mcjwills Posted 24 July, 2009 Share Posted 24 July, 2009 I see its bye bye to the Fratton End as its renamed the Jobsite Stand after their nerw shirt sponsers, The cost of a junior season ticket is more than the most expensive ticket at St Mary's, well no wonder thier cravan park is not full is it !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merrimd Posted 24 July, 2009 Share Posted 24 July, 2009 But we won't. Even if we ended up Blue Square division 9 we'll still have a club in some form..... Thats easy to say, and 2 months ago I would have said the same, but a few weeks ago, when we were that close to going out of exsitence, I felt like my heart was about to be removed. I might have got a new smaller one, but it would not have been mine and I would never have looked at it as mine. Triggers Broom mate. Cannot tell you how awful that was. I honestly hope you don't have to go through that, but I fear you may! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidthesquid Posted 24 July, 2009 Share Posted 24 July, 2009 Because we're in exactly the same scenario that you had at The Dell. You only had a capacity of 15k yet you rarely sold that out. You can't judge it properly until we're in new stadium. What link? Show me a bona fide press report that shows we were struggling to sell F.A. cup tickets. We could have sold those allocations out twice over.... Yes in exactly the same way our FOURTH division attendances outsold yours! Ok, ask anyone actually IN football which is the bigger club- you won't like the answer.... I wouldn't.... Some blatant rubbish in there - I remember when we were at the Dell the joke was which two grounds are always sold out - Old Trafford and the Dell. It was virtually a sell out with season tickets alone, only the away fans varied week on week. Also, unlike yourselves, we have never been in the fourth division. And I think you'll find anyone under the age of eighty and over twelve would still consider us the bigger club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 24 July, 2009 Share Posted 24 July, 2009 (edited) Edited 24 July, 2009 by Matthew Le God Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Right sider Posted 24 July, 2009 Share Posted 24 July, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clapham Saint Posted 24 July, 2009 Share Posted 24 July, 2009 Brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 24 July, 2009 Share Posted 24 July, 2009 classic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegaffer Posted 25 July, 2009 Share Posted 25 July, 2009 Pimpeys average attendances. http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attnclub/porm.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 25 July, 2009 Share Posted 25 July, 2009 http://dralfahim.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericb Posted 25 July, 2009 Share Posted 25 July, 2009 That chart is pretty interesting actually it shows that the blue few have only ever had an average attendance about 20,000 once since the 1950's. Wonder how that would match up compared to ours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the colonel Posted 25 July, 2009 Share Posted 25 July, 2009 That chart is pretty interesting actually it shows that the blue few have only ever had an average attendance about 20,000 once since the 1950's. Wonder how that would match up compared to ours? Yes but if they had a bigger stadium they would have been getting at least 35k average because they are so massively supported. Thats why they now have their 45k seater stadium..............ooops spot the mistake(s). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scally Posted 25 July, 2009 Share Posted 25 July, 2009 That chart is pretty interesting actually it shows that the blue few have only ever had an average attendance about 20,000 once since the 1950's. Wonder how that would match up compared to ours? You can check it out here http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/england.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_saints Posted 25 July, 2009 Share Posted 25 July, 2009 Pompey really shouldn't argue about attendances. Just looking at those stats shows there is only one clear winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 25 July, 2009 Share Posted 25 July, 2009 Not a single time in the entire list has our attendances dropped below 10,000. Good arguement there pfc, well thought out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidthesquid Posted 25 July, 2009 Share Posted 25 July, 2009 In the last fifty years (ie since 1959) an average of 5248 more people per game have watched Southampton than Poopey. It's so difficult to decide which is the bigger club.