As you may or may not have heard (probably not I would guess) our staff member Matt’s very own beloved Southampton FC is facing oblivion.

Formed in 1885 they have had a rich and varied footballing history which is in very real danger of coming to an abrupt and premature end this season. The club has gone into administration and faces the possibility of being liquidated, which means my lifelong team will be no more.

Rather than getting you all down with a dull video of the administration process (that I had up yesterday), here’s a little video of some of our best bits, featuring the God that is the Tiss:

So ‘What can I do to help?’ I hear you ask, well I give you four options:

1) Join the facebook group ‘Save Southampton Football Club’

2) Go to the three remaining home matches, tickets for the match against Charlton are a mere £15 and they do a very nice chicken tikka pie.

3) Buy something from the club shop. They have a real big sale on right now (for obvious reasons), and are offering 50% off and buy one get on free on everythng. As if that wasn’t enough, you also get a free home game ticket with the purchase of a home shirt.

4) Buy the club (debts are currently around 30 million but I’m sure they would do a deal)

Now I know not all of you will be fans of my team, in fact on closer inspection it appears currently only 12 of you are. However remember the players, Arsenal fans – without us there would be no Theo Walcott. Spurs fans – no Saints no Gareth Bale… The list goes on and on (well that’s it really but you get the point).

So do what you can if you have the time. If you feel the need to flame me feel free, but hopefully you’ll see the chance to help possibly save a team with a great history or maybe even definitely save the team (if you happen to have 30 million squid knocking about) and plump for option 4.

MOSCOW – Match ratings from yesterday’s Champions League final between Chelsea and Manchester United here in Moscow.

The Spring/Summer (probably good for all the year) range includes instant classics such as “’This slogan has been removed due to an infringement of the t-shirts terms and conditions” and “Footytube – ’cause I can’t afford cable” as well as many more.

All shirts are available in sizes from nerd skinny to couch potato large, though we don’t have any to fit Peter Crouch at the moment.

Go check the range out here.

I found a great little site today that lets you do ‘pretend’ betting on the footy. The premise is simple, pick some games, predict the results, and see what you would have won (or lost) had you really gone to the bookie. It pits you against other tipsters, has league tables, and offers free cash prizes if you do well. You can even join tipster teams and compete with your mates.

One of the best things though, is the ability to click other tipsters names and see how they’ve been betting over the last few months, and how much they’ve made. You can even get the site to email you whenever they make a new tip.

Great fun, and you don’t lose any ‘real’ money!

I was thinking of starting a footytube group on there, so if any of you lot are interested in joining with me, drop me a comment with your tipster username, or send us a mail, and we’ll get one started.

Oh, and if you’re wondering, the site is totally free to join, so go check it out here.

Part 2 -

Groups for the 2008 European Championship in Austria and Switzerland:

Group A: Switzerland Czech Republic Portugal Turkey

Group B: Austria Croatia Germany Poland

Group C: Holland Italy Romania France

Group D: Greece Sweden Spain Russia

Euro 2008 Team Presentation:

Past Euro Championships Winners (from 1960 to 2004):

EUROPE DRAW

Group 1 Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Albania, Malta

Group 2 Greece, Israel, Switzerland, Moldova, Latvia, Luxembourg

Group 3 Czech Republic, Poland, NORTHERN IRELAND, Slovakia, Slovenia, San Marino

Group 4 Germany, Russia, Finland, WALES, Azerbaijan, Liechtenstein

Group 5 Spain, Turkey, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Armenia, Estonia

Group 6 Croatia, ENGLAND, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Andorra

Group 7 France, Romania, Serbia, Lithuania, Austria, Faroe Islands

Group 8 Italy, Bulgaria, Republic of Ireland, Cyprus, Georgia, Montenegro

Group 9 Holland, SCOTLAND, Norway, FYR Macedonia, Iceland

Please bear with us while we test our new delivery platform. Some of you have emailed us requesting we go back to the “old format”, while it’s true we’ve had to slightly change course, and in some cases cease to post direct links, we still have a myriad of videos for you to enjoy and keep up with your favorite teams. Unfortunately, we had to shut down the submission system for some time until we settle some legal issues surrounding the posting of EPL, LFP and Champions League highlights.

Once again, bear with us on this one. If you wish to add constructive feedback or request some features you would like to see on the upcoming version, now is the time to speak up.

Here is a sneak peak at Footytube 2.0:

We’ve been sweating hard behind the scenes for a while now busy beavering away on the next version. But hang in there a bit longer, as we’re not quite ready yet (we figure sometime near the end of the month you’ll be able to preview what we’ve been working on).

There’ll be lots of goodies, but today I want to focus on just one of them:

Footy from the Couch – a live weekly show starring you and your mates, as you’re watching football – from your very own couch.

Nothing formal, you don’t have to wear suits, just watch, laugh, cry, joke – whatever you do on a typical match day. And if that’s not cool enough, we’re throwing in some cash too (quite a bit actually, for just sitting there watching footy on your TV).

Like the plan? Find out more and apply right here