Portsmouth Football Club Ã, ( listen ) is a professional football club in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, playing in EFL League One, third tier of English football, after their promotion as EFL League Two champions in the 2016-17 EFL Liga Two seasons. The club was founded on April 5, 1898 and a home game was played at Fratton Park in Milton, Portsmouth.
Portsmouth has been the top English Football League champion twice in a row in 1949 and 1950. Portsmouth also won the FA Cup twice in 1939 and 2008, and has won the FA Charity Shield in 1949. Portsmouth also won the second-tier division. titles once in 2002-03, three third division titles three times in 1923-24 (South), 1961-62, 1982-83 and fourth tier division titles once in 2016-17. In the early twentieth century, Portsmouth also won the Southern Football League in 1901-02 and 1919-20. Portsmouth were also champions of the Western Football League in 1900-01, 1901-02 and 1902-03. This, and their more recent victory make Portsmouth F.C. the most successful football club in southern England (in terms of cups, honors and titles) outside London.
Portsmouth have played in European competition for just one season in their history, UEFA Cup 2008-09 ( now UEFA Europa League), the result of winning the 2008 FA Cup Final. In this period, the club has international players including England's Glen Johnson, Jermain Defoe, Peter Crouch, David James and Sol Campbell. In the 2009-10 season, Portsmouth had major financial problems and they entered the administration on 26 February 2010, which resulted in a nine-point reduction by the Premier League and relegation to the second tier EFL Championship. At the end of the 2009-10 Premier League season, Portsmouth, already relegated, has reached the 2010 FA Cup Final and finished as runner-up to Chelsea F.C winner.
On 17 February 2012, EFL Championship side Portsmouth entered another financial administration. Poor performances then drove Portsmouth relegated to third place EFL League One. A year later, on April 10, 2013, Portsmouth survived the liquidation by the High Court, having been successfully purchased by Pompey Supporters Trust (PST) owned by fans, who also gained ownership of Fratton Park. However, out of the Portsmouth administration led to a decisive ten-point loss to Portsmouth's fourth-tier EFL League Two, their lowest point since the 1979-1980 season in the fourth Division Football League.
After winning the EFL Tier 2 Championship Two division championship title in the final game of the 2016-17 season, Portsmouth became the only fifth British football club to win all four levels of professional English football today ( after Wolves, Burnley, Preston North End and Sheffield United ). In addition, Portsmouth was also one of only two English football clubs that won from five professional divisions including the former South Coast Regional Football Division championship in the 1923-24 season. Wolverhampton Wanderers also shared this distinction, having won all four divisions, plus the title of the Northern League Football League third division, coincidentally in the same season 1923-24 when Portsmouth won their respective South divisions. The two regional Third Divisions were restructured into the Third Division of the Third National Football League and the Fourth Division Football League for the 1958-59 season, which means the five professional division wins will never again be matched by other clubs under the current structure.
In May 2017, members of Pompey Supporters Trust (PST) voted to sell Portsmouth Football Club, the largest football fan club in the United Kingdom (2013-2017) to The Tornante Company, an investment company owned by a former CEO Disney, Michael Eisner. Purchase completed on August 3, 2017.
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History
Precursor Club
- 1883-1896 - Portsmouth A.F.C. - An amateur club formed by Portsmouth architect Arthur Cogswell. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle plays the goalkeeper under the pseudonym, "A.C. Smith".
- Ã,? -1891- ?? - Portsmouth Town F.C. - The amateur team almost became Portsmouth's first professional club, but their efforts failed and led to their dissolution.
- 1894-1899 - Royal Artillery (Portsmouth) F.C. (reformed 1900-1901) - A popular amateur army team based in the United Ground Services Recreation complex on Burnaby Road, Portsmouth. Their supporters were the originators of the "Town Hall Chimes" ( later, "The Pompey Chimes" ) and the team was dubbed "Pompey" before FC Portsmouth which was professionally formed in 1898. The scandal of "professionalism" in 1899 led to their "retirement" and increased interest in the new Portsmouth FC. Royal Artillery briefly reformed for another season in 1900-1901.
1898-1899: The establishment of Portsmouth FC
The Club was founded on April 5, 1898 at 12 High Street, Old Portsmouth as "The Portsmouth Football and Athletic Company", with John Brickwood as chairman, The directors of the company are: John Brickwood (1852-1932) (owner of Brickwoods Brewery, Portsmouth) was attacked by King Edward VII in 1904. In 1927, he became Sir John Brickwood, 1st Baronet Brickwood of Portsmouth.)
Sebuah Plakat Biru di dinding 12 High Street Portsmouth (gedung perkantoran pengacara Alderman John E. Pink) memperingati berdirinya pada 5 April 1898.
1899-1920: Southern Football League dan Western Football League (1900-1909)
In 1899, work began to develop a former agricultural field near Goldsmith Avenue, Milton, Portsmouth to a new football ground, purchased in 1898 from a local Goldsmith farming family. The new football field will be named Fratton Park after the nearest and comfortable Fratton train station.
Frank Brettell was announced as the secretary of Portsmouth's first Football Club manager in February 1899, he has been the club secretary of St Domingo (now Everton F.C.) player in Liverpool and helped 'create the organization that became Everton'. Brettell joined Portsmouth F.C. in May 1899 and his first Portsmouth player was Irish goalkeeper Matt Reilly and Harry Turner, both of whom were recently "retired" Royal Artillery (Portsmouth) F.C. Also joining Portsmouth as new director is Sergeant-Major Regiment Frederick Windrum, coach treasurer of Royal Artillery.
Brettell, with valuable northern contacts, also signed Scottish footballer Tom Wilkie, former Heart Of Midlothian and Liverpool player. Bob Blyth and Alex "Sandy" Brown were both signed from Preston North End. Edward Turner, Harold Clarke and Harold Stringfellow are all from Everton. And Cunliffe, Thomas "Tommy" Cleghorn and Robert "Bobby" Marshall were all signed from Liverpool.
Brave and ambitious apps for Portsmouth's direct entrance to the Southern League First Division, without the usual period of testing in the lower division, were accepted, and the club joined the Division One's Southern Division One for the 1899-1900 season. The Southern League is keen to see professional teams from Portsmouth joining the Southern League, Southern League secretary, Mr. Nat Whittaker quoted in the press as saying; "Personally, I think there's a big future for 'socker' (sic) generally in Portsmouth and if they can only do well next season the club's success is assured.Help them? Of course I will, and anyone else who wants to make football grows in the south ". Whittaker also said he was confident that Portsmouth would be elected to the league by other clubs at the next South League general meeting, to which they are located.
