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CONTENTS 05 Edspace 07 What Pompey Means To Me 09 Out Of The Shadows 11 Stakeholder Interview
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AS USUAL THIS EDITION OF HEAVEN’S LIGHT IS PACKED FULL OF NEWS ABOUT LIFE OFF THE PITCH AT FRATTON PARK
} Welcome to the November edition of Heaven’s Light. As usual this edition of Heaven’s Light is packed full of news about life off the pitch at Fratton Park. Pompey are due to face Aldershot Town in a FA Cup first round replay on Wednesday, and this month’s edition has an FA Cup feel about it. My column looks at a busy FA Cup first round for Pompey, Gosport Borough and Havant and Waterlooville, as well as reminiscing about past successes, while Josh Sweetman explains his love for the FA Cup and his hopes for a plumb draw in the third round. This issue also contains an out of the shadows feature with the club’s PR consultant Colin Farmery, a stakeholder interview with the founder and managing director of The Car Finance Company, Mark Smith, another one of Johnny Moore’s favourite years and the latest ticket news. We will also be speaking to another fan to find out what Pompey means to them. If you would like to be in a future edition of Heaven’s Light saying what Pompey means to you then please feel free to contact me. You can email me on tomwhite@pompeyfc.co.uk and you can also send any comments, ideas or suggestions for our publication to that email address. Yours in Pompey, Tom White Heaven’s Light Editoruy
POMPEY ARE DUE TO FACE ALDERSHOT TOWN IN A FA CUP FIRST ROUND REPLAY ON WEDNESDAY, AND THIS MONTH’S EDITION HAS AN FA CUP FEEL ABOUT IT 05
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W H AT D O E S
POMPEY MEAN TO ME?
RICHARD LANGLEY, 23, FROM GOSPORT TELLS TOM WHITE WHAT POMPEY MEANS TO HIM
} Can you tell us a bit about yourself?
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My name is Richard, I’m 23, and I live in Gosport. I have recently started my own business so it has been all go.
} What does Pompey mean to you?
RL
Pompey win the FA Cup in 2008 is something I never thought would be possible. AC Milan wasn’t bad either.
} Do you have any favourite players?
RL
One of my favourite players of all time has to be Matt Taylor. He epitomised everything Pompey stood for; passion, hard work and dedication.
Pompey to me is more than just a football club, it’s in my blood. Cut me in two and I would bleed royal blue. } Do you have any favourite goals? } Can you remember when you started supporting Pompey?
RL
How could I forget. My first match was an FA Cup match versus Liverpool at Fratton Park. My family have never been football fans so I went with a good friend of mine and his grandad John who has sadly recently passed away. Richard Hughes scored and we won 1-0. The hairs on the back of my neck still stand at the thought of that game.
} Do you have a highlight from your time supporting the club?
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I know some people’s view would be to swap short-term success for financial stability, but at the time we weren’t to know that our success would ultimately be our last for a while, so for me to see
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My favourite goal is Matt Taylor’s volley against Everton.
} How did you feel when the Trust bought the club?
RL
Delighted, like everyone else. Pompey is now run by Pompey fans. Sure they aren’t going to get everything right, but who does?
} What are your hopes for the future for Pompey?
RL
In the short term keep picking up results and move up the table. In the long term I’m a realist. I would be delighted if we could make it back into the Championship, but when, that’s the million dollar question.
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OUT OF TH E
SHADOWS POMPEY’S PR CONSULTANT
COLIN FARMERY
TA L K S TO T O M W H I T E
} Colin’s official title at Pompey is PR consultant. However, the role is all encompassing and covers many different areas of the club. “I work for the club for one day a week on a consultancy basis and I co-ordinate the club’s strategic PR, including dealing with press requests for interviews,” said Colin. “But I’ve not a great deal to do with the football side of it. I have also got responsibility for the club’s history and archiving projects, and I’m managing the club’s inclusion and antidiscrimination policy.” Colin was also involved in managing the hugely successful Tifosy academy fundraising campaign for the club. The Blues had to raise £250,000 in two months to fund two new academy training pitches at the club’s new training ground at Roko. Some people were sceptical that the money could be raised in such a short space of time, but Colin was always confident and the fans raised an incredible £270,000.
