Saints Pompey playoff final 2025

[Esher Saint]

simple question - if you had the choice, what you you prefer, go up this season or play Pompey at Wembley in next years playoff final?

[Ted Bates Statue]

Playoff finals are typically considered to be poor entertainment due to the extremely high stakes nature, aren't they? If we end up in the playoffs again it would be a case of having failed to achieve promotion in 2 years. I'd rather not think about it right now, thanks.

[Kenilworthy]

Not sure that the police would actually allow the game to be played at Wembley. It might end up as two-legs for security reasons. But so many factors would have to align that it is an unlikely scenario

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Go up

Get Prem pennies

MartinBall makes Pep cry with jealousy

Pompey don't get close to promotion.

We get better the following season, and they are relegated again.

[The Cat]

It would be utter carnage if we got them in the play off final. It's actually quite something to imagine just how big that game would be. 

[aintforever]

Couldn’t think of anything worse than playing them cunts in a play-off final.

[Lighthouse]

I can’t for the life of me understand why anyone would actively want Saints to fail promotion two years in a row, just to play a playoff game against Pompey.

[niceandfriendly]

5 hours ago, Esher Saint said:

simple question - if you had the choice, what you you prefer, go up this season or play Pompey at Wembley in next years playoff final?

Not sure how that's even a question. Obviously I'd prefer us to go up this season. Playing the fishy few in a game at Wembley isn't some kind of achievement, thought it would be interesting.

[Dark Munster]

Simple answer. We go up this season. Next season they finish bottom of the Championship and we stay up in the PL.

Normal service restored.

[Turkish]

10 hours ago, aintforever said:

Couldn’t think of anything worse than playing them cunts in a play-off final.

This emphasises your loser mentality. First thought it all possible negative outcomes. 

[Turkish]

Beat them comfortably to win promotion roared on by 30,000 fans whilst theirs stand in silence, many leaving early to avoid seeing us celebrating wildly

The DEF chasing the mighty 657 all round London whilst the only thing they win that day is world hide and seek champions

Beat them on the pitch, ousting them in the stands, batter them off the pitch exposing 3 Pompey myths in one day. Who wouldn’t want that?

[SW5 SAINT]

Why would anyone want Pompey near any playoffs, let alone one with Saints in it…..!

[Miltonaggro]

14 hours ago, Esher Saint said:

simple question - if you had the choice, what you you prefer, go up this season or play Pompey at Wembley in next years playoff final?

I think my preference would be to have not been relegated, with a secondary option of auto promotion at the first attempt (the Sport Republic option).  That combined with the Pompey Scum going into administration, during which process a litany of corruption and depravity is discovered ensuring that they have to relocate to Surrey as the Maritime Dons.

[Turkish]

50 minutes ago, Miltonaggro said:

I think my preference would be to have not been relegated, with a secondary option of auto promotion at the first attempt (the Sport Republic option).  That combined with the Pompey Scum going into administration, during which process a litany of corruption and depravity is discovered ensuring that they have to relocate to Surrey as the Maritime Dons.

i disagree. I hope we go up this season get relegated next season so we can go up again. 

[wild-saint]

15 hours ago, Ted Bates Statue said:

Playoff finals are typically considered to be poor entertainment due to the extremely high stakes nature, aren't they? If we end up in the playoffs again it would be a case of having failed to achieve promotion in 2 years. I'd rather not think about it right now, thanks.

only poor entertainment if you lose

[Miltonaggro]

31 minutes ago, Turkish said:

i disagree. I hope we go up this season get relegated next season so we can go up again. 

The Rasmus Yo Yo Plan is old news!

[Wurzel]

Not even worth thinking about. They are unlikely to be willing to fund a push to avoid relegation, let alone get anywhere near the play offs.

[Pamplemousse]

What Defcon level would that reach at Hampshire Police HQ?

[Ted Bates Statue]

1 hour ago, Wurzel said:

Not even worth thinking about. They are unlikely to be willing to fund a push to avoid relegation, let alone get anywhere near the play offs.

but their support is amazing and they have won so many trophies, as some of our own supporters remind us with great enthusiasm

[LGTL]

It would be quite a site to behold. I'd love to see how the plod would manage it.

[Saint_clark]

23 hours ago, Pamplemousse said:

What Defcon level would that reach at Hampshire Police HQ?

They'd probably be pissing themselves laughing at the Met having to manage it. 

[Saint_clark]

17 hours ago, LGTL said:

It would be quite a site to behold. I'd love to see how the plod would manage it.

Saints fans via Reading to Paddington and Pompey to Waterloo i'd imagine. 

After the game would be a nightmare though with both sets of fans trying to get down that road to the same tube station.

[Kenilworthy]

In the 30 plus years that there has been a single final to reach the top division the only derby games have been Leicester v Derby in 94 and Palace v West Ham in 2004. So they have never had to deal with the ferocity this game would bring. But there would be so much alignment of the stars needed - Saints and Pompey to finish in top six, both to avoid each other in the semis, both to win their semis - that it is not really a prospect I am worried about.