Portsmouth articles
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Portsmouth party like there’s no tomorrow after going through wringer
Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Where was the most happening place on Tuesday night? With Mbappé’s boys in Barcelona? Among a stream of yellow flags in Westphalia? No, as much as we love Big Cup, the game does exist outside of it. The most exuberant celebrations were on the south coast at Fratton Park, where Portsmouth, after 12 years of lower-league shenanigans, sealed their return to the big-time (Championship). Theatricality marked the occasion, too. A point was required...
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Football League: Portsmouth win promotion to Championship and title
Stockport win League Two, Mansfield go up, Forest Green downSouthampton beat Preston to boost automatic promotion hopesLate goals from Colby Bishop and Conor Shaughnessy confirmed Portsmouth’s return to the Championship after a 12-year absence. John Mousinho’s side twice hit back from behind to beat playoff hopefuls Barnsley 3-2 and ensure they will finish the season as champions, sparking celebrations at Fratton Park.Portsmouth seemed likely be frustrated in their search for the single point...
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‘It’d mean the world’: Portsmouth close in on Championship return
With John Mousinho in charge, the whole city is ready to celebrate after 12 years out of the top two divisionsWhen Portsmouth celebrated promotion to the Premier League in 2003 and lifting the FA Cup in 2008 which, it later emerged, came at a crippling cost, Southsea Common played host to the party. Fans also gathered there to toast winning League Two in 2017, though at that point they did not anticipate spending quite so long in League One. At the seventh attempt, a return to the second tier...