Old but it still makes me larf

Pub for New Years Day

The Good companion mines a pint!!!!!!! or two, but first we have Bolton away on Saturday I bloody hate Bolton.

West Ham 1 2 Portsmouth

Well we win away at London to do the double over West Ham. Two goals from Linvoy another defender gets the goals, just as well we have only one fit striker. Linvoy is god or is it the other way round?

West Ham: Green, Spector (Dailly 69), Ferdinand, Gabbidon, Konchesky, Benayoun, Reo-Coker, Mullins, Etherington (Tevez 46), Zamora, Harewood (Sheringham 46).
Subs Not Used: Carroll, McCartney.

Booked: Ferdinand, Reo-Coker.

Goals: Sheringham 81.

Portsmouth: James, Johnson, Primus, Campbell, Pamarot, O'Neil, Davis, Pedro Mendes, Taylor, Fernandes, Kanu (Cole 87).
Subs Not Used: Ashdown, O'Brien, Thompson, Kranjcar.

Booked: Kanu.

Goals: Primus 16, 38.

Att: 34,913.

Ref: M Atkinson (W Yorkshire).

Tony Adams to leave?

It has sbeen reported that assistant manager Tony Adams is to leave Pompey at the end of the season, well I think this is to soon but if he wants to go then we will miss him at Pompey. Full story

Portsmouth 3 Sheffield United 1

Well this was a long day indeed, with getting into Pompey at ten in the morning to get the last bit of Christmas shopping done, and then some brunch at Trotters before we set of to the pub.
The pub was as I had expected another real mans pub, it has been a while since I had had a pint in this establishment 15 years showing my age!
So to the game well it got of to a bad start when Sheffield United’s Hulse scored on 4 mins to start what can only be called our worst 45 minuets of the season at home. I have to give it to Sheffield United they made us look bad, out of the three teams that came up this year they deserve to stay up the most. Also I like Neil Warnock passion comes to mind and he don’t care what he says. It was not until the second half that Pompey came to life and our quality came through when Mwaruwari ran into the box to make Sheffield United’s defence panic with a hard low cross they put into there own net Kozluk was credited with the own goal.
So now all season I have been waiting for Sol Campbell to score and he did with an unmarked header on 54 mins, soon to be followed up with Pamarot on 68 nins that was his second goal in as many games for the defender not bad considering he is playing out of position at the moment. There was a flicker of resistance from Sheffield United, and James needed to be alert to prevent substitute Claude Davis providing his side with a lifeline.
So another 3 points in the bag for safety, yes I know we can make Europe but lets get to 40 point first. So it’s West Ham next Play Up Pompey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pompeygary’s man of the match Campbell great first goal.
Pompeygary’s worst Johnson he is starting to give the ball away to often.


Portsmouth: James, Johnson, Primus, Campbell, Pamarot, O'Neil (Kranjcar 90), Davis, Pedro Mendes (Fernandes 87), Taylor, Mwaruwari, Kanu (Cole 84).
Subs Not Used: Ashdown, O'Brien.
Goals: Kozluk 48 og, Campbell 54, Pamarot 68.
Sheff Utd: Kenny, Kozluk, Davis, Morgan, Geary, Gillespie, Tonge (Montgomery 72), Jagielka, Stephen Quinn, Hulse (Nade 72), Webber (Kazim-Richards 75).
Subs Not Used: Bromby, Armstrong.
Booked: Geary, Kozluk.
Goals: Hulse 4.
Att: 20,164
Ref: G Poll (Hertfordshire).

Kanu seeks Pompey deal

Agent doing his pain in the arse stuuf to get a better deal for Kanu. STORY

Pub for match the Milton Arms

Mmmmmm beer!!!

Pompey put off by Fernandes fee

I don't blame Pompey at 12m...... STORY

Arsenal 2-2 Portsmouth

So we get a point at Arsenal and what a point well it could of been all three, bit i am happy with a 2-2 draw now we are down to sixth.

Arsenal: Lehmann, Eboue (Flamini 78), Toure, Djourou, Clichy, Ljungberg (Walcott 6), Silva, Fabregas, Hleb, Aliadiere (Adebayor 55), Van Persie.
Subs Not Used: Almunia, Senderos.

