RK - Southampton FC. They had spent that money in good faith, based on SFC having acted in good faith - which they quite clearly did not - clearly breaking an EFL rule, causing their PO Final to become irrelevant.

Southampton, im previous message. Just not sure fans would want to throw this

DO, who would they sue?

So'ton fans could also look at suing for cost of tickets to both legs of PO SF and transport to M'boro!

Presumable Southampton fans with non-refundable train or National Express Coach tickets or non-refundable London hotel bookings will need to sue Southampton in the Small Claims Court.

A4e - maybe because British people have been leaving the UK at a faster rate since July 2024?

Airsy - sounds fair ☺️

Wow, net migration is down from 944,000 in 2023 to 171,000 in 2025 - that’s quite some drop!!

I think, with a good push, that we'd have been in with a shout of the play-offs in 2002/03. Would be better all round if they put us in instead of 'Boro' on Saturday

Trigg - also, most Southampton fans probably don’t think they’d have lasted more than one season in the Prem 😬

OI - yes, I get that idea, and your point has merit for sure, but as someone said yesterday, there’s so much money spent by fans on playoff final day at Wembley, it was never going to get cancelled… 💰

Credit to Southampton fans - from the ones I’ve spoken with directly and from most of the stuff I’ve seen from them in the media they are upset and angry with the people at their club who’ve cost them dearly. They’re not blaming the EFL.

Awarding Boro a 3-0 win after the first leg would have been neat but a final endorsement of the Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland "Sentence first - verdict afterwards".

Timmy, too early in the morning!

a4e - I said I didn't want a team that had lost (to a better team) or a team that cheated to be promoted, which was why my preferred solution, though never going to happen, was scrap the match and promote Hull. Failing that I really hope Hull win it.

That’s victim blaming. There’s a rule in place to protect them already, why should they have to protect themselves against the rules being broken?

I have a solution to the playoff and WC issues and missing teams. Let Iran play Hull on Saturday and let Soton play in their place in the WC ...

TM, stealing is stealing, I can't condone that. However when it's clear others want what you have, Theres a duty on oneself to employ some form of protection if you don't want to give it away. These clubs are vying for the £100,000,000 prize, I'll say it again, the £100,000,000 prize, not spending some cash on screening the training pitch is on the club. If that is interfered with, then there's a trespassing or damaging issue which then becomes a criminal matter. That then becomes a whole different situation that has, in my view, legal ramifications attached to it, not moral ones, about someone's hurty actions in being a voyeur. Just draw the curtains.

RK - exactly my point!

It's also on you to sort out your (theoretical) behaviour Timmy

Spot on about Gibson, he’s been a great owner. Funny that the enshriners never mention people like him…

“ The onus surely should be on the club, and that's all clubs to protect their own "crown jewels " So if I shoplift it’s on Waitrose for not employing security?

EFL fixtures out 12pm Thurs 25th June

I'm of the view that the EFL should have dealt with the matter after the first leg and awarded Middlesboro a 3-0 win. After all, the transgression was before the first leg and 'Boro would have been able to adjust to suit as they would for a replay.

I'm still in the Southampton have been hard done by camp. I find it bizarre that people such as borough fans could be looking in on the training sessions and nothing would have or has been said. The onus surely should be on the club, and that's all clubs to protect their own "crown jewels " tactics they intend to employ, by ensuring it's done behind closed door. Why not inside the stadium itself? Or inside, as Trigger has said in an indoors facility. I know I'm in a minority, but have to say that if you are careless with your wares, don't be be surprised to get mugged.