Play Up Podcast - Portsmouth Football Club Discussion
A regular light-hearted chat amongst a few like-minded Pompey Fans discussing everything Portsmouth FC.Hosted by Scott Mclachlan ably assisted by the PUP team of Jamie, Reece, Phil and Tim.Alongside current discussion the Podcast contains chats with Fans called - My Pompey Life - covering memories and why they love Portsmouth FC
Play Up Podcast Episode 29 - The Positives and Negatives of Pompey's start.
The Championship season is off and running and Pompey have left fans pondering more questions than answers.
Luckily a lot of the questions are discussed in this weeks episode and perhaps we provide one or two answers.
We discuss players who have arrived, Swift, Segacic and others and we also discuss and lament players who have left. Plus those still sitting in the doorway when it comes to the likes of Matt Ritchie.
The Quiz is based on Pens, inspired by Colbys latest miss, play along if you can name any of Pompey to...
Play Up Podcast Episode 28 - Happy New Season!
Excitement is building as the 25-26 EFL Championship Season draws ever nearer for Portsmouth FC and the Fans.
Host Scott Mclachlan is joined by Phil, Jamie, Tim and Reece to discuss a range of topics in preparation for the kick off in August.
Transfers in and out are discussed, with everyone giving thier critical assessment of the current squad and what may be needed to improve it.
Phil provides a Quiz which you can play along with, just who are Pompey's 12 most expensive signings? And which one may be a Bigamist?!
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Play Up Podcast - Episode 27 - End Of Season Celebration
Please raise your glasses and toast Pompey!
Join Scott, Reece, Jamie, Tim and Phil in celebrating Pompey's 1st season back in the Championship.
In the final episode this season we have a tricky quiz to start before the Full Season Review with the gang.
We highlight 4 pivotal and important games, give our thoughts on the season and we pick our favourite players, goals and moments of the 24-25 campaign.
It's been a pleasure creating these Podcasts for the last 18 months and we hope you've enjoyed them. See you next season!
Play Up Podcast - Episode 26 - Super Pompey Staying Up!
Its a celebratory Podcast and the penultimate one of this season and what a season its been!
Scott is once again joined by Phil and Reece who discuss the vital games that secured Pompey's Championship status for another season.
Its a Final Day quiz as well this week, with Scott and Reece being tested on final day games and their efforts probably demonstrate that End of Season games, unless you win the League, are very forgettable.
We also give Christian Saydee some love alongside Harvey Blair. Are you able to guess how much P...
Play Up Podcast - Episode 25 - Late Late Late Drama
Pod Host Scott is once again joined by Phil and Reece to dig through the ruins of Pompeys last 3 games and agonise over what may have been due to more last gasp goals.
We try to answer the burning questions. Just why wasn't Derbys keeper sent off? Why wasn't a massive Swede-Serbian known for heading the ball a lot not brought on at Millwall? Are you a Gareth Evans or a Christian Burgess fancier?
All that and more answered in this weeks episode.
We also have a Quiz, how many top Pompey goal sc...
Play Up Podcast - Episode 24 - Soaring Highs and Crushing Lows
Scott is joined this week by Phil, Reece and Tim as we try to pick the bones out of the last 3 games which saw Pompey beat the best team in the league then lose to the worst. Football eh? Bloody Hell.
We discuss what went right, and then what went a bit wrong and Scott is STILL furious with Mousinho over Preston.
Our quiz this week is called Play Your Caps Right and we hope you can play along.
Finally we look ahead to the now vital game against Blackburn and Reece offers u...
Play Up Podcast - Episode 23 - Pack at the Back is Back!
This week Scott Mclachlan is joined by Phil, Reece and a welcome return from Jamie to the pod.
The tight win at home to QPR and the dire away game at Luton is reviewed and the word Shocking is used liberally and with good reason.
We find out just whose house Atkinson was seen leaving in suspicious circumstances and why Westwood was denied entry to Luton.
On more a more serious note the Pompey Supporters Trust Survey is doing the rounds and we discuss at length the state of the club and whether...
