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The Old Days

Discussion in 'Portsmouth' started by costasaint, Jun 24, 2011.

  1. costasaint

    costasaint Member

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    What are your earliest memories of seeing your rivals in red and white stripes? I guess it would be at the Dell?
    I went to Fratton as a young boy, when Pompey were a great side. I watched the likes of Jimmy Dickinson, Duggie Read and co in front of packed houses. They were good times! Of course, I was already a Saints fan, but there was no nastiness about the rivalry then, just good humoured banter.http://www.not606.com/images/smilies/emoticon-0111-blush.gif
     
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  2. frattonfunkdaddy

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    John Milkins testimonial is probably my first nightmare memory of stripes. <yikes>

    Thankfully since then, things have evened themselves up a bit.
     
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  3. Beddy

    Beddy Plays the percentage

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    Yes I too used to go down to Fratton regularly to watch gentleman Jim and uggy Duggie with my Uncle and Grandfather. It was not unusual to go both to Pompey and Saints in those days. With no hassle. There was a group of us that used to meet up as we were all of a similar age. Probably around a dozen altogether. Pretty evenly split between Pompey and Saints. Three of the Pompey lads used to come down the dell regularly. We remained life long friends although Sadly we only number three now. My two Pompey mates and myself. We saw nothing wrong in going to both grounds the others around us used to know we were Saints fans. There was some good humoured banter especially as we were always tipped to win the 3rd division but it took us a while to do it. Same when we were in the second division. Things and attitudes changed somewhat when we went up to the 1st Division. Then gradually it got worse which is a shame really.
     
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  4. Leading Fish in Hants

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    I had an uncle and cousin who were both Saints fans and took me to the Dell a few times when I was young. My other uncle from Pompey used to take me to Fratton Park occasionally but in those days I lived in Aldershot so mostly used to watch my local team. Strangely enough, work commitments and the rarity of such an occasion have prevented me ever attending a local derby but I will be at next season's come hell or high water.
     
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    SAINTDON13 Well-Known Member

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    My favourite Pompey player was "all knees and elbows" Ray Hiron, closely followed by Ray Pointer, happy days.
     
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    Ray Hiron ! Talk about thin and gangly, but he had an eye for goal !!

    Peter Crouch is a modern day version of him, but probably a bit classier.
     
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