A sort of Old Pompey pic (whilst waiting for Mexico v England). Mick Tait (#Pompey from 1980-87) made his debut for Oxford in 74/75. Amazingly Yosser lasted into the Premiership era - and tried his tricks against Dennis Bergkamp whilst playing for Hartlepool aged 39.

#Pompey's at the time 'keeper Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi in training for Japan at the 2002 World Cup. Despite having squad no. #1 shirt, Kawaguchi was left out of all 4 Japan matches in their run to the last-16 in favour of Seigo Narazaki (Nagoya Grampus) no. #12 in other pic).

#Pompey's Mladen Rudonja with Spain's Carles Puyol in Slovenia's 3-1 defeat at the 2002 World Cup. (Mladen ended 2001/02 at #Pompey so he counts as a serving #Pompey player at the time in my book).

#Pompey's Derek Dougan in action for N Ireland v Czechoslovakia in the Sweden 1958 World Cup (left of pic). The next time any serving #Pompey players played in a World Cup Finals match was both Paul Hall & Fitzroy Simpson for Jamaica v Croatia in France '98.

In pre-season '86 #Pompey had youngster Perry Buckland train with the club as a possible signing. This was controversial iirc as Perry was serving a prison sentence for a serious offence at the time.

#Pompey's John Milkins facing QPR in the 2-0 Div 2 defeat at Loftus Road in Dec-67. The game was on BBC MOTD - the TV gantry is seen before the South Africa Road Stand was built. Att. 20,195 @qpr.co.uk

Gavin Maguire, on his #Pompey League debut, challenging in the 2-1 Div 2 defeat at Leicester City in Jan-89. This was the last game before Alan Ball was sacked (the first time). Att. 10,567

Plenty of #Scoreline kit on show, as #Pompey's Gavin Maguire is on the deck defending a Wolves attack in the 5-0 Div 2 defeat at a 2-sides empty Molineux in Sep-89. Martin Kuhl is on hand. Att. 13,677 @wolvesfc.bsky.social

Plenty of #Admiral kit on show as #Pompey's Colin Garwood attacks the York City defence in #Pompey's 5-2 Div 4 win in Sep-79. Garwood scored 2 penalties and missed another all in the 2nd-half. Att. 14,917 @yorkcityfc-unoffic.bsky.social

Kenny Swain trudges off at HT in #Pompey's friendly v QPR in Aug-86 (FT 0-0). The match was memorable for a 2nd-half clash between Mick Kennedy and future #Pompey player Gavin Maguire - the ref asked for both players to be substituted rather than issue red cards. @qpr.co.uk

OTD 1989 Graeme Hogg with Chelsea's Kerry Dixon in #Pompey's 3-2 D2 defeat at Fratton - the last game Chelsea played out of the top-flight. Farewell #Pompey game for Clive Whitehead, Billy Gilbert, Mick Quinn & Kevin Dillon. Att. 12,051

The highly rated young Paul Wimbleton in one of his first games for #Pompey, the forgettable nil-nil v Doncaster in Apr-82 (Peter Ellis behind). Paul never cemented a regular 1st-team place and left in '85 to team up again with Frank Burrows at Cardiff. Att. 8,657 @drfcofficial.bsky.social

Maybe the last pic of the 1956-88 Fratton End upper tier before it was pulled down in Summer '88. John Gregory, in front, had just joined #Pompey as Coach before getting Alan Ball's job in Jan-89. He too was demolished, in Jan-90.

#Pompey's Gavin Maguire with Sunderland's Eric Gates in Pompey's 2-0 D2 home win in Apr-89. Mick Quinn scored both. Under John Gregory #Pompey won only 2 more home league matches in the rest of 1989. Att. 7,724 @safc.com

A good early-80s #Pompey pic of Frank Burrows in the dugout at Fratton Park. Would have been early in 80/81, my punt is v Fulham (on BBC MOTD). We need @officialpompey.bsky.social to re-issue those white Gola tracksuit tops 😀

#Pompey's Paul Hardyman tackles Birmingham's Robert Hopkins in the crucial Div 2 match at Fratton Park in Apr-85. #Pompey started the day 2nd - however after a 3-1 defeat we finished 4th, 4 weeks later, and Birmingham went up as runners-up. Att. 23,983

Alan Biley closing down an Oldham Athletic defender in his final Fratton Park appearance for #Pompey, a 5-1 win in Feb-85. Looking forward to the Evening with Alan at Fratton in June. @pompeyhistory.bsky.social

Keith Viney jumps with Stoke's Garth Crooks in the pre-season friendly at Fratton in Aug-79. Derek Showers in the background. Stoke had a decent top-flight side then, before selling it off in the 80s, and taught #Pompey a lesson, 3-0.

