Well Done Havant Again!!!

That result against Liverpool was just what the F.A. Cup is all about. Pity the TV people never picked it up idiots.

Red Devil

Time for our second only midweek game this season so far against Manchester United and I think we will.......... ? I don't know with Baros on bord we may get something from this Play Up Pompey!!!!!!!!

Portsmouth 2-1 Plymouth

So Pompey win the Dock Yard derby just, so it's Preston NE in the next round away and it has been picked for TV Play Up Pompey!!!!!!!!!!!

Portsmouth: James, Johnson, Pamarot, Distin, Hreidarsson, Lauren (Davis 67), Pedro Mendes (Hughes 90), Diarra, Kranjcar, Nugent (Mvuemba 46), Mwaruwari.
Subs Not Used: Begovic, Aubey

Booked: Pamarot.

Goals: Diarra 34, Kranjcar 45.

Plymouth: McCormick, Connolly, Timar, Doumbe, Sawyer, Clark (Folly 82), Nalis, Norris, Halmosi, Fallon, Easter (Jutkiewicz 75).
Subs Not Used: Larrieu, Hodges, Summerfield.

Booked: Halmosi, Doumbe.

Goals: Clark 5.

Att: 19,612

Pompey 3-1 Derby

Well it was so good to score at home! It would not have mattered if we had not won; it was just good to score.

The pub was nice in a messy kind of way, most of the people drinking were of the traveller type friendly but a bit smelly but I loved it, even the bloke who kept shouting “come on Derby!!!” I did not bite so he shut up. So we had our drinks and set off for the park.

The game started not good for Pompey we went one down in five when 19-year-old defender Lewin Nyatanga scored from close range, Mum missed it and said “ did they just score I don’t believe it and I had a bad feeling about this game, but no we scored when Sylvian Distin drifted an intelligent ball into the penalty area for Nugent and Pedro Mendes to work an opening for Benjani. And then seconds later, he rose unmarked to head past Derby keeper Lewis Price from Hermann Hreidarsson's cross and Pompey were walking down the tunnel with an unlikely lead.

We pretty much bossed the rest of the game, I know it was only Derby but no game is easy in The Prem League. So Pompey got a third and a hat-trick for Benjani who with Mendes played a one-two as they raced clear on the counter-attack and, with calculated precision, the African striker steered the ball past Price's dive into the far corner of the goal. So I was pleased we won at home and scored, but the real reason we won was because I wore my (lucky) baseball cap for the first time in ages and I will put it on again!!!!!!!!! Play Up Pompey!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pompeygary’s MOTM Benjani What a Hat-Trick

Pompeygary’s Worst Savage Nuff Said

Portsmouth: James, Johnson, Pamarot, Distin, Hreidarsson, Lauren, Diarra (Hughes 81), Pedro Mendes, Kranjcar, Mwaruwari (Mvuemba 89), Nugent.
Subs Not Used: Begovic, Aubey, Songo'o.

Booked: Diarra.

Goals: Mwaruwari 38, 42, 55.

Derby: Price, Mills (Lewis 32), Todd, Moore, Nyatanga, Fagan (Teale 68), Savage, Ghaly, Robert (Barnes 56), Villa, Miller.
Subs Not Used: Hinchliffe, Earnshaw.

Booked: Fagan, Villa.

Goals: Nyatanga 4.

Att: 19,401

Ref: Mike Dean (Wirral).

The Fawcett Inn

The pub for the game this weekend beer beer beer Play Up Pompey!!!!!

Sunderland 2-0 Pompey

Well after Redknapp decided to stay what else but a defeat at The Black Cats. This was a bad match and I watched it on telly I wish I had not.

Sunderland: Gordon, Whitehead, Nosworthy, Evans (McShane 77), Collins, Stokes (Leadbitter 73), Miller, Yorke, Richardson, Jones (O'Donovan 83), Murphy.
Subs Not Used: Fulop, Cole.

Booked: Collins, Richardson, Yorke.

Goals: Richardson 33, 44.

Portsmouth: James, Pamarot, Distin (Traore 90), Campbell, Hreidarsson, Mwaruwari, Mvuemba (Songo'o 65), Pedro Mendes, Hughes, Kranjcar, Nugent.
Subs Not Used: Begovic, Lauren, Wilson.

Booked: Pedro Mendes.

Att: 37,369

Ref: Chris Foy (Merseyside).

Harry Stays Put

Redknapp rejects Newcastle offer

Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp has turned down an offer to succeed Sam Allardyce as Newcastle manager.

Redknapp was Newcastle's number one choice but he has decided to stay at Fratton Park, the club have confirmed.

Portsmouth reportedly gave Redknapp until lunchtime on Saturday to make a decision, and he has opted to stay.

"He thought about it overnight and decided to stay, he wants to stay in the job that he's been doing so brilliantly," a club spokesman said.

Allardyce was sacked by the St James' Park club on Wednesday, and Redknapp soon became Newcastle's number one choice to take over the reins.

Speculation intensified on Friday after the former Bournemouth, West Ham and Southampton manager missed a planned press conference.

