The Pompey Chimes

PORTSMOUTH FOOTBALL SUPPORTERS CLUB
LONDON FANZINE
What a difference
an issue makes
FEBRUARY
2020

the legal bit
Editor:
Ant Coombes
Contributors to this magazine: Paul Boynton, Lee Brown, Paul Hall, Will
Richards, Dan Taylor,
Thanks to Hinda Frost, Siew Gratton, Paul Hall, Chris Young, Daniel Young,
PFC, The News, and Wikipedia Commons for the images found in this issue.
Every effort has been made to ensure there is no breach of copyright, but if
you do take issue with this, then please get in touch at
pompeychimes2018@gmail.com in the first instance.
All original content is copyright to ‘The Pompey Chimes’, you are welcome to
use anything as you wish, but please give us the credit where it’s due.
Articles and their content represent the views of the contributors, and are not
necessarily those of the supporters club, editor or other individual writers.
Many thanks to Siew Gratton for her excellent illustration of Paul Hall in this
issue - and of David Norris and Robert Prosinecki in the previous. If you
think we should be teaming up with Siew to provide some PFCSL
merchandise, let us know your ideas.

@thepompeychimes
Hi all,
Welcome to the latest issue of ‘The Pompey Chimes’. If you’re
reading this you’ve either decided we’re worth another go after
the comeback issue in November, or you’ve just stumbled
across this one. Either way, thank you, and I hope you enjoy!
Thanks also to those who took the time to give feedback on the
previous issue, it was all positive enough for the London
Pompey committee to keep me in a job, but we do accept
constructive criticism just as readily - so please do get in touch
either way so we can look to improve issue by issue. In order for
us to do this, we are constantly on the lookout for contributors,
there must be some budding writers out there who can churn out
an article every now and again?!
There’s a slight Valentine’s theme to this issue, albeit a bit late -
a variety of reasons behind this again but we’ll get one out on
time sooner or later. Should the demand remain for further
issues, we’re looking at the next issue being in your inboxes
before the end of what is looking like becoming a half decent
season after all!
As above, any comments or contributions are very gratefully
received, so get in touch at pompeychimes2018@gmail.com
Thanks, and I hope you enjoy the read.
Ant

elcome to the second edition of the 'new' Chimes. We didn't get any letters of discontent from
W disgruntled chairmen or representatives of the football club, so hopefully everything was taken
in the good humour it was meant. Here's
some tea break philosophy for you,
sparked by a spate of posts on Facebook
relating to the upsurge in form of the first
team.
Whilst there are sure to be many reasons
why people don't like VAR perhaps the
underlying one is because, when a final
decision is eventually made, for the people
who represented the rejected version of
events it smacks of someone saying "I told
you so". No-one I know likes to hear those
four words; and there isn't anything quite
like them to provoke a massive sense of
loathing (self, or of the person who turned
out to be right). Those words are hugely
irritating.
At the time of the first 'new' edition there was a significant section of the Fratton Faithful who were
dissatisfied with the way the team was being managed. They'd paid for their tickets, so they were
entitled to express an opinion. On the other side there were those who insisted that criticising the
management and team was no way to go about supporting the club.
The two opposing positions have been heard before, and will no doubt be heard again. I always try
to sit on the fence if I don't know enough about the subject, as I like to try and get on with everyone.
I like to think of myself as an impartial observer; except when I've stood/or sat in the cold for 45
minutes and not seen a worthy attempt on goal. Then it's all just "bollocks" and "needs changing".
So what's the link with VAR and the above? Well, over the last week I've seen a number of
(perfectly likeable) people come out with the VAR equivalent of "I told you so” - pointing to Pompey's
record winning streak of 9 games on the bounce. The goals on YouTube providing video proof that
all those doubters were unequivocally wrong for venting. They should have kept the faith!
One of the reasons people like football is because it provokes debate, provides opinions of all
flavours; another is because it provides a good opportunity to escape the real world. More and more
we're told to 'live in the moment'. Perhaps the venters were doing just that? It's very hard to
appreciate the bigger picture when you're focusing on what's directly in front of you – a problem for
some footballers and supporters alike.
So to the Facebook VAR representatives, I'd politely suggest (from my position up here on the
fence) that you should keep your 'I told you so's' to yourself. Just enjoy the warm feeling of being
right. They don't serve any purpose other than to irritate, and drag people back into the real world,
where there are wider considerations to take account of.
And to the venters? Well perhaps you should take up Tai Chi, which apparently teaches living in the
moment whilst appreciating the bigger picture and what's going on around you. Ok, maybe just have
another beer…..
Enjoy the second edition.
Dan Taylor
Chairman PFSCL

