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05 MARK CATLIN

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15 POMPEY MASTERMIND

Another win for the young Blues

Test your Blues knowledge

All you need to know about tonight’s game

17 HISTORY

13 GETTING TO KNOW…

22 COMMUNITY

Lee Brown

23 ACADEMY

24 VIEW FROM THE NORTH STAND

A delve into the archives

Steve Bone takes a journey around Fratton Park

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28 STATS

Tables and fixtures

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MANAGER

KENNY JACKETT

GOOD EVENING TO YOU ALL AS WE PREPARE FOR OUR SKY BET LEAGUE ONE FIXTURE AGAINST LINCOLN CITY e have to be honest and W say that the performance against Hull at the weekend

simply wasn’t good enough and the better team on the day won. We weren’t able to showcase our usual high energy levels or get the ball to our key attacking players. Our opponents edged the first half and then two more quick goals took the game away from us. We kept huffing and puffing, but weren’t able to get things under control. It’s important to accurately assess how we played and then look to put things right. There’s an immediate chance to do that against Lincoln this evening, although it’s going to be difficult against a side who have enjoyed a really successful season to date. We enjoyed a fine victory at their place earlier in the campaign and portsmouthfc.co.uk

are going to have to match the levels we showed that night in order to obtain a similar result. We’re well aware of the threats that our visitors pose all over the pitch, although, as ever, we’ll be more concerned in making sure we get our own game right. We were able to strengthen our squad with the captures of Charlie Daniels and George Byers over the weekend. Charlie is the specialist left-back we’ve been looking for following Cam Pring’s departure at the start of the month. He’s had a fantastic career and had been performing well for Shrewsbury during the first half of the campaign, so we’re delighted to bring him in. George is a talented attacking midfield player and has played more than 50 Championship games for Swansea. 03

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MATCH THE LEVELS WE SHOWED THAT NIGHT IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A SIMILAR RESULT With the recent signing of Harvey White, it really strengthens our options in the centre of the pitch. I would like to end by offering a warm welcome to Michael Appleton and David Kerslake, as well as their staff and players. We wish them a safe journey home after the game. Play up Pompey! Kenny @Pompey

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CHIEF EXECUTIVE

MARK CATLIN

OUR LATEST SKY BET LEAGUE ONE FIXTURE TAKING PLACE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS SEES LINCOLN CITY VISITING FRATTON PARK THIS EVENING ell, Saturday certainly W brought us back down to earth with a bump! It was

naturally disappointing, especially with the great run we’d been on. I genuinely didn’t see that scoreline coming and I doubt many other people did. But these things can happen in football and just because you lose a game, it doesn’t mean you’re not going to secure promotion. The opposite is also true, in that winning a match does not guarantee you will. It is why you can never get too carried away after just one result – good or bad.

I heard Michael Appleton quite rightly say that when clubs do suffer such defeats, they tend to look for an immediate bounce back – I’m sure that will be the case for Kenny and the boys tonight. It’s great to see Michael returning to Fratton Park. He was manager when I first arrived at the club in 2012, although was dealing with the administrators back then and I had very little to do with him. Fair play to him, though, he’s done a remarkable job at Lincoln and is very highly regarded in the football world. Speaking of our visitors this evening, it’s an exciting contest between two sides competing at the top end of the League One table. Ahead of fixtures like these, you get plenty of texts from people saying what a big game it is. The truth is, though, they are all big for us – whether it’s against a side struggling to beat the drop or one fighting for promotion. This is

BLUES BRING IN TWO PLAYERS Pompey have strengthened their squad with the signings of Charlie Daniels and George Byers.

lot of games in different leagues – and I know what it takes to get out of this one.”

Left-back Daniels, 34, was a free agent after leaving Shrewsbury earlier in the month, while 24-year-old midfielder Byers has arrived on loan from Swansea.

Byers said: “I had a call from my agent just before the transfer window opened to say that Pompey were interested. Then I had a good conversation with the manager and he told me where the club were looking to go, so I wanted to be a part of that.

