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(1898)
On April 5, 1898, Portsmouth Football Club was founded by Sir John Brickwood, owner of the local brewery 'Brickwood Brewery'. Sir John Brickwood assembled a group of five local fans into his law office to form a syndicate and share their resources to buy a patch of land to build a football field. 'The Portsmouth Football and Athletic Company' as it was originally known, has an Ã, Â £ 8,000 capital among its chairman and five directors:
- A.H. Bone (the architect of a local public house.) or, Alfred Bourne (architect and surveyor.)
- John Peters (wine importer.)
- William Wiggington (a government contractor and former Royal Engineer Warrant Guard.)
- George Lewin Oliver (founder and principal of 'Mile End School', 384-388 (Old) Commercial Road, Mile End, Portsmouth, where 'Oliver's Academy' is known as 'Mile End School'.)
- Alderman John E. Pink (attorney, based at 12 High Street, Old Portsmouth, employed by Sir John Brickwood.)
A blue plaque on the wall of 12 High Street, Old Portsmouth (Alderman John E. Pink office building) commemorates its founding on April 5, 1898.
Their prospectus, dated May 14, 1898, reveals that they proposed to spend Ã, Â £ 5,000 to five acres of farmland on Goldsmith Avenue near the farming village (then) Milton to use primarily for football and " for games and exercises outdoors "approved by directors. These include cycling, athletics and cricket matches. It is noted that the land will be built within easy reach of Fratton Station with its convenient train and tram and that it is "intended to drain and cultivate the land and build the necessary buildings " to go further. Ã, Â £ 2,000, which will leave working capital of about Ã, Â £ 1,000.
It is expected that football in Portsmouth will become popular as in the northern English cities where attendance is between 20,000 and 30,000. The team in Southampton is touted as an embryonic club in Brighton and is expected "that a healthy competition will emerge that will increase the popularity and earnings of the company."
With the successful purchase and acquisition of a plot of land on Goldsmith Avenue near the small farming village of Milton, the shareholders' general meeting was then held on September 2, 1898. A few weeks later, Football Association representative W. Pickford met with George Lewin Oliver and was shown the ground soon into Fratton Park. The site soon became grass and fenced in and it was expected football could be played there after Christmas in 1898. However, the land site was still covered with potato crops that directors "wanted to sell", which they eventually did, contribute to the funding of the newly formed company.
On December 19, 1898, the "Hampshire Telegraph" newspaper carried an advertisement that invited the tender "for the construction of two stands: the first, 100 feet long with seven rows of seats on the south side and the second, terraces that stretched 240 feet on the opposite side, north. "
The earliest soccer arena was designed by the famous local Portsmouth architect, Arthur Cogswell, who liked the founding director of Portsmouth FC, A.H. Bone, famous for local Portsmouth pub design. Arthur Cogswell is known to be the newly established FC Portsmouth chairman through his professional connection to Brickwood Brewery. Arthur Cogswell is also an experienced football enthusiast, having previously formed the amateur level of the Portsmouth Association Football Club (1884 to 1896). ( This was previously "Portsmouth AFC" ahead of "Royal Artillery FC Portsmouth". )
On August 15, 1899, over 1,000 people, including some of the first Pompey players, attended the opening to see how the former potato fields had been transformed into a simple football pitch, now officially renamed as "Fratton Park".
The name, "Fratton Park" is purposely chosen and intended to persuade Fratton Station users that "Fratton Park" is within walking distance. Despite its name, the Fratton Park stadium itself was actually built a mile away from the Fratton district and the railway station in Milton Portsmouth district, and the stadium still retains the postal code "PO4 8RA" Milton today instead of Fratton's "PO1" and downtown districts.
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Early years (1899-1911)
Football was played in the town of Portsmouth since the 1850s, becoming popular among seafarers and port workers. The club is currently established in 1898 with John Brickwood, owner of a local brewery, as chairman and Frank Brettell as the club's first manager. The common myth is that the club's first goalkeeper is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. While Conan Doyle played as AC Smith for amateur club Portsmouth AFC, the predecessor of a modern club that flourished from 1884 to 1896 the first professional goalkeeper of the professional era was Matt Reilly, who previously played for the successful Royal Artillery Team.
The club's first league match was played in Chatham Town on September 2, 1899 (1-0 victory), followed three days later by the first game at Fratton Park against local rivals Southampton, which Portsmouth won 2-0 with goals scored by Dan Cunliffe (previously with Liverpool ) and Harold Clarke (previously with Everton). The first season was very successful, with the club winning 20 of the 28 league games, making them runners-up in the Southern League. The league was won for the first time in the 1901-02 season, by which time Brettell had been replaced by club captain Bob Blyth as manager.
