Wymering FC 5-1 Old Portsmuthians       Portsmouth Sat Premier League         25/11/08 a fixture that normally ends up quite close. However Wymering were having none of that in the first half. A hig cross in the Old Ports saw Lee Cooper on the turn score to make it 1-0. after 20 minutes two near identical goals saw som cross field balls latched on to by Lee Cooper to make it 2-0 and then 3 -0. Old Ports had their keeper to thank for keping the score respectable as he came out on top in three one on one situations. He also made two quick reaction save. Then in the 35 minute a through ball from Jon Taylor saw Roger Moore run on bad beat the keeper to make the score 4-0. five minutes before half time a ball was chipped in to Lee Cooper and from fully 45 yards he chested it looked up and volleyed it, beating the keeper and making the halftime score 5-0. In the second half wymering squandered a few more chances to extend their lead. Old Ports then played 3 up front but the Wymering stayed with their favoured 352 formation to make them do some defending which they haven't had to do much of in most games this season! Wymering defended their goal well. It was only in the last minute that a very harsh looking penalty was given against Lee Cooper. Old Ports scored to make the final score 5-1. But Lee Cooper was not too downhearted as he chekkily chipped in with "i dont mind the penalty, i won the game 4-1 on my own!" Rovers Reunited vs Carberry         Portsmouth Saturday League Div 2          25/10/08   Although playing into a stiff breeze Rovers made a confident start knocking the ball around nicely but half way through the first period Rovers shot themselves in the foot. A mix up between defender Mark Cammerer and keeper Neil Whitecross gifted Carberry the lead as the ball rolled into the back of the net off Cammerer's bald pate. This mistake was compounded shortly after when a further defensive lapse allowed Carberry to double their lead and a further Carberry strike shortly before half time gave Rovers a second half mountain to climb. With the wind at their backs Reunited went for it and spent long periods camped in the Carberry half while restricting their opponents to the occasional counter attack. They finally broke through with twenty five minutes remaining when Paul Benton was clipped in the box leaving Ben Sutherland to make no mistake firing in from the spot. Rovers continued to pile on the pressure and  with fifteen minutes left on the clock new signing Kieran Lawson came off the bench and headed over with his first touch in a Rovers shirt when it seemed easier to score. Meanwhile headers from Dave Cotton, Mark Cammerer and Gary Fitzgerald all came close from set plays. With time running out another set piece was sent into the far post by Mark Cammerer and headed back across the box by Paul Benton for Gary Fitzgerald to nod home and in the dying seconds a last gasp effort from Kristian Doggrell was saved on the line. However the three goal head start proved a bridge too far for Rovers as Carberry held on for the three points.  USPFC Res 5 – 2 Andover New Street         Wessex League Combination Div 2       25/10/08 The sailors jumped above their visitors in the league to go 4th with a game in hand over the teams in 2nd and 3rd place, and when you consider the poor start to the season losing their first two games, the sailors have done tremendously well to bounce back with fighting spirit to win 5 league games in a row. US took the lead early in the 1st half through a rare Mlu Sibanda header, but were soon pulled back to 1-1 as an unmarked Street player headed from a corner, the lead was temporarily restored through captain Brian Hewitt as he swept home a Dale Holmes knock down from close range (his trademark finish). Despite continuing to press Andover and look to increase their lead US were mainly restricted to long range shots, and it was a long range shot that proved to be their downfall as a Peach of a shot from Andover’s Prince Xhamela flew high into US keeper Peachey’s top right corner, a royal shot from a prince! H.T 2-2 As expected of previous performances US upped the tempo and threatened constantly winning corner after corner and when the ideal opportunity was presented to Dale Holmes from the spot after the midfielder was brought down, his tame effort was saved by the keeper and Sibanda failed to score the rebound. Eventually in the 70th minute Gary Thomas headed home at the back post to finally add to his tally of 10 goals in all competitions. Centre halves Jon Waite and Matt Magro played well together commanding their defensive third and dealing with the high balls pumped up to the greens two big frontmen. The introduction of subs Sam Armstrong, Danny Thomas and Simon Jacobs saw US continue to dominate the match and the lead was extended through Holmes who made amends for his penalty miss to finish well with a low shot from 10 yds, and