Pompey 0-1 Blackburn

What! we lost to this bunch of Northern Ba&*%ds. Fare play we did not deserve to win we were not good enough but good enough not to loose.

The pub is the pub John Westwood has a swift half before the game. He was there but I did not get to talk to him I was enjoying my drink for the penultimate match of the season. This is a real Pompey pub with real Pompey people blue and white all the way.

Portsmouth's hopes of claiming a Uefa Cup place by finishing fifth suffered a setback as they lost to Blackburn. Roque Santa Cruz grabbed the winner with a low shot after a neat one-two with strike partner Jason Roberts.
I can say that the ref assistant got it wrong with the offside rule a few times for both sides a very poor show, almost as bad as Pompey!

No James for this game ( Hope he is back for the F.A CUP!) so it was Jamie Ashdown in goal But the Fratton Park side did not clear their lines and David Bentley crossed for Nelsen, whose stooping header forced an excellent save from Ashdown. And Blackburn compounded their misery by taking the lead when Santa Cruz grabbed his 21st goal of the campaign.

Pompeygary's MOTM Defoe BUT NO GOAL
Pompeygary's Worst Diop STOP GIVING THE BALL AWAY MAN!

Portsmouth: Ashdown, Johnson, Campbell, Distin, Lauren, Utaka (Kranjcar 46), Diop, Diarra, Muntari (Baros 78), Defoe, Kanu.
Subs Not Used: Begovic, Aubey, Davis.

Booked: Defoe, Campbell.

Blackburn: Friedel, Reid, Nelsen, Samba (Ooijer 87), Warnock, Bentley, Emerton, Vogel, Pedersen, Santa Cruz, Roberts (Dunn 90).
Subs Not Used: Brown, Kerimoglu, Derbyshire.

Booked: Reid, Warnock.

Goals: Santa Cruz 74.

Att: 18,722

Ref: Mike Riley (Yorkshire).

Pub for Blackburn

The Newcome Arms,Newcome Road, Fratton

This Victorian corner pub is very much a traditional local. Always having retained the same name, the house was originally owned by the Pike Brewery and by the 1990s was part of the vast Whitbread pub estate. The Newcome is known for being home to some of the most fervent Portsmouth FC fans, and the former chairman could sometimes be found here enjoying a pre-match drink with the fans.

Man City 3-1 Pompey

Whoops!

Man City: Hart, Elano (Caicedo 90), Corluka, Dunne (Williamson 54), Ball, Vassell, Ireland (Geovanni 75), Gelson, Johnson, Petrov, Mwaruwari.
Subs Not Used: Isaksson, Castillo. Booked: Williamson

Portsmouth: James, Lauren, Campbell, Distin, Hreidarsson, Utaka (Baros 75), Muntari, Diarra, Diop (Aubey 75), Kranjcar (Davis 83), Defoe.
Subs Not Used: Begovic, Nugent.

Sent Off: Hreidarsson (41)

Booked: Lauren.

Att: 40,205

Ref: Andre Marriner (W Midlands).

Romour Time Part 2

FA look to World Cup at Fratton Park

The Football Association are considering offering Portsmouth financial incentives to redevelop Fratton Park as a potential 2018 World Cup venue. The FA, who are keen to have a geographical spread of stadiums, want to include plans for a minimum 40,000-seat South Coast base in the technical section of their bid document to Fifa.

There is a desire to redevelop Fratton Park," FA chairman Lord Triesman said of Portsmouth's resolve to rebuild their ancient home or relocate nearby. Asked whether the FA would help Portsmouth financially, he replied: "Whatever we do has to be in line with whatever Fifa say are the bedrock conditions for making the bid.

"We have stadia right round the country, but we have to look to see whether other stadia further south in England can be developed."

A new super-stadium in Bristol has been discussed but the FA are now focusing on the Portsmouth option, offering "the peak of the criterion we have seen Fifa use in the past"

We will see!

Romour Time Part 1

It would appear that the new training ground will be in Gosport in the Rowner area..............

Pompey 0-0 Toon

Well it seems Pompey draw to this lot every season at home!

The pub was small but ok it was one of those pubs that is not much bigger than the average living room, the last time I was in it I think I was very ill outside oh my wasted days of my youth!

For a draw the game was very enjoyable but neither side could penetrate to score.
David James' point-blank save denied Michael Owen to salvage a point for Portsmouth after Popmpey failed to close in on fifth position. Newcastle had threatened when Geremi's long-range shot and Mark Viduka's volley forced good saves from James.

Harry Redknapp's side also came close to a goal with second-half chances from both Glen Johnson and Jermain Defoe.

But it was a great save off the face of James that denied Owen from scoring the best of the game's few chances.With both sides now settled, the midfields began to cancel each other out, with only half chances falling to Viduka and Nwankwo Kanu.
It was a game we should of won, but with the Wembley win and turning over West Ham in the last 7 days I think it was a fare result. But can we still make 5th?

Pompeygary's MOTM James Great hair!
Pompeygary's Worst Owen Did not look happy.

Portsmouth: James, Johnson, Campbell, Distin, Hreidarsson, Diop, Davis, Muntari, Kranjcar, Defoe, Kanu (Nugent 75). Subs Not Used: Begovic, Lauren, Hughes, Pedro Mendes.

Booked: Johnson.

Newcastle: Harper, Beye, Faye, Taylor, Jose Enrique, Geremi, Butt, Barton, Owen, Viduka (Smith 82), Martins. Subs Not Used: Forster, Duff, Edgar, Carroll.

Booked: Barton.

Att: 20,507

Ref: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire).

Toon Pub

The Red White & Blue, Fawcett Road, Southsea cheaper than Wembley.