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Huge police operation for Saints' clash with Pompey (From Daily Echo)
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Huge police operation for Saints' clash with Pompey
12:43pm Wednesday 30th November 2011 in Saints News
By Jenny Makin, Crime Reporter
Rickie Lambert scoring against Portsmouth for Saints
IT will be one of the biggest police operations ever seen in Hampshire for a football match.
Hundreds of officers will have their rest days cancelled as the force tries to ensure that the south coast derby clash between Saints and Pompey passes off safely.
More than 200 police, including officers on horseback and the force dog unit, will be on duty in Portsmouth next month when the rivals meet at Fratton Park.
The cost of the operation on December 18 is expected to run into hundreds of thousands of pounds and will see key routes into the city guarded by police and 8ft steel barricades used to block sideroads to allow thousands of Southampton fans to be driven in safely under escort.
Aircraft will also be flying over the route to relay information on potential trouble hotspots to the enormous convoy, while bridges and key points along the route will be manned by police to ensure that there are no flashpoints.
They are extreme measures being put into place by police chiefs who feel that they have no option – and who are determined not to let a minority intent on fighting or causing disorder have their way.
It will be the first time that the two sides have met at Fratton Park for five years – and comes six years after riots broke out in parts of the city when the two teams met.
Further details of the mammoth plan, which will see up to 3,200 Saints fans transported to Pompey in a “coach bubble”, were revealed yesterday at a top-level command meeting.
As the Daily Echo went to press there were still several hundred tickets available in the Southampton allocation, leading police chiefs to believe that hundreds of seats in the away end could be empty.
Ticket sales closed at midnight last night.
It’s believed that the controversial bubble plan, which will see all Saints fans transported together in coaches under police guard, has left some fans angry, while the lure of a televised game has tempted others to stay at home.
The Southampton team coach will be made to travel to the city early, leaving Marchwood training ground escorted by four motorcyclists from Thames Valley Police.
Coaches full of supporters will then leave for Fratton Park in two batches – the first with fans travelling from Winchester, who will meet the first convoy from St Mary’s on the M27 and will travel into the city along the Eastern Road together at a slow speed.
The second convoy will depart shortly after, with the remainder of fans from Southampton meeting coaches in Bursledon to make the journey together.
Many local pubs near the ground will be closed, local businesses have been warned to expect disruption, and residents and shoppers heading towards Portsmouth on what will be one of the busiest shopping days of the year are being urged to avoid the area.
Steps have also been taken to educate local schoolchildren and known “risk” groups of youths, while calls have been made to ensure that essential services such as meals on wheels deliveries can still be made in the area.
Inside the ground, Saints fans will be policed by up to 50 of their own stewards. After the game, fans will depart together – with a predicted 46 coaches expected to form one convoy out of the city and back to Southampton.
Supt Rick Burrows, who is in charge of the operation, said that the number of officers was necessary.
He added: “We are constantly being updated on intelligence and the more I hear of that, the more I have to do it this way.
“Our priority is to ensure fans enjoy a good and safe day out.
“Anyone intent on causing trouble needs to know that it simply won’t be tolerated.”
Comments(79)
Just another reader
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12:57pm Wed 30 Nov 11
G0Rf
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1:01pm Wed 30 Nov 11
St.Yorkie
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1:06pm Wed 30 Nov 11
Tax payers money or Portsmouth FC? Where's the money coming from Mr Burrows to pay for all this extra policing now Portsmouth Football Club are in effect penniless?
I've run the gauntlet that is Fratton Park - after a Saints win in 1976 & 1984. The hatred all seems to be a bit one sided - is it jealousy?
I'm not coming for you, I'll be sat at home watching the game unfurl on terrestial TV! I wouldn't go on principle as no one tells me where, when and how I go to a match...we're not a police state just yet!
sotonwinch09
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1:12pm Wed 30 Nov 11
Le Tissier's Nose
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1:16pm Wed 30 Nov 11
UTS
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1:19pm Wed 30 Nov 11
al2u1950
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1:21pm Wed 30 Nov 11
mack chinnon
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1:25pm Wed 30 Nov 11
The old bill cocked it up last time are they trying to make amends.
