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Portsmouth Football Club is an English master association football golf club in Portsmouth, Hampshire. The team compete in EFL League One, the one-third tier of the English football league system. The clubhouse was founded on 5 April 1898 and home matches are played at Fratton Park, their original home labor which was first opened on 15 August 1899. Portsmouth are besides known as Pompey, the local nickname for both the city of Portsmouth and HMNB Portsmouth. [ 1 ] uniquely, Portsmouth is the only club in English professional football which is not located on the mainland of Great Britain, [ 2 ] as the club and the city of Portsmouth are both built on Portsea Island alternatively. Portsmouth have been the top tier League Champions of England doubly ; in the consecutive 1948–49 and 1949–50 seasons. Portsmouth have won the FA Cup doubly ; in 1939 and 2008, the FA Charity Shield once in 1949 and the EFL Trophy once in 2019. They have besides won the second tier title once in 2002–03, the third grade three times in 1923–24 ( South ), 1961–62, 1982–83 and the one-fourth tier once in 2016–17. By winning the League Two title in 2017, Portsmouth became entirely the fifth English football club to win all four tiers of current English professional football. In summation, Portsmouth are besides one of alone two english football clubs ( along with Wolverhampton Wanderers ) to have been champions of five master divisions including the former regional Football League Third Division South backing in the 1923–24 season. Before their election into the national English Football League in 1920, Portsmouth were besides champions of the regional Southern Football League in 1901–02 and 1919–20. The team were besides champions of the Western Football League in 1900–01, 1901–02 and 1902–03. After earning promotion from the Second Division in the 1926–27 season, Portsmouth became the first football baseball club south of London to reach the First Division, the acme grade of professional English football. They besides became the first gear club in the Football League to gain promotion through three professional divisions ; from the Third Division ( 1920–21 to 1923–24 ( South ) ), to the Second Division ( 1924–25 to 1926–27 ) and reaching the inaugural Division for the 1927–28 season. Portsmouth remained in the First Division for a farther 32 years until relegation to the second gear Division at the conclusion of the 1958–59 season. Their most holocene period in the top tier was between 2003 and 2010, when they besides participated in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, Portsmouth ‘s only appearance in european competition. The baseball club ‘s fortunes declined between 2010 and 2013 when the club entered fiscal administration doubly and were relegated three times, dropping to the fourth tier and their lowest detail since the 1979–80 season. The club were saved in 2013 from high Court liquidation after being bought out by the fan-owned Pompey Supporters Trust ( PST ) on 10 April 2013. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] This made Portsmouth the largest fan-owned football club in England until 3 August 2017, when the PST sold it to The Tornante Company, an investment company owned by former Disney CEO Michael Eisner. [ 5 ] [ 6 ]

history [edit ]

For information on a dislocation of Portsmouth ‘s league and cup history, see List of Portsmouth F.C. seasons

other early Portsmouth clubs [edit ]

• 1883–1896 – Portsmouth A.F.C. – Amateur club formed by Portsmouth architect Arthur Cogswell. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle played as a goalkeeper under the pseudonym, “A.C. Smith”.
• ?–1891–?? – Portsmouth Town F.C. – An amateur team who almost became Portsmouth’s first professional club, but whose efforts failed and led to their disbandment.
• 1894–1899 – Royal Artillery (Portsmouth) F.C. (reformed 1900–1901) – A popular amateur army team based at the United Services Recreation Ground complex at Burnaby Road, Portsmouth. Their supporters were the originators of the “Town Hall Chimes” (later, “The Pompey Chimes”) and the team were nicknamed “Pompey” before the professional Portsmouth F.C. were formed in 1898. A “professionalism” scandal in 1899 led to their “retirement” and a rise in interest of the new Portsmouth F.C.. Royal Artillery (Portsmouth) F.C. briefly reformed for one more season in 1900–1901.

1898–1899 : establish of Portsmouth F.C . [edit ]

12 High Street, Old Portsmouth The club was beginning founded on 5 April 1898 at 12 High Street, Old Portsmouth, ( the office of solicitor John Edward Pink ) as “The Portsmouth Football and Athletic Company”, with John Brickwood as president, The company directors were :
A Blue Plaque on the wall of 12 High Street, Old Portsmouth ( Alderman John E. Pink ‘s solicitors ‘ office building ) commemorates the founding on 5 April 1898 .
In 1899, make began on developing a diagram of former agrarian state near Goldsmith Avenue, Milton, Portsmouth into a newly football ground, bought in 1898 from the local Goldsmith farming family. The raw football establish was to be named Fratton Park after the nearby and convenient Fratton railway place, with an adjoining railway goods yard located between the two. Frank Brettell was announced as Portsmouth Football Club ‘s first manager-secretary in February 1899, [ 9 ] he had been secretary-player with the St Domingo Club ( now Everton ) in Liverpool and helped “ create the administration which became Everton ”. [ 10 ] Brettell joined Portsmouth F.C. in May 1899 and his first Portsmouth signings were irish goalkeeper Matt Reilly and Harry Turner both from the recently “ retire ” royal Artillery ( Portsmouth ) F.C. besides joining Portsmouth as a new conductor was regimental Sergeant-Major Frederick Windrum, the treasurer-trainer from Royal Artillery. [ 9 ] Brettell, with his valuable northern contacts, besides signed Scottish football player Tom Wilkie, the former Heart Of Midlothian and Liverpool actor. Bob Blyth and Alex “ Sandy ” Brown were both signed from Preston North End. Edward Turner, Harold Clarke and Harold Stringfellow all came from Everton. Dan Cunliffe, Thomas “ Tommy ” Cleghorn and Robert “ Bobby ” Marshall were all signed from Liverpool. [ 10 ] A bold and ambitious application for Portsmouth ‘s direct introduction into the Southern League First Division, without the common probationary period in the lower divisions, was accepted, [ 11 ] and the cabaret joined the Southern Football League Division One for the 1899–1900 temper. The southern League were identical keen to see a professional team from Portsmouth join the Southern League, the Southern League secretary, Mr Nat Whittaker was quoted in the press as saying ; “ personally, I think there is a great future for ‘socker ‘ ( sic ) generally in Portsmouth and if they can only do well next temper the success of the club is assured. Help them ? Of course, I will, and anyone else who wants to make football grow in the south ”. Whittaker besides said he was convinced that Portsmouth would be elected into the league by the other clubs at the adjacent general meeting of the Southern League, which they were. [ 9 ] Portsmouth ‘s inaugural competitive Southern League peer was played away at Chatham Town at Maidstone Road, Chatham on Saturday 2 September 1899, [ 12 ] which Portsmouth won 1–0, with Portsmouth ‘s first-ever goal scored by Harold Clarke. During the match, Portsmouth director Frank Brettel had sent telegrams of the latest score every fifteen minutes to Fratton Park, where crowd had gathered to hear the latest news program. [ 13 ] Four days belated, on Wednesday 6 September 1899, the first-ever home match at Fratton Park was played ; a friendly against local township rivals Southampton, which Portsmouth won 2–0, with goals from Dan Cunliffe and Harold Clarke. [ 14 ] Portsmouth ‘s first competitive Southern League home match followed on Saturday 9 September, a 2–0 win against Reading, with goals again scored by Clarke and Cunliffe, attended by a crowd of up to 7000 supporters. [ 15 ] Portsmouth ‘s first 1899–1900 season in the Southern Football League Division One was successful, with the club winning 20 out of 28 league matches, earning them the runner-up smudge in the table behind champions, Tottenham Hotspur. In their second 1900–01 Southern Football League Division One season, Portsmouth finished in one-third position behind second gear rate Bristol City and beginning place Southampton. Portsmouth besides joined the 1900–01 western Football League and finished exceed as Division One champions. [ 16 ] The following season saw Portsmouth actor Bob Blyth become Portsmouth ‘s second director on 1 August 1901, replacing Frank Brettell who had left on 31 May 1901. Portsmouth won the 1901–02 Southern Football League backing claim. however, Portsmouth were not promoted and no teams were relegated. No cabaret had applied for election to the Football League proper. In the 1901–02 western Football League, Portsmouth besides won the Division One championship for a second base consecutive season. [ 16 ] In the 1902–03 Southern Football League, Portsmouth finished in third base place. In the 1902–03 western Football League, Portsmouth won the Division One championship for a third consecutive season. [ 16 ] The following 1903–04 southern Football League saw a fourth-place polish. On 5 July 1904, Portsmouth F.C. Chairman and Brickwoods Brewery owner, Sir John Brickwood was Knighted by His Majesty, King Edward VII. [ 17 ] In the 1903–04 western Football League, Portsmouth finished in fourth stead behind champions Tottenham Hotspur. Richard Bonney, the ex-army soldier who had co-founded Royal Artillery ( Portsmouth ) F.C. in 1894, became Portsmouth ‘s third base director on 1 August 1905 for the 1905–06 Southern Football League. Portsmouth finished in third base identify. In the 1905–06 western Football League, Portsmouth finished in one-seventh position behind champions Queens Park Rangers. A new baseball club pavilion was designed and built by Arthur Cogswell in the southwest corner of Fratton Park, which housed the club offices and player ‘s change rooms. John Brickwood besides donated a clock column steeple to the east side of the new pavilion. In the 1906–07 Southern Football League, Portsmouth ended the season as runner-up for a irregular clock, after Fulham won the title by equitable two points. meanwhile, in the 1906–07 western Football League, the top Division One was split into adequate ‘A ‘ and ‘B ‘ sections, with a playoff between the two section winners to decide a Division One champion. Portsmouth finished in third stead in the ‘B ‘ section of Division One. The 1906–07 season was highlighted by the visit of Manchester United to Fratton Park in the FA Cup, which generated a criminal record attendance of 24,329. A 2–2 guide meant a play back in Manchester, where Portsmouth recorded a celebrated 2–1 win. The next 1908–09 season, Portsmouth finished in fourth position. In their last western Football League appearance, Portsmouth finished in fourthly position of the ‘B ‘ segment of Division One. At the conclusion of the season, all fourteen members of the split ‘A ‘ and ‘B ‘ sections of Division One resigned from the western Football League. For the 1909–10 Southern Football League, Portsmouth abandoned their salmon pinko and maroon “ Shrimps ” era shirts and changed their colours to white shirts, navy blue sky shorts and navy blue socks. Portsmouth ended their season in one-sixth place before the follow season saw the team win only 8 of their 38 games and were relegated. Manager Richard Bonney was then get go. A severe fiscal crisis struck between seasons and a public solicitation for funds in May 1911 kept the club adrift. [ 18 ]

1912 : reclamation [edit ]

