2010–11 Portsmouth F.C. season
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The 2010-11 Season is Portsmouth's
Portsmouth F.C.
Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey. Portsmouth's home matches have been played at Fratton Park since the club's formation in 1898. The team currently play in the Football League Championship after being relegated from...

first season in The Championship
Football League Championship
The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...

 after they were relegated from the Premier League during the 2009-10 season. On 22 October, Portsmouth issued a statement saying: "it appears likely that the club will now be closed down and liquidated by the administrators", but Pompey creditor Alexandre Gaydamak announced the next day that he had reached an agreement that could save their future. It was revealed just hours later that Portsmouth had finally come out of administration..

Squad information

As 1 February 2011.

Transfers

Portsmouth have confirmed that any contracts due to expire at the end of the 2009-10 season would not be renewed due to their financial problems, and that they hoped to sign a new squad on free transfers and sell their squad from last year. Only five players were released on 19 May 2010; ten others were offered new contracts.

In

Since Portsmouth are under a transfer embargo, they are not allowed to buy players or sign free agents as they cannot guarantee the PFA that the wages for the players can be paid.
Number Date Position Name Club Fee Ref
25 28 July 2010 DF   Ibrahima Sonko
Ibrahima Sonko
Ibrahima Sonko is a Senegalese international professional footballer who currently plays for Ipswich Town.-Reading:...

Stoke City
Stoke City F.C.
Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...

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1 4 August 2010 GK   Jamie Ashdown
Jamie Ashdown
Jamie Lawrence Ashdown is an English footballer who is currently at Portsmouth where he plays as a goalkeeper.- Career :...

Free Agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

Free
3 13 August 2010 DF   Carl Dickinson
Carl Dickinson
Carl Matthew Dickinson is an English footballer who currently plays for Watford. He is a left back.-Stoke City:...

Stoke City
Stoke City F.C.
Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...

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37 27 August 2010 GK   Darryl Flahavan
Darryl Flahavan
Darryl James Flahavan [fla-haa-van] is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bournemouth. He most recently played for Portsmouth...

Free Agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

Free
27 27 August 2010 FW   Nwankwo Kanu
Nwankwo Kanu
Nwankwo Kanu, OON , or simply Kanu, is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Portsmouth. He was also a member of the Nigerian national team for 16 years from 1994 until 2010...

Free Agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

Free
18 31 August 2010 FW   Dave Kitson
Dave Kitson
David Barry "Dave" Kitson is an English footballer who plays for Football League Championship side Portsmouth as a striker.-Early life:...

Stoke City Transfer
7 31 August 2010 MF Liam Lawrence
Liam Lawrence
Liam Lawrence is a professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Football League Championship side Portsmouth and the Republic of Ireland....

Stoke City Transfer
6 2 October 2010 DF   Hermann Hreidarsson Free Agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

Free
2 19 October 2010 DF   Greg Halford
Greg Halford
Gregory "Greg" Halford is an English footballer who plays for Portsmouth. He is naturally a right wingback or winger, but has played a number of other positions throughout his career, including striker and centre back....

Wolves Loan
5 14 January 2011 DF   Ritchie De Laet Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...

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14 25 January 2011 MF   Jonathan Hogg
Jonathan Hogg
Jonathan Lee Hogg is an English footballer who plays for Watford as a central midfielder. He previously played for Aston Villa, and spent periods on loan at Darlington and Portsmouth.-Aston Villa:...

Aston Villa
Aston Villa F.C.
Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...

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17 17 February 2011 MF   David Cotterill
David Cotterill
David Rhys George Best Cotterill is a Wales international footballer who plays for Swansea City as a winger.-Bristol City:...

Swansea City
Swansea City A.F.C.
Swansea City Association Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Swansea, Wales. One of the most successful clubs in Welsh football, it has won 10 Welsh Cups and led the English Football League First Division in December 1981, before finishing the season in 6th position...

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Out

Number Date Position Name Club Fee Ref
33 19 May 2010 MF   Angelos Basinas
Angelos Basinas
Angelos Basinas is a Greek international footballer and the former captain of his country's national team. He played as a defensive midfielder for Arles-Avignon in the Ligue 1 until 22 October 2010.-Panathinaikos:...

  AC Arles-Avignon Free
16 19 May 2010 DF   Steve Finnan
Steve Finnan
Stephen John "Steve" Finnan is a retired Irish international footballer who played as a right back. He is the only player to have played in the World Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, all four levels of the English league football and the Football Conference.-Early career:Finnan was born in...

Released Free
19 May 2010 FW   Omar Koroma
Omar Koroma
Omar Alieu Koroma is a Gambian footballer. He plays as a striker, but is currently unattached to a club.-Career:Koroma trained with English side Watford in October 2007. He impressed, but was unable to secure a contract due to work permit issues...

