From The Archive

  On 19th June 2026 Pompey legend and Hall of Famer Alan Biley entertained a packed audience at Fratton Park with memories of his career and time at Pompey.   We have a few clips of the evening on our YouTube channel.  Sadly the sound quality …

With Arsenal in town this weekend we go back fifty-five years to a memorable afternoon at Fratton Park. The fourth-round draw gave Pompey a home tie with the Gunners who were top of the First Division.  The game was immediately made an all ticket …

The original story of the history of the Boilermakers Hump proved so popular that we have now added a second part.  This includes work undertaken by Mick Comben (PHS Chairman) and Michael Saunders (Local Architect and former PST Board member)   W …

    March 26, 1949 Pompey were top of Division One and on their way to win the Championship.  In the FA Cup after a succession of home draws they had beaten Derby County 2-1 at Fratton Park in front of a record crowd of 51,385 to reach the se …

On a recent Fratton Park tour I was asked about the Boilermakers' Hump and how it came about.  I then started some research and have discovered the following. The Dockyard boilermakers were loyal supporters of Pompey in the early days and a secti …

  The Pompey History Society receives memorabilia from places far and wide and recently one came on Facebook from Queensland, Australia.   Guy Wharton was a member of Pompey’s cup winning side in 1939 and would play for the club again after …

  On the anniversary of that famous day in 2008 when Sol went up to lift the FA Cup we look at a few stories told by fans from around the world about their experiences of 17th May. First up is Fred who found himself in the Big Apple the week bef …

  Recently the Pompey History Society came into the ownership of a cricket scorecard dating from 4 August 1968. No interest, most would say but the match was between a Pompey XI and a Saints XI and played at the County Ground, Northlands Road, S …

                                                                  There are many links between the Royal Air Force and Portsmouth Football Club but the outstanding one regards one of …

With Vince Hilaire mentioning Noel Blake and his habit of cancelling out Vince's goals with diverting the ball into his own net I decided to trawl the archive to an article I wrote some seventeen years ago. Noel Blake was a much loved Pompey star …