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He left two years later to join Bristol City. He has also ventured into punditry. At right-back was Glen Johnson , a familiar name in English football. He has garnered 54 caps for England. Johnson, now 33, currently plays for Stoke City in the Premier League, joining from Liverpool in In central defence, Arsenal legend Sol Campbell captained the side.

He recently had a spell as assistant manager of the Trinidad and Tobago national team. The year-old continues to be linked with managerial jobs in England. So, don't be surprised if Campbell returns to football in near future. Sylvian Distin occupied the second central defensive position. He went on to represent Everton for six years, but the Frenchman is currently without a club after leaving Bournemouth in John Utaka played for Portsmouth on the right side of midfield.

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On the opposite flank was Ghana international, Sulley Muntari. The year-old currently plays for Pescara in Serie A. Portsmouth adopted a formation in the FA Cup final, meaning they had three men in the centre of the park. One of which was Niko Kranjcar. Stendel pulls no punches on Dimitri Cavare substitution Sheffield Star Away games coming up: Portsmouth forward again shows clinical side while Barnsley point could be massive come May The News, Portsmouth Pompey point more important than another goal for Evans Pompey-Fans. Sunderland Bristol Rovers analysis: Dogged Black Cats manage to move forward by digging in Chronicle Live Rivals turn up the heat on Portsmouth The News, Portsmouth Barnsley 1 Portsmouth 1: Reds fail to finish off league leaders Sheffield Star Sunderland injury concerns and a moment of class from key duo: We deserved to beat Portsmouth The News, Portsmouth The News, Portsmouth Luton close gap on leaders Portsmouth Daily Mail Jackett reveals time frame on Portsmouth keeper's injury The News, Portsmouth Barnsley Portsmouth Sky Sports Luton close on Portsmouth Sky Sports What the fans are saying The News, Portsmouth Treacherous Barnsley conditions but a worthy point The News, Portsmouth Sunderland Bristol Rovers report: In their year "Golden Jubilee" anniversary —49 season , Bob Jackson's Portsmouth side were tipped to be the first team of the 20th century to win a historic Football League and FA Cup " double ".

The potential of a rare 'Double' saw Fratton Park attracting average home attendances of 36, supporters, and a record attendance of 51, in an FA Cup quarter-final match against Derby County on 26 February , which Portsmouth won 2—1. The Fratton Park attendance of 51, is still a club record. Portsmouth however, did win one half of the 'Double', securing the First Division title and becoming Football League Champions of England at the end of the —49 season , with Manchester United finishing as runners-up.

Bob Jackson's Portsmouth side beat Aston Villa 5—1 on the last day of the following —50 season , winning the Football League title again for a second consecutive season — on goal difference — as both Portsmouth and runners up Wolverhampton Wanderers finished the season with 53 points each, and only one point ahead of third place Sunderland on 52 points. Portsmouth are one of only five English teams to have won back-to-back consecutive top flight League titles since the end of World War II. In the following —51 season , League champions Portsmouth finished in 7th position, 13 points behind title winners Tottenham Hotspur.

In the —53 season , Portsmouth finished in 15th place and only 4 points above the relegation zone, with Arsenal F. Portsmouth finished third in the —55 season , only 4 points behind winners Chelsea F. In the —56 season , on 22 February , Fratton Park hosted the Football League's first ever floodlit evening game, against Newcastle United , played under floodlights erected on top of the North Stand and South Stand roofs. The original solid earthbank Fratton End stand was replaced in with a new stand built from prefabricated concrete and steel. It had two distinctive terraced tiers, a roofed upper terrace and an open-air lower terrace.

In the —57 season , Portsmouth escaped relegation by four points and finished two places above the drop zone. In the following —58 season , Portsmouth once again escaped relegation on goal difference and finished one place above the relegation zone. Manager Eddie Lever left Portsmouth in April Freddie Cox became new Portsmouth manager in August The new —59 season was the first Football League season with four national divisions. The two old regional Third Divisions North and South which had begun in the —22 season were restructured and replaced with two new national divisions, named the Third Division and Fourth Division.

At the end of the —59 season Portsmouth finished bottom of the First Division, ending their year stay in the First Division, and relegation to the Second Division. By now, the championship winning team of and had been broken up, caused by ageing or injury. Following the bottom-place finish in the previous —59 First Division season, Portsmouth started the —60 season in the Second Division, the second tier of English football, which Portsmouth had last been in during the —27 season.

After another poor season, they escaped a further relegation to the Third Division only by 2 points and finishing only one place above the relegation zone. In the —61 season Portsmouth finished second-to-last place in the Second Division relegation zone and were relegated once again to the Third Division, the first former English League champions to do so.

