Portsmouth F.C. seasons
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This is a list of seasons played by Portsmouth Football Club
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...

 in English and European football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

, from 1899 (the year of the club's first FA Cup entry and elected straight into the first division of the Southern League) to the most recent completed season. Football was played in Portsmouth from the 1850s and was popular for sailors and dockers to play in the city. The current club was founded in 1898 with John Brickwood, owner of the local brewery, as chairman, and Frank Brettell
Frank Brettell
Frank E. Brettell was an English-born Irish football player, manager and administrator.He played as a full back for Everton, a club that was originally called St. Domingo's. He combined his role as player-secretary-manager with his full time job as a reporter for the Liverpool Mercury...

 as the club's first manager. A common myth is that the club's first goalkeeper was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle DL was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, generally considered a milestone in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger...

. While Conan Doyle did play as AC Smith for an amateur side, Portsmouth Athletic Football Club, that flourished from 1882 to 1894, the first goalkeeper of the professional era was Matt Reilly
Matt Reilly (footballer)
Matthew Michael "Matt" Reilly was an Irish international goalkeeper who played most of his career with Portsmouth in the Southern League. He also had spells with Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur in the Southern League, with Notts County in the Football League, with Dundee in the Scottish Football...

 who previously played for the successful Royal Artillery team.

Portsmouth was formed to replace the defunct Royal Artillery Portsmouth club, and elected straight into the first division of the Southern League
Southern Football League
The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales...

. The club's first league match was played at Chatham Town
Chatham Town F.C.
Chatham Town are an English Association Football club based in Chatham, Kent. They currently play in Division One North of the Isthmian League and are nicknamed "The Chats"....

 on 2 September 1899 (a 1-0 victory), followed three days later by the first match at Fratton Park
Fratton Park
Fratton Park is a football stadium in the English city-port of Portsmouth. It has been the home of professional club Portsmouth F.C. since its construction in 1898.-Description:...

 against local rivals Southampton. That first season was hugely successful, with the club winning 20 out of 28 league matches, earning them runners-up spot in the Southern League
Southern Football League
The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales...

. The league was won for the first time in the 1901-02 season, by which time Brettell had been replaced by club captain Bob Blyth
Bob Blyth
Robert Blyth was the manager for the football club Portsmouth F.C. from 1901-1904.-Football career:Blyth was born in Glenbuck Scotland and was a member of the Glenbuck Cherrypickers, playing alongside members of his extended family...

 as manager.

The 1906-1907 season was highlighted by the visit of 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...

 to Fratton Park in the FA Cup, which generated a record attendance of 24,329. A 2-2 draw meant a replay in Manchester, and Portsmouth recorded a famous 2-1 win. However, this record attendance was surpassed two seasons later when Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...

 visited Fratton for the second round of the new FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

.

1910-11 saw Portsmouth relegated, but with the recruitment of Robert Brown
Robert Brown (football manager)
Robert Brown was an English association football player and manager in the early twentieth century.After an undistinguished career in semi-professional football in his native north-east England, Brown joined Sheffield Wednesday as a scout. In 1911 he joined Portsmouth as secretary, a job he held...

 as manager the team were promoted the next season.

The club has won the League Championship
Football League First Division
The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....

 twice, the FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

 twice, never won the League Cup
Football League Cup
The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...

, the Charity Shield
FA Community Shield
The Football Association Community Shield is English football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous Premier League season and the holders of the FA Cup at Wembley Stadium. If the Premier League champions also won the FA Cup then the league runners-up provide the opposition...

 once (shared).

This list details the club's achievements in all major competitions, and the top scorers for each season. Top scorers in bold were also the top scorers in the English league that season. Records of competitions such as the Hampshire Senior Cup
Hampshire Senior Cup
The Hampshire Senior Cup is a cup competition open to football teams affiliated with the Hampshire Football Association. The competition was founded in 1888 and has been contested every year since, with the exception of 1914 to 1919 when it was postponed due to World War I.Despite the...

 are not included due to them being considered of less importance than the FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

 and the League Cup
Football League Cup
The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...

.

Non-Football League era

Season League FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

Top Goalscorer
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Name Goals
1899–1900 SL Div 1
Southern Football League
The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales...

28 20 1 7 58 27 41 2nd R1
1900–01 SL Div 1
Southern Football League
The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales...

28 17 4 7 56 32 38 3rd INT
1901–02 SL Div 1
Southern Football League
The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales...

30 20 7 3 67 24 47 1st QF
1902–03 SL Div 1
Southern Football League
The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales...

