Southampton vs Portsmouth was a long-awaited derby match rooted in ‘pure hatred’

Soccer – FA Cup – Southampton v Portsmouth – St Mary’s.

As FourFourTwo strolls up the peninsula from the docks to the stadium, Southampton is quiet in that way cities can only ever be on Sunday mornings.

This is no time for a football match but that’s the whole point. This meeting of maritime rivals is a bubble match. Portsmouth supporters will be bussed in from three alighting points just along the coast whether they want to be or not.