Goals: Adebayor 58, Silva 60.

Portsmouth: James, Johnson, Primus, Campbell, Pamarot, O'Neil, Thompson (Kranjcar 71), Davis, Pedro Mendes, Taylor, Kanu (Hughes 85).
Subs Not Used: Ashdown, O'Brien, Douala.

Booked: Johnson, O'Neil.

Goals: Pamarot 45, Taylor 47.

Att: 60,037 Ref: S Bennett (Kent)

That Goal Against Everton

Time to sit infront of the radio again

So with all the striker problems and the Fernandes saga the only thing for me to do is sit and put the radio on at 107.4 the quay Play Up Pompey!!!!!!!!

Doom and Gloom Time

Every so often a romour spreads on the net of doom and gloom about Pompey we have no money, or Redknapp is Leaving again. So we are not going to play Fernandes for the match against Arsenal this story could be seen in two ways 1) we have no money 2) Fernandes is not worth it and we need the money for other players in January.
STORY

Trip down memory lane part Three

Portsmouth 1-5 Arsenal

Saturday, 6 March, 2004
Fratton Park

This was an awesome match that we lost, how good it was to see Arsenal in such good form. I hope this is not the score line on Saturday!!!!!

Arsenal reached the FA Cup semi-finals with an impressive win over Portsmouth.

Jose Antonio Reyes volleyed against the bar early on, before Thierry Henry pounced on a deflection and fired home.

Arsenal added two more in the closing stages of the first-half, as Fredrik Ljungberg curled the ball past Shaka Hislop and then Kolo Toure struck.

Henry and Ljungberg then each scored a second goal, before Ayegbeni Yakubu and Matthew Taylor rattled the woodwork and Teddy Sheringham's flick found the net.

Despite the slippery conditions, Arsenal quickly began to weave their intricate passing patterns.

Prominent in many of those eye-catching moves was Reyes, who almost gave Arsenal a second-minute lead when he rattled the crossbar with a wonderful left-footed half-volley.

The young Spaniard then almost got on to the end of Patrick Vieira's inswinging cross from the right.

Reyes also played a part in Henry's goal as he made a dangerous run into the Portsmouth box.

Petri Pasanen managed to block Ljungberg's pass to Reyes with a sliding tackle, but the ball broke kindly for Henry, who finished with aplomb.

Arsenal continued to open up the Portsmouth defence almost at will.

Ljungberg and Henry combined with a slick one-two allowing the Frenchman to cut the ball back for Edu, whose low shot was well saved by Hislop.

Vieira also went close, powering a header narrowly wide from a corner.

In the closing stages of the first half, Arsenal emphasised their superiority with two more goals.

First Edu slipped the ball between Pasanen and Linvoy Primus to Ljungberg, who calmly curled the ball past Hislop.

Kolo Toure then capitalised on some slack Portsmouth defending from a corner allowing the Arsenal defender to shoot low past Hislop.

Arsenal's finishing masterclass contrasted sharply with Portsmouth's lack of confidence in front of goal, notably when Ivica Mornar took too many touches and the danger passed.

The second half was only four minutes old when Henry scored his second with a clever goal that displayed his quick thinking as he sent a low curling shot through a thicket of players to surprise Hislop.

Ljungberg also claimed a second, when his deflected shot gave Hislop no chance.

As Arsenal eased up, Yakubu headed against the bar, Taylor hit the post with a low shot and then Sheringham, who had come on as a substitute, flicked the ball over Jens Lehmann.

Portsmouth: Hislop, Pasanen, Primus, De Zeeuw, Taylor, Smertin, Faye, Quashie (Hughes 70), Berkovic (Stone 45), Mornar (Sheringham 77), Yakubu.
Subs Not Used: Wapenaar, Harper.

Arsenal: Lehmann, Lauren, Campbell, Toure, Cole, Ljungberg (Bentley 72), Vieira (Clichy 72), Edu, Silva, Reyes, Henry (Kanu 72).
Subs Not Used: Taylor, Cygan.

Attendance: 20,137.

Referee: J Winter (Cleveland).