30 17 7 6 69 32 41 3rd R1
1903–04 SL Div 1
Southern Football League
The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales...

34 17 8 9 41 38 42 4th R1
1904–05 SL Div 1
Southern Football League
The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales...

34 16 4 14 61 56 36 8th R2
1905–06 SL Div 1
Southern Football League
The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales...

34 17 9 8 61 35 43 3rd R1
1906–07 SL Div 1
Southern Football League
The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales...

38 22 7 9 64 36 51 2nd R2
1907–08 SL Div 1
Southern Football League
The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales...

38 17 6 15 63 52 40 9th R3
1908–09 SL Div 1
Southern Football League
The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales...

40 18 10 12 68 60 46 4th R2
1909–10 SL Div 1
Southern Football League
The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales...

42 20 7 15 70 63 47 6th R2
1910–11 SL Div 1
Southern Football League
The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales...

38 8 11 19 34 53 27 20th R1
1911–12 SL Div 2
Southern Football League
The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales...

26 19 3 4 73 20 41 2nd R2
1912–13 SL Div 1
Southern Football League
The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales...

38 14 8 16 41 49 36 11th R1
1913–14 SL Div 1
Southern Football League
The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales...

38 14 12 12 57 48 40 9th R1
1914–15 SL Div 1
Southern Football League
The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales...

38 16 10 12 54 42 42 7th R1
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the First World War
1919–20 SL Div 1
Southern Football League
The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales...

42 23 12 7 73 27 58 1st R1

Non-Football League era (Western League
Western Football League
The Western Football League is a football league in the south west of England, covering Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, western Dorset, parts of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire and parts of South Wales...

)

Season League Top Goalscorer
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Name Goals
1900–01 Division 1 16 11 2 3 26 22 24 1st
1901–02 Division 1 16 13 1 2 53 16 27 1st
1902–03 Division 1 16 10 4 2 34 14 24 1st
1903–04 Division 1 16 7 2 7 24 22 16 4th
1904–05 Division 1 20 10 3 7 29 30 23 4th
1905–06 Division 1 20 6 7 7 26 29 19 7th
1906–07 Division 1 'B' 10 4 2 4 16 19 10 3rd
1907–08 Division 1 'A' 12 7 1 4 25 13 1 2nd
1908–09 Division 1 'B' 12 5 2 5 21 21 12 4th

Football League era

Season League FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

League
Cup
Football League Cup
The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...

Charity
Shield
FA Community Shield
The Football Association Community Shield is English football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous Premier League season and the holders of the FA Cup at Wembley Stadium. If the Premier League champions also won the FA Cup then the league runners-up provide the opposition...

Europe
Other
Top Goalscorer
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Name Goals
1920–21 
Details
Div 3 42 12 15 15 46 48 49 12th R1 Frank Stringfellow 13
1921–22 
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Div 3(S) 42 18 17 7 62 39 53 3rd R4 Percy Cherrett
Percy Cherrett
Percy Albert Mark Cherrett was an English footballer who played as a centre forward.He began his career in non-league football with Boscombe before moving to Portsmouth in 1921, where he scored 36 goals in a two year spell at Fratton Park. He was transferred to Plymouth Argyle in 1923, where he...

22
1922–23 
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42 19 8 15 58 52 46 7th R1 Jerry Mackie
Jerry Mackie
James "Jerry" Mackie was a Scottish footballer who played at inside forward for south coast rivals, Portsmouth and then Southampton in the 1920s and 1930s.-Football career:...

10
1923–24 
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42 24 11 7 87 30 59 1st R2 Willie Haines
Willie Haines
Wyndham William Pretoria "Willie" Haines was an English footballer who played at centre-forward for south coast rivals, Portsmouth and then Southampton in the 1920s and 1930s.-Football career:...

28
1924–25 
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Div 2 42 15 18 9 58 50 48 4th R2 Willie Haines
Willie Haines
Wyndham William Pretoria "Willie" Haines was an English footballer who played at centre-forward for south coast rivals, Portsmouth and then Southampton in the 1920s and 1930s.-Football career:...

 
Jerry Mackie
Jerry Mackie
James "Jerry" Mackie was a Scottish footballer who played at inside forward for south coast rivals, Portsmouth and then Southampton in the 1920s and 1930s.-Football career:...

17
1925–26 
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42 17 10 15 79 74 44 11th R3 Willie Haines
Willie Haines
Wyndham William Pretoria "Willie" Haines was an English footballer who played at centre-forward for south coast rivals, Portsmouth and then Southampton in the 1920s and 1930s.-Football career:...