If the internet had existed in 1961 there would have been a similar article - "How Portsmouth went from champions to Division Three in eleven seasons" @officialpompey.bsky.social

Coventry's famous brown #Admiral away kit worn at Fratton Park for the only time in a pre-season Friendly in July-79. Alan Rogers looking away from it. #Pompey won 1-0 with a Garwood penalty. Att. 4,257

#Pompey's Matt Taylor tangles with Coventry's David Pipe in the 1-1 draw at Fratton in Oct-02. This stopped #Pompey's 100% home record in the 7th home match. #Pompey would do a 'Coventry' and win the Division that season. Att. 18,837

Terry Connor & Lee Sandford celebrate Terry's 2nd goal to put #Pompey 2-0 up v Leicester in 88/89 first home game (new era under Jim Gregory). IIRC the ball hit the post and crossed the line before Paul Cooper grabbed it. FT 3-0 - Att. 10,737* (*reduced areas)

No. 3 of ex-#Pompey players in a kit they never wore competitively. Richard Money pre-season 1985 in the new #Umbro home shirt. After missing all 84/85 with injury Richard only played once more for #Pompey, at Shrewsbury in Sep-85, in all-white #Umbro away kit.

3rd attempt this season for an Ipswich home old #Pompey pic. Oct-89: Jimmy Gilligan & Guy Whittingham watch Martin Kuhl's effort go in for 2-2 in the aquatic 🌧️Div 2 match which #Pompey lost 3-2. Att. 7,914 @ipswichtown.bsky.social

25-Aug 73: #Pompey 0 Middlesbrough 1 (Div 2) Ron Davies challenges Boro's Brian Taylor in #Pompey's opening day defeat. The first competitive match in which #Pompey wore the new white shirt /blue shorts home kit. Att. 19,799 @officialpompey.bsky.social @mfc.co.uk

No. 2 in a series of ex-#Pompey players in a kit they never wore competitively. Ian Purdie in pre-season 1980 in the new #Gola shirt. After his heroics at Northampton on final day 79/80 Ian never played competitively for the club again, and was released to Canberra City in 80/81.

#Pompey concede at Oxford in slow-motion in Sep-82. Knight, Sullivan and Rafferty are helpless. A decent 1-1 draw though towards promotion. Att. 9,918

2-goal Nicky Morgan with Norwich's Mark Barham in #Pompey's 2-0 win in Aug-85. This put #Pompey on 13 pts after 5 games and appearing unstoppable (!?). Norwich only had 4 pts yet they would win Div 2 - #Pompey came 4th in the last season of top-3 up. Att. 15,504 @canaries.co.uk

No. 1 in a series of ex-#Pompey players in a kit they never wore competitively. Mick Tait in pre-season 1987 in the new #Admiral shirt - Mick would move to Reading before the start of 87/88.

An Easter weekend #Pompey goal from 1983. Kevin Dillon scoring his first penalty for the club past the mis-judging Alan Judge for Reading. A few weeks later #Pompey went up to D2 and Reading down to D4. FT 2-2 / Att. 15,327

Sep-77 - #Pompey's Leigh Barnard on his #Pompey debut, challenging in the 1-0 win at Exeter. A much needed #Pompey away win in a disastrous season, finishing 24th. Att. 5,875 [ pic c/o @FortheR93378109 on X ]

Oct-88 - #Pompey's Lee Sandford & Alan Knight thwart Scarborough's Steve Morris in the disastrous 3-1 Littlewoods Cup 2nd Leg defeat at the McCain Stadium. Paul Hardyman has his hand up for something. Scarborough went through 5-3 on agg. Att. 3,802

#Pompey's Ian Baird with QPR's Paul Parker in the 2-1 away defeat in Oct-87. QPR were 2nd after this win, from 12 games in Div One. Future #Pompey boss Terry Fenwick scored the winner. Baird got his only goal for us that day. Att. 13,582 @qpr.co.uk

Article in The Game (The Times) yesterday on top-flight youngest scorers (from Max Dowman's goal). #Pompey had a representative, Jimmy White, surprisingly achieved in 58/59 when the rest of the team couldn't hit a cow's ***e. @thetimes.com

