| 1 Early years (1898 - 1911) |
Glory years (1946 - 1959)
League football resumed for the 1946-47 campaign. In Pompey's Golden Jubilee season of 1948-49, the club were tipped to be the first team of the 20th century to win the Football League and FA Cup double. However, Pompey crashed out of the FA Cup in the semi-final against Leicester City, but made up for it by claiming the league title in spectacular fashion. That season also saw a record attendance of 51,385, a record which still stands to this day. The 1948-49 team consisted of: * Ernest Butler * Phil Rookes * Harry Ferrier * Jimmy Scoular * Reg Flewin * Jimmy Dickinson * Peter Harris * Duggie Reid * Ike Clarke * Len Phillips * Jack Froggatt * Jasper Yeuell * Lindy Delapenha * Bert Barlow * Cliff Parker The club retained the title the following year, 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. Pompey enjoyed a fourth-place finish in 1951-52, but in the summer of 1952 championship-winning manager Bob Jackson left for Hull City. The players who had featured in the club's recent successes were now ageing and the young players coming into the side were not of comparable quality. Although the team finished third in 1954-55, subsequent seasons saw Pompey struggle and they were relegated to the Second Division in 1959. |
| 2 Climbing up the league (1919 - 1927) |
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| 3 Life at the top (1927 - 1939) |
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| 4 Glory years (1946 - 1959) |
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| 5 Life in the lower leagues (1961 - 1976) |
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| 6 Near oblivion (1976 - 1980) |
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| 7 Back on track (1980 - 1988) |
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| 8 Waiting for success (1988 - 2002) |
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| 9 The Premiership at last (2002-2004) |
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| 10 Crisis and struggle (2004 - 2006) |
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| 11 A change of fortunes (2006 - 2007) |
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| 12 Qualification for Europe FA Cup glory (2007-present) |
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| 1902 | Southern League champion |
| 1903 | Southern Charity Cup victory |
| 1906 | Hants Charity Cup victory |
| 1920 | Southern League champion |
| 1924 | Football League Third Division South |
| 1939 | FA Cup victory |
| 1948/1949 | Premier League champion |
| 1949/1950 | Premier League champion |
| 1962 | League Division Three champion |
| 1983 | League Division Three champion |
| 1989 | Premier League degradation -> degradation to Championship |
| 2003 | Championship champion -> promotion to Premier League |
| 2006 | Overtake by Russian biljonair Alexandre Gaydamak. |
| 2007 | Barclays Asia Trophy victory |
| 2008 | FA Cup victory |