YOU SHOULDN’T BE FRIGHTENED OF ASKING YOUR FANS BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THEY ARE WHAT THE CLUB RELIES ON SO SEEKING THEIR VIEWS IS IMPORTANT
“I think everybody involved with the Tifosy campaign was blown away by the response,” said Colin. “I was always confident that it was possible to achieve our £250,000 target. I think others were less confident. I always rationalised it that we had 10,000 season ticket holders, so our job was to persuade them to give us an extra £25. That was the way in which I thought that was not an impossible ask.” As part of his PR consultancy role Colin has been involved in fan consultations on the third kit, club crest and home kit, as well as the fans’ survey. Colin said: “I think it’s important as a community club to get fan opinion on things and the responses to all of those surveys has been phenomenal. You shouldn’t be frightened of asking your fans because ultimately they are what the club relies on so seeking their views is important.” Colin has also been working on an exciting new project as part of his history and archiving projects role. He said: “There’s one project we’re working on at the moment called Pompey Voices, which we are testing on a group of fans in November with a view to a wider role out in the New Year. We’ve been working with a company called Capsool. Pompey Voices is around creating a club historical timeline that gives a chronology of the club’s history, but then we’ll be looking for our fans to add their own memories, pictures and memorabilia.” Pompey are also taking a trailblazing approach to their inclusion and anti-discrimination policy. “The Football League are instigating a code of practice that they want all clubs to meet the criteria for and they were looking for volunteer clubs,” said Colin. “I’m pleased to say that Portsmouth is one of the first clubs in the Football League to be working towards this standard, and it is around making sure that the club is as open and accessible as it can be to the whole community.”
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STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEW
THE CAR FINANCE COMPANY
TOM WHITE INTERVIEWS THE FOUNDER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE CAR FINANCE COMPANY, MARK SMITH } What made you want to get involved with the club and sponsor the North Stand? I have been involved with the club before and I’ve sponsored Steve Claridge’s testimonial game with a different business. I’ve been a season ticket holder for many years and indeed most of my family from my partner’s side of things are deeply embedded in the Portsmouth Football Club culture. We’re a local employer and we’re determined to remain headquartered in Portsmouth with our future expansion, which is significant. And putting a corporate social responsibility hat on it gives a lot more back to the community because we employ a lot of people here, we have a significant amount of customers in Portsmouth, and it’s our home. Looking at the troubled times Portsmouth Football Club have had, and bearing in mind what we do
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as a product supplier, we look after people that have had troubled histories and guide them through a path to a better future. You could almost draw an analogy between Portsmouth Football Club and our customers where they’ve had somewhat of a rocky financial past but now have a good future. } And the two-year sponsorship deal is a cross between The Car Finance Company and The World Of Cars isn’t it? Yes. It’s a cross between both companies, it’s dual branding. The Car Finance Company is the main company, and The World Of Cars is a fullyowned subsidiary company offering unique financing opportunities in order to buy a car.
MS
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YOU COULD ALMOST DRAW AN ANALOGY BETWEEN PORTSMOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB AND OUR CUSTOMERS WHERE THEY’VE HAD SOMEWHAT OF A ROCKY FINANCIAL PAST BUT NOW HAVE A GOOD FUTURE } And how has the partnership been going so far? It’s early days but it’s going very well. The club are very engaging, it’s probably us that haven’t moved as quickly as they would like us to.
MS
} Do you think there are any particular benefits for you being associated with Pompey? Yes I do. I think there’s an element of brand awareness for us locally. I also think there is an element of businesses behaving in a corporately responsible way, a social responsibility. Given the size of company that we are it’s not a massive contribution andit’s a feel-good factor. Ninety per cent of the people employed at head office are Portsmouth supporters and the other ten per cent are Southampton supporters, so it provides for an interesting dynamic.
