Transfer Window Finally Shuts for Portsmouth
The summer’s finally over (nothing to miss about it, is there?!), and things at Portsmouth are now at least clear (managerial issues aside) until January. It ended up being a frantic transfer window, with all the activity by necessity crammed into the last week. The general consensus is that given events off the pitch, the squad is now as strong [...]
Jamie O’Hara, Kevin Prince Boateng, and…Aruna Dindane
Just thought I’d contrast those three names with yesterday’s trio! I’m not saying they are world beaters or even top half Premier League regulars, but I’d say they give us a fighting chance, and that’s all Portsmouth fans have wanted for the past few weeks. Michael Brown and Tommy Smith now look better signings than [...]
Portsmouth Squad Gradually Strengthening
Now, let’s be honest. It’s all relative. I mean we’re strengthening from where we were two weeks rather than a year ago! But at last Portsmouth Football Club seems to be moving in the right direction, albeit slowly.
Without going over old ground, the squad we boasted a year to two years ago wasn’t sustainable, as we now know. But, providing [...]
Pompey Fans Urged to Get Behind the Team
Paul Hart has today given an interview calling for the full support of the fans for Saturday’s season- opener against Fulham. The interview has been run in The News and would usually be a completely non-descript Tuesday afternoon read. But this is different.
This week it really is apt because we haven’t got a clue what [...]
Paul Hart Named Portsmouth Boss
So, Dr Al Fahim’s takeover is all but complete. Despite this, Peter Crouch is still set to leave and we have Paul Hart as our new (old) manager. Forgive me for making the most obvious comment you will find on the internet today, but this is hardly what we expected back in May when the takeover was announced!
To [...]
Arsenal Chief Executive Calls for Salary Cap
While Dr Al Fahim haggles with Sacha Gaydamak over the price (nothing to worry about; you view a house then you haggle over the price, don’t you?), Portsmouth remain in limbo with the clock ticking down towards pre season. The collapse of the deal at this stage doesn’t bear thinking about! So while we bite [...]
Portsmouth – Champions of England (again!) 1949/50
In a follow up to yesterday’s account of Portsmouth’s first Championship triumph, here is the story of the retaining of the title the following season. Once again, much is taken from Colin Farmery’s account of those glory years.
There were few changes to the Championship winning team, Portsmouth’s books actually revealing a credit balance on transfers [...]
Portsmouth Press Speculation Becomes Outright Mud Slinging
Well, we’ve seen a couple of ‘interesting’ articles about the proposed Portsmouth takeover over the weekend!
After reading and digesting, there doesn’t seem to be much to digest! The central revelation in Saturday’s article in The Sun by Shaun Custis, seems to be that a few people involved in running the Premier League and a couple [...]
Rumours Abound Over Portsmouth Takeover
The press need something to write about and from the Portsmouth fans’ perspective, we have seen enough false dawns to have a healthy scepticism until the i’s are dotted and the t’s crossed. It all adds up to wild conjecture about whether the takeover will actually happen. Fortunately, there was comment yesterday from the Al [...]
Portsmouth Managerial Speculation Increases
Blame Dr Al Fahim. He’s taking so long (an entire week so far) to take over the club, that he’s leaving the media with nothing to write about regarding Portsmouth’s move for a new manager. So that’s exactly what they are writing about – nothing.
Today we’ll have a quick look at the attributes and drawbacks of [...]