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PORTSMOUTH FC
PRIDE OF THE SOUTH COAST.




THE SQUAD OF 1948-49

1939

NUMBER ONE.

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.

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).


LEAGUE DIV ONE WINNERS 2003
BLUE ARMY.