Sibanda sealed it late on with a narrow angled shot to make it 5-2 to the Burnaby Rd outfit. F.T 5-2 US are an incredible force going forward at times and once again proved this today, along with being the leagues top scorers with 32 goals in 7 games. However they struggle at times to make the most of their superiority, for example today at least 6 or 7 goals should have been scored.....before half time! And of course defending has proved to be an issue with too many simple goals being conceded, and against the top teams in the league that can’t be allowed to continue. With manager Danny Phillips on holiday next week let’s hope they can keep the winning run going in his absence by returning from Fleet Spurs with 3 points and increase a club record for consecutive league wins to 6..........     Peter Symonds 3rd X1 5 - 3 Portsmouth College 3rd X1           Hants College League      22/10/08 Despite putting in a decent 1st half performance Pompey found themselves 2 goals down at half time courtesy of 2 defensive howlers. Firstly keeper James (Eminem) Gardener fumbled a long range effort and nosed the ball into his own net! Then Ash Brown (for breakfast) completely missed a simple clearance under no pressure on the edge of his box, allowing the Symonds striker to finish easily. Pompey did have enough chances to score but just couldn’t deliver the goods, Parr, Oldfield, Chowdrey and Zaki all guilty of failing to find the net in the opening 45. After the break the hosts began to put more pressure on the Pompey defence and enjoyed slightly more possession, but with a decent ref for the 2nd half play was allowed to continue more often allowing the visitor’s physical side to prosper, and with Pompey quick to attack on the break continued to impress. Zaki’s movement up front was proving too much for the Symonds defence as he led them on a merry dance, often finding himself in good scoring positions but firing wide...... way, way wide! Although Symonds scored 3 more goals, Pompey matched this with Zaki grabbing a couple and Chandler getting in on the act (with quite possibly the worst penalty seen for some time)! An encouraging performance and a lot of positives to be taken from the match, had we defended better and just taken a couple of those many chances it may have been a different story. So Pompey may have travelled home on the mini bus as losers, but they remain the peoples champions, the voice of a generation, filling the hearts of every student with hope and joy, idolised by legions of female (and maybe in some cases male) groupies and stalkers. They arrived back at the college to be greeted by..............well, no-one really, but then again who needs fans? Once they start winning, or maybe even drawing, then the whole world will sit up and take notice of Dan Lattimor, Chris Collins and Tom Ryan. It won’t be Oscar Ferneywho any more but “wow there goes Oscarinho, star of the 3rd team . Teenagers will no longer ask James Oldfield for tips on acting or expressing themselves, instead they will be asking him for tips on how to play football. One day......one day!     Wymering vs St Helena Bobs       Portsmouth Saturday League Div 2     18/10/08 Wymering were expecting a much tougher test this week against newly promoted St Helena. Four changes from the previos game looked to have backfired. The first real attack by St helena saw a cross from the right beat the Wymering defenders and a fine header at the far post put St Helena into a 1-0 lead. This lasted until the 20th minute when good work from Roger Moore saw his cross deflected in to the net by the St Helena defender to make the score 1-1. Wymering then upped the pace and a pass from Joel Sibley to Roger Moore saw the Wymering forward beat two defenders and score to make it 2-1. Five minutes later a similar move saw Roger Moore make the score 3-1. St helena were still making it hard work for Wymering and a good move by them saw a rasping low shot turned away by keeper Lee Ryan but it went straight to the St Helena forward who knocked it in to make the score 3-2. Wymering then scored 3 in ten minutes through Lee Cooper (2) and Gary Bryant fisnhing off his own move To make the half time score 6-2. The second half became the Lee Cooper show as he proceeded to rattle in 5 more goals. The pick of the bunch being A 25 yard shot from the left hand side of the field into the far corner. Wymering also missed a few more chances with a tiring Roger Moore the main villain. The final scored ended up at 11-2. Another double figured result for the Wymering boys   Southsea Town vs Rovers Reunited    Portsmouth Saturday League Div 2   18/10/08 Rovers Maintain Pressure On Leaders After an early warning when Southsea Town hit the bar with a long range effort, Rovers Reunited were soon into their stride and within fifteen minutes had opened up a two goal lead. Firstly Dave Porter benefitted from a long Dave Cotton throw