Chriops
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1:29pm Wed 30 Nov 11
Folkestone Saint
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1:34pm Wed 30 Nov 11
Just another reader wrote:LOL, that is f n funny
No doubt the Poopey fans will get frustrated and smash up their own town again, causing £millions of improvements!!
UTS
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1:35pm Wed 30 Nov 11
Even if there is no trouble in a couple of weeks. This has all failed due to fans not wanting to be told how to attend a football match.
mummsie
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1:50pm Wed 30 Nov 11
costa gaz
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2:21pm Wed 30 Nov 11
The ticket/transport arrangements, the ticket buying procedure (the ballot system) and the fact that it's on BBC1 have all caused the low turn-out.
Why make everything so confusing?
The Outside Edge
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2:44pm Wed 30 Nov 11
The police management of recent games between them and us has been quite terrible, segregation of the rival supporters has been appalling, especially at SMS at the last game, it was ineffective and I truly believe the police wanted it that way to make easy arrests and get the courts to issue banning orders.
Don't get me wrong some so called supporters acted appallingly, but others taken to court because they ran down the road or shook a fist is stupidity, that's is why the courts threw out some cases.
The Football club must take responsibility for insisting their supporters leave the stadium immediately, by getting out the stadium responsibility shifts to the police.
These measures are extreme but not needed, it going back to the 70s/80s this no way forward.
G0Rf
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2:45pm Wed 30 Nov 11
Less of our money those fishey f@@@ers have of ours the better!
ToastyTea
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3:03pm Wed 30 Nov 11
Regarding the article looks like the skates are going to have to work a bit harder to get to us then.
Sally Hamilton Original
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3:06pm Wed 30 Nov 11
ShakeyWiffles
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3:08pm Wed 30 Nov 11
sotonwinch09
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3:13pm Wed 30 Nov 11
G0Rf wrote:Any saints fan would relish the opportunity to see saints win at Fratton.
I can't see why anyone would want to get carted down there like that and then stand in the rain for the game when it's on tv.
Less of our money those fishey f@@@ers have of ours the better!
The Outside Edge
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3:27pm Wed 30 Nov 11
G0Rf wrote:I think the atmosphere will be terrific, well worth the £43.50.
I can't see why anyone would want to get carted down there like that and then stand in the rain for the game when it's on tv.
Less of our money those fishey f@@@ers have of ours the better!
I'm not bothered about the attention from the police.
I do printing the route is a bit irresponsible of the Echo, I have no doubt coaches will come under attack from the Skate low life
puppy saint
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4:04pm Wed 30 Nov 11
UTS wrote:So the Saints fans (?) who didn't just go home or to the pub had nothing to do with what occurred at Freeborn's garage then?
What where the chances of trouble occuring at fratton with normal travel. Pretty low if the right precautions where put in place. Trouble at FP years ago due to the police failure to close roads/pubs like they are now doing. Trouble outside SMS last year due to allowing away fans out at the same time.
Even if there is no trouble in a couple of weeks. This has all failed due to fans not wanting to be told how to attend a football match.
Linesman
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4:29pm Wed 30 Nov 11
mummsie wrote:So true. Adults behaving like kids.
All this because of a few idiots, on both sides that is!!!
Gainer T Gopher
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4:45pm Wed 30 Nov 11
The Outside Edge
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4:59pm Wed 30 Nov 11
puppy saint wrote:The mindless few intent of causing trouble did exactly what was expected, however some responsibility has to be accepted by the police and the club.
UTS wrote:So the Saints fans (?) who didn't just go home or to the pub had nothing to do with what occurred at Freeborn's garage then?
What where the chances of trouble occuring at fratton with normal travel. Pretty low if the right precautions where put in place. Trouble at FP years ago due to the police failure to close roads/pubs like they are now doing. Trouble outside SMS last year due to allowing away fans out at the same time.
Even if there is no trouble in a couple of weeks. This has all failed due to fans not wanting to be told how to attend a football match.
The policing was woeful, many supporters were shepherded towards Freeborn garage with little or no option, the fencing was not adequate or erected properly (actually said in a court case) the police tactics was to contain Saints fans in one area, it happened to be Freeborn garage fans were not allowed to leave area.
Even with the full metal fencing erected at the car park by the steps was not enough because the away fans let out a the same time, a stupid decision, this happen far to often with visiting fans simply because once the away fans walk down the steps to Britannia Rd they become responsibility of the police and not the club.