Manager Freddie Cox was sacked in February Under the guidance of George Smith , Portsmouth, now in the Third Division for the —61 season had a good season and were promoted back to the Second Division at the first time of asking after winning the Third Division title. In private correspondence dated 25 April , he wrote to Smith: While the players all did their stuff, the major credit goes to you.

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Despite limited financial means, manager George Smith maintained Portsmouth's Second Division status throughout the rest of the s until Smith was replaced by Ron Tindall in April as Smith moved upstairs to become general manager in April , until his retirement from football in The cash injection that accompanied the arrival of John Deacon as chairman in failed to improve Portsmouth's Second Division position. Ron Tindall was replaced in May by John Mortimore.

However, Ron Tindall returned for two games as caretaker manager after manager John Mortimore left in John became new Portsmouth manager in September With Deacon unable to continue bankrolling the club on the same scale, Portsmouth finished bottom of the Second Division in the —76 season and were relegated down to the Third Division.

Initially results improved, but then declined again. On 4 May , Ian St. John was replaced as manager by former Portsmouth and England international player Jimmy Dickinson. They ended the —77 season only one place and one point above the Third Division's relegation zone. They were relegated at the end of the new —78 season, finishing in bottom place. In the —79 Fourth Division season , Portsmouth finished in 7th position. Jimmy Dickinson suffered a heart attack near the end of the season and after the season in May , was replaced by Frank Burrows.

Under Frank Burrows new management, Portsmouth gained promotion back to the Third Division after finishing in 4th place in the —80 season.

The following —82 Third Division season , Portsmouth finished mid-table in thirteenth position. During the —83 Third Division season , former Portsmouth player, manager and England international Jimmy Dickinson died aged 57 on 8 November after suffering three heart attacks. A public memorial service was held at a packed St. Mary's Church in Fratton, Portsmouth.

Dickinson was laid to rest in Alton, Hampshire. Pompey later that season won the —83 Third Division championship title , gaining promotion back to the Second Division. In the —84 Second Division season , Portsmouth finished sixteenth place in the table.

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Under Ball, Portsmouth's results markedly improved and they narrowly missed winning promotion to the First Division in the —85 Second Division season , finishing in 4th place on goal-difference. They finished in 4th place again for the following —86 season. In Ball's third season as Portsmouth manager in the —87 Second Division season , Portsmouth finished as runners-up behind Derby County, gaining promotion back to the First Division for the first time since the —59 season.

During the season, the upper tier of the Fratton End stand, built only thirty years earlier in , was closed due to structural concerns, leaving only the lower tier of the Fratton End open to fans. By the middle of the new —88 First Division season , the club was again in financial trouble. Portsmouth were relegated straight back down to the Second Division. Fratton Park was in a poor condition, with the Fratton End still half closed to fans and leaking roofs in the North and South stands.

With new chairman Jim Gregory injecting money into the club, work began in the summer of to demolishing the upper tier of the Fratton End and its roof.

The North and South stands were refurbished and both received smart new blue-coloured metal sheet roofs. After a single disappointing season in the First Division, Portsmouth were relegated back to the Second Division for the —89 season. The entire Fratton End stand was closed during most of the season during demolition works, with only the lower tier of the stand reopening in the springtime of Portsmouth ended the season only two places above the relegation zone. Following the 15 April Hillsborough Disaster , Portsmouth removed the perimeter fences from Fratton Park for the new —90 season , except at the Milton End to separate away supporters.

Assistant manager Frank Burrows became manager for a second spell on 23 January Portsmouth finished in 12th position at the end of the season.

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The —91 season saw Frank Burrows resign as manager on 13 March after a string of bad results. Burrows was replaced by coach Graham Paddon until the end of the season, finishing in 17th position. Jim Smith 's arrival as manager at the start of the —92 season sparked a revival in the team's fortunes and that year Portsmouth reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup , meeting Liverpool at neutral ground Highbury on 5 April — the 94th Anniversary of Portsmouth Football Club.

Portsmouth took the lead in extra time from a th minute Darren Anderton goal. However, Liverpool's Ronnie Whelan equalised five minutes later, and the semi-final match ended tied 1—1 after the allotted minutes. The tie was then replayed at Villa Park on 13 April and ended 0—0 after extra time. The —93 Football League season saw a major restructuring of the English football "pyramid" system , caused by all the First Division clubs resigning from the Football League and forming a new breakaway top tier FA Premier League.

