THE OFFICIAL DIGITAL MAGAZINE OF PORTSMOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB
HEAVEN’SLIGHT EDSAPCE / WHAT POMPEY MEANS TO ME / OUT OF THE SHADOWS STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEW / JOHNNY MOORE / TOM WHITE / TICKET NEWS
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CONTENTS 05 Edspace 07 What Pompey Means To Me 09 Out Of The Shadows
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THE 2014-15 SEASON IS NOW IN FULL SWING AND POMPEY HAVE MADE A PROMISING START TO THEIR LEAGUE 2 CAMPAIGN
} Welcome to the September edition of Heaven’s Light. The 2014-15 season is now in full swing and Pompey have made a promising start to their League 2 campaign. As usual this edition of Heaven’s Light is packed full of news about life off the pitch at Fratton Park. My column looks at the transfer window and how it has contributed to the inflated prices in the current market. There is also an out of the shadows feature with assistant ticket office manager and disabled liaison officer Allison McNeil, a stakeholder interview with Solent Sign Centre managing director Steve Hill, another one of Johnny Moore’s favourite years and the latest ticket news. We will also be speaking to another fan to find out what Pompey means to them, and our fan this month comes from Cowplain. If you would like to be in a future edition of Heaven’s Light saying what Pompey means to you then please feel free to contact me. You can email me on tomwhite@pompeyfc.co.uk and you can also send any comments, ideas or suggestions for our publication to that email address. Yours in Pompey, Tom White Heaven’s Light Editoruy
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POMPEY MEAN TO ME?
MICHELLE JONES, 52, FROM COWPLAIN, TELLS TOM WHITE WHAT POMPEY MEANS TO HER
} Can you tell us a bit about yourself?
MJ
I’m currently the manager of Waterstones in Chichester. My background was in retail personnel and training management, but a serious accident in 1995 put paid to that. I started working from home, painting ceramics and selling crystals, until a diagnosis of breast cancer in 2004 slowed me down a bit. Thankfully I’m as clear as a doctor will ever admit to now, but I have the cancer to thank for my other career, in writing. My husband Phil came to the area in the 1980’s and we have three kids, James (25), Holly (17), and Matt (21). } What does Pompey mean to you?
MJ
It’s everything that’s real in life; the fierce pride, no matter whether we win or lose, the guts and determination that got us through and the generosity, not just financially, but of spirit that saw thousands of us put our money where our mouth is } Can you remember when you started supporting Pompey?
MJ
My first game was at Fratton Park on September 2, 1978, when I was 16. We beat Crewe Alexandra 3-0. It was the singing that got me hooked initially, and I love that incredible wall of sound. } Do you have a highlight from your time supporting the club?
MJ
One of the proudest moments of my life happened in 2008. It was the day of the FA Cup semi-final and Phil had been working
in London overnight, so he was meeting me at Waterloo. The train was packed with fans, hundreds of us in our blue finest, and as we got off at 7.30am we raised the roof shouting Blue Army. The station concourse was crowded, but as we left the platform everyone was stood completely still, watching us. It made the hairs on the back of my neck go up. } Do you have any favourite players?
MJ
My favourite player of all time is David James. I also loved Hermann Hreidarsson for his indomitable spirit and Linvoy Primus, the nicest man in football. } Do you have any favourite goals?
MJ
My favourite goals have to be Pedro Mendes’ blinding shot against Manchester City in 2006, Matt Taylor’s amazing shot against Everton, any of the seven goals against Reading in 2007, and Frederic Piquionne and Kevin-Prince Boateng’s extra-time goals in the FA Cup semi-final in 2010. } How did you feel when the Trust bought the club?
MJ
I am so proud of what we have achieved with the Trust. It’s a clear signal to other clubs that it is possible to break free from the single owner model if you are lucky enough to have a fan base like Pompey. } What are your hopes for the future for Pompey?
MJ
Stability. Obviously it would be great to get back up to the Premier League, but it’s not vital.
