Back to The Valley shirt

The original Back to The Valley shirt was beautifully simple, but also underlined how little money the club had in those days to throw around as every penny went on getting our spiritual home ready for the homecoming that memorable day almost 25 years ago.

The club with Hummel, who have been a great partner so far, have combined along with supporters to produce a one-off anniversary kit for the Portsmouth 25-year Back to The Valley game, and they’ve done a good job.

The cost of the kit is steep at £75, but does include an individually-numbered presentation box, as well as a unique certificate of authenticity, which probably means the 500 that are produced won’t be worn.

The new kit is also very simple and I’m happy that it will be logo-free. The ode to Walshie’s 3.07pm winning goal also pleases me greatly, as indeed does seeing both he and captain on that day Simon Webster in the new shirt.

Back to The Valley, we’re going Back to The Valley..