Portsmouth Football Club

It Ports the lotion in its Mouth or it gets the Administration again. I remember them when they were in their Pomp. Ha. Ha. Ha. Get it? No?
First-​Hand Experience: Wonderful to see Pompey coming back. One of my fave teams, and I’ve seen them live maybe 6 or 7 times, including 4 times at home (once in every tier of football, ironically). I love coming to see them play, I love the intense loud passion of the fans, and I love that this smaller provincial team won the FA Cup recently in an era when mainly only the big clubs do.
I look forward to coming back to Fratton Park again asap. I was last there in 2014.
If this were a few years ago, I’d have given Pompey (as they are known) a 2 or 3 rating because they were in severe financial irregularities, were not paying their players, were in freefall, they had been mismanaged and abused and exploited and were on their way out of business.
However, after hitting rock bottom, the supporters trust bought the club, and paid off all of the debts, and as of a few months ago, the club is now debt free for the first time in a long time.
It’s a real shame though. One of the best clubs in the country, twice winners of the Premier League in 1949 and 1950, twice winners of the FA Cup as recently as 2008 under Redknapp who will now forever be a hero… and now they’re in the bottom tier of the league. At least they’re surviving there though, and it is only a matter of time before, like Plymouth (but moreso), such a huge team rises back up through the divisions.
I love that they play in a little urban neighborhood of Portsmouth. It would be cooler if it was right by the sea, but it’s a great city with great food and real people and tiny little streets, and it’s always been a really lovely team. Yes, so Glen Johnson and Boateng and Crouch and all those guys played here, but I remember the days when it was just a fierce, honest, dangerous and passionate team with a loud crowd and Guy Whittingham banging in the goals. They were always a rival of Oxford, in fact I think they both got relegated the same year. Oxford’s my hometown team.
They play in blue but I’ll forgive them for that. GG Portsmouth. Up the Pompey. The team has a huge fan base so they deserve more reviews. Get right on it, please, people of the Pomp.
Oh btw thanks for giving my Liverpool 11 mil for Crouchie, although idk why you did. Crazy that Harry had guys like Diarra and Boateng playing on the south coast. I think he must have been giving them manila envelopes for their troubles.
So yes they’re owned by the people now. And that’s the way every team should be.