Portsmouth's first competitive South League match was played at Chatham Town F.C. at Maidstone Road, Chatham on Saturday 2 September 1899, which Portsmouth won 1-0, Portsmouth's first goal scored by Harold Clarke. Four days later, on Wednesday 6 September 1899, the first home game at Fratton Park was played; a friendly against local local rivals Southampton, which Portsmouth won 2-0, with goals from Dan Cunliffe (previously with Liverpool) and Harold Clarke (previously with Everton). Portsmouth's first season 1899-1900 in the Division One South Division was successful, with the club winning 20 of 28 league matches, making them second place in the standings behind champions Tottenham Hotspur.
In the second Division Football League second season 1900-01, Portsmouth finished in third place behind second place Bristol City and first place Southampton. Portsmouth also joined the 1900-01 Western Football League and ended as the First Division champion. Also in 1900, Portsmouth chairman John Brickwood had the design of Arthur Cogswell and built another Brickwood Brewery pub, which is next to Fratton Park on 44 Frogmore Road, and renamed it "The Pompey" .
The next season 1901-02 saw Portsmouth player Bob Blyth become Portsmouth's second manager on 1 August 1901, replacing Frank Brettell who had departed on May 31, 1901. Portsmouth won the Southern Football League championship title 1901-02. However, Portsmouth were not promoted and no teams were relegated. No club has applied for the election to the Football League. In 1901-02 the Western Football League, Portsmouth also won the Division One championship for the second season in a row.
In 1902-03 Southern Football League, Portsmouth finished in third place. In 1902-03 Western Football League, Portsmouth won the Division One championship for the third consecutive season.
The next 1903-04 Southern Football League sees fourth place finish. On July 5, 1904, Portsmouth F.C. The owner of the Chairman and Brickwoods Brewery, Sir John Brickwood, is chaired by His Royal Highness King Edward VII. In 1903-04 Western Football League, Portsmouth finished fourth behind champions Tottenham Hotspur.
In 1904-05 Southern Football League, Portsmouth occupies the middle position of the standings in eighth place. In 1904-05 Western Football League, Portsmouth finished fourth behind champions Plymouth Argyle.
Richard Bonney, a former soldier who has founded Royal Artillery (Portsmouth) F.C. in 1894, became Portsmouth's third manager on August 1, 1905 for 1905-06 Southern Football League. Portsmouth finished in third place. In 1905-06 Western Football League, Portsmouth finished seventh behind champion Queens Park Rangers. A new club pavilion designed and built by Arthur Cogswell in the southwest corner of Fratton Park, which houses club offices and players' dressing rooms. John Brickwood also donated the tower clock tower to the east side of the new pavilion.
In 1906-07 Southern Football League, Portsmouth finished the season as runners-up for the second time, after Fulham won the title with just two points. Meanwhile, in 1906-07 the Western Football League, Division One is divided into equal 'A' and 'B' parts, with a playoff between the two winning sections to decide on the First Division champion. Portsmouth finished third in the 'B' part of Division One. 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.
At the end of 1907-08 Southern Football League, Portsmouth ended in a disappointing ninth place. In 1907-08 Western Football League, Portsmouth finished as runners-up in the 'A' Division One.
The next 1908-09 season, Portsmouth finished fourth. In their last Western Football League 1908-09 appearance, Portsmouth finished fourth from the 'B' part of Division One. At the end of the season, all fourteen division members of 'A' and 'B' division One withdrew from the Western Football League.
For the 1909-10 Southern Football League, Portsmouth left the pink salmon and maroon "Shrimps" shirts and turned their colors into white shirts, navy blue shorts and blue socks. Portsmouth end their season in sixth place.
Portsmouth had a 1910-11 Southern Football League disaster season, winning only 8 of their 38 games and were relegated. Manager Richard Bonney was later released. The severe financial crisis that occurred between the seasons and the public appeal for funds in May 1911 kept the club afloat.
1912: Reform
With Robert Brown recruiting from Sheffield Wednesday as Portsmouth's fourth manager, the team finished second in the Division Two South Division 1911-12 behind City Merthyr and was promoted to runner-up. However, the club's finances are problematic again, with losses and debt rising to Ã, Â £ 10,000. The shareholders' meeting was called on May 8, 1912, in which George Lewin Oliver, one of the original founders and directors, proposed that " Portsmouth Football and Athletic Company " should be closed and replaced with more business oriented companies. The original company was then liquidated to erase the debt and on July 27, 1912, " Portsmouth Football Club Ltd " was formed as the new parent company of Portsmouth FC, with substantial financial guarantees provided by the board of director The 1898 founding director of the original George Lewin Oliver became the new Portsmouth FC. chairman.
For the new 1912-13 Football League season back in Division One, Portsmouth, now under new ownership, wearing a new house blue shirt, white shorts and black stockings. Portsmouth finished the season in 11th position.
The famous peak of Portsmouth, which consists of a crescent moon and stars first appeared in the 1913-14 season. The motif of the moon and stars comes from the city of Portsmouth (then) the emblem and is believed to date back as far back as Richard I. Surprisingly, the star on the original badge displays a star with five points instead of the eight that appear at the top of the city. Portsmouth finished the season in 9th position.
Football was suspended during the First World War of 1914-1918, which came to be known as 'The Great War'. Many have connections to Portmouth F.C. joined the "Pompey Pals Battalions", which formed part of the Hampshire Regiment. Many never go home. In 1915, the Fratton End terrace was upgraded to accommodate 8,000 supporters who stood and closed with a roof for the first time. On June 6, 1918, a team of American soldiers played Canadian troops in a baseball game at Fratton Park, with donated gateway money to the British Red Cross. US troops win 4-3.
After the reopening of the game in the 1919-20 season, Portsmouth won the South League championship for the second time (the first chance was in 1901-02). Portsmouth was later elected to the Third Division Football League as a founding member. John McCartney took over as fifth manager of Portsmouth on May 1, 1920 from Robert Brown who has gone on to join Gillingham F.C., also in The Football League.