With the recruitment of Robert Brown from Sheffield Wednesday, as Portsmouth ‘s fourth director, the team finished second target in the 1911–12 Southern Football League Division Two behind Merthyr Town and were promoted as runner-up. however, the club ‘s finances were in trouble again, with losses and debts increasing to £10,000. [ 18 ] A shareholders touch was called on 8 May 1912, where George Lewin Oliver, one of the original founders and directors, proposed that “ The Portsmouth Football and Athletic Company “ should be wound up and replaced with a more business orientated company. The original company was then liquidated to remove the debt and on 27 July 1912, the “ Portsmouth Football Club Ltd “ was formed as the new parent company of Portsmouth F.C., with significant fiscal guarantees given by the board of directors. The original 1898 founding conductor George Lewin Oliver became the newly Portsmouth F.C. chair. [ 19 ] For the new 1912–13 southern Football League season bet on in Division One, Portsmouth, now under newly ownership, wore fresh home color of blue sky shirts, white shorts and black stockings. [ 20 ] Portsmouth finished the season in 11th position. Portsmouth ‘s celebrated crest, consisting of a crescent moon and star made its first gear appearance in the 1913–14 season. The lunar month and star motif comes from the Portsmouth town ( then ) coat of arms and are believed to date back arsenic far as the time of Richard I. curiously, the ace on the original badge featured a asterisk with five points preferably than the eight that appear on the town crest. [ 20 ] Portsmouth ended the season in 9th side. football was suspended during the 1914–1918 First World War. many with connections to Portsmouth F.C. joined the “ Pompey Pals Battalions ”, which formed parts of the Hampshire Regiment. many never returned home. [ 21 ] In 1915, the Fratton End terrace was upgraded to accommodate 8,000 standing supporters and covered with a ceiling for the first base time. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] On 6 June 1918, an american army team played a canadian army team in a baseball match at Fratton Park, with the gate money donated to the british Red Cross. The US united states army team won 4–3. [ 22 ] [ 18 ] Following the resumption of matches in the 1919–20 season, Portsmouth won the Southern League championship for the moment time. Portsmouth were then elected to the Football League Third Division as founder members. John McCartney took over as the fifth director of Portsmouth on 1 May 1920 from Robert Brown who had left to join Gillingham, besides in The Football League .
Chart of postpone positions for Portsmouth since joining the Football League .
Competing in the inaugural address season in England ‘s Football League Third Division, Portsmouth claimed the title only four years subsequently in the 1923–24 temper with the team being promoted into the second Division. Debuting in the second base division for the beginning time, they finished in fourthly place behind Derby County, Manchester United and the division champions, Leicester City. The take after season, a newly South Stand was designed by celebrated football architect Archibald Leitch and was opened by Football League President John McKenna on 29 August 1925, just before the kickoff against Middlesbrough. [ 24 ] The season ended with Portsmouth in eleventh position. After finishing in eleventh position, Portsmouth won forwarding to the first division by finishing runner-up in the 1926–27 Second Division season and in the process, getting their biggest club winnings with a 9–1 home plate gain over Notts County, which is still the highest home winnings seduce record to date. Portsmouth ‘s promotion to the top class in English football was a double celebration ; the first gear achieved by a football club based south of London, and the first achieved by a club graduating from the Third Division to the First Division. [ 25 ] Sunderland A.F.C. fan and South Shields coach Jack Tinn joined Portsmouth as new coach on 1 May 1927, replacing John McCartney who had resigned ascribable to ill health. Portsmouth ‘s debut temper in the 1927–28 First Division was a contend, finishing one point and one identify above relegation. The future 1928–29 season in the First Division, Portsmouth continued to falter, losing 10–0 away at Filbert Street to Leicester City, which is still a club record off get the better of. Despite their failings in the Football League, however, that season besides saw Portsmouth reach the FA Cup Final for the first base time, which they lost to Bolton Wanderers. One Pompey patron is reported to have “ carried a black big cat, with the club colours around its neck ” to the 1929 FA Cup Final. [ 26 ] Portsmouth managed to survive relegation, finishing one locate above delegating. From 1929 to 1934, Portsmouth had become a regular top-half postpone closer in the First Division. The 1933–34 season saw Portsmouth again reach the FA Cup final examination for a second time, having beaten Manchester United, Bolton Wanderers, Leicester City and Birmingham City on the way. The club was again defeated in the FA Cup Final, this time by Manchester City. Halfway through the 1934–35 season, on 23 December 1934, the original 1898 founding conductor and late Portsmouth president, George Lewin Oliver died. [ 27 ] Using money from the June 1934 sale of defender Jimmy Allen and money from the 1934 FA Cup Final, Portsmouth F.C. announced at Christmas 1934 that Fratton Park ‘s North Stand was to be demolished and replaced with a much larger digest, increasing the ground capacitance to more than 58,000. [ 28 ] The 1934–35 season ended with Portsmouth in fourteenth position and seven points above relegation. On 7 September at the begin of the 1935–36 First Division season, in a home game against Aston Villa, the newly North Stand was opened by John McKenna, who had besides opened Fratton Park ‘s new South Stand ten years early. [ 28 ] Former Portsmouth defender Jimmy Allen, whose sale in 1934 had largely paid for the raw North Stand, was portray at the game, as captain of the visiting Aston Villa team. The new North Stand briefly held the nickname of “ The Jimmy Allen Stand ” for a while afterwards. Portsmouth ended the 1935–36 season in one-tenth plaza .

1938–39 season : First FA Cup victory [edit ]

Having established themselves in the top trajectory, the 1938–39 season saw Portsmouth reach the FA Cup Final for the third time with coach Jack Tinn, who had worn his ‘lucky ‘ spats throughout the qualifying rounds. This was indeed third time lucky, as Portsmouth managed to defeat favourites Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–1 in what the press had dubbed, ‘The Gland Final ‘ – a reference book to ‘monkey gland ‘ testosterone injections – used by both teams ( and others ) that season. [ 29 ] Bert Barlow and John ‘Jock ‘ Anderson scored, whilst Cliff Parker scored twice ( one-third and fourth goals ). The new 1939–40 season in the First Division began on Saturday 26 August 1939. On Friday 1 September 1939, Germany invaded Poland. On Saturday 2 September 1939, all divisions of the Football League played their third and concluding game of the season, with Blackpool F.C. at the top of the board and Portsmouth in 18th situation. These would be the last national Football League fixtures before desertion following the british resolution of war on Germany on Sunday 3 September 1939. large gatherings of crowd were suspended with the execution of the Emergency Powers ( Defence ) Act 1939. however, football competitions did take place during the war, with the Football League being split into ten regional mini leagues, with Portsmouth in ‘League South ‘. An annual national cup competition was held besides, called the Football League War Cup. In 1942, Portsmouth reached the London War Cup final, [ 30 ] a contest that had begun only a temper earlier in 1940–41. The London War Cup was held once again during the 1941–42 season and was intended by its organisers to stand in for the FA Cup, despite the official Football League War Cup rival had been taking set per annum since 1939. The London War Cup contest required Portsmouth, the current FA Cup champions, to secede from the Football Association to enter. Portsmouth progressed to the 1942 London War Cup final at Wembley Stadium, but were beaten by Brentford and finished as runner-up. After the competition, Portsmouth paid a ten Pounds readmission fee to rejoin the Football Association again. [ 31 ] The London War Cup contest was never played again. Ironically, the London War Cup trophy win by Brentford in 1942 was reused for subsequent Football League War Cup competitions. The trophy was last presented in 1945 to Chelsea and remains in the Chelsea F.C. museum nowadays. During his wartime visits to Portsmouth, Field Marshal Montgomery became concerned in Portsmouth Football Club and was made honorary President of Portsmouth F.C. in 1944 ( until 1961 ). [ 32 ] The end of World War II in 1945 caused Portsmouth to hold the differentiation of holding the FA Cup trophy for the longest uninterrupted period of seven years, as the trophy was not presented again until the 1946 FA Cup Final. Manager Jack Tinn was rumoured to have kept the FA Cup trophy ‘safe under his bed ‘ during a separate of the war. Because the dark blue city of Portsmouth was a primary coil strategic military target for german Luftwaffe bombing, the FA Cup trophy was routinely moved around the city of Portsmouth for its condom and protective covering, moving from Fratton Park ‘s boardroom, into bank vaults, back to Fratton Park and around local public house. During the worst of the bombard on Portsmouth, the FA Cup trophy was besides taken ten-spot miles north of Portsmouth, to the nearby Hampshire village of Lovedean, where it was kept and displayed in a quaint thatched roof country public house called “ The Bird in Hand ”. [ 33 ] In 1945, the FA Cup trophy was taken around the streets of Portsmouth and proudly shown off at Victory in Europe Day street parties. FA Cup rival was resumed for the 1945–46 temper, but the resumption of the Football League had to wait one more year. Portsmouth, as a Division One team and as the current FA Cup Champions ( from 1939 ), were drawn to play against Birmingham City in the Third Round stage of the FA Cup contest. The first of the two-leg tie was played at Birmingham ‘s St. Andrew ‘s stadium on 5 January 1946 and the result was 1–0 in Birmingham City ‘s favor. The moment leg at Fratton Park ended 0–0 on 9 January 1946, with Birmingham City winning 1–0 overall on aggregate. ( See 1945–46 FA Cup for entire results ) The FA Cup trophy was not to stay with Portsmouth for an one-eighth consecutive year and was returned to the Football Association in meter for the 1946 FA Cup Final, in which Derby County were awarded the trophy. The Football League last resumed in 1946–47. Portsmouth had capitalised on the footballers called up to serve in the Royal Navy and Royal Marines in the war years and recruited some of them. In this manner, Portsmouth had the pick of some of the best. Portsmouth ended the 1946–47 Football League First Division season in 12th place. On 1 May 1947, fabled coach Jack Tinn left Portsmouth, with Bob Jackson taking over the function on the same day. The second post-war Football League First Division temper resumed under director Bob Jackson in 1947–48. This was besides the first season Portsmouth wore crimson socks, which replaced their traditional black socks. The loss socks were an idea proposed by Portsmouth ‘s honorary president, Field Marshal Montgomery, who had suggested that Portsmouth should wear crimson socks to commemorate the sacrifice of british servicemen lost in war. Red is traditionally the color of the british Army and besides of the Remembrance poppy flower, and so Montgomery ‘s idea was adopted by Portsmouth at the start of the season. Bob Jackson ‘s Portsmouth finished in 8th stead at the end of the 1947–48 First Division season .

