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Giant Pompey flag flies high as fans flock to sign up

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Published Date:
10 March 2010
Fans flocked to sign our giant Pompey flag in a show of support for the club at Fratton Park.
Supporters queued outside the ground ahead of Portsmouth's clash with Birmingham City last night to add their names to thousands of signatures already emblazoned in blue marker pen on the massive banner.

The 40ft by 20ft white flag – which reads Pompey 'til I Die above Portsmouth FC's crest – was again unfurled over the heads of fans in the Fratton end before the game started.

It came just three days after Pompey sailed into the FA Cup semi-final after defeating Birmingham 2-0 at Fratton Park on Saturday.

Friends Sandra Goluch and Rose Duran, both 21, picked Pompey to watch their first football match, and travelled from Florida for the privilege.

The Florida State University students were among those who signed the flag outside the ground last night.

Sandra said: 'We came here especially for the football. This is our first football game and we plan on coming back next year.

'The flag is incredible. There is a lot of support.'

Fans Louise and Chris Stanley and children Grace, four, and Alfie, eight, from Beaulieu Road, North End, Portsmouth, were among those who signed up to show their support for Pompey.

Dad Chris said: 'It's great. I don't think there are any better supporters in the country than Pompey fans.'

Matthew Micallef, 17, travelled from Malta for Pompey's clash against Birmingham City. Signing the huge flag, he said: 'We love Portsmouth. They are a great team. The flag is really good.

Season ticket holder Mike Hill, from Kingsdown Road, Waterlooville, has been a Pompey fan for 52 years.

The 62-year-old said: 'It's a great way for fans to show their support for the club. Despite everything that's gone wrong the support is still there – it's important.

'There's plenty of doom and gloom but it's not all bad. If you're a Pompey fan you've got to be an optimist.'

Fan Gerry Hall, 52, from Orchard Grove, Waterlooville, said: 'The flag is a great idea.

'In the past few games the players have shown some Pompey fighting spirit. We will support them no matter what.'

It took three-machinists at the Hampshire Flag Company seven-and-a-half hours to make the flag, which was last week last week taken to a host of schools as well as Guildhall Square in Portsmouth to be signed.

It has also been signed by city councillors and fans from all over the world, including ex-pat Chris Quinell.

The 55-year-old moved to Australia in 2002 with wife Liz and e-mailed The News to ensure his and his son Phil's names were added.

The News came up with the idea of the huge flag as a symbol of support for Pompey and the Waterlooville-based Hampshire Flag Company agreed to produce it.

And in less than a week thousands of people – including fans and Pompey players themselves – have signed it.

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  • Last Updated: 10 March 2010 1:58 PM
  • Source: The News
  • Location: Portsmouth
 
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bryan davis,

Gosport 10/03/2010 14:24:17
Wembley Stadium 4pm 11th April 2010 , make sure the flag does the full Wembley Tour!!
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Jack Preston of the Wellington Pub,

10/03/2010 14:45:52
It just goes to show, win, lose or draw in whatever league, the true fans will always be there to support their club.
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MonkeyNews,

10/03/2010 16:32:29
The wife and I signed it before lst night's game. what's going to happen to it at the end of the season?

I think it should go on display in the KJC stand Victory Suite bar in a glass cabinet.

It there is one good thing to come of all the bad things season, its proved what we already knew, and that is that Pompey have the best fans in the land, if not the world
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