Lights Out

I've been going to watch Pompey play since my dad first took me in 1978. I've probably been to hundreds, if not thousands of games, but today was a first..

The floodlights failed! Not just once... but twice... A bit like waiting ages for a bus then two turn up together!!!

This pic (taken with my phone so many apologies for the dreadful quality - reminds me to check out iphone deals tomorrow) and doesn't actually do justice to how dark it was - this was just after the first blackout and it was in fact quite dark...

A 10 minute or so break before some money was found for the meter and the game restarted... Only for the floodlights to go again with 2 minutes left... Eventually they got them back on and the game ended..

In case you're interested ... And this is for our friend's from Leeds... The game ended 2-2. All Pompey in the first half, good fightback from Leeds in the second.. Fair result probably.

Quickly popped into see Mum & Dad afterwards before driving back to London in the evening...

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Richard Tyson

haha yeah heard it, thought maybe a dodgy betting syndicate at first! We were both nearly right in our predictions!

January 22nd, 2011

andy c

@rich57 we said the same - especially as our new owners are from the far east :-)... Did think we'd throw it away as we were poor in the 2nd half...

January 22nd, 2011

Bob Coffey

Good way of getting out of a thrashing

January 23rd, 2011

It looks very light out, actually. If I hadn't read your post, I'd have wondered what was wrong. :)

January 23rd, 2011

Mrs. Smith

Really interesting how they floodlights failed! It seems like you had fun day!

January 23rd, 2011

Remco Greutink

Nice shot, I think the quality isn't that bad!

January 23rd, 2011

Constance Brinkley ace

That arena needs to pay their bills on time!! Created a memorable event.

January 23rd, 2011

We (Ipswich) had that happen to us against Southampton a few years ago ... Water had got into an electricity sub-station.

The club DJ played songs to keep us amused ... Stuff like "Dancing in the moonlight" and other light related stuff!

January 23rd, 2011

andy c

@seattle for once, this wasn't the club's fault... the whole Portsmouth area had a power failure... @edpartridge ha ha.. we just had to listen to Leeds sing "Pay up Pompey, Pompey Pay Up"... Very original :-)

January 23rd, 2011