Arriving from Torquay United for £70,000 in 1993, Paul Hall
would go on to make over 200 appearances for Pompey, before
financial turmoil at the club (I know, right!) led to him being sent to
Coventry after appearing at France ‘98 as one of the Reggae Boyz.
‘Chimes’ caught up with him in the latest of a series of ex-player
interviews...
Let's start at the end, how are you, and
what are you up to nowadays?
I’m good thank you! Thanks for the
interview! I am currently the Head Coach
of the under 23’s group at Queens Park
Rangers Football Club.
Let's continue at the beginning, how did
a young Mancunian lad wind up at
Torquay?
There was a scout who came from
Birmingham called John James. He was
the scout responsible for unearthing
players like Lee Sharpe, Darren Moore,
myself and many others. He was from
Birmingham and had a massive network of
scouts that were trying to compete with the
players who weren’t quite good enough for the Birmingham clubs as young
kids. Torquay decided to get these players, train them up and sell them on. It
became quite a lucrative move for clubs in the lower league to have this
approach. One sale to a big club would finance the lower league club for the
next financial year. So this made sense.
And how did the Pompey move come about?
Initially, I was serving a 3 game suspension for getting sent off in an FA Cup
game for Torquay against Yeovil. It was agreed that I would train at
Portsmouth and West Ham for a week - because those clubs had
expressed an interest in me being so young and playing so many
games.

When training with both clubs I fell in love with Portsmouth and immediately
wanted to play there. I also remember having a good week training with
some really good players in Alan McLoughlin, Paul Walsh, Guy Whittingham,
Mark Chamberlain to name a few! On deadline day I remember training with
the first team, then getting a call to get down to the train station really quick
as I was signing for Pompey.
Nowadays, as soon as a new signing is announced, everyone's all over
Wikipedia judging the new guy. Back in 1993, how did you find out how
the fans had reacted to your arrival?
It was surreal! It was very different in those days. Fans would speak to each
other from both clubs and try to get information about new players. I
remember the headline in the News saying ‘Paul Who?’. I didn’t mind that as
I just wanted to get started and prove
what I could do. The fans all
welcomed me to the club with open
arms. They made me feel at home
straight away.
Jim Smith was the man that
brought you here. The Bald Eagle
sadly passed away recently, how
did you find out about this, and
what impact on your career did he
have?
R.I.P. Jim. He was the reason I was
brought to Pompey. I remember
watching him on TV when I was
younger and a few years later he was
buying me. I couldn’t believe he
actually liked me! I received a text
from Neil Sillett that he’d passed and
was of course sad. Football has lost a
good one there. He’d done so much
for me and of course for football. I
honestly believe that if he didn’t buy me on that deadline day then I would
probably have been playing in the fourth division for a long time. A real
sliding doors moment for me.
Pompey seems to be known for turbulent times...and needless to say
this was the case during your time here. How much did the players
know about the Gregory/Venables farce that was going on? When I
speak with fans, they speak with pride about those times. Even though they
were tough. One thing about the Pompey fans is that they sing their heart out
at every game and are always behind the team. They make it difficult for the
away team to function. Truly a twelfth man. The players knew about the
situation. However, we had a siege mentality. We played some good

