Brentford Football Club have shown a disregard for the safety of their own supporters in appealling to their own fans to expose Saints supporters in home areas.
In a "Southampton Match Update" on their official website Brentford have shown that for some reason they have little regard for the safety of either their own supporters or those of visiting fans.
By denying Saints upporters extra ticket for a game in which their stadium will be little more than half full, Brentford themselves have created a situation that has the potential for serious public disorder, both inside the ground and outside it with ticketless fans.
Saints and brentford fans have no history of trouble between them, indeed with last seasons game seeing the away section sold out, the home stands has a fair smattering of Saints supporters in them and that case looks likely to be repeated on Saturday.
But do Brentford do the sensible thing and make provision for Saints fans in home areas ? no they announce that Saints supporters will be ejected for no other reason that they are Saints supporters, the press release after stating that ticket sales ceased at 4pm Today and that their would be no ticket sales on the day are virtually admitting that they can see problems on the horizon, but their answer s this
"Any supporters other than Brentford supporters found in home areas will be ejected from the ground regardless of whether or not they have a ticket for that area, In this respect we would ask supporters to liase with the nearest steward to alert them of such incidences"
Brentford are themselves stoking up the fire and creating an atmosphere of hate not just amongst Saints fans miffed at having to hide their colours but amongst their own fans, put bluntly if a child is injured in an incident where a home fan has pointed out what he thinks is a Saints supporter, Brentford football club will be to blame.
Far better to accept that there will be Saints supporters in home areas and create a segregated area for them to be moved to and watch the game, after all the majority of the crowd their on Saturday just want to go and watch a game of football, be they Saints or Brentford fans, I hope that someone at Brentford Football Club sees sense and instead of creating a witch hunt makes plans so that decent supporters of both fans can go to the game and watch it peaceably and safely.