Portsmouth

Portsmouth FC is a professional English football club located in the coastal town of Portsmouth in Hampshire. Known by its nickname 'Pompey' or 'The Blues', Portsmouth was founded in 1898 with the help of John Brickwood, owner of Brickwoods Brewery. He became club chairman while Frank Brettell was appointed the club's first ever manager.

From then until now Portsmouth has been a big fixture in professional English football and has accrued its fair share of trophies and accolades. These include winning the Premier League in 1949 and 1950; the FA Cup in 1939 and 2008; the Football League Second Division in 2003 and many others. For the last seven years Portsmouth has played in the English Premier League. However, as of February 2010, Portsmouth is facing not only relegation, but grave financial issues that will either result in the sale of the club or even bankruptcy.

The Portsmouth uniform consists of a royal blue jersey, white shorts and red socks.

After helping Portsmouth win the FA Cup in 2008, manager Harry Redknapp left in October of that year to coach Tottenham Hotspur. He was replaced by his former assistant, Tony Adams, who was replaced just four months later by Paul Hart. In November 2009 Hart was replaced by current manager, Avram Grant.

Fratton Park in Portsmouth. The venue has a capacity of 20,224.