Play Up Podcast - My Pompey Life - Neil Allen
4th in the series of My Pompey Life discussions where I chat to Chief Sports Reporter of the Portsmouth News - Neil Allen
Recently clocking up over 1000 games watching Pompey, Neil has seen the massive highs of the Premiership and the FA Cup win and also the massive lows of Pompey dropping down the divisions and almost being liquidated.
He chats about Managers, Players and even a few rogue Owners which forced him to be a much a court room expert as he was a sports expert.
A Villa fan but he loves...
Play Up Podcast - Episode 21 - Pompey Win Away Shock!
Welcome to the latest episode of the Play Up Podcast hosted by Scott Mclachlan and this week assisted by Reece, Tim and all the way from Switzerland, Simon.
The baffling loss at Sheffield Utd is discussed, we still can't believe we missed those great chances, but that disappointment is countered by the hardworking win at home vs Cardiff and the 2nd away win of the season at Oxford.
Langs injury is a major blow but his replacement options are discussed for the coming games and the PUP team are quietly confident the goals and wins...
Play Up Podcast - Episode 20 - Fab February Mark 2?
This week we review the last 3 games starting with the horror of West Brom away, the disappointment of Millwall at home ending with the utter boredom of trying to stomach Burnley at Fratton Park.
Phil provides the quiz this week and taxes our brains to remember former players by their career history. Hope you can play along.
All the transfer activity from January is discussed and we size up the strength of the squad going into what hopefully will prove to be a Fab February.
Plug us into your ears and give it a...
Play Up Podcast - Episode 19 - Pompey Staying Up Ole Ole!
All of us here at the Play Up Podcast team were saddend by the passing of Alec Lumb at the Boro game on Saturday, our thoughts are with his family and friends at this time. Play Up Pompey and Rest In Peace Alec.
Play Up Podcast - Episode 19 - Pompey Staying Up Ole Ole!
In this weeks episode we use the word exasperation a lot, well for the Blackburn loss anyway. Otherwise we are all very chipper, Phil once again apologises for EVER doubting Matt Ritchie and Reece gives us an exclusive insight in...
Play Up Podcast - Episode 18 - Happy 2025!
Play Up Podcast - Episode 18
A Happy New Year to everyone and we hope you had a good holiday break.
After a slightly extended break for Xmas and New Year we are back to cover all of Pompey's games over the notoriously tricky Xmas period and the team had mixed fortunes with some thumping wins and disappointing losses.
Each one of the PUP team cover a game each and we also cover the encouraging arrival of Rob Atkinson.
We predict Pompey's final league position with some surprising positivity and look forward...
Play Up Podcast - Episode 17 - The Adventures of Anonymous Potts
Play Up Podcast - Episode 17
Your host is joined by Phil, Reece and Jamie to discuss the last 3 games which saw Pompey claim 5 points and their best performance of the season at home to Bristol City.
The usual unusual topics, just whose blood did Colby Bishop get during his Op?
Which player has a Victorian Adventurers name? And who did we pick for Player of the Pod this week? Well it could really have been any of the team!
Enjoy our Pre-Christmas pod and we all wish you a Merry Xmas!
Play Up Podcast - Episode 16 - Bishop is Back!
What a difference a week makes in Football! Pompey are off the bottom of the table and their talismanic Striker has returned after heart surgery.
Your host - Scott Mclachlan - is joined by Phil and Tim to discuss Pompey's last 3 games which included, finally, a bombastic home win to make that 2 wins in the Championship.
Phil updates us from the Annual Pompey Supporters Trust meeting with the top brass and confirms what will definitely happen in the January Transfer window and its not just loans! He also has an update from Murphy's Fratton End ne...
Play Up Podcast - Episode 15
Pompey relegated already?
After a tough week for Pompey, the Play Up gang look back at the last 3 games and try and make sense of the state of the Club.
The team is analysed from back to front as we try and make sense of just how and why Pompey are playing so badly and we get some unique insight into just what the Eisners are thinking about how the season could pan out.
