly the rather suspect halting of work at Stoneham and now axing programme sellers with a lame excuse...these are classic signs of a moratorium on spending. I reckon we've seriously overspent and have also underestimated attendances and retail sales and our revenues are way down. And I'm not surprised with that horrible new kit that hardly anyone has bought.

Nail on the head

slugger wrote:
i suspect that nobody has been "axed" by nicola at all , hitting people with axes has been illegal for some time now ............ i suggest that nicola has just let them go as they are surplus to requirements .

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

slugger wrote:
i suspect that nobody has been "axed" by nicola at all , hitting people with axes has been illegal for some time now ............ i suggest that nicola has just let them go as they are surplus to requirements .

Indeed. However some would argue that letting them know a couple of weeks ago or saying Fulham is the last game for them would be the human way to handle it.

Big Deuche wrote:
This year I should be celebrating 50 years of supporting my beloved Saints. In that time I have missed only 5 home games. I have worked for the club since 1976, first selling lottery tickets and doing collection rounds, then as a programme seller. I would first like to answer the claim that the club need to sell more programmes. In the many years I have been a programme seller I have sold out at around 95% of the games. At this seasons games we sold out around 30 minutes before kick off. That is just at our busiest time when we can sell up to 800 programmes in games against top clubs. So if the club needed to sell more programmes then the person ordering them should have listened to those who tried to tell him.
As for the queues, we rarely had a large queue and I think anyone going to the ground would not be fooled by this poor claim. Sadly after 36 years of working for this club I have been dumped without even being given the chance to buy a ticket.

Saintade wrote:
Firstly the rather suspect halting of work at Stoneham and now axing programme sellers with a lame excuse...these are classic signs of a moratorium on spending. I reckon we've seriously overspent and have also underestimated attendances and retail sales and our revenues are way down. And I'm not surprised with that horrible new kit that hardly anyone has bought.

MGRA wrote:
I suggest that Nicola will sell a lot less programmes this weekend. Footy fans are creatures of habit.

slugger wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

slugger wrote:
i suspect that nobody has been "axed" by nicola at all , hitting people with axes has been illegal for some time now ............ i suggest that nicola has just let them go as they are surplus to requirements .

Indeed. However some would argue that letting them know a couple of weeks ago or saying Fulham is the last game for them would be the human way to handle it.

agreed ........as much notice as possible should be given .

tugboat wrote:

Big Deuche wrote:
This year I should be celebrating 50 years of supporting my beloved Saints. In that time I have missed only 5 home games. I have worked for the club since 1976, first selling lottery tickets and doing collection rounds, then as a programme seller. I would first like to answer the claim that the club need to sell more programmes. In the many years I have been a programme seller I have sold out at around 95% of the games. At this seasons games we sold out around 30 minutes before kick off. That is just at our busiest time when we can sell up to 800 programmes in games against top clubs. So if the club needed to sell more programmes then the person ordering them should have listened to those who tried to tell him.
As for the queues, we rarely had a large queue and I think anyone going to the ground would not be fooled by this poor claim. Sadly after 36 years of working for this club I have been dumped without even being given the chance to buy a ticket.

I read your post with genuine interest,please explain what you mean by "I have been dumped without even given the chance to buy a ticket " ?
And lastly were you actually "employed" by SFC.
Sorry if this appears as a stupid question,but Im guessing that if you were a full time employee you would have a serious grievance that I would sympathise with.

Ms Mahoney wrote:
Hang on a minute Big Deuche says he would sell 800 programmes per game and earn 6p per programme thats £48 plus free entry to the game worth say £30. So nearly £80 for a couple of hours! Not bad work if you can get it.

slugger wrote:

Abbey Saint wrote:

Saintade wrote:
Firstly the rather suspect halting of work at Stoneham and now axing programme sellers with a lame excuse...these are classic signs of a moratorium on spending. I reckon we've seriously overspent and have also underestimated attendances and retail sales and our revenues are way down. And I'm not surprised with that horrible new kit that hardly anyone has bought.

Nail on the head

if you really believe that the club are letting a handfull of program sellers go who earn about £60 a fortnight is a sign of financial meltdown at saints i fear for your grasp on reality .

Velleity wrote:

slugger wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

slugger wrote:
i suspect that nobody has been "axed" by nicola at all , hitting people with axes has been illegal for some time now ............ i suggest that nicola has just let them go as they are surplus to requirements .

Indeed. However some would argue that letting them know a couple of weeks ago or saying Fulham is the last game for them would be the human way to handle it.

agreed ........as much notice as possible should be given .

Agreed - I was told years ago, make business decisions ruthlessly, carry them out compassionately.

slugger wrote:
and are they sorted ? ......... oh yeah , and you got any jobs going ?

WobblyCat wrote:

slugger wrote:

Abbey Saint wrote:

Saintade wrote:
Firstly the rather suspect halting of work at Stoneham and now axing programme sellers with a lame excuse...these are classic signs of a moratorium on spending. I reckon we've seriously overspent and have also underestimated attendances and retail sales and our revenues are way down. And I'm not surprised with that horrible new kit that hardly anyone has bought.

Nail on the head

if you really believe that the club are letting a handfull of program sellers go who earn about £60 a fortnight is a sign of financial meltdown at saints i fear for your grasp on reality .

Very well put slugger, the suggestion that we have laid off progamme sellers cos we're broke is hilarious. I would imagine the club budgeted for training ground and I don't see why attendences have been over estimated (not under), we've had good crowds.

Do wish the club would handle things better though.

Abbey Saint wrote:

WobblyCat wrote:

slugger wrote:

Abbey Saint wrote:

Saintade wrote:
Firstly the rather suspect halting of work at Stoneham and now axing programme sellers with a lame excuse...these are classic signs of a moratorium on spending. I reckon we've seriously overspent and have also underestimated attendances and retail sales and our revenues are way down. And I'm not surprised with that horrible new kit that hardly anyone has bought.

Nail on the head

if you really believe that the club are letting a handfull of program sellers go who earn about £60 a fortnight is a sign of financial meltdown at saints i fear for your grasp on reality .

Very well put slugger, the suggestion that we have laid off progamme sellers cos we're broke is hilarious. I would imagine the club budgeted for training ground and I don't see why attendences have been over estimated (not under), we've had good crowds.

Do wish the club would handle things better though.

No ones talking about financial meltdown - the club is financially better off than just about any other UK club.
The point made is about the financially prudent measures taken in reference to lower than expected revenue and how those measures are seen by the media and supporters.That this conversation is taking place could be seen as evidence that there is more than one view on the subject.

OSPREYSAINT wrote:
It does say some of the sellers, not all I wonder how they chose which ones to dismiss?

OSPREYSAINT wrote:
It does say some of the sellers, not all I wonder how they chose which ones to dismiss?

bazza wrote:
25 years selling to get notice of 3 days.Good work Saints,No more progams for me.Reading some of these posts on here must all work for NC.

Optimist wrote:
If you want to improve my customer experience then don't make me wait 15 minutes in a queue at half time for a beer. So slow its unbelievable.
Plus what was said above.

slugger wrote:

Abbey Saint wrote:

WobblyCat wrote:

slugger wrote:

Abbey Saint wrote:

Saintade wrote:
Firstly the rather suspect halting of work at Stoneham and now axing programme sellers with a lame excuse...these are classic signs of a moratorium on spending. I reckon we've seriously overspent and have also underestimated attendances and retail sales and our revenues are way down. And I'm not surprised with that horrible new kit that hardly anyone has bought.

Nail on the head

if you really believe that the club are letting a handfull of program sellers go who earn about £60 a fortnight is a sign of financial meltdown at saints i fear for your grasp on reality .

Very well put slugger, the suggestion that we have laid off progamme sellers cos we're broke is hilarious. I would imagine the club budgeted for training ground and I don't see why attendences have been over estimated (not under), we've had good crowds.

Do wish the club would handle things better though.

No ones talking about financial meltdown - the club is financially better off than just about any other UK club.
The point made is about the financially prudent measures taken in reference to lower than expected revenue and how those measures are seen by the media and supporters.That this conversation is taking place could be seen as evidence that there is more than one view on the subject.

what lower than expected revenue ?

Abbey Saint wrote:

slugger wrote:

Abbey Saint wrote:

WobblyCat wrote:

slugger wrote:

Abbey Saint wrote:

Saintade wrote:
Firstly the rather suspect halting of work at Stoneham and now axing programme sellers with a lame excuse...these are classic signs of a moratorium on spending. I reckon we've seriously overspent and have also underestimated attendances and retail sales and our revenues are way down. And I'm not surprised with that horrible new kit that hardly anyone has bought.

Nail on the head

if you really believe that the club are letting a handfull of program sellers go who earn about £60 a fortnight is a sign of financial meltdown at saints i fear for your grasp on reality .

Very well put slugger, the suggestion that we have laid off progamme sellers cos we're broke is hilarious. I would imagine the club budgeted for training ground and I don't see why attendences have been over estimated (not under), we've had good crowds.

Do wish the club would handle things better though.

No ones talking about financial meltdown - the club is financially better off than just about any other UK club.
The point made is about the financially prudent measures taken in reference to lower than expected revenue and how those measures are seen by the media and supporters.That this conversation is taking place could be seen as evidence that there is more than one view on the subject.

what lower than expected revenue ?

I don't know - but if no shortfall, why these actions? There is a recession and its reasonable to assume that Saints aren't immune to it. This is not an argument about what Saints are doing, but how they're do

shane pad wrote:
I'm a seller and lost my job, its a joke they could have done this a begin of season so we could have got a ticket. We are all fans, my dad sells over 1000 per game at the bridge, there is no way a inexperience burger guy will do this, and all this to save about £500 if they can sell our seats - that's about 170 programs I'm sure they will sell loads less moving forward

OSPREYSAINT wrote:
I was just thinking the method of selling Programmes has been Division One for some time, hopefully the new outlets will at least be waterproof, out of the elements and I can buy a Programme without it getting wet!

Abbey Saint wrote:

Abbey Saint wrote:

slugger wrote:

Abbey Saint wrote:

WobblyCat wrote:

slugger wrote:

Abbey Saint wrote:

Saintade wrote:
Firstly the rather suspect halting of work at Stoneham and now axing programme sellers with a lame excuse...these are classic signs of a moratorium on spending. I reckon we've seriously overspent and have also underestimated attendances and retail sales and our revenues are way down. And I'm not surprised with that horrible new kit that hardly anyone has bought.

Nail on the head

if you really believe that the club are letting a handfull of program sellers go who earn about £60 a fortnight is a sign of financial meltdown at saints i fear for your grasp on reality .

Very well put slugger, the suggestion that we have laid off progamme sellers cos we're broke is hilarious. I would imagine the club budgeted for training ground and I don't see why attendences have been over estimated (not under), we've had good crowds.

Do wish the club would handle things better though.

No ones talking about financial meltdown - the club is financially better off than just about any other UK club.
The point made is about the financially prudent measures taken in reference to lower than expected revenue and how those measures are seen by the media and supporters.That this conversation is taking place could be seen as evidence that there is more than one view on the subject.

what lower than expected revenue ?

I don't know - but if no shortfall, why these actions? There is a recession and its reasonable to assume that Saints aren't immune to it. This is not an argument about what Saints are doing, but how they're do

Sorry - old Git syndrome - comment should finish "how they're doing it"

tugboat wrote:

Big Deuche wrote:
This year I should be celebrating 50 years of supporting my beloved Saints. In that time I have missed only 5 home games. I have worked for the club since 1976, first selling lottery tickets and doing collection rounds, then as a programme seller. I would first like to answer the claim that the club need to sell more programmes. In the many years I have been a programme seller I have sold out at around 95% of the games. At this seasons games we sold out around 30 minutes before kick off. That is just at our busiest time when we can sell up to 800 programmes in games against top clubs. So if the club needed to sell more programmes then the person ordering them should have listened to those who tried to tell him.
As for the queues, we rarely had a large queue and I think anyone going to the ground would not be fooled by this poor claim. Sadly after 36 years of working for this club I have been dumped without even being given the chance to buy a ticket.

I read your post with genuine interest,please explain what you mean by "I have been dumped without even given the chance to buy a ticket " ?
And lastly were you actually "employed" by SFC.
Sorry if this appears as a stupid question,but Im guessing that if you were a full time employee you would have a serious grievance that I would sympathise with.

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:
I was just thinking the method of selling Programmes has been Division One for some time, hopefully the new outlets will at least be waterproof, out of the elements and I can buy a Programme without it getting wet!

OMG these people have been given 3 days notice and all you're worried about is getting your program wet, shame on you.

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:
I was just thinking the method of selling Programmes has been Division One for some time, hopefully the new outlets will at least be waterproof, out of the elements and I can buy a Programme without it getting wet!

