Star and Crescent

This very Islamic symbol is the city crest of Portsmouth and club badge...

It was awarded to the city of Portsmouth by Richard the Lionheart in 1194 afer capturing it from the Byzantine Emperor's standard of Governor Isaac Komnenos, after capturing Cyprus during one of the crusades to recapture Jerusalem.

Time to put away my retro Pompey top for another season...

[Phil Howcroft]

aye lad ...real footie is over ...apart from the prima donnas in the prem...play up pompey

[andy c]

@phil_howcroft true.. haha.. glad Wigan won the cup yest.. Apparently we're odds on to win Lg4 next season... Which funny enough, I reckon we will...

[Phil Howcroft]

hope you do andy ...about time you started moving on up :)

[David Chamberlain]

Nothing wrong with retro shirts, I am sure parents throughout the country would welcome a move where the increasing age of a shirt was more an indicator of allegiance to a club than having the latest strip. But the marketing men would never permit it.

[Phil]

...well I never knew that....! Smart shirt Andy I'm sure you wear it with pride (most of the time).

[andy c]

@davidgnc yeah agree, that's why i bought this short about 10 years ago.... It would never date :-)

[andy c]

@filsie65 haha... not much pride recently :-)

[Mike]

I saw Reading play Pompey last year. I've never heard such a vocal bunch, literally you could hear them a mile way from the staduim.. As you know Andy I say Pompey play many games under Alan Ball when I lived there and they're very much my Mothers team and special to me to. Good luck for next year mate. A fav for my mum