MS
} How are things going at The Car Finance Company and are you optimistic going forward? Things are going very well. The United Kingdom is probably the best place in the world to do business at the moment. We have a very high level of confidence in the future of both our business, the economy and Portsmouth Football Club. We’re not necessarily completely tied to economic conditions, as most of what we do is incremental and compliments. Dare I say the banks aren’t doing very well so it’s leaving huge opportunities for companies like us.
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} You’ve already touched on future expansion, so do you have any new projects going forward? Yes, from a business perspective we are absorbing more nationally now so we have a true national coverage of the United Kingdom. We’re also about to open up in Canada in Vancouver, the staff and office are all ready and we’re just waiting for some IT link up.
MS
} You’ve mentioned that you’re a fan of the club, so do you have any highlights from your time supporting the club?
MS
Yes I do. I was at both FA Cup finals, the one we won and the one we lost, and both semi-finals.
} Have you noticed any changes since the fans bought the club? I think Portsmouth has a rather unique community compared to the rest of the United Kingdom and the spirit of the community has definitely come through with the Portsmouth Football Club saga. People are extremely proud of the city and rightly so.
MS
} What are your hopes for the future for Pompey? I think we need to be realistic this year. I don’t think we’ll get automatic promotion, but I think if we get things working properly we will make the playoffs and then at least we’re still in the game. I think we have an opportunity to get there, but they need to stay focused.
MS
I THINK PORTSMOUTH HAS A RATHER UNIQUE COMMUNITY COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE SPIRIT OF THE COMMUNITY HAS DEFINITELY COME THROUGH
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} After nine seasons of supporting Pompey in Division Two they finally succumbed to life in Division Three. I had never really previously considered that Pompey were anything but a Division Two side only having known this standard of football for all of my supporting life. Relegation and for that fact promotions were strictly for other teams in which they played the likes of Blackburn, Bolton, Bristol City, Millwall and Charlton in a constant diet that you could never really see changing. Funnily in those nine previous seasons the club had flirted with relegation more often than not but at my young time of life I never really considered it possible that they would ever drop through the trap door. But to be honest the previous season beset with financial worries and cutbacks was a bridge too far. Nine wins from 42 games told its own dire story and the fact that Pompey were 12 points below the safety barrier was confirmation of the sad demise. Yet in all honesty once the fixtures were released it dawned on me that Division Three opened up a new world of opportunity not least with the fact that Pompey’s first game would be away at Wrexham. I’m not sure I even knew where the place was on a map and was only aware that I had never seen Pompey play them previously. Likewise there was Mansfield, Bury, Lincoln, Shrewsbury, Gillingham, Chester, Peterborough, Port Vale, Northampton and Grimsby which were all equally new to me. So far from being despondent we looked on it as the dawning of a new adventure and consequently The Star pub in Havant decided to run a coach to Wrexham, which I had by this time discovered to be in North Wales, another country.
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Now in 1976 there were no such restrictions as to who travelled where and when and the coach was booked for a midnight Friday night departure from directly outside the pub. As the weeks ticked by the thought of the trip became more and more appealing until the appointed day of Friday, August 20, arrived. There were some unforeseen issues given that the usual Friday night routine was a 6pm opening time start in The Star followed by a pub tour that encompassed The Six Bells, Perseverance, White Hart, Old House at Home, Bear Hotel, Robin Hood, Black Dog and Cobden Arms. On a special night we might squeeze The Prince of Wales and Wheelwright Arms in as well. By 10.30pm it would be a return to The Star for the last half hour and 20 minutes drinking up time before the lightweights made their way home and the more stoic jumped in a taxi rank directly opposite bound for a Hayling Island nightclub. Now given the prospect of an arduous midnight trip to North Wales one might have expected that the majority would temper their Friday night routine somewhat. But it soon became apparent when everybody gathered in The Star at the usual opening time that it was business as usual. Now the best way this Friday night routine can be described is that by the end of it the lightweights were considerably worse for wear while the more stoic were overtly merry, bordering on downright irrational. It’s fair to say that those booked on the coach were a mixture of stoic and lightweight variety which therefore promised a lively trip. But then mix that up further with people in between the two and not even booked on the trip and it became a recipe for total confusion.