1948–49 and 1949–50 : Champions of England [edit ]

In their 50-year “ gold jubilee ” anniversary 1948–49 season, Bob Jackson ‘s Portsmouth side were tipped to be the beginning team of the twentieth century to win a historic Football League and FA Cup “ double “. The potential of a rare ‘Double ‘ see Fratton Park attracting average home attendances of 36,000 supporters, and a phonograph record attendance of 51,385 in an FA Cup quarter-final match against Derby County on 26 February 1949, which Portsmouth won 2–1. portsmouth lost 1–3 in the FA Cup semi-final against Leicester City on 26 March 1949 at the neutral Highbury stadium. Portsmouth however, did win one half of the ‘Double ‘, securing the First Division title and becoming Football League Champions of England at the end of the 1948–49 season, with Manchester United finish up as runner-up. Portsmouth ‘s championship-winning team consisted of Ernest Butler, Phil Rookes, Harry Ferrier, Jimmy Scoular, Reg Flewin, Jimmy Dickinson, Peter Harris, Duggie Reid, Ike Clarke, Len Phillips, Jack Froggatt, Jasper Yeuell, Lindy Delapenha, Bert Barlow and Cliff Parker. Bob Jackson ‘s Portsmouth english beat Aston Villa 5–1 on the last sidereal day of the following 1949–50 season, winning the Football League entitle again for a second back-to-back season – on goal average – as both Portsmouth and runners up Wolverhampton Wanderers finished the temper with 53 points each, and alone one point ahead of third gear place Sunderland on 52 points. Portsmouth are one of alone five english teams to have won back-to-back consecutive top-flight League titles since the conclusion of World War II. In the postdate 1950–51 season, League champions Portsmouth finished in 7th position, 13 points behind title winners Tottenham Hotspur. Eddie Lever took over at Pompey in 1952 after championship-winning director Bob Jackson joined Hull City. In the 1952–53 season, Portsmouth finished in 15th place and alone 4 points above the relegation zone, with Arsenal F.C. winning the league championship. Portsmouth finished third in the 1954–55 season, only 4 points behind winners Chelsea F.C. . In the 1955–56 season, on 22 February 1956, Fratton Park hosted the Football League ‘s first ever floodlit evening game, against Newcastle United, played under floodlights erected on top of the North Stand and South Stand ceiling. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] Portsmouth ended the temper in 12th place in Division One. The original solid earthbank Fratton End stand was replaced in 1956 with a new stall built from prefabricate concrete and steel. It had two distinctive terraced tiers, a roof amphetamine terrace and an alfresco lower patio. In the 1956–57 season, Portsmouth escaped relegation by four points and finished two places above the drop zone. In the follow 1957–58 season, Portsmouth once again scat relegation on goal average and finished one place above the delegating zone. Manager Eddie Lever left Portsmouth in April 1958. Freddie Cox became new Portsmouth director in August 1958. The new 1958–59 season was the first Football League season with four home divisions. The two old regional Third Divisions ( North and South ) which had begun in the 1921–22 season were restructured and replaced with two new national divisions, named the Third Division and Fourth Division. At the end of the 1958–59 temper Portsmouth finished bottomland of the First Division, ending their 32-year stay in the First Division, and delegating to the Second Division. By now, the championship winning team of 1949 and 1950 had been broken up, caused by ageing or wound .

1959–1979 : decline and delegating to the Fourth Division [edit ]

Following the bottom-place ending in the previous 1958–59 First Division season, Portsmouth started the 1959–60 season in the Second Division, the second gear tier of English football, which Portsmouth had last been in during the 1926–27 season. After another poor season, they escaped a far relegation to the Third Division only by 2 points and finishing only one place above the delegating zone. In the 1960–61 season Portsmouth finished second-to-last space in the Second Division relegation zone and were relegated once again to the Third Division, ( the beginning erstwhile English League champions to do then ). Manager Freddie Cox was sacked in February 1961. [ 36 ] Under the guidance of George Smith, Portsmouth, nowadays in the Third Division for the 1960–61 season had a good season and were promoted back to the second Division at the inaugural prison term of asking after winning the Third Division entitle. Field-Marshal Bernard ‘Monty ‘ Montgomery of Alamein, was the honorary President of Portsmouth, having begun to support them during World War II due to the proximity of his headquarters at Southwick House on the outskirts of Portsmouth. In private correspondence dated 25 April 1962, he wrote to Smith : “ I congratulate you very much on getting Portsmouth out of the Third Division – which was completely a ill-timed put for a celebrated team. While the players all did their thrust, the major credit goes to you. ” Despite limited fiscal means, director George Smith maintained Portsmouth ‘s Second Division condition throughout the rest of the 1960s until Smith was replaced by Ron Tindall in April 1970 as Smith moved upstairs to become general director in April 1970, until his retirement from football in 1973. The cash injection that accompanied the arrival of John Deacon as chair in 1972 failed to improve Portsmouth ‘s Second Division side. Ron Tindall was replaced in May 1973 by John Mortimore. however, Ron Tindall returned for two games as caretaker coach after director John Mortimore left in 1974. Ian St. John became new Portsmouth coach in September 1974. With Deacon unable to continue bankrolling the cabaret on the same plate, Portsmouth finished bottom of the Second Division in the 1975–76 season and were relegated down to the Third Division. In November of the 1976–77 Third Division season, the golf club found itself needing to raise £ 25,000 to pay off debts and so avoid bankruptcy. [ citation needed ] With players having to be sold to ease the club ‘s fiscal situation, and no money available for replacements, Portsmouth were forced to rely on inexperienced new players. Initially results improved, but then declined again. On 4 May 1977, Ian St. John was replaced as coach by former Portsmouth and England external player Jimmy Dickinson. They ended the 1976–77 temper alone one station and one point above the Third Division ‘s delegating zone. They were relegated at the end of the new 1977–78 season, finishing in penetrate invest. In the 1978–79 Fourth Division season, Portsmouth finished in 7th position. Jimmy Dickinson suffered a kernel attack near the end of the season and after the temper in May 1979, was replaced by Frank Burrows .

1979–1987 : restitution to the First Division [edit ]

Under Frank Burrows new management, Portsmouth gained forwarding second to the Third Division after finishing in 4th seat in the 1979–80 temper. Portsmouth would take three seasons before in 1983, Portsmouth claimed their third Division backing championship, gaining promotion bet on into the second Division. In the 1983–84 Second Division season, Portsmouth finished one-sixteenth place in the table. After the season, Bobby Campbell was replaced by former England international and 1966 FIFA World Cup winner, Alan Ball on 11 May 1984. Under Ball, Portsmouth ‘s results markedly improved and they narrowly missed winning promotion to the First Division in the 1984–85 Second Division season, finishing in 4th target on finish difference. They finished in 4th plaza again for the following 1985–86 season. In Ball ‘s third season as Portsmouth director in the 1986–87 Second Division season, Portsmouth finished as runner-up behind Derby County, gaining promotion back to the First Division for the first time since the 1958–59 season. During the temper, the upper grade of the Fratton End stand, built alone thirty years earlier in 1956, was closed due to structural concerns, leaving only the lower tier of the Fratton End clear to fans. By the middle of the new 1987–88 First Division season, the cabaret was again in fiscal trouble. Portsmouth were relegated straight bet on down to the Second Division. The summer of 1988 watch chair John Deacon sell the clubhouse to London-based businessman and early Queens Park Rangers president, Jim Gregory. Fratton Park was in a poor condition, with the Fratton End still half close to fans and leaking roof in the North and South stands. With newfangled chair Jim Gregory injecting money into the club, employment began in the summer of 1988 to demolish the upper tier of the Fratton End and its roof. The North and South stands were refurbished and both received bright new blue-coloured metal sail roof .

1988–2003 : The Second Tier [edit ]

