From The Archive

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 …

As Pompey prepare for trips to Watford and Bristol City in the next four days the History Society takes you back to 1971 when Easter looked a lot like Christmas 2024 but with a big difference.   Back in those days there was no complaining about …

Every schoolboy should know that Pompey’s most capped international player is the great Jimmy Dickinson having played 48 times for England between May 1949 and November 1956.   Now thanks to some sterling efforts from the Pompey History Societ …