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According to the Echo he was warned on numerous occasions prior to the game that he would not be allowed into the ground wearing a Pompey shirt.
 
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Neil Allen running the Westwood story doesn’t surprise me. Neither does the fact that the Daily Mail story regarding police concerns about player safety is built on quotes from Pompey Supporters groups.
 
Piri Weepu said:
Neil Allen running the Westwood story doesn’t surprise me. Neither does the fact that the Daily Mail story regarding police concerns about player safety is built on quotes from Pompey Supporters groups.
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They did meet with the police, along with one of ours, at the weekend though.

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Yeah I'm sure those 'lads' would have absolutely no issue at all if it was the other way round. None at all.

Not that that's ever going to happen of course.

****ing idiots.
 
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fran-MLs little camera said:
https://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/southampton/news/50840/
John Westwood apparently turned away from the England game because he was too well known and might incite trouble...even if he turned his Pompey shirt and coat inside out. Right or wrong....discuss. The main point of interest to me is that despite being well known and sporting gear identifying him as a Pompey fan, he managed to walk to and from the stadium without being attacked. Be a brave or foolish Saints' fan that wore Saints' colours in Portsmouth. Didn't a couple of our Portsmouth-based youngsters have to travel incommunicado to training....JWP being one of them.
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I've quite often seen Saints shirts being worn on a Saturday afternoon around Gunwharf. Anywhere around Southsea you'd be okay - might get a bit of banter thrown your way. I wear my Saints beanie whilst walking around Pompey with no fuss (although it is grey and the Saints badge is tiny haha).
 
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Although the bloke shouting at the steward was a knob, why was the steward removing his England flag? If you watch England play, there are lots of flags around with team names on.

Was this a “no flag” game, or was it because it had Portsmouth on the flag? If the latter, I’m not sure why it had to be removed
 
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<rofl>[QUOTE="fatletiss, post: 13141569, member: 1008587"

Was this a “no flag” game, or was it because it had Portsmouth on the flag? If the latter, I’m not sure why it had to be removed[/QUOTE]

It was probably the ‘PRIDE OF THE SOUTH’ bit that got him in trouble <rofl>
 
fatletiss said:
Although the bloke shouting at the steward was a knob, why was the steward removing his England flag? If you watch England play, there are lots of flags around with team names on.

Was this a “no flag” game, or was it because it had Portsmouth on the flag? If the latter, I’m not sure why it had to be removed
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I disagree, they knew what they were doing and were looking for a reaction. If it wasn't for the cup draw we might not have been as strict but we can't risk an incident less than a fortnight before the derby.

Swap the situation to St James Park and a
Sunderland flag and you get the same result imo.
 
Libby said:
I disagree, they knew what they were doing and were looking for a reaction. If it wasn't for the cup draw we might not have been as strict but we can't risk an incident less than a fortnight before the derby.

Swap the situation to St James Park and a
Sunderland flag and you get the same result imo.
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I understand that, but we’ve now made an incident out of it. Now if he was giving it the large and singing Pompey songs, then fair enough.

I’m easy on this, but just think we have them an opportunity to make something out of it, by creating a scene. I can also accept that it could have led to a worse incident, but that would have looked bad on any Saints fan who got involved.
 
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I understand that, but we’ve now made an incident out of it.
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We have but they may have felt that leaving it up all game could/would have caused a bigger incident.

This will get blown out of proportion of course, but can you imagine the reaction on the island if it ended up being Saints fans wanting to take it down and it resulted in a minor scrap?

Might be wrong but that's how I reckon they looked at it.
 
Wearing a Pompey shirt should be allowed, as should the flag. If it was a 12 year old kid then I'm sure no one would object. But since it was a group of a dozen or more chavvy-looking 'lads', then I think it is fine for the stewards to assume that the intentions were not innocent. And seeing as the stewards knew this man to have caused previous problems (pissing on seats ffs), then I understand why they were heavy-handed with him.

In an ideal world, I think the coming together of Saints and Pompey under one stadium for the same cause, would have been pretty cool.

Anyway, apparently the flag was covering the Block number, and that was why it was asked to be removed.
 
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Susan said:
I've quite often seen Saints shirts being worn on a Saturday afternoon around Gunwharf. Anywhere around Southsea you'd be okay - might get a bit of banter thrown your way. I wear my Saints beanie whilst walking around Pompey with no fuss (although it is grey and the Saints badge is tiny haha).
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I've mentioned before (though years ago) I once had a missed ferry incident in France which resulted in a mad dash on the bike to Le Harve to catch an alternative. It of course did mean I landed in Portsmouth instead of Poole. I only realised after peeling off my bike gear that I had my Saints shirt on, and the bar was full of Pompey fans, cue Scummer chants.

They were actually quite good natured though I think the fact we were in L1 while they were, um, spending taxpayers money like water helped a bit. Even got a big cheer when I rolled of the boat.
 
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It's Only A Game said:
Good decision I reckon.
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According to the Echo he was warned on numerous occasions prior to the game that he would not be allowed into the ground wearing a Pompey shirt.
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A shirt is provocative but I think you should be allowed to have your club on the England flag.

It is an England game after all and people like showing what area of the country they're from - that is the done thing.

Taking down flags is petty and isn't wise considering the derby is only a week or so away and you guys have to travel to Portsmouth - without an escort!
 
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