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I haven't got too much against Southampton historically, but in the 'here and now', you always want to beat the big team in the division, and they must be this season. Pardew adds to it (he's friendless, for good reason) and this penny-pinching is very odd, not least because taking a shirt...

Exactly. And so would any sponsors. A call from their MD, and this ban goes. *edit* Looks like they don't have a shirt sponsor anyway this season, so might have to be other things. And is that right, they've ditched the stripes?

I predict this decision will be reversed very soon. There are all sorts of things a paper can do to put pressure on, a lot of them involving the featuring (or removing) of references to important club sponsors. Another possible scenario is that Pardew, who loves publicity, finds tabloids won't...

It's presumably not just 'no freelancers', it also includes staff photographers, both for the big sports agencies and the papers/magazines themselves. I'd be amazed if there wasn't some retaliatory action over this. Maybe they can just let one local press guy in as well, and send his words to...