Unbelievable away support, 700 mile round trip

Unbelievable away support by the 1,100 Portsmouth fans who have made the 700 mile round trip to Carlisle yesterday.

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I said to my mate yesterday that pompy fans got one hell of a trek. Well done on them for taking that many.

I said to my mate yesterday that pompy fans got one hell of a trek. Well done on them for taking that many.

Brilliant support

I said to my mate yesterday that pompy fans got one hell of a trek. Well done on them for taking that many.

Brilliant support

Great support but am sure they will soon get bored of that trip, these grounds are all new to them.

I said to my mate yesterday that pompy fans got one hell of a trek. Well done on them for taking that many.

Brilliant support

Great support but am sure they will soon get bored of that trip, these grounds are all new to them.

Well there not really are they.

This is there fourth season in league two they were only in the premier league for seven seasons as well. It's not like they were villa

I said to my mate yesterday that pompy fans got one hell of a trek. Well done on them for taking that many.

Brilliant support

Great support but am sure they will soon get bored of that trip, these grounds are all new to them.

Gareth, they've been in the lower divisions now for a few years and were down there in the 80s and 90's ,Pompey fans are hardened, diehards and have never stopped following their club.

I said to my mate yesterday that pompy fans got one hell of a trek. Well done on them for taking that many.

Brilliant support

Great support but am sure they will soon get bored of that trip, these grounds are all new to them.

Well there not really are they.

This is there fourth season in league two they were only in the premier league for seven seasons as well. It's not like they were villa

Correct, Pompey in the last 40 years have spent the majority of them in the lower divisions and like you say 4 years now in Division 4,they don't think oh this is boring,this is to far,they just get on and support their club no matter what

In the 70's,80's and 90's Cardiff and Pompey to me were very very similar

I said to my mate yesterday that pompy fans got one hell of a trek. Well done on them for taking that many.

Brilliant support

Great support but am sure they will soon get bored of that trip, these grounds are all new to them.

Well there not really are they.

This is there fourth season in league two they were only in the premier league for seven seasons as well. It's not like they were villa

Correct, Pompey in the last 40 years have spent the majority of them in the lower divisions and like you say 4 years now in Division 4,they don't think oh this is boring,this is to far,they just get on and support their club no matter what

In the 70's,80's and 90's Cardiff and Pompey to me were very very similar

First of all that is a decent following and it's good to see their fans sticking with them

Have to point out though that they haven't spent the majority of the last 40 years in the bottom divisions.

They spent 11 years in the bottom 2 divisions and the other 29 in the top two including 7 years back to back in the Premier League, 2 FA Cup Finals, 1 win 1 defeat and a European Jaunt

In actual fact, throughout their history they have barely been out of the top two divisions which has clearly helped them create a loyal fan base.

I said to my mate yesterday that pompy fans got one hell of a trek. Well done on them for taking that many.

Brilliant support

Great support but am sure they will soon get bored of that trip, these grounds are all new to them.

Well there not really are they.

This is there fourth season in league two they were only in the premier league for seven seasons as well. It's not like they were villa

ONLY 7 SEASONS.

I said to my mate yesterday that pompy fans got one hell of a trek. Well done on them for taking that many.

Brilliant support

Great support but am sure they will soon get bored of that trip, these grounds are all new to them.

Well there not really are they.

This is there fourth season in league two they were only in the premier league for seven seasons as well. It's not like they were villa

ONLY 7 SEASONS.

Before Pompeys 7 seasons in top flight football, Pompeys away support in the lower divisions was always quality and up there with the best then since the Prem days it's been once again total shit on the pitch for them, yet their support has still stayed loyal. Some of our fans don't like to give credit where it is due.

SO FOR THE LAST 8 CONSECUTIVE SEASONS THEY HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING YET GET 18,000 HOME CROWDS IN THE LOEEST DIVISION & AVERAGE UP TO 2,000 FANS AWAY. CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE TO THEIR LOYAL FANS


2009–2013: Administration and three relegations


Because of the financial problems suffered by the club, Portsmouth were forced to sell several of their top players and high earners, including Peter Crouch, Sylvain Distin, Glen Johnson and Niko Kranjčar. On 21 July, Al Fahim was appointed non-executive chairman of Portsmouth. On 19 August, Portsmouth announced on their website that a rival consortium headed by current CEO Peter Storrie had also made a bid for the club; unknown at the time, this was backed by Ali al-Faraj. Despite this, Al Fahim completed the takeover on 26 August; al Faraj moved to review a takeover of West Ham United.

