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David, What I was clumsily trying to imply was that, like the Peterboro side of recent years, our aggregate goal tally is relatively high Bit like our own situation back in the old Third Division days

24 league goals so far in Saints 5 games thus far plus 5 in the Capital One Cup. A fair few more in prospect this weekend. We are the Peterborough (as was) of the South!!!

1,Davis/Borac 2.Richardson/ Butterworth 3, Shaw 4. Chaplow 5. Richardson/Stephens 6. Seaborne 7, De Ridder 8. Cork 9 Rodrigues 10. Guly 11. Lee Half reasonable Championship side but strong enough to beat Weds?

Since 1960. Comparative records in perspective Years in 1st Tier Saints 35 Pompey 8 2nd Tier Saints 15 Pompey 36 3rd Tier Saints 2 Pompey 6 4th Tier Saints - Pompey 2 Average League position (out of 92 clubs) Saints 11th Pompey 20th Average league Attendance Saints 19,498 Pompey 14,050 (which a larger capacity stadium for the majority of the time!!) Seasons in the higher position Saints 45 Pompey 7 Seasons with the higher average League attendance Saints 49 Pompey 3 etc etc.........

Probably been discussed on here before but my wife has mislaid a key to her Pug 308. Fortunately we have a spare but need to replace the original. Any suggestions on the most cost effective approach. Presume main dealer will charge + £150 Would a Key shop be able to do something cheaper if we took in the spare key? Presume there will be an issue with the transponder

Saw him play pre season v Sholing where I sat behind his grandparents in the stand. Looked a useful 'keeper but difficult to compare against non League opposition

Didnt realise that Sky wanted game to be shown live on Thursday night but we turned it down

Anyone know how the Saints go about this nowadays? In the 60's/70's most clubs had a system of full/part time scouts who recommended players to the Manager, The Manager would also have a list of players from his own experience. The Manager would then look at a prospective player first hand. Ted Bates would generally want to see the player perform both home and away before approaching the Board for the money to purchase. Often this would involve a player swap. I guess nowadays there are players Agents hawking their charges around, especially as their existing contracts come towards the end of their term. I wonder how many Managers/Coaches actually select a player nowadays? Do they simply say I want a certain type of player, position filled and leave it to the Director of Football/Chairman to find a list of suitable candidates and then do the deal. I just wonder whether Nigel Atkins is merely given the responsibility to integrate new players into the squad without having the initial say in whom he would prefer. If this is the case then our Nige, or any Manager, cannot really be held responsible for any duff buys. But of course they are and, by the same token, revel in the glory if the new player proves to be a diamond

Interesting summer spending table Chelsea £72.5m Man Utd £48m Arsenal £44m Liverpool £27m Sunderland £25m Spurs £23m Wigan £16m Man City £15m SAINTS £11.5m Everton £10.5m W Ham £9.5m Villa £8.7m Norwich £8m Newcastle £7.7m QPR £6.5m Reading £5.3m Swansea £5m WBA £3.5m Stoke £3m Fulham nil Of course all this will change by the end of the week but goes to show that at the time this table was compiled, Saints were 9th in the spending league. No info on players wages Also I guess Saints would be higher up the spending table if net payments were compiled as we have not sold anyone of any substance this transfer window. Part of me is pleased that we have spent out, as it is a necessity, but the cautious part is concerned about the ramifications if the expenditure doesnt work out well.

Remember thinking Ted must be a taking a real risk to splash this sort of money out for a relatively unknown player. What a bargain Big Ron turned out to be Interesting to find out that RPI has increased by a factor of 15 between 1966 and 2012 so this accounts for the relatively modest transfer value of £800k + Of course this is out of kilter with the actual transfer value which would certainly now be over £20m, perhaps much more, if Ron was capable of scoring as freely as he did with Saints in the 60's Interesting to compare admission charges which have gone up by a factor of approx 120 since 1966 although most clubs benefit from decent stadia (there are some noteworthy exceptions!!)

Interesting question on another forum Will the players on monthly contracts make themselves available for cup competitions? If so this may well reduce their opportunities with other clubs.