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OUT OF TH E
SHADOWS POMPEY’S ASSISTANT TICKET
OFFICE MANAGER AND DISABLED LIAISON OFFICER
ALLISON MCNEIL
TA L K S TO T O M W H I T E } Allison first started working at Pompey in 1988 and has worked in a variety of different roles. “I started working here when it was the Pompey Pub in September 1988,” said Allison. “Then I worked match days for about a year and then I started working with the commercial department in about 1989. I left when I had my daughter, but then I came back and did some bar work. In 2000 I got offered a job in the ticket office and I’ve been in the ticket office since April 2000.” With so many years of service and so many different roles it’s clear that Allison loves the club. She said: “I’ve always been a Pompey fan. I used to live in Dorset and I moved to Portsmouth in May 1988. I used to live in Talbot Road. The Talbot Pub was shut so this was my local pub. I became friends with the landladies daughter and then they asked if I wanted to work behind the bar. I’d never done that before so I was thrown in at
the deep end. Then I met people and I got a job in the commercial department through knowing people working here and it just went on from there.” Allison’s love for Pompey came from her family. “My mum’s been a Pompey fan for years and my gran was from Portsmouth,” said Allison. “My dad was in the Army so we used to move around but when we lived in Dorset we used to come down and see my gran and then they used to go off to football and then eventually I did come to football as well when I was older.” Allison now has two roles at the club as assistant ticket office manager and disabled liaison officer, and both roles keep her busy. “It’s pretty full on,” she said. “Last year I went to a lot of away games and people were always asking about tickets. I do enjoy it and if I didn’t I wouldn’t still be here. I also liaise with disabled fans and I try to help them as much as I can.” Allison has experienced a lot while working at Fratton Park, and she can remember working at the club when Andy Awford was a player.
I’VE MET SOME AMAZING PEOPLE AND MADE FRIENDS FOR LIFE
She said: “A highlight was the FA Cup and playing at Wembley. I’ve met some amazing people and made friends for life. I remember when Andy Awford played here and I’ve known him for ever so it’s scary that he’s now the manager.” Allison is also full of praise for the way the fans get behind the club. She said: “The fans are very passionate and the gates that we’re getting and the amount of fans that we take to away games is just amazing.”
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STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEW
SOLENT SIGN CENTRE TOM WHITE INTERVIEWS SOLENT SIGN CENTRE MANAGING DIRECTOR STEVE HILL
} How did your partnership with the club come about? I was born in Fratton, lived in the Portsmouth area most of my life and been a season ticket holder for as long as I can remember so I’ve always felt part of the club. I’ve been running a business selling signs internationally, predominantly as an internet-based business. More recently I wanted to grow our local sign business, and that coincided with the club contacting local businesses to go to the network meetings. I’ve been to all of the network meetings so far and got to know people at the club and realise that what is going on is different from the past and that there are people here I can do business with. It therefore became a natural progression that the club were looking for a signage partner at the same time
SH
as we were looking to grow our local sign-making business and that seemed to be a meeting of the minds. } Have you found any particular benefits from the partnership? Through the breakfast meetings I’ve met lots of local businesses that we’re now working with. Because we’re supplying their signs we’ve also got to meet most of the current sponsors, and we have the opportunity to prove what we can do and hopefully do more for them. We’ve got a sponsorship package that gives us a pitch-side board, an advert in the match day programme and adverts on the big screen. Through all of those advertising mediums there’s a great opportunity to grow our business and I also get to work with a lot of fellow Pompey fans.
SH
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} Is your partnership with the club going well and are you well looked after by the club?
Hampshire area, but now we are trying to expand on that.
It’s going very well. I’ve met a lot of people at the club from the president’s to Mark Catlin to Anna Mitchell and everyone’s very easy to do business with and so far it’s gone very well. The club are as keen to make it work as we are and that’s the important thing in any partnership.
} What are your plans for the business in the future?
SH
} How are things going for the business? Very well. We’ve expanded our range of products to include printed banners, garment graphics and exhibition displays and in turn we’ve managed to increase our business. We’ve always supplied signs to local businesses but we’ve never advertised ourselves, it’s always been because we supply good quality work and therefore our local sign business has grown through word of mouth and repeat business. We have a good number of customers in the Portsmouth and
SH
Growth into the new product range is already expanding what we do, and so we’ve also had to grow our team. We are very much a family-based business. It’s my wife, my daughter and I who are very involved full-time with the business, and we are supported by a great team of sign makers. In total there are ten people in the business and growing.
SH
} In terms of challenges what would you say are your biggest at the moment? As we grow it’s important to maintain our quality standards, and that is something we’re very focused on. Cost and quality are very important and we’ve always tried to strike the right balance because some customers want cheap signs and some customers want
SH
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extravagant and expensive signs. Trying to grow a team while maintaining high standards is a challenge, but we’re definitely winning. Certainly everyone has been delighted with all the work we’ve done for Portsmouth Football Club so far. } Are you optimistic going forward? Absolutely. Any business that can survive through the recession we’ve had and remain afloat must look forward to the future with some optimism. Our partnership with Portsmouth Football Club only gives us cause for greater optimism.