Is Mousinho jobs safe? Should it be? Will Pompey pull off a great escape once Shaughnessy and Bishop return?
Play Up Podcast - Episode 14 - the Blabber Brigade are Back!
Play Up Podcast - Episode 14 - 10/10/24
Scott and the gang are back and this weeks episode tries to make sense of the last 3 games. Jamie, Tim, Reece and Phil give their verdicts on 2 home points and an away spanking at Stoke.
We question everything, from John Mousinho and Rich Hughes to Marlon Pack and wonder if we are up to the challenge that the Championship presents Pompey.
When will Pompey get their first win and is it just like the season in 87-88 when we we're just not good enough?
We a...
Play Up Podcast - Episode 13
Play Up Podcast - Episode 13 - unlucky for some!
Host Scott is joined by Jamie, Tim and new talent Phil to discuss West Brom and Burnley defeats and look for positives, do they succeed?
Find out the odds on someone unlikely to score against Sheffield Utd, we bemoan the work-in-progress team and look forward to the end of the very very tough games, and into the just very tough games in October. Will Pompey's fortunes turn round soon?
And feel free to join in with the quiz, see if you can guess the 3 pl...
Play Up Podcast - My Pompey Life - Reece Hawkins
3rd Special Episode of the Play Up Podcast - recorded 19th September 24
Welcome to the 3rd of our special episodes where I interview Pompey Fans and people connected to the club both past and present.
Reece Hawkins went to his first game in 2004 and it turned out to be a drama filled game that got him hooked for life!
Sporting a big hat a la Westwood, he enjoyed Pompey's Premiership adventures and 4 Wembley trips as he grew up with a soft sport for Paddy Berger. Many other games are remembered, especially one involving L...
Play Up Podcast - Episode 12
Play Up Podcast - Episode 12
This week Scott, Jamie and Reece discuss the last 2 Championship games and decide just how badly we were humped by Sunderland.
Deadline day gets covered and we discuss how long it will take for all the new signings to gel, has John Mousino decide that he can't be arsed with the first 7 games and is building a team to have a storming Winter?
We also go back in time and discuss previous transfer window surprises and vote for our best ever signing.
Please Enjoy!
Play Up Podcast - Episode 11
11th Episode of the Play Up Podcast - recorded 20th August 2024
The Play Up Podcast team discuss the first two fixtures of the season which have brought Pompey 2 points and a very decent start to life back in the Championship.
We try and unpick the madness that took hold of Kaminski with the Fratton End view giving us insight into the barney that caused it.
We delve also into Roman history to work out when Pompey last beat 10 men plus we lick our lips with the signing of Abdulaye Kamara and maybe Robocop a...
Play Up Podcast - Episode 10 - Season Opener! Championship 24-25 here we go!
10th Episode of the Play Up Podcast - recorded 1st August 2024
We're Back!
Pompey are back in the Championship and its safe to say that the Play Up Podcast team are bricking it.
We discuss the current state of the squad, Bishops dodgy ticker and we bodyshame Usain Bolt as well as looking at those first 4 League games that Pompey will play in August.
No-one cares about the League Cup and Pompey rarely reach round 2 or even 3 so we didn't bother with that.
Play Up Podcast - Episode 9 - End of Season review
9th Episode of the Play Up Podcast - recorded May 23rd 2024
Despite technical hitches, illness and post-promotion hangovers we finally bring you the End of Season review of Pompeys most successful league season in 21 years.
Scott hosts and is ably assisted by fellow Pompey fans Jamie, Tim and newcomer Reece who definitely brings some gravitas and intelligence to the Pod.
We dissect the season and also discuss who excelled and who had the most impact on the season in various areas of the pitch, and off it. We mourn the passing of Raggett a...
Play Up Podcast - My Pompey Life - Donald Vass
2nd Special Episode of the Play Up Podcast - recorded May 8th 2024
Welcome to the 2nd of our special episodes where I interview Pompey Fans and people connected to the club both past and present.
