SOUTHAMPTON
Premier League, St Mary's Stadium, Sunday 16 October 2022, 2pm
West Ham United head to Hampshire to take on Southampton on Sunday.
The largest stadium in the south of England outside London, St Mary’s has been home to the Saints since August 2001. Prior to that, the Saints played their home games at the historic, quirky and abnormally shaped The Dell.
St Mary’s is anything but those things, as one of the many enclosed, four-sided, all-seater stadia built either side of the millennium, but it is situated just a short distance from St Mary’s Church, where St Mary’s Young Men's Association FC was formed. In 1897, the club took the name Southampton FC.
The modern-day Southampton are seeking to re-establish themselves as a top-half Premier League club after finishing above 15th and reaching 50 points just once in the previous four seasons, having finishing in the top eight in each of the four before that.
Tickets…
The first 90% of our allocation of 3,242 Standard Tickets sold out to Bondholders and Season Ticket Holders with 20+ Loyalty Points. The remaining 10% (324 tickets) were then made available to Season Ticket Holders who had yet to purchase for this game by a ballot process. The ballot closed at 12pm on Wednesday 21 September..
Accessibility Tickets are available. For both Wheelchair Viewing Spaces and Accessible (AEA), tickets are charged at the relevant price band. Please call our Ticket Office team on 0333 030 0174 or email [email protected].
How to get there…
As is the case with so many football stadia these days, it is recommended that supporters take public transport, rather than driving to the game.
However, at time of writing South Western Railway were planning engineering works on Sunday 16 October, meaning services from London Waterloo will terminate at Eastleigh. From there, it is a 20-minute replacement-bus ride to Southampton Central. From there, it’s a signposted 15-minute walk to St Mary’s.
Services leave Waterloo at 09.35, 10.15, 10.35, 10.54 and 11.35.
If you’d rather, there is a shuttle bus from Central station to St Mary’s (and back again after the game) which costs £2 each way.
Heading home, buses depart Southampton Central for Eastleigh at 16.34, 16.59 and 17.34.
If you do opt to drive to the game, there is no parking in the streets surrounding St Mary’s, so you should instead head for one of the following City Council car parks: Bedford Place (postcode SO15 2QW), Grosvenor Square (SO15 2GR), West Park Road (SO15 1AP), Marlands (SO15 1BA), Eastgate (SO14 3HH).
Where to stay…
Southampton is a sizeable city and, as such, there are plenty of hotels and other accommodation options available.
There are the usual chain options to suit all budgets in and around the city centre.
If you fancy tapping into Southampton’s nautical feel, perhaps you might consider staying in the Ocean Village, a few hundred metres south of St Mary’s, where you can view the yachts and other boats moored in the marina.
And if you fancy making a weekend of it, perhaps you would consider staying across Southampton Water in the beautiful New Forest National Park.
What to do…
The New Forest National Park is a large area of pasture land, heathland and forest situated between Southampton and Bournemouth. A truly beautiful part of the country, it is home to rare birds and mammals, including the native New Forest pony, which roams free and can be seen strolling through towns and villages!
If you stay in Southampton itself, the city’s maritime tradition is apparent in the aforementioned Ocean Village, while the SeaCity Museum tells the story of the Titanic, which set sail from Southampton on its ill-fated voyage in 1912.
The city is also home to a range galleries, theatres and museums.
What’s happened there before…
We’ve been regular visitors to St Mary’s Stadium since it opened in 2001 and are unbeaten on our previous four Premier League matches there.
Our most recent two top-flight fixtures at St Mary’s ended goalless in December 2020 – Craig Dawson’s debut – and September 2021. However, we were beaten 3-1 in a forgettable FA Cup fifth-round tie there in March this year.
Our first-ever visit to St Mary’s ended in victory, with Trevor Morley and Lee Chapman hit the target in a 2-0 success in our debut Premier League season on 29 November 1993.
Overall, we’ve been to St Mary’s 19 times in the Premier League, winning five, drawing seven and losing seven.
