Supporters must come out in force to save Southampton FC

Saints’ parent company, Southampton Leisure Holdings PLC, was this morning placed into administration, but that could just be the start of a dramatic slide towards oblivion if everybody with Southampton Football Club at their heart doesn’t pull together. If a buyer is not found quickly, the PLC and the club face going out of business within weeks.

The only way to sustain the club in the short-term is for the fans to show how much they care by buying tickets and turning up to support the team.

Revenues generated by ticket sales for the three remaining home games of the season – against Charlton on Saturday, Crystal Palace on Monday, April 13, and Burnley on Saturday, April 25 – are absolutely vital.

The future of the club is literally hanging on it.

If there is a sellout for all these fixtures then it will not only boost club coffers and at least allow the team to see out the season, but it will also show any possible investors just what potential Saints has.

We can all remember the heady days of the Premiership when every game was a sell-out and, although a Championship relegation scrap might not be quite so glamorous, the club and the team is calling upon you in their hour of need.

Everybody knows money is tight but with bargain prices of £15 for adults and £5 for concessions for the game and with Crystal Palace’s “Kids for a Quid”

there are opportunities not only to cheer on the team but to help keep the club in existence.

There is not a Saints fan around who hasn’t got a mate who “would go if Rupert Lowe wasn’t there any more”.

Well the challenge is now laid down to them – he and all the previous regimes are gone, they are out of town.

The only show left on is keeping the football club around, not just for now but for generations to come to enjoy and be proud of, just as many generations have before.

Nobody is blaming the fans for the club’s demise, but they can play a massive role in its survival.

It’s not only individual supporters who can play their part, but businesses as well.

Corporate hospitality represents not only a good day out but also another vital lifeline the club so desperately needs.

And any investors out there who were waiting for their moment to strike, well now is the time.

It’s a time to be the saviour, the white knight, to become a hero.

Sadly there are not many of us who have that kind of money, but everybody can still play their part.

Southampton Football Club needs its fans now more than at any time in its past.

If this isn’t to be the final chapter in the history of a glorious club then get down to St Mary’s and roar the team on to victory and the club to survival.

Save our Saints.