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General Category => Altrincham FC First Team => Topic started by: oneedham on November 26, 2019, 11:53:54 AM
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Really up for this, we can cause them trouble. Ceesay huge lost.
Stick to our usual formation and game plan.
GK Thompson
RB Dens
LB White
CB Hannigan
CB Jones
DM Moult
CM Williams
LM JJ
RM Peers
No.10 Hancock
ST Hulme
11 v 11 one off game, let's get at them from the off. Have them on the back foot.
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I think we'll swop wall for peers, a liitle bit more steady
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Wall is cup tied
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Team picks itself with no Wall or Ceesay.
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Team picks itself with no Wall or Ceesay.
Agreed.
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Portsmouth 1/5
Draw 11/2
Alty 12/1
Value bet, James Jones to score at anytime 25/1
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Portsmouth 1/5
Draw 11/2
Alty 12/1
Value bet, James Jones to score at anytime 25/1
Thought we would be more 20/1 plus
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Given our limited attacking options I'd like to see Walters on the bench
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Seems they like to shoot from outside the box so we can’t afford to stand off them
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Given our limited attacking options I'd like to see Walters on the bench
I think Walters is cup-tied, having played for Buxton on one of his numerous loans.
I don't gamble, apart from being part of a lottery syndicate, but that bet on James Jones to score should be tempting for anyone who does.
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They're on great form (like ourselves) and I'm not hopeful - but should be a great day for everyone nonetheless.
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They're on great form (like ourselves) and I'm not hopeful - but should be a great day for everyone nonetheless.
I'm very Hopeful going for a 1-1 85th minute equaliser by Hulme to send the
600 fans mental.
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Were the underdogs, expected to lose, nothing to lose. Lets go for it and make us proud.
Come on Alty.
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I have a friend who lives in Portsmouth and goes to some of the games. He asked me what I thought of our chances and I told him I was going more in hope than expectation as they are after all 3 levels above us, but there is alwaays some hope (however slim).
His response was:
"Always a hope in the cup. Pompey are a bit prone to nerves when they are favoured and struggle at home at times. So you never know."
It should be a good day out whatever happens and I just hope that if we get beat that it isn't a hiding.
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Anything can happen in a one off cup game. JJ could break free early doors and get taken out so we're up against 10. Equally, we could score early and their crowd turns against them generating panic. It ain't over til it's over. I expect us to lose, not get hammered and the lads to give it their all. I hope we'll score. I pray for a draw or a win. I'm more hopeful of a good weekend away to be honest.
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I think there is a 10% chance of a shock, just happy to be there.If we can hold them for 20 mins then 30 etc plus hit them on the break, who knows
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Expect the worst and hope for the best, and determine to enjoy the experience is my perspective. I am certain though that Phil's lads will give it their all, and that they are more talented individually and collectively than Pompey will be expecting. I also believe that Phil is a very shrewd and ambitious manager, and he will have a game plan - so don't write our chances.
Whatever happens, it is going to be a fantastic day and a great adventure for everyone who goes - these are the sorts of matches that people still tell stories about in 20 plus years time.
Any idea anyone how many tickets we have sold now - and how many they have sold as well? Hope we get to 600 plus in a 10000 plus crowd
Come on Alty!!
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Gutted that I'm not able to make the trip to Pompey. They may be 3 divisions higher than us, but the pressure will rest entirely on their shoulders and they have everything to lose. For our part, we take with us our current (excellent) form, an away record that is better than our home, a Cup history the envy of every NL side and a band of supporters to rival anything the home side will muster. I don't think that Pompey will be looking forward to Saturday one bit. PMA boys, PMA! #COYR.
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Expect the worst and hope for the best, and determine to enjoy the experience is my perspective. I am certain though that Phil's lads will give it their all, and that they are more talented individually and collectively than Pompey will be expecting. I also believe that Phil is a very shrewd and ambitious manager, and he will have a game plan - so don't write our chances.
Whatever happens, it is going to be a fantastic day and a great adventure for everyone who goes - these are the sorts of matches that people still tell stories about in 20 plus years time.
Any idea anyone how many tickets we have sold now - and how many they have sold as well? Hope we get to 600 plus in a 10000 plus crowd
Come on Alty!!
Trust me, we have been/are watching you! ;)
Allegedly home tickets sales were around 6,000 prior to last nights victory.
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6000 before the Tuesday Pompey Paul - that's not bad, but lets hope the win gets a late surge of tickets - we need the money!!
Bit inconvenient that, having been very hit and miss this season, you seem to have come into a hot streak of form and are scoring for fun!
Still, we have some great players and a good team spirit so we will compete, and we will give you a run for your money - I don't believe Harrogate are better than us, and you only just turned them over.