The 1906-07 season was highlighted by Manchester United's visit to Fratton Park in the FA Cup, which resulted in a record of 24,329 attendances. A 2-2 draw means a replay in Manchester, where Portsmouth recorded a famous 2-1 win. The presence of this recording, however, was surpassed two seasons later when Sheffield Wednesday visited Fratton for the second round of the new FA Cup.
The 1910-11 season saw Portsmouth relegated, but with the recruitment of Robert Brown as manager, the team promoted the following season.
Ascend the league (1919-1927)
Football League was suspended during World War I, but after the resumption of the match, Portsmouth won the South League for the second time. Sustained success saw them in the Third Division for the 1920-21 season. They finished 12 that year, but won the league in the 1923-24 season. The club continued to perform well in the Second Division, winning promotion with a second finish in the 1926-27 season, tapping out Manchester City on average with a margin of only 0.006, thanks largely to the 40 goals scored by Willie Haines. During the season, the club grabbed a 9-1 record victory over Notts County.
Life above (1927-1939)
Portsmouth's debut season in the First Division is a struggle. The following season, they continued to falter, losing 10-0 to Leicester City, still losing club records. Despite their failure in the league, however, the season also saw Portsmouth reach the FA Cup final for the first time, which they lost to Bolton Wanderers.
Portsmouth survived the relegation, and their fate began to change. In the 1930-31 season the club finished fourth. The 1933-34 season saw Portsmouth return to reach the FA Cup final, beating Manchester United, Bolton, Leicester and Birmingham City en route. Unfortunately, the club was again beaten in the final, this time to Manchester City.
Having established themselves in the top flight, the 1938-39 season saw Portsmouth reach their third FA Cup final. This time the club managed to beat the favorite Wolverhampton Wanderers with a convincing, 4-1. Bert Barlow scored twice while Cliff Parker and Jock Anderson completed a famous win.
League football was again suspended due to World War II, (but they reached the 1942 London War Cup Final, lost to Brentford at Wembley Stadium) which meant Pompey held an unusual difference from holding the FA Cup for the longest period without interruption, as the trophy did not contested again until the 1945-46 season. Nevertheless, with the War League operating, Pompey signed various players from other clubs who happened to be serving in the Forces and stationed near Portsmouth for the time being. One is Andy Black of Rangers, who on one important occasion scored eight goals in a 16-1 victory over Clapton Orient.
Year of Glory (1946-1959)
Football league returns for campaign 1946-47. At Pompey's Golden Jubilee season 1948-49, the club is thought to be the first team of the 20th century to win the Football League and double FA Cup. Pompey, however, was knocked out of the FA Cup in the semi-final against Leicester City, but compensated by claiming the league title in spectacular fashion. The season also saw a record 51.385 attendance, a record that still survives to this day.
The 1948-1949 Tim terdiri dari:
- Ernest Butler
- Phil Rooke
- Harry Ferrier
- Jimmy Scoular
- Reg diteliti
- Jimmy Dickinson
- Peter Harris
- Duggie Reid
- Ike Clarke
- Len Phillips
- Jack Froggatt
- Jasper Yeuell
- Lindy Delapenha
- Bert Barlow
- Cliff Parker
The club retained the title the following year, beating Aston Villa 5-1 on the final day of the season, and thus one of only five English teams who have won back-to-back titles since World War II.
Pompey enjoyed a fourth place finish in 1951-52, but in the summer of 1952, championship winning manager Bob Jackson left for Hull City. The players who have performed at the recently successful club are now old and the younger players who come to the side do not have comparable quality. Although the team finished third in 1954-55, the following season saw Pompey struggling and they were relegated to Division II in 1959.
Life in the lower leagues (1961-1976)
Portsmouth went to the Third Division in 1961 but was promoted back to the Second Division at the first time asking under George Smith's guidance.
Despite limited financial means, Smith retained the status of Portsmouth's second division throughout the 1960s until moving upstairs to become general manager in April 1970. The cash injection that accompanied John Deacon's arrival as chairman in 1972 failed to improve Pompey's league position. With Deacon unable to continue to finance the club on the same scale, Pompey was relegated to the Third Division in 1976.
Near oblivion (1976-1980)
In November 1976, the club found themselves needing to raise  £ 25,000 to pay off debt and avoid bankruptcy. The money was raised from support contributions after a campaign led by a local newspaper The News .
With players having to be sold to ease the club's financial situation and no money available for reimbursement, Pompey was forced to rely on untried manager Ian St John and inexperienced young players. As a result, they were relegated to the Fourth Division in 1978.