football and had some good players in Lee Bradbury, Mathias Svensson,
Deon Burton, and Fitzroy Simpson. We reached the quarter finals of the FA
Cup only to be knocked out by a very strong Chelsea team. We just got on
with it and the fans were with us all the way. You don’t really care about
what’s going on when you have fans like that.
Prior to a televised game, you all wore t-shirts mocking your transfer
market value after it was declared you were all for sale. Whose idea
was it, and what was your value?!
I honestly can’t remember what my
value was and can’t remember much
about the t-shirts! I know that we wanted
to poke fun at the idea that we were all
for sale. It was probably someone like
Fitz. He was a joker and would definitely
poke fun at this.
£400k seemed a bit of a giveaway
when Coventry came calling, were
you aware of any other interest?
Yes, I thought so too at the time. I think
there was a deal with another player coming in the other way. I didn’t want to
leave the club. I had a home on the south coast, lived in Pompey and was
happy there. There was other interest from Wolves and few others late. This
was a very late deal though so not a lot of
last minute gazumping like there is today!
It didn't quite work out for you there, 10
league games (thanks Wiki). What were
Gordon Strachan's reasons for signing
you and (seemingly) not giving you a fair
crack?
I think there were a few reasons why it
didn’t work out for me there. I truly never
wanted to leave Pompey and I feel this was
an underlying part of why it didn’t work. I
feel that I had the quality to be a success.
However, chances were few and far
between for me and my time there faded
out. It was a good club with lots of history
though and I was disappointed not to make
it work.
How did Jamaica go about finding out that you, Deon, Darryl, etc had
Jamaican descendants? We found them! Fitzroy and I were in a
hotel room the night before a game and we were talking about how
good it would be to represent the country of our parents.

That World Cup experience must've been pretty amazing?
It was amazing. Alan Ball, my manager at the time, sent me off saying I
shouldn’t let the chance pass me by and I should enjoy every moment of it. I
felt immensely proud I had the privilege of a World Cup winner giving me that
advice. It meant a lot. I also was very proud to be one of three players
representing Portsmouth Football Club at World Cup 98. The greatest
moment came when we were playing Croatia and we saw some Pompey
fans in the crowd! What a great
feeling that was.
It wasn't all doom and gloom here,
one particular season under Terry
Fenwick nearly resulted in a playoff
place, which belies some of the
criticism levelled at him
since. How did you rate him as a
manager? He was good. He was
responsible for me scoring 15 goals
that season. We had a great
environment considering what was
going on outside the football club. He
was no nonsense and got us all
playing some good football. I
remember the away wins at Leeds
and Wolves and going on a run of
games and really having a good feeling in that squad. We had some good
players and needed to strengthen. I don’t think the funds were available to do
that. I think he got the best out of what we had.
If you remember...Have you ever witnessed a better goalkeeping
performance than Simon Royce when they beat us 2-1 at Roots Hall
that season? Yourself, Bradbury, and Svensson could probably have
had a hat trick each! What a performance by the way. Lee, Sven and I
were in good form and we used to challenge each other on who could get the
most goals. That keeper was winding us up!
How did the players view the Anglo-Italian Cup? And am I imagining it,
or did Gabriel Batistuta star in the Fiorentina 3-2 defeat that you scored
in? I was fortunate to play in a side with Walsh, Kit Symons, Guy
Whittingham et al. Yes he did play in that game I’m sure. I was just happy to
play alongside these players and for fans who just would not stop. Even now
I tell people there are no other fans like Pompey. You just have to be there to
witness it. The players enjoyed the Anglo Italian Cup It was something
different to look forward to and it gave us a chance to play against foreign
opposition offering different problems - and yes I did score in the that game!

