From The Archive


Monty the Pompey Lord President

Posted on 1st Mar 2024 by David Taylor

‘Monty’   ‘Monty’, to give him his full title - Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC, DL - was Pompey’s honorary President from 1944 until his death in 1976.   The Pompey H …

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Leap Day history shows Pompey unbeaten

Posted on 29th Feb 2024 by David Taylor

  February 29th only comes around every four years and Pompey look forward to fixtures on Leap year day as throughout their history they have never been beaten on this day.   The story begins back in 1908 in the Southern League days when Swind …

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Jimmy Dickinson - Adapt your game

Posted on 10th Nov 2023 by David Taylor

  Adapt your Game by Jimmy Dickinson   The Pompey History Society is always seeking out obscure articles and stories that help increase the knowledge of our great club.   Recently a member of the Steering Committee, Chris Gibbs, uncovered an …

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Former Chairman passes

Posted on 15th Jul 2023 by David Taylor

Syd Leverett (left) with League Championship Trophy    Each week the Pompey History Society takes a delve into the club’s archive and pulls out a document or artefact and tells the story behind it. This week we’ve dug out a letter sent in Jun …

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To Bari and back

Posted on 15th Jul 2023 by David Taylor

  Each week the Pompey History Society takes a delve into the club’s archive and pulls out a document or artefact and tells the story behind it. This week features an itinerary from Pompey’s first foray into foreign soil for competitive actio …

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Referee criticism

Posted on 13th Jul 2023 by David Taylor

Each week the Pompey History Society takes a delve into the club’s archive and pulls out a document or artefact and tells the story behind it. This week, we turn to that perennial favourite: criticism of the referee and some correspondence between …

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Guy Whittingham to Villa

Posted on 13th Jul 2023 by David Taylor

  Each week the Pompey History Society takes a delve into the club’s archive and pulls out a document or artefact and tells the story behind it. This week, we opened a folder and found a significant fax sent and received in 1993…   What’ …

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Birmingham City Cheque

Posted on 10th Jun 2023 by David Taylor

  Each week the Pompey History Society takes a delve into the club’s archive and pulls out a document or artefact and tells the story behind it. Today it's a cheque for more than £5,000 from Birmingham City FC, archived after it had been cashe …

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Trial games in the past

Posted on 31st May 2023 by David Taylor

This article was initially published in the matchday programme of 26 December 2020.   Each week the Pompey History Society takes a delve into the club’s archive and pulls out a document or artefact and tells the story behind it. This week, using …

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FROM THE ARCHIVE: Donated objects tell story of Pompey director WC Kiln

Posted on 28th Mar 2023 by David Taylor

Each week the Pompey History Society takes a delve into the club’s archive and pulls out a document or artefact and tells the story behind it. This week we have two commemorative order of ceremonies donated to the archive in 2019 by Pompey fan Roge …

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