The Fratton Park verdict on Portsmouth match days, parking, food & drink, safe standing and more: gallery
By Mark McMahon
Published 23rd May 2023, 14:30 BST
Pompey fans have had their fair share of disruption in recent years as the club continues it refurbishment of Fratton Park.
From re-roofing the South Stand to restoring the Upper North Stand to its full capacity; and reprofiling seating in the North Stand Lower to making the South Stand a one-tier structure, the builders have had their work cut out.
But what are the fans’ thoughts on the redevelopment work that’s set to cost chairman Michael Eisner £12m by the time it’s completed in January 2024?
Well, we put the subject to our readers via our ‘Big Pompey Survey’.
A host of topics were covered – from their match-day experience, to food and drink from the new concourses and parking around the ground – and some interesting responses were obtained.
But what are the fans’ thoughts on the redevelopment work that’s set to cost chairman Michael Eisner £12m by the time it’s completed in January 2024?
5. Q. Are you for or against safe standing at Fratton Park?
3,115 safe standing seats are currently being put into the Milton End, with 1,500 earmarked for the Fratton End. It's a costly undertaking, but it's a move that has the Fratton faithful's backing, according to our survey. Indeed, 86.3% are in favour of it, with 13.7% saying they are against it. Photo: National World
6. Q. Is the parking situation around Fratton Park sufficient?
The clear answer to this question is clearly - No! Indeed, only 13.7% of participants in our survey said there was enough parking around Fratton Park on match days. The rest - 86.3% over three different answers - believe more needs to be made available. Broken down more specifically, 44.9% admitted it can be a struggle to find parking on a match day. 24.2% said much more parking facilities were needed on the day of games. Meanwhile, 17.2%'s preferred standpoint was to tick the 'It's decent but would like more' option. Photo: National World
7. Q. How would you rate a typical match-day at Fratton Park out of 10?
Going back to the topic of match-day experiences, we asked participants to rank their typical visit to Fratton Park out of 10. And once again, the responses look favourably on Pompey. Indeed, the top response '7-9 out of 10' was backed by 63.8% of those who took part, with 4.6% giving it a top rating of 10/10. 28.7% went for the '4-6 out of 10' option. A mere 3% of votes cast were for the '1-3 out of 10' option. Photo: National World