As customers left the pub at 11.30pm in their various states some bound for Hayling Island nightclubs boarded the waiting coach. Others waiting on a taxi home did the same and by the time the coach departed at midnight amidst more than mild chaos, exacerbated by crates of beer, nobody quite knew who was on it. It only started becoming apparent as these started to sober up somewhere near Birmingham about 3am when the full truth dawned. One guy woke from his slumbers in horror to find himself in middle England when in a few hours time he was supposed to be visiting his pregnant girlfriend in hospital who was about to conceive imminently. Another had simply come out to get a portion of chips for him and his girlfriend only to be tempted into a pint and much later a trip to Wales. This mixture of individuals arrived in the rather quaint town of Wrexham at 6am with the streets still eerily silent and deserted. My one abiding memory being that of spotting John Roberts, the former Arsenal defender who now plied his trade at Wrexham, looking in astonishment at nearly 100 Pompey fans wandering rather aimlessly around the town at dawn. While Pompey fans were well prepared for Wrexham it was obvious that the Welsh town in these days before proper police intelligence was unprepared for them. Four hours of traipsing unfamiliar streets before the pubs opened was hard work, but when the pubs finally opened their doors we found the quaintly named Wrexham Larger at ÂŁ1 a pint most welcoming. I should say at this stage that the legendary Shaun McDermott, who jointly ran the coach but whose lack of football knowledge compelled him to ask what colours Pompey played in, was there just for the social occasion and the chance to make a few quid.
MY ONE ABIDING MEMORY BEING THAT OF SPOTTING JOHN ROBERTS, THE FORMER ARSENAL DEFENDER WHO NOW PLIED HIS TRADE AT WREXHAM, LOOKING IN ASTONISHMENT AT NEARLY 100 POMPEY FANS WANDERING RATHER AIMLESSLY AROUND THE TOWN AT DAWN Whether intended or not the stop became an evening which went on for five hours to midnight and several who had been on the coach on leaving The Star 24 hours previously were now conspicuous by their absence. For the rest of us we wearily and blearily arrived back at The Star Pub at 7am on Sunday morning, just 31 hours after setting off. Time for the guy whose wife was imminently pregnant, the other who had popped out for a bag of chips on Friday night and the nightclub revellers to face the music. There would be no more Star coaches this season, or most others. The trip to Wrexham had been the start and for most the end and the magic of that August weekend was never really recreated.
Shaun was no mean pool player who went on to play for England and in the 80s regularly featured on the telly. Considering it looked like we had around 80 on a 52-seater coach he certainly made more than a few quid which equally enhanced his social weekend no end. For a weekend is what it was. For the record Pompey lost 2-0 in a rather dismal display that confirmed despite the drop of division this was going to be another big slog albeit it against different opposition. Pompey would eventually survive another drop by a single point and the excitement of new teams and places had probably worn off by the time Pompey got hammered 4-1 at Shrewsbury at the beginning of October. Funnily enough our trip back from Wrexham on that opening day included a drinks stop in Shrewsbury which was about an hour away.
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BYGONE BLUES
Johnny Moore looks at Guy Whittingham’s contribution to Pompey demise of Pompey, they instead witnessed Whittingham stealing the show.
BACK IN 1991, MATCH OF THE DAY SHOWED JUST THREE MAIN GAMES AND HAD A LIMITED NUMBER OF CAMERAS AT A FEW OTHER HAND-PICKED FIXTURES.