Released Free
42 19 May 2010 MF   Paris Cowan-Hall
Paris Cowan-Hall
Paris Dedan Joseph Cowan-Hall is an English professional footballer who plays for Woking. He has previously played for Portsmouth and Grimsby Town.-Portsmouth:...

Scunthorpe United Free
38 19 May 2010 DF   Callum Reynolds Basingstoke Town
Basingstoke Town F.C.
Basingstoke Town Football Club is an English football club based in Basingstoke, Hampshire. The club are currently members of the Conference South and play at the Camrose, named after their late benefactor, Lord Camrose. Their motto, 'Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum', means 'No stepping...

Free
46 6 July 2010 DF   Lennard Sowah
Lennard Sowah
Lennard Adjeley Sowah is a German-Ghanaian footballer currently under contract to Hamburger SV, although he has not yet been selected for their first team. He is a defender in the left back position, but can also play in a more advanced left wing position...

  Hamburg
Hamburger SV
Hamburger Sport-Verein, usually referred to as HSV in Germany and Hamburg in international parlance, is a German multi-sport club based in Hamburg, its largest branch being its football department...

Free
8 7 July 2010 MF   Papa Bouba Diop
Papa Bouba Diop
Pape "Papa" Bouba Diop is a Senegalese footballer who plays for West Ham United in the Football League Championship and the Senegal national team. His preferred position is defensive midfield but can also play as a centre back, where he previously played at Lens...

  AEK Athens
Athletic Union of Constantinople
The Athletic Union of Constantinople , more commonly referred to as AEK or in European competitions as AEK Athens, is a sports club based in the city of Athens, Greece.The club was founded on 13 April 1924 in Athens by Greek refugees from...

Undisclosed
25 7 July 2010 DF Duško Tošić
Duško Tošic
Duško Tošić is a Serbian footballer who plays as a defender for Real Betis, on loan from Red Star Belgrade.-Early career:...

Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...

Free
39 8 July 2010 DF   Nadir Belhadj
Nadir Belhadj
Nadir Belhadj is an Algerian professional football player who currently plays as a left wingback or as a left winger for 11-time Qatar league champions Al Sadd and the Algerian national team....

  Al Sadd Undisclosed
1 30 July 2010 GK   David James
David James (footballer)
David Benjamin James is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bristol City.On 14 February 2009, he achieved the all-time Premier League appearance record with 536 appearances, overtaking Gary Speed. He held this record until being overtaken by Ryan Giggs on the 14th May 2011...

Bristol City
Bristol City F.C.
Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...

Free
26 3 August 2010 DF   Tal Ben Haim
Tal Ben Haim
Tal Ben Haim is an Israeli professional footballer who currently plays for Portsmouth.He can play at either centre back or right back. He is also a member of the Israeli national squad...

West Ham
West Ham United F.C.
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...

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23 18 August 2010 MF   Kevin-Prince Boateng
Kevin-Prince Boateng
Kevin Prince-Boateng , is a German-born Ghanaian footballer, who plays as a Midfielder for Serie A club A.C. Milan. He won nine caps from The Black Stars of Ghana after appearing for Germany's under-15s to their under-21s; he retired from international football on 4 November 2011.-Club career:A...

  Genoa
Genoa C.F.C.
Genoa Cricket and Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Genoa , is a professional Italian football club based in the city of Genoa, Liguria...

Undisclosed
18 August 2010 MF   Jordan Hughes   Lisburn Distillery Free
18 August 2010 MF   Gauthier Mahoto
Gauthier Mahoto
Éric Gauthier Mahoto is a French footballer of Congolese descent.-Club career:Mahoto started his footballing career in France whilst playing for Le Havre. He also attended the French Football Federation's INF Clairefontaine academy. He got a growing reputation as a talented midfielder, which led...

Released Free
18 August 2010 MF   Gaël N’Lundulu
Gaël N’Lundulu
Gaël N'Lundulu is a French professional footballer of Congolese descent who plays as a forward for Lausanne-Sport.-Career:N'Lundulu first began his footballing career in his hometown with Paris Saint-Germain. By age 16 however he was ready to move on and sign professional terms with a team away...

  FC Nantes Free
34 18 August 2010 FW   Danijel Subotic
Danijel Subotic
Danijel Subotić is a Swiss footballer of Bosnian descent who plays for FCM Targu Mures in the Romanian Liga 1 as a forward. He was born in Zagreb but his family originated from Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina, all then Yugoslavia ....

  Grosseto
U.S. Grosseto F.C.
Unione Sportiva Grosseto Football Club is a professional Italian association football club, based in the city of Grosseto, Tuscany. The club was founded in 1912. The team's most associated nickname is grifone, after its logo, depicting a griffon...