OMG these people have been given 3 days notice and all you're worried about is getting your program wet, shame on you.

Sanctimonious post, do you think I don't care about the guys? Read my other post before being judgemental. This is the Twenty First Century and we still were buying Programmes from a vendor standing in the pouring rain from a couple of upturned boxes, hardly Premier Class is it?

slugger wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:
I was just thinking the method of selling Programmes has been Division One for some time, hopefully the new outlets will at least be waterproof, out of the elements and I can buy a Programme without it getting wet!

OMG these people have been given 3 days notice and all you're worried about is getting your program wet, shame on you.

Sanctimonious post, do you think I don't care about the guys? Read my other post before being judgemental. This is the Twenty First Century and we still were buying Programmes from a vendor standing in the pouring rain from a couple of upturned boxes, hardly Premier Class is it?

thomasupton (anagram of southampton) is just a wum osprey , belittle him at every oportunity !

thomasupton wrote:
I don't care if it's 4th division, These guys were given 3 days notice. I'd rather buy a program from them than worry about how it's presented. Watch the price go up now as well.

slugger wrote:

Abbey Saint wrote:

Abbey Saint wrote:

slugger wrote:

Abbey Saint wrote:

WobblyCat wrote:

slugger wrote:

Abbey Saint wrote:

Saintade wrote:
Firstly the rather suspect halting of work at Stoneham and now axing programme sellers with a lame excuse...these are classic signs of a moratorium on spending. I reckon we've seriously overspent and have also underestimated attendances and retail sales and our revenues are way down. And I'm not surprised with that horrible new kit that hardly anyone has bought.

Nail on the head

if you really believe that the club are letting a handfull of program sellers go who earn about £60 a fortnight is a sign of financial meltdown at saints i fear for your grasp on reality .

Very well put slugger, the suggestion that we have laid off progamme sellers cos we're broke is hilarious. I would imagine the club budgeted for training ground and I don't see why attendences have been over estimated (not under), we've had good crowds.

Do wish the club would handle things better though.

No ones talking about financial meltdown - the club is financially better off than just about any other UK club.
The point made is about the financially prudent measures taken in reference to lower than expected revenue and how those measures are seen by the media and supporters.That this conversation is taking place could be seen as evidence that there is more than one view on the subject.

what lower than expected revenue ?

I don't know - but if no shortfall, why these actions? There is a recession and its reasonable to assume that Saints aren't immune to it. This is not an argument about what Saints are doing, but how they're do

Sorry - old Git syndrome - comment should finish "how they're doing it"

i repeat (sort of) what i said above ........ i refuse to belive that nicola is doing this because of some "shortfall" .......... badly handled i accept ....... just his way i guess .

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:
I was just thinking the method of selling Programmes has been Division One for some time, hopefully the new outlets will at least be waterproof, out of the elements and I can buy a Programme without it getting wet!

OMG these people have been given 3 days notice and all you're worried about is getting your program wet, shame on you.

Sanctimonious post, do you think I don't care about the guys? Read my other post before being judgemental. This is the Twenty First Century and we still were buying Programmes from a vendor standing in the pouring rain from a couple of upturned boxes, hardly Premier Class is it?

thomasupton (anagram of southampton) is just a wum osprey , belittle him at every oportunity !

These guys were sacked and you call me a skate. You heartless *******

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:
I was just thinking the method of selling Programmes has been Division One for some time, hopefully the new outlets will at least be waterproof, out of the elements and I can buy a Programme without it getting wet!

OMG these people have been given 3 days notice and all you're worried about is getting your program wet, shame on you.

Sanctimonious post, do you think I don't care about the guys? Read my other post before being judgemental. This is the Twenty First Century and we still were buying Programmes from a vendor standing in the pouring rain from a couple of upturned boxes, hardly Premier Class is it?

thomasupton (anagram of southampton) is just a wum osprey , belittle him at every oportunity !

These guys were sacked and you call me a skate. You heartless *******

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:
I don't care if it's 4th division, These guys were given 3 days notice. I'd rather buy a program from them than worry about how it's presented. Watch the price go up now as well.

I see you would prefer us to be back in Division One, perhaps at The Dell, in the open terrace, playing Poopey?

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:
I don't care if it's 4th division, These guys were given 3 days notice. I'd rather buy a program from them than worry about how it's presented. Watch the price go up now as well.

I see you would prefer us to be back in Division One, perhaps at The Dell, in the open terrace, playing Poopey?

Yes I would, the atmosphere is amazing.

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:
I was just thinking the method of selling Programmes has been Division One for some time, hopefully the new outlets will at least be waterproof, out of the elements and I can buy a Programme without it getting wet!

OMG these people have been given 3 days notice and all you're worried about is getting your program wet, shame on you.

Sanctimonious post, do you think I don't care about the guys? Read my other post before being judgemental. This is the Twenty First Century and we still were buying Programmes from a vendor standing in the pouring rain from a couple of upturned boxes, hardly Premier Class is it?

thomasupton (anagram of southampton) is just a wum osprey , belittle him at every oportunity !

These guys were sacked and you call me a skate. You heartless *******

These guys were volunteers who were released, the majority weren't full time employees and have not done badly over the years. Why are you so upset? Your reaction seems extreme to say the least.

thomasupton wrote:
I don't care if it's 4th division, These guys were given 3 days notice. I'd rather buy a program from them than worry about how it's presented. Watch the price go up now as well.

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:
I don't care if it's 4th division, These guys were given 3 days notice. I'd rather buy a program from them than worry about how it's presented. Watch the price go up now as well.

I see you would prefer us to be back in Division One, perhaps at The Dell, in the open terrace, playing Poopey?

Yes I would, the atmosphere is amazing.

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:
I was just thinking the method of selling Programmes has been Division One for some time, hopefully the new outlets will at least be waterproof, out of the elements and I can buy a Programme without it getting wet!

OMG these people have been given 3 days notice and all you're worried about is getting your program wet, shame on you.

Sanctimonious post, do you think I don't care about the guys? Read my other post before being judgemental. This is the Twenty First Century and we still were buying Programmes from a vendor standing in the pouring rain from a couple of upturned boxes, hardly Premier Class is it?

thomasupton (anagram of southampton) is just a wum osprey , belittle him at every oportunity !

These guys were sacked and you call me a skate. You heartless *******

These guys were volunteers who were released, the majority weren't full time employees and have not done badly over the years. Why are you so upset? Your reaction seems extreme to say the least.

3 Days notice after all this time, yes it does upset me and I expect they're all upset too. My nipper always buys his program from these guys. Maybe they could have given them atleast one more game and we could have thanked them personally.

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:
I don't care if it's 4th division, These guys were given 3 days notice. I'd rather buy a program from them than worry about how it's presented. Watch the price go up now as well.

I see you would prefer us to be back in Division One, perhaps at The Dell, in the open terrace, playing Poopey?

Yes I would, the atmosphere is amazing.

Well, I am afraid you are following the wrong club, you conveniently forget what has happened recently, we are Premier League, times have changed, the Club has to change too, not always for the better I agree, but it cannot stand still just because it is traditional, it has to keep up with the rest.

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:
I was just thinking the method of selling Programmes has been Division One for some time, hopefully the new outlets will at least be waterproof, out of the elements and I can buy a Programme without it getting wet!

OMG these people have been given 3 days notice and all you're worried about is getting your program wet, shame on you.

Sanctimonious post, do you think I don't care about the guys? Read my other post before being judgemental. This is the Twenty First Century and we still were buying Programmes from a vendor standing in the pouring rain from a couple of upturned boxes, hardly Premier Class is it?

thomasupton (anagram of southampton) is just a wum osprey , belittle him at every oportunity !

These guys were sacked and you call me a skate. You heartless *******

These guys were volunteers who were released, the majority weren't full time employees and have not done badly over the years. Why are you so upset? Your reaction seems extreme to say the least.

3 Days notice after all this time, yes it does upset me and I expect they're all upset too. My nipper always buys his program from these guys. Maybe they could have given them atleast one more game and we could have thanked them personally.

lol ....... what a credit to the blue few he is ........ this is an intelligent one !

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:
I was just thinking the method of selling Programmes has been Division One for some time, hopefully the new outlets will at least be waterproof, out of the elements and I can buy a Programme without it getting wet!

OMG these people have been given 3 days notice and all you're worried about is getting your program wet, shame on you.

Sanctimonious post, do you think I don't care about the guys? Read my other post before being judgemental. This is the Twenty First Century and we still were buying Programmes from a vendor standing in the pouring rain from a couple of upturned boxes, hardly Premier Class is it?

thomasupton (anagram of southampton) is just a wum osprey , belittle him at every oportunity !

These guys were sacked and you call me a skate. You heartless *******

These guys were volunteers who were released, the majority weren't full time employees and have not done badly over the years. Why are you so upset? Your reaction seems extreme to say the least.

3 Days notice after all this time, yes it does upset me and I expect they're all upset too. My nipper always buys his program from these guys. Maybe they could have given them atleast one more game and we could have thanked them personally.

lol ....... what a credit to the blue few he is ........ this is an intelligent one !

Slug what is your problem????

Confucious wrote:
There are probably good reasons for the change but it would have been helpful if they had been explained and reasonable notice given.

That said, if the club is watching the pennies, it's better than being one of those clubs which isn't. Nicola is setting it up as a business and not a very expensive toy.

Most of us, most of the time, like to think that when all is said and done, the meek shall inherit the earth. Nicola is the type who also secures the mineral rights.

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:
I don't care if it's 4th division, These guys were given 3 days notice. I'd rather buy a program from them than worry about how it's presented. Watch the price go up now as well.

I see you would prefer us to be back in Division One, perhaps at The Dell, in the open terrace, playing Poopey?

Yes I would, the atmosphere is amazing.

Well, I am afraid you are following the wrong club, you conveniently forget what has happened recently, we are Premier League, times have changed, the Club has to change too, not always for the better I agree, but it cannot stand still just because it is traditional, it has to keep up with the rest.

I think most fans would like to see the terraces back, but with health and safety and what happened at Hillsborough can't ever see that happening. I agree things move forward but still think this could have been handled differently.

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:
I was just thinking the method of selling Programmes has been Division One for some time, hopefully the new outlets will at least be waterproof, out of the elements and I can buy a Programme without it getting wet!

OMG these people have been given 3 days notice and all you're worried about is getting your program wet, shame on you.

Sanctimonious post, do you think I don't care about the guys? Read my other post before being judgemental. This is the Twenty First Century and we still were buying Programmes from a vendor standing in the pouring rain from a couple of upturned boxes, hardly Premier Class is it?

thomasupton (anagram of southampton) is just a wum osprey , belittle him at every oportunity !

These guys were sacked and you call me a skate. You heartless *******

These guys were volunteers who were released, the majority weren't full time employees and have not done badly over the years. Why are you so upset? Your reaction seems extreme to say the least.

3 Days notice after all this time, yes it does upset me and I expect they're all upset too. My nipper always buys his program from these guys. Maybe they could have given them atleast one more game and we could have thanked them personally.

lol ....... what a credit to the blue few he is ........ this is an intelligent one !

Slug what is your problem????

i read too many posts on here .

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:
I was just thinking the method of selling Programmes has been Division One for some time, hopefully the new outlets will at least be waterproof, out of the elements and I can buy a Programme without it getting wet!

OMG these people have been given 3 days notice and all you're worried about is getting your program wet, shame on you.

Sanctimonious post, do you think I don't care about the guys? Read my other post before being judgemental. This is the Twenty First Century and we still were buying Programmes from a vendor standing in the pouring rain from a couple of upturned boxes, hardly Premier Class is it?

thomasupton (anagram of southampton) is just a wum osprey , belittle him at every oportunity !

These guys were sacked and you call me a skate. You heartless *******

These guys were volunteers who were released, the majority weren't full time employees and have not done badly over the years. Why are you so upset? Your reaction seems extreme to say the least.

3 Days notice after all this time, yes it does upset me and I expect they're all upset too. My nipper always buys his program from these guys. Maybe they could have given them atleast one more game and we could have thanked them personally.

lol ....... what a credit to the blue few he is ........ this is an intelligent one !

Slug what is your problem????

TEBOURBA wrote:
The chickens are coming home to roost!
What sort of man sacks people who have worked for the Club for 25 years, by text, with no notice period?
Some might say a scumbag, I couldn't possibly comment.
I think this is NC getting in some light training before the main event when he sacks Nigel.
I wouldn't trust him as far as I could spit, Ted Bates must be spinning in his grave

Abbey Saint wrote:

WobblyCat wrote:

slugger wrote:

Abbey Saint wrote:

Saintade wrote:
Firstly the rather suspect halting of work at Stoneham and now axing programme sellers with a lame excuse...these are classic signs of a moratorium on spending. I reckon we've seriously overspent and have also underestimated attendances and retail sales and our revenues are way down. And I'm not surprised with that horrible new kit that hardly anyone has bought.

