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'''John Anthony Portsmouth Football Club Westwood''' (born 1963) is one of the most recognisable [[association football|football]] supporters in [[England]].<ref name=MilanBacks>{{cite news|url=http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/east-hampshire/milan_backs_westwood_against_away_bans_1_1258630|title=Milan backs Westwood against away bans|date=18 September 2003|publisher=Johnston Press|work=''The News''|accessdate=9 December 2009}}</ref> |
'''John Anthony Portsmouth Football Club Westwood''' (born 1963), also known as '''that cunt with the bell'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wsc.co.uk/weekly-howl/955-2009/2492-weekly-howl-16-01-09|title=Weekly Howl 16-01-09|publisher=When Saturday Comes|accessdate=30 November 2012}}</ref> is one of the most recognisable [[association football|football]] supporters in [[England]].<ref name=MilanBacks>{{cite news|url=http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/east-hampshire/milan_backs_westwood_against_away_bans_1_1258630|title=Milan backs Westwood against away bans|date=18 September 2003|publisher=Johnston Press|work=''The News''|accessdate=9 December 2009}}</ref> |
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He has 60 [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] tattoos, the club crest shaved onto his head and 'PFC' engraved on his teeth.<ref name=Echo4657876/><ref name=BBC8155407/> He can be clearly heard ringing his bell, to represent the "[[Portsmouth F.C.#The Pompey Chimes|Pompey Chimes]]", almost continuously throughout Portsmouth matches. He wears a large [[Top hat|stove pipe hat]], curly blue wig, and uses a [[Bugle (instrument)|bugle]] as well as his [[handbell]].<ref name=MilanBacks/> |
He has 60 [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] tattoos, the club crest shaved onto his head and 'PFC' engraved on his teeth.<ref name=Echo4657876/><ref name=BBC8155407/> He can be clearly heard ringing his bell, to represent the "[[Portsmouth F.C.#The Pompey Chimes|Pompey Chimes]]", almost continuously throughout Portsmouth matches. He wears a large [[Top hat|stove pipe hat]], curly blue wig, and uses a [[Bugle (instrument)|bugle]] as well as his [[handbell]].<ref name=MilanBacks/> |
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Westwood was banned from [[South Coast derby|South Coast]] arch-rivals [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]'s [[St Mary's Stadium]] for urinating on seats in the away end and being thrown out of a derby match in 2003 for persistently refusing to sit down when ordered to by stewards.<ref name=Echo4661120>{{cite news|last=Stephenson|first=Corey|url=http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/4661120.Controversial_Pompey_supporter___s_on_display/|title=Fans want Porstsmouth fan painting removed from Southampton Art Gallery|date=2 October 2009|publisher=''Southern Daily Echo''|accessdate=9 December 2009}}</ref> However, he was in the crowd on 13 February 2010, when Portsmouth defeated Southampton 4-1 in the [[2009–10 FA Cup#Fifth Round Proper|fifth round]] of the [[2009–10 FA Cup|FA Cup]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8513483.stm|title=FA Cup and Football League action as it happened |date=13 February 2010|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=13 February 2010}}</ref> along with the 2-2 draw in the Championship on 7 April 2012. |
Westwood was banned from [[South Coast derby|South Coast]] arch-rivals [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]'s [[St Mary's Stadium]] for urinating on seats in the away end and being thrown out of a derby match in 2003 for persistently refusing to sit down when ordered to by stewards.<ref name=Echo4661120>{{cite news|last=Stephenson|first=Corey|url=http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/4661120.Controversial_Pompey_supporter___s_on_display/|title=Fans want Porstsmouth fan painting removed from Southampton Art Gallery|date=2 October 2009|publisher=''Southern Daily Echo''|accessdate=9 December 2009}}</ref> However, he was in the crowd on 13 February 2010, when Portsmouth defeated Southampton 4-1 in the [[2009–10 FA Cup#Fifth Round Proper|fifth round]] of the [[2009–10 FA Cup|FA Cup]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8513483.stm|title=FA Cup and Football League action as it happened |date=13 February 2010|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=13 February 2010}}</ref> along with the 2-2 draw in the Championship on 7 April 2012. |
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In September 2007 he played in the [[Premier League Allstars]] on [[Sky Sports]], playing as a celebrity fan for Portsmouth. |
In September 2007 he played in the [[Premier League Allstars]] on [[Sky Sports]], playing as a celebrity fan for Portsmouth and missed an easy chance to score. |
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Westwood was not permitted to take any instruments to the [[2008 FA Cup Final]] at [[Wembley Stadium]], a match won by Portsmouth.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-566897/His-John-Anthony-Portsmouth-Football-Club-Westwood-today-team-compete-unfashionable-FA-Cup-final-ever.html|title=His name is John Anthony Portsmouth Football Club Westwood...and today his team compete in the most unfashionable FA Cup final ever|last=Hardman|first=Robert|date=17 May 2008|work=''Mail Online''|accessdate=10 December 2009}}</ref> |
Westwood was not permitted to take any instruments to the [[2008 FA Cup Final]] at [[Wembley Stadium]], a match won by Portsmouth.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-566897/His-John-Anthony-Portsmouth-Football-Club-Westwood-today-team-compete-unfashionable-FA-Cup-final-ever.html|title=His name is John Anthony Portsmouth Football Club Westwood...and today his team compete in the most unfashionable FA Cup final ever|last=Hardman|first=Robert|date=17 May 2008|work=''Mail Online''|accessdate=10 December 2009}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 11:23, 29 December 2012
John Portsmouth Football Club Westwood | |
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 Westwood at The Valley, Charlton, London in 2006 | |
| Born | John Anthony Westwood 1963 (age 60–61) |
| Occupation | Antiquarian bookseller |
| Known for | Portsmouth FC |