You will find that our fans are noisy and passionate, but entirely good natured. We have great core support and of around 1000 and a high proportion of fans that regularly go to away matches - we are as passionate and committed as any league fans, and our club has a history and traditions that we are very proud of. Our closest rivals geographically probably Stockport - but it is a pretty friendly rivalry and there is no real needle between us - however we hate and are hated by Macclesfield Town, and the enmity survived years and years of being in different leagues and not playing each other - while I won't say it is as fierce as Pompey and Southampton - not sure that is possible - it is a proper, serious rivalry that goes back at least to the 1960s.
Any kind of result at Fratton Park will rub their noses in it, so with due respect we hope you have an off day, as if you thrash us we will never hear the last of it from them!
Thanks for all your helpful posts and let's hope its a great football experience for everyone on Saturday :)
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I believe we're touching 700 but entirely unconfirmed.
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700 is an amazing effort. Wonder if we can hit 800?
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I believe we're touching 700 but entirely unconfirmed.
Bloody hell. Impressive.
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Gutted that I'm not able to make the trip to Pompey. They may be 3 divisions higher than us, but the pressure will rest entirely on their shoulders and they have everything to lose. For our part, we take with us our current (excellent) form, an away record that is better than our home, a Cup history the envy of every NL side and a band of supporters to rival anything the home side will muster. I don't think that Pompey will be looking forward to Saturday one bit. PMA boys, PMA! #COYR.
I think we will be looking forward to meeting you on Saturday. Don't mistake us for one of the soft southern football (or Premier) league teams and don't think you are coming to some flat pack stadium.
It took us and our ground 22 years to gain promotion from the Southern League. 6000 of our (non league) supporters formed the 14th and 15th Battalions of the Hampshire Regiment in World War 1.
We are Pompey, we don't forget. :)
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We’re ball number 46 in Monday’s draw ;D
http://www.thefa.com/news/2019/nov/28/emirates-fa-cup-third-round-draw-details-281119
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We’re ball number 46 in Monday’s draw ;D
http://www.thefa.com/news/2019/nov/28/emirates-fa-cup-third-round-draw-details-281119
61 vs 46 if we’re in the draw.
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39.
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39.
Yes!
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Hi Pompey Paul.
Looking forward very much to travelling down to the game this Saturday to see your ground and a great match. I understand from seeing your team on TV that the atmosphere at Pompey is superb. As Alty fans are also noisy it should be a great game with a great atmosphere. The matches of this sort do not come to us very often but I have been to many matches in the FA Cup in my 45 years watching the Robins. This will be no different and I know your team will provide us with a good game and experience for our players. Our team have sprung surprise results in the past and I know we will give you a game.
Just curious to know what is the meaning of the bell played during your games. I have always assumed it is to do with Pompey's naval heritage, but I always heard it during games when you played in the Premiership. Thanks for your postings, found them an interesting read.
We are a good bunch, very vocal and have a deep love of the game like your good-selves. See you Saturday!
Steve from Sale
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Hi Pompey Paul.
Looking forward very much to travelling down to the game this Saturday to see your ground and a great match. I understand from seeing your team on TV that the atmosphere at Pompey is superb. As Alty fans are also noisy it should be a great game with a great atmosphere. The matches of this sort do not come to us very often but I have been to many matches in the FA Cup in my 45 years watching the Robins. This will be no different and I know your team will provide us with a good game and experience for our players. Our team have sprung surprise results in the past and I know we will give you a game.
Just curious to know what is the meaning of the bell played during your games. I have always assumed it is to do with Pompey's naval heritage, but I always heard it during games when you played in the Premiership.
We are a good bunch, very vocal and have a deep love of the game like your good-selves. See you Saturday!
Steve from Sale
That'll be Mr. John Portsmouth Football Club Westwood.
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Pompey say 8,000 home fans. I do hope it’s better than that.
Sure they took more to Wembley the other year🤔
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Pompey say 8,000 home fans. I do hope it’s better than that.
Sure they took more to Wembley the other year🤔
Unfortunately, home fans don't turn out in numbers for a game against lower opposition for a cup match. We had 680 against Whitley Bay in the Cup last season, and that included a good away support.
A total attendance approaching 9000 is, if anything, a bit more than I was expecting and a decent effort from Portsmouth.
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Pompey say 8,000 home fans. I do hope it’s better than that.
Sure they took more to Wembley the other year🤔
Unfortunately, home fans don't turn out in numbers for a game against lower opposition for a cup match. We had 680 against Whitley Bay in the Cup last season, and that included a good away support.
A total attendance approaching 9000 is, if anything, a bit more than I was expecting and a decent effort from Portsmouth.
Looking at the second round fixture list the only tie that I can see that may have more people attending is Bristol Rovers v Plymouth because its a West Country derby.
From Altrincham's receipts point of view I think that its the best possible tie you could have got.
I know that we (Pompey) will have been aware that its important to you, pricing of the match at £15 is probably maximising the shared revenue at the expense of another 1000 or so home supporters. (Our leasing.com match against Northampton on Tues is £10).
Our FA Cup second round fixture last year was on a Sunday away to Rochdale and attended by 2500 of which 600 came from Pompey (despite the match being on BT) for context.