During this period and throughout the 1980s, Portsmouth was one of a number of football clubs with a reputation for hooliganism. The most famous gang is called Crew 6:57, a "casual company" of hooligans who call themselves a name derived from the fact that many supporters will catch the 6:57 train from the nearest Fratton train station to London for away games. The emergence of the all-seater stadium following Taylor's Report into the Hillsborough disaster of 1989 contributed to the decrease in violence related to organized football, and 6:57 Crew was gradually reduced to none by the 1990s. Two books have been written about 6:57 Crew, Rolling With The 6.57 Crew by Cass Pennant and Rob Silvester and Playing Up With Pompey By Bob Beech.
Rise again (1980-1988)
The club's fortunes began to reverse with the appointment of Frank Burrows as manager in 1979, and in his first season in charge Pompey won promotion back to the Third Division. They almost won their second consecutive promotion the following year, but a mediocre settlement in the 1981-82 season saw Burrows resign and take on coaching duties at Sunderland instead. Bobby Campbell replaced it and repeated Burrows' performance with a promotion - and this time the Division Three title - in his first season. The following season saw the club struggle to maintain consistency in the league, and also saw the contempt of the FA Cup exit to Southampton rivals. While the club has never been in serious danger of degradation, it is all enough to finance Bobby Campbell's work.
Under Alan Ball's management, Pompey almost failed to win promotion to the First Division twice before finally succeeding in 1986-1987. However, they can not find themselves back in the top flight and are relegated after just one season. The summer of 1988 saw Deacon sell the club to a London-based businessman and former Queens Park Rangers chairman, Jim Gregory.
Sleeping giant (1988-2002)
Alan Ball remained as Portsmouth manager until January 1989, curiously leaving the club when they were in the top six and still looked like a good bet for promotion back to the First Division. Jim Gregory then appointed John Gregory (no relationship) as the new manager of Portsmouth, but their form in the final months of the 1988-89 season was a disaster and they slumped to 20th place on the final table. Gregory left for 1989-90 and Frank Burrows returned for a second spell. Initially, he was able to stabilize the club and secure the finish in the middle of the standings, but the 1990-91 season proved to be a bad one and Burrows was sacked in March 1991 with the club in serious danger of relegation. Some good form under temporary manager Tony Barton was enough to secure safety for another season, although he refused to take the job permanently because of health problems.
The arrival of Jim Smith as manager in the summer of 1991, combined with the emergence of some good young players, sparked a resurgence in the team's luck and that year Pompey reached the FA Cup semi-final, losing on penalties to eventual Liverpool winners after a replay. The following season, Pompey missed promotion to the FA Premier League just for scoring one less goal than West Ham United.
Chairman Gregory now summoned the money he lent to the club over the previous seasons, and hence the players were sold with small funds available to buy a replacement. The form of the team declined, and Smith was controversially fired in March 1995 and replaced by Terry Fenwick. Relegation to Division Two was avoided on the final day of the 1995-96 season (on goal difference) when Pompey won to Huddersfield Town while other results went to the club.
In the summer of 1996, Terry Venables arrived at Pompey as a consultant, then took over as chairman after purchasing the club for £ 1. The team enjoyed a run to the quarterfinals of the FA Cup in 1996-97, defeating Leeds United's Premier League team in the process, but finished seventh (just less than a qualifying place for the play-offs for promotion to the Premier League). The 1997-98 season saw Venables lose its popularity with club supporters, as he signed some Australian players, who were largely disappointing, while his role as Australia's national team coach meant he was often absent from Portsmouth. Meanwhile, his team's results are bad. Two thirds of the trip this season, he and the unpopular manager Fenwick leave the club, Venables sells his shares back to Martin Gregory, the son of former chairman Jim, while Alan Ball returns as manager. Degradation was avoided on the last day of the season.
Pompey's one hundred percent season, 1998-99, saw a serious financial crisis hit the club, and in December 1998, Portsmouth got into the curator. They avoided relegation again that season, and were later rescued from the closing by new chairman Milan Mandari ?, who rescued the club with a takeover deal in May 1999. The new chairman immediately began to invest. Things did not get off to the best start under Mandari ?, since Ball was fired on December 9, 1999 with the club near the bottom of the table. Tony Pulis took over and drove the club to safety, but only lasted ten months at the helm after he was flattened in the garden (and fired shortly afterwards) because of a bad relationship with Mandari. The veteran player Steve Claridge stepped into the manager's seat, and some early success saw promotion talks to the Premier League, only to run a horrific defeat to set after the new year, so Claridge was fired as manager (but retained as a player) and was replaced in March 2001 by assistant manager of Chelsea, Graham Rix. Rix did not prove a very popular rapture, because he had been jailed for sexual offenses two years earlier, and the club only survived the final day of the season when they won their last game and Huddersfield City lost their possessions, leaving Portsmouth at their expense.
