Portsmouth Quiz
Free Portsmouth quiz with explained answers — the 2008 FA Cup, back-to-back titles in 1949 and 1950, administration, and the fan buyout that saved Pompey.
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Which ground has been Portsmouth's home since 1899?
WhyFratton Park is one of the oldest continuously used grounds in English league football. -
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What colour shirts do Portsmouth traditionally play in?
WhyThe royal blue home shirt, usually with white shorts and red socks, has been the club's identity for over a century. -
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Portsmouth lost the 2010 FA Cup final to which club?
WhyChelsea won 1-0 through Didier Drogba, completing the Double; Portsmouth reached the final while in administration. -
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Which England defender, a Premier League title winner with Arsenal, joined Portsmouth in 2006?
WhyCampbell captained the side and played in the 2008 final, having been part of Arsenal's unbeaten league season. -
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Guy Whittingham set a Portsmouth club record in 1992-93 for what?
WhyWhittingham scored 42 league goals that season, a tally no Portsmouth player has approached since. -
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In 2010 Portsmouth became the first club to do what while playing in the Premier League?
WhyThe administration brought a nine-point deduction and the club was relegated that same season. -
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Portsmouth ended a 15-year absence from the top flight by winning promotion in which year?
WhyThey won the First Division title in 2002-03 to reach the Premier League after a 15-year absence. -
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Portsmouth won back-to-back English league titles in which years?
WhyThe two First Division titles came either side of the club's 50th anniversary and remain its only league championships. -
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Which manager led Portsmouth to the 2008 FA Cup?
WhyRedknapp had also taken Portsmouth into the Premier League in 2003; Grant managed the club in the 2010 final. -
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Which England international was Portsmouth's number one during the 2008 FA Cup run?
WhyJames joined in 2006 and kept goal throughout the cup run; he later held the Premier League clean-sheet record. -
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Alan Knight set a remarkable Portsmouth record in which position?
WhyKnight made over 680 appearances in goal across more than two decades, a record for a goalkeeper at a single English club. -
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Portsmouth won the FA Cup in 2008, beating which club in the final?
WhyCardiff were a Championship side; Portsmouth won 1-0 at Wembley for their first major trophy in nearly 60 years. -
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By what nickname are Portsmouth universally known?
WhyPompey is also the long-standing naval slang for the city of Portsmouth itself, and the club, ground and chant all carry it. -
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After successive relegations, Portsmouth were bought in 2013 by which group?
WhyThe fan buyout made Portsmouth the largest supporter-owned club in England at the time, with the club then in the fourth tier. -
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Portsmouth's fiercest rivalry, the South Coast derby, is with which club?
WhyThe cities sit under 20 miles apart, and the rivalry is among the most intense in English football. -
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The famous Portsmouth chant known as the Pompey Chimes takes its rhythm from what?
WhyIt echoes the chimes of the nearby town hall clock and is one of the oldest surviving chants in English football. -
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Who scored Portsmouth's winning goal in the 2008 FA Cup final?
WhyKanu bundled in the only goal after a goalkeeping error; the Nigerian had won the trophy twice before with Arsenal. -
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Which one-club man holds Portsmouth's record for appearances, with 764?
WhyDickinson spent his entire career at Fratton Park and later managed the club; his tally is one of the highest for any English one-club player.
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About Portsmouth
Portsmouth are Pompey, a name the city wore before the club did, and Fratton Park has been home since 1899 — one of the oldest grounds still in continuous use in English football.
The peak came either side of the club's 50th anniversary: back-to-back First Division titles in 1949 and 1950, still the only league championships in Portsmouth's history. Nearly six decades later came the other great day, Harry Redknapp's side beating Cardiff City 1-0 at Wembley in 2008 through a Nwankwo Kanu goal.
What followed is the part that makes Pompey a genuinely unusual football story. In 2010 they became the first Premier League club to enter administration, took a nine-point deduction, reached the FA Cup final anyway and were relegated. Successive falls took them to the fourth tier by 2013.
That is when the supporters bought the club. The Pompey Supporters' Trust takeover made Portsmouth the largest fan-owned club in England at the time, and the recovery since has been built from there. Few clubs have travelled quite so far in both directions inside a single decade.
Portsmouth quiz answers, explained
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Which ground has been Portsmouth's home since 1899?
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Fratton Park. Fratton Park is one of the oldest continuously used grounds in English league football.
What colour shirts do Portsmouth traditionally play in?
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Blue. The royal blue home shirt, usually with white shorts and red socks, has been the club's identity for over a century.
Portsmouth lost the 2010 FA Cup final to which club?
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Chelsea. Chelsea won 1-0 through Didier Drogba, completing the Double; Portsmouth reached the final while in administration.
Which England defender, a Premier League title winner with Arsenal, joined Portsmouth in 2006?
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Sol Campbell. Campbell captained the side and played in the 2008 final, having been part of Arsenal's unbeaten league season.
Guy Whittingham set a Portsmouth club record in 1992-93 for what?
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Most league goals in a season. Whittingham scored 42 league goals that season, a tally no Portsmouth player has approached since.
In 2010 Portsmouth became the first club to do what while playing in the Premier League?
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Enter administration. The administration brought a nine-point deduction and the club was relegated that same season.
Portsmouth ended a 15-year absence from the top flight by winning promotion in which year?
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2003. They won the First Division title in 2002-03 to reach the Premier League after a 15-year absence.
Portsmouth won back-to-back English league titles in which years?
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1949 and 1950. The two First Division titles came either side of the club's 50th anniversary and remain its only league championships.
Which manager led Portsmouth to the 2008 FA Cup?
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Harry Redknapp. Redknapp had also taken Portsmouth into the Premier League in 2003; Grant managed the club in the 2010 final.
Which England international was Portsmouth's number one during the 2008 FA Cup run?
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David James. James joined in 2006 and kept goal throughout the cup run; he later held the Premier League clean-sheet record.
Alan Knight set a remarkable Portsmouth record in which position?
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Goalkeeper. Knight made over 680 appearances in goal across more than two decades, a record for a goalkeeper at a single English club.
Portsmouth won the FA Cup in 2008, beating which club in the final?
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Cardiff City. Cardiff were a Championship side; Portsmouth won 1-0 at Wembley for their first major trophy in nearly 60 years.
By what nickname are Portsmouth universally known?
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Pompey. Pompey is also the long-standing naval slang for the city of Portsmouth itself, and the club, ground and chant all carry it.
After successive relegations, Portsmouth were bought in 2013 by which group?
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The Pompey Supporters' Trust. The fan buyout made Portsmouth the largest supporter-owned club in England at the time, with the club then in the fourth tier.
Portsmouth's fiercest rivalry, the South Coast derby, is with which club?
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Southampton. The cities sit under 20 miles apart, and the rivalry is among the most intense in English football.
The famous Portsmouth chant known as the Pompey Chimes takes its rhythm from what?
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A church clock. It echoes the chimes of the nearby town hall clock and is one of the oldest surviving chants in English football.
Who scored Portsmouth's winning goal in the 2008 FA Cup final?
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Nwankwo Kanu. Kanu bundled in the only goal after a goalkeeping error; the Nigerian had won the trophy twice before with Arsenal.
Which one-club man holds Portsmouth's record for appearances, with 764?
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Jimmy Dickinson. Dickinson spent his entire career at Fratton Park and later managed the club; his tally is one of the highest for any English one-club player.
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