Free
6 31 August 2010 MF Marc Wilson Stoke City Transfer
21 31 August 2010 FW   Tommy Smith Queens Park Rangers Transfer
29 31 August 2010 DF   James Hurst
James Hurst (footballer)
James Hurst is an English footballer who plays for Shrewsbury Town on loan from West Bromwich Albion as a defender.-Career:...

West Bromwich Albion Transfer
40 31 August 2010 MF   Marlon Pack
Marlon Pack
Marlon Pack is an English footballer who currently plays for Cheltenham Town having formerly played for Portsmouth.-Portsmouth:...

Cheltenham Town Loan
31 9 September 2010 GK   Liam O'Brien
Liam O'Brien (footballer born 1991)
Liam Daniel O'Brien is an English footballer, who plays as a goalkeeper for Barnet.-Early career:O'Brien started his career at youth team Ruislip Rangers. He later joined the youth team at Queens Park Rangers...

Eastbourne
Eastbourne Borough F.C.
Eastbourne Borough are a semi-professional English football club, based in the town of Eastbourne, East Sussex, and are members of the Conference South. They are known as The Sports after their previous name as Langney Sports. Eastbourne Borough play their home matches at Priory Lane in Langney...

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5 9 September 2010 MF   Matt Ritchie
Matt Ritchie
Matthew Thomas "Matt" Ritchie is an English football player, who currently plays as a left winger for Swindon Town.-Portsmouth:...

Swindon
Swindon Town F.C.
Swindon Town Football Club are a team based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Currently in League Two, Swindon have been managed by Paolo Di Canio since 23 May 2011...

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31 8 October 2010 GK   Liam O'Brien
Liam O'Brien (footballer born 1991)
Liam Daniel O'Brien is an English footballer, who plays as a goalkeeper for Barnet.-Early career:O'Brien started his career at youth team Ruislip Rangers. He later joined the youth team at Queens Park Rangers...

Barnet
Barnet F.C.
Barnet Football Club is an English football team from High Barnet, London, England, currently playing in Football League Two. The ground is in the town of Barnet within the London Borough of Barnet....

Free
- 9 December 2010 DF   Perry Ryan Bognor
Bognor Regis Town F.C.
Bognor Regis Town Football Club is an English football club based in Bognor Regis, West Sussex. The club are currently members of Isthmian League Division One South and play at Nyewood Lane.-History:...

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5 7 January 2011 MF   Matt Ritchie
Matt Ritchie
Matthew Thomas "Matt" Ritchie is an English football player, who currently plays as a left winger for Swindon Town.-Portsmouth:...

Swindon Town
Swindon Town F.C.
Swindon Town Football Club are a team based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Currently in League Two, Swindon have been managed by Paolo Di Canio since 23 May 2011...

Transfer
38 18 January 2011 DF   Ellis Martin Havant & Waterlooville
Havant & Waterlooville F.C.
Havant & Waterlooville Football Club are an English football club based in Havant, Hampshire. The club formed in 1998 after a merger between Havant Town and Waterlooville, and are currently members of the Conference South. Nicknamed The Hawks, they play at West Leigh Park.-History:In 1998 Havant...

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17 29 January 2011 FW   John Utaka
John Utaka
John Chukwudi Utaka is a Nigerian footballer who played as a striker for Montpellier of the Ligue 1. He is the older brother of Peter Utaka, who plays for OB in Denmark.- Club career :...

  Montpellier HSC
Montpellier HSC
Montpellier Hérault Sport Club is a French association football club based in the city of Montpellier. The club was founded in 1919 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the top level of French football. Montpellier plays its home matches at the Stade de la Mosson, located within the city...

Transfer
36 24 March 2011 MF   Tom Kilbey
Tom Kilbey
Thomas Charles "Tom" Kilbey is an English footballer who last played for Portsmouth. He plays as a midfielder.-Milwall:...

Lincoln City F.C.
Lincoln City F.C.
Lincoln City Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of the Conference National in 2011–12 following relegation from the Football League....

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Ashdown
Jamie Ashdown
Jamie Lawrence Ashdown is an English footballer who is currently at Portsmouth where he plays as a goalkeeper.- Career :...

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Squad stats

Last updated on 07 May 2011.

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Disciplinary records

Last updated on 07 May 2011.
No. Pos. Nat. Player
1 GK    Jamie Ashdown
Jamie Ashdown
Jamie Lawrence Ashdown is an English footballer who is currently at Portsmouth where he plays as a goalkeeper.- Career :...

 
2 0 0
37 GK    Darryl Flahavan
Darryl Flahavan
Darryl James Flahavan [fla-haa-van] is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bournemouth. He most recently played for Portsmouth...

 
0 0 0
2 DF
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 
  Greg Halford
Greg Halford
Gregory "Greg" Halford is an English footballer who plays for Portsmouth. He is naturally a right wingback or winger, but has played a number of other positions throughout his career, including striker and centre back....