I think whoever it was at your club (manager?) raising expectations of a 15 k crowd at this stage was probably a bit optimistic.
You are very welcome at Fratton Park and we will do our best to make a noise! It may not be a state of the art stadium by modern standards but in terms of traditional stadiums its pretty good.
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Pompey say 8,000 home fans. I do hope it’s better than that.
Sure they took more to Wembley the other year🤔
Unfortunately, home fans don't turn out in numbers for a game against lower opposition for a cup match. We had 680 against Whitley Bay in the Cup last season, and that included a good away support.
A total attendance approaching 9000 is, if anything, a bit more than I was expecting and a decent effort from Portsmouth.
Looking at the second round fixture list the only tie that I can see that may have more people attending is Bristol Rovers v Plymouth because its a West Country derby.
From Altrincham's receipts point of view I think that its the best possible tie you could have got.
I know that we (Pompey) will have been aware that its important to you, pricing of the match at £15 is probably maximising the shared revenue at the expense of another 1000 or so home supporters. (Our leasing.com match against Northampton on Tues is £10).
Our FA Cup second round fixture last year was on a Sunday away to Rochdale and attended by 2500 of which 600 came from Pompey (despite the match being on BT) for context.
I think whoever it was at your club (manager?) raising expectations of a 15 k crowd at this stage was probably a bit optimistic.
You are very welcome at Fratton Park and we will do our best to make a noise! It may not be a state of the art stadium by modern standards but in terms of traditional stadiums its pretty good.
After two visits to the khazi at Bootham crescent Fratton Park will be fantastic.
Bring it on.
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You are very welcome at Fratton Park and we will do our best to make a noise! It may not be a state of the art stadium by modern standards but in terms of traditional stadiums its pretty good.
Most of us don't like the soulless modern stadiums, whatever their facilities may be; I certainly don't and am much happier visiting a traditional ground like yours.
Traveling in hope, not expectation and looking forward to a good day out whatever the result.
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I’ve had a fiver on 1-0 Alty. Just the 25-1. Fingers crossed.
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Pompey say 8,000 home fans. I do hope it’s better than that.
Sure they took more to Wembley the other year🤔
Unfortunately, home fans don't turn out in numbers for a game against lower opposition for a cup match. We had 680 against Whitley Bay in the Cup last season, and that included a good away support.
A total attendance approaching 9000 is, if anything, a bit more than I was expecting and a decent effort from Portsmouth.
I suspect a some home fans might make a late decision about whether to go. The win on Tuesday (when the atmosphere was excellent) might encourage a few more.
And if there are 600 Alty fans that'll be three times what Rotherham brought.
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I reckon we are heading for our biggest crowd for an Alty 2nd Round FA Cup match.
Currently it looks like this:
1973 (a) Blackburn Rovers 8564
1968 (h) Barrow 8462
1965 (a) Rochdale 8367
1979 (a) Rotherham United 6083
Barrow were in Division 3 at the time for our younger viewers. And in my opinion, the win at Rotherham was one of our best ever performances in the Cup. Just three years after going there and getting beat 5-0 we controlled the second game, showing just how much progress we had made in that time
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Looks like it will be 8500 to 9000 Bill - any idea what the final total Alty tickets sold given the deadline of midday has just passed understand it was just over 600 as of about 5pm yesterday, according to a contact I have at the club.
If Pompey had sold 8000 by yesterday afternoon that is good enough for me - but you never know they may have sold a few more this morning - and will they be selling home tickets on the day? Still hold out the hope that we will sneak into 10000 plus - but perfectly happy with 8500 to 9000.
I thought Preston away was about 8800 - was that 1st round then?
Agree Rotherham away one of our all time best performances - was 12 at the time and still ranks as one of top all time away day experiences for me - seem to remember we had a packed special train plus 4 coaches for that match - and easily over 1500 in their vast away end at Millmoor. Was at the match 2 years previously when they thumped us 5 0 and that was still a great day out.
Tomorrow will be a fantastic day whatever happens - something epic about 600 plus travelling such a long way by train, coach, car, plane - I reckon - and probably boat as well - stuff of legends. Its like a gathering of the global Alty clan
Come on Alty!!
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Looks like it will be 8500 to 9000 Bill - any idea what the final total Alty tickets sold given the deadline of midday has just passed understand it was just over 600 as of about 5pm yesterday, according to a contact I have at the club.
If Pompey had sold 8000 by yesterday afternoon that is good enough for me - but you never know they may have sold a few more this morning - and will they be selling home tickets on the day? Still hold out the hope that we will sneak into 10000 plus - but perfectly happy with 8500 to 9000.
I thought Preston away was about 8800 - was that 1st round then?
Agree Rotherham away one of our all time best performances - was 12 at the time and still ranks as one of top all time away day experiences for me - seem to remember we had a packed special train plus 4 coaches for that match - and easily over 1500 in their vast away end at Millmoor. Was at the match 2 years previously when they thumped us 5 0 and that was still a great day out.
