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 – Champions of England 1948/49
With D Day (or ‘Dr Al Fahim Day’) looming this week (or maybe next week), I can’t help day-dreaming about what Portsmouth Football Club might look like in five years’ time.
If I allow this dreaming to take the form of hope rather than expectation, then I can see a long term project allowing the club to be [...]
Portsmouth Commentary on The Quay Could Be a Thing of the Past
This is a Portsmouth speculation free zone today. Well, except to say that it is looking increasingly likely that Glen Johnson may leave the club as the bidding hots up. Unfortunately, this just goes to show that even if and when the takeover does go through (and assuming it is big), we will still have a [...]
Pompey Travel Nightmares
Whilst we all digest the news of Portsmouth’s seemingly imminent takeover by an Arab billionaire, I’d like to point you in the direction of a fantastic source of Portsmouth blogs, Vital Pompey. This story caught my eye, and made me realise we must ALL have had a day like this in following Pompey:
Thanks go to [...]
Portsmouth Spared ‘Survival Sunday’ (aka Last Day of the Season)
We Portsmouth fans know the torture of last day drama. Luckily the last three occasions at home against Barnsley in 2001, and away at Bradford City and Huddersfield Town in 1998 and 1996 respectively, have all been successful, although it was actually other results that confirmed Pompey’s safety on the most recent of those occasions. The ‘Great Escape’ season [...]