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When John O'Sullivan was Commercial Manager at St Mary's he reckoned that summer concerts would be a regular event at St Mary's As far as I remember there have only been two ie Elton John and Bon Jovi It seems that Hants CC have taken up the opportunity which is possibly a better alternative to St Mary's as I recollect that dear old Claus had to pay a six figure sum to relay the pitch to ensure his testimonial v Celtic could go ahead. Just wonder what the general opinion is of concerts at St Marys and whether there is too much of a risk of damage to the pristine pitch we have

Lets be clear on this There was no mythical dock strike apart from Pompey Dockers 'Blacklegging' over Cross Channel Ferries in November 1976 when a large party of Soton Dockies blockaded Portsmouth Commercial Docks The term 'Scum' has supposedly been used by the navy to describe Merchant Seamen but this is very unlikely to have any impact on Pompey supporters using the term to describe Saints fans. I believe this was a random term of distaste used by one or two Pompey fans and then cascaded out and actually reflects the term used by quite a few clubs towards their rivals There is some suggestion that it may have started after the death or serious injury of a Pompey fan on Fareham station following an attack by some Saints fans back in the mid 1960's but this is just heresay

Understand that Morgan was paid a 'loyalty' bonus of around £1m to stay another year Not a bad sum to assuage disappointment

Nice analogy

Heard last night that the police are taking a bit more interest in this game due to 'intelligence' from the Bournemouth end. Hope this is not the case but an idea to be cautious for those who don't want to be caught up in any disturbance

David There were originally 47 Boxes each holding 10 people However there is at least one conversion ie combining two into one (Sadio Mane and two friends were sat in one last night) I think only about 10 -12 boxes are sold so potentially 370 unsold seats each game The Mick Channon suite has a capacity of 500 which was probably not sold out last night plus at least one other smaller suite Plus there is the row of segregation seats between the fans, normally a few hundred, and there always seem to be a smattering of 4 or more seats together which never seem to be occupied

Interesting statistic 10.9m guns were produced in the US in 2013 compared to 5.6m in 2009 Apparently the upsurge in production was due to widespread belief that President Obama is looking to ban most, if not all, firearms.

That is a very relevant point However the Times article worked out their ratios on the number of games in which there was a result ie draws have been discounted So of the 32 league derby games, Saints have won 14 and their less successful derby game opponents have only won 8, hence the 63.6% figure Sounds a bit better than 50%. However using the same calculation that lot down the road have only won less than 1 in 4 of all derby games.

There was an interesting table in the Times yesterday focussing on the Tyne/Wear derby which, after the result on Sunday, became the joint second closest of the 16 England's main derbies along with WBA and Wolves. At the top end of the table Saints have the best proportionate advantage over their local rival with a win percentage of 63.6% This ratio increases to 69.8% if Cup games are added to League games For the record our overall record against our traditional rivals is: P 38 W 19 D 10 L 9 F 69 A 48 The head to head record in the early days of the Southern League also favours the Saints but these results have not been included as they are not considered to be 'First Class' matches.

Hope I am wrong but think Sam G will struggle to make it at the top level but there is no reason why he can't make a decent living out of football especially as he is still young and should mature and, hopefully, put injury and family tragedy behind him. Not quite sure why he was played out wide for the U21's but from that position he scored one of the best goals seen at St Mary's against Blackburn last season

Any one still awaiting a ticket thro the post for this one Mine supposed to have been posted last week but yet to arrive

At least he turned out in club colours which is more than be said of Tommy Forecast or Anthony Pulis

Interesting that you were able to get a room at £100 per night I think the tariff starts from at least double that in busier times Saw the building from a cruise ship as it looked very impressive. Looked up the history of the building which started out as a grain store as well as a place where canal boats were built One of the original owners (Stuckey's?) was murdered near by

I had to smile at your comment I wonder if this is the reason why Portsmouth Council have taken against Asylum seekers? Presumably the gentleman shown is residing somewhere in the Leigh Park area?

There are two of us going up independently for the game and staying outside of the city Is it best to go into Liverpool and park and get a bus (or taxi) to the ground or is there parking relatively close to Anfield? Last time I went we had to pay to local scallies to 'watch out' for the car whilst we were at the game!!

Is he still posting? Used to enjoy his in depth examination of many Saints related topics

Weren't we supposed to be interested in Vardy when he was with Fleetwood?

Seems a while ago that Mane was being rubbished by many after the Sheff Utd defeat

Mack rill Probably shouldn't say this but I reckon you are the sort of Pompey fan who a few of us on here would enjoy a drink with and exchange some light hearted banter You seem to have a sense of humour sadly lacking in some of your fellow Pompeyites Presumably your family were not affected by that nasty Dock Strike

Also, from the same organisers, a day at Windsor Races with one of our past (and least successful) manager's on 12 October £239 for the privilege compared to £90 for the Ronald Koeman evening However the ex manager in question will bring along the family pet to explain her part in her master's success and will also be available to offer advice on relatively complex financial matters and respond to texts and twitter feeds. No cats allowed though.

9th May this year Also 3 Queens were in together last year and also 2012 Not an irregular event

If you had the choice of one player from the England squad to improve Saints line up, who would it be?

Will be interesting to see how the figures change post January window Any one know what the figures were for Jan 2014?

It is good that a few Celtic fans have come on here with a decent and reasonable view However I guess there will be thousands of them cheesed off about continually losing good players to a medium sized English club fortunate to have a big wedge of Premiership cash to call on

I agree with you Like the 2 tiers Apparently cost to build was £50m compared to ours at £32m Also it seems the capacity can be increased to 45,000 with the addition of an extra tier, hence the high roof line However all these 'soul less'!!! stadiums aren't a patch on the old fashioned grounds full of rotten views, rotten timbers, under powered floodlights, third world toilets, cooking fat in the pipes etc etc... according to certain myths, of course.