Southampton Australian Supporters

I've heard enough.
Pep's lads are in serious trouble when we go up there. We'll beat them 8-0 without breaking a sweat.

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A signing sealed with a kiss 📝😇

The kits are here!

Let's get some GIF reactions

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Anyone know what time the final starts?

About time Sammy Saint, the SAS lucky mascot made the news!

Fun (and long) night ahead at The Impy!
Where's everyone watching the final from?

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Starting to feel bad for the other 19 clubs.

Really hard to see us dropping a game this season.

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Don't waste your vote.
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We'll be disappointed with anything less than 115 points. Has the Premier League always been this week?
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SAS crew:
Who would like to get their hands on a signed 2023/24 Southampton kit while raising money for a good cause?

Let us know :)

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When you want to buy all the retro kits but only have enough money for one..

Please bring this in for the Prem as well 🙏

Time to remove the Fergie era tactic of surrounding and bullying refs at every opportunity. A speciality of the Big 6.

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Top corner from Charlie 😂👏

Bye bye BeIN 👋

SAS MATCH REPORT: Playoff Final

Most of these reports have been done in the early hours following a game. For pretty obvious reasons that didn’t happen this time. The promotion party went too long and too hard for any coherent sentences (or movements) to form.

So, 3 days later, here we are.

- The buildup to the game unsurprisingly focused on our opponents and their massive supporter base. So massive in fact that the population of London quadrupled on the weekend and they sold almost 200 million tickets to the final, including most of ours. Fair play.

- Leeds also went in to this game the clear favourite with the bookies having recorded two wins from their last eight and a head-to-head record against their opponents of Loss – Loss. Doesn’t make a difference to us, we’re just happy to be here after a train wreck of a Premier League season. Bring it on!

- After a massive build up, the richest game in world sport is underway: the opportunity for one of these teams to be sacrificed next season to various nation states on global television. A true honour.

- The first ten minutes is cagey, error prone and it almost looks as if our players are buffering. Oh wait, they are. On the biggest day of the season BeIN Sports has crapped the bed and a full, well-hydrated pub in Melbourne is slowly getting more and more frustrated.

- It looks like the riot police will need to be called to the steps of Parliament for the 300th time this year until the action thankfully kicks back in on a reliable stream. The first image we see is that of Leeds manager Daniel Farke, who looks like what would happen if you left a Russell Martin doll out in the sun too long.

- It appears the buffering has stopped for us at Wembley as well as we’re now settling into the game and playing some nice football, with a beautiful move between THB, Aribo, Fraser and AA showing us early holes in the Leeds defence (more on that later thankfully).

- We have a free-kick in the Prowsey Goldilocks area, but with no JWP to take it, we use the chance to refresh at the bar. 0-0 it remains.

- The Spicy Passelona play continues as THB links up with Downes who plays the ball to Southampton’s very own Will Smallbone, who in turn plays a delightful quick ball to AA who just doesn’t miss these at this level. GETTTT INNN THEREEEEEE!! Time to book those flights to Madrid. Champions League is just a year and a bit away!

- The rogue Leeds defender is amusingly waving his arms around for the linesman or VAR to intervene, but he’s got about as much chance of waving down a cab on the Nullarbor at 3am.

- This is unlikely to be a smooth journey from here and that starts in the form of a forced early sub as David Brooks joins the Leeds defender in throwing his shoulder out of the socket. Edozie on.

- A clever set-piece just before half-time and AA almost makes it two. His shot is parried into an incredibly dangerous position, but with no Che on the pitch there’s nobody there to smash it into the back of the net (or over) from 2 yards out. Half-time. 1-0. We’ll take it.

- The second half is underway and we all know this last 45 minutes+ is going to feel like 45 years. An incredible block from Harwood-Bellis shows us what a bargain we’ve picked up from soon-to-be 8th Tier Man City.

- It’s then Summerville’s chance to have his first impact in 240 minutes of football against KWP this season. A lot of talk about how nice of a bloke Kyle is and he’s showed it there by allowing the young fella to come out of his pocket for a quick peek around Wembley before being zipped away for the rest of the match.

- The dangerous James is now on the edge of the area and all the players, fans and people not even watching know we can’t let him get a clear shot on his right foot. Unfortunately the ball has other ideas as it deflects up perfectly for a volley. He’s leathered that. 1-1. Wait, what. WHAT A SAVE! The Crossbar has somehow kept that out and the Impy has erupted into a chorus of OLE, OLE OLE OLE, CROSSBAR CROSSBAR. Head to Bunnings, buy the wood, build the statue. 1-0 it remains.

- James has another chance which is well saved by the non-inanimate object Alex McCarthy. Not quite as impressive, but just as important. After being cryogenically frozen for most of the season the silver fox and former SAS trophy winner has played a huge role in the last part of the season. If today is his last game he goes on an absolute high.

- In what feels like the 4,564th minute of the match, a free-kick is taken by Mellier and with 21 players on the edge of the box, Taylor Harwood-Bellis somehow wins a free header. It’s the equivalent of going to the beach and not having sand in your car when you get home (for those reading in the UK sand is like really, really tiny yellow rocks) THE WHISTTTLEEEE! Leeds are on the beach, we’re in the big time. Bliss, bedlam and big hangovers the order of the day. EI EI EI O. How bloody good was that!

- The celebrations lasted long into the night and the glow is still as strong as it was at that final whistle. This has been a joy to write and the season a joy to watch. For now we go in to next season full of hope and optimism.

Thanks for reading. I hope you got a laugh out of these :)

Anyone who doubts Russell Martin's ability to manage in the Premier League has rocks in their head.

We just checked the table and he already has us in a Champions League spot!


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It's been a while.
Time for a game of Yay or Nay.
Home kit edition.

👑 King Kyle is the winner of this season's award, but we still need another set of votes to finalise the table. As we all know, finishing 5th in an is worth more than winning a Ballon d'Or.

So let's hear you for one last time in 2023/24. Where are your 10 votes going 🏆

How good 😍