20
1926–27 
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42 23 8 11 87 49 54 2nd R4 Willie Haines
Willie Haines
Wyndham William Pretoria "Willie" Haines was an English footballer who played at centre-forward for south coast rivals, Portsmouth and then Southampton in the 1920s and 1930s.-Football career:...

40
1927–28 
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Div 1 42 16 7 19 66 90 39 20th R3 Willie Haines
Willie Haines
Wyndham William Pretoria "Willie" Haines was an English footballer who played at centre-forward for south coast rivals, Portsmouth and then Southampton in the 1920s and 1930s.-Football career:...


Jack Smith
Jack Smith (footballer born 1898)
John William Smith, known as Jack Smith was an English international footballer, who played as an inside left.-Career:...

11
1928–29 
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42 15 6 21 56 80 36 20th R/U
1929 FA Cup Final
The 1929 FA Cup Final was contested by Bolton Wanderers and Portsmouth at Wembley. Bolton won 2–0, with goals by Billy Butler and Harry Blackmore.- Match details:-Bolton Wanderers:Round 3: Bolton Wanderers 2–0 Oldham Athletic...

Jack Smith
Jack Smith (footballer born 1898)
John William Smith, known as Jack Smith was an English international footballer, who played as an inside left.-Career:...

9
1929–30 
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42 15 10 17 66 62 47 13th R4 Jack Weddle
Jack Weddle
John Robson "Jack" Weddle in Whitburn, South Tyneside was a former Portsmouth centre forward who played during the interwar and post war period. He is best remembered for Portsmouth's Cup run in the 1933/34 season, scoring a hat-trick against Birmingham in front of a 66,000-strong crowd to take...

21
1930–31 
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42 18 13 11 84 64 49 4th R5 Jimmy Easson
Jimmy Easson
James Ferrier "Jimmy" Easson was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside-forward for Portsmouth in the English Football League, helping them reach the FA Cup Final in 1934...

29
1931–32 
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42 19 7 16 62 62 45 8th R5 Jack Weddle
Jack Weddle
John Robson "Jack" Weddle in Whitburn, South Tyneside was a former Portsmouth centre forward who played during the interwar and post war period. He is best remembered for Portsmouth's Cup run in the 1933/34 season, scoring a hat-trick against Birmingham in front of a 66,000-strong crowd to take...

22
1932–33 
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42 18 7 17 74 76 43 9th R3 Jack Weddle
Jack Weddle
John Robson "Jack" Weddle in Whitburn, South Tyneside was a former Portsmouth centre forward who played during the interwar and post war period. He is best remembered for Portsmouth's Cup run in the 1933/34 season, scoring a hat-trick against Birmingham in front of a 66,000-strong crowd to take...

20
1933–34 
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42 15 12 15 52 55 42 10th R/U Jack Weddle
Jack Weddle
John Robson "Jack" Weddle in Whitburn, South Tyneside was a former Portsmouth centre forward who played during the interwar and post war period. He is best remembered for Portsmouth's Cup run in the 1933/34 season, scoring a hat-trick against Birmingham in front of a 66,000-strong crowd to take...

17
1934–35 
Details
42 15 10 17 71 72 40 14th R4 Jack Weddle
Jack Weddle
John Robson "Jack" Weddle in Whitburn, South Tyneside was a former Portsmouth centre forward who played during the interwar and post war period. He is best remembered for Portsmouth's Cup run in the 1933/34 season, scoring a hat-trick against Birmingham in front of a 66,000-strong crowd to take...

24
1935–36 
Details
42 17 8 17 54 67 42 10th R3 Jack Weddle
Jack Weddle
John Robson "Jack" Weddle in Whitburn, South Tyneside was a former Portsmouth centre forward who played during the interwar and post war period. He is best remembered for Portsmouth's Cup run in the 1933/34 season, scoring a hat-trick against Birmingham in front of a 66,000-strong crowd to take...

16
1936–37 
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42 17 10 15 62 66 44 9th R3 Cliff Parker 12
1937–38 
Details
42 13 12 17 62 68 38 19th R4 Jimmy Beattie 21
1938–39 
Details
42 12 13 17 47 70 37 17th W
1939 FA Cup Final
The 1939 FA Cup Final was contested by Portsmouth and Wolverhampton Wanderers at Wembley. Portsmouth won 4–1, with goals from Bert Barlow, John Anderson and two by Cliff Parker...

Jock Anderson
John Anderson (footballer born 1915)
John "Jock" Anderson is a former professional footballer who played as a centre forward. The summit of his career was scoring one of the goals for Portsmouth in their 4-1 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 1939 FA Cup Final....

