Pompey fans...

....warned about pyrotechnics at matches

Portsmouth Football Club have warned any fan found to be in possession of a flare, firework or smoke canister in or around a football stadium will be banned from Fratton Park indefinitely and face criminal charges.
The offence also carries a possible prison sentence and a three-year football banning order as a minimum.
In the most serious cases, fans and players have been badly injured by their use, including head wounds and severe burns.
The Pompey Supporters’ Trust have also backed the stance and Blues manager Paul Cook has reinforced the message, saying their continued use could disrupt the club’s gathering promotion push.
His message comes after a smoke canister landed in the Dagenham & Redbridge goalmouth on Saturday after Michael Doyle’s equaliser. It held the game up for a couple of minutes as it was dealt with.
Paul said: “When I saw the smoke in the goalmouth after the goal, the team and I were annoyed and frustrated.
“We had j

Better not wear you're flares then!!!!

Quite right too. Being a South Stand Snoozer, always nervous about fire in our rickety old wooden stand.

Talking of flares LdB, remind me to tell you the story next week of H.A. and the flare when we sunk off Gilkicker.