Just a quick update on yesterday`s `Perfect Day` post.  It seems that Saints` closest rivals in terms of Hampshire football - the blue few of Portsmouth FC - have failed once again to extricate themselves from the quagmire that is League One (aka Division 3 of English football.) 

For the second year running they were beaten in the semi-final of the League One play-off, this time on penalties by Oxford United, thus missing out on a trip to Wembley for Monday`s final and missing the opportunity to compete in the Championship.  Seems that my perfect day yesterday had an extra element of piquancy as Portsmouth`s fate was not confirmed until late in the evening, providing the comforting fact that neither they nor Southampton will be playing in the Championship next season.   A question of maintaining social distancing between the two rival clubs to two quite separate divisions in the football family.

No wonder Portsmouth uber fan, John Portsmouth Football Club Westwood - to give him his full name - is looking so glum but at least he can look forward to resuming his place at Fratton Park (kraP nottarF) as a haven of refuge from the hurly-burly stressful world of his Petersfield bookshop.   I feel his pain for it was not too many years ago that the Saints were themselves marooned in League One - I remember Mr. Westwood and his chums being over the moon at that but at least we Saints fans managed to retain our sartorial elegance.