The FA Premier League also had a new winners trophy made, meaning the famous old Football League First Division championship trophy became demoted in status, now acting as the new second tier "First Division" championship trophy instead. Portsmouth had a good —93 season in the new "First Division", but missed out on automatic promotion to the new first tier Premier League by virtue of scoring only one fewer goal than second placed West Ham United. In the subsequent promotion play-offs, Portsmouth lost 3—2 on aggregate over two games to Leicester City in the play-off semi-finals for the third promotion place.

During the —94 season under manager Jim Smith, Portsmouth finished 17th out of 24 in the First Division, winning 15 matches, drawing 13 and losing The team reached the quarterfinals of the League Cup and the third round of the FA Cup, in both cases being knocked out after replays. The —95 season was a disappointing one for Portsmouth and after a decline in form which left them struggling at the wrong end of the "new" First Division, Jim Smith was sacked on 1 February and was replaced by Terry Fenwick , who guided them to safety with 4 wins in their final 6 league games.

In the —96 season Fenwick's first full season in charge of Portsmouth, relegation to the Second Division was avoided on the last day of the season on goal difference when Portsmouth won away at Huddersfield Town while other results went the club's way. In the summer of , Terry Venables arrived at Portsmouth as a consultant. Fratton Park was transformed into an all seat stadium, with new blue plastic seats fitted to the lower North terrace, Milton End, lower South terrace paddocks and also to the remnant of the Fratton End terrace.

In the —97 league campaign, Portsmouth finished just short of the qualifying places for the play-offs for promotion to the Premier League. At the end of the —97 season, the Fratton End was fully demolished in the summer of and work began to build a new Fratton End stand. In addition, a new roof extension was built over the lower tier of the North Stand and was completed before the new season started. Problems with some misorientated Fratton End rooftop floodlights caused the Fratton End of the pitch to be "shrouded in gloom on Hallowe'en" , according to the Sky Sports 3 TV commentator, causing some doubt that the live televised Division One game against Swindon Town would take place.

The game was won 0—1 by Swindon Town with an official Fratton Park attendance of only 8, As a mark of respect to the club's former player and manager, a memorial portrait of Jimmy Dickinson was incorporated into the seating of the new Fratton End stand, along with the club's crest.

Terry Venables' role as coach of the Australian national team meant he was frequently absent from Portsmouth. Meanwhile, the team's results were poor. Two-thirds of the way through the —98 season , he and manager Terry Fenwick left the club, with Portsmouth on the bottom of the table, and Venables selling his shareholding back to Martin Gregory, son of former chairman Jim Gregory. Alan Ball then returned as manager for the second time on 26 January Relegation to the third tier was avoided on the last day of the season — by 1 point.

Portsmouth's centenary season, —99 , saw a financial crisis hit the club, and in December Portsmouth went into financial administration. Alan Ball was sacked on 9 December during the — season with the club near the bottom of the table. Tony Pulis took over on 13 January and steered the club to safety at the end of the season. In the —01 season , Pulis was put on leave and replaced by Portsmouth player, Steve Claridge in a player-manager role.

On 23 February , Graham Rix took over from Claridge. Portsmouth escaped relegation on the last day of the —01 season when they won their final game and Huddersfield Town lost theirs, keeping Portsmouth up at their expense. A week before the new season began, year-old Portsmouth goalkeeper Aaron Flahavan was killed in a car crash near Bournemouth on 5 August In a mark of respect, Portsmouth F.

Rix lost his job on 25 March , with Harry Redknapp taking over. Former Portsmouth manager Jim Smith was asked to team up with Redknapp, and while he initially turned the offer down to remain as assistant at Coventry City , he soon arrived at Portsmouth after a change of manager at Coventry saw almost all of the club's coaching staff being dismissed. Portsmouth ended the —02 Division One season in 17th place and 4 points above relegation. In the —03 season , Portsmouth led the First Division for most of the season, with Svetoslav Todorov scoring 26 league goals, which made him the First Division's top scorer at the end of the season.

Portsmouth finished top as First Division champions on 27 April , six points clear of second-placed Leicester City, gaining promotion with a game to spare to the FA Premier League, returning to the top tier of English football after an absence of fifteen seasons. Perrin managed to secure Portsmouth's Premiership status with a few games of the season left, including a milestone South Coast Derby 4—1 win over Harry Redknapp's Southampton side, [40] who were eventually relegated at the end of the season.