Nail on the head

if you really believe that the club are letting a handfull of program sellers go who earn about £60 a fortnight is a sign of financial meltdown at saints i fear for your grasp on reality .

Very well put slugger, the suggestion that we have laid off progamme sellers cos we're broke is hilarious. I would imagine the club budgeted for training ground and I don't see why attendences have been over estimated (not under), we've had good crowds.

Do wish the club would handle things better though.

No ones talking about financial meltdown - the club is financially better off than just about any other UK club.
The point made is about the financially prudent measures taken in reference to lower than expected revenue and how those measures are seen by the media and supporters.That this conversation is taking place could be seen as evidence that there is more than one view on the subject.

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:
I was just thinking the method of selling Programmes has been Division One for some time, hopefully the new outlets will at least be waterproof, out of the elements and I can buy a Programme without it getting wet!

OMG these people have been given 3 days notice and all you're worried about is getting your program wet, shame on you.

Sanctimonious post, do you think I don't care about the guys? Read my other post before being judgemental. This is the Twenty First Century and we still were buying Programmes from a vendor standing in the pouring rain from a couple of upturned boxes, hardly Premier Class is it?

thomasupton (anagram of southampton) is just a wum osprey , belittle him at every oportunity !

These guys were sacked and you call me a skate. You heartless *******

These guys were volunteers who were released, the majority weren't full time employees and have not done badly over the years. Why are you so upset? Your reaction seems extreme to say the least.

3 Days notice after all this time, yes it does upset me and I expect they're all upset too. My nipper always buys his program from these guys. Maybe they could have given them atleast one more game and we could have thanked them personally.

lol ....... what a credit to the blue few he is ........ this is an intelligent one !

Slug what is your problem????

No problem, he just doesn't like you or your posts.

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:
I was just thinking the method of selling Programmes has been Division One for some time, hopefully the new outlets will at least be waterproof, out of the elements and I can buy a Programme without it getting wet!

OMG these people have been given 3 days notice and all you're worried about is getting your program wet, shame on you.

Sanctimonious post, do you think I don't care about the guys? Read my other post before being judgemental. This is the Twenty First Century and we still were buying Programmes from a vendor standing in the pouring rain from a couple of upturned boxes, hardly Premier Class is it?

thomasupton (anagram of southampton) is just a wum osprey , belittle him at every oportunity !

These guys were sacked and you call me a skate. You heartless *******

These guys were volunteers who were released, the majority weren't full time employees and have not done badly over the years. Why are you so upset? Your reaction seems extreme to say the least.

3 Days notice after all this time, yes it does upset me and I expect they're all upset too. My nipper always buys his program from these guys. Maybe they could have given them atleast one more game and we could have thanked them personally.

lol ....... what a credit to the blue few he is ........ this is an intelligent one !

Slug what is your problem????

No problem, he just doesn't like you or your posts.

Well I don't like either of you. Anyone who puts getting their program wet before someones job is never a true soton fan.

TEBOURBA wrote:
The chickens are coming home to roost!
What sort of man sacks people who have worked for the Club for 25 years, by text, with no notice period?
Some might say a scumbag, I couldn't possibly comment.
I think this is NC getting in some light training before the main event when he sacks Nigel.
I wouldn't trust him as far as I could spit, Ted Bates must be spinning in his grave

Baddesley Bill wrote:
If selling programmes creates no revenue...why do it? Sad, but that's the harsh reality of business.
On a positive slant..the pie sellers at SMS have my full financial support.

Big Deuche wrote:
This year I should be celebrating 50 years of supporting my beloved Saints. In that time I have missed only 5 home games. I have worked for the club since 1976, first selling lottery tickets and doing collection rounds, then as a programme seller. I would first like to answer the claim that the club need to sell more programmes. In the many years I have been a programme seller I have sold out at around 95% of the games. At this seasons games we sold out around 30 minutes before kick off. That is just at our busiest time when we can sell up to 800 programmes in games against top clubs. So if the club needed to sell more programmes then the person ordering them should have listened to those who tried to tell him.
As for the queues, we rarely had a large queue and I think anyone going to the ground would not be fooled by this poor claim. Sadly after 36 years of working for this club I have been dumped without even being given the chance to buy a ticket.

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:
If selling programmes creates no revenue...why do it? Sad, but that's the harsh reality of business.
On a positive slant..the pie sellers at SMS have my full financial support.

They are still selling the Programmes, just using a different methods, don't know how it makes any financial difference. I am not sure about buying them from a catering stall, I don't like them wet, I would absolutely hate them to be greasy.

thomasupton wrote:

TEBOURBA wrote:
The chickens are coming home to roost!
What sort of man sacks people who have worked for the Club for 25 years, by text, with no notice period?
Some might say a scumbag, I couldn't possibly comment.
I think this is NC getting in some light training before the main event when he sacks Nigel.
I wouldn't trust him as far as I could spit, Ted Bates must be spinning in his grave

I can imagine Marcus would be too.

TEBOURBA wrote:
The chickens are coming home to roost!
What sort of man sacks people who have worked for the Club for 25 years, by text, with no notice period?
Some might say a scumbag, I couldn't possibly comment.
I think this is NC getting in some light training before the main event when he sacks Nigel.
I wouldn't trust him as far as I could spit, Ted Bates must be spinning in his grave

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:
If selling programmes creates no revenue...why do it? Sad, but that's the harsh reality of business.
On a positive slant..the pie sellers at SMS have my full financial support.

They are still selling the Programmes, just using a different methods, don't know how it makes any financial difference. I am not sure about buying them from a catering stall, I don't like them wet, I would absolutely hate them to be greasy.

Well I'm glad you get joy from sarcasm, at the cost of peoples jobs.

Baddesley Bill wrote:
If selling programmes creates no revenue...why do it? Sad, but that's the harsh reality of business.
On a positive slant..the pie sellers at SMS have my full financial support.

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

TEBOURBA wrote:
The chickens are coming home to roost!
What sort of man sacks people who have worked for the Club for 25 years, by text, with no notice period?
Some might say a scumbag, I couldn't possibly comment.
I think this is NC getting in some light training before the main event when he sacks Nigel.
I wouldn't trust him as far as I could spit, Ted Bates must be spinning in his grave

I can imagine Marcus would be too.

You could show some respect by spelling his christian name correctly for a start, it's Markus.

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:
If selling programmes creates no revenue...why do it? Sad, but that's the harsh reality of business.
On a positive slant..the pie sellers at SMS have my full financial support.

They are still selling the Programmes, just using a different methods, don't know how it makes any financial difference. I am not sure about buying them from a catering stall, I don't like them wet, I would absolutely hate them to be greasy.

Well I'm glad you get joy from sarcasm, at the cost of peoples jobs.

TEBOURBA wrote:
Sadly the truth often hurts!

Velleity wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

TEBOURBA wrote:
The chickens are coming home to roost!
What sort of man sacks people who have worked for the Club for 25 years, by text, with no notice period?
Some might say a scumbag, I couldn't possibly comment.
I think this is NC getting in some light training before the main event when he sacks Nigel.
I wouldn't trust him as far as I could spit, Ted Bates must be spinning in his grave

I can imagine Marcus would be too.

You could show some respect by spelling his christian name correctly for a start, it's Markus.

He wouldn't know, he's not from Southampton.

He knows so little about us that he thinks NA has ten months left on his contract (rather than the near three years he really has). He does nothing but attack Saints. He calls Saints fans "you" when he's not being careful.

The guy's a WUM from Portsmouth.

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote: I was just thinking the method of selling Programmes has been Division One for some time, hopefully the new outlets will at least be waterproof, out of the elements and I can buy a Programme without it getting wet!

OMG these people have been given 3 days notice and all you're worried about is getting your program wet, shame on you.

Sanctimonious post, do you think I don't care about the guys? Read my other post before being judgemental. This is the Twenty First Century and we still were buying Programmes from a vendor standing in the pouring rain from a couple of upturned boxes, hardly Premier Class is it?

thomasupton (anagram of southampton) is just a wum osprey , belittle him at every oportunity !

These guys were sacked and you call me a skate. You heartless *******

These guys were volunteers who were released, the majority weren't full time employees and have not done badly over the years. Why are you so upset? Your reaction seems extreme to say the least.

3 Days notice after all this time, yes it does upset me and I expect they're all upset too. My nipper always buys his program from these guys. Maybe they could have given them atleast one more game and we could have thanked them personally.

lol ....... what a credit to the blue few he is ........ this is an intelligent one !

Slug what is your problem????

TEBOURBA wrote:
Sadly the truth often hurts!

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:
If selling programmes creates no revenue...why do it? Sad, but that's the harsh reality of business.
On a positive slant..the pie sellers at SMS have my full financial support.

They are still selling the Programmes, just using a different methods, don't know how it makes any financial difference. I am not sure about buying them from a catering stall, I don't like them wet, I would absolutely hate them to be greasy.

Well I'm glad you get joy from sarcasm, at the cost of peoples jobs.

Well at £3-00 a time I don't want soiled goods thank you very much.

TEBOURBA wrote:
The chickens are coming home to roost!
What sort of man sacks people who have worked for the Club for 25 years, by text, with no notice period?
Some might say a scumbag, I couldn't possibly comment.
I think this is NC getting in some light training before the main event when he sacks Nigel.
I wouldn't trust him as far as I could spit, Ted Bates must be spinning in his grave

thomasupton wrote:

Velleity wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

TEBOURBA wrote:
The chickens are coming home to roost!
What sort of man sacks people who have worked for the Club for 25 years, by text, with no notice period?
Some might say a scumbag, I couldn't possibly comment.
I think this is NC getting in some light training before the main event when he sacks Nigel.
I wouldn't trust him as far as I could spit, Ted Bates must be spinning in his grave

I can imagine Marcus would be too.

You could show some respect by spelling his christian name correctly for a start, it's Markus.

He wouldn't know, he's not from Southampton.

He knows so little about us that he thinks NA has ten months left on his contract (rather than the near three years he really has). He does nothing but attack Saints. He calls Saints fans "you" when he's not being careful.

The guy's a WUM from Portsmouth.

I call the "positive" posters "you". People like you for instance, who find things positive in people losing their jobs.

Velleity wrote:

TEBOURBA wrote:
Sadly the truth often hurts!

What would you know about the truth? You're the one who gets his facts wrong much of the time, not us.

Anyway, run off home down the M27 and take your fake anger with you.

thomasupton wrote:

Velleity wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

TEBOURBA wrote:
The chickens are coming home to roost!
What sort of man sacks people who have worked for the Club for 25 years, by text, with no notice period?
Some might say a scumbag, I couldn't possibly comment.
I think this is NC getting in some light training before the main event when he sacks Nigel.
I wouldn't trust him as far as I could spit, Ted Bates must be spinning in his grave

I can imagine Marcus would be too.

You could show some respect by spelling his christian name correctly for a start, it's Markus.

He wouldn't know, he's not from Southampton.

He knows so little about us that he thinks NA has ten months left on his contract (rather than the near three years he really has). He does nothing but attack Saints. He calls Saints fans "you" when he's not being careful.

The guy's a WUM from Portsmouth.

I call the "positive" posters "you". People like you for instance, who find things positive in people losing their jobs.

thomasupton wrote:

Velleity wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

TEBOURBA wrote:
The chickens are coming home to roost!
What sort of man sacks people who have worked for the Club for 25 years, by text, with no notice period?
Some might say a scumbag, I couldn't possibly comment.
I think this is NC getting in some light training before the main event when he sacks Nigel.
I wouldn't trust him as far as I could spit, Ted Bates must be spinning in his grave

I can imagine Marcus would be too.

You could show some respect by spelling his christian name correctly for a start, it's Markus.

He wouldn't know, he's not from Southampton.

He knows so little about us that he thinks NA has ten months left on his contract (rather than the near three years he really has). He does nothing but attack Saints. He calls Saints fans "you" when he's not being careful.

The guy's a WUM from Portsmouth.

I call the "positive" posters "you". People like you for instance, who find things positive in people losing their jobs.

saintshorse101 wrote:
sorry to the guys who have gone but times move on im afraid.
what i am surprised about is that the boorer hasnt been on here yet giving large and saying how NA/NC are out of their depth, and if we keep on at this rate we will be down by december, what needs to happen is we need to get a chief exec in that has prem experience to aid NC! maybe sacha gaydamak or sulaiman al fahim!

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:
If selling programmes creates no revenue...why do it? Sad, but that's the harsh reality of business.
On a positive slant..the pie sellers at SMS have my full financial support.

They are still selling the Programmes, just using a different methods, don't know how it makes any financial difference. I am not sure about buying them from a catering stall, I don't like them wet, I would absolutely hate them to be greasy.