I will be going to the game, I think these measures are overkill, but I accept it that's what the both clubs and the police want, however I think it going back not forward.
puppy saint
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5:25pm Wed 30 Nov 11
The Outside Edge wrote:You're first line is the most relevant. If these individuals really do hate P%mpey fans, as many of our fans profess to do, then there are plenty of pubs down there they could walk into and express themselves. Throwing coins at a group containing OAPS, children and woman is not the act of a balanced person. It was embarrassing to be a Saints fan after the last game at SMS. Quite how the OB are responsible is lost on me.
puppy saint wrote:The mindless few intent of causing trouble did exactly what was expected, however some responsibility has to be accepted by the police and the club.
UTS wrote:So the Saints fans (?) who didn't just go home or to the pub had nothing to do with what occurred at Freeborn's garage then?
What where the chances of trouble occuring at fratton with normal travel. Pretty low if the right precautions where put in place. Trouble at FP years ago due to the police failure to close roads/pubs like they are now doing. Trouble outside SMS last year due to allowing away fans out at the same time.
Even if there is no trouble in a couple of weeks. This has all failed due to fans not wanting to be told how to attend a football match.
The policing was woeful, many supporters were shepherded towards Freeborn garage with little or no option, the fencing was not adequate or erected properly (actually said in a court case) the police tactics was to contain Saints fans in one area, it happened to be Freeborn garage fans were not allowed to leave area.
Even with the full metal fencing erected at the car park by the steps was not enough because the away fans let out a the same time, a stupid decision, this happen far to often with visiting fans simply because once the away fans walk down the steps to Britannia Rd they become responsibility of the police and not the club.
I will be going to the game, I think these measures are overkill, but I accept it that's what the both clubs and the police want, however I think it going back not forward.
Strasbourg Saint
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5:45pm Wed 30 Nov 11
It's 20 miles ffs. Yes, if people want a coach, that's fine. But why would it be so difficult to cordon off the park and ride area (nr Farlington, just off the M27) for Milton Road ticket holders only and bus Saints fans in from there?
They could even install a beer tent and loos, with the beer tent helping to fund the operation, especially if Puppy's buying the first round! Now THAT would be worth another trip on Eurostar!
The Outside Edge
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5:48pm Wed 30 Nov 11
puppy saint wrote:At least 4 people had their court cases stopped and the charges dropped half way through their case, some of what reported in the Echo at the time was exaggerated, this doesn't mean it didn't happen and those who caused trouble were rightly convicted, sentenced and banned.
The Outside Edge wrote:You're first line is the most relevant. If these individuals really do hate P%mpey fans, as many of our fans profess to do, then there are plenty of pubs down there they could walk into and express themselves. Throwing coins at a group containing OAPS, children and woman is not the act of a balanced person. It was embarrassing to be a Saints fan after the last game at SMS. Quite how the OB are responsible is lost on me.
puppy saint wrote:The mindless few intent of causing trouble did exactly what was expected, however some responsibility has to be accepted by the police and the club.
UTS wrote:So the Saints fans (?) who didn't just go home or to the pub had nothing to do with what occurred at Freeborn's garage then?
What where the chances of trouble occuring at fratton with normal travel. Pretty low if the right precautions where put in place. Trouble at FP years ago due to the police failure to close roads/pubs like they are now doing. Trouble outside SMS last year due to allowing away fans out at the same time.
Even if there is no trouble in a couple of weeks. This has all failed due to fans not wanting to be told how to attend a football match.
The policing was woeful, many supporters were shepherded towards Freeborn garage with little or no option, the fencing was not adequate or erected properly (actually said in a court case) the police tactics was to contain Saints fans in one area, it happened to be Freeborn garage fans were not allowed to leave area.
Even with the full metal fencing erected at the car park by the steps was not enough because the away fans let out a the same time, a stupid decision, this happen far to often with visiting fans simply because once the away fans walk down the steps to Britannia Rd they become responsibility of the police and not the club.
I will be going to the game, I think these measures are overkill, but I accept it that's what the both clubs and the police want, however I think it going back not forward.
As reported in court, failure to carry out a risk assessment of the fencing and other things, defence barristers called an expert in herris fencing who proved it was wrongly erected, the slightest push and the fence fell down, both the police and the club failed to communicate on security pre and post match, it was all said in court.
