Premiership '09/10 : Manchester City (a) 0-2

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Man City: Given, Zabaleta (Onuoha 37), Toure, Kompany (Boyata 59), Garrido, De Jong, Ireland, Barry, Petrov (Bellamy 73), Tevez, Adebayor.

Subs Not Used: Taylor, Wright-Phillips, Sylvinho, Ibrahim.

Booked: De Jong.

Goals: Adebayor 40, Kompany 45.

Portsmouth: James, Vanden Borre, Ben-Haim, Wilson, Hreidarsson (Finnan 27), Mullins (Owusu-Abeyie 85), Basinas, Jamie O'Hara, Webber (Piquionne 77), Utaka, Boateng.

Subs Not Used: Ashdown, Hughes, Ritchie, Sowah.

Booked: Wilson, Basinas, Boateng.

Att: 44,015

Ref: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire).

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Premiership '09/10 : MANCHESTER CITY (H) 0-1

Michael Brown alongside Man. City's Stephen Ireland at Fratton Park.

Pompey's Richard Hughes challenges Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez.

John Utaka challenges for possession with Man. City midfielder Shaun Wright-Phillips.
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Tony Vanden Borre attempts to shrug off Man. City defender Wayne Bridge.
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Portsmouth : Begovic, Vanden Borre, Kaboul, Mokoena, Belhadj,Brown, Mullins, Hughes (Nugent 87), Smith (Utaka 68),Piquionne (Kanu 73), Kranjcar.

Subs Not Used: Ashdown, Basinas, Ward, Hreidarsson.

Booked: Hughes, Mokoena.

Man City : Given, Richards (Zabaleta 60), Toure, Lescott,Bridge, Wright-Phillips, Ireland (De Jong 76), Barry, Bellamy,Adebayor, Tevez.

Subs Not Used: Taylor, Onuoha, Robinho, Petrov, Weiss.

Booked: Zabaleta.

Goals: Adebayor 30.

Att: 17,826

Ref: Howard Webb (S Yorkshire).

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Premiership '08/09 : MANCHESTER CITY (H) 2-0

David Nugent battles for possession alongside City defender Shaleum Logan.

David Nugent beats City's Shay Given but the shot is narrowly wide.

Manchester City striker Craig Bellamy with Sol Campbell in pursuit.

Glen Johnson breaks the deadlock after 70 minutes at Fratton Park.

Portsmouth: James ,Johnson ,Campbell ,Distin ,Hreidarsson ,Pennant (Belhadj ,86 ) ,Basinas (Mullins ,67 ) ,Davis ,Kranjcar ,Crouch ,Nugent
Subs not used: Begovic,Pamarot,Utaka,Kanu,Gekas,

Man City: Given ,Logan ,Kompany ,Onuoha ,Bridge ,Zabaleta (Evans ,78 ) ,De Jong ,Ireland ,Elano ,Bellamy ,Robinho (Caicedo ,66)
Subs not used Hart,Garrido,Fernandes,Berti,Weiss,

Bookings: Hreidarsson (Portsmouth) Bellamy ,De Jong ,Ireland (Man City)

Attendance: 20018

Referee: Lee Probert (Gloucestershire)

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Premiership '08/09 : Manchester City (a) 0-6

Armand Traore in action at Eastlands this afternoon.
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City striker Stephen Ireland and Lassana Diarra tussle for possession.
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Diarra tries to close down on Shaun Wright-Phillips of Manchester City.

Peter Crouch is challenged by City's Pablo Zabaleta and Micah Richards.

* Once a decade blues? The result was Pompey's heaviest-ever defeat in the Premiership. It was also their worst result since 0-6 at Barnsley (28th Aug. '99) - and worst in the top-flight since 0-6 at Highbury (29th Aug. '87).

Man City: Hart ,Zabaleta ,Richards ,Dunne ,Garrido ,Kompany ,Wright-Phillips ,Ireland (Gelson ,77 ) ,Elano ,Robinho (Sturridge ,85 ) ,Jo (Evans ,71)
Subs not used: Schmeichel,Michael Ball,Hamann,Ben-Haim,

Portsmouth: James ,Johnson (Pamarot ,82 ) ,Distin ,Campbell ,Belhadj ,Diarra ,Davis (Diop ,33 ) ,Kaboul (Utaka ,46 ) ,Armand Traore ,Crouch ,Defoe
Subs not used Ashdown,Hreidarsson,Mvuemba,Kanu,

Bookings: Diarra (Portsmouth)

Attendance: 40238

Referee: A G Wiley (Staffordshire)

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Premiership '07/08 : Manchester City (a) 1-3

Sol Campbell tracks Manchester City striker Darius Vassell.

