In a follow up to yesterday’s account of Portsmouth’s first Championship triumph, here is the story of the retaining of the title the following season. Once again, much is taken from Colin Farmery’s account of those glory years.

There were few changes to the Championship winning team, Portsmouth’s books actually revealing a credit balance on transfers of £16,400! The Champions started the season well enough with a 3-1 win at Newcastle United, but were up and down after that. There was a defeat at home to Stanley Matthews’ Blackpool, interspersed with a 5-1 win at Middlesbrough and a 7-0 thrashing of Everton at Fratton Park. On 1st October league leaders Wolves visited Fratton Park, and for the first and only time. more than 50,000 spectators crammed into the ground for a league game. A 1-1 draw left Pompey in seventh, but only three points behind Wolves. The title race was to remain tight for the rest of the season.

Large scale merchandising was still a thing of the future in those days and in the 15th October Football Mail, Pompey Championship ties were advertised at Landports Drapery (which later became Allders). Portsmouth didn’t have a club shop until the late 1960s and the only items visible in club colours amongst the crowd tended to be scarves and rosettes. But one supporter of the time, Cyril Lucas, recalls that the absence of large scale commercialism aded to the sense of occasion on match day. ‘When I stood on the north terrace opposite the tunnel, I couldn’t wait until the players came up the tunnel. I was just so full of pride when I saw those royal blue shirts and that star and crescent badge. That shirt was only worn by the eleven players – no-one else wore it, unlike the replica shirts you see these days – and you wouldn’t see it again until the next match. It was Pompey’s pride and glory and a huge cheer went up when the players ran out.’

Even the players had to supplement their wages! Eleven of them commissioned photographers to take individual and team photos, which were then sold privately to supporters and through newspapers.

Pompey continued to be up and down, and a feature of the season was that the team was far more unsettled than in the previous campaign. More players were used, and more than one found themselves making their solitary Pompey appearance as they covered for injuries.

Portsmouth were drawn against Third Division (South) Norwich City in the FA Cup third round and underperformed in the Fratton Park tie, drawing 1-1. In another example of how similar football fans are both then and now, consider this letter to the Football mail in the aftermath of the game. ‘I think this was a disgusting show for a first division team. Almost 20 years at the Park and I have never seen anything like it…If Pompey want to make a show in the Cup or league they have to go out and buy a couple of forwards in my opinion. I reckon Pompey are the meanest club of all divisions for paying out, and may I finish up, If Pompey do not win on Thursday (the replay), my old woman will be having more of my company on Saturday afternoons in the future.’ As I said, nothing changes!

Going into March, four points separated the top seven with Pompey in fourth behind Manchester United, Liverpool, and Sunderland. Portsmouth continued to stutter, losing 2-1 at Derby with Jimmy Scoular sent off. This was a huge incident in the days when it was extremely difficult to even receive a booking, and the issue hung over Pompey for weeks before the relevant FA committee was due to meet to discuss punishment. But, it seemed to be the title that nobody wanted to win as other teams also dropped points.

Going into the crucial game against leaders Manchester United at Old Trafford on 15th April, four points separated the top six, with Pompey lying third, a point behind the leaders. Reid and Froggatt scored in the last six minutes for a priceless 2-0 win. Second placed Sunderland lost at home to Manchester City. Pompey were now in pole position with three games to go, and could become the first club to retain the Championship since Arsenal’s hat-trick of titles was completed in 1935.

Pompey won their next game against Liverpool, and results that day showed that one win from two was now required to retain the Championship. The next game was at Highbury, never a happy hunting ground. Pompey had never won there at the time, and slumped to a 2-0 defeat. But the maths still held and a win in the final match at home to Aston Villa would be enough, barring an improbable 20 goal haul by Wolves in their last match.

This was the era of goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), and Pompey’s was vastly superior. From the moment they scored after 20 seconds of the game at Fratton Park, the result was never in doubt and they ran out 5-1 winners. The Championship was retained. The next team to achieve the feat was Manchester United’s Busby Babes in 1957. Portsmouth had proved themselves the best team in the country.

Despite this, the press failed to recognise the achievement. Alex James of the Daily Express, a distinguished former Arsenal striker, reserved his choice of team of the year for Second Division Champions Tottenham Hotspur. ‘Don’t think I’m knocking Pompey,’ he said, ‘it takes a wonderful side to win the league championship two years running.’ He evidently considered it more wonderful to win the Second Division once than to win the First twice!

That reminds me, I must catch up on the latest installment of ‘Pompeygate’.

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Soccer is one of the most popular sports around the world today. For many becoming a professional soccer play is a long and dedicated goal, which requires many things. One of these things is appropriate quality equipment. There are many styles of goals which can work well for the novice soccer player, all the way up to those headed for the professional leagues. Soccer is a sport that is just as versatile as its players.

