Fratton Park Redevelopment Update | June 2022 

Believe me, you need good food when you’re in league one, it’s hard to watch!

best owners we've had in my opinion

Totally agree mate, the Eisners are brilliant, some idiot fans wanting them gone are off their nuts, they have very short memories and not recall the awful dark times of our recent past when we almost went out of business, the Eisners are superb, I love what they are doing to FP and will be forever grateful we are staying in the old girl, come on PUP PPU

​@@pompeylad1977 agreed

Quite right Alex. Unfortunately every club has its fair share of deluded idiots who are never satisfied. A few years ago we were within a hair's width of going out of business altogether. Now we are solvent, have our own training ground in Portsmouth and the added bonus of the first serious ground upgrade for many years.

I'm a Blade matey but it's looking good for you and your rite it has to be done,ok you need players everyone does but you also need to update your stadium cis when your club is on the up your all set up for it ain't you.👍

Are you THE Andy Cole? Ha ha

I remember Ron Davies going into the concrete trench at the Milton end whilst he was a Fratton. I must have been 9 or 10. So pleased we’re staying.

Yeah, I was there that day......lucky he did not get his head caved in..... went to Fratton Park back in the dark days of the 70's, when Pompey had a proper mob, the Fulham fans were in the side with railings either side, and a huge crew burst in a gate and the police could not control it, it was carnage for us!!! Even my mates girlfriend had her nose broken.....memories!!

We have in and out for all toilets. Better stadium than you smelly skates will ever have

With everything in balance and the budget he has and now a third window and with the training programme hopefully starting to yield some results we can compete this season. Nothing is guaranteed and this season might not be the one, I want to at least see us up there though fighting out a promotion place by the end, win or lose.

Yeah it’s being done. They’ve actually announced they are bringing the plans forward by 6 months as we are ahead of schedule

Yep, it's the next stage of the project.

It's all grotty, it's how they like it.

Yes, that's correct - the seating will start at pitch level rather than below. Although the old arrangement may have been cool, your view is basically the players' feet and you couldn't see the other side of the pitch due to the slight camber (hump) in the pitch. It was originally designed for standing, but take off the approx 1m difference between standing and sitting height, it really is a terrible view. Plus players regularly fall down off the pitch onto the seats, so it's a health and safety nightmare! I don't think we'll miss the trench, but I do have happy memories, as I used to stand at the front when I started going at 9 years old.

I believe Andy Cullen said when the current work is complete it will be back up to 20,000 but of course after that the Milton End is being redeveloped which will probably increase the capacity by another 1,500 and then of course, hopefully, in the not too distant future the new North Stand will add another few thousand to the total.

@@MrRQBQ perfect thanks :) I’ve heard when they first took over they was planning on doubling the fratton end which I believe is currently 5,000 unless there’s reasons to not expand fratton end then I think they could probably add another 2,000

@@callanparsons8707 I've not heard anything about the Fratton End but I imagine it would be possible to add another tier to the current stand. Other clubs have done similar.

Wow

We were going to buy another guy out of the army like we did with Whittingham. The £400 quid was way beyond what the Eisners were willing to spend though

@@robb8002 the owners have spent more on Pompey then any other owner. I’d hardly call them cheap.

@@christopherbowness7341 Yes of course. After 6 years of ownership we have a team of no value. We have a patched up stadium dictated by bare minimum requirements of health and safety. And 2 experienced academy coaches have left because there is no investment in youth development. Open your eyes mate

@@robb8002 I agree it’s not been exactly what we expected. Regarding the stadium is harsh, I’ve been going for over 30 years now and the stadium is now looking fantastic and will be much more pleasant match day experience And is hardly done on the cheap. The academy or lack of has been a disappointment. And this summer they must invest i. That first team squad. But a lot of other clubs have far better infrastructure than us, we have always had to pay over the odds the attract the players. Players get more money elsewhere as investment is having to go to so many other avenues. We stopped being a big club king before the eisners arrived. They haven’t got all things right but they’ve done so much more then previous owners over the last 30 years. Terry venables was the last owner to put investment into the ground, 22 years ago now!

Yeah you are signing a player from Dorking for a packet of crisps

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a pervo cabin....

From what I've heard, it's not possible to install a cantilevered stand at the Milton End because it's on contaminated ground which means they can't do any piledriving. I'm not sure whether that also applies to a possible new North Stand but there weren't any problems when they developed the new Fratton End so who knows.