Pompey: The Island City with a Football Club for a Heart

by Neil Allen, Ian Darke (Foreword by)

Overview

** THE FANS. THE PLAYERS. THE POMPEY FAMILY. YOU KNOW THEIR NAMES, NOW IT'S TIME FOR THEIR STORY **

At the start of the 2019-20 League One season, award-winning sports reporter Neil Allen set out to follow the fortunes of a team in the hunt for promotion. By the time it came to an end, the football almost felt like an afterthought.

Covering the highs and lows of a season like no other, Allen offers an exclusive insight into a club and a fanbase that has known more hardship than most, exploring the vital role a football club plays when the football is taken away.

Given unparalleled access, Allen interviews current players and club legends, the fans who saved the club in 2013 and those now tasked with ensuring its survival. The essential profile of Portsmouth Football Club, its fans and its recent history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781785786693
Publisher:	Amberley Publishing
Publication date:	12/14/2020
Pages:	512
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.45(h) x 1.80(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Neil Allen is The News' chief sports reporter covering Portsmouth Football Club. He has won the award for Regional Sports Journalist of the Year at the British Sports Journalism Awards two years running. He is the author of Played Up Pompey (2015), Played Up Pompey Too (2017) and Played Up Pompey Three (2020).

Ian Darke is one of the best-known voices in sport, commentating on football for BT Sport and ESPN. He was born in Portsmouth and has supported the club since the age of six.

Table of Contents

Foreword Ian Darke xi

1 10 August 2019 John Jenkins 1

2 18 August 2019 Ian Chiverton Eric Coleborn Jay Sadler 11

3 15 September 2019 Jack Whatmough 29

4 16 September 2019 A Mark Catlin 43

5 24 September 2019 John Westwood Sam Matterface 63

6 29 September 2019 Lee Smith Dino Nocivelli 81

7 6 October 2019 Kenny Jackett 95

8 11 October 2019 Kev McCormack Barry Harris 111

9 21 October 2019 Gareth Evans 129

10 23 October 2019 Michael Appleton 145

11 13 November 2019 Craig MacGillivray 163

12 16 November 2019 Milan Mandaric Ashleigh Emberson Debbie Knight 177

13 2 December 2019 Bob Beech Carl Paddon 191

14 22 December2019 Basher Benfield Paul Banks 209

15 17 January 2020 Mark Kelly the Academy 223

16 26 January 2020 Conor Chaplin Ben Close 239

17 2 February 2020 Michael Doyle Carl Baker 253

18 7 February 2020 Rog McFarlane Mick Hogan 267

19 70 February 2020 Marie Dave Curtis 281

20 February 2020 Christian Burgess 293

21 4 March 2020 Andy Moon Guy Whittingham 307

22 9 March 2020 Alan Knight 321

23 13 March 2020 Ashley Brown Mick Williams Simon Colebrook 333

24 25 March 2020 Mark Catlin Basher Benfield Barry Harris 349

25 29 March 2020 Iain McInnes John Kimbell 361

26 20 April 2020 John Keeley Alex Bass 377

27 29 April2020 Sarah Merrix Ian Burrell 395

28 22 May 2020 Sean Raggett Christian Burgess Clare Martin 409

29 9 June 2020 James Bolton Andy Cannon 423

30 3 July 2020 Jonnny Moore Abdul Khalique Simon Milne 437

31 4 July 2020 Marie Ronan Curtis 451

32 6 July 2020 Lee Brown 463

33 9 July 2020 Christian Burgess Brett Pitman 473

34 17 July 2020 Kev McCormack 491

35 17 July 2020 Mark Catlin 499

Acknowledgements 507

About the Author 509