More info on the Portsmouth Newspaper Book

Portsmouth FC came into being on 5th April 1898. Our football gift book opens with a report on the club finishing top of the Southern League in 1920. 1927 sees Portsmouth beat Preston to finish Division One Champions. 1929 is given over to reporting the epic FA Cup run when the ‘Blues’ overcame West Ham and Aston Villa before succumbing to the mighty Bolton in the final. 1934 and another FA Cup run this time losing out to Manchester City in the final. Finally in 1939 Portsmouth win the FA Cup 4:1 against Wolverhampton Wanderers. All these memories are captured in this impressive piece of Portsmouth football memorabilia making this gift a perfect Pompey souvenir.

Did you know that Portsmouth’s first every kit had a shirt that was salmon pink, white shorts, and maroon socks? Did you know that Fratton Park is the only football stadium in the English professional league that is located off the English mainland? Did you know that the celebrated Charles Burgess Fry played for the club twice in 1902/03? The number 12 is retired for the fans of Portsmouth (the 12th man). All this adds up into a splendid Portsmouth gift idea for the discriminating fan.

1949 and Portsmouth are Division One Champions in their Jubilee year.

1950 Portsmouth are Division One Champions for the second year running.

The 1960s see the appointment of George Smith as manager, winners of Division Three and promotion.

Into the 1980s and again Portsmouth are Champions of Division Three. 1987 and Portsmouth make it into the First Division. Our football book gift also covers the 1990s in depth with an FA Cup campaign that takes them all the way to the semi-final and a Coca Cola quarter-final against Manchester United. A must have Portsmouth souvenir gift.

2003 brings promotion, as First Division Champions, after beating Burnley and of course the 2008 FA Cup Final victory is covered in full in our personalised Portsmouth football book. All in all this is the perfect gift idea for the Portsmouth fan in your life.

Other snippets of Portsmouth history are covered to give this football present the added detail that will enthrall the dedicated fan. 2005 and Harry Redknapp returns as manager.

Order your Portsmouth football and we’ll make it to order with your personalisation details including a name and a greeting. For a small fee you can gold emboss the cover with the recipient’s name..

Every season we bring up to date our version of the Portsmouth history book and add even more memories to make an evocative Portsmouth football gift idea come to life.

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