That is my reasoning for saying all were to blame, not just the idiots, but it could have prevented, that is why these measures are being put in place.
slugger
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6:11pm Wed 30 Nov 11
Chipster
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6:17pm Wed 30 Nov 11
Simples!............
.COYR's :o)
tennisaint
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6:18pm Wed 30 Nov 11
Chipster
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6:19pm Wed 30 Nov 11
Just another reader wrote:I've heard that Portsmuff is the only town in the UK that would actually benefit from an all-out nuclear strike!
No doubt the Poopey fans will get frustrated and smash up their own town again, causing £millions of improvements!!
Gainer T Gopher
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6:30pm Wed 30 Nov 11
while the groups who are set for trouble and a bit of scrapping will catch the train and get off at Cosham, Fratton or Portsmouth & Southsea, after all, the police have just advertised where they are all going to be.....
Bunman
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6:47pm Wed 30 Nov 11
Bunman
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6:49pm Wed 30 Nov 11
The Outside Edge
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6:52pm Wed 30 Nov 11
Bunman wrote:Would be funny, however we are sensible than your fans.
Would love to see the face on the police if all you lot decided you wanted to go home on the train and refused to get on the bus.
puppy saint
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7:12pm Wed 30 Nov 11
Bunman wrote:3,200 (ish!) banning orders.
Would love to see the face on the police if all you lot decided you wanted to go home on the train and refused to get on the bus.
marz194
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7:28pm Wed 30 Nov 11
Rocket 1
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8:16pm Wed 30 Nov 11
Bunman wrote:We can go home in Limousines after we beat you Skates, cause we got Money and points, you can just crawl into the Sewer and swim home, do you want sympathy?? well you are not going to get any, remember a few years ago when we were in you're position? The tide has turned, bye, bye, bye Skates and good riddance.
Would love to see the face on the police if all you lot decided you wanted to go home on the train and refused to get on the bus.
captain-chaos
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8:31pm Wed 30 Nov 11
captain-chaos
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8:35pm Wed 30 Nov 11
Rocket 1 wrote:Nah, nah, nah nana. Grow up To$$er. I don't support football because of idiots like you. It's a game! Call yourself a 'supporter'?
Bunman wrote:We can go home in Limousines after we beat you Skates, cause we got Money and points, you can just crawl into the Sewer and swim home, do you want sympathy?? well you are not going to get any, remember a few years ago when we were in you're position? The tide has turned, bye, bye, bye Skates and good riddance.
Would love to see the face on the police if all you lot decided you wanted to go home on the train and refused to get on the bus.
slugger
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8:36pm Wed 30 Nov 11
Bunman wrote:this is my point i suppose ....... at the end of the day , why should the cops dictate to me where i can or cannot go ........ i thought we lived in a free country !
Would love to see the face on the police if all you lot decided you wanted to go home on the train and refused to get on the bus.
Rocket 1
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8:42pm Wed 30 Nov 11
captain-chaos wrote:Still say goodbye to the Skates, and to TO$$ER'S like you, so you can go and join them in the Sewer if you want, bye, bye.
Rocket 1 wrote:Nah, nah, nah nana. Grow up To$$er. I don't support football because of idiots like you. It's a game! Call yourself a 'supporter'?
Bunman wrote:We can go home in Limousines after we beat you Skates, cause we got Money and points, you can just crawl into the Sewer and swim home, do you want sympathy?? well you are not going to get any, remember a few years ago when we were in you're position? The tide has turned, bye, bye, bye Skates and good riddance.
Would love to see the face on the police if all you lot decided you wanted to go home on the train and refused to get on the bus.
Bunman
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8:52pm Wed 30 Nov 11
slugger wrote:Slugger, my scumptie mate, long time no post from my point here in the East of our fine county. Season going well for you boys so far, you play some nice stuff. The scummers at work do amuse me though. Barca and Stains mentioned in the same sentence last week seriously!
Bunman wrote: Would love to see the face on the police if all you lot decided you wanted to go home on the train and refused to get on the bus.this is my point i suppose ....... at the end of the day , why should the cops dictate to me where i can or cannot go ........ i thought we lived in a free country !
