Michael Saunders

Pompey fan, Architect, Football Ground Nerd. Huge fan of Nik Kershaw, Danny Baker, Alan Partridge, Frank Skinner & Wilson my Beagle.

[Michael Saunders @MASaunders75]

@nimishdubey Leaving his wife & young kids on the back of what his hodoscope said. Then instantly getting a young girlfriend & blaming the media attention on it as “think what my kids (who I’ve dumped) will think” is as good a reason to cancel everything he ever did, for all time, in my book.

[Michael Saunders @MASaunders75]

@prodnose One of the funniest parts was Beau 3 introducing Jo to Beau 4 & Danny Baker asks if 3 was spying on them. Danny Kelly says “that would make him Beau Peep” & Danny Baker loses it. 🤣🤣

[Michael Saunders @MASaunders75]

@prodnose In recent weeks I’ve been listening back to the Talk Radio shows from 98/99. Firstly there was the whole ‘anymore pie’ stuff then Joanne pops up. Interesting in first Jo call they reveal the team has letters I and E in it. A few weeks later Kelly says about being in Leicester.

[Michael Saunders @MASaunders75]

@OldPompeyPics @grahamdubber @PompeyHistory The 1951 seating plan was to build a upper concourse and proper vomitories in the upper tier to link to it. I have some plans I’ll have to dig out. Eventually the club opted for the cheaper option of retaining the stairs to the rear and dividing them off from the lower concourse.

[Michael Saunders @MASaunders75]

@OldPompeyPics @grahamdubber @PompeyHistory There used to be narrow steep steps linking the lower and upper tiers a bit like the old Fratton End had taking you up to the upper tier. They were boxed in after the 1985 fire escapes were added, and were removed when the North Stand was given its refurb 5 years ago.

[Michael Saunders @MASaunders75]

@FlynnJonas2 Those owners had left PFC a toxic brand, but fan ownership paid those charities, it paid off the football creditors & the club was debt free 12 months later.

Only a scummer could fail to recognise the whole picture & the good that came from a dire situation imposed on our club.

[Michael Saunders @MASaunders75]

@FlynnJonas2 We had scum own us for 4 years. They not only didn’t pay charities, they stole from fans by asset stripping the club resulting in 3 relegations in 4 years. PFC wasn’t scum, its ‘owners’ were. The fans battled for those 4 years to oust those owners and got control back in 2013.

[Michael Saunders @MASaunders75]

@JRP8535996 @CoreySh1elds Pompey on 20 points if Charity Shield is counted (albeit we shared the win)

scum on 2 points - 1 FA Cup win.

No idea where this bloke’s getting his numbers from.

[Michael Saunders @MASaunders75]

@CoreySh1elds On your metric Portsmouth should have 20 points (won Division 1 twice, FA Cup twice, ‘Championship’ and Charity Shield).

Southampton have only the FA Cup from that list - so 2 points.

Think you need to go back to the drawing board.

[Michael Saunders @MASaunders75]

@brianlickley @Soccer_Stats Millwall were in the 1st Div 1988/89 and 1989/90.

[Michael Saunders @MASaunders75]

@stevep_1973 @sid_lambert “McMahon has got the word from the Kop”
The last few mins of Brian Moore’s commentary is pure poetry. 😁

[Michael Saunders @MASaunders75]

@Bentonbag @_wej01 The boys are from a family of ‘travellers’ - the types who encourage ‘grabbing’ as a courtship ritual. The judge referenced how the boys were of low intelligence in his summing up.

Years of incest and disrespect for women is their likely pedigree.

[Michael Saunders @MASaunders75]

@RhysTheSaint @LukeEllisPUP @Dan_Sheldon_ @AdamCrafton_ @mjshrimper @TheAthleticFC Fact check:
2008 FA Cup - Pompey were paying all bills. Owners assets being frozen happened 6 months later.

Charities that lost money due to 2010 administration were repaid by donations raised by the fans. No charities lost money.

Anyway, where were we, oh yeah, spying…

[Michael Saunders @MASaunders75]

@UKCryptoKing247 @SkySportsNews At least I didn’t mistake the last 26 years with the 20th century.

Skate. 🤣 Bless. That naval term you lot had to call us via a fanzine competition in the late 80s. scum - the laughing stock of football. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Michael Saunders @MASaunders75]

@UKCryptoKing247 @SkySportsNews This century is only 26 years old.

[Michael Saunders @MASaunders75]

@derrickallottk1 Our crooked owners had it. The Pompey fans raised the money and paid all the charities.

Now you know.

Anyway back to the cheating story…
🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Michael Saunders @MASaunders75]

@UKCryptoKing247 @SkySportsNews Inform due to spying on the opposition for half the season.

Pompey, mediocre? I’ve seen us top of the Prem, 90th in L2, win the FA Cup, reach another FA Cup final, Community Shield, win EFL Trophy, win what is now the Championship, win L1, and win L2. All this century.

Bye.

[Michael Saunders @MASaunders75]

@UKCryptoKing247 @SkySportsNews Southampton finished 4th in a division where 3 go up. In a fair world, Southampton, Boro and Hull had no right to a second chance of promotion.

Bin the playoffs. Rewarding the mediocre.

[Michael Saunders @MASaunders75]

@bobbeech Indeed. People forget the slogan of Euro 96 was ‘Football Comes Home’.

The song’s chorus is about the tournament being played in the birthplace of Association Football and nothing to do with bringing home a trophy because, as you say, the song laments the fact we never do that!

[Michael Saunders @MASaunders75]

@Honourable_HB @SaulUTB @PompeyReal9019 @BristolCity Terrible analogy. For a start there’s no evidence he’s even spoken to Bristol City. No one is in limbo, the season’s ended for most and it’s holiday season. The TW doesn’t open for a couple more weeks. It’s just bored people on X with nothing better to do than chat Pompey.