Pompey's striker crisis deepens

From The Portsmouth News

Merse's warning to Pompey over Arsenal trip

From The Portsmouth News.

Portsmouth 2 Everton 0

Well this was a very good day for football fans and Pompey fans alike. My mum, myself and 20000 others watched Matt Taylor score a 45 yard goal. At the time he kicked the volley towards the Everton goal I looked at the flight of the ball and thought is that going to go in, no no way!!! But it bloody well did and the Pompey fans went bloody crazy.
The day started of at the pub The White House a pub I have not been in ever, that is strange for me as I have been to most others in Pompey especially as it’s near to Fratton Park, and I did once live down the road. I liked the pub more of a MANS pub swearing and belching (nice) and the bar staff wore Pompey tops, but no football on the TV but at least I had my two bottles of Newcastle Brown Ale.
So to the game and what a game (well the first half anyway) Everton were poor, ok they had a few out but for a team of that stature I expected more fight. Most of the game was a blur after the Taylor goal except for the Kanu goal and what a goal that was too. So Pompey are back up to 3rd and I have to rub my eyes every time I look at the League Table. So it’s The Gunners next Play Up Pompey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pompeygary’s Best Man Taylor Nuff Said
Pomeygary’s Worst Man Beattie Scummer Scummer Scummer
Portsmouth: James, Johnson, Primus, Campbell, Pamarot, O'Neil, Fernandes, Davis (Hughes 90), Taylor, Mwaruwari (Douala 62), Kanu (Kranjcar 81).
Subs Not Used: Ashdown, Thompson.
Booked: Johnson, Davis.
Goals: Taylor 14, Kanu 26.
Everton: Howard, Yobo, Stubbs, Weir (McFadden 46), Lescott, Van der Meyde (Vaughan 80), Davies, Carsley, Nuno Valente, Johnson, Beattie (Anichebe 46).
Subs Not Used: Wright, Hughes.
Booked: Beattie, Van der Meyde, Johnson, Stubbs.
Att: 19,528
Ref: M Clattenburg (Co Durham).

This week I will be drinking at The White House

Pint of Newcastle Brown Ale please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Portsmouth 2 Aston Villa 2

This was a game I knew was not going to be easy, Aston Villa was the first team Pompey played in the Premiership and we won that one 2-1 and we went on to finish 13th that first year.
So the contented pig was a quiet and new smelling place that did not like people with hats or caps by order of the management?, so I was asked to take mine off, not much Pompey but the sofa was nice to sit on.
So to the game well I did think this one was going to be a draw and it was. The first half was very good until Villa got a pen when keeper James, who was fortunate to be given only a yellow card by referee Uriah Rennie before Barry thrashed home the spot-kick.
The second half was a screamer first Taylor headed the ball home from a Mwaruwari cross then James made a fantastic save from a Villa free kick, he jumped from one post to the other to push out the ball. We then got our own pen when Barry handled the ball in the area, so Taylor got his second with a well struck pen. It all looked like we would get all three points until Angel got the second for Villa to draw the game to add to the drama, Mendes was then shown red by referee Rennie for a second bookable offence, a foul on Gavin McCann. So we are down to 4th still going good.

Pompeygary’s best man Taylor back to his best since the promotion year.
Pompeygary’s worst Barry dirty player he elbowed O'Neil in the back of the
head.

Portsmouth: James, Johnson, Primus, Campbell, Pamarot, O'Neil, Fernandes, Pedro Mendes, Taylor, LuaLua (Mwaruwari 34), Kanu (Hughes 86).
Subs Not Used: Ashdown, Thompson, Kranjcar.
Sent Off: Pedro Mendes (86).
Booked: James, Pedro Mendes.
Goals: Taylor 52, 80 pen.
Aston Villa: Taylor, Mellberg, Cahill, Ridgewell, Barry, Petrov, McCann, Osbourne, Davis (Hughes 90), Baros (Angel 78), Agbonlahor.
Subs Not Used: Olejnik, Bouma, Gardner.
Booked: Ridgewell, Osbourne, Baros, Barry.
Goals: Barry 37 pen, Angel 82.
Att: 20,042
Ref: U Rennie (S Yorkshire).