tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28923417.post3414273713193728919..comments2023-10-14T08:30:21.852+01:00Comments on Oxblogger: Pompey chimes, Pompey bleatsOxbloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02967021179480280905noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28923417.post-21384859812159369582013-12-04T22:52:59.426+00:002013-12-04T22:52:59.426+00:00Just as us we did having by far and away the bigge...Just as us we did having by far and away the biggest crowds in the Conference, Pompey are finding out that the league table isn't based on fan numbers. The only figure which counts is the points total.<br /><br />In terms of achievement over the past 30-odd years, both clubs are indeed fairly equal. Which, considering the size of the support (and, therefore, income) makes Portsmouth's underachievement even more stark.Captain Yellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10195327235272507139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28923417.post-6284917372073136592013-12-03T16:07:19.972+00:002013-12-03T16:07:19.972+00:00The thing is that many of their fans are deluded. ...The thing is that many of their fans are deluded. In bragging they want to air all their history of League wins and F.A.Cups. Sadly intertwined among all that history are some 5 Administrations, two other insolvency events and a history of ripping off Charities, Local Businesses and HMRC. The history is mutually exclusive. Don't want the tag of "Pompey crimes, Pompey cheats" ? Then forget that you won any silverware, because you never have won anything. A club with a similar name did but not this current one.Soulofthesouthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06551685699379104184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28923417.post-49460579524817945362013-12-03T13:22:07.007+00:002013-12-03T13:22:07.007+00:00This season, the average league attendance for Por...This season, the average league attendance for Portsmouth is 15,479.<br /><br />Average league attendance for Oxford is 5,844.<br /><br />If Portsmouth aren't a massive club, what does that make Oxford?Colonel Pompadukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14375640983681704331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28923417.post-55220412005883623622013-12-03T12:50:58.321+00:002013-12-03T12:50:58.321+00:00What are oxfords average gates this season? Just o...What are oxfords average gates this season? Just out of interest...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28923417.post-83075777835119656782013-12-03T12:38:11.509+00:002013-12-03T12:38:11.509+00:00I understand the point; but similarly, you can'...I understand the point; but similarly, you can't say, as has been suggested, that Portsmouth is the type of opportunity you can't turn down using evidence that they won the league 63 years ago. There's a point when you have to say that the club of the past is not the club of today.<br /><br />I use 1980 as a breakpoint to define a 'modern era'. That's reasonable given that their last honour before 1980 was 18 years earlier in 1962.<br /><br />The more general point is that this perception of being a 'big club' (who won the league 60+ league ago) is potentially really corrosive. Something Oxford fans know all about. Anyone seduced into thinking they can just sort the club out and become a hero should do so with extreme caution.Oxbloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02967021179480280905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28923417.post-71397681598166006662013-12-03T12:34:33.974+00:002013-12-03T12:34:33.974+00:00do you include the 3 other administrations and 2 m...do you include the 3 other administrations and 2 more insolvency events in that proud history of all things fishy?stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02760780629620219755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28923417.post-25064262221948407752013-12-03T09:46:36.721+00:002013-12-03T09:46:36.721+00:00History doesn't start at 1980, but I guess tha...History doesn't start at 1980, but I guess that would ruin your point about the clubs being pretty even.<br /><br />theres another cup win and back to back champions of England to add to Portsmouth's honoursthegavstershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03625924065170893887noreply@blogger.com