John Anthony Portsmouth Football Club Westwood (born 1963), also known as that cunt with the bell[1] is one of the most recognisable football supporters in England.[2]
He has 60 Portsmouth tattoos, the club crest shaved onto his head and 'PFC' engraved on his teeth.[3][4] He can be clearly heard ringing his bell, to represent the "Pompey Chimes", almost continuously throughout Portsmouth matches. He wears a large stove pipe hat, curly blue wig, and uses a bugle as well as his handbell.[2]
Background
Born in Liss, Hampshire Westwood started attending Pompey matches in 1976.[5] As his commitment grew to the club, so too did his range of Portsmouth FC themed accessories. In 1989 he changed his name, by deed poll, from John Anthony Westwood to John Anthony Portsmouth Football Club Westwood and he is probably the most recognisable Portsmouth supporter.[6]
Supporting Portsmouth
After he was thrown out of Gillingham FC's Priestfield Stadium in September 2002, one Portsmouth fans website criticised Westwood, describing him as being a "drunk yob".[7] However, two days later they issued an apology stating they had "gone too far."[8]
Westwood was banned from South Coast arch-rivals Southampton's St Mary's Stadium for urinating on seats in the away end and being thrown out of a derby match in 2003 for persistently refusing to sit down when ordered to by stewards.[9] However, he was in the crowd on 13 February 2010, when Portsmouth defeated Southampton 4-1 in the fifth round of the FA Cup.[10] along with the 2-2 draw in the Championship on 7 April 2012.
In September 2007 he played in the Premier League Allstars on Sky Sports, playing as a celebrity fan for Portsmouth and missed an easy chance to score.
Westwood was not permitted to take any instruments to the 2008 FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, a match won by Portsmouth.[11]
In popular culture
In 2003 Westwood was featured in the BBC television Social anthropology project Video Nation.[12] A photo reportage entitled Fan de foot. So British! by Paris based photographer Andrew McLeish about men, passion and football, focussing on Westwood, won the French magazine Paris Match's 2004 "Prix du Public" competition for photography students.[13]
He also features on the cover of Chuck Culpepper's 2007 book, Up Pompey, an American's take on English football fans.[14]
In 2008 a portrait of Westwood by artist Karl Rudziak won the Portsmouth Open Art Competition. In February 2009 it was accepted for the BP Portrait Awards exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London, where it was on display from June until September.[15] On 28 September 2009 the exhibition began a national tour, starting at the Southampton City Art Gallery.[3][4] However, the display caused controversy with some Southampton FC supporters calling for the painting to be removed.[9]
Rudziak commented that during the sittings for the portrait, he began to understand that Westwood's tattoos and costume were not simply an attention seeking display but a way of externalising his deep passion for Portsmouth FC and reflecting his inner self.[15]
Professional career
Since his father Frank's death in January 2006[16] Westwood has been a partner in the family business.[17]
"It's a bit Jekyll and Hyde. When I go to a local book fair, I cover up my tattoos and put on a suit. But more often than not, I end up talking to the book dealers about Pompey and it turns out they've got more tattoos than I have."
— Westwood talking about his job, tattoos and supporting Portsmouth[18]
In 2007 Westwood wrote a book, The True Pompey Fan's Miscellany.[19]
Bibliography
- The True Pompey Fan's Miscellany (2007)
References
- ^ "Weekly Howl 16-01-09". When Saturday Comes. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Milan backs Westwood against away bans". The News. Johnston Press. 18 September 2003. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|work=(help) - ^ a b "City art gallery shows painting of John Westwood". Southern Daily Echo. 1 October 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b "John Westwood portrait scores". BBC Hampshire. 22 July 2009. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
- ^ Man of the Match ~ John Anthony PFC Westwood. School of Cultural Studies, University of Chichester. 29 November 2009. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
- ^ "The Fans - Fans agree to disagree". thisisthesaints.co.uk. 2005. Retrieved 9 December 2009.[dead link]
- ^ "We don't need fans like Westwood". Fratton Faithful. 8 September 2002. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
- ^ "This website went too far". Fratton Faithful. 10 September 2002. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
- ^ a b Stephenson, Corey (2 October 2009). "Fans want Porstsmouth fan painting removed from Southampton Art Gallery". Southern Daily Echo. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "FA Cup and Football League action as it happened". BBC Sport. 13 February 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
- ^ Hardman, Robert (17 May 2008). "His name is John Anthony Portsmouth Football Club Westwood...and today his team compete in the most unfashionable FA Cup final ever". Mail Online. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|work=(help) - ^ "POMPEY By John Westwood". Video Nation. BBC. 12 April 2003. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
- ^ Bertilsson, Sara. "Andrew Mcleish". EDIT. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
- ^ Culpepper, Chuck (1 August 2007). Up Pompey: A Clueless American Sportswriter Bumbles Through English Football (1st ed.). Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-297-85283-3.
- ^ a b "John Anthony Portsmouth Football Club Westwood". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
- ^ "Obituaries - Frank Westwood Owner of the Petersfield Bookshop". The Independent. 25 January 2006. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "The Petersfield Bookshop". The Petersfield Bookshop. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
- ^ Vulliamy, Ed (3 August 2003). "Up Pompey". The Observer. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help); Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Westwood, John (30 March 2007). The True Pompey Fan's Miscellany. Pennant Books Ltd. ISBN 0-9550394-8-7.