Bob Beech

Southampton players arriving at Wembley Stadium on Saturday for the playoff final…

@spenaldo73 @stevebone1 Do you think they spied on Pompey & after the report was submitted they said they knew you were there nipper they were taking the piss nobody are that bad

@stevebone1 Cracking work 😂

Funniest thing is they also spied on Oxford before playing them… then lost 2-1!

He’s in your hedge in your hedge Tonda Tonda Tonda aaaa

@jayr1972 My Granddad would have stuck one on you he refused to have Turkish delight in the house couldn’t understand it but later fully got it (It is fucking lovely though)

Fry’s Turkish Delight.

@FalklandsRepUK @FalklandsinUK @portsmouthtoday The honour is ours 🤝

Did you know that the Falkland Islands are twinned with Portsmouth? It was an honour to be at the Guildhall in Portsmouth today, to see Cllr Abdul Kadir made the new Lord Mayor of Portsmouth. #Falklands #Portsmouth100 🇫🇰🇬🇧 @portsmouthtoday

@DeclanPFC03 Chat what now? You don’t know what a Luddite is do you 😂

@bobbeech Chat gbt can do the whole thing for you

#Pompey family anyone out there able to help set up a simple online shop? You’d need patience as you’ll be dealing with an Luddite

@bobbeech ⚽️ ➡️ 🏠

Most misunderstood song of all time Others (bizarrely) think it’s bragging it’s the opposite this is heartfelt pleadings every football fan has ever had about their team I know you’ve constantly let me down but before but I still believe in you knowing you’ll let me down again

@Mascott44 Thanks Matt I’ll take a look, I mean, how hard can it be? 😬

@bobbeech The way I look at it is, the millions of people with online stores can’t all be computer geniuses, some quite the opposite. So if they can do it…

On the 1 Aug 26 our Chair will be attempting to walk 403 miles from @rnasculdrosefc to Fratton Park, @Pompey, hoping to raise £5000 for @RNRMC Royal Marines Charity. If you would like to donate in support please find the link below: justgiving.com/page/andrew-pl…

Seventy-five years ago on the 17th, 18th and 19th May 1951 #Pompey's Fratton Park staged the Portsmouth and Southsea Searchlight Tattoo, organised under the direction of the Festival of Britain Committee. The Festival marked the centenary of the Great Exhibition of 1851 and aimed to celebrate the recovery and achievements of Britain after World War Two. Many of the Festival's exhibits and events were centred on London's South Bank (only the Festival Hall remains as a reminder), but there was also considerable focus on local events around the country. The Tattoo provided a spectacular scene of colour, pageantry and military splendour involving nearly 1,500 performers from the armed forces and civilian organisations. There were displays by the Royal Naval School of Physical Training, the Portsmouth City Fire Brigade, the Naval Boy Cadets Field Gun Teams, and enlisted boys of the Royal Army Ordance Corps (RAOC). Local sporting organisations formed a tableaux of sports, with football, cycling, archery, boxing, swimming, tennis, cricket, athletics, sailing and rugby all represented. It was, however, the military bands that really brought the house down. Bands of the Royal Marines, the Royal Artillery, the RAOC, HMS Daedalus, HMS Victory, HMS Excellent and HMS St Vincent all took part, with the massed bands provided a rousing finale under the baton of Major F Vivian Dunn (pictured), the RM Director of Music. It was, of course, Major Dunn who composed the march "Pompey Chimes", first performed by the Royal Marines Band at Fratton Park in 1949 when Pompey met Newport County in the fifth round of the FA Cup. Tickets for the Tattoo were priced at 10/- (50p) for reserved seating, 5/- or 3/6 (25p or 17.5p) for unreserved seating, 2/6 (12.5p) for the South Enclosure, and 1/6 (7.5p) for the North Terrace. The first night, a Thursday, drew a crowd of 8,000. Friday's performance attracted 12,000 despite the incessant heavy rain, and Saturday's crowd was 16,000. All profits were donated to the appeal fund for HMS Affray, the Portsmouth-based submarine that sank in the English Channel a few weeks earlier with the loss of 75 lives - her entire crew.

@StephenBowles62 @pompeyshaun1986 @pn_neil_allen @daniel_son79 Most want both

@bobbeech @pompeyshaun1986 @pn_neil_allen @daniel_son79 For every fan that moans about not having an academy you'll have another fan who wants that £2-3m spent on a goal scoring forward.

The fate of Harry Clout and Reuben Swann is a damning indictment of #Pompey's player pathway for youngsters. So much for Justins and Britneys - just four have been given Football League debuts during the Tornante era. portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football…

That Gunwharf video, they’ve both clearly done a bit, but you know, southpaws innit

@grahamdubber @PompeyNev See also fans handing players scarves as they go up the steps and a player wearing the the lid as a hat

@PompeyNev Quite correct, Nev. The only thing missing was the team doing a lap of the entire stadium with Sol being carried shoulder high. Oh, and at least one player tripping on the steps while descending from the Royal Box!

A proper FA Cup lift. Not one of these pick-it-up, carry it across the pitch like a bit of rubbish and then lift it in synch with bloody fireworks while the rest of the team try to jump at the same time.

@mrandrewmoon Warned off you mean we know* *entirely made up rumour

I'm afraid a minor diary issue means we've had to postpone our "Eisner special" edition of Who Needs Mourinho? It should hopefully be out next week #Pompey

@pompeyshaun1986 @pn_neil_allen @daniel_son79 Totally agree the pounds vs results doesn’t equate especially given that a Premier League club can then just take the player for next to nothing

@bobbeech @pn_neil_allen @daniel_son79 It isn't worth it unless you're prepared to commit millions making it a cat 2 academy at least. Have a great scouting network & a development squad to transition between 18s and first team. At ROKO I'm not sure that's possible with pitch space.

@grahamdubber The battalion only arrived in France March 1916 he was underage so would have lied about his age and would have been a lance Jack before they left England

@bobbeech Seventeen seems very young to have a lance corporal’s stripe. He was just a kid. I presume he’d stepped into a dead man’s shoes - a very sobering thought.

Remembering today lance corporal William Westbrook 1st Portsmouth’s Own who died OTD 1916 aged 17 William lived in Stowe Rd Portsmouth He is buried in Bethune Town Cemetery #PompeyRemembers