After a single disappoint season in the First Division, Portsmouth were relegated back to the Second Division for the 1988–89 season. Halfway through the season, Alan Ball was sacked on 17 January 1989 and replaced by John Gregory. The entire Fratton end stand was closed during most of the season during destruction works, with only the lower grade of the stand reopening in the spring of 1989. Portsmouth ended the temper lone two places above the delegating partition. Following the 15 April 1989 Hillsborough Disaster, Portsmouth removed the margin fences from Fratton Park for the fresh 1989–90 season, except at the Fratton End to separate away supporters. [ citation needed ] The season saw John Gregory leaving the baseball club on 3 January 1990. adjunct coach Frank Burrows became director for a second spell on 23 January 1990. Portsmouth finished in 12th position at the end of the temper. The 1990–91 season saw Frank Burrows release as coach on 13 March 1991 after a string of bad results. Burrows was replaced by passenger car Graham Paddon until the end of the temper, finishing in 17th position. [ citation needed ] Jim Smith ‘s arrival as coach at the start of the 1991–92 temper sparked a revival in the team ‘s fortunes and that year Portsmouth reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup, meeting Liverpool at achromatic ground Highbury on 5 April 1992 – the 94th Anniversary of Portsmouth Football Club. Portsmouth took the lead in excess time from a 111th minute Darren Anderton goal. however, Liverpool ‘s Ronnie Whelan equalised five minutes late, and the semi-final match ended tied 1–1 after the accord 120 minutes. The tie was then replayed at Villa Park on 13 April 1992 and ended 0–0 after extra time. Portsmouth then lost 1–3 on penalties to Liverpool, who went on to meet Sunderland in the 1992 FA Cup Final, which Liverpool won 2–0. [ citation needed ] The 1992–93 Football League temper saw a major restructure of the English football “ pyramid ” system, caused by all the First Division clubs resigning from the Football League and forming a newly breakaway top tier FA Premier League. now without a first Division, the Football League Second Division was renamed as the “ Football League First Division ” for the 1992–93 temper. The FA Premier League besides had a new winners trophy made, meaning the celebrated old Football League First Division championship trophy became demoted in status, now acting as the modern irregular tier “ first division ” backing trophy rather. Portsmouth had a good 1992–93 season in the fresh “ first division ”, but missed out on automatic pistol promotion to the new first tier Premier League by virtue of scoring only one fewer goal than second-placed West Ham United. In the subsequent forwarding play-offs, Portsmouth lost 3–2 on aggregate over two games to Leicester City in the play-off semi-finals for the third base promotion set. During the 1993–94 season under coach Jim Smith, Portsmouth finished 17th out of 24 in the First Division, winning 15 matches, drawing 13 and losing 18. The team reached the quarterfinals of the League Cup and the one-third turn of the FA Cup, in both cases being knocked out after replays. [ citation needed ] The 1994–95 season was a disappointing one for Portsmouth and after a worsen in form which left them struggling at the improper end of the “ new ” First Division, Jim Smith was sacked on 1 February 1995 and was replaced by Terry Fenwick, who guided them to guard with 4 wins in their final 6 league games. In the 1995–96 season Fenwick ‘s beginning broad temper in charge of Portsmouth, relegation to the Second Division was avoided on the last day of the temper ( on goal dispute ) when Portsmouth won away at Huddersfield Town while other results went the cabaret ‘s room. In the summer of 1996, Terry Venables arrived at Portsmouth as a adviser. Venables had recently resigned as the England home team coach after the UEFA Euro 1996 rival. Fratton Park was transformed into an all-seat stadium, with new amobarbital sodium credit card seats fitted to the lower North terrace, Milton End, lower South terrace paddocks and besides to the leftover of the Fratton End terrace. In the 1996–97 league crusade, Portsmouth finished just shortstop of the stipulate places for the playoffs for promotion to the Premier League. Terry Venables took over as president in February 1997 after buying a 51 per cent controlling partake in the club for £1. [ 37 ] The team enjoyed a hunt in the 1996–97 FA Cup contest, beating FA Premier League side Leeds United on 15 February 1997, but were finally beaten 1–4 by Chelsea F.C. in the quarter-finals at Fratton Park on 9 March 1997. At the end of the 1996–97 season, the Fratton End was fully demolished in the summer ( of 1997 ) and work began to build a raw Fratton End stand. additionally, a new roof extension was built over the lower tier of the North Stand and was completed before the new season started. These new additions to Fratton Park were partially funded by the Football Trust ( now The Football Foundation ). At 4.59pm on Friday 31 October 1997, the modern £2.2 million Fratton End was formally cleared for its opening, with one moment to spare before a 5 phase modulation deadline. Problems with some misorientated Fratton End rooftop floodlights caused the Fratton End of the pitch to be “ shrouded in gloom on Hallowe’en ”, according to the Sky Sports 3 television receiver commentator, causing some doubt that the live televised Division One game against Swindon Town would take locate. [ citation needed ] Fortunately, the peer referee, Paul Danson gave the enterprise for the even fixture. The game was won 0–1 by Swindon Town with an official Fratton Park attendance of only 8,707. As a mark of respect to the clubhouse ‘s former player and coach, a memorial portrait of Jimmy Dickinson was incorporated into the seating of the new Fratton End stand, along with the club ‘s peak. Terry Venables ‘ role as passenger car of the australian national team meant he was frequently absent from Portsmouth. meanwhile, the team ‘s results were hapless. Two-thirds of the way through the 1997–98 season, he and director Terry Fenwick left the club, with Portsmouth on the penetrate of the table, and Venables selling his shareholding back to Martin Gregory, son of former president Jim Gregory. Alan Ball then returned as director for the second time on 26 January 1998. relegation to the third base tier was avoided on the last day of the season – by 1 point. Portsmouth ‘s centennial season, 1998–99, saw a fiscal crisis hit the club, and in December 1998 Portsmouth went into fiscal administration. [ 38 ] Serbian-born US businessman Milan Mandarić saved the cabaret with a takeover deal in May 1999, and the new chair immediately started investing for the new 1999–2000 temper. Alan Ball was sacked on 9 December 1999 during the 1999–2000 temper with the club near the bottom of the table. Tony Pulis took over on 13 January 2000 and steered the club to condom at the end of the temper. In the 2000–01 season, Pulis was put on leave and replaced by Portsmouth player, Steve Claridge in a player-manager function. On 23 February 2001, Graham Rix took over from Claridge. Portsmouth escaped delegating on the last day of the 2000–01 season when they won their final game and Huddersfield Town lost theirs, keeping Portsmouth up at their expense. [ 39 ] During the summer break, erstwhile West Ham United director Harry Redknapp was appointed director of football by Mandaric. A week before the raw season began, 25-year-old Portsmouth goalkeeper Aaron Flahavan was killed in a car crash near Bournemouth on 5 August 2001. In a target of deference, Portsmouth retired his count 1 shirt for the season. Portsmouth signed seasoned Croatian playmaker Robert Prosinečki on a annual softwood and Peter Crouch for the begin of the 2001–02 season. Rix lost his job on 25 March 2002, with Harry Redknapp taking over. Former Portsmouth director Jim Smith was asked to team up with Redknapp, and while he initially turned the offer down to remain as adjunct at Coventry City, he soon arrived at Portsmouth after a change of coach at Coventry saw about all of the clubhouse ‘s coach staff being dismissed. Peter Crouch scored 19 goals for Portsmouth, but was sold to Aston Villa in March 2002 for £5 million. Portsmouth ended the 2001–02 Division One season in 17th topographic point and 4 points above relegation. In the 2002–03 season, Portsmouth led the First Division for most of the season, with Svetoslav Todorov scoring 26 league goals, which made him the First Division ‘s top scorer at the end of the season. Portsmouth finished top as First Division champions on 27 April 2003, six points clear of second-placed Leicester City, gaining promotion ( with a game to spare ) to the FA Premier League, returning to the circus tent grade of English football after an absence of fifteen seasons. [ 40 ] Portsmouth were awarded the Football League First Division Championship trophy for a one-third time, as the former Football League backing trophy had been demoted in condition in 1992–93 ( because of the creation of the FA Premier League ) and had become the second tier trophy. Portsmouth goalkeeper Shaka Hislop, midfielders Matthew Taylor and Paul Merson earned places in the 2002–03 Division One PFA team of the Year award .

2003–2010 : FA Premier League [edit ]

In Portsmouth ‘s Premiership introduction season in 2003–04, the “ Harry & Jim ” partnership of Harry Redknapp and Jim Smith resulted in a thirteenth place final place at the end of the season. about center through the follow 2004–05 season in the Premiership, Harry Redknapp unexpectedly walked out on Portsmouth on 24 November 2004 after a course with chair Milan Mandarić over the appointment of new Director of Football Velimir Zajec at the club. curtly afterwards on 8 December 2004, Harry Redknapp was announced by Southampton F.C. president Rupert Lowe as their newly coach, with Jim Smith as his assistant. [ 41 ] Velimir Zajec then replaced Redknapp as Portsmouth director, but in April 2005, Zajec was replaced by Frenchman Alain Perrin. Perrin managed to secure Portsmouth ‘s Premiership condition with a few games of the season left, including a South Coast Derby 4–1 gain over Harry Redknapp ‘s Southampton side, [ 42 ] who were finally relegated at the end of the season. During the 2005–06 season and after achieving only four wins from a full of 20 games as Portsmouth coach, Alain Perrin was sacked on 24 November 2005, precisely one class to the day since Harry Redknapp left Portsmouth. Harry Redknapp then made a surprise return to manage Portsmouth again after leaving relegate Southampton. In January 2006, Portsmouth were sold by Milan Mandarić and bought by businessman Alexandre Gaydamak. New signings included a quartet from Tottenham Hotspur, then record sign Benjani and Argentine external Andrés D’Alessandro on loanword from VfL Wolfsburg. The cabaret survived their third season in the Premier League one plaza above the delegating zone in 17th placement. With boastfully amounts of money available for Redknapp to make criminal record signings, the club finished the 2006–07 temper in the top half of the board for the first time, in ninth position, only one point inadequate of european reservation .
Portsmouth won the FA Cup for the second meter in 2008 The following 2007–08 season Portsmouth finished eighth in the Premier League and reached the FA Cup final for the inaugural time since 1939. They eliminated Manchester United at Old Trafford in the quarter-finals, and on 5 April 2008, Portsmouth beat Championship side West Bromwich Albion 1–0 at Wembley Stadium in the semi-finals, coincidentally the lapp day that the baseball club celebrated its hundred-and-tenth birthday. On 17 May 2008, Portsmouth played Cardiff City in the FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, the second such final at the newly rebuilt Wembley. Portsmouth won 1–0, with Nwankwo Kanu scoring the merely goal. It was the moment fourth dimension Portsmouth had won the FA Cup .
The FA Cup gain had besides earned Portsmouth a place in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, the club ‘s inaugural clock playing european football. Their first european match was a 2–0 victory over Vitória de Guimarães in the first round on 18 September. Portsmouth went on to win the draw 4–2 on sum, progressing to the group stage. On 25 October 2008, Redknapp abruptly left Portsmouth for a second time, leaving his adjunct Tony Adams to be promoted to the managerial function. On 27 November 2008, Portsmouth drew 2–2 with Milan, going 2–0 astir through goals from Younès Kaboul and Nwankwo Kanu, but conceding two goals later in the game. Adams was dismissed in February 2009. [ 43 ] Youth team passenger car Paul Hart took over as coach until the end of the season, and Portsmouth were guaranteed Premier League base hit on 16 May 2009. Portsmouth finished the 2008–09 Premier League season in 14th rate. On 26 May, Portsmouth accepted a bid from Emirati businessman Sulaiman Al Fahim to purchase the club. [ 44 ] Because of the fiscal problems suffered by the club, Portsmouth were forced to sell several of their top players and high earners, including Peter Crouch, Sylvain Distin, Glen Johnson and Niko Kranjčar. On 21 July 2009, Al Fahim was appointed non-executive chair of Portsmouth. On 19 August 2009, Portsmouth announced on their web site that a rival consortium headed by current CEO Peter Storrie had besides made a wish for the baseball club ; obscure at the time, this was backed by Ali al-Faraj. Despite this, Al Fahim completed the takeover on 26 August 2009 ; al Faraj moved to review a takeover of West Ham United. As the early stages of the 2009–10 temper progressed, the finances dried up and the baseball club admitted on 1 October that some of their players and staff had not been paid. On 3 October, media outlets started to report that a hand was nearing completion for Ali al-Faraj to take control of the clubhouse. On 5 October, a softwood was agreed for al-Faraj and his associates, via BVI -registered ship’s company Falcondrone, to hold a 90 % majority hold, with Al-Fahim retaining 10 % stake and the title of non-executive president for two years. [ 45 ] [ 46 ] Falcondrone besides agreed a distribute with Alexandre Gaydamak the good to buy, for £1, Miland Development ( 2004 ) Ltd., which owns diverse strategic pockets of farming around the ground, once refinancing was dispatch. [ 47 ] Two days after the al-Faraj coup d’etat was completed, Portsmouth ‘s erstwhile technical director Avram Grant returned as director of football. [ 48 ] Because of the fiscal problems, however, the Premier League placed the golf club under a remove embargo, meaning the club were not allowed to sign any players. Avram Grant took over at Portsmouth on 26 November 2009, [ 49 ] [ 50 ] replacing Hart, who had been sacked by the board two days previously due to the club ‘s place at the bottom of the league table. [ 51 ] In December 2009, it was announced that the club had failed to pay the players for the second back-to-back calendar month, [ 52 ] and on the 31st it was announced player ‘s wages would again be paid former, on 5 January 2010. According to common football contracts, the players then had the right to terminate their contracts and leave the cabaret without any recompense for the club, upon giving two weeks ‘ notice. Despite the fiscal difficulties, Grant ‘s time as director was initially successful. He gained two wins ( against Burnley and Liverpool ) and a draw aside at Sunderland from his first gear five games. The only losses inflicted on Portsmouth in this period were by eventual doubly winners Chelsea and the previous season ‘s champions, Manchester United. HM Revenue and Customs ( HMRC ) filed a winding-up petition against Portsmouth at the High Court of Justice in London on 23 December 2009. [ 53 ] In March 2010, this winding-up request was dropped, [ 54 ] leaving Portsmouth with a nine-point penalty for entering presidency. [ 55 ]

presidency, 2010 FA Cup Final and relegation [edit ]