Tomorrow will be a fantastic day whatever happens - something epic about 600 plus travelling such a long way by train, coach, car, plane - I reckon - and probably boat as well - stuff of legends. Its like a gathering of the global Alty clan
Come on Alty!!
Pompey Home Fans can buy tickets on line up to the day through "print at home" and on the day at the ticket office.
Its a bright sunny day on the south coast and tomorrow is forecast to be dry until 8pm might encourage a few stragglers.
Any Alty fans coming by Hovercraft can get a discount, details here https://www.hovertravel.co.uk/special-offers/portsmouth-fc-match-day-flyer/ ;)
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Thanks Pompey Paul - if I had time I would have loved to get the Hoverbus just to try it out. Does Pompey have a strong fanbase in IOW? Guessing Ryde will be a Pompey town, are there Pompey towns and Southampton - sorry, Scummer - towns on IOW?
I reckon with pay on the day that we may well sneak over 10000.
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The Great Trek begins tonight. In fact, now.
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The Great Trek begins tonight. In fact, now.
Indeed, currently on a train from Cornwall to London so I can train it down there tomorrow
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Currently on the vino as driving down in the morning.
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Thanks Pompey Paul - if I had time I would have loved to get the Hoverbus just to try it out. Does Pompey have a strong fanbase in IOW? Guessing Ryde will be a Pompey town, are there Pompey towns and Southampton - sorry, Scummer - towns on IOW?
I reckon with pay on the day that we may well sneak over 10000.
Pompey has quite a big following on the island. They have their own supporters club who arranges coach travel to most away games.
On evening games there is a double-decker bus that goes directly from the ground to a football special hovercraft. The ferries often wait if theres extra time at a cup match as well.
I think even Newport is considered to be a Pompey Town. Pompey does the football coaching for the kids there.
I guess the Scummers don't like crossing the water, it takes them away from "looking after" their Ponies. ;)
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Here we go then Robins. About to leave house for first leg of journey from Leeds. Safe travelling everyone and just enjoy the day - these days don't come around too often.
Come on Alty!! ;D
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Morning all Alty!! I travelled down last night with a full carload ...left Timperley at 4pm, arrived at the hotel in Fareham dead on 8:15. Very happy with that considering rush hour Friday night traffic....for any driving today I’d recommend the route. Took the A34 from the M40, past Oxford then M3 and M27. No problems whatsoever. Safe trip for everyone, come on lads we can do this.
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Yes just approaching Milton Keynes train station come on you Robins, safe journey every one
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Heading down south...
Freezing for patches out there.
Travel well.
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Didnt think it could feel worse than Colchester , it does heads can be held high though!
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We gave them hell today and every fan nows it pompey say
The same
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Didnt think it could feel worse than Colchester , it does heads can be held high though!
This
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Proud. Just immensely proud.
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Simply needed to see the last few minutes out and failed to do so. History wont remember anything but the result.
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Simply needed to see the last few minutes out and failed to do so. History wont remember anything but the result.
History might not but I will.
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I spent the afternoon online masquerading as a resident of Brooklyn, NY and watched the game live on ESPN+.
That was a devastatingly cruel denouement, as I think that Alty's performance undoubtedly merited a replay.
Two defensive errors cost us dearly. A poor header from Densmore teed up Close for what was, admittedly, an adroitly-executed volley which gave the home side the lead rather against the run of play.
Then Hancock switched off and was caught ball watching for Pitman's heartbreaking eleventh-hour winning goal.
Portsmouth's two central defenders Hawkins and Burgess were made to look ponderous by the excellent Hulme, who gave them a torrid afternoon. The replays of that first-half incident involving Hawkins and Hulme certainly corroborated the Alty striker's claim for the award of a penalty kick. At least we got one in the second half.
Other standout performers were Williams and Thompson, the latter making several important saves and blocks.
I suspect that the Pompey supporters will have been heaving a huge sigh of relief to have sneaked into the Third Round draw.
Phil Parkinson will have a tough job to lift the players after that bitter setback but we need to circumvent succumbing to anything resembling that post-Colchester defeat malaise in 2015/16 and now launch a charge up the league in December towards the play-offs.
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If anyone can lift the players now its Parky he wont let them get too low or too high after a loss or a win i think he said in the past
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Devastating as that last minute blow was, what a continued comeback from just four years ago. As for the absolute sea change after Colchester. well I believe we have the right pair in the job to ensure we move forward from this instead of wallowing in defeat. What a great cup run, awareness, prestige, money et al, now then, up the table we will climb. Come on Alty!