1920-1939: The Football League
Southern League Football champions Portsmouth inadvertently started his first 1920-21 season in the Third Division of the English Football League as a founding member and completed the 12 years.
The following 1921-22 season, the Football League Third Division is divided into Northern and Southern sections ( which continued until 1958 ). The South Third Division was primarily a continuation of the Third Division from the previous 1920-21 season, while most of the teams in the Northern Division III were newcomers to the Football League. Portsmouth finished third in the Southern 1921-22 Summer Division.
In the 1922-23 season in the Southern Three Division, Portsmouth finished seventh.
Portsmouth won the Third South Division title in the 1923-24 season and was promoted to the Second Division Football League.
Portsmouth's debut season in the 1924-25 season of the Second Division was a success, ending in fourth place behind Derby County, Manchester United and division champion, Leicester City.
At the start of the 1925-26 Second Division season, the new South Stand was designed by renowned architects Archibald Leitch and was opened by Football League President John McKenna on 29 August 1925, just before kickoff against Middlesbrough. The season ends with Portsmouth in eleventh position.
The club continued to perform well in the Second Division, winning promotion to the First Division by finishing runners-up in the second division season 1926-27, earning a new club record of 9-1 home win over Fratton Park over Notts County all the way, which is still a record of home wins. highest to date. Portsmouth's promotion to the top division in English football is a double celebration; the first to be achieved by a football club based south of London, and the first achieved by a club that graduated from the Third Division to the First Division.
South Shields manager Jack Tinn joined Portsmouth as the new manager on May 1, 1927, replacing John McCartney who resigned due to illness. Portsmouth's debut season in the 1927-28 Main Division is a struggle, finishing one point and one place above relegation.
The next 1928-29 season in the First Division, Portsmouth continued to falter, losing 10-0 at Filbert Street to Leicester City, which still lost the club record. Despite their failure in the Football League, however, the season also saw Portsmouth reach the FA Cup Final for the first time, which they lost to Bolton Wanderers. One of Pompey's supporters is reported to have " carrying a black cat, with a club color around his neck " to the 1929 FA Cup Final. Portsmouth survived relegation, completing a spot above the relegation zone.
From 1929 to 1934, Portsmouth became the regular first-half finisher in the First Division. The 1933-34 season saw Portsmouth return to reach the FA Cup final for the second time, having beaten Manchester United, Bolton Wanderers, Leicester City and Birmingham City en route. The club was again beaten in the FA Cup Final, this time by Manchester City.
In the middle of the 1934-35 season, on December 23, 1934, the founding director of 1898 and then Portsmouth chairman George Lewin Oliver died. Using money from the sales of defender Jimmy Allen in June 1934 and money from the 1934 FA Cup Final, Portsmouth F.C. it was announced at Christmas 1934 that the North Fratton Park Stand would be disassembled and replaced with a much larger booth, increasing the land capacity to more than 58,000. The 1934-35 season ended with Portsmouth in fourteenth and seven points above relegation.
On 7 September at the start of the 1935-36 First Division season, in a home game against Aston Villa, the new North Stand was opened by John McKenna, who also opened the Fratton Park South Stand just ten years earlier. Former Portsmouth defender Jimmy Allen, whose sales in 1934 have largely paid for the new North Stand, was present at the match, as the visiting Aston Villa team captain! The North Stand briefly holds the nickname "The Jimmy Allen Stand" for a while afterward. Portsmouth ended the 1935-36 season in tenth place.
1938-39 Season: First FA Cup Victory
Having established itself in the top flight, the 1938-39 season saw Portsmouth reach the FA Cup Final for the third time with manager Jack Tinn, who has been wearing his lucky fight throughout the qualifying round. It was indeed a third luck, as Portsmouth managed to beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-1 favorites in what was dubbed the press, 'The Gland Final' - a reference to the testosterone injections of ape glands - used by both teams (and others) that season. Bert Barlow and John 'Jock' Anderson scored, while Cliff Parker scored two goals (third and fourth).
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 final match of the season, with Blackpool F.C. at the top of the standings and Portsmouth in 18th position. It will be the last national Football League fixture before it was abandoned after the British war declaration in Germany on Sunday 3 September 1939. The large gathering of the crowd was suspended with the implementation of the Emergency Powers (Defense) Act 1939.
However, the football competition did take place during the war, with the Football League being divided into ten regional mini leagues, with Portsmouth in 'League South'. The annual national cup competition is also held, called the Football League Cup.
In 1942, Portsmouth reached the London Cup final, a competition that started just one season earlier in 1940-1941. The London War Cup was held once again during the 1941-42 season and was intended by organizers to stand in the FA Cup, although the official Football League Cup competition has been taking place every year since 1939. The London World Cup competition required Portsmouth, the current FA Cup winner, self from the Football Association to enter. Portsmouth advanced to the 1942 London Cup final at Wembley Stadium, but was beaten by Brentford F.C. and finished as runner-up. After the competition, Portsmouth paid a ten-pound re-registration fee to rejoin the Football Association again. The London World Cup Competition was never played again. Ironically, the London Cup trophy won by Brentford in 1942 was reused for the next Football League Cup competition. The last trophy was presented in 1945 to Chelsea F.C. and remain at Chelsea F.C. museum today.
During his wartime visit to Portsmouth, Field Marshal Montgomery became interested in Portsmouth Football Club and was made honorary President of Portsmouth F.C. in 1944 (until 1961).
The end of World War II in 1945 caused Portsmouth to hold the distinction of holding the FA Cup trophy for the longest period without interruption - seven years - because the trophy was not presented again until the 1946 FA Cup Final. Manager Jack Tinn is rumored to have kept the FA Cup trophy safely under the spot sleep 'during part of the war. Since Portsmouth's naval town is a major strategic military target for the bombing of the German Luftwaffe, FA Cup trophies are routinely moved around the city of Portsmouth for its security and protection, moving from the Fratton Park meeting room to the bank safe, back to Fratton Park and around the local pub. During the worst bombing at Portsmouth, the FA Cup trophy was also taken ten miles north of Portsmouth, into the village of Lovedean in Hampshire, where it was kept and displayed in a straw-roofed country pub called The Bird in Hand . In 1945, the FA Cup trophy was taken around the streets of Portsmouth and proudly exhibited at Victory street parties in Europe.