Bunman
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8:53pm Wed 30 Nov 11
slugger wrote:Slugger, my scumptie mate, long time no post from my point here in the East of our fine county. Season going well for you boys so far, you play some nice stuff. The scummers at work do amuse me though. Barca and Stains mentioned in the same sentence last week seriously!
Bunman wrote: Would love to see the face on the police if all you lot decided you wanted to go home on the train and refused to get on the bus.this is my point i suppose ....... at the end of the day , why should the cops dictate to me where i can or cannot go ........ i thought we lived in a free country !
slugger
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8:57pm Wed 30 Nov 11
Bunman wrote:lol , well we are top ! .......... where i work (loads of skates) poopey and gutter keep being mentioned in the same sentences !
slugger wrote:Slugger, my scumptie mate, long time no post from my point here in the East of our fine county. Season going well for you boys so far, you play some nice stuff. The scummers at work do amuse me though. Barca and Stains mentioned in the same sentence last week seriously!Bunman wrote: Would love to see the face on the police if all you lot decided you wanted to go home on the train and refused to get on the bus.this is my point i suppose ....... at the end of the day , why should the cops dictate to me where i can or cannot go ........ i thought we lived in a free country !
Bunman
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8:59pm Wed 30 Nov 11
Rocket 1 wrote:Not sure how that relates to my post Rocket (if ever there was a more apt username)??? Still, I guess some are always at the back at the queue when it comes to dishing out the skills needed to get through life. Sympathy, I have sympathy for your family and the fellow fans of your club (your embarassing)......no
Bunman wrote: Would love to see the face on the police if all you lot decided you wanted to go home on the train and refused to get on the bus.We can go home in Limousines after we beat you Skates, cause we got Money and points, you can just crawl into the Sewer and swim home, do you want sympathy?? well you are not going to get any, remember a few years ago when we were in you're position? The tide has turned, bye, bye, bye Skates and good riddance.
ne is required on your part but thanks for thinking of us! you're right though, the tide has turned as it always has done between us and you. I wouldn't bet against one day it turning again!!
Bunman
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9:03pm Wed 30 Nov 11
slugger wrote:Well I work in the SO vicinity. There are probably as many blues now as there are reds, but we're keeping our heads down. Seems to me the s*um that go to games are more realistic, and the tagger-ons are slightly more excitable. West Ham look good but the gap to 7th is getting big. I pray for a win for us on the 18th, and for your season to collapse as a result, I will not be visiting Ladbrokes however!
Bunman wrote:lol , well we are top ! .......... where i work (loads of skates) poopey and gutter keep being mentioned in the same sentences !slugger wrote:Slugger, my scumptie mate, long time no post from my point here in the East of our fine county. Season going well for you boys so far, you play some nice stuff. The scummers at work do amuse me though. Barca and Stains mentioned in the same sentence last week seriously!Bunman wrote: Would love to see the face on the police if all you lot decided you wanted to go home on the train and refused to get on the bus.this is my point i suppose ....... at the end of the day , why should the cops dictate to me where i can or cannot go ........ i thought we lived in a free country !
Rocket 1
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9:11pm Wed 30 Nov 11
Bunman wrote:I work with a lot of Portsmouth Guy's and when we were in the Mire, there was no Sympathy whatsoever, just ridicule, so to me this is Pay Back time, no offense to you or any other " Proper Pompey " Fans, just my way at getting my own back on them, sorry if I offended you. Still gonna whip your **** in a few weeks, up the "Saints"
Rocket 1 wrote:Not sure how that relates to my post Rocket (if ever there was a more apt username)??? Still, I guess some are always at the back at the queue when it comes to dishing out the skills needed to get through life. Sympathy, I have sympathy for your family and the fellow fans of your club (your embarassing)......no
Bunman wrote: Would love to see the face on the police if all you lot decided you wanted to go home on the train and refused to get on the bus.We can go home in Limousines after we beat you Skates, cause we got Money and points, you can just crawl into the Sewer and swim home, do you want sympathy?? well you are not going to get any, remember a few years ago when we were in you're position? The tide has turned, bye, bye, bye Skates and good riddance.
ne is required on your part but thanks for thinking of us! you're right though, the tide has turned as it always has done between us and you. I wouldn't bet against one day it turning again!!