During the summer, former West Ham manager Harry Redknapp was appointed as director of football, and most observers predicted that the minute result did not swing Rix's way; he would be sacked and replaced by Redknapp. Sure enough, after the initial promotion fee slipped to mediocre medium and Pompey was knocked out of the FA Cup by Third Division side Leyton Orient, Rix lost his job in early 2002, with Redknapp taking over as expected. Former manager Jim Smith was asked to work with Redknapp, and while he initially changed his offer to remain as an assistant in Coventry City, he soon arrived at Portsmouth after a change of manager at Coventry saw almost all club coaching staff dismissed.
Pompey won the First Division
In the first full season of responsible Redknapp, 2002-03, he brings in a number of experienced Premier League players, such as Steve Stone, Tim Sherwood and Paul Merson, and combines them with young, rising talents like Gary O 'Neil and Matt Taylor. Pompey stormed the league, climbing to the top of Division 1 in the early fall and then staying on top for the rest of the season comfortably beating their main promotional rivals Leicester City into the 2002-03 Division One championship and eventually winning the title with a game to spare, despite running form which is bad in the closing stages of the season.
Premier League (2003-2010) and FA Cup success
During the summer, several other seasoned veterans, including Patrik Berger and Teddy Sheringham, joined the club on a short-term contract, to lead the team to their first Premier League duty. The club was heralded for immediate relegation and shocked many by staying up late. During their six seasons, Pompey produced some surprising results, notably three home victories - including two in successive seasons - against Manchester United.
season 2003-04
In his debut season in the 2003-2004 Premier League, Portsmouth had one of the best home records in the league, but his poor performance put them in 13th place. Had they been able to match their impressive home form on their journey, then a semi-finished finish or even a European place could be reached. After producing a big surprise early in the season when they beat Aston Villa 2-1 in their first Premier League game of the season, and then beat Bolton Wanderers 4-0 at Fratton Park in their third game, Pompey topped the standings, maybe. They were then comfortably in the middle of the standings during the fall, during which they also scored a 1-0 win over Liverpool and resulted in a 6-1 victory at Fratton Park in November 2003 at Leeds, their heaviest defeat in the Premier League.
Portsmouth drew 1-1 against Arsenal at Highbury, when Teddy Sheringham put Pompey ahead before halftime, before a foul on Robert PirÃÆ'¨s Arsenal got them penalized, converted. This marks the start of a straight-winning 11-game for Pompey. There are suggestions, supported by evidence from a video replay on ITV's The Premiership , that PirÃÆ'¨s may have swooped a penalty, though he has always vigorously maintained his innocence. Nevertheless, this draw marked the first of a series of horrendous results that left the team's chances to be relegated in mid-March.
However, a 1-0 home win against Southampton rivals, followed by the FA Premier League's first away win at Blackburn Rovers, Ewood Park, proved to be a catalyst to run a form that included a famous 1-0 win over Manchester United in April, with Steve Stone (rejected by Sir Alex Ferguson on an offer to join United less than two years earlier) scorer in Portsmouth's first victory over United in nearly 60 years. This shocking victory gave Portsmouth a relegation lifeline, as it lifted them out of the relegation zone for the first time since early February. A 2-1 win over Leeds and a 1-1 draw at home against Fulham in the next two games confirmed that Portsmouth would not be relegated in their first Premier League game. The club signed their impressive Premier League debut season with a 5-1 win over Middlesbrough League Cup winners this season at Fratton Park on the final day of the season, May 15.
The 2004-05 season
Despite their successful partnership, Milan Mandari? and Harry Redknapp clashed several times during their time together. At the end of the 2003-04 season, Mandari? is considering replacing some of the club's coaching staff, including Redknapp's assistant, Jim Smith. No change occurred, however, and after an early start that was not easy for the 2004-05 season, failed to win any of their first three games, two consecutive home wins (4-3 over Fulham and 3-1 over Crystal Palace) starting stable run of form (including a famous 2-0 win over Manchester United at Fratton Park in October) that saw them stay comfortably in the middle of the standings between August and December.
Despite the team's achievements in the field, however, behind the scenes are all not good. Both clashed again more seriously when Mandari? proposed the appointment of another director in November, with responsibility for youth formation at the club. Redknapp did not approve the proposal, but Mandari? pressed forward and pointed at Velimir Zajec. Redknapp, along with his assistant Jim Smith, then resigned immediately on November 23.
Zajec took over as manager, initially as caretaker, then on December 20, 2004 the club announced that he would manage the team for the remainder of the season. Their first game under Zajec was a 1-0 away win over Bolton in a difficult game where Portsmouth captain Arjan de Zeeuw and Bolton striker El Hadji Diouf battled on the pitch in the second half which then drove Diouf to spit on De Zeeuw's face. The win lifted Portsmouth to the top of the table for the first time since August. On April 7, 2005, however, after poor results that saw Portsmouth fall far from ninth place on Boxing Day to 15th place on the table in late March, Alain Perrin was appointed as team manager, with Zajec returning to his director role.