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I went in the rifle there boozer after the game security on the door let me in. the lads in there said alty we're great And showd bollocks lots of respect
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Some reflections from the Portsmouth perspective:
https://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/news/2019/november/match-report-for-portsmouth-vs-altrincham-on-30-nov-19/ (https://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/news/2019/november/match-report-for-portsmouth-vs-altrincham-on-30-nov-19/)
https://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/news/2019/november/gallery-pompey-2-altrincham-1/ (https://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/news/2019/november/gallery-pompey-2-altrincham-1/)
https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/portsmouth-fc/brett-pitman-reveals-portsmouth-relief-at-conquering-non-league-altrincham-in-fa-cup-1-9159846 (https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/portsmouth-fc/brett-pitman-reveals-portsmouth-relief-at-conquering-non-league-altrincham-in-fa-cup-1-9159846)
https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/portsmouth-fc/portsmouth-boss-kenny-jackett-gives-the-plaudits-to-non-league-altrincham-in-fa-cup-clash-which-could-ve-gone-either-way-1-9159844 (https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/portsmouth-fc/portsmouth-boss-kenny-jackett-gives-the-plaudits-to-non-league-altrincham-in-fa-cup-clash-which-could-ve-gone-either-way-1-9159844)
https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/we-deserved-nothing-pompey-weren-t-allowed-to-play-what-the-fans-said-about-portsmouth-2-altrincham-1-1-9159852 (https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/we-deserved-nothing-pompey-weren-t-allowed-to-play-what-the-fans-said-about-portsmouth-2-altrincham-1-1-9159852)
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Heartbreaking!
I managed to catch the last 15mins on RR during my break. Still listening to my phone on the way back to the shop floor the signal cut out...it was 2-1 when it came back.
The same silence happened to the other member of the Largs Alty supporters as we had quite the post mortem on my til. Both so gutted, both remembering Colchester and both deciding we would be drowning our sorrows!
All I can say is offer my commiserations to the team after a very creditable performance and a thank you to the faithful who represented us so well in the stands.
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Many Portsmouth fans complimented our brilliant team on the way out of the ground. One fella went up to my little boy and told him not to be sad, but to be very proud of our team. Says it all I think.
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Good fans Portsmouth fans decent people
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Every Portsmouth fan i spoke to said we were the best team and should have won,also they said it was a nailed on pen any day.The lads were fantastic.JD were you there?
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Every Portsmouth fan i spoke to said we were the best team and should have won,also they said it was a nailed on pen any day.The lads were fantastic.JD were you there?
He said he was at work.
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Every Portsmouth fan i spoke to said we were the best team and should have won,also they said it was a nailed on pen any day.The lads were fantastic.JD were you there?
I was at work, just caught the last 15 mins on RR. One of my regular customers is also an Alty (& Costellos) fan - we delayed a couple of customers with our laments!
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Just back and a few reflections on the day.....
- A brilliant performance, after a nervous start we got into the game, the passing was slick and we controlled the game. The Portsmouth goal came at a time we were really dominating the game. At this level you get punished if you play the ball back across the area.
- We have been playing well recently, but today we moved up a level, there were some immense performances, Jake and Sean in Midfield, James Jones at the back, Jordon caused them all sorts of problems and JJ was running at them, particularly in the second half.
- A few really strange decisions, the penalty is on the BBC and you can watch it, but the Portsmouth player who took out Jordan from behind when he was running in on goal didn't look to get booked, and they should have definitely been down to 10 men. Their number 19 Harness was booked then committed a further cynical foul on JJ, which was given as a foul but then the referee did nothing.
- Support was brilliant; you would be embarrassed if you had 8000 fans there and were out sung by 600 fans who had travelled 6 hours to get there.
- So despite the obvious disappointment, a brilliant FA Cup run, this must really help the budget this year. We just need to pick ourselves up, we are playing the best football this team has played.
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Great day out. All the players gave everything. Sickener to lose in the fourth minute of extra time.
Shame there's no replay but time to move on. The only way to fix things is a march up the table. Playoffs here we come.
Come on you Robins!
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50589186
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Great ground.
Great game.
Last minute kick in the pods.
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I reckon we are heading for our biggest crowd for an Alty 2nd Round FA Cup match.
Currently it looks like this:
1973 (a) Blackburn Rovers 8564
1968 (h) Barrow 8462
1965 (a) Rochdale 8367
1979 (a) Rotherham United 6083
Barrow were in Division 3 at the time for our younger viewers. And in my opinion, the win at Rotherham was one of our best ever performances in the Cup. Just three years after going there and getting beat 5-0 we controlled the second game, showing just how much progress we had made in that time
I'm not going to Comment on the Game but just a message saying that we hoped you had a good day out despite the circumstances and a safe journey home.
Sorry we were pipped to the post on Attendances by Blackburn Rovers but on the positive side its the biggest attendance for the FA Cup this year so far (that I can find).
Best of Luck in your league for the rest of the season.
Regards,
Pompey Paul
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I'm not going to Comment on the Game but just a message saying that we hoped you had a good day out despite the circumstances and a safe journey home.
Sorry we were pipped to the post on Attendances by Blackburn Rovers but on the positive side its the biggest attendance for the FA Cup this year so far (that I can find).
