Fingers up, any Southampton followers who’ve ever seen a map earlier than.
I’m speaking particularly right here a couple of map of the UK, of England.
Specifically, if Saints followers can level to the place three locations are.
These locations are Newcastle Upon Tyne, Wembley Stadium and Southampton.
Proper, if all you Southampton followers have managed that, maintain your fingers in place and I’ll now clarify.
Earlier than any Newcastle United match, I like to take a look at what their supporters are having to say.
Clearly, the larger the sport the extra curiosity I take, a cup semi-final naturally VERY excessive curiosity.
With Southampton followers I’ve observed a rising development as tonight’s match acquired nearer, outraged and squealing as a result of Newcastle United followers are so smug, they suppose they’re robotically attending to the ultimate and imagine this semi-final is a walkover.
The 2 items of ‘proof’ they’re repeatedly recycling and sharing are…
Firstly, Newcastle United followers already making journey / lodging preparations for Wembley on the weekend of Sunday February.
Secondly, Newcastle United already singing songs about going to Wembley, profitable a trophy, no matter.
Taking the second accusation first.
Newcastle United followers have ALWAYS sang about profitable trophies, going to Wembley, going to Europe and so forth. We do it as a result of we’re dreamers, as a result of we’re enthusiastic, as a result of we like singing, as a result of we like having fun with ourselves…it doesn’t matter what the truth tells us.
Just about none of us have seen Newcastle United win any home trophy and you may be in your mid-70s now in the event you had been an grownup when NUFC final received something.
We don’t count on to win something!
We hope to, we dream of it, we sing about it, BUT that’s NOT the identical as arrogantly pondering something is a given.
It’s a bit like a League Two or perhaps a non-league membership’s followers singing about ‘The best group, the world has ever seen…’, they aren’t declaring one thing that could be a reality, a certainty, one thing to be taken so significantly.
Keegan is certainly our king (at all times might be) and when (IF!!!!) we do get to Europe, we’ll certainly be singing. The identical, dare I say it, if we ever really win something. Whether or not that’s February 2023 or at any time when.
As for the primary little bit of ‘proof’ the Southampton followers put ahead.
I refer you again to my discovering locations on a map.
In case you set off at say 3am, you may do Southampton to Wembley Stadium in an hour I reckon.
In case you set off at 3am from Newcastle Upon Tyne, you’d get to Wembley Stadium someday that day.
Backside line is that 90% of Newcastle followers can be travelling nice distances and wish nice planning forward of it, if NUFC did certainly get to Wembley.
While for 90% of Southampton followers they might rise up within the morning, take the canine for a leisurely stroll, have a full English, then take into consideration how they select to get to the ultimate. All else fails, simply leap within the automobile and head up the street for an hour or so. Get to someplace helpful (prepare station / tube) and keep on their comparatively transient journey from there.
Newcastle followers planning / shopping for lodging and journey for the ultimate just isn’t vanity or taking something as a right, not less than not in 99.99% of instances. It’s merely frequent sense.
When tens of 1000’s of different Geordies may even be descending on the capital, the overwhelming majority additionally wanting to remain over and social gathering no matter occurs, having to plan is just about an absolute necessity forward of this risk.
Wait till February and the completion of the second leg EVERYTHING might be a lot harder and costly to rearrange.
In most cases, particularly with lodging, you’ll be able to simply cancel it, so many resorts will include a free cancellation choice or minimal monetary penalty / deposit, while trains for instance, I perceive trainline is barely £10 to cancel.
It’s both zero threat or at worst an excellent gamble, guide prematurely and if Newcastle get by means of you may save £££, guide stuff and Southampton get by means of and it’s both nothing misplaced or at worst a number of quid.
I’m very happy that Newcastle is the furthest Premier League membership from Wembley as a result of I really like the place we dwell, that’s these of us who dwell in and round the most effective metropolis within the nation. I don’t wish to dwell in or close to London BUT I do reserve the correct to guide stuff prematurely if I really feel there’s the slightest probability of my group taking part in in a cup ultimate there!