The former said: “I’m really pleased to be here at a club that’s pushing for promotion and hopefully I can contribute to that. I’m excited to get going. “I know a lot of other people who have played for Pompey and I’ve been to the ground on numerous occasions – the atmosphere is amazing. “I spoke to Asmir Begovic, Matt Ritchie, Brett Pitman and Eddie Howe and every one of them had nothing but good things to say. “I’ve got experience of playing a

“I spoke with Jamal Lowe before arriving and he only had good things to say. He loved his time here and obviously did very well. “I’m happy that everything’s been sorted now and I can just concentrate on getting back to playing football again. “I do a bit of everything in midfield – I like to create and score goals, but I can also do the dirty side of the game.”

just a single match and we have to take them all one at a time in this most congested of campaigns. It’s great to welcome both Charlie Daniels and George Byers to the club. They’re two really good additions and I’m looking forward to seeing them in action. I keep stressing that we’re still not even halfway through the season yet, so having depth in our squad is vitally important. There are so many games remaining and everyone’s going to be needed. Finally, a warm welcome to Lincoln’s directors, as well as Michael and all his staff and players. Stay safe and, as always, PUP! Mark Catlin Chief Executive

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FORM 0-4 v Hull (H)

4-0 1-0 v AFC Wimbledon (H) v Fleetwood (A)

1-5 1-2 v Peterborough (A) v Bristol City (A)

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hen you have just been W beaten by the league leaders, perhaps the last thing you want is a fixture against the team sitting in second place. But that is the situation facing Kenny Jackett’s side, who have to bounce back from Saturday’s heavy defeat to Hull by trying to beat Lincoln at Fratton Park this evening. It was undoubtedly an off day for Pompey against the Tigers, but there is plenty of evidence to suggest they can immediately put things right. There have been a number of clashes with fellow promotion hopefuls in recent weeks and the Blues have won the majority of them. They beat Hull on the road before Christmas and have also seen off Peterborough, Ipswich and Fleetwood to charge back into the running for a top two spot. And victory tonight would close the gap on an Imps side that few probably expected would

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be among the challengers this season. Michael Appleton’s men have shown they can compete with the division’s bigger names and head to the south coast on the back of a five-match unbeaten league run. That includes their 2-1 weekend victory over Northampton at Sincil Bank, which came courtesy of goals from Conor McGrandles and Anthony Scully. Also nestled among that sequence of games was a 4-0 thrashing of Accrington that secured a spot in the quarter-finals of the Papa John’s Trophy. But promotion will undoubtedly be the priority for City, who have not competed in the second tier of English football for 60 years. Their last taste of that level came in the 1960/61 season, when they finished bottom of Division Two to be relegated alongside Pompey. Lincoln did not look like getting back there last term, with a

16th-placed finish confirmed once the standings were adjusted for points-per-game. Their chances this time around have been helped by a fine away record, with Doncaster the only side to send them home emptyhanded. There have been an impressive seven victories on the road – the same number as Pompey and Hull – which includes triumphs at MK Dons (2-1), Blackpool (3-2), Crewe (1-0), Swindon (1-0), Rochdale (2-0), Northampton (4-0) and AFC Wimbledon (2-1). You have to go all the way back to 1980, however, to find the last time the Imps enjoyed success against the Blues. Tonight’s hosts are unbeaten in the past seven meetings between the sides and have won the five most recent contests. That includes a 3-1 victory on Lincoln’s patch earlier this season, while John Marquis’ effort was enough to secure the spoils at Fratton Park last term.

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He went on to appear for Preston and West Brom, but was forced to retire at the age of just 27 after suffering a serious knee injury. Appleton remained with the Baggies as a coach before being offered his first managerial role by Pompey in November 2011, only for the club to fall into administration soon after. Stints in charge of Blackpool, Blackburn and Oxford – where he secured League Two promotion – followed, while Lincoln came calling towards the start of last season.