SH
THE CLUB ARE AS KEEN TO MAKE IT WORK AS WE ARE AND THAT’S THE IMPORTANT THING IN ANY PARTNERSHIP
} What would you say about the fans and their support for the club? Coming into this season there was anticipation and nervousness. Anticipation because of the results at the end of last season, nervousness because of what’s happened in the past five years. One thing that has struck me in the last couple of years is the sense of community the club has built and is building, and you certainly sense that at the networking meetings. There’s a common cause felt by everyone, so I don’t think the reaction of the fans was ever in question. The majority of the sponsors that I get to meet are local Pompey fans themselves, which again breeds that sense of community. My seat is in the Fratton End and I always knew the support this season was going to be fantastic come what may, but obviously it gets more fantastic when the results get better. When the team is doing well there’s more optimism around the club and the whole city
SH
} You touched on the sense of community being built up so do you think that the community club model can be a good thing for football? Definitely. One thing that’s clear is in the past Portsmouth Football Club have not treated local businesses well, and I hear even sponsors have been treated badly. Certainly there is a refreshing sense among local businesses now that the club are trying very hard to do the right thing not just for the club but for the community.
SH
OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH PORTSMOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB ONLY GIVES US CAUSE FOR GREATER OPTIMISM 13
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} The season of 1995-96 was definitely one where another of those life changes ensured I would never be quite the same again.
Sometimes I had to pinch myself hard to prove that I was actually in the midst of something which was quite patently out of my depth.
I suppose if nothing else it confirmed my continuing upward mobility. A time that I first became involved in something I never believed possible. A takeover bid of Pompey sweeping me into the presence of the supposedly influential powerbrokers from all sides.
The Northern Consortium as it was first known when it became public was headed by a businessman known as Warren Smith although it was never quite ascertained if he were a front man for another.
It is difficult to explain the feeling of someone who grew up via the conventional route of being bitten by the Pompey bug as a kid getting caught up in this kind of situation. Never did I ever believe back then that it would ever get as grand as becoming involved with prospective owners of Portsmouth FC. I had perhaps lost sight of the fact that being a Sports Mail columnist and chairman of the Supporters Club in this period had increased my public persona. This particular pre-season I had used the latter position to hold several meetings around the boardroom table with directors such as Vic Jenner, Jim Hutchinson and Fred Dinenage. It was in this season early on that I was contacted on the phone by a colleague who at Port Vale got talking to one of a consortium that had so far been sitting unsuspectingly in the wings. I am loathe to mention the other two that became involved with this consortium, not because they don’t deserve equal or superior billing, but because I only now see them fleetingly and I’m not sure they would thank me for revisiting this period of intrigue from nearly 20 years ago. A period that involved meetings with chairman Martin Gregory at the notorious Alton House headquarters, Terry Fenwick at the training ground and contained more sub plots than a box set of Midsomer Murders. Terry Fenwick actually labelled us the three wise monkeys in private which unbeknown to him we were aware of. But he also took the three wise monkeys into his confidence regarding exciting plans that involved Terry Venables.
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We held several clandestine meetings, most in the Hilton Hotel, as we became embroiled in the purchase of Portsmouth Football Club. I can’t lie and say that it didn’t fill me with my own sense of selfimportance believing I would be invited to be part of any board. As ludicrous as it sounded and seemed to most, and it seemed as ludicrous to me, you couldn’t help being swept along by it all. We held one particular meeting with the consortium before an away game in an Oldham hotel before they had become public, later sitting with the unsuspecting Pompey fans for the game. At this time we really did believe that a takeover was imminent and the shrouded secrecy and cloak and dagger nature of it all just made it all the more thrilling to be in the middle of. In all probability I was being used as fan that had direct access to readers of a column and hundreds of supporter members. On top of that having made inroads with communication to the current board of directors I was probably as best placed as anyone to promote their message and gather support. Problem is the takeover became more contentious and controversial as it rumbled on and as I have now learnt in these situations even given the unpopularity of the Gregory regime there developed two distinct camps for and against. For somebody who was once just a run of the mill football fan I knew there was now no turning back given that my involvement was well publicised. To complicate matters Martin Gregory began to get in a slanging match with the consortium through the local press, another consortium were apparently waiting in the wings and another wealthy London businessman named Terry Brady would be invited onto the board as the saga rumbled on all season.