The FA Cup Competition continued for the 1945-46 season, but the resumption of Football League had to wait another year. Portsmouth, as First Division team and as "current" (from 1939!) FA Cup winners, are interested in playing against Birmingham City in the Third Round phase of the FA Cup competition. The first leg of the two-foot tie was played at Birmingham's st Andrew's stadium on 5 January 1946 and produced 1-0 in support of Birmingham City. The second leg at Fratton Park ended 0-0 on 9 January 1946, with Birmingham City winning 1-0 aggregate overall. (See FA Cup 1945-46 for full results) Unfortunately, the FA Cup trophy does not live with Portsmouth F.C. for the eighth year in a row and returned to the Football Association in time for the 1946 FA Cup Final, where Derby County was awarded the trophy.
Football League finally resumed in 1946-47. Portsmouth have used players called to serve in the Royal Navy and Royal Marines in the war years and recruit some of them. In this way, Portsmouth chose some of the best. Portsmouth ended the 1946-47 Football League First Division season in 12th place. On May 1, 1947, manager Jack Tinn left Portsmouth, with Bob Jackson taking over the role on the same day.
The First Division Football League Division post-war two started again under manager Bob Jackson in 1947-48. This is also the first season of Portsmouth wearing red socks, which replaced their traditional black socks. Red socks were an idea proposed by Portsmouth honorary president, Field Marshal Montgomery, who had suggested that Portsmouth should wear red socks to commemorate the sacrifices of British soldiers who lost the war. Red is traditionally the color of the British Army and also the poppy flower Remembrance, so the idea of ​​Montgomery was adopted by Portsmouth at the start of the season. Bob Jackson Portsmouth finished in 8th place at the end of the 1947-48 First Division season.
1948 -49 and 1949-50: Champions of England - twice
In the 50th anniversary of the "Golden Jubilee" of 1948-49, Bob Jackson's team at Portsmouth is thought to be the first team of the 20th century to win the Football League and the "double" FA Cup. The rare 'Double' potential of seeing Fratton Park attracted an average of 36,000 home fans, and a record 51.385 attendance in the FA Cup quarter-final match against Derby County on February 26, 1949, which Portsmouth won 2-1. The Fratton Park 51.385 presence is still a club record. Portsmouth lost 3-1 in the FA Cup semi-final against Leicester City on March 26, 1949 at the neutral Highbury stadium. Portsmouth however, won half of the 'Double', secured the First Division title and became the Football League Champions of England at the end of the 1948-49 season, with Manchester United ending as runners-up. Portsmouth championship teams consist 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.
Portsmouth side Bob Jackson beat Aston Villa 5-1 on the final day of the next 1949-50 season, winning the Football League title again for a second successive season - on goal difference - as both Portsmouth and Wolverhampton Wanderers runner-up finish the season with 53 points each, respectively, and just one point ahead of third place Sunderland with 52 points. Portsmouth are one of only five English teams that have won back consecutive Premier League titles since the end of World War II.
In the next 1950-51 season, the Portsmouth League champions finished in 7th place, 13 points behind the title winner Tottenham Hotspur.
The next 1951-52 season saw an improvement, with Portsmouth finishing in 4th place, 9 points behind Manchester United's title winner.
Eddie Lever took over Pompey in 1952 after winning championship manager Bob Jackson joined Hull City. In the 1952-53 season, Portsmouth finished in 15th place and just 4 points above the relegation zone, with Arsenal F.C. won the league title.
In the 1953-54 season, Portsmouth finished 14th, 9 points above relegation. Wolverhampton Wanderers won the League this season.
Portsmouth finished third in the 1954-55 season, just 4 points behind Chelsea winners F.C..
In the 1955-56 season, on February 22, 1956, Fratton Park hosted the first night light bulb in the Football League, against Newcastle United, playing under a spotlight set up on the North Stand and South Stand. Portsmouth finished the season in 12th place in Division One.
Fratton End stands the original end of the earthbank replaced in 1956 with a new stand built of prefabricated concrete and steel. It has two distinctive terraced floors, a roofed upper terrace and a lower open terrace. In the 1956-57 season, Portsmouth escaped relegation with four points and completed two places above the relegation zone.
In the next 1957-58 season, Portsmouth once again escaped the relegation zone by goal difference and finish one place above the relegation zone. Manager Eddie Lever left Portsmouth in April 1958.
Freddie Cox became Portsmouth's new manager in August 1958. The new 1958-59 season was the first Football League season with four national divisions. The old two regional divisions (North and South) that started in the 1921-22 season were restructured and replaced by two new national divisions, named Third Divisions and Fourth Divisions. At the end of the 1958-59 season, Portsmouth ended the First Division match, ending a 32-year stay in the First Division, and relegation to the Second Division. Today, the championship team of 1949 and 1950 have broken up, caused by aging or injury.
1959-1979: Decrease and degradation to Fourth Division
Following the bottom finish in the 1958-59 season of the First Division before, Portsmouth started the 1959-60 season in the Second Division, the second level of English football - which Portsmouth was last in the 1926-27 season. After another poor season, they escaped further relegation to the Third Division by just 2 points and finish just one place above the relegation zone.
In the 1960-61 season, Portsmouth finished second last in the Second Division relegation zone and again relegated to the Third Division, (the first former English Premier League champion to do so). Manager Freddie Cox was fired in February 1961.
Under the guidance of George Smith, Portsmouth, now in the Third Division for the 1960-61 season had a good season and was promoted back to the Second Division at the first time asking after winning the Third Division title. Field-Marshal Bernard 'Monty' Montgomery of Alamein, is the honorary President of Portsmouth FC, having begun supporting them during World War II due to the proximity of his headquarters at Southwick House on the outskirts of Portsmouth. In a personal correspondence dated 25 April 1962, he wrote a letter to Smith: 'I congratulate you for bringing Portsmouth out of the Third Division - which is really the wrong place for the famous team. While all players do their things, the primary credit is given to you. '
Despite limited financial means, manager George Smith retained the Second Division status of Portsmouth throughout the rest of the 1960s until Smith was replaced by Ron Tindall in April 1970 as Smith moved upstairs to become general manager in April 1970, until retirement from football in 1973.
