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  • It is now nine months and 35 games in all competitions since Ipswich last failed to score in a match - having been promoted, 20 of those games have come this season including cup fixtures against PL Wolves and Fulham.
  • It is now nine months and 35 games in all competitions since Ipswich last failed to score in a match - having been promoted, 20 of those games have come this season including cup fixtures against PL Wolves and Fulham.
    Good news we’re being run very similar 🤥
  • edited November 2023

    (It was an own goal)
  • edited November 2023
    Danepak said:

    (It was an own goal)
    i resent you putting up my latest FIFA online stats
  • Our draw on Saturday was the only game in the English Football League that wasn’t played on the mainland UK.
  • It is now nine months and 35 games in all competitions since Ipswich last failed to score in a match - having been promoted, 20 of those games have come this season including cup fixtures against PL Wolves and Fulham.
    When did Bonne leave?
  • Our draw on Saturday was the only game in the English Football League that wasn’t played on the mainland UK.
    Portsmouth is not on the mainland UK now ?
    We should have been told about this. 
  • Our draw on Saturday was the only game in the English Football League that wasn’t played on the mainland UK.
    Portsmouth is not on the mainland UK now ?
    We should have been told about this. 
    Its on Portsea island.
  • Our draw on Saturday was the only game in the English Football League that wasn’t played on the mainland UK.
    Is this a joke I don’t get?
  • arny23394 said:
    Our draw on Saturday was the only game in the English Football League that wasn’t played on the mainland UK.
    Is this a joke I don’t get?
    Their ground is on an island. 
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  • arny23394 said:
    Our draw on Saturday was the only game in the English Football League that wasn’t played on the mainland UK.
    Is this a joke I don’t get?
    Their ground is on an island. 
    Is it an island though.  It is connected in the North by land to the UK according to googlemaps.  What have I missed?
  • It is now nine months and 35 games in all competitions since Ipswich last failed to score in a match - having been promoted, 20 of those games have come this season including cup fixtures against PL Wolves and Fulham.
    When did Bonne leave?
    Bonne left Ipswich in May '22 and that run started in Feb '23
  • BalladMan said:
    arny23394 said:
    Our draw on Saturday was the only game in the English Football League that wasn’t played on the mainland UK.
    Is this a joke I don’t get?
    Their ground is on an island. 
    Is it an island though.  It is connected in the North by land to the UK according to googlemaps.  What have I missed?
    Only connected by Bridges though...


  • it's one of the all time great quiz questions. Fratton Park is the only Football League or Premier League ground outside of Great Britain
  • rina said:
    it's one of the all time great quiz questions. Fratton Park is the only Football League or Premier League ground outside of Great Britain
    It isn't outside of Great Britain it's an Island that is part of Great Britain.
  • rina said:
    it's one of the all time great quiz questions. Fratton Park is the only Football League or Premier League ground outside of Great Britain
    It isn't outside of Great Britain it's an Island that is part of Great Britain.
    Great Britain is an island as is Portsea, at least geographically

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_of_the_British_Isles

    There is the political usage of GB which includes all the islands but I think it makes more sense to use the geographical rather than political sense in this situation

    It's not a clearcut argument either way though
  • edited November 2023
    A slight nuance:-

    Portsmouth is the only Football League / Premier League ground that isn't ON Great Britain. Portsea Island is an island off the coast of Great Britain (the geographic entity, not to be confused with the political entity of Great Britain and Northern Ireland which Portsea Island is IN). 
  • Is Canary Wharf not in mainland UK either then ?
  • Is Canary Wharf not in mainland UK either then ?
    Of course it is. Portsmouth is on Portsea Island, which is an island off the south cost of the geographic entity of Great Britain. Canary Wharf is in London…(and it’s not a football ground…)
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  • Is Canary Wharf not in mainland UK either then ?
    Of course it is. Portsmouth is on Portsea Island, which is an island off the south cost of the geographic entity of Great Britain. Canary Wharf is in London…(and it’s not a football ground…)

    Don't the Canaries play in Norfolk? 😬
  • Is Canary Wharf not in mainland UK either then ?
    Of course it is. Portsmouth is on Portsea Island, which is an island off the south cost of the geographic entity of Great Britain. Canary Wharf is in London…(and it’s not a football ground…)
    So, what is the criteria ?
    Has to have “island” somewhere in the geographical description ?

