Pompey Clash on 17th Dec (now 18th!)

[Thedelldays]

Last two games there is the only time i've used the bingo bus.

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[Saint Malc]

I recommend that people make their own plans to get there. The last two visits were a farce and I don't expect it to be any different this time. I'll be getting the direct train from Eastleigh (Waterloo to P&S) at a time that ensures I'll be in the sh!thole before kick-off.

[The9]

The last two times, it was the "recommended by police" train which was the one with the massive delays. The trains arrived at Fratton in plenty of time nearly an hour before kick-off, but the first year the police spent about an hour battling object-lobbing Skates and surrounding our lot for our own protection (I was one of the first 5 into the ground when they broke the cordon near the away end, and I missed the first 25 minutes of the match. The incredible thing was the 2000-odd Skates still outside the ground, half of them in replica shirts, who chose to stand there and taunt us rather than see the match which was live on tv and also taking place 20 yards away. I mean, it either matters or it doesn't..?

 

The second time I got there just as the penalty was conceded, so about 15 mins ? (I don't plan on checking). Again, the train had arrived in plenty of time but the police ringfenced us and went verrrry slowly to the ground, though much quicker than the other time.