slugger
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9:15pm Wed 30 Nov 11
Bunman wrote:it's the gap to 3rd that occupies me , love to win it but if i'm honest i think west ham will .......... promotion is the ultimate goal ...... if you survive this latest debarcle i'll be amazed but good luck anyway bunman , lots of twists and turns to come mush !
slugger wrote:Well I work in the SO vicinity. There are probably as many blues now as there are reds, but we're keeping our heads down. Seems to me the s*um that go to games are more realistic, and the tagger-ons are slightly more excitable. West Ham look good but the gap to 7th is getting big. I pray for a win for us on the 18th, and for your season to collapse as a result, I will not be visiting Ladbrokes however!Bunman wrote:lol , well we are top ! .......... where i work (loads of skates) poopey and gutter keep being mentioned in the same sentences !slugger wrote:Slugger, my scumptie mate, long time no post from my point here in the East of our fine county. Season going well for you boys so far, you play some nice stuff. The scummers at work do amuse me though. Barca and Stains mentioned in the same sentence last week seriously!Bunman wrote: Would love to see the face on the police if all you lot decided you wanted to go home on the train and refused to get on the bus.this is my point i suppose ....... at the end of the day , why should the cops dictate to me where i can or cannot go ........ i thought we lived in a free country !
Bunman
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9:21pm Wed 30 Nov 11
Rocket 1 wrote:And to be fair Rocket, I would/probably did the same thing. Nature of the rivalry isn't it?!?! And we're fair game really aren't we. Just didn't understand why you thought I wanted sympathy from my original post. You should kick our arses, but then according to many on here last time you should. Your players bottled it in 2005, I would welcome the same again! Personally I predict a riot....or more likely a score draw or a rout for you :(
Bunman wrote:I work with a lot of Portsmouth Guy's and when we were in the Mire, there was no Sympathy whatsoever, just ridicule, so to me this is Pay Back time, no offense to you or any other " Proper Pompey " Fans, just my way at getting my own back on them, sorry if I offended you. Still gonna whip your **** in a few weeks, up the "Saints"Rocket 1 wrote:Not sure how that relates to my post Rocket (if ever there was a more apt username)??? Still, I guess some are always at the back at the queue when it comes to dishing out the skills needed to get through life. Sympathy, I have sympathy for your family and the fellow fans of your club (your embarassing)......no ne is required on your part but thanks for thinking of us! you're right though, the tide has turned as it always has done between us and you. I wouldn't bet against one day it turning again!!Bunman wrote: Would love to see the face on the police if all you lot decided you wanted to go home on the train and refused to get on the bus.We can go home in Limousines after we beat you Skates, cause we got Money and points, you can just crawl into the Sewer and swim home, do you want sympathy?? well you are not going to get any, remember a few years ago when we were in you're position? The tide has turned, bye, bye, bye Skates and good riddance.
Rocket 1
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9:29pm Wed 30 Nov 11
BASILBRUSH
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9:47pm Wed 30 Nov 11
Sadly there are always going to be a few idiots from both sides that think its clever and makes them 'real' supporters if they kick 7 bells out of each other.
Its banter to me, thats all. Most dont really know what the rivalry is all about. Mostly urban myths.
The 2 cities are alot closer than people think.
I will always want Saints to be in the better league or beat Pompey, and will will continue to chant in the stands, but that's where it stays. I wouldnt injure or punch another person because of it..... It can only take one punch.
For the Pompey fans reading this good luck with finding a new owner. Non of this is the fans or employees fault. Too much history to be lost, and we would lose half our chants!
Queue the stick. ;)
COYR's!
rob the saint in NZ
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9:48pm Wed 30 Nov 11
Bunman wrote:We're not the same team or club even as 2005. I think our players had a haunted look about them that day.