Best of Luck in your league for the rest of the season.
Regards,
Pompey Paul
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Really enjoyed the experience (not the result obv), not an ounce of trouble and lots of supportive pompey fans both before and after the game, proud of the lads and portsmouth gone up a lot in my footballing estimations.
End of the day i think we played very very well and to keep that level of concentration for 94 mins was incredible. Play like that and we would easily beat all in the conf north. Its the fine margins.
Proud of all
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i totally agree with all toffee has just said,and really nice fish and chips from fratton fish bar on fratton road.
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Gutted, Colchester all over again.
The lads were magnificent and played their natural game throughout, a sheer travesty of justice that we didn't get a replay. PP and NS can be proud of their efforts throughout the whole tournament and to reach the second round with that silly run of away games was in the best cup traditions of the club.
As for the day out the Hole in the Wall and the Lawrence the pick of the pubs.I think the whole clientele of the former at 1230 were Alty fans, proper traditional pub. The ground old fashioned but does allow a great atmosphere to be generated. Stewards right at the back obsessively watching for vapers though was OTT and unnecessary.
The trick now is for Parky and Sorvs is in the man management realm. Next league game is at the wonderfully atmospheric Horsfall Stadium and BPA and to get the players reset for the huge number of league games ahead might be hard, hoping the close team spirit the lads clearly have will help in that regard. This team should make the play offs again.
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Think everyone has made the comments I could make on the game. Obviously disappointed, but immensely proud of what the team achieved in this years cup run. Now push on in the league and trophy.
Great away support.
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Very proud of the team.
Very proud of the fans.
Very proud of the club.
Unlucky but very proud ;D
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I'd rather be playing Bradford next week than one of the teams from the other end of the league. We just need to get two or three wins together and we'll be re-focussed on the playoffs. I can't see us catching York but All the top teams are beatable if we can get ourselves to that end of the table.
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I'd rather be playing Bradford next week than one of the teams from the other end of the league. We just need to get two or three wins together and we'll be re-focussed on the playoffs. I can't see us catching York but All the top teams are beatable if we can get ourselves to that end of the table.
If we don't catch York, we could be looking at 3rd, since Kings Lynn are top, and, on what I saw at their place, are a better side. However, their squad appears to be short of depth, and injury to Marriott and/or Gash could be a problem.
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Just back and a few reflections on the day.....
- A brilliant performance, after a nervous start we got into the game, the passing was slick and we controlled the game. The Portsmouth goal came at a time we were really dominating the game. At this level you get punished if you play the ball back across the area.
- We have been playing well recently, but today we moved up a level, there were some immense performances, Jake and Sean in Midfield, James Jones at the back, Jordon caused them all sorts of problems and JJ was running at them, particularly in the second half.
- A few really strange decisions, the penalty is on the BBC and you can watch it, but the Portsmouth player who took out Jordan from behind when he was running in on goal didn't look to get booked, and they should have definitely been down to 10 men. Their number 19 Harness was booked then committed a further cynical foul on JJ, which was given as a foul but then the referee did nothing.
- Support was brilliant; you would be embarrassed if you had 8000 fans there and were out sung by 600 fans who had travelled 6 hours to get there.
- So despite the obvious disappointment, a brilliant FA Cup run, this must really help the budget this year. We just need to pick ourselves up, we are playing the best football this team has played.
Can't agree with the fans comment I'm afraid.I wouldn't expect them to be pumped to play the Alty, more expectant. Alty however are treating it like our Cup final
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Keeping everyone fit and healthy is the key. Only KL have been a match for us in months.
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Thank you to the Pompey fans who came on here prior to the game. Came across as a very friendly set, and that was proven in and around the ground.
I particularly enjoyed the comment about Southampton fans 'caring for their ponies'... Macc care for their sheep in much the same way.
Gutted by the last minute but the team and club are so much stronger now than in 2015.
Very proud of Altrincham FC.
(will back Pompey when they're playing Southampton now).
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So proud after a performance like that ...the only way is UP...no need to be despondent... before the match I was wondering how this team would react to facing higher league opposition, no worries after a display like that....fear no one.
Credit must be given to the behind the scenes preparation of the team. Discussion on the coach on the return journey was how fit the players must be considering their part time status, and yet there no sign of flagging in the last part of the match.
In all a great day out. Good travelling companions, smooth journeys, fantastic vocal support in the ground (nice touch of zigger-zagga chant), and a fantastic team performance on the pitch, - a credit to all concerned at the club.
Long may it continue.
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Didn't go yesterday, watched all the footage I can and must say what a great effort from fans, management and players.
To be 10 secons from being in the hat for the 3rd round and a certain TV game is heartbreaking.
As penance for not going I shall attend the CSC on Tuesday
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I think I will give watching the draw a miss tomorrow night .
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Thank you to the Pompey fans who came on here prior to the game. Came across as a very friendly set, and that was proven in and around the ground.
