DT Posted 26 January, 2010 Share Posted 26 January, 2010 Southampton v Portsmouth is an upcoming FA tie Pompey fans call Southampton fans "Scummers" cos Southampton provided scab labour in the '30s when Portsmouth dockers were on strike. Southampton fans call Pompey fans "Skates" cos Portsmouth is both a naval base and a fishing port, there are large numbers of horny sailors and fish (with large mouths) such as the common skate in Portsmouth, and on lonely nights at sea, the sailors would use the skate's mouth to.....yeah... uncle_whuppity 15:28, arf, barf, reply Which is, oddly a barrowload of ********, of course. Pompey 'mushers' call sailors 'Skates' because the naval junior rating's collar has two peaks and a valley, representing some sort of ladypart, and the Skate is allegedly the only fish with a **** halfway up it's back. Southampton fans call Mushers 'Skates' because it winds them up. No self-respecting, peederfil-killing Musher would ever want anything to do with the Royal Navy, that erstwhile organisation that has kept the city on the map for four hundred years and provided adequate dilution of the local soup-thick gene pool. Happy to help ... stan2a10shun 17:20, arf, barf, reply Another example of an animal with a **** half way up it's back. deep_stoat 17:26, arf, barf, reply kerching 19:57, arf, barf, reply *Sounds QI klaxon* Both of those explanations have been debunked. There is no record of any strikes in the Portsmouth docks in that time frame and, besides, Portsmouth was naval and Southampton was merchant so there would have been little overlap. And the "skate" term was a term for sailors in general, adopted by a Southampton fanzine to cause maximum offence. The real mystery is why Portsmouth is referred to as "Pompey". There are numerous theories but no consensus. arseface 16:48, arf, barf, reply soooooooooooooo..... think you've got a chance against Southampton and staying in business eh? uncle_whuppity 17:54, arf, barf, reply I'm confident of beating the scum Pompey have been playing well since about October, and Avram is doing well with limited resources. Should be enough to see off a team a couple of divisions below. Staying in business? Hmm... less bullish about that. Without investment, the club is up slack alley... being the first Prem club to go into administration looks almost a certainty. Why did Citeh get all the rich arabs? arseface 20:51, arf, barf, reply Is it because they're all ****s? ...pic of you know which pompey fan.... Imagine getting your season ticket and finding out you're sat next to that bellend. deep_stoat 17:01, arf, barf, reply Yes. Wearing a Harrington over a football top. The tasteless ****. edmor 22:50, arf, barf, reply That made me quite literally "lol" Mind you, I've just had a smoke... grimly_fiendish 0:36, arf, barf, reply I stood directly in front of him away at Ipswich years ago and was ****ted accidentally on the head with the bell. He apologised and said he wasn't usually that drunk. Which is a lie. arseface 20:45, arf, barf, reply THAT FELLA ABOVE he's in Cass Pennant' Terrace Legends. Even in the form of written word, I wish he were up the opposing end' stand... 'I wasn't one of the main lads but i done my fair share of brawling like...' Bell. End. Of. Story. meatandtwoveg 17:33, arf, barf, reply Britains Got Talent auditions "proceeding to plan" says Cowell el_presidente 17:29, arf, barf, reply He "is a would" says simon_cowell spank_daley 17:33, arf, barf, reply He "is a have" says tgp livingtoloaf 23:31, arf, barf, reply They've sat him up next to the away fans on the Milton End and South Stand, now. Most Pompey fans can't stand the **** stan2a10shun 17:22, arf, barf, reply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry the Badger Posted 26 January, 2010 Share Posted 26 January, 2010 What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorpe-le-Saint Posted 26 January, 2010 Share Posted 26 January, 2010 I have a headache. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie saint Posted 26 January, 2010 Share Posted 26 January, 2010 If you're really bothered, go to pop b i t c h . com messageboard, and scroll down to some posts from yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintdaz Posted 26 January, 2010 Share Posted 26 January, 2010 well i'm from the older generation and have called pompey scummers since the seventies and i know a lot of supporters my age are the same in that respect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadhall Saint Posted 26 January, 2010 Share Posted 26 January, 2010 well i'm from the older generation and have called pompey scummers since the seventies and i know a lot of supporters my age are the same in that respect Yep - call them scummers and skates (but I find I lean to scummer). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alehouseboys Posted 26 January, 2010 Share Posted 26 January, 2010 Yep - call them scummers and skates (but I find I lean to scummer). Well, just about every club in the country call their rivals 'scum', going back 40-odd years some of us knew them as (by changing 'pom' for 'scum') scumpey. Makes sense don't it...they lengthened it and called us scummers. As most Saints fans never gave them a second thought while they were bitterly obsessed with us 'scummers' became a lot more popular down there. Blue Few, says it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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