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PORTSMOUTH FC PRIDE OF THE SOUTH COAST. |
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THE SQUAD OF 1948-49 |
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1939 |
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NUMBER ONE. |
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IN THE BEGINNING On a Tuesday evening on April the 5th 1898 five businessmen decided to buy a piece of land close to Goldsmith Avenue for the sum of £4,950 to be used as a football club. Those same five men were to become the first directors of Portsmouth Football and Athletic Club and so their dream began. |
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FA CUP WINNING TEAM OFFICIAL NICKNAME: Pompey. FIRST EVER MATCH: Chatham 0 v Portsmouth 1. FIRST EVER SCORER: Harold Clarke. RECORD ATTENDANCE: 51,385 Against Derby County, DATE FIRST ENTERED FOOTBALL LEAGUE: 1920. DIVISION ONE CHAMPIONS: 1949 AND 1950. DIVISION TWO RUNNERS-UP: 1927 AND 1987. DIVISION THREE (SOUTH) CHAMPIONS: 1962 AND 1983. FA CUP WINNERS 1939 APRIL 29TH,WEMBLEY: FA CUP RUNNERS-UP 1929 APRIL 27TH, WEMBLEY FA CUP RUNNERS-UP 1934 APRIL 28TH,WEMBLEY FA CUP Sixth Round, February 26th 1949. POMPEY OLDEST PLAYER: Jimmy Dickinson, 40 Years Against Northampton, April 24th 1965. MOST CAPPED PLAYER: Jimmy Dickinson, 48 Caps England (1949-57). |
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LEAGUE DIV ONE WINNERS 2003 BLUE ARMY. |