10
1939–40 
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3 1 0 2 3 5 2 18th N/A N/A
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to the Second World War
1945–46 n/a R3
1946–47 
Details
Div 1 42 16 9 17 66 60 41 12th R4 Duggie Reid
Duggie Reid
John Douglas Jamieson "Duggie" Reid was a Scottish footballer. An inside forward, he played for Stockport County and Portsmouth....

29
1947–48 
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42 19 7 16 68 50 45 8th R4 15
1948–49 
Details
Portsmouth F.C. season 1948-49
In Portsmouth Football Club's Golden Jubilee season of 1948-49, the club were tipped to be the first team of the 20th century to win the Football League and FA Cup double. However, Pompey crashed out of the FA Cup in the semi-final against Leicester City, but made up for it by claiming the league...

42 25 8 9 84 42 58 1st SF Peter Harris
Peter Harris (footballer)
Peter Philip Harris was an association football player.Harris is notable for his career with Portsmouth F.C., his only professional club. Born in Southsea and signed from Gosport Borough F.C., he played a crucial role in Pompey's championship-winning teams as an out and out right-winger with an...

22
1949–50 
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Portsmouth F.C. season 1949-50
This article is about Portsmouth Football Club when they were league champions of 1949-50. They have not been champions of England since 1950. The club retained the title they won in 1948-49, beating Aston Villa 5-1 on the last day of the season, and are thus one of only five English teams to have...

42 22 9 11 74 38 53 1st R5 Shared
1949 FA Charity Shield
The 1949 FA Charity Shield was the 27th FA Charity Shield, a pre-season exhibition football match between the winners of the previous season's First Division and FA Cup titles. The match took place at Highbury, London, between the league champions Portsmouth and FA Cup winners Wolverhampton Wanderers...

Ike Clarke
Ike Clarke
Isaac 'Ike' Clarke was an English footballer and football manager, he is most notable for scoring the goal which one Portsmouth their first League title.-Career:...

20
1950–51 
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42 16 15 11 71 68 47 7th R3 Ike Clarke
Ike Clarke
Isaac 'Ike' Clarke was an English footballer and football manager, he is most notable for scoring the goal which one Portsmouth their first League title.-Career:...


Len Phillips
Len Phillips
Leonard Horace "Len" Phillips is a former footballer who won three caps for the England national team. At club level, he played his entire professional career for Portsmouth, and was a member of the championship-winning teams of 1949 and 1950...

11
1951–52 
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42 20 8 14 68 58 48 4th QF Duggie Reid
Duggie Reid
John Douglas Jamieson "Duggie" Reid was a Scottish footballer. An inside forward, he played for Stockport County and Portsmouth....

18
1952–53 
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42 14 10 18 74 83 38 15th R3 Peter Harris
Peter Harris (footballer)
Peter Philip Harris was an association football player.Harris is notable for his career with Portsmouth F.C., his only professional club. Born in Southsea and signed from Gosport Borough F.C., he played a crucial role in Pompey's championship-winning teams as an out and out right-winger with an...

23
1953–54 
Details
42 14 11 17 81 89 39 14th R5 24
1954–55 
Details
42 18 12 12 74 62 48 3rd R3 23
1955–56 
Details
42 16 9 17 78 85 41 12th R4 24
1956–57 
Details
42 10 13 19 62 92 33 19th R4 Johnny Gordon
Johnny Gordon
John Duncan Sinclair "Johnny" Gordon was an English professional footballer who played for Portsmouth and Birmingham City in the First Division as an inside-forward....


Peter Harris
Peter Harris (footballer)
Peter Philip Harris was an association football player.Harris is notable for his career with Portsmouth F.C., his only professional club. Born in Southsea and signed from Gosport Borough F.C., he played a crucial role in Pompey's championship-winning teams as an out and out right-winger with an...

13
1957–58 
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42 12 8 22 73 88 32 20th R4 Peter Harris
Peter Harris (footballer)
Peter Philip Harris was an association football player.Harris is notable for his career with Portsmouth F.C., his only professional club. Born in Southsea and signed from Gosport Borough F.C., he played a crucial role in Pompey's championship-winning teams as an out and out right-winger with an...

18
1958–59 
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42 6 9 27 64 112 21 22nd R5 Ron Saunders
Ron Saunders
Ron Saunders is a retired English football player and former successful manager. He remains the only manager to have taken charge of Aston Villa, Birmingham City and West Bromwich Albion, normally bitter rivals....

