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Pompey History Society
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Registered Charity No: 1201687 #PompeyChampsOfEngland [email protected] Supported by the Heritage Fund #Pompey #PompeyHistory #Pompey125
#MotionMondAI #PompeyHistory #Pompey #PicOfTheDay It’s Alan Ball of course, but which player might be have been ‘talking’ about here?
December 8, 2025 at 7:58 AM
#Pompey #PicOfTheDay For younger followers, who is this Pompey player? For older ones, from which club did we sign him in 1983?
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December 7, 2025 at 9:04 AM
#Pompey #PicOfTheDay #MatchDay A great shot of the old big terrace at The Valley, but in which season is this game taking place?
a) 1966/67
b) 1971/72
c) 1975/76
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December 6, 2025 at 8:11 AM
#Pompey #PicOfTheDay #FrattonParkFriday A great shot of the old Sports Mail scoreboard at the Milton End. In which month and year was this picture taken?
a) December 1972
b) August 1977
c) May 1982
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December 5, 2025 at 7:57 AM
#Pompey #PicOfTheDay Who is this Pompey player in action against Arsenal in 1987?
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December 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
#Pompey #PicOfTheDay Who is this two-spell Pompey player and who are Pompey playing?
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December 3, 2025 at 8:34 AM
#Pompey #PicOfTheDay #TeamPicTuesday A pre-season line up in which season and at which ground?
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December 2, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Bristol City’s Gary Shelton in clear camera shot.
#Pompey #PicOfTheDay #MatchDay Action from a game with Bristol City at Fratton Park in 1991. Can you name the Pompey player scoring this penalty?
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November 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
#MotionMondAI #PompeyHistory #Pompey #PicOfTheDay It’s Billy Gilbert and Noel Blake, apparently in conversation. What are your memories of that defensive pairing?
December 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
#Pompey #PicOfTheDay Who is this Pompey player in action against Fulham in 1985?
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November 30, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Time is running out to reserve your place at our curry night on Tuesday to raise funds for the Peter Harris medal fund. A few places are still available at just £25. Tickets available here until Sunday night: buff.ly/3gekLAz There will be a raffle on the night too.
Buy tickets now – Charity Curry Night in aid of the Peter Harris Medals Fund – Akash Restaurant
Charity Curry Night in aid of the Peter Harris Medals Fund – Akash Restaurant, Tue 2 Dec 2025 - Join us at the Akash for a curry night to help the Pompey History  Society raise £25,000 to buy Peter…
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November 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
We’re in the final countdown now! Thanks to a couple of generous donations, of £100 each, we need less than £800 to hit our target to raise £25,000 by Dec 12 to buy Peter Harris’s medals. Help get us over the line here:
GERRY SPRAGGS FUND 2024/25
Help POMPEY HISTORY SOCIETY reach their goal by donating or sharing with your friends.
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November 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
#Pompey #PicOfTheDay #MatchDay Action from a game with Bristol City at Fratton Park in 1991. Can you name the Pompey player scoring this penalty?
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November 29, 2025 at 7:58 AM
🏁 Final furlong, #Pompey fans!

🥇We are so close to bringing Peter Harris’s 1949 & 1950 championship gold medals home — only £1,500 left to raise by Dec 12.

💙 Help us reach the target to enable these unique items to be on public display in 2026!

👉 pompeyhistory.org/posts/news/202…
https://pompeyhistory.org/posts/news/202…
November 28, 2025 at 9:33 AM
#Pompey #PicOfTheDay #FrattonParkFriday An aerial view of Fratton Park, but in which year would it have been taken?
a) 1930
b) 1935
c) 1962
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November 28, 2025 at 7:59 AM
*sighs* #Pompey interest
27/11/08 - UEFA Cup

Portsmouth 2-2 Milan

Kaboul 61', Kanu 72', Ronaldinho 83', Inzaghi 91'
November 27, 2025 at 9:06 AM
#Pompey #PicOfTheDay Who is this two-spell Pompey player?
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November 27, 2025 at 7:56 AM
#Pompey #PicOfTheDay #MatchDay To mark the 70th anniversary of Pompey’s last win at Sheffield United, we feature Bramall Lane in the mid-1950s when it still doubled up as a cricket ground. Can you name the Pompey player in the picture, who had a cricketing connection?
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November 26, 2025 at 8:17 AM
#Pompey #PicOfTheDay #TeamPicTuesday For younger readers a point for naming the year this team picture was taken. For older ones, who is Pompey’s captain holding the trophy?
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November 25, 2025 at 8:19 AM
#MotionMondAI #PompeyHistory #Pompey #PicOfTheDay It’s midfielder Kenny Black. Is this a case of art imitating life? What are your memories of him?
November 24, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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That would have been the Celtic friendly in Pompey’s ’SOS’ season when we were ‘financially embarrassed’ in 1976.

For the record, we got absolutely hammered that night (1 - 6). Mellows scored for Pompey.

I remember there being loads of Celtic fans there.
November 23, 2025 at 8:38 AM
#Pompey #PicOfTheDay We’ve featured both Phil Figgins and Paul Went lately and here they combine to not stop which team scoring at Fratton Park?
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November 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
#Pompey #PicOfTheDay #MatchDay Action from a game with Millwall at Fratton Park in 1968. Can you name the Pompey player on the right of the picture?
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November 22, 2025 at 7:46 AM
#Pompey #PicOfTheDay #FrattonParkFriday A view from the lower north stand. In what year was the picture taken? We’ll give you a couple of years either side.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:05 AM
#Pompey interest indees
November 21, 2025 at 7:53 AM