Well I'm glad you get joy from sarcasm, at the cost of peoples jobs.

Well at £3-00 a time I don't want soiled goods thank you very much.

You're the one with "soiled hands" making jest at peoples misfortune.

Velleity wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Velleity wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

TEBOURBA wrote:
The chickens are coming home to roost!
What sort of man sacks people who have worked for the Club for 25 years, by text, with no notice period?
Some might say a scumbag, I couldn't possibly comment.
I think this is NC getting in some light training before the main event when he sacks Nigel.
I wouldn't trust him as far as I could spit, Ted Bates must be spinning in his grave

I can imagine Marcus would be too.

You could show some respect by spelling his christian name correctly for a start, it's Markus.

He wouldn't know, he's not from Southampton.

He knows so little about us that he thinks NA has ten months left on his contract (rather than the near three years he really has). He does nothing but attack Saints. He calls Saints fans "you" when he's not being careful.

The guy's a WUM from Portsmouth.

I call the "positive" posters "you". People like you for instance, who find things positive in people losing their jobs.

WOW - I ALMOST MISSED IT:

Lookee what we have here.

Thomasupton responds to a post made by me to Tebourba - look at it for ten seconds and think and it's clear they they are the same bloke with two logons. I speak to Tebourba and Thomasupton responds.

I KNEW IT! Long suspected, now proven. They ALWAYS get caught out.

Velleity wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Velleity wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

TEBOURBA wrote:
The chickens are coming home to roost!
What sort of man sacks people who have worked for the Club for 25 years, by text, with no notice period?
Some might say a scumbag, I couldn't possibly comment.
I think this is NC getting in some light training before the main event when he sacks Nigel.
I wouldn't trust him as far as I could spit, Ted Bates must be spinning in his grave

I can imagine Marcus would be too.

You could show some respect by spelling his christian name correctly for a start, it's Markus.

He wouldn't know, he's not from Southampton.

He knows so little about us that he thinks NA has ten months left on his contract (rather than the near three years he really has). He does nothing but attack Saints. He calls Saints fans "you" when he's not being careful.

The guy's a WUM from Portsmouth.

I call the "positive" posters "you". People like you for instance, who find things positive in people losing their jobs.

WOW - I ALMOST MISSED IT:

Lookee what we have here.

Thomasupton responds to a post made by me to Tebourba - look at it for ten seconds and think and it's clear they they are the same bloke with two logons. I speak to Tebourba and Thomasupton responds.

I KNEW IT! Long suspected, now proven. They ALWAYS get caught out.

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:
If selling programmes creates no revenue...why do it? Sad, but that's the harsh reality of business.
On a positive slant..the pie sellers at SMS have my full financial support.

They are still selling the Programmes, just using a different methods, don't know how it makes any financial difference. I am not sure about buying them from a catering stall, I don't like them wet, I would absolutely hate them to be greasy.

Well I'm glad you get joy from sarcasm, at the cost of peoples jobs.

Well at £3-00 a time I don't want soiled goods thank you very much.

You're the one with "soiled hands" making jest at peoples misfortune.

Ouch that hurt.

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:
If selling programmes creates no revenue...why do it? Sad, but that's the harsh reality of business.
On a positive slant..the pie sellers at SMS have my full financial support.

They are still selling the Programmes, just using a different methods, don't know how it makes any financial difference. I am not sure about buying them from a catering stall, I don't like them wet, I would absolutely hate them to be greasy.

Well I'm glad you get joy from sarcasm, at the cost of peoples jobs.

Well at £3-00 a time I don't want soiled goods thank you very much.

You're the one with "soiled hands" making jest at peoples misfortune.

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:
If selling programmes creates no revenue...why do it? Sad, but that's the harsh reality of business.
On a positive slant..the pie sellers at SMS have my full financial support.

They are still selling the Programmes, just using a different methods, don't know how it makes any financial difference. I am not sure about buying them from a catering stall, I don't like them wet, I would absolutely hate them to be greasy.

Well I'm glad you get joy from sarcasm, at the cost of peoples jobs.

Well at £3-00 a time I don't want soiled goods thank you very much.

You're the one with "soiled hands" making jest at peoples misfortune.

Ouch that hurt.

Not as much as losing your job after 25 years though.

bazza wrote:
Some heartless comments on here tonight.Wot the hell is some peoples problem on here.3 days notice after working 25 years for a few quid,When the chairman earns half a million.Yeah sign of the times.And of course all for the better.Its why i stopped commenting on here.

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

TEBOURBA wrote:
The chickens are coming home to roost!
What sort of man sacks people who have worked for the Club for 25 years, by text, with no notice period?
Some might say a scumbag, I couldn't possibly comment.
I think this is NC getting in some light training before the main event when he sacks Nigel.
I wouldn't trust him as far as I could spit, Ted Bates must be spinning in his grave

Darn it Who woke you up?

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:
If selling programmes creates no revenue...why do it? Sad, but that's the harsh reality of business.
On a positive slant..the pie sellers at SMS have my full financial support.

They are still selling the Programmes, just using a different methods, don't know how it makes any financial difference. I am not sure about buying them from a catering stall, I don't like them wet, I would absolutely hate them to be greasy.

Well I'm glad you get joy from sarcasm, at the cost of peoples jobs.

Well at £3-00 a time I don't want soiled goods thank you very much.

You're the one with "soiled hands" making jest at peoples misfortune.

OK wise guy and man of action, what are we going to do to put right the wrongs, I don't see a post from you thanking the guys for standing in the rain selling us the Programmes, I don't see any ideas forthcoming about how to go about reversing the dirty deed, just what do you want us to do about, I elect you as the leader of the rebel cause, Over to you, tell us what we must do, any ideas?

bazza wrote:
Some heartless comments on here tonight.Wot the hell is some peoples problem on here.3 days notice after working 25 years for a few quid,When the chairman earns half a million.Yeah sign of the times.And of course all for the better.Its why i stopped commenting on here.

slugger wrote:
nobody has lost a job ...... they were volunteers !

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:
If selling programmes creates no revenue...why do it? Sad, but that's the harsh reality of business.
On a positive slant..the pie sellers at SMS have my full financial support.

They are still selling the Programmes, just using a different methods, don't know how it makes any financial difference. I am not sure about buying them from a catering stall, I don't like them wet, I would absolutely hate them to be greasy.

Well I'm glad you get joy from sarcasm, at the cost of peoples jobs.

Well at £3-00 a time I don't want soiled goods thank you very much.

You're the one with "soiled hands" making jest at peoples misfortune.

OK wise guy and man of action, what are we going to do to put right the wrongs, I don't see a post from you thanking the guys for standing in the rain selling us the Programmes, I don't see any ideas forthcoming about how to go about reversing the dirty deed, just what do you want us to do about, I elect you as the leader of the rebel cause, Over to you, tell us what we must do, any ideas?

Ummmmmm, give them their jobs back??

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

saintshorse101 wrote: sorry to the guys who have gone but times move on im afraid. what i am surprised about is that the boorer hasnt been on here yet giving large and saying how NA/NC are out of their depth, and if we keep on at this rate we will be down by december, what needs to happen is we need to get a chief exec in that has prem experience to aid NC! maybe sacha gaydamak or sulaiman al fahim!

Too late he is, scroll back for his pearls of wisdom, but don't feed the troll.

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
nobody has lost a job ...... they were volunteers !

Volunteers don't get paid, they did??

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
nobody has lost a job ...... they were volunteers !

Volunteers don't get paid, they did??

Baddesley Bill wrote:
PoutingThomas...can we discuss how your club has added anything to the community?... (this should be worth a giggle).

saintshorse101 wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

saintshorse101 wrote: sorry to the guys who have gone but times move on im afraid. what i am surprised about is that the boorer hasnt been on here yet giving large and saying how NA/NC are out of their depth, and if we keep on at this rate we will be down by december, what needs to happen is we need to get a chief exec in that has prem experience to aid NC! maybe sacha gaydamak or sulaiman al fahim!

Too late he is, scroll back for his pearls of wisdom, but don't feed the troll.

it must be some sort of block i have developed that i dont see the drivel he posts now (thank god), has he said it yet though? has he said NC is out of his depth yet, he must have!
next you will be telling me that thomasuphimself the skate who got caught on here last night has been telling us that NC is the devil and it would never have happend under bates or big mac!

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
nobody has lost a job ...... they were volunteers !

Volunteers don't get paid, they did??

they volunteered to get 6p per program and free tickets ........ it's finished now and i feel for them but nobody has been axed , sacked or made redundant ........... which bit doesn't register ?

TheJoiners wrote:
Whats a Football Programme?

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
nobody has lost a job ...... they were volunteers !

Volunteers don't get paid, they did??

they volunteered to get 6p per program and free tickets ........ it's finished now and i feel for them but nobody has been axed , sacked or made redundant ........... which bit doesn't register ?

Pass, let's ask Big Deuche how he feels after 25 years

Baddesley Bill wrote:
PoutingThomas...can we discuss how your club has added anything to the community?... (this should be worth a giggle).

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
nobody has lost a job ...... they were volunteers !

Volunteers don't get paid, they did??

they volunteered to get 6p per program and free tickets ........ it's finished now and i feel for them but nobody has been axed , sacked or made redundant ........... which bit doesn't register ?

Pass, let's ask Big Deuche how he feels after 25 years

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
nobody has lost a job ...... they were volunteers !

Volunteers don't get paid, they did??

they volunteered to get 6p per program and free tickets ........ it's finished now and i feel for them but nobody has been axed , sacked or made redundant ........... which bit doesn't register ?

Pass, let's ask Big Deuche how he feels after 25 years

Probably as hacked of as I am with your tripe.

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:
PoutingThomas...can we discuss how your club has added anything to the community?... (this should be worth a giggle).

What "club" would that be arm chair Bill?

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:
PoutingThomas...can we discuss how your club has added anything to the community?... (this should be worth a giggle).

What "club" would that be arm chair Bill?

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:
PoutingThomas...can we discuss how your club has added anything to the community?... (this should be worth a giggle).

What "club" would that be arm chair Bill?

Sorry Bill your name has gone on the list, who is next?

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
nobody has lost a job ...... they were volunteers !

Volunteers don't get paid, they did??

they volunteered to get 6p per program and free tickets ........ it's finished now and i feel for them but nobody has been axed , sacked or made redundant ........... which bit doesn't register ?

Pass, let's ask Big Deuche how he feels after 25 years

Probably as hacked of as I am with your tripe.

If you don't like what I serve up you could always become a Saints supporter and throw away your blue shirt.

slugger wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:
PoutingThomas...can we discuss how your club has added anything to the community?... (this should be worth a giggle).

What "club" would that be arm chair Bill?

Sorry Bill your name has gone on the list, who is next?

me me ...... please let it be me .

St Retford wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
nobody has lost a job ...... they were volunteers !

Volunteers don't get paid, they did??

they volunteered to get 6p per program and free tickets ........ it's finished now and i feel for them but nobody has been axed , sacked or made redundant ........... which bit doesn't register ?

Pass, let's ask Big Deuche how he feels after 25 years

I wonder if those cancer charities minded not being paid? Obviously, they're not as important as some bloke earning a bit of pocket money and a free ticket, but I'd be interested to know where your highly tuned moral compass points on this one.

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
nobody has lost a job ...... they were volunteers !

Volunteers don't get paid, they did??

they volunteered to get 6p per program and free tickets ........ it's finished now and i feel for them but nobody has been axed , sacked or made redundant ........... which bit doesn't register ?

Pass, let's ask Big Deuche how he feels after 25 years

Probably as hacked of as I am with your tripe.

If you don't like what I serve up you could always become a Saints supporter and throw away your blue shirt.

Velleity wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Velleity wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

TEBOURBA wrote:
The chickens are coming home to roost!
What sort of man sacks people who have worked for the Club for 25 years, by text, with no notice period?
Some might say a scumbag, I couldn't possibly comment.
I think this is NC getting in some light training before the main event when he sacks Nigel.
I wouldn't trust him as far as I could spit, Ted Bates must be spinning in his grave

I can imagine Marcus would be too.

You could show some respect by spelling his christian name correctly for a start, it's Markus.

He wouldn't know, he's not from Southampton.

He knows so little about us that he thinks NA has ten months left on his contract (rather than the near three years he really has). He does nothing but attack Saints. He calls Saints fans "you" when he's not being careful.

The guy's a WUM from Portsmouth.

I call the "positive" posters "you". People like you for instance, who find things positive in people losing their jobs.

Where did I find anything positive in people losing their jobs? Find me the post and I'll meet you on Sunday and give you £100.

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
nobody has lost a job ...... they were volunteers !

Volunteers don't get paid, they did??

they volunteered to get 6p per program and free tickets ........ it's finished now and i feel for them but nobody has been axed , sacked or made redundant ........... which bit doesn't register ?