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The former Manchester United trainee made a couple of cup appearances for the Red Devils and was handed his league debut during a loan spell with Lincoln.

He guided the Imps to a 16thplaced finish in his first, albeit truncated, campaign with the club and is now overseeing a battle for promotion to the Championship. Age: 45 Lincoln games managed/ won: 61/29

LAST MEETING Lincoln 1 Hopper 73 Pompey 3 Marquis 5, 50, Curtis 61 League One November 3 2020

HEAD TO HEAD Overall Pompey: 11 wins Lincoln: 5 wins 5 draws At Fratton Park Pompey: 6 wins Lincoln: 2 wins 3 draws

their lead and Ronan Curtis drilled one home before Tom Hopper grabbed a consolation for the Imps. Pompey: MacGillivray; Johnson, Raggett, Nicolaisen, Pring; Naylor (c) (Morris 81), Cannon; Harness (Mnoga 89), Williams, Curtis (Close 75); Marquis

John Marquis bagged a brace to ensure Pompey maintained their excellent away record with a convincing victory at Lincoln. The striker broke the deadlock in the opening stages, cutting onto his right foot and curling home a sumptuous finish following good work from Marcus Harness and Ryan Williams. And when Harness curled a superb delivery into the box early in the second half, Alex Palmer could not get enough of a hand on Marquis’ header to stop it finding the net. The Blues created numerous chances to extend

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2018/19 LEAGUE TWO CHAMPIONS AFTER COLLECTING 85 POINTS

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38 VICTORIES IN THE LINCOLNSHIRE SENIOR CUP FINAL – MOST RECENTLY IN 2014

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DEFEAT ON MOST RECENT VISIT TO FRATTON PARK 4 GOALS IN 3 POMPEY APPEARANCES FOR JOHN MARQUIS AGAINST LINCOLN

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HOMEGROWN HEROES FOOTBALL HISTORIAN LEIGH EDWARDS PROFILES FIVE PLAYERS WHO PROGRESSED THROUGH THE LINCOLN RANKS PHIL HUBBARD

Utility player Hubbard was Lincoln’s top scorer and voted ‘Player of the Year’ in 1970/71. Born locally, he made his debut in a 2-2 home draw with Chester five months before turning professional in the summer of 1966. He was ever-present in two consecutive seasons and left for Norwich in December 1971, helping them clinch the Division Two title. Moving, via Grimsby, back to Sincil Bank in August 1976, Hubbard netted 52 goals in 261 league games overall prior to joining Boston in November 1979, then was player/manager at Skegness. He sold insurance, then was an estate agent before becoming a newsagent in Washingborough. PHIL TURNER Versatile midfielder Turner appeared for the Imps in the 1983 Football League Trophy final. Turning professional in February 1980, he struck 18 times in 239 league outings before being swapped for Grimsby’s Gary Lund portsmouthfc.co.uk

in the summer of 1986. He signed for Leicester in February 1988, then moved to Notts County a year later in a £125,000 deal that included Gary Mills. Skippering the Magpies to two consecutive promotions via Wembley play-off triumphs, Turner was twice named ‘Player of the Year’ and also led them to a couple of Anglo-Italian Cup finals, including their 1995 success. He managed King’s Lynn and became a hospital care assistant in Ilkeston. MATT CARBON Central defender Carbon gained England U21 honours after leaving Lincoln. Signing professional terms in April 1993, he made his debut in the following month’s 2-0 home victory over Darlington. He netted 10 goals in 69 league appearances before being sold to Derby for £385,000 in March 1996, helping them regain top-flight status that season. Moving to West Brom at the start of 1998, Carbon joined Walsall in July 2001 and had a brief loan spell back with the Imps prior to signing for Barnsley in the summer of 2004. He later featured for New Zealand Knights and MK Dons, becoming head of football at Sports Gateway in his native Nottingham. DARREN HUCKERBY England U21 winger Huckerby turned professional at Sincil Bank in July 1993 and scored seven goals in 31 matches for the Imps before joining Newcastle for £400,000 in November 1995. He signed for Coventry a year later and Leeds stumped up £4 million to bring him to Elland Road in the summer of 1999. Moving to Manchester City in December 2000, Huckerby helped them 11

