From The Archive
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
FROM THE ARCHIVE German bombs can't stop Pompey winning!
Posted on 20th Sep 2020 by Colin Farmery
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. Here, we reach back 80 years to discover Pompey’s second win of the season came in more than unusual circumstance …