Pompey Talk returns with the inside track on the unprecedented scenes at Fratton Park, which led to the Championship clash with Millwall being postponed. We explore the key issues behind the call and ask questions on what could have been done better, as fans were quite literally left in the dark.
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00:00I want to address the lack of information, but before I do that I'll carry on from what Jordan was saying.
00:07The fraternend, I was told by stewards, there was no lighting in the toilets.
00:11The kiosk couldn't sell anything, which some fans were getting angry about.
00:14They didn't have electricity to sell anything there.
00:16The lights inside the fraternend weren't working, even though the floodlights on the ground were.
00:21So these were issues as well, where electricity and lights weren't working in areas.
00:26Obviously the fan zone lights were still working.
00:29I spoke to Marlon Packack of the game and he said the players were told that some of the lights in the stands weren't working.
00:35So they weren't there for the supporters, that's what the players were told.
00:39And you could see that, it was different stands.
00:41And then that brings me on to the communication, which was absolutely appalling.
00:48I left the press box quite early to have a walk around and see what the issues were.
00:54And I stood between the south stand and the fraternend in the corner there and did a few videos.