24
1959–60 
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Div 2 42 10 12 20 59 77 32 20th R3 17
1960–61 
Details
42 11 11 20 64 91 33 21st R5 QF 23
1961–62 
Details
Div 3 46 27 11 8 87 47 65 1st R1 R3 26
1962–63 
Details
Div 2 42 13 11 18 63 79 37 16th R4 R4 29
1963–64 
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42 16 11 15 79 70 43 9th R3 R4 34
1964–65 
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42 12 10 20 56 77 34 20th R3 R3 Cliff Portwood
Cliff Portwood
Clifford Portwood is a former English footballer.-Playing career:Cliff Portwood started his career with Manchester Athletic before joing Preston North End in 1955. He quickly became a regular for the first 11, becoming Tom Finney's understudy. He joined Port Vale for £750 in August 1959. and was...

12
1965–66 
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42 16 8 18 74 78 40 12th R3 R3 Albert McCann 13
1966–67 
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42 13 13 16 59 70 39 14th R4 R2 14
1967–68 
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42 18 13 11 68 55 49 5th R5 R3 16
1968–69 
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42 12 14 16 58 58 38 15th R4 R2 Ray Hiron 17
1969–70 
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42 13 9 20 66 80 35 17th R3 R1 18
1970–71 
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46 10 14 18 46 61 34 16th R4 R3 14
1971–72 
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46 12 13 17 59 68 37 16th R5 R1 Richie Reynolds
Richie Reynolds
Richard Reynolds was an English professional footballer whose career ran from the mid sixties to the mid seventies. Born in Looe Reynolds won three England Youth caps whilst with his first club Plymouth Argyle, for whom he mde his debut in an F.A.Cup tie against Derby County early in 1965...

11
1972–73 
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42 12 11 19 42 59 35 17th R3 R2 Ray Hiron 10
1973–74 
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42 14 12 16 45 62 40 15th R5 R2 Ron Davies 16
1974–75 
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42 12 13 17 44 54 37 17th R3 R2 Mick Mellows
Mick Mellows
Michael Anthony "Mick" Mellows is a former England Amateur International footballer, who later played professionally for Reading and Portsmouth. Born in Woking, Mellows played firstly for Sutton United before going to train as a teacher at King Alfred College, Winchester...

8
1975–76 
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42 9 7 26 32 61 25 22nd R4 R2 Norman Piper
Norman Piper
Norman Piper was an English footballer who played professionally in England for 13 years before finishing his career in the United States....

12
1976–77 
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Div 3 46 11 14 21 53 70 36 20th R3 R1 David Kemp
David Kemp (footballer)
David Michael Kemp is a former English professional footballer and manager. He is currently Assistant Manager at Stoke City.-Playing career:...

17
1977–78 
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42 7 17 22 41 75 31 24th R2 R3 21
1978–79 
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Div 4 46 20 12 14 62 48 52 7th R2 R1 Jeff Hemmerman
Jeff Hemmerman
Jeffrey Lawrence Hemmerman is an English former footballer.-Playing career:Hemmerman came through the youth ranks at Hull City but struggled to ever make a big impact on the first team and was loaned out to Scunthorpe United in 1975 to try and gain experience...

16
1979–80 
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46 24 12 10 91 49 60 4th R3 R1 Colin Garwood
Colin Garwood
Colin Arthur Garwood is an English former professional footballer who scored 157 goals from 426 games in the Football League playing as a striker for Peterborough United, Oldham Athletic, Huddersfield Town, Colchester United, Portsmouth and Aldershot during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s...

27
1980–81 
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Div 3 46 22 9 15 55 47 53 6th R1 R4 David Gregory 15
1981–82 
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46 14 19 13 56 51 61 13th R1 R2 Billy Rafferty
Billy Rafferty
William "Billy" Rafferty is a former Scottish footballer who played as a forward. He is most notable for a two-year spell spearheading the attack for Plymouth Argyle alongside Paul Mariner in the 1970s....

19
1982–83 
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46 27 10 9 74 41 91 1st R2 R1 Alan Biley
Alan Biley
Alan Biley was a former English professional footballer and now a football manager who played for Cambridge, Everton and Portsmouth amongst others...

27
1983–84 
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Div 2 42 14 7 21 73 64 49 16th R4 R2 Mark Hateley
Mark Hateley
Mark Wayne Hateley is a retired English football player who played as a centre-forward. He was capped 32 times for the English national team , and played in top-level football leagues in England, Italy, France and Scotland...

25
1984–85 
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42 20 14 8 69 50 74 4th R3 R2 Neil Webb
Neil Webb
Neil John Webb is an English former footballer and television pundit. He played as a midfielder and defender between 1980 and 1997 notably for Portsmouth, Nottingham Forest and Manchester United...

