⚓ SOUTH COAST DERBY. DECLARED A NAVAL BATTLE.
Southampton vs Portsmouth. Kick-off is a boarding.
Pompey come over the water like they own the Solent. Flags up. Cannons pointed at St Mary’s. The corsair John Pompey is on the bridge, present, accounted for, already celebrating a goal that hasn’t happened.
Matt Le Tissier is on the rampart in full kit from 1994. One touch. Sets the line. Tells the back four to hold. The back four have never held.
Then the secret weapon.
Paul Dawson’s dance.
Not a tactic. A war crime in trainers. The deck moves. A Pompey midfielder forgets which harbour he’s attacking. A linesman books the rhythm. John Pompey’s corsair hat falls off.
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Pompey: attack, raid, nick it, row home.
Saints: Le Tiss, a volley from 1989, and a dance that should be banned under maritime law.
The referee is a lighthouse.
Added time is high tide.
Whoever scores claims the Solent until May.
Who takes the harbour?
Drop it below 👇
#SaintsFC #Pompey #SouthCoastDerby #LeTiss #Reel

⚓ SOUTH COAST DERBY. DECLARED A NAVAL BATTLE.
Southampton vs Portsmouth. Kick-off is a boarding.
Pompey come over the water like they own the Solent. Flags up. Cannons pointed at St Mary’s. The corsair John Pompey is on the bridge, present, accounted for, already celebrating a goal that hasn’t happened.
Matt Le Tissier is on the rampart in full kit from 1994. One touch. Sets the line. Tells the back four to hold. The back four have never held.
Then the secret weapon.
Paul Dawson’s dance.
Not a tactic. A war crime in trainers. The deck moves. A Pompey midfielder forgets which harbour he’s attacking. A linesman books the rhythm. John Pompey’s corsair hat falls off.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Pompey: attack, raid, nick it, row home.
Saints: Le Tiss, a volley from 1989, and a dance that should be banned under maritime law.
The referee is a lighthouse.
Added time is high tide.
Whoever scores claims the Solent until May.
Who takes the harbour?
Drop it below 👇
#SaintsFC #Pompey #SouthCoastDerby #LeTiss #Reel