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There have been many reasons for Arsenal fans to celebrate over the years and there is usually a vintage Arsenal football shirt to commemorate these achievements. A cabinet full of trophies have been won during the reigns of George Graham and Arsene Wenger, but let us not forget the great Arsenal teams from the past, who also won their fair share of trophies as well, and did it wearing awesome looking Arsenal retro shirts.

When you think of a vintage Arsenal football shirt you will naturally imagine the red shirt with white sleeves, made famous by the likes of Pat Rice, Charlie George and the incredible Liam Brady. However, it might be a surprise to find out that many of the Arsenal retro shirts from the past were not variations of this red and white strip at all.

Below we take a look at three Arsenal retro shirts from the club’s glorious past.

Arsenal 1971 Double Winners shirt

Having won the League title by beating their North London rivals, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal faced Liverpool in the 1971 FA Cup Final knowing that a victory would earn them the coveted «Double», a feat that had been achieved for the first time in 1961, by Spurs. The game was won by the Gunners, 2-1 after extra time, with Charlie George scoring the winner.

In the away colours of yellow and blue, this really is a great looking Arsenal football shirt, featuring the club’s cannon logo, which has a little picture of the FA Cup above it. These Arsenal retro shirts look cool with a pair of jeans and is a must buy for any Gunners fan.

Arsenal 1970’s long sleeve shirt

These Arsenal retro shirts are far more in the style you would expect from a vintage Arsenal football shirt. It was the red body with long white sleeves that was the home kit for most of the decade, with the only real change being the v-neck getting replaced by a round neck design.

Amongst the many legends who wore this shirt, perhaps the best loved was Liam Brady, the Republic of Ireland star who made 235 appearances for the club, between 1973 and 1980, scoring 43 goals.

Arsenal 1989 Championship shirt

These Arsenal retro shirts were of course made famous by that infamous game against Liverpool, in 1989, without doubt the most exciting moment ever in Arsenal’s history. Arsenal needed to win the game by 2 clear goals, in order to clinch the title from Liverpool and achieved «Mission Impossible» at Anfield when Michael Thomas, wearing number 4, scored in the 89th minute. Again this is a yellow away shirt, but this one has navy blue sleeves and is sponsored by JVC.

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Teddy Sheringham is thought by many to be one of Manchester United’s best signings after arriving at the club in 1997. United legend Eric Cantona had just left the Reds after his shock decision to retire from football, and at 31 years of age, Sheringham certainly had a tough act to follow.

Unfortunately Sheringham didn’t make the best of starts for Manchester United, following his £3.5 million transfer from Tottenham Hotspur, it was Spurs that he faced as he made his debut for the Reds. Constantly jeered throughout the game by the White Hart Lane crowd, Sheringham took a penalty, a role he had assumed from Cantona, but he missed the spot kick, much to the delight of the home fans, although United went onto to win the game with two late goals.

During his first year at the club, the 1997-98 season finished without a trophy for United, although Sheringham scored 14 goals during the season.

At the beginning of the 1998-99 season there was much speculation that Sheringham would leave the club after United signed Dwight Yorke from Aston Villa. Although he remained at the club, his first team opportunities were limited, although he did make enough appearances to secure a league title winners medal as the Reds secured the Premier League title, Sheringham scored 5 goals despite his limited appearances.

After a mediocre season, no-one could have anticipated the impact Sheringham would make as United went onto to clinch an amazing treble. After beating Arsenal to the League title by a single point, United faced Newcastle in the FA Cup Final and although initially starting on the substitutes bench, Sheringham was called to replace the injured Roy Keane after just eight minutes. Within 90 seconds of coming onto the pitch he scored United’s first goal and they eventually won the game 2-0 to secure their second trophy of the season.

Sheringham again started on the bench for the Champions League Final against Bayern Munich, after trailing for much of the game 1-0, he scored a crucial equaliser one minute into injury time at the end of the game, United went onto to win 2-1 in one of the most memorable nights in their history. As the Reds secured an amazing treble, Sheringham had secured his first winners medals of his career.

Along with strikers Ole Solskjaer, Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke, during the 1999-2000 season Manchester United had the most formidable strike force in the country, as they went onto to win the Premier league by 18 points and scored 97 goals during the process.

The 2000-01 season Sheringham scored 15 goals in 29 league games, as United secured their third consecutive Premier league title, even at the age of 35 his impressive form continued consistently throughout the season and he was rewarded with the Player of the year award.

The signing of Ruud Van Nistelrooy signalled the end of Teddy Sheringham’s Manchester United career and he returned to Tottenham on a free transfer, after 104 appearances and scoring 31 goals for the Reds, he had become a true United legend.

