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Since the last war, 4 teams have won the League Championship 2 years in
succession. The teams are Liverpool , Manchester United , Wolverhampton
Wanderers and Portsmouth. |
| Portsmouth
were the hosts of the first ever floodlit League game in February
1956 but were beaten 2-0 by Newcastle. |
| Bob Blyth has
the distinction of having served the club in all capacities. He was a player
in 1899, Captain , Manager , Director and Chairman. |
| Portsmouth
hold the record for retaining the FA Cup for the longest number of years,
- it was won in 1939 and not contested again until
1946. |
| One of Portsmouth
Football Clubs earliest incarnations was as the "Portsmouth Football Association
Club" one of whose members was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle of 'Sherlock Holmes'
fame. |
| Portsmouth
are the only team to have been knocked out of an F.A. Cup semi final in
a penalty shoot-out. It happened at Villa Park against Liverpool in 1992. |
| Portsmouths
first ever coloured player was Lloyd Delaphena who made 8 appearances for
the club between 1948 and 1950 and went on to become a sports journalist
on Jamaican TV. |
| Portsmouth
have had only one season where they remained undefeated at home and that
was in the Championship season of 1948/49 when they won 18 and drew 3 of
their 21 games and conceded just 12 goals. |
| Portsmouths
worst season was in 1958/59 when they won just 6 games and lost 27 - not
surprisingly they were relegated that season !!!! |
| The first ever
player to be sent off on a Sunday was Portsmouths Bobby Kellard who was
dismissed against Orient in Jan 1974. |
| Fratton Parks record gate was in the FA Cup 6th round in 1949 against Derby County when 51,385 supporters watched the game. |
| Portsmouth were the first team to rise from the 3rd Division to win the League Championship. |
| Bert Barlow holds the unique distinction of winning both an F.A. Cup winners medal and a championship winners medal. |
| The 1st Pompey player to score in a Wembley final was Septimus Rutherford in the F.A. Cup final of 1934. |