OldNick

It has also been reported that the reason Pompey get high attendances as the spectators like to experience the novelty of inside toilets

I went onto Amazon to buy a ticket to watch Pompey and it said other customers from Amazon who purchased a ticket also bought a long length of rope and a stool

totally agree, he gives his all. Sadly there are fools around who cant see what he gives us

personally I thought the ref did OK, it looked a penalty in realtime and a weak ref could have taken the easy option by giving it.A massive call. i was moaning about him booking ours for 1 foul and Ramires not getting booked until his fourth. The ref wasn't looking at the the shirt pull to be fair. I feel he is not a bad ref

lol, it still could be a relegation 6 pointer

I wonder if some of the old threads about him are going to be brought to life lol

Pompey have got away with real punishment. I always felt the only true punishment for the glory would be to have lost their stadium.Others disagreed, but the stadium is their gods end as it is their attendances and a place of focus that keeps the fire burning for them. If they did not have FP they would not now be getting the crowds and income that should sweep them up to the CHampionship. 5 or so years of pain for an FA cup win etc is well worth it in my opinion, we had that for no glory

Salisbury, I stand in with the inter city firm there lol

Fair play, and of course you also added another record soon after, Portsmouth went down to the Third Division in 1961 (the first former English League championsto do so)

It was the nations and creditors FaCup win, sweet FA to do with Pompey

oh no this means another justice campaign and minutes silence as the Scoucers are being victimised again

Who didnt challenge in the jump for the ball with Morgan? It looked to me it was Pelle which was surprising.The ball went between 2 Utd players , one who seemed to block our player to let the ball through for Mata

i notice small digs at targett on here. Personally i think he played ok. he has faced some decent wingers this season and seems to me to learning. I was sitting next to a Man U fan and he commented how good he thought he was.

It is the first time I have arranged a game for about 2 seasons (except friendly at the start of season) Things don't change. We never seem to win with Clattenberg, we didn't get the second goal that would have been fair considering our superiority. We sat back and let them play, it all seemed to happen after they put in a couple of heavy tackles. Clattenberg didn't give a card and so they could carry on pulling and fouling without fear of being booked or sent off. I thought Jwp was pretty good until Morgan hit him with a tackle near their box and he faded ( add to that Pelle giving him an ear bashing regarding his free kicks not aimed at him) I was a bit surprised that after setting up the 2nd goal Sadio did not show any emotion or go and celebrate the goal (his head in Manchester?) Targett coped well until he got injured. Romeu taken off! Was he injured? Why Tadic was not replaced As he faded badly after about 30minutes Yoshida's back pass !!! The save by De Gea was one of the best I have seen over the years. It was breathtaking from where I was sitting. Van Dyke needs to work on his pace and strength of heading Sadio and Pelle superb. I was sat near Rodney Wallace and Glen Cockerill (neither cheered our goals) The United fans good but I do think it's funny that when they sing ' only here to see Utd' they really put on a Manc accent.

god it fun reading the apologists on here.

He wasn't all bad then,ol Add academics to that lot and you are talking.

but those players never played at Utd and so why should they. Luke obviously has great affection for our club by his tweet, and he is a decent lad. I hope he recovers quickly and his promise comes to fruition. That would be good for my Country of birth as well. Get well soon Luke,

yes, he certainly took a beating during that test. There had to be underlying reasons why the Windies took the route they did. It was an appalling show of aggression, and in those days they had no helmets. RIP

don't worry the Tories will fight amongst themselves re the Euro vote and the waters will muddy again. None of them are loyal to a cause but have a nonsense view of the UK standing alone in the modern world. Many of the younger voters will never have been around when the Labour left last had power. You will get the trendy celebs etc spout 'what fun' it is to have leftish party , where they will protect their wealth but harp on about spreading they rest out. I recall Benn doing the same when the Wealth tax was going to happen. It was interesting to see that Scottish woman who did well in the last election start trying to pop at Corbyn as she knows his policies are similar to the SNP. The next election will be close again IMO.

Jeremy and Piers the names of typical working class brothers from a struggling family, have they a brother called Rupert as well?. I have not bothered to read about their background but I never knew many lads of that name when I was kicking a ball around Shirley Rec. My father used to say ' only the rich can afford to look poor'

i agree with Lard. He should have done better with the resources he had. Losing out league titles to Brighton and Reading was poor. Ok we got promoted but look at those two clubs and where they are now compared to us. Our name should be engraved on those trophies and seeing the old Division ( top division)one trophy that I watched being lifted by other clubs growing up, and missing seeing our captain lift it does irk.

Nothing like giving some youngsters a chance is there? Get used to having young players who are notate the finished article as that is the blueprint of our club. Targett has faced some very decent wingers and done ok.each game he learns a little more and in time will do ok. Perhaps not a top 4 player but good enough.

Paul Whitehouse is overrated. I watched the Danny Baker 'life story' first episode and boy was that poor. I suppose it doesn't help as I don't like him. ( I watched it as I thought Peter Kaye would be good) Now there is the Lenny Henry story, I hope the script writers don't use Henry's own stuff!!,, what is wrong with the world that talentless so called entertainers get high paid jobs

If Clinton had given the go ahead to do the same to Bin Laden when he had the chance well before 9/11 the world would be a lot different now.

I watched a bit of the German Scotland game, what English players can pass the ball and move like they do? It has to be a fundamental problem when our kids are young. We have the mindset of get stuck in and work rate. Any youngster under 8 if not 10 should spend hours a week passing and ball control. Once they are comfortable working with a ball then the running jumping and getting stuck in can then develop