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Chelsea v Portsmouth video highlights 17/8/08
Chelsea romped to an emphatic home win over FA cup holders Portsmouth in their first competitive game under new boss Luiz Felipe Scolari. Pompey boss Harry Redknapp chose to field an attacking 4-4-2 formation partnering new signing Peter Crouch with England striker Jermain Defoe in what turned out to be a costly opening day gambit. [...]
Kaboul makes Pompey switch
Younes Kaboul has ended his long winded transfer saga after opting for life on the south coast at Portsmouth. The Tottenham reject had been fought over by Aston Villa and Sunderland who initiated the transfer by making a bid for the frenchman. His agent immediately put the dampers on that move saying:
“Younes wouldn’t join Sunderland [...]
Muntari jets into Inter
Sulley Muntari has left Portsmouth after only 1 season signing a 4 year deal with Serie A champions Inter Milan after Jose Mourinho swooped for the former Udinese player. Inter have shelled out £11m for Muntari who impressed all season helping Portsmouth to their first trophy in over 50 years but the allure of Champions [...]
Pompey agree Crouch fee
Portsmouth have been given permission to discuss personal terms with Peter Crouch after they agreed on a transfer fee with Liverpool. The agreement is verbal meaning there may be some finer details which may need to be ironed out before the deal can be completed:
“We have reached a verbal agreement with Portsmouth and have given [...]
Pompey sign Sahar on loan
Portsmouth have signed Chelsea’s 18 year old Israeli International striker Ben Sahar on a 6 month loan deal. The highly rated youngster has so far been unable to make an impact in English football making just 3 appearances so far for Chelsea and failing to impress in loan spells at QPR and Sheffield Wednesday. Portsmouth [...]
Little signs for Portsmouth
Portsmouth have today completed the signing of Reading winger Glen Little on a free transfer. The 32 year old moves to Fratton park after 4 years at Reading who were unable to retain his services after Portsmouth’s interest became clear:
“We offered Glen a new contract, but it appears that the lure of the Premier League [...]
Redknapp threatens to sack young English drunks
Harry Redknapp has threatend to sack 4 English youngsters at his club who got a beer binge on the clubs Cup winners parade with the streets of Portsmouth
Portsmouth win the FA Cup
Cardiff City 0-1 Portsmouth
Welcomed as a breath of fresh air, the first FA Cup final since 1991 not featuring any of the big 4 in England was not as dull as last years snoozefest but it was still a lack lustre affair, rarely punctuated by quality or goalmouth excitement. Kanu was at the centre of [...]
New Portsmouth home kit 08/09
Here is a leaked picture of the new Portsmouth home shirt for next season made by New Zealand rugby specialists Canterbury. The design is Blue with gold outline and gold spots that the Canterbury scientists believe help players recognise each other in the split second when they look up, a valuable asset in the fast [...]
New Portsmouth away kit 08/09
The new Portsmouth away kit was revealed today and to celebrate the launch the club flew a giant replica of the new shirt over a sunny Portsmouth City centre. The 56 metre long shirt is not the worlds biggest however as that was made by Errea to launch the last Pro Evo Soccer game and [...]
Redknapp to sue Police
Harry Redknapp is to take legal action against City of London Police who arrested the Portsmouth boss as part of the ongoing corruption in football inquiry. It is understood that Redknapp is unhappy that photograhers were alerted to the dawn raid on his luxury home and the subsequent bad press cost him the chance to [...]
Portsmouth versus Newcastle United
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Premiership result 8th April 2008
West Ham were unable to muster a goal in an entertaining game in east London as the two sides exchanged blows all game long. The difference between the sides was Portsmouth’s skillful Croat Niko Kranjcar
who squeezed a powerful shot past Robert Green in the West Ham goal after finding half a yard of space on [...]
Portsmouth win FA Cup semi-final
The only Premiership team left in the FA Cup showed their class this afternoon and beat promotion hopefuls West Bromich Albion 1-0 to book a place in the final. Ex-West Brom striker Kanu put one past his old team to send Pompey through. Portsmouth now are hot favourites to lift the trophy on 17th May [...]
Portsmouth versus Wigan Athletic highlights
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Tottenham versus Portsmouth highlights
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Defoe can’t make Spurs comeback
Jermain Defoe was shocked to learn this afternoon that he will not be able to make his White Hart Lane comeback until next season. Due to the transfer triangle between him and Benjani, he was signed on a loan deal to make the deadline, a deal which was later made permanent. The FA have ruled [...]
Can James play untill he’s 40?
David James has signed a contract extension which will keep him at Portsmouth untill 2009 – when he’ll be just shy of his 40th birthday. The agile stopper is enjoying a renaissance having been an ever present since 2003 and regaining the England No.1 jersey under Fabio Capello. James currently has 36 England caps but [...]
Fergie flies off the handle (again)
Sir Alex Ferguson has gone on an astonishing rant at referees following his sides shock 1-0 home defeat to Portsmouth in the FA cup. The game was mired in controversy, United aggrieved that they didn’t receive a penalty and then ultimately reduced to 10 men after Kuszczak brought down Baros in the box to give [...]
