Monday 14 September 2009

The start of the Al Fahim era

At the first home game of the season against Manchester City, Al Fahim was at last able to celebrate his ownership of the club.

Al Fahim wore a replica Portsmouth Away shirt and a baseball hat. He even had his name and year of birth (77) printed on the back. During half-time and at the start of the second half, he paraded round the ground milking the applause. He embraced a number of the disabled fans and then sat with the fans for the start of the second half.

Some fans were not impressed and the UK journalists were quick to pour scorn Al Fahim. These kind of gestures and this 'self-centred' approach rarely impress the hard-core fans in the UK.

The message from Al Fahim was that he is 'one of them' and shares their ecstasy and pain.

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