Donald Vass has been supporting Pompey for over 20 years and got a season ticket at just the wrong time! Or right time depending on your point of view in 2009 when the wheels completely fell off the Pompey Bus and a few years of strife commenced.
Pervious to that his Dad took him from Worthing to Fratton a the...
Play Up Podcast - Episode 7
7th Episode of the Play Up Podcast - recorded April 12th 2024
Welcome to the 7th Play Up Podcast with host Scott Mclachlan and fellow Pompey Fans Jamie and Tim discussing all things Portsmouth Football Club.
In this episode we cover the exciting draw at home to Derby County and the relatively comfortable win at home again vs Shrewsbury with both results, plus a draw for Derby away at Wycombe mid-week, setting up the Bolton game where a win for Pompey see them secure the Title and Promotion.
And talking of Titles, we talk...
Play Up Podcast - 125th Anniversary Special
Special Episode of the Play Up Podcast - recorded April 5th 2024
An unscheduled but no less interesting episode of the Play Up Podcast where we attended the 125th Anniversary Dinner and which also encompassed the relaunch of the Hall Of Fame for 2024.
I speak to Alan Knight, Guy Whittingham, John Mousinho, Andy Cullen and John Westwood, with Colin Farmery, who is the Pompey History Society Chair, giving us an insight into the three new Inductees for this year.
I hope you enjoy!
Play Up Podcast - My Pompey Life - Colin Farmery
Special Episode of the Play Up Podcast - recorded March 26th 2024
Welcome to what is the first of our special episodes where I interview Pompey Fans and people connected to the club both past and present.
Colin Farmery of the Pompey History Society remembers the 1970's seasons where it is fair to say Pompey struggled and eventually ended up in England's lowest professional League but just at the end of the Decade saw some success with Promotion from Division Four.
Sporting a dangerous rattle at the age of 7 Colin fell in love with...
Play Up Podcast - Episode 4
4th Episode of the Play Up Podcast - recorded March 19th 2024
Welcome to the 4th Play Up Podcast with host Scott Mclachlan and fellow Pompey Fans Jamie and Tim discussing all things Portsmouth Football Club.
In this episode we nervously look at Pompey's run-in plus the Promotion and Title chances and how nervous, or not, they make us feel.
We also discuss the PST survey results, and reveal who hates Jimmy Dickinson and a brief pause while some misplaced glasses are found.
Play Up Podcast - Episode 3
3rd Episode of the Play Up Podcast - recorded Feb 29th 2024
Welcome to the 3rd Play Up Podcast) with host Scott Mclachlan and fellow Pompey Fans Jamie and Tim discussing all things Portsmouth Football Club as they battle technical issues and failing memories.
In this episode we celebrate Fab February and look at the March to the Championship and the upcoming fixtures. A brief flirtation with Player of the Season (so far) and then we discuss the new Pompey Trust initiative where they invite fans to pick 5 memorable players for a future mural.
R...
Play Up Podcast - Episode 2
2nd Episode of the Play Up Podcast - recorded Feb 19th 2024
Welcome to the 2nd Play Up Podcast (and they said we woudn't make it!) with host Scott Mclachlan and fellow Pompey Fans Jamie, Tim and Jeff discussing all things Portsmouth Football Club.
In this second episode we discuss Fab February and the approach of bogey team Charlton, Magical Teleporting, the steel of John Mousinho , new kids on the block and an homage to Pompey's Bambi on Ice.
Oh and someone mentions Harry Dewitt-White, for some reason.
Enjoy!
Play Up Podcast - Episode 0 (pilot)
Pilot Episode of the Play Up Podcast - recorded Jan 31st 2024
Welcome to the very first Play Up Podcast with host Scott Mclachlan and fellow Pompey Fans Jamie and Jeff discussing all things Portsmouth Football Club.
In this 1st episode we discuss John Mousinho's 1st year, the Pompey Xmas Curse and the appropriate use of Suntan lotion when forming working relationships plus a few other things besides.