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May 2008 - Posts

• United legend hails Giggs achievement

  Ryan Giggs equalled the Manchester United appearance record set by legend Sir Bobby Charlton this weekend when he came on as a sub in the Premier League decider against Wigan at the JJB Stadium. Giggs has now played in 758 games for the Premier League Champions.   Talking to the BBC Sir Bobby Charlton said: "If I could choose someone to break it, it would be him." "The day he came to Manchester United, I knew he was special. "He is a great athlete, a great person and a great footballer. Nobody deserves to break records like he does.   "You need to be here for a length of time to understand this club and the strength of feeling that underpins it. "His record with United is unbelievable and I'm really proud of him. I have forgotten about my record already." The record could be broken if Giggs plays in the Champions League final against Chelsea on the 21st May. Giggs scored the winner in the Wigan game, which gave them the title and United manager Sir Alex Fergusion said that it was fate that he scored that goal. "It was fantastic for Ryan to get the goal that mattered," he said, "but maybe it was fate. "He deserves it because he's been a credit to the game and having known him for 20 years, to equal Bobby's record on the day he scores the goal for us, well it's just fantastic. "It was amazing. As soon as it started raining, I was thinking, 'how am I going to get Giggs into this game?' because he is fantastic on soft ground with his balance and ability to beat a man." RSS Subscribe |  Del.icio.us | Digg It |  Reddit |  Technorati Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit Posted May 12 2008, 07:47 PM by Talk Manchester United Filed under: Ryan Giggs, Sir Bobby Charlton

• Pompey trio called up into provisional England Squad

  Three Portsmouth players have been called up into the England's squad for friendlies with the United States and Trinidad and Tobago. Keeper David James, Right back Glen Johnson and striker Jermain Defoe all feature in the 31 man squad. England squad: David James (Portsmouth), Joe Hart (Man City), Chris Kirkland (Wigan) ,Wayne Bridge (Chelsea), Wes Brown (Man Utd), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Rio Ferdinand (Man Utd), Phil Jagielka (Everton), Glen Johnson (Portsmouth), John Terry (Chelsea), Stephen Warnock (Blackburn),David Wheater (Middlesbrough), Jonathan Woodgate (Tottenham), Gareth Barry (Aston Villa), David Beckham (LA Galaxy), David Bentley (Blackburn), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough), Owen Hargreaves (Man Utd), Tom Huddlestone (Tottenham), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Jermaine Jenas (Tottenham), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Theo Walcott (Arsenal), Ashley Young (Aston Villa), Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa), Dean Ashton (West Ham), Peter Crouch (Liverpool), Jermain Defoe (Portsmouth), Michael Owen (Newcastle), Wayne Rooney (Man Utd). RSS Subscribe |  Del.icio.us | Digg It |  Reddit |  Technorati Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit Posted May 12 2008, 12:23 PM by Pompey News Filed under: England

• Think you have FA Cup tickets - Update

  Yesterday I posted a story about Ticket Master cancelling FA Cup final tickets for those who didnt appear to be on the Portsmouth Football Club database.  I imagine quite a few people had a bit of a shock when the Ticket Master letter or email arrived yesterday. Well yesterday I called the ticket office, told them what had happened, and they said yes I was entitled to tickets put something in writing send it to the club and everything will be sorted. Not trusting Royal Mail I took my letter down to the club personally, while I was in reception I heard the receptionist dealing with several irate people who thought sending a letter was too much like hard work and demanded to speak to someone, dropped my letter off and waited...... Then around 4:50 yesterday afternoon I had a call from the ticket office saying they had looked into my case and everything checked out, would I like my tickets posted or would I like to collect them from the ticket office early next week, again not trusting Royal Mail I said I would pick them up. I would like to thank the club for dealing with this so quickly. While this whole thing has been a bit of a cockup, the club is doing their best trying to resolve this for fans who have been affected by this.   Just one word of warning I was told they needed the letters by Monday, so if you have been caught up in this call the club as soon as possible, it may take awhile but its worth it to see Pompey at Wembley in an FA Cup final. RSS Subscribe |  Del.icio.us | Digg It |  Reddit |  Technorati Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit Posted May 09 2008, 10:37 AM by Pompey News Filed under: FA Cup, Tickets

• Think you have FA Cup final tickets?

  If you bought FA Cup final tickets and have not received them you may want to check with Ticket Master that your order has not been cancelled. Portsmouth FC have cancelled ticket orders that did not meet the criteria of at least one home ticket purchased this season. However as several fans including myself have found that fans with a legitimate claim are having their tickets cancelled due to failings in the Portsmouth FC database and that Ticket Master didn't follow the correct procedure when selling the tickets. Worse than that is that the club don't seem to be telling people their orders are being cancelled possibly leaving people ticketless and not giving people enough time to make representation to the club. In my case the club had not updated their customer database with my correct address even though I had asked them to when buying tickets earlier in the year, and that Ticket Master had not asked for the details of any other person on the database. Calling the club today I found that they indeed have a record of me purchasing the correct number of tickets, however not at the right address. After a bit of digging they found both my purchases and my housemates and I will have to write to PFC with all the details and I should get the tickets I ordered reinstated, although any inquiries about this have to be with the club by Monday.   Here's hoping all of this has a happy ending. After writing this I did receive an email today telling me of the cancellation from Ticket Master. To check your tickets If you don't have one already create an account on Ticketmaster.co.uk Click "My Ticket Master" Log in to your Ticket Master account Click "Order History" Enter phone number and credit card used to order the tickets You should see a list of purchases made with Ticket Master, select the FA Cup Final At the top of the page it will tell you the status of your order. RSS Subscribe |  Del.icio.us | Digg It |  Reddit |  Technorati Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit Posted May 08 2008, 10:36 AM by Pompey News Filed under: FA Cup, Tickets

• Fans favourite due for contract talks

  Fans favourite Linvoy Primus may yet have a Pompey lifeline after chief exec Peter Storrie revealed that talks aimed to keep the defender at the club are set to take place before the summer. The long serving defender who joined Pompey in 2000 on a free transfer from Reading is out of contract in the summer and has an injury wrecked season not playing at all after having knee surgery Talking to The News Storrie said: 'We will be looking at the players who are out of contract at some point over the next few weeks. 'We will certainly look after Linvoy – he has been a great servant to the club and we will be sitting down with him as and when the time is right. 'Linvoy is certainly one who deserves to remain with the club. 'We haven't met with anybody regarding new contracts yet, but my personal opinion is he is one player we will definitely support as a club.' While Primus wont take any part in the rest of the season he has been given the all clear from famous knee surgeon Dr Steadman in January and has been gradually working towards his recovery, targetting a return in pre-season. With a possible European campaign to prepare for next season having a reliable defender like Linvoy around certainly makes sense, and hopefully the club will decide to retain him. RSS Subscribe |  Del.icio.us | Digg It |  Reddit |  Technorati Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit Posted May 01 2008, 11:45 AM by Pompey News Filed under: Linvoy Primus