After seeing in real danger of relegation for much of the second half of the season, Portsmouth's 4-1 win at home to local rivals Southampton on 24 April brought the club close to securing Premier League survival that became almost certain six days later when, though Pompey lost 2- 0 at Manchester City, two lower clubs in the standings also failed to win their game, leaving Portsmouth needing just one point from their remaining two games to ensure survival. A week later, the club ensured their safety with a 1-1 draw against Bolton in the penultimate match of the season. With relegation rivals Crystal Palace and Southampton drawing their match 2-2 on the same day, this result means that, regardless of their final result of the match, Portsmouth could not finish lower than 16th place (eventually their last position).
On May 15, the final day of the season, Portsmouth's 2-0 defeat at West Bromwich Albion gave Albion a survive and relegated Southampton, resulting in a carnival atmosphere at the end of the match which saw both sets of fans attack the field. The 2005-06 season thus saw Portsmouth play in a league higher than Southampton's rivals for the first time since 1960.
Yakubu, Pompey's main target for the past two and a half seasons, was sold to Middlesbrough for £ 7.5 million and several other players were transferred when Alain Perrin began to brand authority at the club. After years of waiting, the plan appears to rebuild Fratton Park itself, the goal being to transform an aging old-style league into a stadium with a capacity of 30,000 stadiums. Off the pitch, changes also occurred with the departure of football director Velimir Zajec, for personal reasons.
season 2005-06
Portsmouth continued to struggle in the 2005-06 season, winning just two games between August and November, a 1-0 win over Everton at Goodison Park (courtesy of Everton's own goal Duncan Ferguson) and a 4-1 away win over Sunderland at the Stadium of Light. During a 1-0 defeat against Bolton at Reebok Stadium in early October, continuous abuse Alain Perrin of match officials saw him ordered away from pitchside by referee, an incident that landed Perrin in hot water with The Football Association (FA) and also led many experts to believe his death is now only a matter of time. The club's poor results (which recorded a record low points for Portsmouth managers) continued into December 2005, during which time Milan Mandari? finally reaching the end of his mooring, fired Perrin.
Former manager Harry Redknapp took over again a few weeks later, leaving behind Southampton's south coast rivals. The appointment made headlines on the pages of the British press sport, with the fans split into a powerful pro and anti-Redknapp camp. An unusual bet pattern shortly before Redknapp left Southampton resulted in the club and Redknapp himself being investigated by the FA. After months of investigation, no fees are followed. Redknapp's return to the club lifted the passion for Portsmouth, and in late December 2005 they finally scored their first win at Fratton Park since April with a 1-0 success over relegation rivals West Brom, following him with a 1-1 draw against West Ham's side. Two matches and a 1-1 draw against Fulham lifted Portsmouth from 19th to 16th in the standings but soon after Portsmouth fell back into the relegation zone.
In January 2006, Milan Mandari? confirmed he would sell the club's stake to Franco-Russian businessman Alexandre Gaydamak, and a cash injection of £ 15 million backed by Portsmouth to buy Benjani from French club Auxerre for a club record Ã, £ 4.1 million, as well such as Sean Davis, Pedro Mendes and NoÃÆ'  © Pamarot, in addition to Wayne Routledge and AndrÃÆ'  © s D'Alessandro on loan status.
Apparently this new money injection, Redknapp's return to the club and the arrival of some new players will be too little too late for Portsmouth, because in early March 2006 they are 12 points adrift of safety with ten games remaining.
When their head rivals Birmingham City beat Portsmouth 5-0 - their heaviest defeat currently in the Premier League at the time, and also their sixth consecutive game without scoring - Portsmouth looked definitely relegated and the result also seems to have put Birmingham and West Brom off reach Pompey. Despite brave efforts, the club can not repeat their success at home against Manchester United for a third consecutive season, losing a tilt at Fratton Park 3-1.
A late equalizer by Azar Karadas loan in a 1-1 draw against Bolton ended seven consecutive defeats of Portsmouth and gave them a crucial point from a match that, if they lose, will virtually end the hopes of surviving that season. However, it was not until the last-minute winning goal by Pedro Mendes at home to Manchester City two weeks later that dramatic changes in form and fortune were triggered during March and April, which coincided with the loss of form for Birmingham and West Brom. After earning 17 points from 8 matches, Portsmouth avoided relegation on 29 April when victory in the final second match of the season at Wigan Athletic, combined with Birmingham's failure to beat Newcastle United, put Portsmouth beyond the chase of the bottom three Premier League teams.
On July 19, 2006, co-owner and club chairman Milan Mandari? transferred full ownership of the club to Alexandre Gaydamak after a period of seven years that saw Portsmouth rise from the brink of liquidation to the top level of domestic football. Mandari? remains at the club as non-executive chairman until September 25 before taking over the Leicester City Championship club.