So, were you a winger or a striker? It seems a lot of managers couldn't
make their minds up! Do you think the current trend of 4-2-3-1 would
suit your game better? I started as a winger. However, when Terry
Fenwick took over as manager he told me he saw me as a forward. I think
the older I got I better I understood how to attack. I played alongside Paul
Walsh and he could make anybody look good playing beside him! I learned a
lot from him. He made
the game easy for me.
I looked at football
differently after that. I
think I would be a
number 10 in today's
game – playing in
between the lines and
scoring and assisting
goals.
What is your most
memorable game for
Pompey? Ed's
guess....Leeds away,
Luton at home?
Luton at home was
definitely one. That
was a goal on my
league debut. Leeds
away and knocking
them out of the FA
Cup 3-2 with a superb
performance and doing
the can-can with the
lads after the game.
What is your most
memorably goal for
Pompey? Ed's guess....Everton? Yes good guess. I just remember
scoring against the great Neville Southall. John Durnin wanted me to square
it to him, but I wasn’t feeling charitable that day! Tranmere away where I put
it in the top corner was a good memory for me. I enjoyed that goal.
Who was the best you played alongside for Pompey? Ed's
guess....Walsh?
And the worst? Ed's guess....no comment?!
The best was Walsh but that might be a bit unfair because I was lucky to be
around so many good players, each with their own quality that went into my
development as a player and a person.

You're fairly active on Twitter (@paulhall22, give him a follow!), would
you have used it had it been around when you were playing? And what
advice is given to young players I follow a few Pompey fans on there
actually. It’s a great way to engage with the fans. I believe the supporters
need and deserve that in a world where the player is managed closely and
doesn’t have the engagement we had with the fans when we were players.
It’s a great way to get your own content out there. Advice? I would say keep
things positive.
Is there an interesting story from your time at Pompey that we probably
don't know? When I first got to Portsmouth I was very young among
international players with reputations. Somehow, I didn’t get the memo about
Jim Smith’s temper! I was a substitute in one of the first games and the team
hadn’t played so well. The lads all came in and took their seats and Jim went
to the toilet before coming in to address the players at half time. I didn’t know
the toilet visit was the pre-cursor for the hairdryer! The lads had told me to sit
in a certain seat in the changing rooms. I just followed their instructions and
thought nothing of it. Jim returned with a red face as if it were boiling and
went into a rage. What the lads failed to tell me was I was in the firing line for
hot boiling cups of tea that were lined up on the treatment bench. Whenever
he would go into a rage, he would swipe the cups off the bench and they
would hit the wall where I was sitting. The lads knew this. About one minute
30 into his tirade, he struck. Sending two cups of tea right in my face. When I
looked around the lads were crying with laughter as they knew that would
happen. That's why no-one ever sat there. As I was wiping my face, Jim
continued his tantrum while players were finding it hard to keep a straight
face! All I could see was his shoulders going up and down.
You played more games
for us than anyone else,
so you must be a
Pompey fan, so why
haven't you joined the
London Supporters
Club??! I was sponsored
by the London Supporters
Club when I played. If I get
an invitation I will join. Of
course I’m a Pompey fan.
Huge thanks to Paul Hall for giving us the time for this interview. All
the very best for the future.

Maybe it’s just my generation, but ‘The Paul Hall Era’ is looked back on
fondly by some, perhaps somewhat sadistically given the obvious flaws.
Regardless of your feelings towards our move away from fan ownership, one
indubitable thing the Eisners have done well is brought fine quality kits to the
railings of the Pompey shop. Gone are the days of Admiral, Scoreline,
Kappa, Jako, and the Pompey Sports bobblers - we now have the biggest
sportswear giant in the world making our shirts….Nike.
Gone are the days of clubs having
the same design for two or three
seasons, shirts are now big business
for clubs, and so I suspect talks are
already underway between Messrs
Catlin, Eisner plural, and the men at
Nike over next season’s design.
Paul Hall was around for 2 of our
finest home shirts - the 1997-99
effort from Admiral - with the club’s
famous crescent moon and star
woven throughout - and this from his
early days, the iconic Asics
‘diamonds’ classic from 1993-1995.
The campaign starts here for us to
once more don that fantastic shirt.
You’ve got admit, the famous
swoosh only serves to add to the
allure...