win the Division One title in 2001/02 and repeated the feat with Norwich in 2003/04. He was twice voted ‘Player of the Year’ while at Carrow Road, then appeared for Major League Soccer side San Jose Earthquakes before coaching back at the Canaries academy. LEE FRECKLINGTON

Republic of Ireland ‘B’ international midfielder Frecklington had two spells at Lincoln. Born locally, he was a scholar at Sincil Bank and made his debut in a 3-1 defeat at Rochdale five months before turning professional in July 2005. He helped them twice reach the League Two play-offs and moved to Peterborough in February 2009, then Rotherham in October 2012. Starring as they won promotion in two consecutive seasons, Frecklington returned to the Imps in January 2018 and featured at Wembley in their 2018 Football League Trophy final success. He skippered them to the League Two title in 2018/19 and netted 30 goals in 192 games overall. @Pompey

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GETTING TO KNOW…

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Do you have any hidden talents?

I’ve got no hidden talents – I’m just ‘Mr Average’ across the board. What is your guilty pleasure?

Sweets – I like the pick and mix. It’s not half expensive when you’re in the services!

If you could change one rule in football, what would it be?

The salary cap.

What would you do for a living if you weren’t a footballer?

I’d be involved in property. What’s the proudest moment of your career to date?

Do you have any prematch supesrstitions?

No, nothing at all.

What boots do you wear?

Nike Premiers.

Who would play you in a film of your life?

It’s got to be Brad Pitt – he’s the first one who comes to mind.

Scoring the winning goal for Bristol Rovers that I hate losing at anything. secured promotion, as well What’s your favourite as my two appearances at film/TV programme? In which other sport The Shawshank would you like to be a Wembley. I’ve had some Redemption/Love Island. professional? good moments. I don’t really like any Who was your sporting other sport. I’ll say golf because it gets you out of idol growing up? the house for a long time. I was always a Chelsea fan, so it was either John Terry or Frank Lampard. What makes you angry?

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POMPEY MASTERMIND 1 Who hit a hat-trick when Pompey beat today’s opponents 4-1 on home soil in November 1982? 2 The first ever meeting between the sides took place in which competition? 3 Who bagged a brace when the Blues won 3-1 at Sincil Bank earlier in the season? 4 Which manager led Pompey to a 4-0 victory over Lincoln in November 1979?

5 True or False? Pompey are the only professional English football club not located on the mainland of Great Britain. 6 How many League One penalties have been scored by the Blues so far this season? 7 Who were Pompey’s opponents for their first ever Premier League away fixture in August 2003? 8 Former Blues boss Jim Smith led which side to the 1986 League Cup final?

9 Which side famously scored after just 8.3 seconds of a World Cup qualifier against England, only to end up losing 7-1? 10 Who, in 1985, became the first player to be sent off in an FA Cup final? 11 Which football ground did ‘I’m A Celebrity’ contestant Jordan North describe as his ‘happy place’? 12 The 1958 FIFA World Cup was held in which European country?

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A KNIGHT’S TALE ALAN KNIGHT MADE 801 APPEARANCES FOR POMPEY AND IS NOW CLUB AMBASSADOR

omentum is everything in M football and Pompey were on a roll when they were temporarily

forced to halt their campaign after going top of the table. I hope, therefore, that any slight decline of fortunes is not met with negativity aimed towards the team or manager. ‘Unprecedented times’ is certainly the buzz phrase at the moment and people should take that on board. We should all be more concerned about exiting the pandemic – rather than League One – in a timely manner. Those who read my notes on Saturday will know that I suggested a suspension might be in order to stop the continued rise of positive Covid-19 cases in football. The possibility of some clubs playing on through fear of repercussions in the midst of this terrible virus is a dreadful thought and we should all have a bit more compassion towards those that are more worried about health than football.