During the 2009–10 temper, it had become apparent to the club ‘s new owner Balram Chainrai that Portsmouth were approximately £135 million in debt [ 56 ] so to protect the club from extermination, Chainrai placed the club into government on 26 February 2010, and the club appointed Andrew Andronikou, Peter Kubik and Michael Kiely of accountancy firm UHY Hacker Young as administrators. This mechanically incurred a nine-point punishment from the Premier League which came into effect on 17 March and consigned the team to about certain relegation, which was mathematically confirmed on 10 April 2010. [ 57 ] On 9 April 2010, it was announced David Lampitt would be joining Portsmouth as their newly chief executive officer after he had worked a period of comment at the FA, his stream employer. Portsmouth were relegated to the EFL Championship ( the fresh Tier 2 level name ) the pursuit day on 10 April 2010 after West Ham won. Portsmouth won their fa Cup semi-final match against Tottenham 2–0 after extra-time the future day, with goals from Frédéric Piquionne and Kevin-Prince Boateng winning the match. They faced Chelsea in the final at Wembley on 15 May 2010 and lost 1–0 to a goal from Didier Drogba. Despite being the FA Cup finalists, the cabaret were denied a license to play european football the following season in the UEFA Europa League. [ 58 ] In May, Grant resigned as Portsmouth director. On 17 June, the club ‘s creditors voted for a company volunteer arrangement ( CVA ), with an 81.3 % majority ; [ 59 ] HMRC, Paul Hart and the agent of Portsmouth midfielder Tommy Smith were the only ones to reject it, but HMRC appealed against the CVA due to the reduction of its considerable debt. [ 60 ] On 15 July 2010, HMRC appealed against the proposed CVA on the last day before it would be formally agreed, [ 61 ] the case was primitively going to take locate in October 2010, but after an appeal from the administrators at the golf club it was set for 3 August at the eminent Court in London. The shell was heard by Mr Justice Mann from 3 to 5 August where, having heard submissions from both sides, he turned down HMRC ‘s appeal on all five counts it had put fore. HMRC decided not to appeal against the verdict, leaving Portsmouth ‘s administrators to formally agree the CVA and bring the club out of administration. [ 62 ] On 17 August, Balram Chainrai completed his takeover of the baseball club and passed the owners ‘ and directors ‘ fit and proper person quiz .

2010–2017 : decline and relegations to fourth tier [edit ]

Former Notts County director Steve Cotterill was appointed director of relegated Portsmouth in the Championship June 2010 on a three-year contract. [ 63 ] On 22 October, Portsmouth issued a statement saying, “ It appears probable that the baseball club will nowadays be closed down and liquidated by the administrators, ” [ 64 ] but key creditor Alexandre Gaydamak announced the following day that he had reached an agreement which could save their future. [ 65 ] It was revealed good hours former that Portsmouth had finally come out of presidency, with Balram Chainrai regaining control condition of the company. [ 66 ] On 1 June 2011, Convers Sports Initiatives ( CSI ) owned by russian Vladimir Antonov completed its takeover of the clubhouse. [ 67 ] On 14 October 2011, Steve Cotterill took the vacant Nottingham Forest director ‘s position. [ 68 ] He was succeeded by Michael Appleton, who was announced as the new coach on 10 November 2011. [ 69 ] On 23 November 2011, a Europe-wide check warrant was issued for Portsmouth owner Vladimir Antonov by lithuanian prosecutors as partially of an investigation into alleged asset clean at Lithuanian bank Bankas Snoras, which was 68 % owned by Antonov and had gone into irregular administration the former week. Operations in another of Antonov ‘s banks, Latvijas Krajbanka, were suspended by latvian authorities for similar reasons. [ 70 ] Antonov was subsequently arrested at his offices in London on 24 November and was bailed. [ 71 ] He shortly subsequently resigned as president of Portsmouth after parent caller CSI entered administration. [ 72 ] On 24 January 2012, Portsmouth were issued with a winding up petition by HMRC for over £1.6 million in amateur taxes, which was heard on 20 February. [ 73 ] On 17 February 2012, Portsmouth went into administration for the second time in two years, bringing them an automatic 10-point deduction. [ 74 ] [ 75 ] Administrator Trevor Birch admitted that the fiscal situation was “ worse than we first base feared ” and that Portsmouth were “ struggling to make the end of the season ”. [ 76 ] On 11 April 2012, reports from administrators PKF revealed that Portsmouth owed £58 million with £38 million being owed to UHY Hacker Young, £10.5 million investment made by Vladimir Antonov ‘s CSI remained great, players were due £3.5 million in wages and bonuses for the last two seasons, while £2.3 million was owed to HMRC and, additionally, £3.7 million was owed for general trade. [ 77 ] On 21 April, Portsmouth were relegated from the Championship after a 2–1 loss to Derby County, the first time in 30 years that the club had played at that grade. Following Pompey ‘s relegation to League One, the entire professional playing squad left the golf club. [ 78 ] The team were given a 10-point tax write-off in December 2012 for their fiscal problems. [ 79 ] On 7 November 2012, it was announced that Michael Appleton had left Portsmouth to become the director of Blackpool. [ 80 ] On 9 November 2012, Chanrai halted his undertake to buy the club. [ 81 ] Six days late, the Pompey Supporters Trust signed a conditional agreement with PFK to buy the club. [ 82 ] Portsmouth were unable to find a director on a long-run footing due to their fiscal state. The golf club went on a read winless hunt of 23 matches, ultimately ending on 2 March 2013 as Portsmouth won 2–1 away at Crewe Alexandra. [ 83 ] On 10 April 2013, a deal with administrators was reached, [ 84 ] although the Pompey Supporters ‘ Trust had not yet finalised the buy. [ 85 ] Portsmouth were relegated ( for the irregular consecutive season ) to League Two at the end of the season. [ 86 ] On 19 April 2013, Portsmouth exited administration when the Pompey Supporters ‘ Trust ( PST ) deal to buy the baseball club was completed. [ 87 ] Former caretaker Guy Whittingham was appointed director on a permanent basis with a annual contract. [ 88 ] Portsmouth sold over 10,000 season tickets for the 2013–14 season, a commemorate for any League Two club. [ 89 ] In November 2013, Whittingham was sacked and a calendar month late ex- Crawley Town director Richie Barker was appointed Portsmouth boss, along with Steve Coppell as the director of football. Barker was sacked after 20 games in cathexis, with the cabaret in unplayful danger of relegation to the Football Conference, and Andy Awford was again made caretaker coach. [ 90 ] He won five games out of five played, guaranteeing Pompey ‘s survival in League Two. [ 91 ] On 1 May 2014, Awford was appointed Pompey ‘s permanent coach, signing a annual shrink. [ 92 ] On a historic announcement on 29 September 2014, the cabaret was able to declare itself debt-free after paying back all creditors and bequest payments to ex-players. [ 93 ] The news came 18 months after the PST took dominance of the club. Following an abortive EFL League Two 2014–15 crusade, Paul Cook was appointed newfangled coach of Portsmouth on 12 May 2015. [ 94 ] Paul Cook led Portsmouth to an EFL League Two play-off spot in the 2015–16 temper after a 2–0 away win at Hartlepool United on 30 April 2016, [ 95 ] but lost to Plymouth Argyle in the semi-final. [ 96 ] In the 2016–17 season, Paul Cook ‘s side secured promotion to League One with a 3–1 gain away at Notts County on 17 April 2017. [ 97 ] On 6 May, the final couple of the season, Portsmouth topped the postpone ( for the first meter in the season ) following the 6–1 home acquire against Cheltenham and were crowned champions of League Two. [ 98 ] Paul Cook resigned on 31 May 2017 to join Wigan Athletic. [ 99 ] Kenny Jackett was appointed the new director on Friday 2 June 2017. In May the Pompey Supporters ‘ Trust ( PST ) voted in party favor [ 100 ] of a proposed bid by The Tornante Company, headed by former Disney foreman executive Michael Eisner, to take over the club which was completed on 3 August 2017. [ 101 ] [ 102 ] [ 6 ]

2017–present : EFL League One [edit ]

Portsmouth began the 2017–18 season in League One, the third tier of professional English football following their League Two championship win in the former 2016–17 temper. On 15 March 2018, Portsmouth revealed a newly redesigned club crest, featuring a modern nautical compass ace and an “ 1898 ” date, added for the establish year of the football club. The newfangled crest was introduced for the new 2018–19 season. [ 103 ] Portsmouth ended the 2017–18 League One temper in 8th position on 66 points, missing the play-off places by 5 points. The 2018–19 EFL League One season began in August with a move of four straight league wins and their best league start since 1980–81. [ 104 ] Portsmouth remained undefeated in the 2018–19 EFL League One campaign for football team consecutive league matches and topped the League One table, before being defeated by Gillingham in the twelfth match. [ 105 ] On 31 March 2019, Portsmouth met Sunderland in the 2019 EFL Trophy Final at Wembley Stadium. The equal finished 1–1 after normal prison term, and 2–2 after 30 minutes of extra time. A penalty gunfight followed, with Portsmouth winning 5–4. [ 106 ] Portsmouth ‘s regular EFL League One temper concluded on 4 May 2019, with the team finishing 4th and qualifying for the League One play-offs. In the play-off semi-finals, Portsmouth were met by fifth placed Sunderland. The first peg match at the Stadium of Light on 11 May 2019 was won 1–0 by Sunderland. [ 107 ] The second base leg was played at Fratton Park on 16 May 2019 and ended 0–0, which meant Portsmouth lost 0–1 overall and missed a Wembley play-off final for promotion to The Championship. [ 108 ] During the 2019–20 season, Portsmouth achieved a winning range of nine consecutive matches in all competitions, setting a new gain criminal record for the club since Portsmouth joined the Football League in 1920. [ 109 ] The read run of nine matches began with an FA Cup Third Round win on Saturday 4 January 2020 away at Fleetwood Town, with the record-setting ninth plot played away at Tranmere Rovers on Saturday 8 February 2020 in an EFL League One match. [ 110 ] On 18 February 2020, Portsmouth qualified for the 2020 EFL Trophy Final after narrowly defeating Exeter City 3-2 in the semi-final at Fratton Park. [ 111 ] Portsmouth were due to return to Wembley Stadium to defend the EFL Trophy as champions on Sunday 5 April 2020 [ 112 ] – coincidentally, the 122nd anniversary of the establish of Portsmouth FC in 1898. Their opponents were to be Salford City, and would have been the first base ever meet between the two clubs. [ 113 ] however, on Friday 13 March 2020, all professional football in England was suspended until ( at least ) 30 April due to the ball-shaped COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. [ 114 ] On Tuesday 9 June 2020, the football clubs of EFL League One ( and EFL League Two ) voted to end the season early on a points-per-game calculation, which resulted with Coventry City as League One champions and Rotherham United as League One runner-up. [ 115 ] Portsmouth were awarded a fifth place eat up to earn one of the four promotion play-off places for the EFL Championship, and were matched with Oxford United in a two-legged semi-final behind close doors. After two legs a penalty shoot-out was needed to settle the 2-2 aggregate link, which Oxford United won 5–4. [ 116 ] Portsmouth ‘s fourth-successive season in EFL League One in the 2020–21 season began on 12 September 2020, with a home fastness played at Fratton Park against Shrewsbury Town which ended 0–0 and was played behind closed doors. [ 117 ] Fratton Park ‘s last remaining floodlight loom in the southeast corner was ultimately removed on Friday 20 November 2020. [ 118 ] COVID-19 ‘social-distancing ‘ restrictions were partially relaxed in December 2020 when 2,000 Portsmouth fans were permitted to return to Fratton Park on 5 December for the EFL League One game against Peterborough United, a 2–0 winnings for the home side. [ 119 ] Portsmouth reached top place in EFL League One on 18 December 2020 and over the Christmas period, after a 0–2 aside win at Hull City. [ 120 ] due to COVID-19 lockdowns, the delay 2019–20 EFL Trophy Final was finally played behind close doors at Wembley Stadium on 13 March 2021, with Portsmouth losing 4–2 on penalties to Salford City after ending 0–0 after extra time. [ 121 ] After multiple back-to-back losses and with merely one win in seven games, coach Kenny Jackett was sacked on 14 March 2021, ending his about 4 year tenure with the cabaret. [ 122 ] Jackett left Portsmouth in 7th position in the league, despite being top at Christmas, one locate below the play-off positions. On 19 March 2021, the club appointed Danny Cowley as coach until the end of the 2020/21 season. [ 123 ] In his first game in charge at the club, Portsmouth would come from behind to beat Ipswich Town 2–1. [ 124 ] By early May 2020 and with 45 league games played, Portsmouth were in sixth side with a single game to play, needing to win their end game to guarantee their sixth-place play-off home, with Oxford United and Charlton Athletic both chasing with alike promotion hopes. however, on Sunday 9 May 2021 at Fratton Park, Portsmouth lost 0–1 to Accrington Stanley in the final league game of the temper, which featured a minutes silence following the death of former Portsmouth player Alan McLoughlin. meanwhile, Oxford United and Charlton Athletic had both won their respective final matches, with both clubs leap-frogging Portsmouth in the table to finish with 74 points each, with Oxford United qualifying for the sixth-place play-off station with a superior goal difference over seventh-place Charlton Athletic. Portsmouth ‘s 0–1 loss to Accrington Stanley resulted in a drop to eighth place, two points and two positions outside the promotion play-off places. [ 125 ] On Monday 10 May 2021, Danny Cowley and buddy Nicky Cowley both signed “ long-run ” deals to remain at Portsmouth as director and assistant respectively. [ 126 ] Portsmouth ‘s fifth-successive temper in EFL League One in the 2021–22 season began on 7 August 2021, with an away fastness at Fleetwood Town ‘s Highbury Stadium, which resulted with a 0–1 winnings to Portsmouth. [ 127 ] After winning their first three league games against Fleetwood Town, Crewe Alexandra and Shrewsbury Town, Portsmouth topped EFL League One on 17 August 2021. [ 128 ] then after a poor people run of only two wins from fifteen games, Portsmouth fell into the bottom half of the mesa, but by Christmas 2021 had risen to eighth place, just outside the promotion play-off places. [ 129 ]