The cash injection that accompanied the arrival of John Deacon as chairman in 1972 failed to improve the position of Second Division Portsmouth. Ron Tindall was replaced in May 1973 by John Mortimore. However, Ron Tindall returned for two games as a temporary manager after manager John Mortimore left in 1974. Ian St. John became the new manager of Portsmouth in September 1974.
With Deacon unable to continue to finance the club on the same scale, Portsmouth finished under Division II in the 1975-1976 season and dropped to the Third Division.
In November of the 1976-77 Third Division season, the club found themselves needing to raise  £ 25,000 to pay off debts and avoid bankruptcy. With players having to be sold to ease the club's financial situation, and no money is available for reimbursement, Portsmouth is forced to rely on inexperienced young players. They ended the 1976-77 season just one place and one point above the Third Division relegation zone.
On 4 May 1977, former Portsmouth and England international Jimmy Dickinson became Portsmouth's new manager, replacing Ian St. John. As a result, they were relegated at the end of the new 1977-78 season, ending at the bottom.
In the fourth division season 1978-79, Portsmouth finished in 7th position. After the season in May 1979, Jimmy Dickinson was replaced by Frank Burrows.
1979-1987: Return to the First Division
Under the new management of Frank Burrows, Portsmouth earned promotion back to the Third Division after finishing in 4th place in the 1979-1980 season.
In the 1980-81 season, Portsmouth finished sixth in the Division Three table.
The 1981-82 season of the following Third Division, Portsmouth finished mid-table in thirteenth position. On 21 May 1982, Frank Burrows left and Bobby Campbell became the new manager of Portsmouth.
During the Third Division 1982-83 season, former Portsmouth player, England international manager and player Jimmy Dickinson died at the age of 57 on November 8, 1982 after suffering three heart attacks. A public memorial ceremony was held at St. The crowded Mary at Fratton, Portsmouth. Dickinson is buried in Alton, Hampshire. Pompey then won the Third Division 1982-83 championship title, earning promotion back to Division II.
In the second season of the 1983-84 Division, Portsmouth finished sixteenth in the standings. After the season, Bobby Campbell was replaced by former England international and 1966 World Cup winner Alan Ball on May 11, 1984.
Under Alan Ball, Portsmouth failed to win promotion to the First Division in the 1984-85 Main Division season, finishing fourth with a goal difference. They finished in fourth place again for the next 1985-86 season as well.
In Alan Ball's third season as Portsmouth manager in the 1986-87 Second Division season, Portsmouth finished as runners-up behind Derby County F.C., getting promotion back to the First Division for the first time since the 1958-59 season. During this season, the top level of the Fratton End tribune, built only thirty years earlier in 1956, was closed due to structural problems, resulting in only a lower level of Fratton End being open to fans.
In mid-season 1987-88 First Division, the club was again in financial trouble. Portsmouth relegated directly to Division Two. The summer of 1988 saw the chairman John Deacon sell the club to a London-based businessman and former Queens Park Rangers chairman, Jim Gregory. Fratton Park is in a bad condition, with Fratton End still half closed for fans and leaking roofs in the North and South tribunes.
With new chairman Jim Gregory injecting money into the club, work began in the summer of 1988 to destroy the upper levels of Fratton End and its roof. The North and South booths have been refurbished and both receive new blue sheet metal roofs.
1988-2003: Second/First Division
After a disappointing season in the First Division, Portsmouth were relegated back to Division II for the 1988-89 season. In mid-season, Alan Ball was fired on January 17, 1989 and replaced by John Gregory. The entire Fratton End stood closed for most of the season during demolition work, with only a lower level of standing back opening in the spring of 1989. Portsmouth ended the season just two places above the relegation zone.
After the Hillsborough Disaster on April 15, 1989, Portsmouth removed the guardrail from Fratton Park for the new 1989-90 season, except at Milton End to separate supporters. The season saw John Gregory leave the club on January 3, 1990. Assistant manager Frank Burrows became manager for a second spell on January 23, 1990. Portsmouth finished in 12th position at the end of the season.
The 1990-91 season saw Frank Burrows resign as manager on 13 March 1991 after a series of poor results. Burrows was replaced by coach Graham Paddon until the end of the season, ending in 17th position.
The arrival of Jim Smith as manager at the start of the 1991-92 season sparked a resurgence in the team's fortunes and that year Portsmouth reached the FA Cup semi-final, meeting Liverpool on neutral ground Highbury on April 5, 1992 - 94th Anniversary of Portsmouth Football Club. Portsmouth took the lead in extra time from Darren Anderton's 111th-minute goal. However, Liverpool's Ronnie Whelan equalized five minutes later, and the semi-final ended 1-1 after 120 minutes. The tie was then played at Villa Park on 13 April 1992 and ended 0-0 after extra time. Portsmouth then lost 3-1 on penalties to Liverpool, who then met Sunderland in the 1992 FA Cup final, which Liverpool won 2-0.
The 1992-1993 Football League season saw a massive restructuring of the English football "pyramid" system, caused by all First Division clubs withdrawing from the Football League and forming a new Premier League FA. Now without the First Division, the Second Division Football League has been renamed the "First Division Football League" (and so on) for the 1992-93 season. The FA Premier League also has a newly-created trophy winner, which means the famous First Football League champions trophy to be demoted, now acting as the new second class "Divisional Prime" champion trophy instead. Portsmouth had a good 1992-1993 season in the new "First Division" but failed in an automatic promotion to a new first-tier Premier League by scoring just one goal less than second in West Ham United. In the next play-off round, Portsmouth lost 3-2 from aggregate over two games to Leicester City in the play-off semi-finals for a third promotion spot.
During the 1993-94 season under manager Jim Smith, Portsmouth finished 17th out of 24 in the First Division, winning 15 games, drawing 13 and losing 18. The team reached the League Cup quarter-finals and FA Cup third rounds, in both cases were eliminated after reruns.
The 1994-95 season was a disappointing season for Portsmouth and after a decline in the form that made them fight at the edge of the new "Main" Division, Jim Smith was sacked on February 1, 1995 and replaced by Terry Fenwick, who guided them to a safe place with 4 victories in Their last 6 league matches.
In the first season of 1995-96 Fenwick's full season in charge of Portsmouth, relegation to the Second Division was avoided on the final day of the season (on goal difference) when Portsmouth won at Huddersfield Town while other results went to the club.