I thought I came from a pretty harsh era, when Gordon Neave used to treat injury with a bucket and sponge – whether you were concussed or had suffered a dislocation. After this, you were quickly sent back into the fray! But if we are seriously discussing a loss of points in the same manner as a loss of lives, then the sport needs to take a long, hard look at itself. Steve Bruce has been pilloried in recent weeks for exiting a cup competition at the quarter-final stage and keeping Newcastle above the relegation pack. That might raise a few eyebrows in normal times, but factor in the fact they had to shut their training ground due to coronavirus and lost top performers like Allan SaintMaximin – a player I rate highly – then it is proof that supporters believe football clubs live in their own exclusive bubble of immunity. Back at Fratton Park, we have lost our 12th man for all but two games this season and had

done magnificently to reach the summit. There was every reason to believe that had those matches against Swindon and Bristol Rovers gone ahead, Pompey would have continued to build momentum. It says an awful lot about the spirit of this side because the knives were already being sharpened after a draw with Shrewsbury on the opening day and they have since gone on to beat the likes of Sunderland, Lincoln, Peterborough, Ipswich and Hull. Last term, some ignored the fact that Pompey were in the frame for automatic promotion when the campaign was prematurely halted and they only exited the play-offs because of one missed penalty in a shoot-out lottery. Real progress can sometimes be hidden by expectation and given the times we are in, I believe the progress made following July’s disappointment is a wonderful achievement – whatever happens from here.

ON THIS DAY JANUARY

26 1991 Guy Whittingham (above) struck four goals in the space of 30 second half minutes – with Colin Clarke also on target – as Pompey routed Harry Redknapp’s Bournemouth in the FA Cup.

1994 Gerry Creaney made his Blues debut following a £600,000 switch from Celtic in a narrow League Cup fifth round replay defeat to Manchester United at Fratton Park.

1998 Alan Ball (above) was appointed Pompey manager for the second time, taking over a side at the foot of the Division One table and guiding them to safety.

2008 An FA Cup shock was on the cards when the Blues conceded an early goal to Plymouth, but Lassana Diarra and Niko Kranjcar scored to get them back on the path to Wembley glory.

2010 Danny Webber came off the bench to snatch an equaliser for struggling Pompey in a 1-1 Premier League draw with West Ham on the south coast.

DID YOU KNOW? Johnny Gordon netted his 99th Pompey goal in a draw with Grimsby in April 1964, but had portsmouthfc.co.uk @Pompey to wait more than eight months before bringing17up his century with a strike at Charlton.

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MOORE’S MEMORIES FOR WHAT SEEMED AN ETERNITY, ALMOST EVERYONE INSIDE THE STADIUM JOINED IN WITH A RENDITION OF ‘ALAN BALL’S BLUE AND WHITE ARMY’ recently found myself wondering Ihistory about the course of Pompey had the coronavirus struck at the beginning of 1998.

The significance of a game against Stockport in the February of this year will strike a chord with a generation of fans reared on mediocrity, with only an occasional sprinkling or spice or tablespoon or arsenic in between. With just six wins going into the contest – and on a run of nine without one – the Blues propped up the Division One table on the night they came up against useful opponents who were camped in the top half. For the 8,622 who bothered to turn up, this fixture was just another that, by 9.35pm, was supposed to bring further confirmation on just how far the side had fallen. And yet, something seemed to stir within the Fratton faithful that night. Once loanee Steve Claridge – back at the club that had discarded him as a youngster, only for the striker to find fame and fortune in the Premier League – headed the hosts into the rarest of leads, the stirring quickly transformed into a cacophony of passion. For what seemed an eternity, almost everyone inside the stadium joined in with a rendition of ‘Alan Ball’s Blue and White Army’ that reverberated around the ground, only pausing for the halftime interval. If the ‘Guinness Book of Records’ had sent an adjudicator that evening, it would undoubtedly have earned an inclusion for the longest continuous chant at a football match. portsmouthfc.co.uk