18
1985–86 
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42 22 7 13 69 41 73 4th R3 QF FMC
Full Members Cup
The Full Members Cup was an association football cup competition held in English football from 1985 to 1992. It was also known under its sponsored names of the Simod Cup from 1987 to 1989 and the Zenith Data Systems Cup from 1989 to 1992....

 GS
Nicky Morgan
Nicky Morgan (footballer)
Nicholas Morgan was a footballer who played in The Football League for Bournemouth, Bristol City, Exeter City, Portsmouth, Stoke City and West Ham United.-Career:...

15
1986–87 
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42 23 9 10 53 28 78 2nd R4 R3 FMC
Full Members Cup
The Full Members Cup was an association football cup competition held in English football from 1985 to 1992. It was also known under its sponsored names of the Simod Cup from 1987 to 1989 and the Zenith Data Systems Cup from 1989 to 1992....

 QF
Micky Quinn
Micky Quinn
Michael "Micky" Quinn is a former footballer. He was predominantly a centre forward during a career in which he scored 228 goals from 515 games in the Football League.- Club career :...

28
1987–88 
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Div 1 42 7 14 19 36 66 35 19th QF R2 FMC
Full Members Cup
The Full Members Cup was an association football cup competition held in English football from 1985 to 1992. It was also known under its sponsored names of the Simod Cup from 1987 to 1989 and the Zenith Data Systems Cup from 1989 to 1992....

 R1
11
1988–89 
Details
Div 2 46 13 12 21 45 56 40 20th R3 R2 FMC
Full Members Cup
The Full Members Cup was an association football cup competition held in English football from 1985 to 1992. It was also known under its sponsored names of the Simod Cup from 1987 to 1989 and the Zenith Data Systems Cup from 1989 to 1992....

 R2
21
1989–90 
Details
46 15 16 15 62 65 61 12th R3 R2 FMC
Full Members Cup
The Full Members Cup was an association football cup competition held in English football from 1985 to 1992. It was also known under its sponsored names of the Simod Cup from 1987 to 1989 and the Zenith Data Systems Cup from 1989 to 1992....

 R2
Guy Whittingham
Guy Whittingham
Guy Whittingham is a retired professional footballer with over 450 appearances for a number of English clubs, after leaving the British Army. He is currently serving as joint caretaker manager of Portsmouth together with Stuart Gray...

25
1990–91 
Details
46 14 11 21 58 70 53 17th R5 R3 FMC
Full Members Cup
The Full Members Cup was an association football cup competition held in English football from 1985 to 1992. It was also known under its sponsored names of the Simod Cup from 1987 to 1989 and the Zenith Data Systems Cup from 1989 to 1992....

 R2
20
1991–92 
Details
Portsmouth F.C. season 1991-92
- Second Division :- FA Cup :- Semi Final Line Up:- Semi Final Line Up Replay:- League Cup :- Full Members Cup :...

46 19 12 15 65 51 69 9th SF R3 FMC
Full Members Cup
The Full Members Cup was an association football cup competition held in English football from 1985 to 1992. It was also known under its sponsored names of the Simod Cup from 1987 to 1989 and the Zenith Data Systems Cup from 1989 to 1992....

 R1
13
1992–93 
Details
Portsmouth F.C. season 1992-93
- First Division :- First Division Play-offs:- FA Cup :- League Cup :- Anglo-Italian Cup :...

Div 1 46 26 10 10 80 46 88 3rd R3 R3 AIC
Anglo-Italian Cup
The Anglo-Italian Cup is a defunct European football competition that was played intermittently between 1970 and 1996 between clubs from England and Italy. Founded by Gigi Peronace in 1970, following the success of the Anglo-Italian League Cup, it was played as a professional tournament until 1973...

 GS
47
1993–94 
Details
Portsmouth F.C. season 1993-94
- First Division :- FA Cup :- League Cup :- Anglo-Italian Cup :...

46 15 13 18 52 58 58 17th R3 QF AIC
Anglo-Italian Cup
The Anglo-Italian Cup is a defunct European football competition that was played intermittently between 1970 and 1996 between clubs from England and Italy. Founded by Gigi Peronace in 1970, following the success of the Anglo-Italian League Cup, it was played as a professional tournament until 1973...

 GS
Gerry Creaney
Gerry Creaney
Gerard 'Gerry' Creaney is a Scottish former footballer who played as a striker.-Career:Creaney began his career with Celtic, signing from the boys club and making his debut in the first team in 1989. He played 113 times for the club, scoring 36 goals...