In the summer of 1996, Terry Venables arrived at Portsmouth as a consultant. Venables recently resigned as England's national team manager after UEFA Euro 1996 competition. Fratton Park was converted into a stadium of all seats, with new blue plastic chairs mounted on the lower North terrace, Milton End, a lower southern patio terrace and also the rest of the porch Fratton End.
In the 1996-97 league campaign, Portsmouth finished just from the qualifying spot for a play-off for promotion to the Premier League. Terry Venables took over as chairman in February 1997 after purchasing a 51 percent controlling stake in the club for £ 1. The team enjoyed a run in the 1996-97 FA Cup competition, beating FA Premier League team Leeds United on February 15, 1997, but eventually lost 1- 4 by Chelsea FC in the quarter-finals at Fratton Park on March 9, 1997.
At the end of the 1996-97 season, Fratton End was completely destroyed in the summer (1997) and work began to build a new Fratton End booth. In addition, a new roof extension builds on the lower level of the North Stand and finishes before the new season begins. This new addition to Fratton Park was partially funded by Football Trust (now The Football Foundation).
At 4.59 pm on Friday 31 October 1997, the new Fratton End worth £ 2.2 million was officially opened for its opening, with one minute remaining before the 5 pm deadline. The problem with some Fratton End peak floodlights has caused Fratton End of the pitch to be "blanketed in gloom on Hallowe'en", according to TV Sky Sports 3 commentator, causing some doubts that the live television Division One match against Swindon Town will take place. Fortunately, the match referee, Paul Danson gave the go-ahead for the evening game. The match was won 0-1 by Swindon Town with Fratton Park's official presence only 8,707. As a mark of respect for former players and club managers, a portrait of Jimmy Dickinson's memorials was put into the newly-built Fratton End seating, along with the club's emblem. Terry Venables's role as Australia's national team coach means he is often absent from Portsmouth. Meanwhile, his team's results are bad. Two-thirds of the way through the 1997-98 season, he and manager Terry Fenwick left the club, with Portsmouth at the bottom of the table, and Venables sold his stake back to Martin Gregory, the son of former chairman Jim Gregory. Alan Ball then returned as manager for the second time on January 26, 1998. Degradation to the third level was avoided on the last day of the season - with 1 point.
The centennial season of Portsmouth, 1998-99, saw the financial crisis hit the club, and in December 1998 Portsmouth went into financial administration. Serbian-born businessman Milan, Milan Mandari? saving the club with a takeover deal in May 1999, and the new chairman immediately began investing for the new 1999-2000 season.
Alan Ball was fired on December 9, 1999 during the 1999-2000 season with the club near the bottom of the table. Tony Pulis took over on 13 January 2000 and steered the club to safety at the end of the season.
In the 2000-01 season, Pulis was sentenced to leave and was replaced by Portsmouth player Steve Claridge in a player-manager role. On February 23, 2001, Graham Rix took over from Claridge. Portsmouth escaped relegation on the final day of the 2000-01 season when they won their last game and Huddersfield Town lost their place, making Portsmouth stay above their cost. During the summer holidays, former West Ham United manager Harry Redknapp was appointed as director of football by Mandaric.
A week before the start of the season, 25-year-old Portsmouth goalkeeper Aaron Flahavan was killed in a car accident near Bournemouth on 5 August 2001. As a mark of respect, Portsmouth F.C. retired shirt number 1 for this season. Portsmouth signed veteran Croatian playmaker Robert Prosine? Ki in a one-year contract and Peter Crouch to start the 2001-02 season. Rix lost his job on March 25, 2002, with Harry Redknapp taking over. Former Portsmouth manager Jim Smith was asked to work with Redknapp, and while he initially changed his offer to remain as an assistant at Coventry City, he soon arrived at Portsmouth after a change of manager at Coventry saw almost all club coaching staff become disbanded. Peter Crouch scored 19 goals for Portsmouth, but was sold to Aston Villa in March 2002 for £ 5 million. Portsmouth ended the 2001-02 season of Division One in 17 places 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, making him the first Division scorer at the end of the season. Portsmouth ended as First Division champions on April 27, 2003, six points from second-placed Leicester City, getting promotion (with game for reserve) to FA Premier League, returning to the top level of English football after fifteen seasons absence. Portsmouth was awarded the Football League First Division football trophy for the third time, as the previous Football League champions had been demoted in 1992-1993 (due to the FA Premier League creation) and had become the second-tier trophy. Portsmouth goalkeeper Shaka Hislop, midfielders Matthew Taylor and Paul Merson won at PFA Team Division of the Year 2002-03.
2003-2010: Premier League FA
In Portsmouth Premiership debut season in 2003-04, Harry & amp; Jim "Harry Redknapp and Jim Smith directed" Pompey "to the honorable 13th position.
Almost in mid 2004-05 season in the Premiership, Harry Redknapp suddenly came out of Portsmouth on November 24, 2004 after a dispute with the chairman of Milan Mandari? over the appointment of new Director Velimir Zajec at the club. Shortly after that on December 8, 2004, Harry Redknapp was announced by Southampton F.C. chairman Rupert Lowe as their new manager, with Jim Smith as his assistant. Velimir Zajec then replaced Redknapp as Portsmouth manager, but in April 2005, Zajec was replaced by Frenchman Alain Perrin. Perrin secured Premiership Portsmouth status with several remaining season games, including a milestone on April 24, 2005 at South Beach Derby 4-1 over Southampton team Harry Redknapp, who were eventually relegated at the end of the season.
During the 2005-06 season and after reaching just four wins from a total of 20 games as Portsmouth manager, Alain Perrin was dismissed on November 24, 2005, exactly one year to the day since Harry Redknapp left Portsmouth. Harry Redknapp then made a surprise return to manage Portsmouth again after leaving a relegated Southampton. In January 2006, Portsmouth was sold by Milan Mandari? and bought by businessman Alexandre Gaydamak. New players include a quartet from Tottenham Hotspur, then record the signing of Benjani and Argentina international AndrÃÆ' Ã… © s D'Alessandro on loan from VfL Wolfsburg. The club survived their third season in the Premier League one place above the relegation zone in 17th position. With the huge amount of money available to Redknapp to set a player record, the club finished the 2006-07 season at the top of the table for the first time, in ninth position, just one point below European qualification.