There did not appear to be any single moment that prompted this chorus, other than a drum roll and accompanying sing-song behind the goal at Crewe the previous Saturday. That came during a regulation defeat and was a product of bloody-minded defiance rather than any urge to lift the team. What transpired at Fratton Park a few days later was borne out of spontaneity. It was not exclusive to the usual mass choir in the Fratton End, but resonated over the upper and lower tiers of the more conservative North and South Stands, as well as across to the Milton End. If you count up all the people who claim to have been there that night, it would be double the official attendance. Some perhaps were present by the quirk of an erroneous turnstile counter, which were often questioned for their competence in those days. But even if every single one of them were transported to the ground, there could not have been more 19

noise or a greater display of passion. That proved to be the catalyst for a team that had become used to failure. After this victory, Ball’s side proceeded to win the next three games without conceding a single goal. They went on a sixmatch unbeaten run and despite seeing their form tail off again, produced a memorable final day escape from the drop at Bradford. I was reminded of this occasion at the beginning of December, when 2,000 fans returned to Fratton Park for the visit of Peterborough. Despite the relatively small number, they contributed to what could prove to be a crucial triumph and provided a wholly uplifting experience. Pompey have shown they can still perform in front of soulless, empty grounds if they must. But nights like Stockport are proof that history might have turned out differently without the priceless contribution of supporters. @Pompey

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FROM THE ARCHIVE

THE POMPEY HISTORY SOCIETY TAKE A DELVE INTO THE CLUB’S ARCHIVE, PULL OUT A DOCUMENT OR ARTEFACT AND TELL THE STORY BEHIND IT. WE RECENTLY LOOKED AT A BOX MARKED ‘NEW STADIUM PLANS’, THEN DETAILS FOR THE ‘POMPEY CENTRE’ IN 2000, BUT FIVE YEARS EARLIER, A SLIGHTLY MORE CONSERVATIVE PLAN WAS DRAWN UP IN AN EMERGENCY… What does that say on the front – ‘Fratton Park a new future’? Heard that one before... Your cynicism doesn’t become you, although, to be fair, this project eventually saw the light of day, although not quite in the form envisaged here. Did it? How so? This club brochure is from early 1995, a few months after plans to relocate to a purpose-built new stadium at Farlington had been scuppered by the Secretary of State for the Environment on appeal. The consequence of that decision by the minister was that Pompey now needed to make Fratton Park all-seater by the start of the 1996/97 season or risk the stadium’s capacity being drastically reduced. So what were the club proposing? Then chairman Jim Gregory was in failing health, meaning finances were getting tighter and the feelgood factor the FA Cup semi-final run of 1992 had generated was fading fast. Pompey were mired in lower mid-table second tier mediocrity on the field. Going to the fans with a proposal to raise part of the finance to build a new Fratton End, as well as put seats on the North Stand terrace and rebuild the Milton End, through a bond scheme was optimistic to say the least. How did they see that working? The club needed to raise £2.5

million towards the £4.5 million project, which was scheduled to start in the summer of 1995, with the new Fratton End projected to be open by November of the same year. A contractor was in place – Mowlem – and planning permission anticipated. Adult fans would pay £500 for a bond, giving them seven years of discounted season tickets and various other fringe benefits including – and you can almost hear the bottom of the barrel being scraped here – ‘an opportunity to vote to rename the new stand’. Not really going to fly then? Not even an endorsement by goalkeeper and all-round club

legend Alan Knight on the back of the leaflet could convince I’m afraid. The project lapsed and the truncated Fratton End terrace – used since the mid-1980s after the upper tier of the old stand was condemned – would continue for another season. Fratton Park went all-seater in 1996, initially with just 7,000 seats. By now, former England boss Terry Venables was chairman. One of his first acts was to dust off the plans and by November 1997 a new Fratton End had been built, North Stand roof extended and seats installed. A new Milton End has remained elusive, although that was seated in 1996 and covered in 2008.