But Redknapp, 60, has now ruled himself out of the running and will continue at Portsmouth, who travel to Sunderland on Sunday.

Allardyce was dismissed after just eight months at St James' Park, sparking the rumour mill about his successor into overdrive.

Blackburn manager Mark Hughes was one of those linked with the job but he has distanced himself from the post, despite being installed as the new bookmakers favourite.

Other names linked with the job include former Toon striker Alan Shearer, Martin Jol, Jose Mourinho, Italy's World Cup-winning coach Marcello Lippi and former England boss Steve McClaren.

BBC sources close to the 37-year-old Shearer, though, say he is extremely unlikely to take the role as he is happy with his pundit work on Match of the Day.

Magpies assistant boss Nigel Pearson has been put in temporary charge for Saturday's match against defending champions Manchester United.

Harry

Well Harry has to make the choice between Pompey or the Toon and I can understand what he must be going through, if he leaves I wish him well but if he stays then good.

The one thing I am annoyed about is the Redknapp himself has not said a bloody word to the fans all I want is a yes I am going, or no I am staying. This is not good enough he owes us at least to tell us what he is thinking of doing. But maybe he is at a crossroads needs time to think about the situation, then he should bloody tell us then or release a statement, so come on Harry TALK TO US!!!!!

Play Up Pomey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well Done Havant

From The BBC

Havant & Waterlooville earned a home replay against Swansea in a fiery FA Cup third-round clash.

Jason Scotland, Leon Britton and Darren Pratley all saw shots hit the crossbar for the luckless hosts.

Swansea led on 74 minutes when Andy Robinson struck a 30-yard free-kick but Rocky Baptiste drilled in an equaliser.

In between, Havant's Brett Poate saw red for a lunge on Andrea Orlandi, with Swansea's Alan Tate also sent off for his part in the melee that followed.

Swansea started confidently against their opponents from the Blue Square South and Scotland saw his fourth-minute shot clip the top of the Hawks bar.

Britton also crashed a shot against the Havant bar soon afterwards, goalkeeper Kevin Scriven gratefully gathering as the ball rebounded into his midriff.

Havant were living on scraps but the willing Alfie Potter made it his mission to make life difficult for the Swansea defence.

Swansea continued to threaten after half-time, with Robinson forcing Scriven into a fine finger-tip save to turn a free-kick over the bar.

Robinson was again close with a curling shot as he turned inside off the left wing and caressed the ball just wide of the far post.

The Havant bar shivered again as Pratley smacked a shot off the underside of the woodwork.

Robinson at last broke Havant's resistence with a sublime free-kick, hit right-footed from 30 yards, that spun into the top left corner of the visitors' goal.

Both sides had tackled with conviction but Poate's two-footed lunge on Orlandi crossed the line and deservedly earned a straight red card in the 79th minute.

The incident sparked an angry clash between both sets of players.

Once the dust settled, Swansea defender Tate also got his marching orders, with Kevin Austin and Havant's Shaun Wilkinson seeing yellow for their part in the tussle.

The drama was not over as Baptiste drilled an 87th-minute equaliser into the far corner, seizing the ball as Austin and Orlandi got in a tangle from a lofted ball to the right.

The replay at Westleigh Park will be played on Wednesday, 16 January.

Ipswich 0-1 Portsmouth

Well we just made it into the next round of the F.A. Cup thanks to David Nugent's second-half strike. So when the draw for the next round came out ( not scum dam!!) we got Plymouth at home Play Up Pompey!!!!!

Ipswich: Alexander, Wright, Wilnis, Bruce, Sito (Naylor 89), Haynes, Williams (Lee 79), Garvan, Trotter, Counago, Clarke (Peters 59).
Subs Not Used: Supple, Miller.

Sent Off: Trotter (24).

Booked: Counago, Lee.

Portsmouth: James, Johnson, Campbell, Distin, Hreidarsson, Diop, Pedro Mendes (Nugent 46), Mvuemba, Utaka, Kranjcar, Kanu.
Subs Not Used: Lauren, Traore, Pamarot, Begovic.

Booked: Hreidarsson.

Goals: Nugent 51.

Att: 23,446

Ref: Mark Halsey (Lancashire).

Reading 0-2 Pompey

Portsmouth earned a well-deserved three points with victory over Reading. And this was one win we needed well done lads thats more like it. I for one can't wait for the F.A Cup game against Ipswich tomorow Play Up Pompey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reading: Hahnemann, Murty, Sonko, Ingimarsson, Shorey (De la Cruz 71), Hunt, Harper, Cisse, Convey (Bikey 7), Doyle (Long 83), Kitson.
Subs Not Used: Federici, Lita.

Sent Off: Sonko (3).

Booked: Murty, Cisse, Bikey.

Portsmouth: James, Johnson, Campbell, Distin, Hreidarsson, Utaka, Diop, Hughes (Lauren 83), Muntari, Kranjcar (Taylor 89), Mwaruwari (Kanu 63).
Subs Not Used: Begovic, Nugent.

Booked: Hughes.

Goals: Campbell 9, Utaka 66.

Att: 24,084

Ref: Mike Dean (Wirral).