which was knocked on by Ashley Cammerer for him to swivel on a sixpence and tuck a low shot into the far corner just beyond the keeper's reach. Soon after Paul Benton was put through by a pinpoint crossfield pass from Ben Sutherland and although his first strike was parried by the keeper he made no mistake with his follow up effort. Rovers continued to pressure the Southsea back line but it was Southsea who struck back against the run of play bundling in a corner on the half hour mark following a Denton error as he failed to track his man running in from deep. The second half began fairly evenly but as Reunited started to dominate once again, Kristian Doggrell was sent clear by Ashley Cammerer to calmly slot home and restore Rovers two goal advantage. Rovers then began to sit back on their lead and could have been made to pay as Dave 'hack 'em down' Porter turned from hero to villain when blatantly tripping a Southsea striker in the area. However, man of the match Neil Whitecross made another superb trademark penalty save and although Southsea netted late on it proved to be no more than a consolation strike. This result moved Rovers up to second in the table courtesy of the Kurds having a week off to welcome to the UK another twenty new squad members and Carberry slipping up against Inter Solent. However Rovers will need to put in a much improved performance next Saturday in a top of the table six pointer against the aforementioned Carberry. Southsea Town Goal (30) Goal (86) 2 v 3 Rovers Reunited Dave Porter(10)    Paul Denton (15)    Christian Doggrell (60)   Icomm 4-5 Alan & Wright FC      Portsmouth Sunday League Div 1     19/10/08 Alan and Wright picked up their first win of the league season as they pipped Icomm in an eleven goal thriller. Icomm never really got started early on and they were made to pay as they found themselves 2-0 behind. Chances were missed by both sides in the latter part of the first half but none were taken so it stayed 2-0 until the break. The second half was only seconds old when the scoreline was extended to 3-0 as Andy Duffin scored a spectacular headed own goal. Icomm needed to hit back quickly and a change of personnel saw Adrian Potter and Simon Jacobs enter the fray, upping the tempo and taking the game to the opposition. The new no-nonsense, get-stuck-at-em approach immediately paid dividends and Icomm won a penalty which Jamie McCormick slotted home. Then straight from the restart Icomm won the ball back and scored another one via Ibou Kaba. Wright went down the other end and scored again to open up another 2 goal advantage, but Icomm hit back via Steve Fleet to narrow the advantage. In this topsy-turvy game Icomm drew the scores level as Kaba got his second with a lob. Unbelievably Icomm took the lead for the first time in the game as Dean Rutter scored a superb first time volley from 25 yards. It looked like Icomm were going to take the points despite not playing their best, however, in the last 10 minutes Wright scored twice more and held on for a tight 6-5 win.     Romsey Town Res 1-1 Petersfield Town Res     Wessex Combination League Div 2     18/10/08   Petersfield finally stopped the rot with a point away at bottom of the table Romsey. With a long list of players missing, Town knew they would have to scrap to take anything from this game. The 1st half was very evenly matched with very few chances. The chance of most note was a Bard Grant header which hit the outside of the post. Town came in at half time at 0-0 but confident of taking all 3 points. Town began the brighter of the 2 sides in the 2nd half and looked more likely to score. Being on top paid off in the 68th minute when Brad Grant should of scored but the rebound spun to James Gough who thundered the ball in low and hard into the bottom corner of the net. Jay Lovick and Sam Reed came on to give the side a more defensive look, with Marc Chivers introduced up front to hold the ball up. 5 minutes from time and Brad Grant shot straight at the kepper from 15 yards out when perhaps slipping an unmarked Lovick in would have sealed the win. Controversy struck with the 90 minutes all but up, a ball got played in from the right of the Petersfield box and the centre forward and nathan Bray challenged for the ball at the front post, the forward nipped in front and put his shot wide, the players fell in a heap only for the referee to award a penalty for a foul that no one else in the ground saw, Romsey converted and made it 1-1 and that is how it finished. Alex Bone after the game had this to say, "Very frustrating, we played well today and battled incredibly hard only for it to all be snatched from us. There are plenty of positives to take forwards and I am confident we can start to pick up points starting with Totton & Eling next Saturday."   Team: Burt, Heath, Gough, Sheehan, (Lovick), N Bray, Emery, Pryce, Martin, Mortimer, (Chivers), Grant, Keogh, (Reed).