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Welcome to the Saints Supporters’ Club
This is the 100th Anniversary season for the Saints Supporters’ Club. Our aims are :
- To serve the interests of the Members of the Supporters Club.
- To actively liaise with the Club, in order to foster constructive co-operation, dialogue and mutual understanding.
- To endeavour to facilitate an increase in attendance at home and away fixtures.
- To support all of the players and teams who represent the Club both on and off the field.1 To organise and participate in charitable fund raising and social events.
- To organise and participate in charitable fund raising and social events.
- To liaise with the Club to improve the social facilities for the supporters.
Here you can see the latest news from the SSC, the Club, and our upcoming games and events. The Club is once again running coaches to away matches and you can book here. Our Newsletters are now on this page.
NEWS
Northampton Saints Supporters' Club
Northampton Saints Supporters' Club has been in existence for almost 100 years in one form or another and exists to provide a focus for committed Supporters of Northampton RFC. Photos on this page courtesy our official photographer James Fitchew
After a two-week interruption for the Cup it's back to league action this week. The Saints travel down to Bristol on Friday night for a 7.45pm kickoff at Ashton Gate. For some reason that is difficult to determine, 4 of this weekend's 6 fixtures are on Friday night, with 1 on Saturday and 1 on Sunday. Perhaps they expect everyone to be Christmas shopping this weekend!
If you are on the Supporters Club coach - it departs from Franklin's Gardens at 3.30pm. Everything at Ashton Gate is cashless, but please bring a bit of loose change with you for the raffle and for the driver's tip.
The Bears are currently down in 11th in the league with 14 points. Saints are 5th with 20 points. Both teams will be thinking that their recent form does not reflect their true potential. For the Saints, this game see a return of the international contingent that has been missing during November. We must hope that can give the team the boost that it needs. And my weekly plea (usually ignored by the team) to cut down on the penalty count.
It's Leicester's turn to take a break, but as they are 10 points ahead of everyone else their league position is assured. Second place Saracens are at home to Sale and I'm inclined to go for a homer there. Harlequins are at home to London Irish, which again looks like the points staying at the Stoop (though Irish have provided a couple of scares this season).
4th place Exeter travel to Bath, the latter having yet to win a game this season. As Exeter and Saints are on the same points a win for the Aquae Sulis legion would do us a favour, however I think that match will go the way of the Chiefs. Gloucester are two points below us and travel to Wasps. Not too far apart on their recent form but a home win looks likely here.
The three other teams close to Saints are Newcastle, Sale and Irish. As mentioned above, all of them are up against stiff opposition so will probably stay below us after Sunday.
Back to the 1947-48 season and here's how the Chronicle & Echo saw the Bristol home game that season. The mud has long gone from Franklin's Gardens, if not from all the rest of the Premiership.
Team News | Bristol Bears vs Northampton Saints
Team News | Bristol Bears vs Northampton Saints
www.northamptonsaints.co.uk
The men in Black, Green and Gold travel to Ashton Gate on Friday evening.
For all those travelling to Bristol, Here is the Supportersclubs Guide to Bristol - put together by their supporters club.. All you need to know about Bristol, the City and Ashton Gate
saintssupportersclub.co.uk/documents/travel-guide-bristol-bears/
SPECIAL OFFER FOR THE TIGERS MATCH.
As trailed last week the SSC has a special offer for coach places and tickets for the the Leicester match on Friday 11th February. The Tickets are all together, NOT in the North Stand so crampons will not be required! (We have requested the Honeypot Stand). This is a fabulous opportunity to sit together at the Derby, and to let someone else do the driving!
There are tickets for Members and Non Members alike, and Reduced Prices for U18's. There is a (Very) Limited no of seats for members who wish to purchase their own tickets. You can book at the SSC website - link below. (We have a Paypal option - But would rather you used Bank Transfer) The offer expires on Dec13th and there will be an opportunity to buy at the SSC table in the Rodber at the Bath Match. This is expected to be a very popular offer so buy early to avoid disappointment.
saintssupportersclub.co.uk/ssc-store-2/
SSC Store - Saints Supporters' Club
saintssupportersclub.co.uk
Let someone else take the strain SSC Coaches are open to ALL Saints supporters NO PARKING WORRIESFEEL FREE TO HAVE A PINT (OR WINE) OR TWO!THE GREENEST OPTION
Regretfully we must let you know that we are unable to run the "Christmas special" coaches to Twickenham. We have (and apparently, we are not alone) been let down by the parking management for this event. We have been trying unsuccessfully to book parking slots since SEPTEMBER, with both Harlequins and Twickenham.
Since we finally discovered 2 weeks ago that there were no coach spaces available at either the Stoop or Twickenham, we and Hunters have been searching for alternatives with no luck. The way that this was handled by these organisations is in our experience, unprecedented, and we are taking steps to ensure this cannot happen again. Unfortunately, this does not help with this event, and we cannot even find parking elsewhere due to drop off/pick up restriction.
We can only apologise to those supporters who were looking forward to travelling with us and tell you that it doesn’t affect the coaches to Tigers in February, For which a very special offer will be available on Monday.
The SSC Committee
Thank you for the update I was 50-50 now I’ll watch it in the rugby club with a few beers instead 🖤💚💛🍻🍻🍻
Gutted
Team News | Harlequins vs Northampton Saints
Team News | Harlequins vs Northampton Saints
www.northamptonsaints.co.uk
Northampton take on Harlequins on Friday evening at Twickenham Stoop.
Round 2 of the cup means a Friday night trip down to The Stoop to take on Harlequins, with a 7.45pm kickoff. No TV coverage so, for other than the few making the trip down to west London, it will be a listen-in on Radio Northampton. No Supporters Club coach as there just wasn't sufficient demand to make it viable.
Both we and Quins lost in round 1, which means that both will be wanting to make an impression this weekend. Both teams are shorn of players on international duty so I'm reluctant to make any sort of prediction.
I probably should have used this extract from the 1947-48 brochure last week but it's still a worthwhile read...
Look out for a stunning offer around the Leicester match for SSC Members - worth the membership fee alone! Details in the next few days
Upcoming events