Pass, let's ask Big Deuche how he feels after 25 years

Probably as hacked of as I am with your tripe.

If you don't like what I serve up you could always become a Saints supporter and throw away your blue shirt.

That is about as low as you can get, take that back. I have never been so insulted in my 65 years of Saints supporting.

thomasupton wrote:

St Retford wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
nobody has lost a job ...... they were volunteers !

Volunteers don't get paid, they did??

they volunteered to get 6p per program and free tickets ........ it's finished now and i feel for them but nobody has been axed , sacked or made redundant ........... which bit doesn't register ?

Pass, let's ask Big Deuche how he feels after 25 years

I wonder if those cancer charities minded not being paid? Obviously, they're not as important as some bloke earning a bit of pocket money and a free ticket, but I'd be interested to know where your highly tuned moral compass points on this one.

Lost a best friend to cancer last year and my Dad is recovering from bladder cancer so I would say very high.

thomasupton wrote:

St Retford wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
nobody has lost a job ...... they were volunteers !

Volunteers don't get paid, they did??

they volunteered to get 6p per program and free tickets ........ it's finished now and i feel for them but nobody has been axed , sacked or made redundant ........... which bit doesn't register ?

Pass, let's ask Big Deuche how he feels after 25 years

I wonder if those cancer charities minded not being paid? Obviously, they're not as important as some bloke earning a bit of pocket money and a free ticket, but I'd be interested to know where your highly tuned moral compass points on this one.

Lost a best friend to cancer last year and my Dad is recovering from bladder cancer so I would say very high.

thomasupton wrote:

St Retford wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
nobody has lost a job ...... they were volunteers !

Volunteers don't get paid, they did??

they volunteered to get 6p per program and free tickets ........ it's finished now and i feel for them but nobody has been axed , sacked or made redundant ........... which bit doesn't register ?

Pass, let's ask Big Deuche how he feels after 25 years

I wonder if those cancer charities minded not being paid? Obviously, they're not as important as some bloke earning a bit of pocket money and a free ticket, but I'd be interested to know where your highly tuned moral compass points on this one.

Lost a best friend to cancer last year and my Dad is recovering from bladder cancer so I would say very high.

Velleity wrote:

Velleity wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Velleity wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

TEBOURBA wrote:
The chickens are coming home to roost!
What sort of man sacks people who have worked for the Club for 25 years, by text, with no notice period?
Some might say a scumbag, I couldn't possibly comment.
I think this is NC getting in some light training before the main event when he sacks Nigel.
I wouldn't trust him as far as I could spit, Ted Bates must be spinning in his grave

I can imagine Marcus would be too.

You could show some respect by spelling his christian name correctly for a start, it's Markus.

He wouldn't know, he's not from Southampton.

He knows so little about us that he thinks NA has ten months left on his contract (rather than the near three years he really has). He does nothing but attack Saints. He calls Saints fans "you" when he's not being careful.

The guy's a WUM from Portsmouth.

I call the "positive" posters "you". People like you for instance, who find things positive in people losing their jobs.

Where did I find anything positive in people losing their jobs? Find me the post and I'll meet you on Sunday and give you £100.

Ah, the sound of silence... so informative.

I posted above that I think it's been done badly. No apology required for your false accusation, honestly.

Teborebore/Thomasupt

on, run along now. Your repeated badmouthing of every single thing OUR club does is becoming tedious. Wouldn't you be better off trying to save YOUR club from the mire it's in by offering your time (and money) to the PST? Wasting your time on here is pointless. (Having two sign ons and furiously agreeing with yourself is even more pitiful, but let's leave that for now.).

thomasupton wrote:

Velleity wrote:

Velleity wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Velleity wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

TEBOURBA wrote:
The chickens are coming home to roost!
What sort of man sacks people who have worked for the Club for 25 years, by text, with no notice period?
Some might say a scumbag, I couldn't possibly comment.
I think this is NC getting in some light training before the main event when he sacks Nigel.
I wouldn't trust him as far as I could spit, Ted Bates must be spinning in his grave

I can imagine Marcus would be too.

You could show some respect by spelling his christian name correctly for a start, it's Markus.

He wouldn't know, he's not from Southampton.

He knows so little about us that he thinks NA has ten months left on his contract (rather than the near three years he really has). He does nothing but attack Saints. He calls Saints fans "you" when he's not being careful.

The guy's a WUM from Portsmouth.

I call the "positive" posters "you". People like you for instance, who find things positive in people losing their jobs.

Where did I find anything positive in people losing their jobs? Find me the post and I'll meet you on Sunday and give you £100.

Ah, the sound of silence... so informative.

I posted above that I think it's been done badly. No apology required for your false accusation, honestly.

Teborebore/Thomasupt


on, run along now. Your repeated badmouthing of every single thing OUR club does is becoming tedious. Wouldn't you be better off trying to save YOUR club from the mire it's in by offering your time (and money) to the PST? Wasting your time on here is pointless. (Having two sign ons and furiously agreeing with yourself is even more pitiful, but let's leave that for now.).

Yes I apologize for bad mouthing my club for sacking program sellers after 25 years service and giving them 3 days notice, what was I thinking of.

St Retford wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

St Retford wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
nobody has lost a job ...... they were volunteers !

Volunteers don't get paid, they did??

they volunteered to get 6p per program and free tickets ........ it's finished now and i feel for them but nobody has been axed , sacked or made redundant ........... which bit doesn't register ?

Pass, let's ask Big Deuche how he feels after 25 years

I wonder if those cancer charities minded not being paid? Obviously, they're not as important as some bloke earning a bit of pocket money and a free ticket, but I'd be interested to know where your highly tuned moral compass points on this one.

Lost a best friend to cancer last year and my Dad is recovering from bladder cancer so I would say very high.

Precisely. So why not shut it with the false, sanctimonious outrage on this issue?

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote: nobody has lost a job ...... they were volunteers !

Volunteers don't get paid, they did??

they volunteered to get 6p per program and free tickets ........ it's finished now and i feel for them but nobody has been axed , sacked or made redundant ........... which bit doesn't register ?

Pass, let's ask Big Deuche how he feels after 25 years

Probably as hacked of as I am with your tripe.

If you don't like what I serve up you could always become a Saints supporter and throw away your blue shirt.

slugger wrote:
thomasupton .... you think you're good but you're poor ..... very poor . lol

saintand266 wrote:
Seems like there are a lot of our six fingered fishy friends on here tonight trying to wind up all up

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
thomasupton .... you think you're good but you're poor ..... very poor . lol

Yes very poor just like those program sellers now.

saintshorse101 wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote: nobody has lost a job ...... they were volunteers !

Volunteers don't get paid, they did??

they volunteered to get 6p per program and free tickets ........ it's finished now and i feel for them but nobody has been axed , sacked or made redundant ........... which bit doesn't register ?

Pass, let's ask Big Deuche how he feels after 25 years

Probably as hacked of as I am with your tripe.

If you don't like what I serve up you could always become a Saints supporter and throw away your blue shirt.

thomas you really really are a fool arent you, you got found out last night as to not being a saint! give it a rest wont you. calm down for a bit and look at what you have posted and what has been responded to it, no one has been sacked or let go what has happend is that some much appreciated prog sellers have been told they are no longer needed and the progs will be sold elsewhere. now i think everyone has said that it was handled poorly so i dont know what your problem is and why you are getting so worked up about an issue that dosent affect your club! you have a go at the `positives` on this site, well to be honest i would much rather be a positive than have your attitude! you must be a delight to be around, i dont think i have ever read anything positive in any of your posts. mim a glass half full person, your a this is the wrong glass with the wrong drink and whos been drinking it type of person. still at least like in real life, you have no friends on the web!

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
thomasupton .... you think you're good but you're poor ..... very poor . lol

Yes very poor just like those program sellers now.

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
thomasupton .... you think you're good but you're poor ..... very poor . lol

Yes very poor just like those program sellers now.

Where did the charity money go Thomas? You have a vested interest (one that everyone here would sympathise with)...answer the question.

Baddesley Bill wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
nobody has lost a job ...... they were volunteers !

Volunteers don't get paid, they did??

they volunteered to get 6p per program and free tickets ........ it's finished now and i feel for them but nobody has been axed , sacked or made redundant ........... which bit doesn't register ?

Pass, let's ask Big Deuche how he feels after 25 years

Probably as hacked of as I am with your tripe.

If you don't like what I serve up you could always become a Saints supporter and throw away your blue shirt.

That is about as low as you can get, take that back. I have never been so insulted in my 65 years of Saints supporting.

Osprey...you responded! ;O)

NextPM wrote:
They won't change the catering, Cortese own's Halo conferences & Events, It's his company!!

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
thomasupton .... you think you're good but you're poor ..... very poor . lol

Yes very poor just like those program sellers now.

Where did the charity money go Thomas? You have a vested interest (one that everyone here would sympathise with)...answer the question.

I haven't got a clue, I was just saying with losing my friend and my Dad recovering I take Cancer charities very seriously.

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

NextPM wrote:
They won't change the catering, Cortese own's Halo conferences & Events, It's his company!!

Halo conferences and events is the trading name of St Marys Catering Ltd., registration number 7200443. A wholly owned subsidary of DMWSL613 Ltd., registration number 06951765 which is also the parent company of Southampton Football Club. In the year to June 2011 (last filed accounts) it turned over 2.9m and made a pre atx profit of 470k.

Deal in facts my boy.

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
thomasupton .... you think you're good but you're poor ..... very poor . lol

Yes very poor just like those program sellers now.

Where did the charity money go Thomas? You have a vested interest (one that everyone here would sympathise with)...answer the question.

I haven't got a clue, I was just saying with losing my friend and my Dad recovering I take Cancer charities very seriously.

In that case I have £50 to give to your chosen charity...all you have to do is buy me a beer before the Fulham game on Sunday.

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
thomasupton .... you think you're good but you're poor ..... very poor . lol

Yes very poor just like those program sellers now.

Where did the charity money go Thomas? You have a vested interest (one that everyone here would sympathise with)...answer the question.

I haven't got a clue, I was just saying with losing my friend and my Dad recovering I take Cancer charities very seriously.

In that case I have £50 to give to your chosen charity...all you have to do is buy me a beer before the Fulham game on Sunday.

Bungalow Bill, my chosen charity is for the program sellers. I can't be at the Beadsley Sunday because I'll be at the match. Leave the money behind the bar and I'll pick it up Monday. I'll buy you a pint of squash when I see you

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
thomasupton .... you think you're good but you're poor ..... very poor . lol

Yes very poor just like those program sellers now.

Where did the charity money go Thomas? You have a vested interest (one that everyone here would sympathise with)...answer the question.

I haven't got a clue, I was just saying with losing my friend and my Dad recovering I take Cancer charities very seriously.

In that case I have £50 to give to your chosen charity...all you have to do is buy me a beer before the Fulham game on Sunday.

Bungalow Bill, my chosen charity is for the program sellers. I can't be at the Beadsley Sunday because I'll be at the match. Leave the money behind the bar and I'll pick it up Monday. I'll buy you a pint of squash when I see you

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
thomasupton .... you think you're good but you're poor ..... very poor . lol

Yes very poor just like those program sellers now.

Where did the charity money go Thomas? You have a vested interest (one that everyone here would sympathise with)...answer the question.

I haven't got a clue, I was just saying with losing my friend and my Dad recovering I take Cancer charities very seriously.

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
thomasupton .... you think you're good but you're poor ..... very poor . lol

Yes very poor just like those program sellers now.

Where did the charity money go Thomas? You have a vested interest (one that everyone here would sympathise with)...answer the question.

I haven't got a clue, I was just saying with losing my friend and my Dad recovering I take Cancer charities very seriously.

In that case I have £50 to give to your chosen charity...all you have to do is buy me a beer before the Fulham game on Sunday.

Bungalow Bill, my chosen charity is for the program sellers. I can't be at the Beadsley Sunday because I'll be at the match. Leave the money behind the bar and I'll pick it up Monday. I'll buy you a pint of squash when I see you

pompey are playing on saturday ..... you'll be fine ! ......... it's the beadslee btw .

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
thomasupton .... you think you're good but you're poor ..... very poor . lol

Yes very poor just like those program sellers now.

Where did the charity money go Thomas? You have a vested interest (one that everyone here would sympathise with)...answer the question.

I haven't got a clue, I was just saying with losing my friend and my Dad recovering I take Cancer charities very seriously.

In that case I have £50 to give to your chosen charity...all you have to do is buy me a beer before the Fulham game on Sunday.

Bungalow Bill, my chosen charity is for the program sellers. I can't be at the Beadsley Sunday because I'll be at the match. Leave the money behind the bar and I'll pick it up Monday. I'll buy you a pint of squash when I see you

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
thomasupton .... you think you're good but you're poor ..... very poor . lol

Yes very poor just like those program sellers now.

