Can you see the red stars on today's hat? Yes me too! This hat represents Red Star Belgrade.
There is an important link between Red Star Belgrade and Pompey: their current manager is Robert Prosinecki, the most skillful player I have ever seen grace Fratton Park. Prosinecki was appointed manager of Red Star Belgrade in December 2010.
See here for more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Prosine%C4%8Dki
And here's a picture of Prosinecki from the front cover of the matchday programme against Coventry City on 26th February 2002:
Earlier that month Prosinecki had scored a hat-trick in a 4-4 home draw against Barnsley, a game I went to. These pictures are from that game:
Master Pompey Chicken had 'Prosinecki' on the back of his Pompey shirt! Not the cheapest of names to pick!
We used to play football in the lounge doing Prosinecki impressions - a quick trick with the ball and a quick drag on an imaginary cigarette - before beating 25 players and scoring the greatest goal ever scored! Gooaaalllll!
When Pompey played Burnley that season I made sure Master PC came too so we could say we had seen Robert Prosinecki and Paul Gascgoine on the pitch at the same time - and at Fratton Park too! They were on the pitch together, but not for very long, I think one of them came on as a sub (Gazza?) and the other shortly departed the field of play - a bit of an anti-climax, but we can say we saw them both play that day albeit not the way we had envisaged.
Prosinecki's one season at Fratton Park was fantastic, it was a shame he didn't stay for one more season and experience the promotion year but he left behind so many great memories he'll never be forgotten.
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