Unfortunately Pompey's Championship match against Leeds United at Fratton Park was interrupted twice due to power failures that impacted the floodlights.
The problems actually impacted some other parts of the city of Portsmouth so was not an incident isolated to Fratton Park, despite the chants and jibes from the Leeds fans like: 'Pay up Pompey, Pompey pay up!' and 'not paying the bills' and so on.
Oh the wit of Funny's many northern cousins, the Not Funnies. Pot and kettle springs to mind.
To be fair when I looked on Twitter after the game there were also some quite funny comments as well from both sets of fans. For example:
@jasefirth Any truth in the rumour Ken Bates has offered #pompey 50p for the meter but he wants £5 back in return? #lufc #twitterwhites
@andyradiobloke Oh dear #pompey. Maybe everyone should download the torch app on the phone and shine onto pitch?
@ScratchingShed1 Apparently, charging Kanu's v12 mobility scooter caused the powercut. Unconfirmed, but seems accurate. #Pompey #LUFC
First Interruption Pictures - About Fifteen Minutes To Play
There were actually three floodlight failures but only the second and third led to the referee suspending play. It was such a shame as with the game poised at 2-2 it could have gone either way. It was all very entertaining up to that point but after the second interruption the game fizzled out and died, quite a few Pompey fans had left the ground as well.
Second Interruption Pictures - About Three Minutes To Play
As the gloom descended on Fratton Park during the second failure I was reminded of many a happy hour spent up the Rec. playing football well past sunset with my mates, 'headers and vollies' normally. When I arrived home, covered in mud, my Mum would never believe I'd been playing: "How can you play football?" she would ask "It's pitch black outside!". And she was right...but somehow we did!
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