The footballing world lost a true gent on Tuesday, 10th December, when Jim
Smith passed away at the age of 79.
The ‘Bald Eagle’ enjoyed a nomadic career as both player and manager,
including two spells at Pompey as manager and assistant manager. Both of
these stints were incredibly exciting times for the club.
Replacing Frank Burrows in 1991, Smith took over a club that had largely
stagnated since its relegation from the top flight in 1988. Building a side
around its young prospects, he reinvigorated the club only for his opening
two seasons to end in heartbreak, firstly with an FA Cup semi-final defeat on
penalties to Liverpool and then missing out on promotion on goal difference
(a solitary goal) to West Ham.
He returned in 2002 to work as assistant to Harry Redknapp and
conclusively and convincingly saw Pompey into the top flight as champions
before consolidating a Premiership place.
A who’s who of football management descended on Smith’s hometown of
Woodstock, Oxfordshire, on Thursday, 16th January for his funeral -
including former England caretaker manager Howard Wilkinson who
poignantly stated that his true friend is a legend never to be forgotten.
He won’t be, certainly not in Portsmouth.
Fly High, Eagle - and Rest in Peace.

In this series of interviews, we
hassle a current Pompey
player via whatever means
possible until they agree to
answer all the questions that
nobody ever wanted asking in
the first place. The latest
target was Lee Brown...
The phone rings - it's Simon
Cowell, obviously. His latest brainfart is a trio of you, Petula Clark, and
Emma Bunton singing a re-release of the classic 1960s hit 'Down
Town'. Brown's Town is the new title. What do you say? Where do I
sign?!
Anton Walkes wants to be stuck on a desert island with Chris Brown -
any relation? And who would be your music star of choice for company
in that situ? Petula Clark and Emma Bunton to practice our re-release.
The Somali Football
Federation discover you
have a Somali greatgrandparent,
and approach
you - obviously. Do you
give up your Three Lions
ambitions for a crack at
African Nations Cup glory
with the Ocean Stars? Not a
chance am I going to shower
with them boys.
You’ve got nothing to worry about there, Browny!
I've invented a sport in
which participants repeatedly carry medicine balls up the stairs at the
Milton End, and place them on top of a wardrobe. First to five wins.
Who would win in a match between you and James Bolton? Me, 100%
- light work.

You're hosting a dinner party. Which Pompey player does the cooking,
who is banned, and who acts as the maitre d'? I’ll get Ellis on the cooking
with his Jamaican roots, Ronan is banned - just because he banned his mum
from Twitter and that’s out of order, and Pitman could be the maitre d’
because it would be funny.
Looks like scientists have debunked the myth that a limpet's teeth is the
strongest known natural substance known to man, having now studied
your barnet. You never seem to have a hair
out of place, in spite of your marauds up
the wing. What is your secret? There is no
secret apart from Co5 Matt clay does the trick
must be a very good gel
Your home suburb of Farnborough was
famously used for the classic ITV drama,
Footballer's Wives. Give us the best WAG
story from your career....not naming
names....unless you feel inclined to do so!
Cor, I can’t do that but I have some good ones!
You worked under Neil Warnock at the start
of your career....did you ever call him Colin
to his face? And why not?! Nah, sod that!
What do you think about when you’re alone
in your car? Everything, literally, I love my
time in the car on my own.
Who would win a fight between a honey badger and a wolverine? And
what advice would you give them for taking on Tom Naylor? What are
these questions?! I’ll go Wolverine.
It's the annual Pompey valentine's party. You can't go with Kenny - he's
taking Ben Close, obviously. So who do you go with? I’m going with the
big boys, one of the Eisners.
Lee has nominated Ellis Harrison for the interview in the next issue. If
you have any questions for Ellis that nobody wants answered, please
send them to pompeychimes2018@gmail.com