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Another poor weekend for Chelsea saw them lose at Birmingham, when Lee Bowyer scored to give Birmingham a 1-0 victory and condemn Chelsea to their third league defeat in four matches.

Chelsea’s performance was a vast improvement to that against Sunderland, when they lost 0-3, and they were unlucky not to score thanks mainly to great goal keeping from Birmingham’s Ben Foster, Didier Drogba also hit the crossbar with a great header. Thanks to Foster, some resolute and at times desperate defending, Birmingham held on for their victory. Chelsea now only top the Premier League by goal difference.

Manchester United took full advantage of Chelsea’s defeat, by beating nine man Wigan 2-0 at Old Trafford. Patrice Evra scored for the first time in three years and a second half header from Javier Hernandez secured the points as Wigan had Antolin Alcaraz and then Hugo Rodallega sent off three minutes later, to ensure United’s win was a formality when playing against nine men.

Tottenham Hotspur completed an amazing comeback in their North London derby win against Arsenal. After securing a comfortable 2-0 lead with goals from Samir Nasri and Marouane Chamakh Arsenal looked set for victory. A rejuvenated Tottenham emerged for the second half and goals from Gareth Bale and then a Rafael van der Vaart’s penalty levelled the scores. Younes Kaboul scored a dramatic winner five minutes before the end of the game to give Spurs a 2-3 victory, and their first win at Arsenal since 1993.

Bolton climbed into fourth place, as they demolished Newcastle 5-1. Two penalties from Kevin Davies, two goals from Johan Elmander and one from Lee Chung-Yong secured the win

Blackpool continued their great premier League form by beating Wolves 2-1 with goals from Luke Varney and Marlon Harewood and Stoke easily overcame West Brom at The Hawthorns with a 3-0 victory. Which now sees Stoke in eighth place after recording three straight victories.

Liverpool enjoyed an easy 3-0 victory over West Ham, in the evening game, as goals from Glen Johnson, Maxi Rodriguez and a Dirk Kuyt penalty, secured the win, which could have been more emphatic if it wasn’t for some great saves from Hammers goalkeeper Robert Green. The result sees West Ham rooted to the bottom of the league, while Liverpool are now in ninth place.

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Manchester City’s hope of winning the Premier league this season were dealt a further blow as they could only draw with Birmingham. The draw leaves City eight points behind the league leaders Manchester United, having now played an one more game than their rivals.

City started the game positively and scored after just four minutes when a speculative shot from Carlos Tevez took a huge deflection off a Birmingham defender and into the goal. Birmingham showed great determination and were not overwhelmed by the millionaires from Manchester and the home side scored an equaliser after twenty minutes through Nikola Zigic. A serious injury to City’s Micah Richards saw a long delay before Aleksandar Kolarov curled in a free kick to restore the visitors lead, however veteran defender Patrick Vieira conceded a 77th penalty, which enabled Birmingham to share the points and left the visitors pondering over more dropped points.

Tottenham Hotspur continued their pursuit of a Champions League place for next season with a 1-0 victory over Blackburn, the win sees them within three points of big spending Chelsea, who currently occupy the all important fourth place in the league.

Liverpool played their first game without Fernando Torres, which saw a dream start for newly signed striker Luis Suarez. The new striker could quickly replace Torres as a Kop hero after he came on as a substitute to score Liverpool’s second goal in a comfortable 2-0 victory against Stoke City. Liverpool’s other new multi million pound signing Andy Carroll is likely to be absent for several weeks following an injury he sustained at former club Newcastle United.

West Ham secured a much needed victory against Blackpool, who themselves are now only four points above the relegation zone. The Hammers now move off the bottom of the table after their 3-1 win, as their perennial relegation battle continues.

Newcastle, now without top scorer Andy Carroll who left for Liverpool during the week, lost 1-0 against Fulham, and more worryingly they will now be without Shola Ameobi who sustained a fractured cheekbone and is likely to be out for at least six weeks.

Wolves lost 1-0 to Bolton at the Reebok Stadium, thanks to an injury time winner from on loan Chelsea striker Daniel Sturridge. The defeat now leaves Wolves at the bottom of the Premier League having lost more games than any other team this season.

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Manchester United remain at the top of the Premier League after two goals from in form striker Dimitar Berbatov secured a relatively easy victory over Sunderland on Boxing Day..

Local and now title rivals Manchester City also enjoyed a comfortable 3-1 victory against Newcastle at St James’ Park. Gareth Barry scored after just two minutes and Carlos Tevez scored a second after five minutes, to give them a comfortable 2-0 lead. Newcastle continued to fight and scored with 20 minutes of the match remaining, when Andy Carroll headed a goal for the home side home, but Tevez scored again for City to put the game beyond doubt.

