Portsmouth fan strips naked and swims in fountain to celebrate League Two title success
A Portsmouth fan has stripped off and swum round a city centre fountain naked after his team secured the League Two title in dramatic fashion.
Roofer Joe Brindley had vowed to carry out the forfeit as Pompey went into the final day of the season in third spot behind rivals Doncaster and Plymouth.
Portsmouth fan Joe Brindley strips naked to swim around a fountain
The 22-year-old boldly posted on his Facebook page: “If Pompey wins the league tomorrow I will swim around the fountain down town b*****k naked!”
But on an amazing conclusion to the season, both Plymouth and Doncaster failed to win their games – allowing Pompey to snatch the championship with a 6-1 win over Cheltenham.
Joe Brindley was forced to swim naked around a fountain after Portsmouth won the League Two title
That left red-faced Joe with no option but to carry out his forfeit at the fountain in the middle of the city's shopping centre.
Joe said: "When I wrote the status I didn't actually think it was going to happen.
"I go to all the home games, and most of the away games as well, and I didn't think we had a chance.
"I was literally sat there on the night, I was sober, chatting with my girlfriend and my family and I just thought 'You know what'. It just came up in my head.
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"I thought 'I'm going to write it'. I didn't think it was going to get over 100 likes once my friends all spotted it, and they all said 'we're holding you to this'. I couldn't let them down.
"What I didn't know at the time is that my stepdad Neil swam around the fountain too when we get promoted to the Premier League.
Pompey fan Joe Brindley takes his dip in the city centre fountainJoe Brindley carries out his forfeit of swimming naked in the fountain after Portsmouth won the League Two title
"But when I actually did it he said mine was better because he said 'you did it naked'. He thought it was brilliant.
"My mum was like 'fair play, I take my hat off to you'. Everyone saw the funny side. I was't expecting it to get 70,000 views on Facebook and shared on different groups.
"The banter has been flowing at work. They cannot believe I have done it. They've all been saying 'You need to get yourself checked out swimming in that water'.
"As I was swimming around there were fag butts and bottles in the water, it was disgusting to be honest. But I had to keep my word."
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