Portsmyths

[moonraker]

I realise the record breaking a number of threads including the legendary (or mythical) Pompey Takeover Saga reports many of the Myths perpetuated by our fishy neighbours but I thought a simpler thread for ease of references would be useful.

 

Ill start with : Southampton Union Corporation Men (SCUM) strike breakers.

 

Perhaps this could be a sticky?

[Turkish]

1. The weakest man in Portsmouth is 1000000 times harder than the hardest man in Southampton, no man from Portsmouth has ever lost a fight to anyone. Every Scummah sh*ts themselves as soon as the word Pompey/Portsmouth is mentioned.

 

2. Pompey are a massive club with a rich history who could be one of the biggest clubs in the country. Saints are small city church team that got lucky.

[FloridaMarlin]

Not so much a Portsmyth, but

 

Portsmouth has always pleaded it is a special case economically, and constantly sucks at the government teat.

 

"The loss of jobs in the dockyard means thousands of jobs will disappear. We need special help from the government to cushion the blow" Fair enough, nobody likes to see people put out of work.

 

However, it is worth considering all the industrial and manufacturing jobs that have disappeared in recent years in the Southampton area.

 

In the docks alone, the likes of Harland and Wolff, Vospers, AC Delco and Pirelli have all gone with loss of jobs. Not to mention a huge scaling down of operations at BAT and the Ordnance Survey. Within the SO postcode and just up the road (as Gosport is to Portsmouth) Fords at Eastleigh has closed, along with the rail works.

 

At no time has Southampton gone to central government with the begging bowl (perhaps it should have done), probably in the realisation that none of those jobs were in the public sector but in private business.

 

Portsmouth has relied on government funding for the dockyard and when that is reduced, they get their own special minister for Portsmouth.

 

In the meantime, Southampton just gets on with it and is now the second biggest container handling port in the country, and the biggest cruise port in Europe - bits of which businesses which Portsmouth is trying to nick

 

There is also the phenomenon known as The Portsdown Hill Flat Earth Syndrome.

 

This is a condition whereby those born and bred on the Septic Isle believe that if they climb the big hill which overlooks their city, they will fall off the end of the earth.

 

To that end, they tend to stay cowering on their island, not wanting to move away.

 

A mate of mine, who owns a business in Portsmouth, is constantly amazed and hugely amused at how many apparently intelligent and talented people who could make their way in the wide world, have no desire or enthusiasm to leave the island.

[dubai_phil]

They are the bestest and biggest Supporter owned Club in the World.

 

They will never accept the sale of their club.

 

Their pipes are fat free.

 

Referees are intimidated by the bestest atmosphere in World Football to make incorrect decisions for the benefit of opposing teams in Cup Finals.

 

Peter Story went to court and proved that they were solvent while in the EPL.

 

Harry Redkrapp was proven innocent in a court of law which had nothing whatsoever to do with an amount of evidence being deemed in-admissable due to clerical errors and not one journalist in the UK knows about this allegedly

[LGTL]

The fans own "shares".

[simo]

They have paid off all their debts

[Hatch]

TCWTB is a 'celebrity'

[igsey]

They don't boo their players, their stadium is bursting at the seams from all the bestest fans in the country.

[Saints foreva]

They've always had thousands in the home ends when they've played us at St. Mary's.

[Horley CTFC Saint]

Portsmouth is an island therefore it is a good theft risk

[ALWAYS_SFC]

Sleeping Giant

[Big Bad Bob]

They bring £300m into the local economy every home game