Alan McLoughlin
Alan McLoughlin
Alan Francis McLoughlin is a former Irish coach, and former professional footballer, playing as a midfielder.-Career:...

11
1994–95 
Details
46 15 13 18 53 63 58 18th R4 R3 Gerry Creaney
Gerry Creaney
Gerard 'Gerry' Creaney is a Scottish former footballer who played as a striker.-Career:Creaney began his career with Celtic, signing from the boys club and making his debut in the first team in 1989. He played 113 times for the club, scoring 36 goals...

22
1995–96 
Details
46 13 13 20 61 69 52 21st R3 R1 Paul Hall
Paul Hall (footballer)
Paul Anthony Hall , is a retired English-born Jamaican international footballer. He is currently a coach at Conference National side Tamworth, during his career, Hall was a striker who could also play on the right wing....


Alan McLoughlin
Alan McLoughlin
Alan Francis McLoughlin is a former Irish coach, and former professional footballer, playing as a midfielder.-Career:...

10
1996–97 
Details
46 20 8 18 59 53 68 7th QF R2 Lee Bradbury
Lee Bradbury
Lee Michael Bradbury is an English football manager and former footballer who made more than 500 appearances in the Football League. Since January 2011, he has been manager of Bournemouth.-Playing career:...

17
1997–98 
Details
46 13 10 21 51 63 49 20th R3 R1 John Aloisi
John Aloisi
John Aloisi is a retired Australian football player who played as a striker, and the current youth team manager at Melbourne Heart....

12
1998–99 
Details
46 11 14 21 57 73 47 19th R4 R2 17
1999–2000 
Details
46 13 12 21 55 66 51 18th R3 R2 Steve Claridge
Steve Claridge
Stephen Edward Claridge is an English football player, pundit and coach. He is currently a pundit for BBC Sport football shows including Football Focus and the The Football League Show, whilst also playing as a striker for semi-professional team Gosport Borough.Claridge's career is known for its...

14
2000–01 
Details
46 10 19 17 47 59 49 20th R3 R2 Lee Bradbury
Lee Bradbury
Lee Michael Bradbury is an English football manager and former footballer who made more than 500 appearances in the Football League. Since January 2011, he has been manager of Bournemouth.-Playing career:...


Steve Claridge
Steve Claridge
Stephen Edward Claridge is an English football player, pundit and coach. He is currently a pundit for BBC Sport football shows including Football Focus and the The Football League Show, whilst also playing as a striker for semi-professional team Gosport Borough.Claridge's career is known for its...

11
2001–02 
Details
46 13 14 19 60 72 53 17th R3 R1 Peter Crouch
Peter Crouch
Peter James Crouch is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the England national team.Crouch started his career as a trainee with Tottenham Hotspur...

19
2002–03 
Details
46 29 11 6 97 45 98 1st R3 R2 Svetoslav Todorov
Svetoslav Todorov
Svetoslav Todorov is a Bulgarian International football player, who currently plays for Litex Lovech.-PFC Dobrudzha/Litex Lovech:...

26
2003–04 
Details
Prem 38 12 9 17 47 54 45 13th QF R4 Yakubu Aiyegbeni
Yakubu Aiyegbeni
Yakubu Aiyegbeni , generally known simply as Yakubu, is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a striker for Blackburn Rovers and the Nigerian national football team. His nickname is "The Yak".-Early career:...

19
2004–05 
Details
38 10 9 19 43 59 39 16th R4 QF 17
2005–06 
Details
38 10 8 20 37 62 38 17th R4 R2 Lomana LuaLua
Lomana LuaLua
Lomana Trésor LuaLua is a Congolese footballer who plays for Blackpool, and the Congo DR national football team.LuaLua was born in Kinshasa, but moved to England at a young age. After impressing in a college football match, he signed for Colchester United. There, he scored a total of 21 goals in...


Gary O'Neil
Gary O'Neil
Gary Paul O'Neil is an English footballer who currently plays for West Ham United.-Portsmouth:Tony Pulis gave O'Neil his Portsmouth debut as a 16-year-old on 29 January 2000 at home to Barnsley in the First Division, but kept him out of the spotlight for the rest of the season...


Matthew Taylor
Matthew Taylor (footballer)
Matthew Simon "Matty" Taylor is an English footballer who plays for West Ham United. He is noted for his powerful long-range strikes.-Early career:...

7
2006–07 
Details
38 14 12 12 45 42 54 9th R4 R3 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...

12
2007–08 
Details
Portsmouth F.C. season 2007-08
Portsmouth F.C. had its most successful season since it won the domestic league twice 1949 and 1950, thanks to an FA Cup campaign, that saw them beating Cardiff in the final...

