The Immortals. What was he thinking?
It's not as if he mentioned the Bendovers or the Saucy Pompeys.
Incidentally, the Pompeys got that nickname because of their pinkish coloured uniforms, a colour which was also known as pompadour. Any man who wore pink in those days got called a pompadour or pompey for short. Little Pompey got the same nickname because their traditional shirt colours were pink, which is why they were also nicknamed the Shrimps. Of course, when the original Portsmouth FC was wound up in 1911, the new club which was formed to replace them changed their colours to blue to show they had no connection with the previous club but they couldn't shake off the pompey nickname.
The pompadour (pompey) pink colour took its name from Madame de Pompadour, who loved the colour pink in both her dresses and the walls of her chambers.
The original Pompey:
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