Alan Biley heads home #Pompey's first goal in the 3-0 win v Derby at Fratton in Dec-83. The ageing Archie Gemmill is helpless to the right of the pic, during a disastrous season for Derby when they were relegated from Div 2. Att. 11,834 @dcfc.co.uk

Ron Newman scoring for #Pompey v Swansea (Town then) in Jan-59 in the FA Cup. In a cataclysmic season for #Pompey this was a welcome 3-1 win. Att. 23,107

Mick Quinn (#9) equalises for #Pompey at Ewood Park (FAC 3rd Rd 87/88). #Pompey won 2-1 with a 2nd-half corker from Kevin Dillon. Was the first season since 51/52 that #Pompey reached the FA Cup 6th Rd. Att. 10,352

#Pompey's Kevin Ball (I think) beaten in the air by Sheff Wed's David Hirst in #Pompey's 1-0 Full Members Cup win at Hillsborough in Nov-86. Mick Kennedy looks on. Vince Hilaire scored for #Pompey's sole away win in the 7 years of the competition. Att. 7,846 @swfc.co.uk

Mick Quinn wheels away after scoring the winner for #Pompey v Hull City at Fratton Park in Feb-87. This 1-0 win was #Pompey's 13th consecutive home Div 2 win, and 17th home win in all comps. Att. 11,098

Hull 'keeper Tony Norman can't stop Terry Connor's effort crossing the line at Fratton Park in Sep-88. However #Pompey were already 3-0 down in what ended as a shock 3-1 defeat in Div 2. Att. 11,599

24-Sep 86: #Wrexham 1 #Pompey 2 - Littlewoods Cup Rd 2, 1st Leg #Pompey's Alan Knight dealing with a Wrexham corner. Went by minibus, got home around 4.30am then up for work. 2nd Leg ended 2-0 = 4-1 aggregate. Att. 4,110 @wrexhamafc.co.uk

#Millwall's keeper Peter Gleasure looks crestfallen as Jeff Hemmerman has headed #Pompey ahead in the 1981/82 FA Cup 1st Rd tie. However #Millwall forced a 1-1 draw and won the replay 3-2. Att. 10,113 @millwallfc.bsky.social

Charlton away action from Boxing Day 1987 - #Pompey's Vince Hilaire shields the ball from Colin Walsh as Paul Hardyman looks on. #Pompey lost 2-1, and got relegated that season. Att. 6,686 @charltonathletic.bsky.social

Alan Biley scores his first #Pompey goal, on the 82/83 opening day v Sheffield Utd. #Pompey won 4-1 to kick-start their 3rd Division Championship winning season. Att. 13,361 @sheffieldunitedfc.bsky.social

'I've scored!!!...' Kenny Todd (left) after equalising for #Pompey at a swampy Fratton Park v Tranmere in the 79/80 promotion season. I'm convinced #Pompey lent Tranmere their red Admiral away shirts that day. (Result 1-1 - Att. 12,821)

#Pompey action v Preston. Billy Rafferty and Trevor Senior in an aerial attack in the 1-1 Div 3 midweek draw on 6-Apr 82. The first home game after Frank Burrows was sacked. Just 6,712 turned up in the rain, as #Pompey's season fizzled out to a 13th place finish.

Bobby Kellard lets fly in the 1st half of #Pompey v Preston in 73/74 (Div 2). Ron Davies (#9) looks on. #Pompey won 3-0, with a decent crowd of 13,957 on 'Black Saturday' (notorious then for low crowds) 22-Dec.

#Pompey's Noel Blake challenges Ipswich's South African (rare in 80s UK soccer) Mich d'Avray, in the 1-1 Div 2 draw at Fratton Park. A lone ball-boy there in case the ball got booted into the Milton End central 'no-man's land'. 30-Aug 86: Att. 11,849 @ipswichtown.bsky.social

Maybe footballers nowadays are just bigger and taller than in the 80s. But these #Pompey mascots sure look over-sized to me. Are you both out there? Billy Waterman v Bristol C (Sep-81) Simon Holland v Ipswich (Aug-86)

Paul Wood acrobatically shooting for #Pompey in the '86 pre-season friendly v Watford at Fratton Park. #Pompey won 3-0. Looking forward to hearing Paul's story when he does a @pompeyhistory.bsky.social evening later this month.