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Portsmouth retained the First Division title by one of the narrowest margins in history ahead of Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. [citation needed]. An event that was much talked about in the city of Sheffield for many years was the way the promotion race from the Second Division was won.
Portsmouth Football Club were league champions of 1949–50. They have not been champions of England since 1950. The club retained the title they won in 1948–49, beating Aston Villa 5–1 on the last day of the season, and are thus one of only five English teams to have won back-to-back titles since World War II.
In April 2013, The News announced it would be closing its Hilsea headquarters and moving to new offices in Portsmouth's former IBM headquarters at Lakeside in North Harbour. [11] The newspaper's newsroom, advertising, newspaper sales, finance, IT, and front counter staff moved to the new headquarters in June. [ 12 ]
This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Portsmouth. The aim is for this list to include all players that have played 100 or more senior matches for the club. Other players who are deemed to have played an important role for the club can be included, but the reason for their notability should be included in the 'Notes' column.
The Portsmouth Herald (and Seacoast Weekend) is a six-day daily newspaper serving greater Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Its coverage area also includes the municipalities of Greenland , New Castle , Newington and Rye, New Hampshire ; and Eliot , Kittery , Kittery Point and South Berwick, Maine .
Peter Philip Harris (19 December 1925 – 2 January 2003) was a footballer who played for Portsmouth in the 1940s and 1950s. Harris was an outside right, and he played a crucial role in Pompey's Football league title-winning sides of 1948–49 and 1949–50. [1] He made 479 Football League appearances for Portsmouth, scoring 194 goals. [2]
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In 1850, the Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette (often known simply as the Portsmouth Times) began publication. [14] [19] The Evening News began publication in 1877 and came under common ownership with the Hampshire Telegraph in 1883. [14]