Rocket 1 wrote:And to be fair Rocket, I would/probably did the same thing. Nature of the rivalry isn't it?!?! And we're fair game really aren't we. Just didn't understand why you thought I wanted sympathy from my original post. You should kick our arses, but then according to many on here last time you should. Your players bottled it in 2005, I would welcome the same again! Personally I predict a riot....or more likely a score draw or a rout for you :(Bunman wrote:I work with a lot of Portsmouth Guy's and when we were in the Mire, there was no Sympathy whatsoever, just ridicule, so to me this is Pay Back time, no offense to you or any other " Proper Pompey " Fans, just my way at getting my own back on them, sorry if I offended you. Still gonna whip your **** in a few weeks, up the "Saints"Rocket 1 wrote:Not sure how that relates to my post Rocket (if ever there was a more apt username)??? Still, I guess some are always at the back at the queue when it comes to dishing out the skills needed to get through life. Sympathy, I have sympathy for your family and the fellow fans of your club (your embarassing)......no ne is required on your part but thanks for thinking of us! you're right though, the tide has turned as it always has done between us and you. I wouldn't bet against one day it turning again!!Bunman wrote: Would love to see the face on the police if all you lot decided you wanted to go home on the train and refused to get on the bus.We can go home in Limousines after we beat you Skates, cause we got Money and points, you can just crawl into the Sewer and swim home, do you want sympathy?? well you are not going to get any, remember a few years ago when we were in you're position? The tide has turned, bye, bye, bye Skates and good riddance.
We are so far removed from the attitudes & professionalism around at that time that we have broken many records since & laid to rest many hoodoos that hung over over us.
I'm not just talking about the successive home wins, but the complete ethos has changed thanks to Markus, Nicola & Nigel. We have a great structure, fitness, style & confidence that runs through everything we do.
Of course I hope & expect us to thrash you to avenge the 4-1, but as you know local derbys are so unpredictable.
COYR!!
MGRA
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10:21pm Wed 30 Nov 11
Seedhouse the Unrepentant
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10:30pm Wed 30 Nov 11
David Icke
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10:56pm Wed 30 Nov 11
I thought it was all to do with working class no hopers trying to brighten up their lives by kicking some c...s head in???
MGRA
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11:08pm Wed 30 Nov 11
slugger wrote:they can't. You can leave the ground and unless you are under arrest you are free to go where you like UNLESS you have a saints strip on in which case they have reason to act "in public safety". If you go in civvies and want to go shopping in pompey after the game ( as you would LOL ) then if you are prevented by the police and ultimately arrested then you can sue for false arrest and make a tidy some. the whole situation is a farce and the hampshire police are way out of their depth in being able to organise a legal and decent operation
Bunman wrote:this is my point i suppose ....... at the end of the day , why should the cops dictate to me where i can or cannot go ........ i thought we lived in a free country !
Would love to see the face on the police if all you lot decided you wanted to go home on the train and refused to get on the bus.
Sally Hamilton Original
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11:22pm Wed 30 Nov 11
florida saint
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11:26pm Wed 30 Nov 11
St Retford
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11:34pm Wed 30 Nov 11
rob the saint in NZ
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2:33am Thu 1 Dec 11
St Retford wrote:The trouble with people like you is that you don't understand the meaning of the word "irony".
The thing with this fixture is that the fans of the team who are currently lower placed tend to be the most angry. This is why Saints fans have traditionally seemed the more civilised, but is also why this has changed in recent years, hence the coin throwing and general twattery of two seasons ago. The mood this time is really difficult to predict as Pompey are obviously in dire straights and they'll be looking to take their anger out on us but, equally, they'll be aware it could be one of their last games and might care to rise above it. What I'd really like is for us to win and then clap their players off the pitch and applaud their fans. They've been a worthy foe and we may never see their like again.
I say that with no hint of sarcasm either.
bigfella777
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11:07am Thu 1 Dec 11
comeondownscummers
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12:30pm Thu 1 Dec 11
Stay at home with your Polish sisters and your Turkish Mothers.
PUP.
australiansaint
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12:34pm Thu 1 Dec 11
Mush On The Beach
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1:17pm Thu 1 Dec 11
comeondownscummers wrote:Taxi for inbred Retard!!!!
You cant even sell your allocation you W*****s.
Stay at home with your Polish sisters and your Turkish Mothers.
PUP.
As Eddie Cochran and Admin Andy both waxed lyrical:-
There ain’t no cure for the Scummer Time Blues
St.Yorkie
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1:23pm Thu 1 Dec 11
comeondownscummers wrote:Dear Mr Comeondownscummers,
You cant even sell your allocation you W*****s. Stay at home with your Polish sisters and your Turkish Mothers. PUP.
Welcome to our site where we debate the nuances of the game, and police brutality.