The BBC would have even more reason to rue their decision when news came through that up in the midlands, West Brom had been trounced 4-2 by Woking in their own back yard – a shock that was restricted to the briefest of highlights. In the next round, against a Bournemouth side managed by Harry Redknapp, Guy would grab four goals in 29 second half minutes as the Blues eased to a 5-1 triumph – making it an incredible tally of seven strikes in two cup matches.
There was nothing like the coverage we receive today, where over three continuous hours you can watch every goal from every league (or indeed the FA Cup). So it was Guy Whittingham’s good fortune that in the third round this particular year, the powers that be made the unlikely choice of Barnet v Pompey as one of their featured matches. It was the last time – until this season – that the Blues faced non-league opposition in the competition. The hosts were already romping to the Conference title, while the visitors were struggling in the old second division. So perhaps Barry Davies and his accompanying camera crew smelt the possibility of a shock at Underhill to justify the coverage. But Corporal Punishment would take centre stage to prove his prowess to the watching public. No doubt disappointing the neutrals, he hit a clinical – rather than classy – hat-trick to show the gulf between the sides. Strikes in the 31st, 51st and 81st minutes underlined both his and Pompey’s superiority. Warren Aspinall had got the ball rolling, while Colin Clarke wrapped up the 5-0 rout, but the meat in the sandwich that stung the Bees was that Whittingham treble. His tally of 24 goals in his previous – and inaugural campaign – had put the striker on the radar. The following season had not been quite so prolific, with seven scored by the time the January cup clash came around.
BUT CORPORAL PUNISHMENT WOULD TAKE CENTRE STAGE TO PROVE HIS PROWESS TO THE WATCHING PUBLIC But this game, in front of the national glare, confirmed that the man from the army was definitely one to watch. While Match of the Day had secretly hoped to see the GUY WHITTINGHAM DOB: 10/11/64 POSITION: STRIKER POMPEY CAREER: 1989-1993, 1999-2001 POMPEY APPS: 219 POMPEY GOALS: 112
By the end of the season he had again reached a 20-goal target, although the record-breaking campaign when he would break the Pompey goalscoring record for a season and form a lethal partnership with Paul Walsh was still a couple of years away. His tally of 48 goals – 42 in the league – during the 1992/93 campaign beat Billy ‘Farmer’s Boy’ Haines’ record of 43 strikes that had stood for 66 years. It will likely never be bettered. This incredible feat caught the eye of top-flight Aston Villa, but Whititngham would later return for a second spell on the south coast. He then became Pompey’s first manager after becoming a community-owned club and is still a regular at Fratton Park, working as a match summariser for BBC Radio Solent.
TOM WHITE’S
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} The draw for the first round of the FA Cup this season threw up some mouth-watering ties for Pompey and the local non-league sides. Andy Awford’s side were given a Hampshire derby as they were drawn at home to Conference Premier outfit Aldershot Town. The two clubs have a good relationship, with Adam Webster and Dan Butler both spending time on loan at the Shots last season, while Phil Smith joined Aldershot after leaving the Blues in the summer. As well as being a Hampshire derby the match also pitted a navy city against an army town, and those military links were recognised with tickets given to both the navy and the army. The match was the first competitive fixture between the sides since December 1982, when the Shots won 3-1 in a FA Cup second round tie. But Pompey had won five of their previous ten meetings, with Aldershot only coming out on top on one other occasion. This time the sides couldn’t be separated as they played out a 2-2 draw at Fratton Park, with Jed Wallace and Danny Hollands on target for the Blues. The sides now face a replay at the Electrical Services Stadium on Wednesday, November 19, for the right to host Northampton Town or Rochdale in the second round.
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That result meant Pompey are still looking for their first win in the competition since their 2-0 victory against Harry Redknapp’s Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley in the 2009/10 semi-finals, when Frederic Piquionne and Kevin-Prince Boateng scored for the Blues in extra time. Conference South side Gosport Borough reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time in their history this season, and they were rewarded with a plumb draw at home to League One outfit Colchester United at Privett Park.
