Club

Portsmouth Football Club are one of the biggest southern professional football clubs in the United Kingdom and have a storied history full of both incredible highs and crushing lows.

The club currently play in the third tier of English football under manager John Mousinho and are hellbent on reaching the upper echelons of the game once again.

Portsmouth club name

Portsmouth’s club name has changed four times during its long, rich and often troubled history. The original club was liquidated in 1912 to clear debts and a new parent company was formed.

Portsmouth Football Company Ltd existed for 87 years before new chairman Milan Mandaric saved the club from insolvency and changed the club’s name to Portsmouth City Football Club Limited.

After a period of serious financial difficulty in the late 2000s and early 2010s, the Pompey Supporters Trust became the new owners and changed the club’s name to Portsmouth Community Football Club in 2013, the present day name.

Founded as: The Portsmouth Football and Athletic Company (1898-1912)

Name changed: Portsmouth Football Company Ltd (1912-1999)

Name changed: Portsmouth City Football Club Limited (1999-2010)

Name changed: Portsmouth Football Club (2010) Limited (2010-2013)

Name changed: Portsmouth Community Football Club Limited (2013-present)

Nickname: Pompey

Portsmouth founding year

Portsmouth’s original parent company was formed on April 5, 1898 before liquidating and reforming in 1912. The club was originally founded by the owner of Brickwood’s Brewery, John Brickwood.

Brickwood alongside a five-man syndicate then met at Felton House in Portsmouth to share their capital with the aim of occupying land for a football ground.

Portsmouth home stadium

Fratton Park is Portsmouth’s home stadium and has been since a year after the club’s formation in 1898. It was built on Portsea Island and is the only professional football ground located outside of mainland Britain.

Fratton Park was named after the nearby Fratton’s Railway Station and both sites sit exactly a mile apart. The first-ever match played at the stadia was on September 6, 1899 against local rivals Southampton. The friendly encounter finished 2-0 to Pompey.

Stadium: Fratton Park (1899-present)

Fratton Park capacity: 20,899

Portsmouth training ground

Portsmouth had never owned their own training ground until June 2021 when it was officially announced the Roko facility and its land was purchased by the club.

The rebranded Pompey Health & Fitness Club boasts full-sized pitches for first-team training and the main building houses a health club and gym facilities.

Training ground: Pompey Health & Fitness Club

Location: 442 Copnor Road, Hilsea, Portsmouth, PO3 5EW

Current league

Portsmouth currently play their football in EFL League One, the third tier of the English football pyramid. They have been in the division since 2017/18 after winning the League Two title the campaign before.

The last time Portsmouth played in League One before their current stint was in the 2012/13 season. The Pompey first-team had just been relegated from the Championship but suffered back-to-back demotions when they finished rock bottom of the third tier.

Current league: EFL League One (2017-present)

Previous leagues: Premier League, English Football League Division 1; Division 2, EFL Championship; Division 3; Division 4, EFL League Two

Current manager

Portsmouth appointed their current manager John Mousinho in January 2023, replacing the sacked Danny Cowley. Mousinho signed a long-term contract much to the surprise of supporters at the time. He assembled his coaching staff not too long after joining Pompey.

It is the Londoner’s first managerial position after hanging up his boots whilst with Oxford United to take up the job at Fratton Park.

Current manager: John Mousinho (2023-unknown)

Portsmouth contact details

Website: www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/

Phone, general and tickets: 0345 646 1898

Textphone: 18001 0345 646 1898

Email, general: [email protected]

Email, tickets: [email protected]

Full contact details: www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/club/club-information/

Address: Portsmouth Football Club, Fratton Park, Frogmore Road, Portsmouth, PO4 8RA

Portsmouth tickets

Fans wishing to buy tickets for Portsmouth games can do so via the club’s e-ticketing website. The club offer general sale tickets for both home and away games but season ticket holders and Pompey Membership members are given priority access.

Season ticket holders and Pompey Membership members are automatically enrolled onto the club’s loyalty points scheme. Season ticket holders are handed 23 loyalty points upon purchase, while members are given five loyalty points. If you are a season ticket holder and a member, you will still be allocated 23 loyalty points.

Portsmouth season ticket holders and members can accrue more loyalty points throughout the season by attending home and away fixtures. The more loyalty points you gain, the more chance you have of getting priority access to future Pompey matches.

Season tickets: www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/tickets/season-tickets/

Pompey Membership: www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/tickets/pompey-membership/

Tickets, phone: 0345 646 1898

Season ticket call centre: 0844 847 1898