"We should still be going as we will be still on the prelude to the birthday month of December"<br/><br/>"One of my more embarrassing experiences happened in Portsmouth, incidentally, which is a big Navy town, on an island near Southampton.  You can tour Admiral Lord Nelson's flagship HMS Victory, which is now in the Dockyard, and there is a hook embedded in the deck where he fell at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Guess who tripped over that hook just as the ex-sailor leading the tour was describing his demise."<br/><br/>OOC Portsmouth are strong favourites to win. They are former national champions while Altrincham are a semi-pro club who are renowned for beating bigger clubs, and are in good form.