Players [edit ]

current squad [edit ]

As of 24 September 2021[130]

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Out on lend [edit ]

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youth Academy [edit ]

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celebrated players [edit ]

For a list of noteworthy players and players who played for Portsmouth for more than 100 games in a sortable-list format, see List of Portsmouth F.C. players .

Retired and reserved numbers [edit ]

• Number 1 was temporarily retired for the 2001–02 season in respect to goalkeeper Aaron Flahavan, who died in a car crash in August 2001, days after being handed the squad number 1 for the first time. Since the 2003–04 season, number 13 shirt was reserved in respect for him, as this was the number he wore for the majority of his stay at the club.[131] Ten years after his death, however, the number 13 was again used, first by Stephen Henderson, then by Simon Eastwood, Johnny Ertl, James Bolton and Kieron Freeman respectively.
• Number 12 is reserved for the fans (often referred to as the 12th man).[ citation needed]
• Number 58 is “Nelson” the club mascot’s number.[132]

Portsmouth Player of the Season ( since 1968 ) [edit ]

source : [ 133 ]

Portsmouth Hall of Fame [edit ]

Portsmouth created a Hall of Fame in March 2009, which honours early players and staff members of the club. [ 134 ] At a year-by-year ceremony, the club holds a day to announce the year ‘s inducted to the number, and besides has a dinner for the people present. The following players have been inducted into the Portsmouth Football Club Hall of Fame : All appearances and goals according to Soccerbase. * Denotes player for Portsmouth FC Women
Key:

GK = Goalkeeper	CB = Centre-back	LB = Left-back	RB = Right-back	FB = Full-back	LH = Left half	RH = Right half	WH = Wing half
CM = Centre midfielder	LW = Left winger	RW = Right winger	OF = Outside forward	IF = Inside forward	FW = Forward	ST = Striker	U = Utility player

Club personnel [edit ]

source : [ 144 ]

Managers [edit ]

ownership [edit ]

Portsmouth Football Club has operated under five different rear company list in its history :

• Portsmouth Football and Athletic Company Limited (5 April 1898 – 27 July 1912)
• Portsmouth Football Company Limited (27 July 1912 – May 1999)[145]
• Portsmouth City Football Club Limited (12 May 1999 – 25 May 2010)[146] (initially as ‘Overflint Limited’ from 7 April 1999 – 12 May 1999)
• Portsmouth Football Club (2010) Limited (25 May 2010 – 10 April 2013)[147] (initially as ‘PFC Realisations Limited’ from 25 May 2010 – 23 November 2010)
• Portsmouth Community Football Club Limited (10 April 2013 – Present)[148] (initially as ‘Portsmouth Supporters Trust (Operations) Limited’ from 7 February 2012 – 14 September 2012)

The current owner of Portsmouth Community Football Club Limited is The Tornante Company, which purchased the club from the Portsmouth Supporters Trust ( PST ) on 3 August 2017. [ 149 ]

Club peak [edit ]

2018–present, shirt crest

2018–present, club & selling crest Although Portsmouth F.C. were formed in 1898, the cabaret did not have a club crest until one was introduced for the 1913–14 season. This would be the second season since Portsmouth ‘s 1912 reformation, and their wear of blue shirts for a second consecutive season. Their first season with a peak in 1913–14 would besides become the end season before World War I began in 1914. The official Coat of Arms of the City of Portsmouth contains an eight pointed gold star and crescent daydream on a bluing shield, Portsmouth ‘s borrowing of the headliner and crescent is said to have come from when King Richard I ( 1157–1189 ), who granted the city “ a crescent of gold on a shade of azure, with a blazing leading of eight points ” which he had taken from the Byzantine Emperor ‘s standard of Governor Isaac Komnenos, after capturing Cyprus. The first 1913 Portsmouth F.C. crown was based on official symbols belonging to the town council of Portsmouth, which featured a golden eight-pointed star and a golden crescent moonlight. The football clubhouse ‘s first crest featured a horizontally elongated white crescent lunar month beneath a white five luff headliner, with both symbols positioned in the center of a blue four pointed harbor. Portsmouth town council bestowed the privileged practice ( but not ownership ) of their moon and star topology motifs to Portsmouth F.C., albeit with some colour and design changes. [ 20 ] Throughout their history Portsmouth F.C. have tried different variations of the cap before reverting to the basic gold star and crescent. After World War II, Portsmouth began using an eight-pointed star to match that used by the city of Portsmouth. [ 150 ] In the 1950s and 1960s, the traditional crest was emblazoned on the shirt in egg white quite than gold but this was due to ashen being a cheaper alternate to a more expensive gold coloured thread. between 1980 and 1989, Portsmouth scrapped the traditional cap and replaced it with an entirely new design. This crest showed a football in front of an anchor ( representing the navy ) and a sword ( representing the army ), with the whole invention surrounded by an out ring of ships lasso. An alternative version included a circular version of the traditional leading and crescent crest in target of the football. During 1989 and 1993, the r-2 and anchor peak was dropped replaced with a childlike eight pointed star and crescent daydream on a long specialize shield. At the foot of the shield, a aristocratic standard featured “ Portsmouth Football Club “ written within it in capital letters. [ 151 ] From 1993 until 1997, the 1989–93 long narrow-minded shield blueprint was replaced by an embroider badge of the city of Portsmouth Coat of Arms. [ 151 ] [ 152 ] The 1993-97 city arms crest was replaced in 1997, with an eight pointed gold star and a golden crescent moon on a blue shield edged with a gold out brim. At the foot of the harbor, a aureate decoration with “ Portsmouth F.C. “ written in blue gothic letter completed the new design. This new crest coincided with the rebuild and reopen of the new Fratton end and the clubs centennial anniversary in the 1997–98 season In 2007, an extra “ Since 1898 ” was added to the 1997 crest ribbon underneath the carapace in clock for the 2007–08 season. On 6 May 2008, a month after their hundred-and-tenth Anniversary, Portsmouth revealed a newly crest with a very three dimensional look, the custom curved shield with “ three points ” at the top of the shield were replaced with two tidy angles, with “ Portsmouth F.C. ” written above the asterisk on the shield. [ 153 ] The traditional elongate crescent moon was replaced with a new circular one, which close resembled that on the city ‘s Coat of Arms. The fresh crown had its debut in the 2008 FA Cup Final, in which Portsmouth besides wore a fresh hundred-and-tenth Anniversary all-blue commemorative home airstrip. As depart of the World War I Centennial Commemorations in the 2014–15 temper, the club opted to replace the 2008 crest on the home kit out with one about identical to that used in 1913–14. This was a more traditional-looking club crest featuring the traditional three points at the top of a slightly round shield but with a flatware five-pointed star inside alternatively of the common eight-pointed one. The moon featured on the peak was besides silver, both appearing on a blue background. In June 2015, following positive feedback from supporters, Portsmouth F.C. decided to revert the official club crest back to a familiar and traditional design, over the one introduced in 2008, which was much criticised by Pompey fans for looking besides similar to Arsenal F.C. ‘s update mod earned run average peak. Portsmouth ‘s newly 2015 cap was virtually identical in design to that which has been used for the majority of the club ‘s history. The celebrated “ star and moonlight ”, both silver-white on a blue background, have a rebuff cubic appearance. The star was restored back to the familiar eight pointed design, rather of the five orient version used in the 1913 and 2014 crests. The crown ‘s shield retains the three points at the crown but is in a more traditional supreme headquarters allied powers europe. No letter or number features on the fresh club crest, just like that which was used on home shirts the former 2014–15 temper. On 4 May 2017 at Portsmouth Guildhall, The Tornante Company, owned by Michael Eisner met the Pompey Supporters Trust ( PST ), the fan-based owners of Portsmouth, to discuss a electric potential takeover of the football club. During the meeting, the prospective new owners identified a long overlook possession and copyright consequence concerning the traditional Portsmouth crest – Portsmouth Football Club did not legally “ own ” the symbols on the crest, which had actually entirely been “ on loanword ” to the clubhouse from Portsmouth City Council since 1913. [ 154 ] The Tornante Company completed their purchase of Portsmouth on 3 August 2017 after a majority vote from members of the Pompey Supporters Trust to sell. [ citation needed ] To rectify the copyright and commercial selling issues with the current 2015 crest, the decision was taken by the newfangled owners to design and copyright a brand newly crown for the future. [ citation needed ] Portsmouth ‘s fans were consulted by traditional and digital media during former 2017 and early on 2018 with respective designs for fresh crests. Most of the designs were minor tweaks and adjustments of the existing 2015 crest, just enough to make a newfangled peak design different from that of Portsmouth City Council ‘s coat of Arms. [ citation needed ] On 15 March 2018, two newly redesigned cabaret crests were ultimately revealed. Both newfangled crests featured a fresh eight pointed nautical scope headliner and the addition of an “ 1898 ” date, the establish year of the football club, beneath the crescent moon. The new crests are to be copyrighted and introduced for the raw 2018–19 season. The first new crest, alike to previous crests, is intended for players shirts. The second peak, surrounded by a blue hoop with “ Portsmouth Football Club ” written in it, will be used for letterheads, trade and early commercial purposes. [ 103 ]

home colours [edit ]