During the summer transfer window, England international Glen Johnson (with a seasonal loan from Chelsea), David James and Sol Campbell signed, and former U-21 midfielder David Thompson. Thompson, however, left for Bolton in February 2007, but James and Campbell both live in Portsmouth. Veteran strikers Nwankwo Kanu and Andy Cole were brought in short-term contracts, with midfielders Manuel Fernandes and Roudolphe Douala joining on loan. Serbian international midfielder loan Ognjen Koroman from Russian club Terek Grozny extended for next season, although he left the club in January 2007. The most expensive signing in the transfer market Pompey is Croatia international Niko Kranj? Ar, worth £ 3.5 Million from Hajduk Split.
The 2006-07 season
Portsmouth made a strong start to the 2006-07 Premier League campaign without conceding any goals in their first five games and briefly at the top of the league. Two consecutive defeats to Bolton (1-0 at home) and Tottenham Hotspur (2-1 at White Hart Lane) ruined this record but the team continued to make progress and built a strong start so that at Christmas they were still busy fourth place (only one point behind third-ranked Bolton). This prompted speculation that the club may mimic the achievements of former Bolton, Everton and Middlesbrough in the Premier League by qualifying for the UEFA Cup or even the UEFA Champions League, although Manchester United and Chelsea have an excellent early season form which means that both Bolton and Portsmouth, or other Premier League teams, are regarded as serious title challengers at this stage. A poor result after Christmas, however, moved Portsmouth into the middle of the standings, effectively ending their hopes of qualifying for the UEFA Cup.
Nevertheless, Portsmouth can still take a lot of positive things from their 2006-07 campaign, not least the fact that they never, at any stage of the season, appear to be in danger of relegation, largely because of their massive increase in the form of away games with three previous Premier League games and also that their performances remain consistently strong. In addition, there are also many encouraging results for the club, including victories over Manchester United, Everton, Reading, Newcastle and Liverpool. At the end of the season, they have collected 54 points from 38 matches (their best achievements in the Premier League and their most successful settlement for a season in over five decades) and recovered from their mid-season slump to finish the ninth respectable at the final table, away higher than many experts predicted before the season began. Portsmouth, however, refused to participate in the 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup, preferring to honor the commitments they had made to play in the 2007 Asia Trophy Premier League in Hong Kong with Liverpool, Fulham and South China AA between July 24 and 27, the date of the clash with Intertoto ties.
On May 21, 2007, New Zealand's Canterbury announced an agreement to make the gear for Portsmouth. This is the company's first venture into football.
season 2007-08: FA Cup Championship
Portsmouth's progress continued into 2007-08, with the club enjoying their best season for more than 50 years, starting on a good note after a 1-0 win over Fulham and a penalty shootout over Liverpool seeing them clinch the Asian Cup, prevailing a 4- Liverpool after the game ended with a goalless draw. Two Premier League matches with newly promoted Derby County and defending champions Manchester United retained their unbeaten start to the season before they scored their first league win with a 3-1 success at Bolton at Fratton Park on 18 August. After winning none of the next three games, Portsmouth dropped to 17th in the standings just above the relegation zone but a 1-0 win over Blackburn at Ewood Park on Sept. 23 secured their first away win of the season and started the club. Record a run of ten league games without losing.
On September 29, 2007, Portsmouth beat Reading 7-4 at Fratton Park in the highest scoring game in Premier League history. These results lifted the South Coast club to sixth place in the standings in early October 2007. The 4-1 win over on 3 November over Newcastle helped them rise to fourth, although poor results around Christmas made them retreat. eight on the table in mid-January, four points clear of the UEFA Cup slot. A consistent result followed after Christmas, lifting them to sixth in the table a month from the end of the season, but Portsmouth's failure to win one of their last four league games limits them to finish eighth place. However, this is their highest league placement for 53 years and, having scored 57 points from their 38 league games, set a new record for the club that was deemed a relegation certainty just two years earlier.
On March 8, 2008, Portsmouth reached the FA Cup semi-final for the first time in 16 years with a 1-0 away win over favorites of the Manchester United tournament in the quarter-finals, their first victory at Old Trafford since 1957. Portsmouth was awarded a penalty from a professional offense by Tomasz Kuszczak, who consequently sent out. As United had made all their substitutions, with Kuszczak being one of them after injured starter Edwin van der Sar, central defender Rio Ferdinand stepped on goal but could not prevent Sulley Muntari from scoring a penalty. The result saw them booked a place in the fixture at Wembley Stadium for the first time since claiming the trophy back in 1939. A 1-0 win over West Brom in their semi-final on 5 April 2008, the club's 110th anniversary, saw Portsmouth into the Cup final Their first post-war FA.