The Pompey History Society is a charitable organisation looking to preserve and conserve the club’s archive. It welcomes donations, including of memorabilia. For more information contact history@pompeyfc.co.uk or follow @PompeyHistory on Twitter.

SPARK BACK INTO LIFE ompey in the Community (PitC) are partnering P with Spark Community Space, a newly formed local charity who are working to reach those in

the community who have been left out or feel left behind. They aim to give people a place to belong, to be part of a network of support – and to spark back into life. Spark Community Space welcome anyone who feels that they have been overlooked by society, perhaps because of long-term illness, redundancy or because of a lack of skills or qualifications; perhaps because of disability or race; or maybe it is another reason. Spark is a place to belong, a place of welcome and friendship, a place for healing and rebuilding. It is somewhere for people to rediscover their value and self-worth. They are also involved in recycling furniture and have donated more than 100 office chairs in Pompey blue to PitC for use in the classrooms. The current equipment has been well used – many of it since the Study Centre opened 11 years ago – and was in dire need of replacing. portsmouthfc.co.uk

This is an incredible opportunity for PitC and the charity are hoping that Spark Community Space will also be able to support them in fitting out the new John Jenkins Stadium with recycled furniture and resources. Spark Community Space plan to open a community shop where people can come together to gain skills through volunteering, accessing training in a supportive atmosphere and progressing towards regaining a sense of belonging in society. Becki Simmons, who heads up Spark Community Space, said: “Spark is a brand new charity, working with other charities to create a better community for everyone – and what better charity to start with than Pompey in the Community!” If you have, or know of, a large space that could potentially be utilised by the new charity, then please contact clare.martin@pompeyitc.org.uk who will pass the information on. To learn more about Spark Community Space, visit Sparkintolife on Facebook or @sparkintolife on Twitter.

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VIEW FROM THE NORTH STAND ccasionally, one of my loyal O readers (as opposed to the other one) comes up with a good

idea for a column. Actually, who am I kidding? Almost everything you read under this heading comes from the readers and it is I who only gets involved on an occasional basis. This week’s subject was suggested by my good Twitter friend Paul Whiteaway (@peadubya66), who saw a tweet from Vince Taylor (who, incidentally, is also very well worth a follow – @groundtastic) that featured a picture of a fenced Fratton Park in the 1980s. That led to a discussion about who’s watched from various stands and terraces at different times. Paul himself summed up his journey around the Park: “Fratton End 70s to early 90s. Then North Stand Lower. Fratton End from 2002 then North Stand Upper on and off. Few years without a regular seat and then, with son, in South Stand Lower (family section), now South Stand Upper, since 2016.” There’s a man who doesn’t stand or sit still for long. And what about my old chum Scoop ‘Martin’ Hopkins, who you may remember from his Pompey radio work with The Quay and its successors? He outlined his movements: “North Stand Upper until I was old enough to go myself. Fratton End Upper until condemned. Fratton End Lower during old Division One season. North Terrace 20-plus years. TV gantry. South Stand press box.” Now that is impressive, including as it does, some viewing areas that will always remain out of bounds to most. I have contacted him to see if he means he went in the upper Fratton End until it was condemned, or until he was. A reply is awaited. portsmouthfc.co.uk