Where did the charity money go Thomas? You have a vested interest (one that everyone here would sympathise with)...answer the question.

I haven't got a clue, I was just saying with losing my friend and my Dad recovering I take Cancer charities very seriously.

In that case I have £50 to give to your chosen charity...all you have to do is buy me a beer before the Fulham game on Sunday.

Bungalow Bill, my chosen charity is for the program sellers. I can't be at the Beadsley Sunday because I'll be at the match. Leave the money behind the bar and I'll pick it up Monday. I'll buy you a pint of squash when I see you

pompey are playing on saturday ..... you'll be fine ! ......... it's the beadslee btw .

Is it?? Not the Beadslea?

Velleity wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
thomasupton .... you think you're good but you're poor ..... very poor . lol

Yes very poor just like those program sellers now.

Where did the charity money go Thomas? You have a vested interest (one that everyone here would sympathise with)...answer the question.

I haven't got a clue, I was just saying with losing my friend and my Dad recovering I take Cancer charities very seriously.

In that case I have £50 to give to your chosen charity...all you have to do is buy me a beer before the Fulham game on Sunday.

Bungalow Bill, my chosen charity is for the program sellers. I can't be at the Beadsley Sunday because I'll be at the match. Leave the money behind the bar and I'll pick it up Monday. I'll buy you a pint of squash when I see you

Interesting juxtaposition:

"I take Cancer charities very seriously"

Offered £50 and

"my chosen charity is for the program sellers"

Truly amazing.

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
thomasupton .... you think you're good but you're poor ..... very poor . lol

Yes very poor just like those program sellers now.

Where did the charity money go Thomas? You have a vested interest (one that everyone here would sympathise with)...answer the question.

I haven't got a clue, I was just saying with losing my friend and my Dad recovering I take Cancer charities very seriously.

In that case I have £50 to give to your chosen charity...all you have to do is buy me a beer before the Fulham game on Sunday.

Bungalow Bill, my chosen charity is for the program sellers. I can't be at the Beadsley Sunday because I'll be at the match. Leave the money behind the bar and I'll pick it up Monday. I'll buy you a pint of squash when I see you

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
thomasupton .... you think you're good but you're poor ..... very poor . lol

Yes very poor just like those program sellers now.

Where did the charity money go Thomas? You have a vested interest (one that everyone here would sympathise with)...answer the question.

I haven't got a clue, I was just saying with losing my friend and my Dad recovering I take Cancer charities very seriously.

In that case I have £50 to give to your chosen charity...all you have to do is buy me a beer before the Fulham game on Sunday.

Bungalow Bill, my chosen charity is for the program sellers. I can't be at the Beadsley Sunday because I'll be at the match. Leave the money behind the bar and I'll pick it up Monday. I'll buy you a pint of squash when I see you

Bill is a season ticket holder and also came to Everton with me last weekend.

To put all this speculation to bed once and for all why don't you meet us in any of the pubs near the ground before the Fulham match? You chose the pub I will buy the beer.

slugger wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
thomasupton .... you think you're good but you're poor ..... very poor . lol

Yes very poor just like those program sellers now.

Where did the charity money go Thomas? You have a vested interest (one that everyone here would sympathise with)...answer the question.

I haven't got a clue, I was just saying with losing my friend and my Dad recovering I take Cancer charities very seriously.

In that case I have £50 to give to your chosen charity...all you have to do is buy me a beer before the Fulham game on Sunday.

Bungalow Bill, my chosen charity is for the program sellers. I can't be at the Beadsley Sunday because I'll be at the match. Leave the money behind the bar and I'll pick it up Monday. I'll buy you a pint of squash when I see you

Bill is a season ticket holder and also came to Everton with me last weekend.

To put all this speculation to bed once and for all why don't you meet us in any of the pubs near the ground before the Fulham match? You chose the pub I will buy the beer.

top man mr seed ....... where shall we meet ?

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
thomasupton .... you think you're good but you're poor ..... very poor . lol

Yes very poor just like those program sellers now.

Where did the charity money go Thomas? You have a vested interest (one that everyone here would sympathise with)...answer the question.

I haven't got a clue, I was just saying with losing my friend and my Dad recovering I take Cancer charities very seriously.

In that case I have £50 to give to your chosen charity...all you have to do is buy me a beer before the Fulham game on Sunday.

Bungalow Bill, my chosen charity is for the program sellers. I can't be at the Beadsley Sunday because I'll be at the match. Leave the money behind the bar and I'll pick it up Monday. I'll buy you a pint of squash when I see you

pompey are playing on saturday ..... you'll be fine ! ......... it's the beadslee btw .

Is it?? Not the Beadslea?

and there too !

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
thomasupton .... you think you're good but you're poor ..... very poor . lol

Yes very poor just like those program sellers now.

Where did the charity money go Thomas? You have a vested interest (one that everyone here would sympathise with)...answer the question.

I haven't got a clue, I was just saying with losing my friend and my Dad recovering I take Cancer charities very seriously.

In that case I have £50 to give to your chosen charity...all you have to do is buy me a beer before the Fulham game on Sunday.

Bungalow Bill, my chosen charity is for the program sellers. I can't be at the Beadsley Sunday because I'll be at the match. Leave the money behind the bar and I'll pick it up Monday. I'll buy you a pint of squash when I see you

pompey are playing on saturday ..... you'll be fine ! ......... it's the beadslee btw .

Is it?? Not the Beadslea?

and there too !

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
thomasupton .... you think you're good but you're poor ..... very poor . lol

Yes very poor just like those program sellers now.

Where did the charity money go Thomas? You have a vested interest (one that everyone here would sympathise with)...answer the question.

I haven't got a clue, I was just saying with losing my friend and my Dad recovering I take Cancer charities very seriously.

In that case I have £50 to give to your chosen charity...all you have to do is buy me a beer before the Fulham game on Sunday.

Bungalow Bill, my chosen charity is for the program sellers. I can't be at the Beadsley Sunday because I'll be at the match. Leave the money behind the bar and I'll pick it up Monday. I'll buy you a pint of squash when I see you

pompey are playing on saturday ..... you'll be fine ! ......... it's the beadslee btw .

Is it?? Not the Beadslea?

and there too !

1-1 I think there slugger lol

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

slugger wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
thomasupton .... you think you're good but you're poor ..... very poor . lol

Yes very poor just like those program sellers now.

Where did the charity money go Thomas? You have a vested interest (one that everyone here would sympathise with)...answer the question.

I haven't got a clue, I was just saying with losing my friend and my Dad recovering I take Cancer charities very seriously.

In that case I have £50 to give to your chosen charity...all you have to do is buy me a beer before the Fulham game on Sunday.

Bungalow Bill, my chosen charity is for the program sellers. I can't be at the Beadsley Sunday because I'll be at the match. Leave the money behind the bar and I'll pick it up Monday. I'll buy you a pint of squash when I see you

Bill is a season ticket holder and also came to Everton with me last weekend.

To put all this speculation to bed once and for all why don't you meet us in any of the pubs near the ground before the Fulham match? You chose the pub I will buy the beer.

top man mr seed ....... where shall we meet ?

That's up to Thomas!

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
thomasupton .... you think you're good but you're poor ..... very poor . lol

Yes very poor just like those program sellers now.

Where did the charity money go Thomas? You have a vested interest (one that everyone here would sympathise with)...answer the question.

I haven't got a clue, I was just saying with losing my friend and my Dad recovering I take Cancer charities very seriously.

In that case I have £50 to give to your chosen charity...all you have to do is buy me a beer before the Fulham game on Sunday.

Bungalow Bill, my chosen charity is for the program sellers. I can't be at the Beadsley Sunday because I'll be at the match. Leave the money behind the bar and I'll pick it up Monday. I'll buy you a pint of squash when I see you

pompey are playing on saturday ..... you'll be fine ! ......... it's the beadslee btw .

Is it?? Not the Beadslea?

and there too !

1-1 I think there slugger lol

slugger wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
thomasupton .... you think you're good but you're poor ..... very poor . lol

Yes very poor just like those program sellers now.

Where did the charity money go Thomas? You have a vested interest (one that everyone here would sympathise with)...answer the question.

I haven't got a clue, I was just saying with losing my friend and my Dad recovering I take Cancer charities very seriously.

In that case I have £50 to give to your chosen charity...all you have to do is buy me a beer before the Fulham game on Sunday.

Bungalow Bill, my chosen charity is for the program sellers. I can't be at the Beadsley Sunday because I'll be at the match. Leave the money behind the bar and I'll pick it up Monday. I'll buy you a pint of squash when I see you

Bill is a season ticket holder and also came to Everton with me last weekend.

To put all this speculation to bed once and for all why don't you meet us in any of the pubs near the ground before the Fulham match? You chose the pub I will buy the beer.

top man mr seed ....... where shall we meet ?

Velleity wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

slugger wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
thomasupton .... you think you're good but you're poor ..... very poor . lol

Yes very poor just like those program sellers now.

Where did the charity money go Thomas? You have a vested interest (one that everyone here would sympathise with)...answer the question.

I haven't got a clue, I was just saying with losing my friend and my Dad recovering I take Cancer charities very seriously.

In that case I have £50 to give to your chosen charity...all you have to do is buy me a beer before the Fulham game on Sunday.

Bungalow Bill, my chosen charity is for the program sellers. I can't be at the Beadsley Sunday because I'll be at the match. Leave the money behind the bar and I'll pick it up Monday. I'll buy you a pint of squash when I see you

Bill is a season ticket holder and also came to Everton with me last weekend.

To put all this speculation to bed once and for all why don't you meet us in any of the pubs near the ground before the Fulham match? You chose the pub I will buy the beer.

top man mr seed ....... where shall we meet ?

That's up to Thomas!

If I insult you enough, will you buy me lots of beer as well?

St Retford wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
thomasupton .... you think you're good but you're poor ..... very poor . lol

Yes very poor just like those program sellers now.

Where did the charity money go Thomas? You have a vested interest (one that everyone here would sympathise with)...answer the question.

I haven't got a clue, I was just saying with losing my friend and my Dad recovering I take Cancer charities very seriously.

In that case I have £50 to give to your chosen charity...all you have to do is buy me a beer before the Fulham game on Sunday.

Bungalow Bill, my chosen charity is for the program sellers. I can't be at the Beadsley Sunday because I'll be at the match. Leave the money behind the bar and I'll pick it up Monday. I'll buy you a pint of squash when I see you

pompey are playing on saturday ..... you'll be fine ! ......... it's the beadslee btw .

Is it?? Not the Beadslea?

and there too !

1-1 I think there slugger lol

But it has to be mentioned that google played an absolutely blinding assist in your goal.

St Retford wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
thomasupton .... you think you're good but you're poor ..... very poor . lol

Yes very poor just like those program sellers now.

Where did the charity money go Thomas? You have a vested interest (one that everyone here would sympathise with)...answer the question.

I haven't got a clue, I was just saying with losing my friend and my Dad recovering I take Cancer charities very seriously.

In that case I have £50 to give to your chosen charity...all you have to do is buy me a beer before the Fulham game on Sunday.

Bungalow Bill, my chosen charity is for the program sellers. I can't be at the Beadsley Sunday because I'll be at the match. Leave the money behind the bar and I'll pick it up Monday. I'll buy you a pint of squash when I see you

pompey are playing on saturday ..... you'll be fine ! ......... it's the beadslee btw .

Is it?? Not the Beadslea?

and there too !

1-1 I think there slugger lol

But it has to be mentioned that google played an absolutely blinding assist in your goal.

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

Velleity wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

slugger wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
thomasupton .... you think you're good but you're poor ..... very poor . lol

Yes very poor just like those program sellers now.

Where did the charity money go Thomas? You have a vested interest (one that everyone here would sympathise with)...answer the question.

I haven't got a clue, I was just saying with losing my friend and my Dad recovering I take Cancer charities very seriously.

In that case I have £50 to give to your chosen charity...all you have to do is buy me a beer before the Fulham game on Sunday.

Bungalow Bill, my chosen charity is for the program sellers. I can't be at the Beadsley Sunday because I'll be at the match. Leave the money behind the bar and I'll pick it up Monday. I'll buy you a pint of squash when I see you

Bill is a season ticket holder and also came to Everton with me last weekend.

To put all this speculation to bed once and for all why don't you meet us in any of the pubs near the ground before the Fulham match? You chose the pub I will buy the beer.

top man mr seed ....... where shall we meet ?

That's up to Thomas!

If I insult you enough, will you buy me lots of beer as well?

We know you're a Saint. I'll always buy a beer for a Saint.

slugger wrote:

St Retford wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
thomasupton .... you think you're good but you're poor ..... very poor . lol

Yes very poor just like those program sellers now.