It may have not come to your notice but tickets are not on general sale yet and only to season ticket holders who have done 4-away games, but now it is open to fans who have done more than 4-away games.
I believe Mr Burrows has an issue and wants to minimise the risk of our "hardcore" fans visiting your city for fear of trouble!
Doubtless to say as you are the biggest club on the south coast, with the best supporters in the world, the same hospitalities will not suffered when you pay us a visit. After all it will be many years before you step foot inside St.Mary's again.
Loving the man with the bell, and the friendly banter delivered when you visit our City (viz-a-viz The Joiners).
Hope Mr Fry saves your club so we can send you down in April and secure promotion to The Premiership.
Chin up mucker
Yorkie
SpLiDgE
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1:30pm Thu 1 Dec 11
Dorssaints wrote:Poopeyphil I think your inbred backwards caravan brain is confused! You lot aint f*** all now, you just live off your thick old number for a name from the past and you can't move on. Saints fans aint interested in your fishy off pitch football idioticy as we will be the prem "again" next season with lots of money in the bank, while you lot will be in L1 (if you aint AFCP in the Hampshire Premier Football League) sleeping with your sisters and mums in your caravans! COYR
pompey phil wrote:Looking forward to L1 football next year after your 10 points deduction?
Ah!look all you scum inbreds need protecting by more than 200 police, all because you cant fight your own battles. runaway.runaway,runa way see you on the 18th if you not sleeping with your mum or sister PLAY UP POMPEY!!!!!!
Which victory is more important to you, on the pitch or off?
The reason that not many Saints fans are going to the game is people like you, which is why the local derby will never be the same again. Is that really what you wanted?
COYR
seventh-junction
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2:22pm Thu 1 Dec 11
seventh-junction
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4:43pm Thu 1 Dec 11
Sholing
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6:00pm Thu 1 Dec 11
Why did you print this when it is clearly wrong???
The Ballot didnt end till midnight as you printed, so how could you know there were alot of tickets left????
Saints have sold out there entire allocation.
Come on Echo, sort it out.
hampshire
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7:17pm Thu 1 Dec 11
Also what is the point of a fight it wont solve anything just going to the cell for a night going to court and being fined or sent to prison and being banned from the games!!! Football is not the same, if only it could go back in time ? its all about money money money not a game.
rob the saint in NZ
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7:32pm Thu 1 Dec 11
comeondownscummers wrote:Give the guy a break - he has at least had the good grace to call us winners - don't know why that word was censored.
You cant even sell your allocation you W*****s. Stay at home with your Polish sisters and your Turkish Mothers. PUP.
RonnieSoak
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9:02pm Thu 1 Dec 11
For cryin' out loud, can we please get some perspective here? It's a game of football, a bunch of blokes kicking a ball up and down a feckin' field! Why do you have such naked hatred for people who just happen to support a different team? Skates, Scummers ... what is your problem? You can't even refer to each other without insults! And what about all the families that just want to go to see a game of football without having their heads kicked in? It's costing a fortune just to keep two groups of violent morons away from each other, money that could be well spent elsewhere. Maybe it WOULD be a good idea to see all the ones looking for a fight to be directed to a bit of ground to kill each other on - maybe then things would calm down a bit as the death toll rises, so removing some of the shallow end of the gene pool. It's pathetic and ridiculous the way you lot go on, with every evidence of enjoyment - you should be ashamed of yourselves. Jeez.
seventh-junction
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6:38am Fri 2 Dec 11
There's only one way to find out.......FFFIIGGHHT
T!!!!!!!
bigfella777
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7:18am Fri 2 Dec 11
St.Yorkie
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7:56am Fri 2 Dec 11
It is a very thin blue line really - especially if you count the 4-in policecars on every motorway bridge, and the out riders for the team coach!
Must admit love the thought of helicopters overhead looking for trouble makers & trouble hot spots! Really 1970's American cop stuff! All we need is a Dirty Harry type character - hang on we already have one!
go ahead punk make my day
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9:16pm Fri 2 Dec 11
RedArmy1
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9:41am Sat 3 Dec 11
WE ARE SOUTHAMPTON.
RED ARMY - THE PRIDE AND THE PASSION.
UTS says...
12:48pm Wed 30 Nov 11