1899–1909

1909–1912

1912–1933

1933–1947

In their foremost 1899–1900 season in the Southern League Division One, Portsmouth ‘s first home colours were pink-orange pink shirts with maroon collars and cuffs, matched with white shorts and black socks. The pink shirts gave the early Portsmouth F.C. the alternative second nickname of ‘The Shrimps ‘. The collars and cuffs were the lapp color as the Corporation of Portsmouth ‘s public trams, which were painted maroon at the time. [ 150 ] These colours lasted until the end of the 1908–09 temper. ‘The Shrimps ‘ nickname then besides declined from common usage. At the start of the 1909–10 season, Portsmouth changed to white shirts with navy blue shorts and navy blue socks. The future season, Portsmouth ended the poor 1910–11 season in bottom place and Portsmouth were relegated to Southern League Division Two. Following relegation, a fiscal crisis, fund raise, forwarding in early 1912 and then another fiscal crisis, the original Portsmouth company that had been formed in 1898 was ‘wound up ‘. A new express company was formed on 27 July 1912 as Portsmouth F.C. ‘s parent company. For the start of the 1912–13 Southern League Division One season, Portsmouth changed their home colours to azure blue shirts, white shorts and black socks. This was to become Portsmouth ‘s home plate kit color combination improving until the begin of the 1933–34 season, when the shirts were changed to a imperial blasphemous. [ 155 ] These colours remained until the start of the 1947–48 temper, when the black socks were changed to red ; this coincide with the clubhouse ‘s most successful period and has remained the privilege coloring material for the majority of the time since. [ 156 ] Portsmouth F.C. changed their color combination several times during the 1966–1976 period, before reverting to the now tradition post-war gloomy shirts, white shorts and red stockings in 1976. [ 150 ] For the club ‘s hundred-and-tenth anniversary season in 2008–09, Portsmouth played in an all bluing home kit out, which debuted in the previous season ‘s successful 2008 FA Cup Final win. [ 150 ] Since the 2009–10 temper, Portsmouth reverted to the now traditional blue-white-red home kit .

red socks memorial [edit ]

1947–1966

1966–1972

1972–1973

1973–1976

1976–2008

2008–2009

Portsmouth had predominantly worn total darkness socks since their foremost match in 1899 up until the end of the post-World War II 1946–47 FA Cup season – in which the Football League had not so far resumed. During the second World War and post-war periods, the british Army ‘s Field Marshal Sir Bernard ‘Monty ‘ Montgomery had been based at Southwick House, 5 miles to the union of Portsmouth. Montgomery regularly attended war-time League South matches at Fratton Park, becoming the honorary President of Portsmouth Football Club. Following the suggestion by Montgomery, bolshevik socks were introduced by the club as a memorial to soldiers lost in wartime as loss is the traditional color of the british Army and besides the color of the Remembrance poppy. [ 157 ] With the resumption of a wide professional Football League temper in England in 1947–48, Portsmouth changed their socks from the common black to red at Christmas time in 1947. [ 158 ] This besides gave the Portsmouth team a patriotic blasphemous, white and red appearance exchangeable to the United Kingdom ‘s crimson white and blue Union Flag. The newfangled crimson socks besides coincided with Portsmouth ‘s most successful period, as the baseball club won two back-to-back top-tier division ( now ‘Premier League ‘ ) title honours in 1948–49 and 1949–50, so the bolshevik socks were retained for dependable fortune. [ citation needed ]

away colours [edit ]

The most frequent away colours used by Portsmouth have been white shirts with royal or navy bluing shorts and either blue sky or whiten socks. [ 20 ]

early historic kits [edit ]

For the 2008 FA Cup Final victory against Cardiff City, Portsmouth debuted an all blue home kit manufactured by Canterbury and sponsored by Oki Printing Solutions to commemorate the club ‘s 110th anniversary year. The all amobarbital sodium base kit was besides used throughout the following 2008–09 season. [ 150 ] Portsmouth again reached the FA Cup Final in 2010, but were defeated 1–0 by Chelsea. Portsmouth, as the away team, wore a white and maroon kit inspired from elements of the original “ Shrimps ” era ( 1899–1909 ) kit in which maroon collars and cuffs featured on the salmon pink home shirts .
1 Portsmouth ‘s own manufacturer.
2 As from 2011–12 season, sponsors were added to the back of EFL clubs shirts. [ 159 ]
3 TotalAV signed as back of shirt sponsors for 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons. [ 160 ]
4 Nike extend kit deal for 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 seasons. [ 161 ] 5 University of Portsmouth extend sponsorship consider for 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 seasons. [ 162 ]

“ portsmouth ” nickname [edit ]

Portsmouth Football Club are traditionally nicknamed Pompey, a nickname already long associated with the English city of Portsmouth and its Royal Navy al-qaeda. An claim lineage for the Pompey nickname has never formally been identified by historians, as many variations and interpretations of the Pompey nickname exist .

footing [edit ]

The capture to Fratton Park ‘s South Stand, with its mock Tudor facade Portsmouth F.C. play their home games at Fratton Park, in the suburb of Milton, Portsmouth. The football earth was once the locate of a potato field in 1898 when it was purchased by the newly-formed Portsmouth Football & Athletic Company, formed on 5 April 1898, a consortium of local businessmen and antique british Army officers whose president was Sir John Brickwood, the owner of Brickwoods Brewery. Fratton Park was designed and completed during 1899 by local architect Arthur Cogswell, and was first opened to the populace on 15 August 1899, a public overt day. The early on Fratton Park of 1899 only had one roofed all-seat stand on the deliver ‘s southern side, which measured 100 feet hanker and seven seat rows tall and was known as the Grandstand, the best ( and only ) seats in Fratton Park. Just in movement of the Grandstand was a terrace stand enclosure. On the opposite northerly slope of the gear, a 240 feet long uncover North Terrace was built. The bring behind the two goal telephone line ‘ends ‘ was left informal and unexploited at this fourth dimension, although the entire pitch circumference was encircled by a 4 feet high metallic element hoop-topped fence. Portsmouth ‘s first ever match was played away at Chatham Town on Saturday 2 September 1899, which Portsmouth won 1–0 and earned their beginning always points in the Southern League Division One. The first ever football catch to take place at Fratton Park was a “ friendly ” against Southampton, played four days late on Wednesday 6 September 1899, with Portsmouth winning 2–0. The first gear competitive match at Fratton Park was played three days former on Saturday 9 September 1899 ; a Southern League Division One match against Reading, which Portsmouth besides won 2–0. In 1900, Portsmouth ‘s president, Sir John Brickwood opened a new Brickwoods Brewery public firm named The Pompey following to Fratton Park on the corner of Frogmore Road and Carisbrooke Road in Milton, Portsmouth. The Pompey was designed by Arthur Cogswell, an architect who had a friendship with the club chair and who had designed many of Brickwood ‘s public house in Portsmouth, a well as other buildings, including Fratton Park itself in 1900. 1n 1905, an ambitious Portsmouth greatly expanded Fratton Park by the accession of a mock Tudor dash cabaret pavilion to the southwest corner in Frogmore Road, a pavilion designed by architect Arthur Cogswell. The pavilion primitively featured a tall octangular clock loom steeple on its northeast corner, with an upper wake gallery built beneath it giving an unobscured view over the integral Fratton Park pitch. The pavilion contained the club offices and team exchange rooms. In summation to the pavilion, two raw solid earthbank terraces, topped with cinders and wooden plank were built behind the two goal ends. They were initially known as the Fratton Railway End and Milton End ( or Spion Kop ) and were built behind the west and east end goal lines respectively. The North Terrace was besides partially redeveloped in 1905 with the addition of a moment all-seat roofed stand exchangeable in blueprint to the original Grandstand, but built within the center incision of the North Terrace, which retained its master stand terraces to the newfangled stand ‘s sides. During World War I, a roof was built over the Fratton Railway End in 1915. After winning forwarding to the Football League proper in 1920, the original southerly side Grandstand was replaced in 1925 with a larger South Stand, designed by scottish architect Archibald Leitch. The pavilion ‘s clock column was demolished as the South Stand was partially built into the pavilion ‘s footprint and actually still contains most of the pavilion ‘s original east side within it. The new South Stand was built with a seated upper tier while a lower segment became a standing patio, known as the South Paddock. The South Stand besides contained new musician ‘s dressing rooms, which had access to the lurch via a player ‘s burrow built at paddock tied at the center lineage charge. Ten years subsequently in 1935, Archibald Leitch besides designed a larger north Stand for Fratton Park, which saw a new full-length, roofed North Stand standing terrace built behind and overlooking a amply restored full-length lower Northern Terrace, which remained exposed and assailable air. The west end section of the North Stand was built at an irregular angle compared to its east end, due to the confines of Fratton Park ‘s land footprint, as an older populace pathway named Milton Lane lay behind the stand and had been built at an different unparallel lean to the more recent Fratton Park. The new North Stand brought Fratton Park ‘s maximum capacity up to 58,000 supporters, although this capacity was never quite filled to its utmost potential. Fratton Park reached its current all-time flat coat attendance commemorate of 51,385 supporters on 26 February 1949, for an FA Cup Sixth Round match, a 2–1 win against visitors Derby County. In 1951, wooden seats were fitted to the North Stand ‘s upper standing tier which slenderly reduced overall ground capacitance, while leaving the lower tier North Terrace afford to standing supporters. The Fratton Railway End was demolished in 1956 and replaced by a new prefabricate concrete and steel stand, simply known as The Fratton End, which omitted the “ railroad track ” contribution of the bequest name. The public house build The Pompey was purchased by the football cabaret in 1988 after its public house function ended, and has since been used as a club shop, clubhouse offices, a media center, cordial reception area and ticket office. Fratton Park became an all seated football grind in 1996 when all terraces were fitted with bluing formative seats, which greatly reduced Fratton Park ‘s former maximum capacity. In 1997, a modern Fratton end was opened in October 1997, as the earlier 1956 one had been partially demolished in 1988 after its upper berth tier steel structure was found weakened by rust and was deemed dangerous. besides in 1997, the uncover lower North Terrace was covered by a ceiling canopy which was joined to the existing North Stand roof. In 2007, The Milton End finally received a ceiling for the first time, as many aside visitors complained of being soaked by rain during its history. Fratton Park is dearly nicknamed “ The Old Girl ” by Portsmouth ‘s supporters. The football land has been home to the club throughout its entire history. Plans for move were first mooted in the early 1990s, but due to respective objections and fiscal obstacles, the club has continued to play at Fratton Park. Most recently, plans for move have included new stadium on a locate offered by the Royal Navy at Horsea Island, between Stamshaw and Port Solent, and on domesticate kingdom in Portsmouth Harbour beside the existing naval base. The former was mooted as a possible 2018 FIFA World Cup venue as part of England ‘s bid march. however, the cost to the city ‘s taxpayers to join the bid was deemed excessively great a risk to take. [ 163 ] A third gear, frequently returned-to option, is to build a fresh stadium on the site of the existing Fratton Park. Following Portsmouth F.C. ‘s fiscal troubles, subsequent delegating from the Premier League, and the failure of the England 2018 bid, as of May 2017 there are no active plans for a new club stadium .