I particularly enjoyed the comment about Southampton fans 'caring for their ponies'... Macc care for their sheep in much the same way.
Gutted by the last minute but the team and club are so much stronger now than in 2015.
Very proud of Altrincham FC.
(will back Pompey when they're playing Southampton now).
I agree - a really decent bunch - one Pompey fan ran out of McDonald’s before the game to say welcome and hope you enjoy the game to us.
They’re a bit quiet in the ground though eh 🤫
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I agree with all the reports on here and comments. Really enjoyed my day yesterday even though it was very tiring. This team has great fighting spirit and is possibly the best since the 79-81 team. They still have much to give and there is plenty more this season ongoing. I would like us to have a good crack at the FA Trophy now we are out of the FA Cup. Lets try and keep a very handy revenue stream going as long as we can so we can build for the future.
For me Willo, TT and Jordan were the stand-out players, but in all honesty everyone more than did their bit yesterday. I enjoyed Portsmouth's ground yesterday. I was stopped many times on the way back to the bus by Pompey fans being sympathetic and admiring our team. I even had to excuse myself in case I missed the coach. The whole club ethos they gave was superb and I enjoyed my visit to a traditional football ground with bucketloads of character. There are sadly not many grounds left like that now.
Thanks to the club from board through to the management, players and staff for more very happy memories to add to those I already have. Glad the younger fans could see something like that, and the feedback from Pompey is much appreciated. Very very proud of our football club. Never mind the playoffs, lets have a crack at the league now, we are good enough.
Only thing to worry about for me is the January transfer window, lets keep this squad together!
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24 hours now since I got back from Portsmouth and the overall feeling is still one of pride in the players, management, supporters and club in general. I think everyone present would agree we deserved something from the game.
My first visit to Portsmouth since 1993 and to Fratton Park since 1985, and the atmosphere at both, in what used to be a very unwelcoming city, has improved immeasurably.
As we know, we have had some worldwide coverage for this match. My friend in Florida, who paid to watch it, and may not appreciate the difference between stoppage and extra time, says "Heck of a thing! In extra time. Ah well. The Robins played well."
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Not sure if anyone else bought a program? I did, some interesting pages on Alty, stats on players with goals scored etc. Histrionics of different years the club wen through with success etc. Good value at £2.50 Good little read.
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Only thing to worry about for me is the January transfer window, lets keep this squad together!
I’ve had the same thought; you could argue that they all put themselves in the shop window on Saturday. Think the club should disconnect their phone lines for the month of January!
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Not sure if anyone else bought a program? I did, some interesting pages on Alty, stats on players with goals scored etc. Histrionics of different years the club wen through with success etc. Good value at £2.50 Good little read.
I bought one and got a pleasant surprise when he said £2.50 instead of £3.00.A very nice touch having free pizza at halftime as well.A big thanks to Portsmouth for all they did for us.
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Not sure if anyone else bought a program? I did, some interesting pages on Alty, stats on players with goals scored etc. Histrionics of different years the club wen through with success etc. Good value at £2.50 Good little read.
I bought one and got a pleasant surprise when he said £2.50 instead of £3.00.A very nice tough having free pizza at halftime as well.A big thanks to Portsmouth for all they did for us.
And cups of tea were only £1 !! (UHT milk though)
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Not sure if anyone else bought a program? I did, some interesting pages on Alty, stats on players with goals scored etc. Histrionics of different years the club wen through with success etc. Good value at £2.50 Good little read.
I bought one and got a pleasant surprise when he said £2.50 instead of £3.00.A very nice tough having free pizza at halftime as well.A big thanks to Portsmouth for all they did for us.
And cups of tea were only £1 !! (UHT milk though)
£2.30 at York. Bloody fancy Yorkshire prices.
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Pretty much everything about the set up at Portsmouth impressed me - the friendliness and generosity of spirit of the fans, the fact that everything was good value, the noise and atmosphere even when less than half full, the old school feel of the ground, set amongst rows of terraced houses where the back yards almost touched the stands, the boozers, the obvious deep love of the club and their city - hand clapping to Portsmouth Harbour was a high point for me - the deep hatred of Southampton, and the general sense of the love of the game.
Probably the most positive away ground experience at a league club I have ever had - apart from the result.
Worst was for me indisputably Burnley 1982 - from being gobbed on, spat at and threatened in police escort all the way from the away fans coach park - felt like about 10 miles away - to the Nazi salutes and Doc Martin boots of their hundreds of skinhead followers packed up against the segregated fence, the United 'Red Army' lads along for the fight in our end who didn't give a damn about the game, to the result of course- we lost 6 1 in a match that felt like the beginning of the end of an era - which is was of course.
37 years on, I really do believe we are at the beginning of a new era of major success, that's how good both the players and fans were.