London Pompey
and PHS member, Paul Boynton,
gives his regular update on the
Society’s latest happenings...
ack in August 1949, Portsmouth Football Club held a dinner and
B dance at the Savoy Restaurant in Southsea to celebrate
becoming champions of the Football League for the first time.
To commemorate this, the History Society put together a similar event
in October 2019. The Savoy is no longer - so the dinner was held at
The Queens Hotel, Southsea.
About 90 guests, including The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of
Portsmouth, enjoyed music of the period, and a tribute to the
champions put together by Colin Farmery, while the fare was a nod to
the original menu, with an updated twist.
The Heritage Fund Lottery project - Pompey Champions
Remembered - continues apace and Samantha and Michelle are busy
interviewing and recording the memories of the people who were
there when Pompey won the league. If you know anyone who was
around at that time, 1948-1950, and they wish to share their
memories, please let us know. The ladies are also putting together
plans for an exhibition at various locations across the city this summer
and further details will be announced in due course.
The next programme fair/history day will be held in the Victory Suite at
Fratton Park on Sunday 15th March. The theme will also be
'Champions of England 1949 & 1950'. Admission will be free and we
hope to have some interesting items on show.

Our Twitter account continues, covering the 1949/50 season on a
match by match basis, and also has an 'On this day' theme. Please
follow us @PompeyHistory if you don't already. Graham does a
fantastic job putting up the content.
Enquiries from relatives of old Pompey players continue to arrive. We
have been able to provide a photo and appearance details relating to
Bill Cox, who played for the reserve team during 1929/30 season.
We have also
received an
enquiry from the
USA from a
relation of Reg
Davies, who made
a total of 206
League and Cup
appearances
between 1922 and
1928. Reg made
23 appearances in
the team that
became Southern
League
Champions in 1923/24, and was ever present in the team that
finished second in Division 2, and thus gained promotion to Division
1, in 1926/27. Our exchange of information is currently ongoing, but
we have been able to provide some pictures, and match reports, that
have never been seen by the family before.
The Pompey History Society is dedicated to preserving and
conserving the archive of the Football Club. We can be contacted at
history@pompeyfc.co.uk

In this series, we lambast a supposed hero of yesteryear, whi
We start off with Division One title-winning captain, Paul Mers
THE DEFENCE
For most
Pompey fans, if
not all, the
Division Onewinning
side of
2002-03 ranks
as one of the
club’s top
memories of
recent times, and our captain that season, Paul
Merson, was at the heart of everything that made it
such a brilliant campaign. Coming in from Aston
Villa aged 34, the skipper was well aware of his
dwindling fitness at the time, but a magical
footballing brain still remained, and it
masterminded our promotion.
Similar to the legendary Robert Prosinecki,
complete with stories of him smoking in the
dressing room during half-times, Merson had others do his running for him on the
pitch, but with the ball at his feet he was unbeatable. Todorov scored the goals that
season but it was Merson who united a fanbase and squad of players in believing that
promotion was possible. And then when that promotion was achieved, he decided to
not taint his year-long legacy at Fratton Park. Aware of his inability to compete in the
Premier League without putting in the hard hours in training, he stepped aside, and
left an untarnished legacy that Pompey fans will never forget.
THE PROSECUTION
There is no doubting the ability of Paul Merson, but his stature and arrogance led to a
severe case of blue tinted glasses since he abandoned us. Indeed, the sickening
praise he is given for his role in our promotion is disrespectful to all others involved -
including one who divides opinion far more than 'Merse' - Harry Redknapp. Merson
came in for criticism from some quarters during our brief mid-season slump, taking to
the press to slam the boo-boys, claiming he could play simple 5 yard passes all day
but would continue to try the glory ball. It was the misplaced simple 5 yard passes
that were causing the adverse response in the first place!
The evidence is there that Merson wasn't even needed that season. When he
hobbled off early at Sheffield Wednesday in November, predictions of impending
doom were widespread. However, his replacement - Gary O'Neil - pulled the strings
and got on the scoresheet himself in a 3-1 victory. He wasn't even in the running for
player of the season. And when it came to the title celebrations parade, he couldn't
even be bothered to show up, citing his son's rugby match as the reason. How many
of us could get away with that one on the day of an important event at
work? He then had the audacity to whine that he never got the opportunity to
say goodbye to us...before repeating the no-show at his Hall of Fame
inauguration!