38 19 9 13 48 40 57 8th W
2008 FA Cup Final
The 2008 FA Cup Final was a football match held at Wembley Stadium on 17 May 2008 and was the final match of the 2007–08 FA Cup competition. The match was the 127th FA Cup Final, and the second to be held at the new Wembley Stadium since its redevelopment. The match was contested by Portsmouth and...

R4 Benjani Mwaruwari
Benjani Mwaruwari
Benjamin Mwaruwari , known as Benjani, is a Zimbabwean footballer who currently plays for Portsmouth in the Football League Championship, where he plays as a striker....

12
2008–09
2008–09 in English football
The 2008–09 season was the 129th season of competitive football in England.-Overview:* West Bromwich Albion, Stoke City and Hull City were all playing in the Premier League after winning promotion from the Championship last season. Stoke returned to the top flight after a 23-year absence, while...

 
Details
Portsmouth F.C. season 2008-09
During the 2008–09 football season Portsmouth played their sixth consecutive season in the highest tier of English football, the Premier League...

38 10 11 17 38 57 41 14th R4 R3 R/U
2008 FA Community Shield
The 2008 FA Community Shield was a football match played on 10 August 2008 between 2007–08 Premier League champions Manchester United and 2007–08 FA Cup winners Portsmouth as the "curtain-raiser" to the 2008–09 English football season...

UC GS Peter Crouch
Peter Crouch
Peter James Crouch is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the England national team.Crouch started his career as a trainee with Tottenham Hotspur...

18
2009–10
2009–10 in English football
The 2009–10 season was the 130th season of competitive football in England.The season began on 8 August 2009 for the Championship, League One and League Two and 15 August 2009 for the Premier League...

 
Details
38 7 7 24 34 66 19 20th R/U
2010 FA Cup Final
The 2010 FA Cup Final was the 129th final of the FA Cup, the world's oldest domestic football cup competition. The match took place on 15 May 2010, at Wembley Stadium, London...

QF Frédéric Piquionne
Frédéric Piquionne
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10
2010–11
2010–11 in English football
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Champ 14th
2010–11 Football League Championship
The 2010–11 Football League Championship was the seventh season of the league under its current name and nineteenth season under its current league division format...

R3 R3 David Nugent
David Nugent
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Key

  • P = Played
  • W = Games won
  • D = Games drawn
  • L = Games lost
  • F = Goals for
  • A = Goals against
  • Pts = Points
  • Pos = Final position

  • Div 1 = Football League First Division
    Football League First Division
    The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....

  • Div 2 = Football League Second Division
    Football League Second Division
    From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...

  • Div 3 = Football League Third Division
    Football League Third Division
    The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...

  • Div 3(S) = Football League Third Division South
    Football League Third Division South
    The Football League Third Division South was a level of English professional football which ran in parallel to Third Division North from 1921 to 1958....

  • Div 4 = Football League Fourth Division
    Football League Fourth Division
    The Fourth Division of The Football League was the fourth-highest division in the English football league system from the 1958–59 season until the creation of the Premier League prior to the 1992–93 season...

  • Prem = Premier League
  • Champ = Football League 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...

  • Lg1 = Football League One
    Football League One
    Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....

  • Lg2 = Football League Two
    Football League Two
    Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....

  • FMC = Full Members Cup
    Full Members Cup
    The Full Members Cup was an association football cup competition held in English football from 1985 to 1992. It was also known under its sponsored names of the Simod Cup from 1987 to 1989 and the Zenith Data Systems Cup from 1989 to 1992....

  • AIC = Anglo-Italian Cup
    Anglo-Italian Cup
    The Anglo-Italian Cup is a defunct European football competition that was played intermittently between 1970 and 1996 between clubs from England and Italy. Founded by Gigi Peronace in 1970, following the success of the Anglo-Italian League Cup, it was played as a professional tournament until 1973...

  • UC = UEFA Cup
    UEFA Cup
    The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

    .
  • n/a = Not applicable

  • INT = Intermediate Round
  • GS = Group Stage
  • R1 = Round 1
  • R2 = Round 2
  • R3 = Round 3
  • R4 = Round 4
  • R5 = Round 5
  • QF = Quarter-Finals
  • SF = Semi-Finals
  • R/U = Runners-up
  • W = Winners

Champions Runners-up Promoted
Promotion and relegation
In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...

Relegated
Promotion and relegation
In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...



Note: bold text indicates a competition won.

Note 2: Where fields are left blank, the club did not participate in a competition that season.
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