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saints foreva Posted 25 July, 2009 Share Posted 25 July, 2009 In the last fifty years (ie since 1959) an average of 5248 more people per game have watched Southampton than Poopey. It's so difficult to decide which is the bigger club.... Something that always gets brought up by a couple of skates on another forum is: Who has the highest attendance? (They seem to forget that The Dell could only hold 30k and St Marys only holds 32k) Who has the highest overall attendance? (They seem to forget that Fratton Park was always bigger than The Dell) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjwills Posted 25 July, 2009 Share Posted 25 July, 2009 Basingstoke 0 Skates 0 Hahahahahahahahahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickG Posted 25 July, 2009 Share Posted 25 July, 2009 poor small club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastleighSoulBoy Posted 25 July, 2009 Share Posted 25 July, 2009 ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaSaint Posted 25 July, 2009 Share Posted 25 July, 2009 Not really. All the time we're a Premier league club, with Sky money rolling in, someone will come in and buy us. We just need to make sure we don't fall out of the top flight that's all, because then we would be in trouble. A sniff of the coffee will tell you that this is far more likely this year than it was last. You know it. It's as though you're treading the same ground as us, but about three to five years behind. The big difference that will work against you (in the short and long term) is the drastically declining appetite in the financial community for loaning new ground or ground improvement funds. Our administration didn't help you at all on that front. Far from it. So the only way of boosting turnover (a bigger ground) might well be beyond your reach for the foreseeable future, which would mean that your prospects for surviving after relegation from the Prem would be dimmer than ours. It could get really ugly really quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joesaint Posted 26 July, 2009 Share Posted 26 July, 2009 Selling Crouch and others; http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/2009/07/26/harry-grabs-10m-peter-115875-21548149/ But pompy will not be liking this; http://www.people.co.uk/sport/football/tm_headline=storm-over-crouch-sabotage%26method=full%26objectid=21548515%26siteid=93463-name_page.html Not sure they are too happy with HR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 26 July, 2009 Share Posted 26 July, 2009 You wouldn't hear me say this often but...... Go Redknapp! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 26 July, 2009 Share Posted 26 July, 2009 Bye bye crouch http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/8169170.stm "Given the severe financial restraints in place here we had no choice but to accept an offer from Spurs," Hart told the Mirror. The Dr is rich for sure. Are they going to give Derby's record a run for it's money this season? Crazy goings on down there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamesaint Posted 26 July, 2009 Share Posted 26 July, 2009 Here's a good bet. Most firms are offering c 4/1 on Pompey being relegated. Apparently they were 6/1 but for some reason their odds are shortening!! But you can get 10/1 on Pompey being bottom at Christmas with Bet 365. I reckon thats a cracker!!!! . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
equalizer Posted 26 July, 2009 Share Posted 26 July, 2009 Selling Crouch and others; http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/2009/07/26/harry-grabs-10m-peter-115875-21548149/ But pompy will not be liking this; http://www.people.co.uk/sport/football/tm_headline=storm-over-crouch-sabotage%26method=full%26objectid=21548515%26siteid=93463-name_page.html Not sure they are too happy with HR Finnan and Viduka coming in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfc123 Posted 26 July, 2009 Share Posted 26 July, 2009 In the last fifty years (ie since 1959) an average of 5248 more people per game have watched Southampton than Poopey. It's so difficult to decide which is the bigger club.... But your whole argument falls apart yet again when you are selective. "In the last fifty years" is meaningless as you were above us for 40 of those 50. Try the same stat since records began, i.e. the WHOLE story. Different story then, not by much, but a different story. Hence it's never quoted, surprise surprise...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 26 July, 2009 Share Posted 26 July, 2009 Do love that despite this 'takeover,' they are still described as cash strapped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 26 July, 2009 Share Posted 26 July, 2009 But your whole argument falls apart yet again when you are selective. "In the last fifty years" is meaningless as you were above us for 40 of those 50. Try the same stat since records began, i.e. the WHOLE story. Different story then, not by much, but a different story. Hence it's never quoted, surprise surprise...... You have looked at the chart, how are you even still argueing ??? Moron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastleighSoulBoy Posted 26 July, 2009 Share Posted 26 July, 2009 A sniff of the coffee will tell you that this is far more likely this year than it was last. You know it. It's as though you're treading the same ground as us, but about three to five years behind. The big difference that will work against you (in the short and long term) is the drastically declining appetite in the financial community for loaning new ground or ground improvement funds. Our administration didn't help you at all on that front. Far from it. So the only way of boosting turnover (a bigger ground) might well be beyond your reach for the foreseeable future, which would mean that your prospects for surviving after relegation from the Prem would be dimmer than ours. It could get really ugly really quickly. Selling Crouch and others; http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/2009/07/26/harry-grabs-10m-peter-115875-21548149/ But pompy will not be liking this; http://www.people.co.uk/sport/football/tm_headline=storm-over-crouch-sabotage%26method=full%26objectid=21548515%26siteid=93463-name_page.html Not sure they are too happy with HR Those Blue Meanies of long standing know about the fall from grace and favour and how quickly it can come about. While I'd gladly accept Saints gaining all the bragging rights I'd not want our county cousins out of existence. Otherwise who could we annoy by smiling smugly and knowingly (while all the time being well aware that what goes around might well come around!). If they fall far enough I wonder if all the newly found plastics in Eastleigh will have a collective, ceremonial burning of the blue and gold shirts before assuring us that "I always was a Chelsea/Manc/Liverpool fan!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfc123 Posted 26 July, 2009 Share Posted 26 July, 2009 You have looked at the chart, how are you even still argueing ??? Moron Ok, show me..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastleighSoulBoy Posted 26 July, 2009 Share Posted 26 July, 2009 You have looked at the chart, how are you even still argueing ??? Moron Fish mouths are always opening and shutting. So a noise has to be made to give the effect of constructive conversation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedArmy Posted 26 July, 2009 Share Posted 26 July, 2009 Haha, they're fooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 26 July, 2009 Share Posted 26 July, 2009 Finnan and Viduka coming in! Indeed, a truly terrifying prospect for their premier league opponents. Has Eugen Bopp signed yet too? Also, Belhadj and Utaka on their way. So that will leave Kanu and Nugent up front? Wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadhall Saint Posted 26 July, 2009 Share Posted 26 July, 2009 Brilliant - nursing a hangover today due to Hampshire winning at Lords and Saints doing the business over Hearts! That picture has made things feel a lot better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadhall Saint Posted 26 July, 2009 Share Posted 26 July, 2009 But your whole argument falls apart yet again when you are selective. "In the last fifty years" is meaningless as you were above us for 40 of those 50. Try the same stat since records began, i.e. the WHOLE story. Different story then, not by much, but a different story. Hence it's never quoted, surprise surprise...... Thanks for pointing that out - I really hadn't noticed.......... good to see you have tho'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scally Posted 26 July, 2009 Share Posted 26 July, 2009 But your whole argument falls apart yet again when you are selective. "In the last fifty years" is meaningless as you were above us for 40 of those 50. Try the same stat since records began, i.e. the WHOLE story. Different story then, not by much, but a different story. Hence it's never quoted, surprise surprise...... Pre war figures are estimated, thats where your argument falls down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Tender Posted 26 July, 2009 Share Posted 26 July, 2009 But your whole argument falls apart yet again when you are selective. "In the last fifty years" is meaningless as you were above us for 40 of those 50. Try the same stat since records began, i.e. the WHOLE story. Different story then, not by much, but a different story. Hence it's never quoted, surprise surprise...... I was born in 1949. Do you really suggest that I look at a period before I was born, in the middle if the last century, to establish whether Pompey or Saints were the better team historically? Your arguments really are based on the thinnest straw-cluching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidthesquid Posted 26 July, 2009 Share Posted 26 July, 2009 But your whole argument falls apart yet again when you are selective. "In the last fifty years" is meaningless as you were above us for 40 of those 50. Try the same stat since records began, i.e. the WHOLE story. Different story then, not by much, but a different story. Hence it's never quoted, surprise surprise...... I am prepared to accept that once, long before almost any of us were born, Pompey may have been a bigger club. But then so were Accrington Stanley if you go back far enough and even the Old Carthusians and Corinthians. I think your words - "In the last fifty years" is meaningless as you were above us for 40 of those 50 - has proved we are a bigger club than you. (It's