Though myself and Terry warmed considerably to each other when he later returned to Pompey as a director under Milan Mandaric at this time he was opposed to the consortium and we did have a couple of rather heated exchanges. Once after I put the phone down to him following one of these I did find myself wondering how I’d got in the middle of a domestic war over my football club. The Portsmouth News which held a healthy scepticism over the consortium sought out Warren Smith in his home town in Yorkshire. The excitement had by now worn off as I and the others were caught in a crossfire of different emotions at a time when even I myself was becoming sceptical. On the eve of a mid-December game against Luton at home, The News published that Martin Gregory and Warren Smith had reached agreement. Almost before the ink was dry on the papers the deal was off again and an exasperated chief reporter of The News Mike Neasom classically announced: “Bugger this I’m off to do Christmas shopping.” By the pre-Christmas home game against Norwich a war of words had broken out between the two parties and the episode now into its third month had taken its toll.
ONLY ALAN MCLOUGHLIN WOULD REACH DOUBLE GOAL FIGURES IN A SEASON HUGELY OVERSHADOWED BY EVENTS OFF THE FIELD undeterred. And given I was now viewed with certain mistrust by some on the board I certainly had some work to do.
One side said the others didn’t have enough money while this was counteracted by the consortium who said that Martin Gregory wanted a ridiculous sum.
Nevertheless this season was pivotal in that I never really returned to being simply a football fan even though throughout it there were times I craved to return to anonymity.
Of course we should not lose sight that there was football going on and that Pompey’s season would hinge on a last day escape at Huddersfield.
I had learnt a lot about life and the politics of football which had quite honestly opened my eyes wide and left me slightly disillusioned.
The side’s success or rather lack of it only added to the antipathy over the takeover with one camp saying the consortium should put their money where their mouth was and the other castigating Martin Gregory for holding on.
It was a ludicrously absurd position for a football fan to get involved in and said much about the state of the club at the time.
Only Alan McLoughlin would reach double goal figures in a season hugely overshadowed by events off the field. It would have repercussions when my Sports Mail column the following season was used on a ad hoc basis rather than weekly on its way to being phased out.
Events on the field had actually passed me by and by the time Deon Burton’s goal at Huddersfield on the last day of the season sparked one of those famous great escapes I was literally too drained and scarred to really take in what should have been one of those magical days. And I have never really returned to solely being a fan since.
By this stage also as one season rumbled into another just as Terry Fenwick had predicted Terry Venables had to all intents and purposes taken a controlling interest in the club. At this stage I had taken a backward step as the Northern Consortium still remained in the background another headed by American Vince Wolanin emerged and the situation became more messy, complicated and acrimonious. I can’t deny ego had got the better of me as the situation had rumbled on but now it was all so damaging and draining. I think the powers that be at the newspaper probably thought for a supposed ‘fan from the terrace’ I had got too involved above my station. In all truth they were dead right but I would have preferred to be told if this was their thoughts rather than being gradually phased out. They would have found me in total agreement. As it was in the long term they probably did me a favour given I was plotting the next stage of my development
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TOM WHITE’S
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} Transfer deadline day can be a crazy time in the world. Inordinate amounts of money are spent on players, and much like a housing chain one transfer can have a domino effect and set off a whole pack of other transfers. Deadline day has become synonymous with Jim White getting overly excited on Sky Sports News and various Sky reporters being stood outside Premier League grounds with crowds of fans gathered behind them. An obvious question seems to be why do so many transfers happen at the last minute. Clubs have until the end of August in the summer transfer window, and all of January in the January transfer window, to complete deals, so why is the last day always a frenzied hive of activity? After all, last-minute deals can smack of being panic buys. For instance Manchester United signed the striker Radamel Falcao on loan on transfer deadline day, and while there is no doubt that he is a quality player it seemed pretty obvious that the Red Devils had more pressing concerns in the centre of defence and the centre of midfield. Deadline day was a quiet affair at Fratton Park this year as Andy Awford had long since completed his signings and brought in the likes of Paul Jones, James Dunne and Craig Westcarr.
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The only deadline day activity saw striker Ryan Bird leave for Cambridge United and goalkeeper Peter Brezovan leave for Tranmere Rovers. Of course, transfer deadline day did not carry the same significance for Football League clubs as the emergency loan window opened on Tuesday, September 9, and closes on Thursday, November 27. But Pompey have been involved in deadline day drama in the past when they were a Premier League club. In the January 2008 transfer window Jermain Defoe was signed from Tottenham Hotspur on deadline day and Benjani Mwaruwari was sold to Manchester City.