THAT LED TO A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHO’S WATCHED FROM VARIOUS STANDS AND TERRACES AT DIFFERENT TIMES Also weighing into the conversation was @SteveJT67, whose colourful offering was this: “First game stood on the Fratton End. Moved to the South Terrace. Proper aggro in preseason v Millwall and Chelsea. North Stand Upper during the glory years. Grinning face with smiling eyes. A Section, D Section with the chaps. Family enclosure, now to the back of the South Stand.” As for my own vantage points, I am quite proud of the fact that after attending my first three Fratton games, I’d watched from three different sides – it was the Milton End for an Arsenal friendly, North Terrace for a Lincoln game and the Fratton End to watch Steve Berry and Mick Tait see off Bristol City. Anyone out there who’s also done three sides in three straight games – or maybe even four in four? 24

Most of my 1981-83 period was spent on the North Terrace, from 83-85 I was in the family section under the South Stand and ever since – with the odd exception for a cup game or press box duties – I’ve been on the North Terrace/ North Stand Lower. In fact, my seat now (or at least when we’re able to return) is in pretty much the same spot from where I watched that Lincoln game 39 years and five months ago. So what’s your Fratton Park journey? Is there anyone who has only ever watched from one side – or even from one seat? Perhaps there’s someone who sits in the same seat their grandfather or great-grandfather did? Or is there anyone for whom the vantage point is not important and they’re as happy in the bottom corner of the Milton End as in the back row of the Fratton End, as long as Pompey are winning?

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2020/21 STATS HOME 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

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P 23 22 22 22 20 24 22 24 21 19 21 23 23 23 23 21 21 23 21 23 22 22 23 24

APPEARANCES

W 7 7 8 5 7 4 4 7 7 5 5 5 4 7 4 5 1 1 3 2 3 2 4 2

D 1 1 1 3 2 4 4 3 0 2 2 3 2 3 5 1 5 6 1 2 3 4 1 2

F 14 19 25 18 20 20 12 21 14 9 16 16 12 20 17 11 11 13 10 14 8 12 14 17

League

APPS GLS Alex Bass Charlie Bell James Bolton Alfie Bridgman Harrison Brook Lee Brown Andy Cannon Ben Close Ronan Curtis Paul Downing Gareth Evans* Marcus Harness Ellis Harrison Jordy Hiwula Michael Jacobs Harry Jewitt-White Callum Johnson Seok Jae Lee Harry Kavanagh Craig MacGillivray John Marquis Haji Mnoga Bryn Morris Tom Naylor Rasmus Nicolaisen Cam Pring* Sean Raggett Harvey Rew Taylor Seymour Alfie Stanley Gerard Storey Eoin Teggart Duncan Turnbull Jack Whatmough Harvey White Ryan Williams

L 3 4 1 4 2 3 4 3 5 2 3 3 6 3 2 3 3 4 6 6 6 5 7 8

16(+1) 18(+3) 2(+8) 16(+4) 1 22 5(+9) 0(+2) 7(+5) 21(+1) 22 19(+3) 1(+2) 5(+4) 22 3(+3) 6(+3) 22 19(+1) 0(+2) 15(+5)

1 4 5 2 1 11 4 2 2 3

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W 7 7 5 7 5 6 5 3 4 5 4 3 5 1 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 1

D 2 2 2 2 1 3 5 3 2 1 2 3 1 3 2 3 4 2 3 5 1 2 2 5

L 3 1 5 1 3 4 0 5 3 4 5 6 5 6 7 6 4 6 5 5 6 6 7 6

F 26 15 11 19 15 17 17 12 12 16 16 13 14 11 12 10 10 22 12 12 12 12 17 12

A 13 5 12 7 10 14 4 15 10 14 17 14 13 22 17 14 13 22 17 20 21 19 27 23

GD 20 15 15 18 14 5 12 5 3 4 5 7 -3 -8 0 -3 -5 -8 -11 -15 -18 -14 -16 -22

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5 2(+1) 6 0(+1) 0(+1) 2 3(+3) 4(+1) 6 5(+1) 2 6 2(+4) 3(+2) 1 1(+1) 4(+2) 0(+2) 2 4(+1) 6(+1) 3(+1) 6(+3) 6 6 6 6 2 0(+1) 2 0(+1) 1 1 2(+1) 5(+2)

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