THE MITIGATION
The stature of Paul Merson is something that can
never be disputed, but I would argue the claim of
arrogance. An arrogant player would've gone
fishing for those Premier League wages and had
our young fresh talent carry him through a season
in the top-flight, rather than realise his job was
done and step aside gracefully.
Merson wasn't the perfect player across his season
at Fratton Park – obviously, none of the team were
– but as a figurehead and a talisman, he was
unstoppable, and his history and experience
carried us through the difficult wobbles of that
season, and made mountains of the likes of Taylor,
Todorov and O'Neil. After Prosinecki, he was the
next taste of the kinds of legends that we'd see at
Fratton week in, week out. He ensured that we
entered the most exciting era of our club's history in
the modern day game, while realising it wasn't his
place to be part of it. I can't imagine anything more graceful.
THE VERDICT
The court has heard all the evidence, and whilst the defendant’s off pitch demeanour
did and does indeed leave a lot to
be desired, we are here to discuss
his on field impact for Portsmouth
Football Club, and the case for the
defence has ensured that we have
no option but to rule that the sought
after and notorious status of
Pompey Legend is to remain the
possession of Mr Merson and all
those who wish to discuss him.
Let it be noted, however, that this
should serve in no way to defend
the antics noted in the crossexamination,
which do indeed
suggest bellendesque tendencies
on Mr Merson’s behalf.
Case dismissed.
Next up, the court calls to the stand, ”Uncle” Avram Grant...

With the Valentine’s theme - here’s your chance to win a signed shirt and
match ball courtesy of Lee Brown. Simply identify these much-loved
Pompey players. Send your answers to pompeychimes2018@gmail.com by
Saturday, 7th March to go into the draw. Two runners-up will each receive a
London Pompey scarf.
1) 2000s 2) 2000s
3) 2000s 4) 1980s 5) 2010s
6) 2000s
7) 2000s 8) 2000s

9) 2000s 10) 2010s 11) 2010s
12) 2000s
13) 2000s
14) 2000s
15) 1990s
ongratulations to Tony Gunn from Bracknell who won the crossword
C competition in the last issue, thus getting himself 2 matchday tickets to
the Shrewsbury game and the post-match London Pompey annual dinner
earlier this month. Tony correctly answered all questions - whilst pointing out
a couple of errors in the process - sorry about that!
The answers were:
Across: Lee Brown, Conor Chaplin, Carson, Shaun Gale, Matt Fish, Justin
Edinburgh, David Hillier, Mark Hateley, Jason Crowe, Kitson, Ellis Harrison,
Zamperini, Salif Diao, Shaun Derry, Newhouse, Wigley
Down: de Laet, Festa, Anderton, Ben Close, Racon, Biagini, Carl Tiler,
Sammy Igoe, Dumbaya, Whittingham, Glen Little, Dean Kiely, Chris Tardiff,
Jon Gittens, Christian Dailly, Jimmy Carter, Trebilcock, Mart Poom, Liam
Daish, Andy Cole, Jack Tinn

VALENTINES XI
CHURCH XI
Michael Poke Jimmy Glass
Shaun Raggett Sol Campbelfry
Stanley Adorah Tommy Christensen
Barry Horné David Munks
Eoin Handjob Gareth Heavens
Steve Romancing the Stone Parish Cowan-Hall
Martin Phillipstick on your collar Andy Canon
Danny Rose Ivica Mournar
Lee Mills and Boon Conor Chaplin
Steve Lovell Aisle Berkovic
Derek Golden Showers Courtney Pulpit
Manager: Paul Hart
Manager: Ian St John