    The Isle of Dogs doesn’t qualify, but does Canvey or Sheppey (both have footy teams) ?
  • How have I been to FP twice with no recollection of leaving the mainland?
  • JaShea99 said:
    How have I been to FP twice with no recollection of leaving the mainland?
    You may have had your eyes shut as you went over one of the causeways. Rest assured, Portsea Island is an Island off the coast of Great Britain. If only the internet provided a tool for fact checking.
  • Is Canary Wharf not in mainland UK either then ?
    Of course it is. Portsmouth is on Portsea Island, which is an island off the south cost of the geographic entity of Great Britain. Canary Wharf is in London…(and it’s not a football ground…)
    So, what is the criteria ?
    Has to have “island” somewhere in the geographical description ?

    The Isle of Dogs doesn’t qualify, but does Canvey or Sheppey (both have footy teams) ?
    An island is a body of land surrounded by water. 

    The below link may be useful. Both Canvey and Sheppey are considered islands. Both have football teams, but my original fact that didn't sound true (and clearly still doesn't) was about football league fixtures.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_of_the_British_Isles
  • JaShea99 said:
    How have I been to FP twice with no recollection of leaving the mainland?
    You sneezed. And in that 2 seconds that your eyes closed, you crossed the two meter wide river separating mainland England and Portsea
  • JaShea99 said:
    How have I been to FP twice with no recollection of leaving the mainland?
    You sneezed. And in that 2 seconds that your eyes closed, you crossed the two meter wide river separating mainland England and Portsea
    We always swim to Fratton Park
  • JaShea99 said:
    How have I been to FP twice with no recollection of leaving the mainland?
    You sneezed. And in that 2 seconds that your eyes closed, you crossed the two meter wide river separating mainland England and Portsea
    It’s a creek. Did no one here do Geography at school? 

    Don’t get me started on oxbow lakes.

  • Is Canary Wharf not in mainland UK either then ?
    Of course it is. Portsmouth is on Portsea Island, which is an island off the south cost of the geographic entity of Great Britain. Canary Wharf is in London…(and it’s not a football ground…)
    So, what is the criteria ?
    Has to have “island” somewhere in the geographical description ?

    The Isle of Dogs doesn’t qualify, but does Canvey or Sheppey (both have footy teams) ?
    An island is a body of land surrounded by water. 

    The below link may be useful. Both Canvey and Sheppey are considered islands. Both have football teams, but my original fact that didn't sound true (and clearly still doesn't) was about football league fixtures.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_of_the_British_Isles
    OK, it seems from Wiki that you are correct. 
    Nice one. 

    I just have one other niggle - 
    If there are no other league teams on a UK island, then surely every Pompey result is unique - thus changing your original footy fact to simply,
    ”every Pompey home result is unique”. 

    Or did I misunderstand something ?
  • Is Canary Wharf not in mainland UK either then ?
    Of course it is. Portsmouth is on Portsea Island, which is an island off the south cost of the geographic entity of Great Britain. Canary Wharf is in London…(and it’s not a football ground…)
    So, what is the criteria ?
    Has to have “island” somewhere in the geographical description ?

    The Isle of Dogs doesn’t qualify, but does Canvey or Sheppey (both have footy teams) ?
    An island is a body of land surrounded by water. 

    The below link may be useful. Both Canvey and Sheppey are considered islands. Both have football teams, but my original fact that didn't sound true (and clearly still doesn't) was about football league fixtures.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_of_the_British_Isles
    OK, it seems from Wiki that you are correct. 
    Nice one. 

    I just have one other niggle - 
    If there are no other league teams on a UK island, then surely every Pompey result is unique - thus changing your original footy fact to simply,
    ”every Pompey home result is unique”. 

    Or did I misunderstand something ?
    Yes you are right, but I wrote it specific to us and the day we played them for added affect. It sounded more interesting than just stating Pompey were the only team…
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