| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth 11:38 - Feb 3 with 2458 views | SitfcB |
For the travel, the hotel costs etc.
Ashton said after the Blackburn game how it costs thousands for the club etc - probably not a massive massive amount in comparison to some stuff football clubs spend but still, that’s going to be a third trip to a hotel somewhere down there. |  |
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| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 11:41 - Feb 3 with 2391 views | GeoffSentence |
There should be some kind of sanction for clubs who repeatedly fail to fulfill fixtures because their pitch isnt up to scratch. |  |
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| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 11:41 - Feb 3 with 2378 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
I think (it's somewhere in the recesses of my mind), that clubs are responsible for the oppositions expenses if they can't fulfil a fixture.
Could be its a case of, "matches cancelled within 'X' hours", but I'm 90% sure I've read that somewhere before. |  |
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| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 11:48 - Feb 3 with 2230 views | goperryrevs |
What about us fans?
That's Blackburn now, and Pompey twice. Each time mileage and upfront parking costs for me - but glad I hadn't left yet today - the earlier decision helps, last time was on the outskirts of Portsmouth when it was called off.
I know a lot of fans book overnight stays and have to take time off work.
I'm definitely with Ashton, there should be minimum standards for pitches. If teams can afford to spend millions on transfers and wages then the pitches should be at a standard minimum level. |  | | |
| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 12:06 - Feb 3 with 2072 views | Garv |
I suppose the counter argument is that no one is forcing them to book a hotel. |  |
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| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 12:11 - Feb 3 with 1994 views | Freddy |
At least it was called off at 11am , cant imagine many had left for the 2:5 hour trip and players were probably due to go by coach late morning.
They are by the river so guess not much they can do about heavy rain | | | |
| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 12:19 - Feb 3 with 1889 views | BasingstokeBlue |
| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 12:06 - Feb 3 by Garv |
I suppose the counter argument is that no one is forcing them to book a hotel. |
No-one's forcing them to book coach/train travel, either. They can't be expected to walk there. |  |
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| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 12:22 - Feb 3 with 1836 views | SitfcB |
| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 12:11 - Feb 3 by Freddy |
At least it was called off at 11am , cant imagine many had left for the 2:5 hour trip and players were probably due to go by coach late morning.
They are by the river so guess not much they can do about heavy rain |
Players would’ve gone down last night I imagine. | |
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| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 12:27 - Feb 3 with 1781 views | MillsTash |
| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 12:22 - Feb 3 by SitfcB |
Players would’ve gone down last night I imagine. |
Club would have had exclusive hotel use of around £25-35k |  | | |
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| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 12:32 - Feb 3 with 1721 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 12:27 - Feb 3 by MillsTash |
Club would have had exclusive hotel use of around £25-35k |
Are you telling me they don't stay in the Portsmouth Dockyard Premier Inn? | |
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| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 12:37 - Feb 3 with 1666 views | SitfcB |
| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 12:27 - Feb 3 by MillsTash |
Club would have had exclusive hotel use of around £25-35k |
Yep exactly, not cheap. | |
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| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 12:38 - Feb 3 with 1639 views | EastTownBlue |
| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 12:27 - Feb 3 by MillsTash |
Club would have had exclusive hotel use of around £25-35k |
The hotel are doing well out of this, | | | |
| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 12:40 - Feb 3 with 1617 views | DJR |
| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 12:19 - Feb 3 by BasingstokeBlue |
No-one's forcing them to book coach/train travel, either. They can't be expected to walk there. |
And sleep in a doorway. |  | | |
| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 12:58 - Feb 3 with 1461 views | RetroBlue |
The cost to the club maybe high and should be put yo the EFL with regard to clubs calling games off ( or failing to ensure their pitch is fit for purpose), but proportionally the cost to Town fans is far, far higher abd should not go un acknowledged.
Portsmouth have yet again a key player out and suddenly the pitch is unplayable, again. Too much of a coincidence for me. Town need to make a formal complaint. Its happening far to often to us... |  |
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| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 13:04 - Feb 3 with 1406 views | Ftnfwest |
even blackburns game is on tonight.....at the moment |  | | |
| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 13:19 - Feb 3 with 1278 views | DJR |
| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 12:58 - Feb 3 by RetroBlue |
The cost to the club maybe high and should be put yo the EFL with regard to clubs calling games off ( or failing to ensure their pitch is fit for purpose), but proportionally the cost to Town fans is far, far higher abd should not go un acknowledged.
Portsmouth have yet again a key player out and suddenly the pitch is unplayable, again. Too much of a coincidence for me. Town need to make a formal complaint. Its happening far to often to us... |
That's right, and the club will presumably have travel insurance, not something that many ordinary people are likely to have for trips in the UK. And even if they do, there well be a material excess. | | | |
| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 13:22 - Feb 3 with 1222 views | WestSussexBlue |
| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 12:11 - Feb 3 by Freddy |
At least it was called off at 11am , cant imagine many had left for the 2:5 hour trip and players were probably due to go by coach late morning.
They are by the river so guess not much they can do about heavy rain |
No rivers near to FP. | | | |
| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 13:24 - Feb 3 with 1207 views | Illinoisblue |
Also feel sorry for Pompey fans; proper old school noisy fanbase yet their ground is a non league dump, either the floodlights don’t work, or the pitch is unplayable. And they must be the only club in the world that has rich American owners who won’t spend any money. Maybe a relegation will help them focus. |  |
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| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 15:29 - Feb 3 with 951 views | PositivelyPortman |
| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 12:11 - Feb 3 by Freddy |
At least it was called off at 11am , cant imagine many had left for the 2:5 hour trip and players were probably due to go by coach late morning.
They are by the river so guess not much they can do about heavy rain |
The nearest water is at least a mile away! |  |
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| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 16:34 - Feb 3 with 807 views | algy |
| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 13:24 - Feb 3 by Illinoisblue |
Also feel sorry for Pompey fans; proper old school noisy fanbase yet their ground is a non league dump, either the floodlights don’t work, or the pitch is unplayable. And they must be the only club in the world that has rich American owners who won’t spend any money. Maybe a relegation will help them focus. |
Won't spend money? According to football ground guide.com their stadium redevelopment started in 2021 has cost £15 million. Worth a read | |
| Never forget that for ITFC the game changed in April 2021. |
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| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 17:22 - Feb 3 with 641 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 15:29 - Feb 3 by PositivelyPortman |
The nearest water is at least a mile away! |
Think you'll find that the nearest water is all over the pitch and that's why it was called off. | |
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| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 20:30 - Feb 3 with 319 views | azuremerlangus |
| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 13:24 - Feb 3 by Illinoisblue |
Also feel sorry for Pompey fans; proper old school noisy fanbase yet their ground is a non league dump, either the floodlights don’t work, or the pitch is unplayable. And they must be the only club in the world that has rich American owners who won’t spend any money. Maybe a relegation will help them focus. |
TBF they have spent a reasonable amount on their ground recently - but not on the pitch. |  |
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| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 20:36 - Feb 3 with 297 views | PhilTWTD |
| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 20:30 - Feb 3 by azuremerlangus |
TBF they have spent a reasonable amount on their ground recently - but not on the pitch. |
An upgrade is planned.
https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/s |  | | |
| Hope the club are billing Portsmouth on 20:56 - Feb 3 with 198 views | Pilgrimblue |
I don’t get it! Heavy rain was forecast so they still water the pitch so what is it with all this!
Thankfully we have a great groundsman but I don’t get why we water at half time. I can’t believe the pitch dries out this time of year so quickly. |  | | |
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