......and for us Saints fans, staving off relegation to secure another season in the Premier League is one of them.   Something we`ve got used to over the years, epic last ditch battles to stay up - Swansea and Crystal Palace spring to mind as examples of games needing to be won at the dog end of previous seasons.  And last night`s defeat of Fulham by Burnley meant that Southampton are now mathematically safe from relegation with four games still to be played.  

It`s curious how the emotions run when you support a club that seems always to be struggling to survive.  For the past few weeks I have been concerned that we might not make it and although it was highly unlikely that Fulham were going to win their last four games and the Saints would lose all of theirs, nevertheless when last night`s result came through there was a collective sigh of relief.  The stresses and strains were finally lifted and a general sense of wellbeing descended on a hitherto nervous city.  The dancing in the streets is probably still going on.

Now of course it would be nice to win something - a long time since my last visit to Wembley when Southampton won the Johnstone`s Paint Trophy and a long time too since we were top of the Premier League back in November last year.   And I understand the elation that must be felt by supporters of clubs like Manchester City, Chelsea, Man. Utd and Liverpool who have grown used to winning things.  It must be nice for them.

But it does make me wonder whether they feel any better than we Saints fans do on days like this- it`s a different kind of emotion I guess, between the elation of winning and the relief of not losing. It might be a better feeling, having come through yet another anguished time and lived to tell the tale?