Jamie O'Hara: I loved helping Portsmouth hammer Southampton - my goal celebration picture hangs in dad's study

And a permanent reminder in canvas form hangs in the study of his dad’s home, alongside other memorable exploits during the midfielder’s playing career.

In a season-long loan from Spurs, O’Hara netted the Blues’ fourth goal in the 4-1 triumph at St Mary’s in February 2010.

Quincy Owusu-Abeyie, Aruna Dindane and Nadir Belhadj also registered in the fifth-round clash in front of 31,385.

And in a 2017 interview for Played Up Pompey Too, O’Hara reflected upon the family pride at his key involvement in that landmark victory.

‘My favourite Pompey match was not the FA Cup semi-final against Spurs, which I couldn’t play in, but the fifth round 4-1 hammering of Southampton, in which I scored and the team performed very well,’ he told Played Up Pompey Too.

‘Hanging in the study at the Dartford home of my dad, Paul, is a canvas print of me celebrating that fourth goal. He loves that game.

‘I’ve had loads of canvasses made for him such as playing against Cesc Fabregas on my Spurs full debut, facing Steven Gerrard, my first goal for Spurs in the Uefa Cup against Slavia Prague – and that Southampton match.

‘The picture captures the moment superbly, even if I am wearing gloves! My dad always had a go at me for sporting them and, looking back, I’ve no idea why I did, it was the middle of the day, not even cold.

‘Still, that goal arrived in the 85th minute and sealed a 4-1 victory.

‘I recall being in the middle of the pitch inside our own half and pushing the ball out to the left to Belhadj, before continuing my run into the penalty area.

‘The cross was delivered and, when it was laid off by Quincy Owusu-Abeyie, I put it away with a left-foot finish from around the penalty spot into the bottom corner to cap a really good team move.

‘The way we tore them apart during that 19-minute spell was superb, netting four times with Rickie Lambert responding. I think people were shocked we went there and did that on their own ground.

‘I never realised how big that game was until actually playing in it, certainly it was pretty hostile. The atmosphere is up there with Tottenham/Arsenal and Wolves/West Bromwich Albion in terms of other derby occasions I have experienced in my career.

‘On the way to the stadium their fans were really coming for us on the team coach, throwing things, you could hear these objects smacking against the side of the bus, but I had no idea what they were. This was going to be a proper game.

‘Southampton really fancied themselves because we were going through a bad time and bottom of the Premier League, while they were 13th in League One. They were the underdogs looking for a massive scalp.

‘For the first 10 minutes we were getting battered and I was thinking “These are all over us here”. Then I had a shot from distance, with Kelvin Davies making a great save, and we grew in confidence, realising we had the better players.

‘What followed was Pompey’s players dealing with the situation amazingly well and, in the end, the football we produced must have been brilliant to watch.

‘Owusu-Abeyie came off the bench for Angelos Basinas in the 58th minute and ran them ragged as we went on to destroy Alan Pardew’s side 4-1 with some great counter-attacking football.

‘Quincy had arrived at the club three weeks earlier on loan from Spartak Moscow, yet I knew plenty about him having been at Arsenal together as kids and was confident he would be a good signing.

‘At Highbury, he was a year older than me, yet we played together on occasions and he was very highly regarded at the club.

‘However, he was either amazing or just non-existent and that was a problem which always held him back – brilliant in training but in games he didn’t produce enough to stay at a club like Arsenal.

‘Quincy had the pace and the skill, but you have to be consistent and to become a Premier League footballer and be able to stay at that level for a period of time. Managers want to rely on you, that is the main attribute they are seeking.

‘He had all the ability, all the tricks, all the skills and the pace, but it was about putting it into a game to make a difference – and he did that at St Mary’s that day.

‘At the final whistle you realised it was a massive, massive victory for everyone at Pompey - and also being televised to the rest of the country. What a great game to be part of.’

Jamie O’Hara made 29 Pompey appearances and scored three goals from August 2009 until May 2010.

Played Up Pompey Too, released in 2017, is still available from Amazon. While Played Up Pompey Three, which contains more of your favourite Blues players, is out in September.

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