like saying Britain is the most powerful country in the world because 100 yeears ago we had an empire) Certainly our support has remained truer through good times and bad, and I think as your little flirtation with the big time draws iminently to a close the football world will look at your Prem days as an aberration, funded by shady money, rather than a 'big club' regaining its rightful place, and you'll be back struggling to average 10000 a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 26 July, 2009 Share Posted 26 July, 2009 My Two pence we are at a very low point..and even in the CCC ALL pundits..not most but ALL pudits/experts say we ARE a premiership CLUB in the wrong league... I dont take that we have the devine right to be anywhere..we have to earn it and we are where we are because right now, we deserve it..but those looking in say we ARE a Prem..much like they say about Leeds NOT ONCE for all those years you were not in the top flight did I ever really hear the same said about you... WHEN you go down..after about 1 season, I doubt it will be said again.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delmary Posted 26 July, 2009 Share Posted 26 July, 2009 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/hart-warns-portsmouth-fans-of-modest-future-1761787.html More bad news for the blue few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 26 July, 2009 Share Posted 26 July, 2009 Quote lifted from Sky Sports pages......LOL:D Crouch has spent just one season at Fratton Park after joining from Liverpool, but Portsmouth boss Hart admits the club have no choice but to cash in. Disappointed "Obviously I'm disappointed to see Peter leave, but given the severe financial restraints in place here we had no choice but to accept an offer from Tottenham," Hart told the Sunday Mirror. "I think people need to realise that Pompey have been punching above their weight and could no longer sustain the level of spending that has gone on here over the last three years." Hart also insisted that the takeover spearheaded by Dr Sulaiman Al Fahim would not lead to a Manchester City style spending spree on the South Coast. He added: "Even though a new owner is poised to come in our dealings in the market will be modest in comparison to the past." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brightspark Posted 26 July, 2009 Share Posted 26 July, 2009 This thread is most certainly an enjoyable read. As a 17 year old for most of my life i've seen the gradual decline of Saints and the gradual rise of Pompey. Now please let the tables turn for the better once again!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickG Posted 26 July, 2009 Share Posted 26 July, 2009 But your whole argument falls apart yet again when you are selective. "In the last fifty years" is meaningless as you were above us for 40 of those 50. Try the same stat since records began, i.e. the WHOLE story. Different story then, not by much, but a different story. Hence it's never quoted, surprise surprise...... absolutely hilarious - we must go back to before most of us were born - then we will remember they were good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidcreatures Posted 26 July, 2009 Share Posted 26 July, 2009 As a 17 year old for most of your life?... Where did that colemanballs thread go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted 26 July, 2009 Share Posted 26 July, 2009 To be fair, if ever a club deserved to go out of business, it would be portsmouth. They basically brought the FA Cup on a credit card. If they go bust then it won't just be Southampton fans laughing their nuts off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 26 July, 2009 Share Posted 26 July, 2009 http://www.fansonline.net/portsmouth/mb/view.php?id=163929 reality is setting in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saints_is_the_south Posted 26 July, 2009 Share Posted 26 July, 2009 http://www.fansonline.net/portsmouth/mb/view.php?id=163929 reality is setting in I'd be lieing if i said i wasn't smirking as i read that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaSaint Posted 26 July, 2009 Share Posted 26 July, 2009 absolutely hilarious - we must go back to before most of us were born - then we will remember they were good! Oi !! More respect from you please. Don't you realize that they had to play Old Corinthians and the Royal Engineers twice per year during those days? I don't wish them out of existence but I do wish them into reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidthesquid Posted 26 July, 2009 Share Posted 26 July, 2009 http://www.fansonline.net/portsmouth/mb/view.php?id=163929 reality is setting in An interesting read. I looked west this afternoon towards the Spindly Tower and I saw the skies darkening with chickens coming home to roost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickG Posted 26 July, 2009 Share Posted 26 July, 2009 http://portsmouth.gumtree.com/portsmouth/39/42032739.html hilarious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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