City keeper Joe Hart is beaten by John Utaka in the 24th minute.

Midfielder Elano Blumer tries to block a Sulley Muntari effort on goal.
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Hreidarsson is judged to be denying Vassell a goal-scoring opportunity and is red-carded in the 41st minute.
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Man City: Hart ,Elano ,Corluka ,Dunne (Williamson ,54 ) ,Ball ,Vassell ,Ireland (Geovanni ,75 ) ,Gelson ,Johnson ,Martin Petrov ,Benjani
Subs not used: Isaksson,Castillo,

Portsmouth: James ,Lauren ,Campbell ,Distin ,Hreidarsson (sent off 41),Utaka (Baros ,75 ) ,Muntari ,Diarra ,Diop (Aubey ,75 ) ,Kranjcar (Davis ,83 ) ,Defoe
Subs not used Begovic,Nugent,

Bookings: Williamson (Man City) Lauren (Portsmouth)

Attendance: 40205

Referee: A Marriner (W. Midlands)

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Premiership '07/08 : MANCHESTER CITY (H) 0-0

One-minute silence at Fratton Park on Remembrance Day.

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Benjani Mwaruwari battling with Man. City defender Micah Richards.
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David Nugent goes close to breaking the deadlock. Very close.(Image courtesy of www.portsmouthfc.co.uk)
Glen Johnson races away from grounded City midfielder Gelson Fernandes.(Image courtesy of www.portsmouthfc.co.uk)

Portsmouth: James ,Johnson ,Campbell ,Distin ,Pamarot ,Utaka (Taylor ,46 ) ,Davis ,Muntari ,Kranjcar ,Kanu (Nugent ,63 ) ,Benjani

Subs not used: Ashdown,Pedro Mendes,Hreidarsson,

Man City: Hart ,Corluka ,Richards ,Dunne ,Garrido ,Ireland ,Hamann ,Gelson ,Petrov ,Elano (Geovanni ,89 ) ,Vassell (Bianchi ,88)
Subs not used Isaksson,Ball,Samaras,

Bookings: Distin (Portsmouth) Garrido (Man City)

Referee: M R Halsey (Lancashire)

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Premiership '06/07 : MANCHESTER CITY (H) 2-1

Gary O'Neil challenges Manchester City midfielder Ousmane Dabo during the match at Fratton Park.

Matt Taylor blocks a shot by Manchester City's Sylvain Distin during the Premiership clash at Fratton Park.

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Ben Thatcher Assault

Having listened to The Quay Radio broadcast via the internet last night and the incident with Pedro Mendes v Ben Thatcher I was moved to write. I waited patiently to see the clash on Match of the Day. Shortly before midnight Pompey's match was (finally) shown. The elbow challenge by Ben Thatcher wasn't football, but common assault.

Why in this day and age do we rely only on the referee and his assistant?! What was the third official doing? They are wired up after all!

They can also refer to TV video clips of the incident to get the right result. This could have been dealt with whilst Pedro was sent to hospital etc.
But no. Football (The Premier League) does not require this evidence as the officials "can cope". They must be joking!

Rugby, NHL Ice Hockey, Cricket and Athletics all have video replays and decisions made by the Third Officials. For example, a few years ago an NHL player back checked a forward and broke his neck and received a year's ban and loss of his salary. Actually I felt even this was too lenient - should have been banned for life.

Come on Premier League, stop burying your head in the sand - get it sorted out!

Also, that handball in the City area - were the officials on the pitch the only ones not to see it??

It's about time retrospective decisions and points given / deducted are made by the FA. I quote from Sky Sports News: "if a player is booked by the official, then no further action is necessary". Can this be really true?


But, away from the above, well done Pompey - brightest start to the Premiership since the first season.
Thanks must go the Alexandre, Milan, Harry and all his staff and players.

Finally, thanks to Sol and David for deciding to work at Pompey.

PUP

Mark Blackmore
PFCSWSC

Premiership '06/07 : Manchester City (a) 0-0

Darius Vassell challenges Sol Campbell in tonight's 0-0 draw at the City of Manchester Stadium.

Matthew Taylor tussles with Joey Barton in this evening's match.