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I have read plenty of supportive messages, watched the videos, listened to the interviews, written postive posts on the forum, read the comments from Pompey fans.....but two days on and still totally gutted
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Fleetwood away for Pompey possibly the worst draw they could get
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4 places above them in the league and a home gate of 3,811 on a Saturday vs Tranmere.
So glad we aren't missing out on another great day out
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Yes, I wouldn't have fancied our chances, it's not a big day out and it's not a money spinner either.
Time to focus on promotion I think.
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The draw helps with the pain of the loss a little doesn’t it? Imagine the extra agony if Pompey had got a top Premier League team.....
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Also imagine the disappointment tonight if we had won, or even got a replay. Hoping for Anfield or Old Trafford and getting Fleetwood - we'd have been gutted
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Yeah Fleetwood would have been scant reward, but we'd have taken it and the 2nd round prize money!
Play up Pompey!
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Also imagine the disappointment tonight if we had won, or even got a replay. Hoping for Anfield or Old Trafford and getting Fleetwood - we'd have been gutted
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I agree. The only decent ties seem to be Fylde away at the Blunts; or Boston v Newcastle (if Boston win the replay)
On the disappointment front, spare a thought for Solihull.....3 up with ten minutes to go at home to Rotherham...only to lose
And if we had got through : yet another away trip !
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We’re ball number 46 in Monday’s draw ;D
http://www.thefa.com/news/2019/nov/28/emirates-fa-cup-third-round-draw-details-281119
61 vs 46 if we’re in the draw.
Or even if we’re not in the draw.
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On train from Waterloo to Fratton, my brother and me were talking to two other Alty fans and a Pompey fan and discussing what would be worst possible draw for the winner - I suggested away Carlisle, but my brother opined that Fleetwood away would be the worst possible draw, on the basis of rubbish crowd - probably more Alty there than fishy fans, no telly as deeply unappealing tie, and we would probably lose anyway. He is a bit too clever for his own good is my bruv! ;D
Funny how things work out, though i'd have taken it over soul-crushing defeat in the dying seconds at Fratton Park. Still, all FA Cup runs end in disappointment unless you win, and it really was a great cup run
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to be fair with ten minutes left they were only 1 up, admittedly they had been 3 up five minutes earlier!
I wonder if Pompey will take as many to Fleetwood as we took to theirs?
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I wonder if Pompey will take as many to Fleetwood as we took to theirs?
Seeing as they took over 600 to Harrogate in the first round on a Monday night, I'd say so.
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I wonder if Pompey will take as many to Fleetwood as we took to theirs?
Seeing as they took over 600 to Harrogate in the first round on a Monday night, I'd say so.
Easy sell out their allocation. They travel well.
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Still gutted now. Is that injury time heartbreak in our previous three FA Cup games away at football league sides?
Part of me would have rather lost 6-0 at Portsmouth and just enjoyed the day out than go through it again. But that is being slightly unfair and would have meant the current players and management missing the chance to shine on the bigger stage which, after a performance like that, they throughly deserved.
Thankfully the fixture gods have been kind enough to serve up the leagues two remedial sides for the next two games. So any hangover from Saturday should be easy enough to shake off, and hopefully we can carry forward the good form of the past couple of months into the upcoming league fixtures.
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I know where you are coming from but Bradford seem to have started to get their act together, they should be beatable but harder than it would have been a month ago
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Still gutted now. Is that injury time heartbreak in our previous three FA Cup games away at football league sides?
Part of me would have rather lost 6-0 at Portsmouth and just enjoyed the day out than go through it again. But that is being slightly unfair and would have meant the current players and management missing the chance to shine on the bigger stage which, after a performance like that, they throughly deserved.
Thankfully the fixture gods have been kind enough to serve up the leagues two remedial sides for the next two games. So any hangover from Saturday should be easy enough to shake off, and hopefully we can carry forward the good form of the past couple of months into the upcoming league fixtures.
I think its colchester and Pompey only but that's bad enough to be worried next time we reach the second round.Third time luckily hopefully.
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I was talking to a guy on the train back to London whose last three away matches were Pompey, Colchester and the 6-1 defeat at Burnley in 1982. Ouch three times
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Still gutted now. Is that injury time heartbreak in our previous three FA Cup games away at football league sides?
Part of me would have rather lost 6-0 at Portsmouth and just enjoyed the day out than go through it again. But that is being slightly unfair and would have meant the current players and management missing the chance to shine on the bigger stage which, after a performance like that, they throughly deserved.
Thankfully the fixture gods have been kind enough to serve up the leagues two remedial sides for the next two games. So any hangover from Saturday should be easy enough to shake off, and hopefully we can carry forward the good form of the past couple of months into the upcoming league fixtures.
I think its colchester and Pompey only but that's bad enough to be worried next time we reach the second round.Third time luckily hopefully.
And the 3-3 at Burton (I had to look this one up).
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I was talking to a guy on the train back to London whose last three away matches were Pompey, Colchester and the 6-1 defeat at Burnley in 1982. Ouch three times
Find out who he is and ban him - he's a jinx !