Obituaries

Alexander Wilson was born on 29 October 1933 in Buckie in North East Scotland and joined Pompey straight from school. He travelled to Portsmouth in 1949 for a trial and he made his debut, replacing the injured Jimmy Dickinson, at Derby back in Octo …

Cliff Portwood 1937 - 2012 Cliff Portwood yesterday morning (10 January 2012) lost his long battle against a lung complaint, a battle during which he always wore a smile. He passed away in the presence of his family in Basingstoke Hospital, he was …

Albert McCann 1941-2012 It is with a heavy heart that I have to announce (January 2014) the death of one of Pompey`s much loved sons of the sixties, Albert McCann. Albert was seventy two and had been ill for some time.Albert was born on 1 November …