POMPEY ARE DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY THESE DAYS AS A FAN-OWNED COMMUNITY CLUB THAT LIVES WITHIN ITS MEANS, AND IF THE MARKET WAS TO COLLAPSE THE BLUES WOULD PROBABLY BE IN A STRONG POSITION However, the Benjani deal nearly didn’t go through as the Zimbabwean striker missed his flight to Manchester. The most memorable transfer deadline day in British football in the last few years was deadline day in January 2011, when Liverpool sold Spanish striker Fernando Torres to Chelsea for a British record fee of £50m and signed Andy Carroll from Newcastle United for £35m and Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez from Ajax for £22.7m. The current summer and January transfer windows came into effect in England in the 2002-03 season, and while they provide plenty of drama on deadline day there is an argument that football would be better off without them.
While such deals are loved by the Sky Sports News team, it is a distinct possibility that one day the bubble will burst and the football transfer market will collapse. Pompey are doing things differently these days as a fan-owned community club that lives within its means, and if the market was to collapse the Blues would probably be in a strong position. And despite the current inflated market the community club model can be extremely successful, as has been shown by German powerhouses Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund in the last few seasons.
Since Fifa introduced the transfer window the amount of money spent on transfers has gone through the roof. While this is partly down to the increased amount of money in the beautiful game from lucrative television contracts and sponsorship deals, it can also be argued that the pressure of the transfer window has contributed to the increase in the valuation of players in the current market. This summer Manchester United broke the British transfer record when they signed Argentine winger Angel Di Maria from Real Madrid for an eye-watering £59.7m.
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NEWS Home Matches Pompey v Wycombe Wanderers Saturday September 20, 3pm Sky Bet League Two Tickets are on general sale
Away Matches Hartlepool United v Pompey
Saturday September 27, 3pm Sky Bet League Two Tickets are on general sale
IMPORTANT NOTICE Any supporters who attempt to enter Fratton Park with a concession ticket (individual match ticket or season ticket) for which ineligible will face instant removal from the ground. Their ticket will be confiscated and there may be a further ban from attending matches. Please ensure you are in possession of the right ticket before travelling to the match to avoid any embarrassment on arrival. If there is a problem with your ticket, please contact the ticket office as soon as possible. Supporters buying concession tickets to away games are strongly advised to take proof of age identification. Failure to do so may mean they will have to upgrade to the adult price on arrival, or they may not be admitted to the ground. DATES AND TIMES OF ALL GAMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
Ticket Prices Adult: £20 Senior (60+): £10 Student (with NUS card): £10 Junior (U19): £10
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Coach Prices Adult: £28 Child: £23
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Saturday October 4, 3pm Sky Bet League Two Season ticket holders/shareholders: Monday, September 22 (10am) General sale: Wednesday, September 24 (10am) Ticket Prices (seats/terraces) Adult: £19/£18 Senior (65+): £13/£12 Student (with NUS card): £13/£12 Junior (U16): £13/£12 Child (U5): Free Coach Prices Adult: £28 Child: £23 Supporters buying concession tickets are advised to bring proof of age identification with them to the game. Official coach travel can be bought from Lucketts Travel in Fareham, by calling 0845 389 0644 or online at www.lucketts-holidays.co.uk
Tickets to Pompey matches can be bought from the Frogmore Road ticket office, by calling 0844 847 1898 or online at tickets.portsmouthfc.co.uk
Adults: £20 Senior (60+)/Young Person (17-22): £15 Junior (U17, unaccompanied): £10 Junior (U17, accompanied by an adult): £5 Adult is aged 23-59 on September 1 2014. Senior is aged 60 or over on September 1 2014. Young person is aged 17-22 on September 1 2014. Junior is aged under 17 on September 1 2014. Adults/seniors/young persons in the Family Section must be accompanied by a junior.
Opening Times Monday-Friday: 10am-5pm Non-match Saturday/Sunday: Closed Matchday Saturday: The ticket office will be open between 11am and 3.30pm for collections/upgrades/ enquiries only. On matchdays, tickets can be bought from the ticket kiosks behind the Fratton End which are open between 11am and 3.30pm.
Contacts Phone: 0844 847 1898 Email: tickets@pompeyfc.co.uk Disabled Liaison Officer: Allison McNeil
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