Where did the charity money go Thomas? You have a vested interest (one that everyone here would sympathise with)...answer the question.

I haven't got a clue, I was just saying with losing my friend and my Dad recovering I take Cancer charities very seriously.

In that case I have £50 to give to your chosen charity...all you have to do is buy me a beer before the Fulham game on Sunday.

Bungalow Bill, my chosen charity is for the program sellers. I can't be at the Beadsley Sunday because I'll be at the match. Leave the money behind the bar and I'll pick it up Monday. I'll buy you a pint of squash when I see you

pompey are playing on saturday ..... you'll be fine ! ......... it's the beadslee btw .

Is it?? Not the Beadslea?

and there too !

1-1 I think there slugger lol

But it has to be mentioned that google played an absolutely blinding assist in your goal.

lol ,my brother lived 200 yards from the place and i spelt it wrong ........oh well , sh1t happens.

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

St Retford wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
thomasupton .... you think you're good but you're poor ..... very poor . lol

Yes very poor just like those program sellers now.

Where did the charity money go Thomas? You have a vested interest (one that everyone here would sympathise with)...answer the question.

I haven't got a clue, I was just saying with losing my friend and my Dad recovering I take Cancer charities very seriously.

In that case I have £50 to give to your chosen charity...all you have to do is buy me a beer before the Fulham game on Sunday.

Bungalow Bill, my chosen charity is for the program sellers. I can't be at the Beadsley Sunday because I'll be at the match. Leave the money behind the bar and I'll pick it up Monday. I'll buy you a pint of squash when I see you

pompey are playing on saturday ..... you'll be fine ! ......... it's the beadslee btw .

Is it?? Not the Beadslea?

and there too !

1-1 I think there slugger lol

But it has to be mentioned that google played an absolutely blinding assist in your goal.

lol ,my brother lived 200 yards from the place and i spelt it wrong ........oh well , sh1t happens.

Was also thinking of the Steak and Stilton but think that ones changed its name now.

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
Come on Thomas.

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

NextPM wrote: They won't change the catering, Cortese own's Halo conferences & Events, It's his company!!

Halo conferences and events is the trading name of St Marys Catering Ltd., registration number 7200443. A wholly owned subsidary of DMWSL613 Ltd., registration number 06951765 which is also the parent company of Southampton Football Club. In the year to June 2011 (last filed accounts) it turned over 2.9m and made a pre atx profit of 470k. Deal in facts my boy.

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

St Retford wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
thomasupton .... you think you're good but you're poor ..... very poor . lol

Yes very poor just like those program sellers now.

Where did the charity money go Thomas? You have a vested interest (one that everyone here would sympathise with)...answer the question.

I haven't got a clue, I was just saying with losing my friend and my Dad recovering I take Cancer charities very seriously.

In that case I have £50 to give to your chosen charity...all you have to do is buy me a beer before the Fulham game on Sunday.

Bungalow Bill, my chosen charity is for the program sellers. I can't be at the Beadsley Sunday because I'll be at the match. Leave the money behind the bar and I'll pick it up Monday. I'll buy you a pint of squash when I see you

pompey are playing on saturday ..... you'll be fine ! ......... it's the beadslee btw .

Is it?? Not the Beadslea?

and there too !

1-1 I think there slugger lol

But it has to be mentioned that google played an absolutely blinding assist in your goal.

lol ,my brother lived 200 yards from the place and i spelt it wrong ........oh well , sh1t happens.

Was also thinking of the Steak and Stilton but think that ones changed its name now.

only two pubs in north baddesley ....... can't be that tough .

thomasupton wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
Come on Thomas.

I can't really see it happening lol. Think I'd be a little out numbered

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

St Retford wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
thomasupton .... you think you're good but you're poor ..... very poor . lol

Yes very poor just like those program sellers now.

Where did the charity money go Thomas? You have a vested interest (one that everyone here would sympathise with)...answer the question.

I haven't got a clue, I was just saying with losing my friend and my Dad recovering I take Cancer charities very seriously.

In that case I have £50 to give to your chosen charity...all you have to do is buy me a beer before the Fulham game on Sunday.

Bungalow Bill, my chosen charity is for the program sellers. I can't be at the Beadsley Sunday because I'll be at the match. Leave the money behind the bar and I'll pick it up Monday. I'll buy you a pint of squash when I see you

pompey are playing on saturday ..... you'll be fine ! ......... it's the beadslee btw .

Is it?? Not the Beadslea?

and there too !

1-1 I think there slugger lol

But it has to be mentioned that google played an absolutely blinding assist in your goal.

lol ,my brother lived 200 yards from the place and i spelt it wrong ........oh well , sh1t happens.

Was also thinking of the Steak and Stilton but think that ones changed its name now.

only two pubs in north baddesley ....... can't be that tough .

Doesn't the Luzbourough come under North Baddesley?

thomasupton wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
Come on Thomas.

I can't really see it happening lol. Think I'd be a little out numbered

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

St Retford wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
thomasupton .... you think you're good but you're poor ..... very poor . lol

Yes very poor just like those program sellers now.

Where did the charity money go Thomas? You have a vested interest (one that everyone here would sympathise with)...answer the question.

I haven't got a clue, I was just saying with losing my friend and my Dad recovering I take Cancer charities very seriously.

In that case I have £50 to give to your chosen charity...all you have to do is buy me a beer before the Fulham game on Sunday.

Bungalow Bill, my chosen charity is for the program sellers. I can't be at the Beadsley Sunday because I'll be at the match. Leave the money behind the bar and I'll pick it up Monday. I'll buy you a pint of squash when I see you

pompey are playing on saturday ..... you'll be fine ! ......... it's the beadslee btw .

Is it?? Not the Beadslea?

and there too !

1-1 I think there slugger lol

But it has to be mentioned that google played an absolutely blinding assist in your goal.

lol ,my brother lived 200 yards from the place and i spelt it wrong ........oh well , sh1t happens.

Was also thinking of the Steak and Stilton but think that ones changed its name now.

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
Come on Thomas.

I can't really see it happening lol. Think I'd be a little out numbered

We're not coming to beat you up. I will have my 10 year old with me. Lots of Saints fans have different opinions and thats how life is. The only point of the exercise is to establish that you are a Saints fan because as you know many doubt it.

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

St Retford wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
thomasupton .... you think you're good but you're poor ..... very poor . lol

Yes very poor just like those program sellers now.

Where did the charity money go Thomas? You have a vested interest (one that everyone here would sympathise with)...answer the question.

I haven't got a clue, I was just saying with losing my friend and my Dad recovering I take Cancer charities very seriously.

In that case I have £50 to give to your chosen charity...all you have to do is buy me a beer before the Fulham game on Sunday.

Bungalow Bill, my chosen charity is for the program sellers. I can't be at the Beadsley Sunday because I'll be at the match. Leave the money behind the bar and I'll pick it up Monday. I'll buy you a pint of squash when I see you

pompey are playing on saturday ..... you'll be fine ! ......... it's the beadslee btw .

Is it?? Not the Beadslea?

and there too !

1-1 I think there slugger lol

But it has to be mentioned that google played an absolutely blinding assist in your goal.

lol ,my brother lived 200 yards from the place and i spelt it wrong ........oh well , sh1t happens.

Was also thinking of the Steak and Stilton but think that ones changed its name now.

Baddesley Arms now again Thomas. Anyway..come on mate...I was serious about the £50 donation. Cancer is a serious issue (most of us know someone who has suffered)...all you have to do is turn up and pledge £4 for a beer for my gullet. Simples...who on earth with a charitable mind would refuse easy money like that?

thomasupton wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
Come on Thomas.

I can't really see it happening lol. Think I'd be a little out numbered

We're not coming to beat you up. I will have my 10 year old with me. Lots of Saints fans have different opinions and thats how life is. The only point of the exercise is to establish that you are a Saints fan because as you know many doubt it.

I know I have different opinions than all of you and do respect your views at the end of the day but I'll always be red. Who knows maybe one day. I get very passionate about saints and wear my heart on my sleeve.

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

St Retford wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
thomasupton .... you think you're good but you're poor ..... very poor . lol

Yes very poor just like those program sellers now.

Where did the charity money go Thomas? You have a vested interest (one that everyone here would sympathise with)...answer the question.

I haven't got a clue, I was just saying with losing my friend and my Dad recovering I take Cancer charities very seriously.

In that case I have £50 to give to your chosen charity...all you have to do is buy me a beer before the Fulham game on Sunday.

Bungalow Bill, my chosen charity is for the program sellers. I can't be at the Beadsley Sunday because I'll be at the match. Leave the money behind the bar and I'll pick it up Monday. I'll buy you a pint of squash when I see you

pompey are playing on saturday ..... you'll be fine ! ......... it's the beadslee btw .

Is it?? Not the Beadslea?

and there too !

1-1 I think there slugger lol

But it has to be mentioned that google played an absolutely blinding assist in your goal.

lol ,my brother lived 200 yards from the place and i spelt it wrong ........oh well , sh1t happens.

Was also thinking of the Steak and Stilton but think that ones changed its name now.

Baddesley Arms now again Thomas. Anyway..come on mate...I was serious about the £50 donation. Cancer is a serious issue (most of us know someone who has suffered)...all you have to do is turn up and pledge £4 for a beer for my gullet. Simples...who on earth with a charitable mind would refuse easy money like that?

Maybe one day. The steak and Stilton used to be on the corner of Rowhnams road and Botley road, is it by Great Covert garage?

thomasupton wrote:
Where do you all normally drink before the game?

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:
I was just thinking the method of selling Programmes has been Division One for some time, hopefully the new outlets will at least be waterproof, out of the elements and I can buy a Programme without it getting wet!

OMG these people have been given 3 days notice and all you're worried about is getting your program wet, shame on you.

Sanctimonious post, do you think I don't care about the guys? Read my other post before being judgemental. This is the Twenty First Century and we still were buying Programmes from a vendor standing in the pouring rain from a couple of upturned boxes, hardly Premier Class is it?

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

OSPREYSAINT wrote:
I was just thinking the method of selling Programmes has been Division One for some time, hopefully the new outlets will at least be waterproof, out of the elements and I can buy a Programme without it getting wet!

OMG these people have been given 3 days notice and all you're worried about is getting your program wet, shame on you.

Sanctimonious post, do you think I don't care about the guys? Read my other post before being judgemental. This is the Twenty First Century and we still were buying Programmes from a vendor standing in the pouring rain from a couple of upturned boxes, hardly Premier Class is it?

thomasupton (anagram of southampton) is just a wum osprey , belittle him at every oportunity !

These guys were sacked and you call me a skate. You heartless *******

These guys were volunteers who were released, the majority weren't full time employees and have not done badly over the years. Why are you so upset? Your reaction seems extreme to say the least.

3 Days notice after all this time, yes it does upset me and I expect they're all upset too. My nipper always buys his program from these guys. Maybe they could have given them atleast one more game and we could have thanked them personally.

lol ....... what a credit to the blue few he is ........ this is an intelligent one !

Slug what is your problem????

i read too many posts on here .

Well go back to the Pompey board where I'm sure they'll welcome you with open arms

MGRA wrote:

slugger wrote:

Abbey Saint wrote:

Abbey Saint wrote:

slugger wrote:

Abbey Saint wrote:

WobblyCat wrote:

slugger wrote:

Abbey Saint wrote:

Saintade wrote:
Firstly the rather suspect halting of work at Stoneham and now axing programme sellers with a lame excuse...these are classic signs of a moratorium on spending. I reckon we've seriously overspent and have also underestimated attendances and retail sales and our revenues are way down. And I'm not surprised with that horrible new kit that hardly anyone has bought.

Nail on the head

if you really believe that the club are letting a handfull of program sellers go who earn about £60 a fortnight is a sign of financial meltdown at saints i fear for your grasp on reality .

Very well put slugger, the suggestion that we have laid off progamme sellers cos we're broke is hilarious. I would imagine the club budgeted for training ground and I don't see why attendences have been over estimated (not under), we've had good crowds.

Do wish the club would handle things better though.

No ones talking about financial meltdown - the club is financially better off than just about any other UK club.
The point made is about the financially prudent measures taken in reference to lower than expected revenue and how those measures are seen by the media and supporters.That this conversation is taking place could be seen as evidence that there is more than one view on the subject.

what lower than expected revenue ?

I don't know - but if no shortfall, why these actions? There is a recession and its reasonable to assume that Saints aren't immune to it. This is not an argument about what Saints are doing, but how they're do

Sorry - old Git syndrome - comment should finish "how they're doing it"

i repeat (sort of) what i said above ........ i refuse to belive that nicola is doing this because of some "shortfall" .......... badly handled i accept ....... just his way i guess .

this has nothing to do with revenue agreed and imo has nothing to do with NC, I can not see him wasting valuable time discussing the pros-and-cons of programme selling, this smells of some half-wit left in charge of "improving things". Well its a classic mistake. Most football fans attending games do not seek out programmes, they want one where they know they can find it and before they go into the ground, mostly.