THE TWO CLUBS HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP, WITH ADAM WEBSTER AND DAN BUTLER BOTH SPENDING TIME ON LOAN AT THE SHOTS LAST SEASON, WHILE PHIL SMITH JOINED ALDERSHOT AFTER LEAVING THE BLUES IN THE SUMMER
Alex Pike’s side were unable to cause an upset though as the U’s raced into a 3-0 lead after 26 minutes and eventually won 6-3. Fellow Conference South side Havant and Waterlooville were drawn at home to 1889 and 1938 FA Cup winners Preston North End. Lee Bradbury’s side were also unable to cause an upset as the Lilywhites won 3-0 thanks to Callum Robinson’s hat-trick. This season is the first time that the FA Cup has been shown live on the BBC since the 2007-08 season, which was a special campaign for both Pompey and the Hawks.
The win against Swansea earned Havant a payday at Premier League giants Liverpool in the fourth round, and the Hawks certainly did not disgrace themselves at Anfield as they went 1-0 and 2-1 ahead thanks to goals from Richard Pacquette and Alfie Potter before eventually slipping to a gutsy 5-2 defeat. While the dream may have ended for Havant and Gosport this season, Pompey will be hoping to win their replay against Aldershot and go on a good run in the cup.
The Blues won the FA Cup for the first time in 69 years with Nwankwo Kanu’s goal earning a 1-0 win against Cardiff City at Wembley in the final. Pompey had reached the final after beating Ipswich Town 1-0 at Portman Road in the third round, Plymouth Argyle 2-1 at Fratton Park in the fourth round, Preston North End 1-0 at Deepdale in the fifth round, Manchester United 1-0 at Old Trafford in the quarter-finals, and West Bromwich Albion 1-0 at Wembley in the semi-finals. The Hawks won 1-0 at League Two Notts County in the second round before a dramatic 4-2 third round replay victory against League One Swansea City at Westleigh Park after a 1-1 draw at the Liberty Stadium.
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JOSH SWEETMAN’S
POMPEY C H A T } Pompey fans will probably be the first to admit, there is something magical about the FA Cup. Shamefully, I wasn’t at the Aldershot game. Despite being a season ticket holder, while we battled to a 2-2 draw with the Conference Premier side I was off reporting on the NFL at Wembley. With the game back home the only thought on my mind, my eye quickly drew itself away from my phone and on to the famous
WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN FOND MEMORIES OF SOL CAMPBELL TAKING THOSE MEMORABLE STEPS UP TO THE ROYAL BOX TO LIFT THE TROPHY ALOFT IN 2008
Wembley arch, which brought many a fond memory flooding back. We all have our own fond memories of Sol Campbell taking those memorable steps up to the Royal Box to lift the trophy aloft in 2008, and we all have our emotional demons of Didier Drogba’s free-kick denying the boys in Blue perhaps the most fairytale cup success of all time in 2010. Strangely, Pompey haven’t won a game in the competition since that agonising defeat at Wembley, but that hasn’t deterred us from getting a little excited every time our ball is drawn out of the hat. Through the turbulent rough tide that has swept us down the leagues over the past few seasons, our outlook on who we draw has drastically changed with it. Sitting high and proud in the Premier League, it was always the lower league sides that we wanted to pull out of the velvet bag for easy progression to the later stages with the chance of a famous Wembley date.
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Oh how times have changed though. I sat there uncertain as to who I wanted in the second round, providing we win our replay. The prospect of Warrington Town away was tempting, but if, and just if, we can somehow negotiate our way into the third round, where we used to enter the competition, then we won’t be looking for that lower-seeded team anymore. Ask 99 per cent of Pompey fans and I guarantee they would want one of the big boys. Manchester United, Chelsea or Arsenal away from home. We have all revelled in the glory of 2008, and for some, it is still a painful thought that such success could be quite a distant way away in the future. But the idea of getting the chance to mix it up with the heavy hitters once again, under no pressure as the underdog, has me just a tad excited. Aldershot, regardless of being a division below us, weren’t the easiest of tasks. It seemed fitting that the home of the army made the short trip to the home of the navy on the weekend of Remembrance Sunday.
