Waterside.saint

They're only Cup Finals for the lucky clubs who get the chance to play them. Its beneath their dignity really to play against such lowly opposition, so the pluckiest only field weakened teams of junior players from their vast squad, all of whom would willingly pay handsomely for the privilege of being interns in the Barca of English football.

Fill in the blank: Hero->Zero-> ....

I do hope he's not overawed by the challenge.

Northampton and the Skates may still be equal top, but one is more equal than the other

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/live/daily?1362810 jordan.cross That's it 8 minutes ago jordan.cross Full-time: Pompey 0 Orient 1 8 minutes ago jordan.cross Boos on the full-time whistle 8 minutes ago

Another season in football's bargain basement beckons.

I blame those Championship standard floodlights. They clearly needed proper ones like these

YES!

soz for being such a noob at dirty tricks, says hapless skate

I fixed it for you

Classic case of Delusional Disorder (Grandiose type)

By rights they should have stretched to a badger burger for each of the pluckiest

Its a step up from selling Barbie dolls innit

Was that the same one I had where Barca were lulled into a false sense of security by Morecambe until their goalie scored against them on the final whistle? Talk about fact being stranger than fiction, I couldn't have made that up

We might say a right-thinking chap who had just witnessed, say, a traditional England batting collapse was 'incandescent'. By contrast, our friend here has simply become 'incoherent'

We're all missing point, that was in fact the greatest and most plucky snatching of defeat from the jaws of victory against a reserve team that ever graced their sh@gged-out potato patch

'Many involved in the club admit they wondered where the money was coming from but, said Allen, “when a team is doing well no one wants to read negative stuff.” ' #shouldhavebeenwoundup

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/pompey/late-drama-as-pompey-exit-cup-1-7189578 'with seven minutes left to play, spirited Pompey hearts were broken' I bet those were the most spiritedest hearts that ever beat to the thrilling rhythm of fourth tier football

Living beyond their means? Surely not

I assume the surfer is reaping the benefit of fatpennie's freestyle tombstoning display

Rich pickings indeed, here's one that made me cough my Sunday afternoon beer onto the screen: 'Why do Pompey fans have such... yesterday at 11:30am Post by bashamwonderland on yesterday at 11:30am I always used to like Pompey before I read their forum. Their fans chat more sh*t than Liverpool's. Like it or not, their natural stature cannot rise higher than League 1 or at the very best the bottom of the Championship for as long as they are owned by the fans. Now just a jumped up little club in a crumbling stadium. Quite fitting really. I suppose you can't blame the fans for being bitter, they were playing AC Milan a few years ago and now they play Barnet' I think they've been sussed.

Classy as ever. Why does Paul Cook sound like Les Dawson in drag?

Oh how funny. Hero => Zero =>Villain

Ah but remember they'd far rather watch the 'real football' played by clubs at the shallow end of the talent pool than the effete 'skilful' nonsense practiced in, for example, the English Premier League. #JealousScummer

Meanwhile the #gaptoothiest distinguished themselves: http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/crime/angry-scenes-break-out-after-pompey-match-1-7177494 Police closed off Goldsmith Avenue at one point to get control of the situation and officers on horses cornered rowdy fans. There were also clashes and outbursts at Fratton railway station, according to fans. One eye-witness said a woman on a moped, riding along Goldsmith Avenue, was knocked off her bike as fans charged across the road. She was not believed to be hurt. The eye-witness said he saw fans throwing bottles. ‘It was not very pleasant,’ he said. ‘It’s a shame some fans still behave like that.’ Fans have also taken to Twitter to comment on the rowdiness after the match. One fan said: ‘Just a few Pompey idiots kicking off at Fratton station supposedly. Got pretty bad apparently too.’ Another person wrote: ‘Been on the bus for about half hour and we’ve moved about 200 feet cause Pompey fans have decided to attack the Oxford lot.’ One fan wrote: ‘Crowd trouble around Fratton station. Neanderthals.’