MGRA wrote:

TEBOURBA wrote:
The chickens are coming home to roost!
What sort of man sacks people who have worked for the Club for 25 years, by text, with no notice period?
Some might say a scumbag, I couldn't possibly comment.
I think this is NC getting in some light training before the main event when he sacks Nigel.
I wouldn't trust him as far as I could spit, Ted Bates must be spinning in his grave

what is wrong with some people..... NC is involved with trying to buy/sell multi-million pounds players.... what rational bone in your body thinks he can be bothered with match-day programme matters !?!? get real, this is the work of some numpty, probably an "expert" on marketing or something. But if you seriously think Nicola has the time to debate programme selling stategy then I assume you have soft toys in abundance to play with at home..

Big Deuche wrote:
Ok ... I am one of the programme sellers that was sent the disgusting letter telling me I was "surplus to requirements" I have been a
Saints fan for 50 years and have been to almost all home games and many away games during that time. I love my club as much as anyone of you. When I was given the chance to help this great club I took it. I even paid to get in for 10 years despite having a free ticket. The letter I received was disgusting. It did not even give me the option of paying for a ticket to the games. These people are as far removed from the real supporters as you can get. They knew we are red and white stripes yet pushed through the new style shirts with total disregard of the feelings of the true Saints fan. Does any opf you realise that the Saints matchday programme is printed in Portsmouth? I guess not as the address of the printers is omitted in the programme ... Look up Bishops printers. Finally I would like to say that foir 50 years I have loved and supported this club. I have the greatest of respect for mr Cortese who, along with the lovely Marcus Liebherr saved the club I love. I will be a Southampton fan until I die. And even though I feel like I have been betrayed by the love of my life, that will never change

Kings Lynn Saint wrote:
I'll just like to say two things.

Firstly, every time I go to buy a programme (over the last 2/3 seasons, they've sold out!!! Oh well, never mind.

Secondly, and this is aimed a "fans" like Thomas Upton and Tebourba. I have an idea that you might like.

How about the clubs sells all our best players for pittance, claimingthat if they want to go we can't do anything to stop them! Then, we can replace them with mediocre players (or players not even that good) on fairly high wages, after they have cost us £1 M plus each.

We can then sack Adkins and appoint Andy Crosby as manager as he will be a cheap option, only to sack him 4 games later because we're bottom of the league with just 3 points. We can then appoint Harry back, with Clive Woodward as Director of Football, both on high salaries.

We can then start playing the oh-so-attractive long ball game, and then when fans stop turing up, we can close all 4 corners of the ground.

Next season, in the Championship, all our half-decent players will leave as they'll have relegation clauses in their contracts. We'll end up in administration, face a 10 point penalty, and then start the 2014/15 season in League 1, but with our very existence hanging in the balance.

Then, just at the point we are about to be liquidated and cease to exist, we'll be taken over by a multi-billionaire, who will pump shed loads of money into the club, pay for the best League One striker of the time, appoint an up-and-coming English manager, support him financially through 2 successive promotions, til we arrive back in the Premiership for the 2018/19 season.

And you will still find something to moan and criticise about. Now, why don't you all just **** off and support the fishy few.

Big Deuche wrote:
Ok ... I am one of the programme sellers that was sent the disgusting letter telling me I was "surplus to requirements" I have been a
Saints fan for 50 years and have been to almost all home games and many away games during that time. I love my club as much as anyone of you. When I was given the chance to help this great club I took it. I even paid to get in for 10 years despite having a free ticket. The letter I received was disgusting. It did not even give me the option of paying for a ticket to the games. These people are as far removed from the real supporters as you can get. They knew we are red and white stripes yet pushed through the new style shirts with total disregard of the feelings of the true Saints fan. Does any opf you realise that the Saints matchday programme is printed in Portsmouth? I guess not as the address of the printers is omitted in the programme ... Look up Bishops printers. Finally I would like to say that foir 50 years I have loved and supported this club. I have the greatest of respect for mr Cortese who, along with the lovely Marcus Liebherr saved the club I love. I will be a Southampton fan until I die. And even though I feel like I have been betrayed by the love of my life, that will never change

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

thomasupton wrote:
Where do you all normally drink before the game?

Bill and Slugger usually go to The Station and I'm in the Channon suite. After the Villa game we met at the Joshua Tree. We're flexible though, all pubs are good!

bazza wrote:
25 years selling to get notice of 3 days.Good work Saints,No more progams for me.Reading some of these posts on here must all work for NC.

right back in the bar wrote:
if the club really does have the customer interest at heart maybe invest in a couple of decent defenders (oh and improve the catering)

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

Baddesley Bill wrote:

thomasupton wrote:

slugger wrote:
thomasupton .... you think you're good but you're poor ..... very poor . lol

Yes very poor just like those program sellers now.

Where did the charity money go Thomas? You have a vested interest (one that everyone here would sympathise with)...answer the question.

I haven't got a clue, I was just saying with losing my friend and my Dad recovering I take Cancer charities very seriously.

In that case I have £50 to give to your chosen charity...all you have to do is buy me a beer before the Fulham game on Sunday.

Bungalow Bill, my chosen charity is for the program sellers. I can't be at the Beadsley Sunday because I'll be at the match. Leave the money behind the bar and I'll pick it up Monday. I'll buy you a pint of squash when I see you

pompey are playing on saturday ..... you'll be fine ! ......... it's the beadslee btw .

Is it?? Not the Beadslea?

Rockhopper wrote:
Seems a strange decision and surely the programme sellers could be relocated to other tasks around the stadium.
Can't see any reason other than a relatively small saving to the club on wages.
If that's the case I would have preferred to see savings made by a reduction in the number of stewards employed on a match day.
From observations they appear well over-staffed both inside and outside the stadium, while of course watching the match for free.
More importantly unlike the programme sellers they are not generating an income for the club.
Very disappointing how these people have been treated by SFC.

Jameski wrote:
Maybe they will sell the programmes from vending machines inside the stadium?

saintshorse101 wrote:
i`m starting to get worried that all of us responding to thomasuphimself could be seen as internet bullying and would like to remind us all of the law....... oh who cares he a fish

skin2000 wrote:
Can any of the programme sellers play at centre back?

randre wrote:

Kings Lynn Saint wrote:
I'll just like to say two things.

Firstly, every time I go to buy a programme (over the last 2/3 seasons, they've sold out!!! Oh well, never mind.

Secondly, and this is aimed a "fans" like Thomas Upton and Tebourba. I have an idea that you might like.

How about the clubs sells all our best players for pittance, claimingthat if they want to go we can't do anything to stop them! Then, we can replace them with mediocre players (or players not even that good) on fairly high wages, after they have cost us £1 M plus each.

We can then sack Adkins and appoint Andy Crosby as manager as he will be a cheap option, only to sack him 4 games later because we're bottom of the league with just 3 points. We can then appoint Harry back, with Clive Woodward as Director of Football, both on high salaries.

We can then start playing the oh-so-attractive long ball game, and then when fans stop turing up, we can close all 4 corners of the ground.

Next season, in the Championship, all our half-decent players will leave as they'll have relegation clauses in their contracts. We'll end up in administration, face a 10 point penalty, and then start the 2014/15 season in League 1, but with our very existence hanging in the balance.

Then, just at the point we are about to be liquidated and cease to exist, we'll be taken over by a multi-billionaire, who will pump shed loads of money into the club, pay for the best League One striker of the time, appoint an up-and-coming English manager, support him financially through 2 successive promotions, til we arrive back in the Premiership for the 2018/19 season.

And you will still find something to moan and criticise about. Now, why don't you all just **** off and support the fishy few.

Great post ;0)

Saintade wrote:
Firstly the rather suspect halting of work at Stoneham and now axing programme sellers with a lame excuse...these are classic signs of a moratorium on spending. I reckon we've seriously overspent and have also underestimated attendances and retail sales and our revenues are way down. And I'm not surprised with that horrible new kit that hardly anyone has bought.

Scarborosaint wrote:
4 years ago the powers that be were calling for loyalty from the supporters in the clubs time of need , the supporters stood by the club through thick and thin , loyalty is a 2 way street and 6p per programme and a ticket for the match is hardly breaking the bank . On top of the training ground work being stopped and the mention of this off shore loan let's hope we have not overstretched ourselves too much too early ; we don't want to run into financial problems again or end up in the same situation as the skates find themselves in

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

Scarborosaint wrote:
4 years ago the powers that be were calling for loyalty from the supporters in the clubs time of need , the supporters stood by the club through thick and thin , loyalty is a 2 way street and 6p per programme and a ticket for the match is hardly breaking the bank . On top of the training ground work being stopped and the mention of this off shore loan let's hope we have not overstretched ourselves too much too early ; we don't want to run into financial problems again or end up in the same situation as the skates find themselves in

Never forget that the supporters that gave their loyalty have been rewarded with a team in the Premier League of English Football, through, primarily, the work of two people, Markus Liebherr and Nicola Cortese. Do you really want to reward them by doubting what that they did for the Club? There are bound to be ups and downs, I cannot believe that you cannot keep the faith and trust in Nicola, he has a dream and I am sure he is doing everything he can do to realise it. If you cannot give your full support, then I suggest you are in the wrong place at wrong time and SFC is not for you after all. Think before you post, be sure that what you have to say is factual, truthfull, not scurrilous speculation, that can do damage even if it is proved to be wrong later. We all want to know, we have a right to know, but I have no doubt that the Club will clarify the situation when it is right to do so. Please do not even bother to respond to the WUMs, they know even less about it than we do and their words are empty, just designed to annoy. Keep the faith, the future is bright, it's red and white, starting from tomorrow at St. Marys let us be hearing from wherever you are, as a supporter you are still vital in keeping the Club on track, it is down to every individual to believe, no doubting Thomas types, they are not welcome here. COYRs

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

Scarborosaint wrote:
4 years ago the powers that be were calling for loyalty from the supporters in the clubs time of need , the supporters stood by the club through thick and thin , loyalty is a 2 way street and 6p per programme and a ticket for the match is hardly breaking the bank . On top of the training ground work being stopped and the mention of this off shore loan let's hope we have not overstretched ourselves too much too early ; we don't want to run into financial problems again or end up in the same situation as the skates find themselves in

Never forget that the supporters that gave their loyalty have been rewarded with a team in the Premier League of English Football, through, primarily, the work of two people, Markus Liebherr and Nicola Cortese. Do you really want to reward them by doubting what that they did for the Club? There are bound to be ups and downs, I cannot believe that you cannot keep the faith and trust in Nicola, he has a dream and I am sure he is doing everything he can do to realise it. If you cannot give your full support, then I suggest you are in the wrong place at wrong time and SFC is not for you after all. Think before you post, be sure that what you have to say is factual, truthfull, not scurrilous speculation, that can do damage even if it is proved to be wrong later. We all want to know, we have a right to know, but I have no doubt that the Club will clarify the situation when it is right to do so. Please do not even bother to respond to the WUMs, they know even less about it than we do and their words are empty, just designed to annoy. Keep the faith, the future is bright, it's red and white, starting from tomorrow at St. Marys let us be hearing from wherever you are, as a supporter you are still vital in keeping the Club on track, it is down to every individual to believe, no doubting Thomas types, they are not welcome here. COYRs

MGRA wrote:

TEBOURBA wrote:
The chickens are coming home to roost!
What sort of man sacks people who have worked for the Club for 25 years, by text, with no notice period?
Some might say a scumbag, I couldn't possibly comment.
I think this is NC getting in some light training before the main event when he sacks Nigel.
I wouldn't trust him as far as I could spit, Ted Bates must be spinning in his grave

what is wrong with some people..... NC is involved with trying to buy/sell multi-million pounds players.... what rational bone in your body thinks he can be bothered with match-day programme matters !?!? get real, this is the work of some numpty, probably an "expert" on marketing or something. But if you seriously think Nicola has the time to debate programme selling stategy then I assume you have soft toys in abundance to play with at home..

Scarborosaint wrote:
4 years ago the powers that be were calling for loyalty from the supporters in the clubs time of need , the supporters stood by the club through thick and thin , loyalty is a 2 way street and 6p per programme and a ticket for the match is hardly breaking the bank . On top of the training ground work being stopped and the mention of this off shore loan let's hope we have not overstretched ourselves too much too early ; we don't want to run into financial problems again or end up in the same situation as the skates find themselves in

OSPREYSAINT wrote:
I was just thinking the method of selling Programmes has been Division One for some time, hopefully the new outlets will at least be waterproof, out of the elements and I can buy a Programme without it getting wet!

Good Looking Man About Town. wrote:
The poison dwarfs true colours are slowly beginning to show to the public.