If you go back to 1976 when both Newcastle and Southampton reached Wembley then Saints have spent more seasons in the top flight (32-31), reached more Cup Finals (4-3) and won more Cups (1-0).
In terms of being passionate as in making a lot of noise you have a point, but in terms of passionate as in having a local club that the people want to get behind I think that the whole journey of almost going out of business to Premier League HAS created something powerful. Those Newcastle...
If you're packing out a 30,000 stadium week in, week out and you've got a catchment area with 1 million people then you have the potential to become a Southampton, and I don't think Southampton would be judged a small club, or held up as small compared with Newcastle.
The reality is that to...