 
4 0 1
3 DF
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 
  Carl Dickinson
Carl Dickinson
Carl Matthew Dickinson is an English footballer who currently plays for Watford. He is a left back.-Stoke City:...

 
5 0 1
4 DF
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 
  Aaron Mokoena
Aaron Mokoena
Teboho Aaron Mokoena is a South African footballer who plays for and captains Football League Championship club Portsmouth and the South African national team.-Early career:...

 
11 0 0
5 DF
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 
  Ritchie De Laet  5 0 0
6 DF
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 
  Hermann Hreidarsson  7 0 0
20 DF
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 
  Joel Ward
Joel Ward (footballer)
Joel Edward Philip Ward is an English footballer who currently plays for Football League Championship club Portsmouth. He is naturally a centre back, but has made his breakthrough into the first team as both right back and defensive midfielder.-Portsmouth:Ward started his footballing career with...

 
1 0 0
25 DF
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 
  Ibrahima Sonko
Ibrahima Sonko
Ibrahima Sonko is a Senegalese international professional footballer who currently plays for Ipswich Town.-Reading:...

 
0 0 0
33 DF
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 
  Ricardo Rocha
Ricardo Rocha (Portuguese footballer)
Ricardo Sérgio Rocha Azevedo is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Portsmouth in the Football League Championship, as a defender.-Portugal:Rocha was born in Santo Tirso, Porto District...

 
6 0 2
7 MF  Liam Lawrence
Liam Lawrence
Liam Lawrence is a professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Football League Championship side Portsmouth and the Republic of Ireland....

 
3 1 0
8 MF    Hayden Mullins
Hayden Mullins
Hayden Ian Mullins is an English footballer who plays for Portsmouth. He plays as a sweeper and at right-back in addition to his preferred midfield-holding position.-Crystal Palace:...

 
5 0 1
11 MF    Michael Brown  2 0 0
14 MF    Jonathan Hogg
Jonathan Hogg
Jonathan Lee Hogg is an English footballer who plays for Watford as a central midfielder. He previously played for Aston Villa, and spent periods on loan at Darlington and Portsmouth.-Aston Villa:...

 
7 1 0
17 MF    David Cotterill
David Cotterill
David Rhys George Best Cotterill is a Wales international footballer who plays for Swansea City as a winger.-Bristol City:...

 
3 0 0
22 MF    Richard Hughes
Richard Hughes (footballer)
Richard Daniel Hughes is a former Scottish footballer who was capped five times for the Scotland national team. He played as a defensive midfielder for Atalanta, Arsenal, Bournemouth, Portsmouth and Grimsby Town.-Arsenal:...

 
0 0 0
39 MF    Peter Gregory  0 0 0
9 FW    Danny Webber
Danny Webber
Daniel Vaughn "Danny" Webber is an English football striker who is a free agent following his release from Portsmouth....

 
0 0 0
10 FW    David Nugent
David Nugent
David James Nugent is an English footballer striker, who currently plays for Leicester City . Before joining Leicester, Nugent made a total of 228 appearances in the Football League playing for Bury, Preston North End and Portsmouth...

 
7 0 0
18 FW    Dave Kitson
Dave Kitson
David Barry "Dave" Kitson is an English footballer who plays for Football League Championship side Portsmouth as a striker.-Early life:...

 
8 0 0
24 FW    Nadir Çiftçi
Nadir Çiftçi
Nadir Çiftçi is a Dutch-born Turkish footballer who currently plays for Kayserispor in the Süper Lig.-Portsmouth:...

 
0 0 0
27 FW    Nwankwo Kanu
Nwankwo Kanu
Nwankwo Kanu, OON , or simply Kanu, is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Portsmouth. He was also a member of the Nigerian national team for 16 years from 1994 until 2010...

 
0 0 0
- GK    Liam O'Brien
Liam O'Brien (footballer born 1991)
Liam Daniel O'Brien is an English footballer, who plays as a goalkeeper for Barnet.-Early career:O'Brien started his career at youth team Ruislip Rangers. He later joined the youth team at Queens Park Rangers...

0 0 0
- DF
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 
  Ellis Martin 0 0 0
- MF    Matt Ritchie
Matt Ritchie
Matthew Thomas "Matt" Ritchie is an English football player, who currently plays as a left winger for Swindon Town.-Portsmouth:...

0 0 0
MF  Marc Wilson 2 0 0
MF    Marlon Pack
Marlon Pack
Marlon Pack is an English footballer who currently plays for Cheltenham Town having formerly played for Portsmouth.-Portsmouth:...

0 0 0
- FW    John Utaka
John Utaka
John Chukwudi Utaka is a Nigerian footballer who played as a striker for Montpellier of the Ligue 1. He is the older brother of Peter Utaka, who plays for OB in Denmark.- Club career :...

3 0 0
FW    Tommy Smith 0 0 0

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