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Every Pompey fan will now be dreaming of the chance to make a name for ourselves once again. Out of the shadows that we have fallen into and into the limelight for all the good reasons. We have had heroes in the past. The Campbell’s, the James’, but Pompey’s new crop now have a chance to write their own success. Some claim that it is a distraction from the league, but for a club that has been battered and bruised for far too long, an FA Cup run could be exactly what this club needs to boost motivation in the camp, as well as the stands. “Mine eyes have seen the glory at the gates of Fratton Park.” They certainly have, and I for one want it to continue. The spirit our 2010 breed produced under Avram Grant was a joy to behold, and if Andy Awford can bottle that up and feed it to our current generation, we may just be able to dream that the underdog produces a fairytale story on the south coast to send us on that magical ride once again.
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NEWS Home Matches Pompey v Morecambe Saturday November 22, 3pm Sky Bet League Two Tickets are on general sale Pompey v Accrington Stanley Saturday December 13, 3pm Sky Bet League Two Season ticket holders/shareholders: Monday, November 24 (10am) General sale: Wednesday, November 26 (10am) Pompey v AFC Wimbledon Friday December 26, 1pm Sky Bet League Two Season ticket holders/shareholders: Monday, November 24 (10am) General sale: Wednesday, November 26 (10am)
Away Matches Tranmere Rovers v Pompey
Saturday November 29, 3pm Sky Bet League Two Season ticket holders/shareholders: Monday, November 17 (10am) General sale: Wednesday, November 19 (10am) Ticket Prices Adult: £15 Senior (65+): £9 Young Person (17-22): £9 Junior (U17): £6 Junior (U12, Accompanied): £5 Junior (U7, Accompanied): £4 Coach Prices Adult: £28 Child: £23 Supporters buying concession tickets are advised to bring proof of age identification with them to the game. Official coach travel can be bought from Lucketts Travel in Fareham, by calling 0845 389 0644 or online at www.lucketts-holidays.co.uk
IMPORTANT NOTICE Any supporters who attempt to enter Fratton Park with a concession ticket (individual match ticket or season ticket) for which ineligible will face instant removal from the ground. Their ticket will be confiscated and there may be a further ban from attending matches. Please ensure you are in possession of the right ticket before travelling to the match to avoid any embarrassment on arrival. If there is a problem with your ticket, please contact the ticket office as soon as possible. Supporters buying concession tickets to away games are strongly advised to take proof of age identification. Failure to do so may mean they will have to upgrade to the adult price on arrival, or they may not be admitted to the ground. DATES AND TIMES OF ALL GAMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
How To Buy Tickets Tickets to Pompey matches can be bought from the Frogmore Road ticket office, by calling (023) 9277 8559 or online at tickets.portsmouthfc.co.uk
Home Matchday League Prices 2014/15 Adults: £20 Senior (60+)/Young Person (17-22): £15 Junior (U17, unaccompanied): £10 Junior (U17, accompanied by an adult): £5 Adult is aged 23-59 on September 1 2014. Senior is aged 60 or over on September 1 2014. Young person is aged 17-22 on September 1 2014. Junior is aged 16 or under on September 1 2014. Adults/seniors/ young persons in the Family Section must be accompanied by a junior. Accompanied junior tickets not available online.
Opening Times Monday-Friday: 10am-5pm Non-match Saturday/Sunday: Closed Matchday Saturday: The ticket office will be open between 11am and 3.30pm for upgrades/enquiries only. On matchdays, tickets can be bought from the ticket kiosks behind the Fratton End which are open between 11am and 3.30pm. Collections can be made from main reception.
Contacts Phone: (023) 9277 8559 Email: tickets@pompeyfc.co.uk Disabled Liaison Officer: Allison McNeil
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