The Round Ball Game

[marthe]

... i had asked chums and family which team they supported before the game, all were for the Giants ...dk why .... great game very dramatic endgame ...

Where do your family and chums live? If they live outside of NE/NY then it's just a matter of preference rather than being loyal to the home team. With American football it sometimes boils down to the star quality of the quarterback, one could be either Tom Brady fan (Patriots) or an Eli Manning fan (Giants). At anyrate, the rivalry between Boston and New York goes back a long way.

It certainly was a dramatic endgame, even though I didn't watch it!

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

Az and Ca marthe .... just preferences not tribal loyalties unlike my feeling for les bleus [chelsea soccer team] which was established in childhood with paternal and peer support!

[teamsaint]

Az and Ca marthe .... just preferences not tribal loyalties unlike my feeling for les bleus [chelsea soccer team] which was established in childhood with paternal and peer support!

I take it "peer support" is south london shorthand for " a good hiding if you even think about supporting another team" ? !!

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

er no, a West London circumlocution for 'me mates liked them as well' ....

[teamsaint]

er no, a West London circumlocution for 'me mates liked them as well' ....

oh well, fair enough

Why do so many live in Basingstoke though. ?!

and i thought the circumlocution was by Little Eva.......or was it Lulu ?!

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

i have no idea why so many of any kind of entity resides in Basingstoke .... i have not been there in many years and such visits as i made were epically discouraging ....

[teamsaint]

i have no idea why so many of any kind of entity resides in Basingstoke .... i have not been there in many years and such visits as i made were epically discouraging ....

milestones museum is ok if you like C20 nostalgia. There is an ice skating rink and er..........lots of fellow chelsea fans if you are that way inclined. (a fair few Saints also !!)

Actually the Anvil has some decent concerts I think (never been there).

But, as you suggest, It wouldn't be my first choice for a place to lay my head !!

If you like ring roads, lots of retail parks, and a fast train line out of town, its deffo the place for you !! And its quite near to Bracknell and Farnborough......Result !!

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

reminiscent of hemel hempstead

[marthe]

Az and Ca marthe .... just preferences not tribal loyalties unlike my feeling for les bleus [chelsea soccer team] which was established in childhood with paternal and peer support!

Oh dear! I'm afraid that my nearest and dearest is in the other camp, northern lad that he is! We do have a good friend who is a great supporter of les bleus. G and W have friendly rivalry going!

[cloughie]

Looks like the Owls can now forget the toffee and concentrate on the league and the long return to the promised land!

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

was there a rumour that Roy Keane might manage Millwall? no wonder they set about Soton!

[EdgeleyRob]

concentrate on the league

Cliche alert !

[cloughie]

Cliche alert !

Sorry to hit a raw nerve, Rob!

[Norfolk Born]

Back in the 1960s I worked and then studied in Southampton, and have continued to follow the club's fortunes. I think they are to be congratulated on having the sense to be knocked out of the FA Cup ('The Competition Fans Love To Shun') in order to concentrate on what's really important, namely promotion. I once attended an England Under-23 International against Yugoslavia at The Dell. The manager cunningly included Martin Chivers in the starting line-up, thus guaranteeing a full house. I still have the ticket stub - being a special fixture, prices had been increased, but I was happy to stump up my 7/6 (37.5 p). If memory serves, England won 2-0. What is now on the site of the old ground, by the way?

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

well we can focus on the League or find that the Cup is a wonderful challenge etc .... they are not cliches .... these narratives of despair are the very essence of the game eh ....