Whoever it was, fair play to them for a) getting a good spot and b) displaying a Saints banner. Hope they enjoyed the game

Presumed line up if all 3 sign? Davis 1 Gazzinga Clyne 2 Richardson Butterfield Fox 3 Buttner?? Shaw* Cork 4 Schneiderlin Chaplow Fonte 5 Stephens* Hooliveldt 6 Seabourn Ramirez ?? 7 De Ridder Davis 8 Hammond Chambers* Rodrigues 9 Lambert Sharp Lallana 10 Guly Ward Prowse* Phillips?? 11 Lee Puncheon Barnard/Dickson/Forte

Any idea who had the big banner behind the goal for last nights game? btw decent England performance I thought

A mate of mine took his kids down to Clarence Pier last week Apparently there is a public toilet across the road with a sign at the entrance that says 'No cycles. No Skates' Made him laugh Also further up along by the Pyramids is a garden area named 'The Dell'!!

The family have had a tough time of it lately Not only challenges with Sophia, but Nicky's Father in Law, a massive Saints fan, died suddenly last year and is sorely missed by many, and his Mother in Law has been very poorly lately too. Donate if you can to the cause

Must say very impressed with the lad last night v Uruguay Can see why a host of clubs are interested

Understand Pompey season tickets are on sale at an average of around £200 So IF 8,000 have been sold this provides a £1.6m revenue pot Our season tickets average around £600 so the equivalent revenue is 3 times as much Also Bradford city have consistently sold 10,000 or so season tickets at around the same price as Pompey's

I have some sympathy with this view However the old Queen Mary has struggled to make money in Long Beach and the cost of maintaining her in a relativey dry environment is not too high The QE2 in a damp country would mean the cost of maintenance would be high even allowing for the fact that the re-purchase cost might be reasonable. It is also an old ship where the lower deck quarters were frankly 2-3 star so some internal refurb would be required. Finally where would it go? It would really need to be in a Dry Dock with good access/parking etc for visitors.

Thought the old Queen was in resplendent retirement in Dubai or is just Phil?!!

This doesnt surprise me and disappointing if true I know it is a difficult balancing act to ensure the football club is well run but I do believe that loyalty to supporters, ex players and suppliers does provide long term benefits. The joint owners of Princess Coaches are both big Saints fans, family season ticket holders etc and they have had to jump through hoops to get the Saints contract including ,as has been said, investing in disabled friendly vehicles as well as being told to pay for ground advertising as part of the deal. They will be really gutted and I can imagine who will get the blame. Hopefully Lucketts will do a good job but only time will tell. Changing the subjest slightly, Coliseum used to have the contract to transport the Pompey team on their away days. Some suggestion that Ernie's Executive travel of Emsworth has taken over!!

Was this map produced when Portsmouth was part of the County of Southampton?

GM Talby was definately a Dockie Actually the Permanent Dockies (Perms) of which there were 3-4,000 in the 60's and 70's (average age 50 ish) would have been supplemented by younger (family related) casuals who were taken on in the summer when the Union Castle fruit boats used to come in There were also quite a few 'likely lads' who used to work for Harland & Wolfe (latterly Vospers) who used to follow saints regularly Add in the thousands who worked for Fords and BR at Eastleigh plus Pirelli's etc and there were lots of semi skilled/manual workers around who fancied the occasional dust up Unemployment wasnt a problem in those days and most youngsters had plenty of money and time on their hands

GM Apologies for being pedantic but bananas were never unloaded off the Cape Boats Also I am pretty sure that Maurice and Dougal were not Dockers and dont recollect that Jimmer, Bootsie or Killer were either In my hazy recollection the Saints 'Firm' was very small in comparison in those days and you had to be brave to be part of it as the numbers were very often stacked against Saints on the terraces

Unfortunately I dont think the the Orient Express has used the eastern Docks Line for a few years now Cunard used to charter the VSOE for their Line voyages to New York but it was never full, even when space sold to day trippers Shame really as it was a great sight I had the pleasure of a return trip up to Victoria, steam hauled, a few years back Absolutely fantastic!! Loads of people looking out for the train on the way up and we had a great on board meal Coming back on the late night SWT scheduled service was a bit of a let down though Freight trains into the Eastern Docks nowadays consist of Land Rovers from Halewood (Liverpool), Jags from Castle Bromwich (Brum) and Minis from Oxford. Think there may still be the occasional Boat Train but most now seem to go into the Mayflowert Terminal in the Western Docks