On 17 May 2008, Portsmouth won the FA Cup after beating Cardiff City at Wembley with a 1-0 win in the final, thus securing qualification for the 2008-09 UEFA Cup. This is the first time the club has ever qualified for European competition, with the club's glorious years before the formation of the European Cup.
2008-09 season: The financial crisis begins
Portsmouth started their 2008-09 season with a defeat to Manchester United at the 2008 FA Community Shield on August 10, 2008 at Wembley, losing 3-1 on penalties to Premier League defending champions after the game ended 0-0. The Premier League season got off to an equally bad start when they were beaten convincingly 4-0 in their first league game, travel to Chelsea, while a 1-0 defeat against Manchester United at Fratton Park in the second set saw them fall to the foot of the table on Sunday last August. The South Coast club, however, made a mistake for this poor start with a 3-0 away win against Everton that lifted them out of the relegation zone in early September. On Sept. 21, Portsmouth suffered their heaviest defeat to date in the Premier League when they lost 6-0 at Manchester City but they remain 13th. They finished in 14th place, thanks to academy director Paul Hart stepping up as a temporary boss, seven points of the club are relegated, despite the disruption brought in by the departure of Harry Redknapp and subsequent dismissal of his successor, former assistant manager Tony Adams.
At the beginning of the 2008-09 season rumors began flying around Portsmouth facing a crippling debt owing to their recent heavy spending and owner Alexandre Gaydamak wanting to sell the club. After Redknapp left many key players started off with Lassana Diarra and Jermain Defoe leaving in January. In May 2009, Sulaiman Al-Fahim received a major takeover for the club. However, the takeover was seized during the summer, and without the money put in the club, the majority of the squad should be sold, with players like Peter Crouch, Glen Johnson and Sylvain Distin being sold for a large fee. With no free players, meanwhile, Portsmouth are quickly becoming favorites for relegation. Al-Fahim eventually took over the club in August and several players, such as Tommy Smith, Aruna Dindane and Jamie O'Hara, were brought in. However, there is speculation that Al-Fahim does not have enough money to run the club and manage a debt of £ 70 million.
The 2009-10 season: worsening crises and degradation
It comes to a head when September's wages are not paid on time, where the club is once again taken over, this time by Saudi Arabian businessman Ali Al-Faraj. By this time, the team, as expected, languished at the bottom of the table, and Avram Grant was taken as director of football. As a bad result continued, however, Paul Hart was dismissed and Grant took over as manager. Al-Faraj, however, did not seem to carry what was promised; he has never attended a Portsmouth game and once again the club's salary is not paid on time for all December, January and February. Portsmouth is also issued with a closing order due to unpaid taxes. Another problem arose, with the club's official website closed due to unpaid provider, Sol Campbell sued the club for unpaid drawing rights and the Premier League withholds Pompey's TV money and pays it to the clubs to whom the money owes. Portsmouth relegation then saw Grant leave the club after being offered a managerial position at West Ham. Here is an open letter from Grant published on the Portsmouth club's official website:
"Portsmouth has given me a feeling of being away from home, I may leave Portsmouth physically but you can not take Portsmouth from me and my heart.This is a difficult and complicated year for us at the club but at the same time is a wonderful and exhilarating professional and personal experience I've been flooded with letters and emails from fans.Many of which make me shed a tear - and, take it from me, it takes a lot to do that.I will never forget you, the fans faithful Pompey, who, without hesitation, helped me protect the team under such complicated situations.There are very few teams in the world who have passionate and dutiful fans like you.Looking you all so proudly with a high-lifted head is the best gift you can I receive. "
Portsmouth_in_the_Championship_.282010.E2.80.932012.29 "> The 2010-11 season was Portsmouth's first season in The Championship after they were relegated from the Premier League during the 2009-10 season. Steve Cotterill was appointed as Portsmouth manager on June 18, 2010, enduring a tough summer of player sales with little or no money available for reimbursement. On October 22, Portsmouth issued a statement saying, "It looks like the club will be closed and dissolved by the administrator," but Pompey lender Alexandre Gaydamak announced the next day that he had reached an agreement that could save them. future. It was revealed just hours later that Portsmouth was finally out of administration and had been bought by Conver's Sports Initiatives led by Vladamir Antonov. The future looks safe and Portsmouth continue to finish in 16th place with 58 points and a goal difference of -7 of 15 wins, 13 draws and 18 defeats, a solid finish considering that they have one of the smallest squads in the Championship.
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Portsmouth in League One and Two (2012-present)
Appleton commented that he can lose up to 18 of his squad players currently in the summer transfer window of 2012 because the club is adapting to life in League One. On May 4, Portsmouth defender Jason Pearce joined Leeds United for a fee of Ã, £ 500,000, becoming the first player to leave the club. Next to go is Joel Ward's trainee, who joins the Crystal Palace at a cost of Ã, Â £ 400,000, followed by Stephen Henderson joining West Ham and Kelvin Etuhu joining Barnsley. Soon, Hayden Mullins and Aaron Mokoena both left Portsmouth and joined Birmingham City and Wits University respectively.
