‘Absolute stitch-up...embarrassing...best result’: Ipswich Town fume as Portsmouth followers react to Championship postponement
Pompey’s clash with Ipswich Town is off at Fratton Park thanks to a frozen pitch, with John Mousinho’s side decimated by injuries. Inevitably the decision has created plenty of debate on social media - here’s a selection of views on X (formerly Twitter).
Absolute stitch up. -2 with covers on is not postponement material. 10 players out and off the back of a 0-5 reverse is. #ITFC @Phil_Pritchard
Can't get spanked if the game gets called off. Pompey been throwing ice onto the pitch all night to make sure it gets abandoned! @kingsleh
That's literally the best result we could have hoped for. Well done Head groundsman and all the ground staff. #pompey @VelimirZajec
Ridiculous why we haven’t got under-soil heating in this day and age. I thought we were building for bigger and better things. This just looks bloody amateur! @Kevin5LiveChamp
This isn’t a good thing. With the already rearranged Charlton fixture, 1 we are going to be in the relegation zone and playing catch up, 2 with our league 2 quality squad, more weeks of Saturday Tuesday games is going to kill us. We’ve never been able to cope with it. @joerobbs
Best result we've had all season, that. @BourbonBert
Unbeaten home streak in 2026 continues! @Povey1990
And if our players weren't all inured we definitely wouldn’t have forgotten to put pitch covers on! @reece_finn53580
A bit of luck? We get a rest and some players back! Could of been an ugly afternoon with the B team back on the pitch at home. Up the blues! @PompeyFlag
How can Championship team have a game called off due to a frozen pitch....haha! @itfc192837465
A bit embarrassing for us really. But good to not have two 5-0s in a row. Due to the injuries and budget restrictions our current available team would struggle in League Two. @IndianaDerman
How are teams allowed to spend millions on players, but the pitch isn’t up to standard. There's got to be a new rule in place. This is embarrassing #itfc @MaxiWardley
A club at this level of football why didn’t you get covers with fan heaters. Wweather has been like the since Christmas and the pitch would have been frozen yesterday, why do we now live in a world where we don’t do things properly. I feel for the Ipswich fans @clarky867630