The next 2007-08 season saw Portsmouth finish eighth in the Premier League and reach the FA Cup final for the first time since 1939. They knocked out Manchester United at Old Trafford in the quarter-finals, and on 5 April 2008, Portsmouth defeated West Bromwich Albion 1-0 at Wembley Stadium in the semifinals, by chance on the same day as the club celebrates its 110th birthday.
On May 17, 2008, Portsmouth played Cardiff City in the second FA Cup Final to be played at the newly rebuilt Wembley Stadium. Portsmouth won 1-0, with Nwankwo Kanu scoring the only goal. This is the second time Portsmouth won the FA Cup.
The FA Cup victory has also brought Portsmouth a place in the 2008-09 UEFA Cup, the first club to play European football. Their first European game was a 2-0 victory over VitÃÆ'³ria de GuimarÃÆ' £ es in the first round on 18 September. Portsmouth then won 4-2 on aggregate, progressing to the group stage. On October 25, 2008, Redknapp suddenly left Portsmouth for the second time, leaving his assistant Tony Adams to be promoted to a managerial role. On November 27, 2008, Portsmouth drew 2-2 Milan, 2-0 up through goals from YounÃÆ'¨s Kaboul and Nwankwo Kanu, but conceded two goals later. Adams was dismissed in February 2009. Young team coach Paul Hart took over as manager until the end of the season, and Portsmouth secured Premier League security on May 16, 2009. Portsmouth finished the 2008-09 Premier League season in 14th place. On May 26, Portsmouth accepted an offer from Emirati businessman Sulaiman Al Fahim to buy the club.
Due to financial problems suffered by the club, Portsmouth was forced to sell some of their top players and high-earners, including Peter Crouch, Sylvain Distin, Glen Johnson and Niko Kranj? Ar. On July 21, 2009, Al Fahim was appointed non-executive chair of Portsmouth. On August 19, 2009, Portsmouth announced on their website that a rival consortium led by current CEO, Peter Storrie, had also made a bid for the club; not known at the time, it is supported by Ali al-Faraj. Nevertheless, Al Fahim completed the takeover on August 26, 2009; al Faraj moved to review West Ham United's takeover.
As the early stages of the 2009-10 season took place, the finances dried up and the club admitted on 1 October that some of their players and staff had not been paid. On 3 October, media outlets began reporting that a near-done deal for Ali al-Faraj to take over the club. On 5 October, an agreement was approved for al-Faraj and his colleagues, through the BVI-registered company Falcondrone to hold a 90% majority stake, with Al-Fahim maintaining a 10% stake and non-executive chairman title for two years. Falcondrone also agreed a deal with Alexandre Gaydamak right to buy, for Ã, Â £ 1, Miland Development (2004) Ltd., which has a wide range of strategic pockets of land around the ground, once refinancing is completed. Two days after the al-Faraj maker finished, Portsmouth's former engineering director Avram Grant returned as director of football. Due to financial problems, however, the Premier League put the club under the transfer embargo, which means the club is not allowed to sign players.
Avram Grant took over at Portsmouth on 26 November 2009, replacing Hart, who had been sacked by the board two days earlier because of the club's position at the bottom of the league table.
In December 2009, it was announced that the club had failed to pay players for the second month in a row, and on the 31st was announced the player's salary will be re-paid late, on January 5, 2010. According to the general football contract, the players then have the right to terminate the contract them and leave the club without any compensation to the club, after giving two weeks notice. Despite the financial difficulties, Grant's time as manager initially succeeded. He won two wins (against Burnley and Liverpool) and a draw at Sunderland from his first five games. The only defeat suffered by Portsmouth in this period was by Chelsea's doubles winner and champion of previous season, Manchester United. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) filed a closing petition against Portsmouth at the High Court in London on December 23, 2009. In March 2010, the petition was canceled, leaving Portsmouth with a nine-point penalty for admission. Administration
, FA Cup Final 2010 and relegation
During the 2009-10 season, it has become clear to new club owners Balram Chainrai that Portsmouth are about Ã, £ 135m in debt so to protect the club from liquidation, Chainrai put the club into administration on 26th February 2010, and the club appointed Andrew Andronikou, Peter Kubik and Michael Kiely from UHY accounting firm Hacker Young as administrator. It automatically takes a nine-point penalty from the Premier League which came into effect on March 17 and handed the team to almost certain relegation, mathematically confirmed on April 10, 2010. On April 9, 2010, David Lampitt will be joining Portsmouth as their new CEO after him worked during the notice period at the FA, her current employer.
Portsmouth relegated to the Championship (name of the new Tier 2 level) the next day on 10 April 2010 after West Ham beat Sunderland. Portsmouth won the FA Cup semi-final tie against Tottenham 2-0 after extra time the following day, with goals from Frà © dà © dicion Piquionne and Kevin-Prince Boateng winning the match. They face Chelsea in the final at Wembley on 15 May 2010 and lost 1-0 to a goal from Didier Drogba. Despite the FA Cup finalists, the club was denied a license to play European football the following season in the UEFA Europa League. In May, Grant resigned as Portsmouth manager. On June 17, the club's creditor chose a voluntary arrangement company (CVA), with a majority of 81.3%; HMRC, Paul Hart and Portsmouth midfielder Tommy Smith were the only ones who rejected him, but HMRC appealed the CVA due to considerable debt reduction. On July 15, 2010, HMRC filed an appeal against the proposed CVA on the last day before it was formally agreed, the case was originally due to take place in October 2010, but after appeals from the club administrator set for 3 August at the High Court in London. The case was heard by Mr. Justice Mann from 3 to 5 August where, upon hearing the submission of both parties, he rejected the HMRC's appeal on all five matters that had been submitted. HMRC decided not to appeal the verdict, leaving the Portsmouth administrator to formally approve the CVA and take the club out of administration. On 17 August, Balram Chainrai completed the takeover of the club and passed the skills test of the owner and the right person owner and director.
2010-2017: Decrease and degradation to League Two
Former Notts County manager Steve Cotterill was appointed Portsmouth manager who was relegated in the June 2010 Championship with a three-year contract. On October 22, Portsmouth issued a statement saying, "It looks like the club will now be closed and liquidated by the administrators," but the main creditor Alexandre Gaydamak announced the next day that he had reached an agreement that could save their future. It was revealed just hours later that Portsmouth was finally out of administration, with Balram Chainrai regaining control of the company. On June 1, 2011, Russia's Convers Sports Initiatives (CSI) Vladimir Antonov completed the takeover of the club.