On May 18, 2012, Balram Chainrai's Portpin proposed a requirement for a CVA that would allow Portsmouth to exit the administration, providing the creditor to approve the proposal. One of the proposed terms reported bid 2 p in pounds. Meanwhile, the Pompey Support Trust said they would make a rival offer for the club, offering a better deal than 2p in pounds to creditors in their CVA proposal, which was then approved.
On June 25, 2012, Portsmouth lenders announced that they preferred the Balram Chainrai proposal to Pompey Suporter Trust's. Chainrai has 28 days to make a good proposal and start the process of getting the club out of administration. If Chainrai takes over Portsmouth, PST can deal with it directly to buy clubs. Chief Executive of the Football Association professional Gordon Taylor said the Portsmouth players needed to reach a compromise on wages to save the club. Among the high-earning players are Tal Ben Haim (Ã, Â £ 36,000), Nwankwo Kanu (Ã, Â £ 10,000), Liam Lawrence, Hayden Mullins, Erik Huseklepp, Luke Varney, Greg Halford, and David Norris. Instead, club transfers enlist high-earning players to cut costs at Portsmouth.
Portsmouth will start the 2012-13 season at -10 points after being told by the Football League that they are allowed into League One with tight financial controls, which, according to Trevor Birch administrator described as "unjustified", although this penalty has not yet applied. Immediately after the Football League decision, Trevor Birch said the offer proposal of Balram Chainrai was being withdrawn due to other forced financial conditions. The Pompey Suporter Trust says its offer to buy Portsmouth is "sustainable" and welcomes news that the land around Fratton Park can be sold.
On July 25, 2012, it was announced on the Portsmouth website that the club may have no alternative but to close (possibly die) on August 10 unless senior senior team players are left agreeing to transfer or sign a wage compromise deal. On July 27, Halford was the first transfer to leave the club, joining Nottingham Forest. The second, meanwhile, was Erik Huseklepp, who moved to Norwegian team SK Brann on 28 July; the third is Dave Kitson, who departs on 3 August; the fourth is Tal Ben Haim, who departs on August 9; and the last to go is Lawrence, who did it on August 10th. This means that the club will now survive, allowing the takeover process to continue. Chainrai then canceled his offer, leaving the PST offer as the only one left. However, he re-bid on August 23, 2012 and the next day PST announced that they are on track to submit a revised business plan and offer.
On October 18, 2012, administrators named Pompey Supporters Trust as the preferred bidder after rumors that the Football League had raised concerns over Chanrai's offer. On November 7, 2012, it is certain that Michael Appleton will leave Portsmouth to become Blackpool's manager, along with main team coach Ashley Westwood. The club insists that Guy Whittingham will take over as a temporary manager. On November 9th, Chanrai stopped his efforts to buy the club. Six days later, PST signed an agreement with PFK to buy the club. Portsmouth were then relegated from League One after going 23 games without a win, but The Football League still agreed to reduce ten points from Portsmouth, even though they were already relegated.
Portsmouth are predicted to be promoted by bettors in their first season in League Two, with Guy Whittingham giving the team the full time job but after a slow start to the season, Whittingham is becoming increasingly unpopular. He was sacked on 25 November 2013 with Portsmouth just six points above the relegation zone. Andy Awford took on the role of a temporary manager, earning points against Hartlepool United in his first game, but a permanent job was given to Ritchie Barker, who took over Portsmouth in 17th position on 9 December. However, Portsmouth's form got worse under Barker and on 27 March 2014, he was sacked after just 20 games with the team just two points above the relegation zone. Awford once again entered as a temporary manager to take responsibility for what he called "the seven finals" to save the club. Portsmouth won five of them in a row and drew the other two, finishing 13th.
Andy Awford's impressive result earned him a role as Portsmouth's first team manager for the 2014-15 season.
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First Division of the Football League ("FA Premier League" of 1992)
- Champion: (2) Ã, - 1949, 1950
- Runner-up: (0)
FA Cup
- Winners: (2) Ã, - 1939, 2008
- Runner-up: (3) Ã, - 1929, 1934, 2010
Championship ("Football League Second Division" sebelum 1992)
- Juara: (1) Â - 2003
- Runner-up: (2) Â - 1927, 1987
League One ("Football League Third Division" sebelum 1992)
- Juara: (3) Â - 1924, 1962, 1983
Two League ("Fourth Football League Division" before 1992)
- Champion: (1) - 2017
- Runner-up: (0)
FA Community Protection
- Winner: (1) Ã, - 1949
- Runner-up: (1) Ã, - 2008
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