During the —06 season and after achieving only four wins from a total of 20 games as Portsmouth manager, Alain Perrin was sacked on 24 November , exactly one year to the day since Harry Redknapp left Portsmouth. Harry Redknapp then made a surprise return to manage Portsmouth again after leaving relegated Southampton. The club survived their third season in the Premier League one place above the relegation zone in 17th position.

With large amounts of money available for Redknapp to make record signings, the club finished the —07 season in the top half of the table for the first time, in ninth position, only one point short of European qualification. The following —08 season saw Portsmouth finish eighth in the Premier League and reach the FA Cup final for the first time since They eliminated Manchester United at Old Trafford in the quarter-finals, and on 5 April , Portsmouth beat Championship side West Bromwich Albion 1—0 at Wembley Stadium in the semi-finals, coincidentally the same day that the club celebrated its th birthday.

Portsmouth won 1—0, with Nwankwo Kanu scoring the only goal. It was the second time Portsmouth had won the FA Cup. Portsmouth went on to win the tie 4—2 on aggregate, progressing to the group stage. On 25 October , Redknapp suddenly left Portsmouth for a second time, leaving his assistant Tony Adams to be promoted to the managerial role. Adams was dismissed in February Portsmouth finished the —09 Premier League season in 14th place.

On 21 July , Al Fahim was appointed non-executive chairman of Portsmouth. On 19 August , Portsmouth announced on their website that a rival consortium headed by current CEO Peter Storrie had also made a bid for the club; unknown at the time, this was backed by Ali al-Faraj. As the early stages of the —10 season progressed, 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 started to report that a deal was nearing completion for Ali al-Faraj to take control of the club.

Avram Grant took over at Portsmouth on 26 November , [47] [48] replacing Hart, who had been sacked by the board two days previously due to the club's position at the bottom of the league table. In December , it was announced that the club had failed to pay the players for the second consecutive month, [50] and on the 31st it was announced player's wages would again be paid late, on 5 January According to common football contracts, the players then had the right to terminate their contracts and leave the club without any compensation for the club, upon giving two weeks' notice.

Despite the financial difficulties, Grant's time as manager was initially successful.

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He gained two wins against Burnley and Liverpool and a draw away at Sunderland from his first five games. The only losses inflicted on Portsmouth in this period were by eventual double winners Chelsea and the previous season's champions, Manchester United. This automatically incurred a nine-point penalty from the Premier League which came into effect on 17 March and consigned the team to almost certain relegation, which was mathematically confirmed on 10 April Portsmouth were relegated to the Championship the new Tier 2 level name the following day on 10 April after West Ham beat Sunderland.

On 17 June, the club's creditors voted for a company voluntary arrangement CVA , with an The case was heard by Mr Justice Mann from 3 to 5 August where, having heard submissions from both sides, he turned down HMRC's appeal on all five counts it had put forward. HMRC decided not to appeal against the verdict, leaving Portsmouth's administrators to formally agree the CVA and bring the club out of administration. Former Notts County manager Steve Cotterill was appointed manager of relegated Portsmouth in the Championship June on a three-year contract.

On 14 October , Steve Cotterill agreed a compensation package to be allowed to take the vacant Nottingham Forest manager's position.

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Operations in another of Antonov's banks, Latvijas Krajbanka , were suspended by Latvian authorities for similar reasons. Following Pompey's relegation to League One , the entire professional playing squad left the club, [76] The team were given a point deduction in December for their financial problems. The club went on a record winless run of 23 matches, finally ending on 2 March as Portsmouth won 2—1 away at Crewe Alexandra. In November , Whittingham was sacked and a month later ex- Crawley Town manager Richie Barker was appointed Portsmouth boss, along with Steve Coppell as the director of football.

Barker was sacked after 20 games in charge, with the club in serious danger of relegation to the Football Conference , and Andy Awford was again made caretaker manager. On a historic announcement on 29 September , the club was able to declare itself debt-free after paying back all creditors and legacy payments to ex-players. Portsmouth began the —18 season in League One , following their League Two championship win in the previous —17 season.

On 15 March , Portsmouth revealed a newly redesigned club crest, featuring a new nautical compass star and an "" date, added for the founding year of the football club. The new crest will be introduced for the new —19 season. The —19 EFL League One season began in August with a run of four consecutive league wins and their best league start since — Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

For a list of notable players and players who played for Portsmouth for more than games in a sortable-list format, see List of Portsmouth F. Portsmouth created a Hall of Fame in March , which honours former players and staff members of the club. The —14 season would also become the last season before World War I began in The first Portsmouth F. Portsmouth city council who owned the original Portsmouth city coat of arms and all rights to them, allowed the use of their moon and star motifs to Portsmouth F.