Supporters and rivalries [edit ]

portsmouth fans at Wembley Stadium for the 2007–08 FA Cup semi-final with West Bromwich Albion Portsmouth ‘s independent rivals are Southampton, who are 19.8 miles ( 31.8 kilometer ) away. The South Coast Derby is one of the less frequently played rivalries within English football due to the clubs being in different divisions however this normally adds to the ferocity of the fixture. anterior to the mid/late 1960s, competition between Portsmouth and Southampton was largely non-existent, as a consequence of their disparity in league condition. This bowler hat match has been sporadic. Since 1977, the teams have only played league games against each early in four seasons ( 1987–88, 2003–04, 2004–05 and 2011–12 ). Including Southern League games, there have been 64 league games between the clubs, but they have besides met five times in the FA Cup, Portsmouth beating their rivals 4–1 at St Mary ‘s stadium in their last meet in 2010, and doubly in the League Cup – with Southampton winning both times. many Portsmouth supporters normally use the derogative nickname Scummer ( plural : Scummers ) to describe Southampton fans, or jointly Scum to besides include their football club, and indeed the city of Southampton itself .

• A disproven common origin theory dating from the late twentieth century suggested that the Scum nickname was an acronym of Southampton Company of Union Men, linked to a vague recollection of an unspecified and unsourced past dockers strike, in which Southampton-based dockers supposedly crossed Portsmouth dockyard picket lines when brought in as scab labour to work inside the naval base. This theory is almost certainly an urban myth, as Royal Navy dockers are not permitted to go on strike.
• Victorian era dockers employed in the supposedly higher status Portsmouth Royal Dockyard, looked down in disdain upon the civilian merchant port dockers at Southampton Docks and nicknamed them Scum, as scum, flotsam and jetsam are useless residue found floating on, or nearby water.
• According to the Oxford English Dictionary, Scummers was a derogatory name with naval origins for pirates or buccaneers, and was first recorded in use in 1585.[164][165]

meanwhile, Portsmouth supporters have had the evenly derogative nickname Skate bestowed upon them by Southampton fans as a rebutter to Scummer since the 1987–88 Division One season. This was unofficially chosen by Southampton fans from a list of insults compiled by a Southampton-based supporters fanzine called The Ugly Inside in 1988. [ 166 ] Ironically, the chosen nickname Skate was actually stolen from the civilian population of Portsmouth, who had long used Skate as a derogative insult or nickname for sailors based in Portsmouth Dockyard and early Royal Navy establishments. According to legend and folklore, Royal Navy matelots on long sea voyages were regularly denied female company, and would keep a skate ( fish species ) in their knoll or bunkside, as the mouth of the skate was purportedly used as a utility vagina. Sailors ashore in Royal Navy undifferentiated seeking the services of Portsmouth ‘s prostitutes would frequently be refused service and met with a “I ain’t no skate bait, mate!” rebutter. [ 165 ] Another competition over the years, colloquially known as the “ Dockyard Derby ”, is with Plymouth Argyle. [ 167 ] [ 168 ] This competition is besides known as the Battle of the Ports. [ 169 ] In holocene seasons the club has besides developed a minor competition with Sunderland, chiefly stemming from the clubs touch each other 5 times in the 18/19 season. [ 170 ] Lesser rivalries exist with boyfriend South Coast clubs AFC Bournemouth, Brighton and Hove Albion and South London club Millwall .

‘The Pompey Chimes ‘ [edit ]

The best-known tone spill the beans by Portsmouth supporters are “ The Pompey Chimes ”. The chant is regarded as football ‘s oldest chant hush in use today. [ 171 ] [ 172 ] “ The Pompey Chimes ” were originally called “ The Town Hall Chimes ”, and were created by the supporters of Royal Artillery (Portsmouth) Football Club, a british Army weapon regiment team, who were the most popular and successful amateur football team based in Portsmouth for much of the 1890s. royal Artillery played their home matches at the United Services Recreation Ground in Burnaby Road, Portsmouth, [ 173 ] and were already nicknamed “ Pompey ” [ 174 ] before the establish of Portsmouth F.C. in 1898. The nearby Portsmouth Town Hall, only 0.3 miles ( 0.5 kilometer ) from Burnaby Road was completed in 1890, and would strike the assorted Westminster Quarters chimes every quarter hour. football referees would use the Town Hall ‘s clock bells as a reference to when the football match should end at 4 prime minister. [ citation needed ] Just before 4 prime minister the crowd of supporters would sing in unison with the Town Hall ‘s chimes on the hour to encourage the referee to blow the whistle to signify full-time. [ citation needed ] The original words to “ The Pompey Chimes ” ( as printed in the 1900–01 Official Handbook of Portsmouth F.C. ), were :
Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the sound recording file Play up Pompey,
Just one more goal!
Make tracks! What ho!
Hallo! Hallo!! With the demise of Royal Artillery ( Portsmouth ) F.C. after their extrusion from the 1898–99 FA Amateur Cup for allege professionalism, many of Royal Artillery ‘s supporters switched their allegiance in 1899 to Portsmouth F.C., taking the “ Town Hall Chimes ” chant and the “ Pompey ” nickname from Burnaby Road to Fratton Park, a distance of 1.8 miles ( 2.8 kilometer ). The Pompey Chimes are hush sung at Fratton Park today, and have evolved to be sung at a agile tempo, and with a sawed-off chime style – normally doubly :
Audio playback is not supported in your browser. You can download the audio file Play up Pompey,
Pompey play up!
Play up Pompey,
Pompey play up! It is most coarse to hear The Chimes spill the beans by Portsmouth supporters as an encouragement to the Portsmouth team, more specifically before the Portsmouth players take set-piece kicks, such as corner-kicks, penalty-kicks or directly free-kicks .

Portsmouth in Europe [edit ]

To date Portsmouth have played a single temper in UEFA competitions, competing in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup. They beat Vitória de Guimarães 4-2 on sum in the first round off. [ 175 ] [ 176 ] In the group stage Portsmouth merely registered one win along with a tie against A.C. Milan, [ 177 ] and were knocked out at the group stages after a 3–2 away loss to VfL Wolfsburg. [ 178 ]
The club ‘s female counterpart is Portsmouth F.C. Women, which was founded in 1987. The team presently plays in the FA Women ‘s Premier League National Division, after having won the FA Women ‘s Premier League Southern Division in 2012. Pompey are the current holders of the Hampshire Cup. Following the coup d’etat of Portsmouth F.C. by the Portsmouth Supporters Trust, it was announced that there would be closer ties between the men ‘s and women ‘s clubs .

Affiliated clubs [edit ]

Portsmouth have had a long-standing relationship with Havant & Waterlooville, with regular pre-season friendlies organised between the two clubs. Portsmouth have besides previously used West Leigh Park, Havant & Waterlooville ‘s home stadium, for allow team matches. former links with belgian side Zulte Waregem [ 179 ] and Irish academy Home Farm [ 180 ] have been cancelled. Portsmouth have developed a relationship with Gosport Borough after their promotion to the Conference South. Portsmouth fans were encouraged to support Gosport in their FA Trophy final examination catch at Wembley in March 2014. [ 181 ] They besides play friendlies and loan out players to the side .

Club honor [edit ]

source for honours : [ 182 ]

League competitions [edit ]

Portsmouth are one of only five english football clubs to have been champions of all four tiers of the professional English football pyramid, ( after Wolverhampton Wanderers, Burnley, Preston North End and Sheffield United ). In addition, Portsmouth are besides one of only two english football clubs to have been champions of five professional divisions including the former regional Football League Third Division South backing in the 1923–24 season. Wolverhampton Wanderers besides contribution this distinction, having won all four divisions, plus a Football League Third Division North style succeed, coincidentally in the same 1923–24 temper as Portsmouth won the respective South division. First Tier : Football League First Division ( 1888–1992 ) > Premier League ( 1992–present )
Second Tier : Football League Second Division ( 1892–1992 ) > Football League First Division ( 1992–2004 ) > EFL Championship ( 2004–present )
Third Tier : Football League Third Division South ( 1921–1958 ) > Football League Third Division ( 1958–1992 ) > Football League Second Division ( 1992–2004 ) > EFL League One ( 2004–present )
Fourth Tier : Football League Fourth Division ( 1958–1992 ) > Football League Third Division ( 1992–2004 ) > EFL League Two ( 2004–present )

Cup competitions [edit ]

FA Cup
FA Community Shield

• Winners (1): 1949 (shared)
• Runners-up (1): 2008

EFL Trophy
Hampshire Senior Cup

• Winners (4): 1903, 1913, 1952, 1987
• Runners-up (4): 1900, 1904, 1905, 1959

Lower league competitions [edit ]

Other/friendly honours [edit ]

• Runners-up (1): 1942

baseball club records [edit ]

Notes [edit ]

References [edit ]

official websites [edit ]

newsworthiness sites [edit ]

Publications [edit ]

• Farmery, Colin (1999). Portsmouth: From Tindall to Ball – A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-25-2.
• Farmery, Colin (2004). Seventeen Miles From Paradise – Saints v Pompey: Passion, Pride and Prejudice. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-89-9.
• Farmery, Colin (2005). Portsmouth: the Modern Era – a Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-905328-08-7.
• Inglis, Simon (1996). Football Grounds of Britain. Collins Willow. ISBN 0-00-218426-5.
• Pennant, Cass; Silvester, Rob (2004). Rolling with the 6.57 Crew – The True Story of Pompey’s Legendary Football Fans. John Blake Publishing. ISBN 1-84454-072-3.

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