Six is the magic number for Saints members hoping to get their hands on a prized FA Cup final ticket.

Following yesterday's announcement that the club have an allocation of 24,915 tickets for the May 17 clash with Arsenal, it was deemed that members who have been to at least six home league or FA Cup matches this season will qualify for a seat at the Millennium Stadium.

Saints have 17,000 season ticket holders who will receive application forms to claim their seat by this weekend.

After that the 1,000 corporate season ticket holders will be able to claim their tickets with the rest going to some of the club's 22,000 members.

Trawling through their records, Saints have found they can accommodate all members who have hit the magic six-game mark this year.

All those who qualify will be sent an application form by the club in due course.

The FA Cup final qualifying tickets must have been purchased on membership cards and those bought on general sale may not have been recorded.

The pre-season friendly and the Worthington Cup tie with Tranmere do not count.