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Oxford United hammered Burton to capitalise on Portsmouth losing to Accrington Stanley to secure the final play-off place in League One. A 4-0 win over Burton on the final day of the regular campaign ensured Karl Robinson’s side kept up their part of the bargain of needing to win to keep alive their hopes of […]
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This week’s Greatest Goal comes from the left foot of Portsmouth’s Matt Taylor, in a 4-1 win at Sunderland. Portsmouth were in their third season in the Premier League after Harry Redknapp had managed to get the club promoted in his first season in charge on the south coast. Redknapp was no longer at the […]
It was on this day in 1898 that Portsmouth Football Club were founded. A year later, work began on building their Fratton Park home. The club were also accepted into the Southern League First Division that same year, joining the league in time for the start of the 1899/90 season. A 1-0 victory over Chatham […]
It was on this day in 2006 that Alan Shearer became the record goalscorer for his hometown club Newcastle United.Shearer’s goal came at St James’s Park in a win over Portsmouth and was scored at the Gallowgate End, Newcastle’s famous home end. In all, Alan Shearer scored an impressive 206 goals during his ten years […]
There was a Premier League first on this day back in 2009 in the match played between Portsmouth and Arsenal. It was the first time ever that a game was played in the top flight where both starting line-ups hadn’t got a single Englishman! In all, seven French players started the match and there were […]
Crystal Palace had a tough 2004/05 season and were relegated on the final day of the season. They very nearly stayed up, leading 2-1 at neighbours Charlton Athletic until Jonathan Fortune headed in an equaliser and West Bromwich Albion stayed up instead. The 2004/05 season was Palace’s first back in the top flight for six […]
Today’s ‘Greatest Goal’ comes from Cristiano Ronaldo during his time at Manchester United. It was in a league match at home to Portsmouth on 30th January 2008. Going in to the game with Pompey, United needed a win to go back to the top of the table. They would win this game 2-0, courtesy of […]
Portsmouth’s Peter Harris goes close in the title-clinching game at Burnden Park Portsmouth won the First Division for the first and only time in their history in the 1948/49 season. They sealed the League title on this day back in 1949 with a 2-1 in over Bolton Wanderers at Burnden Park. A crowd of 28,816 […]
The Portsmouth squad of 1991/92 This was one of the greatest FA Cup runs that Portsmouth fans had the privilege of watching.The club had won the FA Cup in 1939 and had reached the semi-final in 1929 and 1934. As that Cup win was 53 years before the run in 1991/92, no one under the […]