On 14 October 2011, Steve Cotterill approved a compensation package to be allowed to take on vacant Forest Forest manager positions. He was replaced by Michael Appleton, announced as a new manager on November 10, 2011. On 23 November 2011, arrest warrants across Europe were issued to Portsmouth owner Vladimir Antonov by Lithuanian prosecutors as part of an investigation into alleged stripping of assets at Bank of Lithuania Bankas Snoras, which is 68% owned by Antonov and has entered the interim administration in the previous week. Operations at another Antonov bank, Latvijas Krajbanka, were suspended by Latvian authorities for the same reason. Antonov was later arrested in his office in London on November 24 and rescued. He soon resigned as chairman of Portsmouth after the parent company CSI entered administration. On 24 January 2012, Portsmouth was issued with a closing petition by HMRC for more than Ã, Â £ 1.6 million in unpaid taxes, which was heard on 20 February. On February 17, 2012, Portsmouth went into administration for the second time in two years, bringing them an automatic 10-point deduction. Administrator Trevor Birch acknowledged that the financial situation was "worse than we feared" and that Portsmouth "struggled to end the season". On April 11, 2012, reports from PKF administrators revealed that Portsmouth owed Ã, Â £ 58 million with Ã, Â £ 38 million owed to UHY Hacker Young, a £ 10.5 million investment made by Vladimir Antonov CSI fixed superbly, players have to pay Ã, Â £ 3.5 million in wages and bonuses for the last two seasons, while Ã, Â £ 2.3 million has been paid to HMRC and, in addition, Ã, Â £ 3.7 million has been paid for general trading. On April 21, Portsmouth were relegated from the Championship after losing 2-1 to Derby County, the first time in 30 years the club played at that level.
After relegating Pompey to League One, the entire professional playing squad left the club, The team was given a 10-pont cut in December 2012 for their financial problems. On November 7, 2012, it was announced that Michael Appleton had left Portsmouth to become Blackpool's manager. On November 9, 2012, Chanrai stopped his attempts to buy the club. Six days later, Pompey Suporter Trust signed a conditional agreement with PFK to buy the club. Portsmouth can not find a manager in the long run because of their financial circumstances. The club went on a winless record of 23 matches, eventually ending on March 2, 2013 when Portsmouth won 2-1 at Crewe Alexandra. On April 10, 2013, an agreement with administrators is reached, although the Pompey Support Trust has not completed the purchase yet. Portsmouth relegated to League Two at the end of the season. On April 19, 2013, Portsmouth left the administration when the Pompey Support Agreement (PST) to buy the club has been completed. After the second successive Pompey degradation, former caretaker Guy Whittingham was appointed manager permanently on a one-year contract. Portsmouth sold more than 10,000 season tickets for the 2013-14 season, a record for League Two clubs.
In November 2013, Whittingham was sacked and a month later former Crawley Town manager Richie Barker was named Portsmouth boss, along with Steve Coppell as director of football. Barker was sacked after 20 matches in charge, with the club in serious danger of relegation to the Football Conference, and Andy Awford once again becoming a temporary manager. He won five games from five matches, guaranteeing Pompey's survival in League Two. On May 1, 2014, Awford was appointed permanent manager of Pompey, signing a one-year contract.
At a historic announcement on September 29, 2014, the club may declare itself debt-free after paying back all creditor and inheritance payments to former players. The news came 18 months after the PST took over the club. After EFL League Two 2014-15 failed campaign, Paul Cook was appointed as the new manager of Portsmouth on May 12, 2015.
Paul Cook led Portsmouth to EFL League Two play-offs in the 2015-16 season after a 2-0 away win at Hartlepool United on April 30, 2016, but lost to Plymouth Argyle in the semi-finals.
In the EFL Liga 2016-17 Two seasons, Paul Cook's team secured promotion to League One with a 3-1 win at Notts County on 17 April 2017. On May 6, the final game of the season, Portsmouth topped the standings (for the first time this season after a 6-1 home win against Cheltenham and crowned League Two champion Paul Cook resigned on 31 May 2017 to join Wigan Athletic Kenny Jackett was appointed as the new manager on Friday 2 June 2017. In May Pompey Supporters' Trust ( PST) voted in favor of an offer submitted by The Tornante Company, led by former Disney chief executive Michael Eisner, to take over the club which finished on 3 August 2017.
2017-present: League One
Portsmouth start the 2017-18 season in League One, following their second League Champions League win in the 2016-17 season before. On August 8, 2017, Portsmouth were beaten 2-1 (AET) in the EFL Cup First Round by Cardiff City. On 4 November 2017, Portsmouth were beaten 1-0 in the FA Cup First Round by Luton Town. On March 15, 2018, Portsmouth F.C. revealed the newly redesigned club tops, featuring the new maritime compass star and the date "1898", added for the year of the founding of the football club. New emblem will be introduced for the new 2018-19 season. On March 29, 2018, Portsmouth announced a three-year contract with Nike to become the official supplier of the kit from the start of the 2018-19 season. On May 4, 2018, the club announced that a three-year contract has been agreed for Portsmouth University to become a new Main Club Partner and as part of the agreement, the University logo will appear on the front of Pompey's shirt from the start. season 2018/19. Portsmouth ended the 2017-18 League One season in 8th place with 66 points, losing the play-off spot by 5 points. Wigan Athletic, run by former Portsmouth manager Paul Cook, won the League One title with 98 points, followed by Blackburn Rovers runner-up with 96 points, both of which won an automatic promotion to The Championship. Four First League playoff places were taken by Shrewsbury Town (87 points), Rotherham United (79 points), Scunthorpe United (74 points) and Charlton Athletic (71 points). 2017-18 EFL League One last table
On June 21, 2018, a new club store called The Pompey Shop opened at 16 Anson Road, Milton, Portsmouth (PO4 8TB), just behind Fratton Park's North Stand. The opening day was attended by Portsmouth players Ben Close, Adam May, Jamal Lowe and Brandon Haunstrup. Season 2018-19 Portsmouth in EFL League One will start at home on 4 August 2018 against Luton Town. Portsmouth will be using a new kit produced by Nike featuring a new club emblem that was previously revealed on March 15, 2018.
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