As the early stages of the 2009–10 season progressed, the finances dried up and the club admitted on 1 October that some of their players and staff had not been paid. On 3 October, media outlets started to report that a deal was nearing completion for Ali al-Faraj to take control of the club. On 5 October, a deal was agreed for al-Faraj and his associates, via BVI-registered company Falcondrone, to hold a 90% majority holding, with Al-Fahim retaining 10% stake and the title of non-executive chairman for two years.[16][17][18] Falcondrone also agreed a deal with Alexandre Gaydamak the right to buy, for £1, Miland Development (2004) Ltd., which owns various strategic pockets of land around the ground, once refinancing was complete.[19] Two days after the al-Faraj takeover was completed, Portsmouth's former technical director Avram Grant returned as director of football.[20] Because of the financial problems, however, the Premier League placed the club under a transfer embargo, meaning the club were not allowed to sign any players.

Avram Grant took over at Portsmouth on 26 November 2009,[21][22] replacing former manager Paul Hart, who had been sacked by the board two days previously due to the club's position at the bottom of the league table.[23]

In December 2009, it was announced that the club had failed to pay the players for the second consecutive month,[24] and on the 31st it was announced player's wages would again be paid late, on 5 January 2010. According to common football contracts, the players then had the right to terminate their contracts and leave the club without any compensation for the club, upon giving two weeks' notice. Despite the financial difficulties, Grant's time as manager was initially successful. He gained two wins (against Burnley and Liverpool) and a draw away at Sunderland from his first five games. The only losses inflicted on Portsmouth in this period were by eventual double winners Chelsea and the previous season's champions, Manchester United. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) filed a winding-up petition against Portsmouth at the High Court of Justice in London on 23 December 2009.[25] In March 2010, this winding-up petition was dropped,[26] leaving Portsmouth with a nine-point penalty for entering administration.[27] During the 2009–10 season, it had become apparent to the club's new owner Balram Chainrai that Portsmouth were approximately £135 million in debt[28] so to protect the club from liquidation, Chainrai placed the club into administration on 26 February 2010, and the club appointed Andrew Andronikou, Peter Kubik and Michael Kiely of accountancy firm UHY Hacker Young as administrators. This automatically incurred a nine-point penalty from the Premier League which came into effect on 17 March and consigned the team to almost certain relegation, which was mathematically confirmed on 10 April.[29]

On 9 April, it was announced David Lampitt would be joining Portsmouth as their new CEO after he had worked a period of notice at the FA, his current employer. Portsmouth were relegated to the Championship the following day after West Ham beat Sunderland. Despite this, Portsmouth won their FA Cup semi-final match against Tottenham 2–0 after extra-time the next day, with goals from Frédéric Piquionne and Kevin-Prince Boateng winning the match. They faced Chelsea in the final at Wembley on 15 May and lost 1–0 to a goal from Didier Drogba. Despite being the FA Cup finalists, the club were denied a licence to play European football the following season in the UEFA Europa League.[30] In May, Grant resigned as Portsmouth manager. On 17 June, the club's creditors voted for a company voluntary arrangement (CVA), with an 81.3% majority;[31] HMRC, Paul Hart and the agent of Portsmouth midfielder Tommy Smith were the only ones to reject it, but HMRC appealed against the CVA due to the reduction of its considerable debt.[32] On 15 July 2010, HMRC appealed against the proposed CVA on the last day before it would be formally agreed,[33] the case was originally going to take place in October 2010, but after an appeal from the administrators at the club it was set for 3 August at the High Court in London. The case was heard by Mr Justice Mann from 3 to 5 August where, having heard submissions from both sides, he turned down HMRC's appeal on all five counts it had put forward. HMRC decided not to appeal against the verdict, leaving Portsmouth's administrators to formally agree the CVA and bring the club out of administration.[34] On 17 August, Balram Chainrai completed his takeover of the club and passed the owners' and directors' fit and proper person test.

On 22 October, Portsmouth issued a statement saying, "It appears likely that the club will now be closed down and liquidated by the administrators,"[35] but key creditor Alexandre Gaydamak announced the next day that he had reached an agreement which could save their future.[36] It was revealed just hours later that Portsmouth had finally come out of administration, with Balram Chainrai regaining control of the company.[37]

am aware of all that. and like other clubs who nearly went into oblivion they have rallied around.
good for them.
but the facts are they have had a better time of it than us during my football suporting life { nearly 50 years } and are not a bigger club.
i cant believe it when pple say only 7 years in prem. i doubt i will see 7 with us or see us win a cup.