Tottenham Hotspur recorded a 2-1 victory at Aston Villa as in form Rafael van der Vaart scored twice. Although Jermain Defoe was sent off, Spurs held on for victory, which sees them keep in touch with the top four teams in the league, and they are now just one point behind Chelsea, who lost 3-1 at Arsenal on Monday night.

Chelsea had won the last five matches between the two sides, but their poor run of form continued as they continued to look out of sorts, lacking flair and inspiration. Arsenal were the deserved winners, and the result will give them a huge confidence boost in their pursuit of the title. Arsenal are now just two points behind United, although they have played a game more.

The race for the Premier League title is probably one of the most interesting for many years, as the dominance to the so called big four, Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool seems to have finally been broken.

In the relegation battle Wigan secured a vital 2-1 victory over Wolves, who are now bottom of the league. As West Ham lifted themselves from bottom place when they secured three much needed points with a 3-1 victory against Fulham, who themselves now stand only one point away from the relegation zone.

Bolton’s good season continued after beating West Bromwich Albion 2-0 and they are now in 6th place in the league.

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Manchester United eased past Sunderland in their Boxing Day fixture at Old Trafford, to stay top of the Premier League. Two goals from inform striker Dimitar Berbatov, strengthen their position at the top of the league as they are now unbeaten in their 17 league games this season.

The victory gives the Reds a five and six point lead over Arsenal and Chelsea respectively, having played the same amount of games. Arsenal now face Chelsea in the Monday night fixture, which will leave United in an even stronger position as one or both teams will drop more points, which could effectively put them out of the race for the Premier League title.

In a relatively one sided fixture, Manchester United never really looked troubled, as the Sunderland players looked to still be suffering the effects of eating too much Christmas dinner.

Berbatov now moves onto 13 league goals scored this season, as the much criticized Bulgarian looks to have shaken off past troubles, and he is now showing the sort of form that commanded his £30 million transfer fee from Tottenham Hotspur.

United were ahead after just four minutes and it was quite remarkable that they didn’t score several more before half time. The Reds piled on the pressure, hitting the goal posts twice and spurning several goal scoring opportunities, as first Wayne Rooney and then Ryan Giggs missed the chance to put United further in front. Sunderland failed to secure a single shot on target during the first half.

Berbatov scored 5 goals in his last start, and for a while it looked like a repeat performance may have been likely. As he hit the post and narrowly sent a shot into the side netting of the goal, on another day both efforts may have gone in.

Wayne Rooney, who hasn’t scored a goal in open play since last March, looked threatening as United pushed for a second goal to seal the victory. For a while in the second half, it looked as though United would regret those missed opportunities as Sunderland pushed for an equalising goal.

It was United, however, that doubled their lead after 57 minutes, when Berbatov’s shot took a huge deflection off Sunderland defender Anton Ferdinand and into his own goal. Berbatov nearly completed his third hat trick of the season late on, but was denied by a good save.

The 2-0 victory was very comfortable for United and despite Wayne Rooney’s goal drought, the void is being filled quite nicely by Berbatov as United look firm favourites to secure another premier league title.

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Manchester City took full advantage of their Saturday fixture against West Ham United to move to the top of the Premier league, by beating the Hammers 3-1 at Upton Park. With Chelsea playing Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday and Manchester United and Arsenal playing on Monday, City eased to victory thanks to a Yaya Toure strike and a Robert Green own goal, Adam Johnson added a third goal for City to ensure a 3-1 victory, after James Tomkins scored a late consolation goal for the hosts.

The defeat, leaves West Ham bottom of the Premier League, as City are level on points with Arsenal at the top of the league, Arsenal having a superior goal difference. After turbulent week for the Blues with rumours of unrest amongst the players, city fans were singing Roberto Mancini’s name for much of the game.

Aston Villa beat West Bromwich Albion 2-1 in the West Midlands derby match, giving Villa their first victory in five games. Stewart Downing and Emile Heskey scored the Villa goals and Paul Scharner scored a late goal for the visitors, moments later West Bromwich could have snatched a dramatic equaliser, but they spurned the opportunity.

Blackpool continued their impressive start in the Premier league with a hard earned 1-0 victory over Stoke, as they moved into 9th place, DJ Campbell scoring the only goal of the game.

Everton and Wigan battled out a 0-0 draw, as did Fulham and Sunderland, which leaves Fulham dangerously perched above the relegation zone only by goal difference.

Saturday’s evening game saw Newcastle secure an empathic 3-1 victory over Liverpool. After a turbulent week on Tyneside, which saw Newcastle sack manager Chris Hughton and appoint Alan Pardew as his replacement, Newcastle fans protested against owner Mike Ashley before the game, the victory went some way to appease the fans, as Newcastle are now in 8th place in the league.

Sunday’s fixtures saw Bolton secure a dramatic 2-1 victory over Blackburn. Bolton had Mark Davies sent off and as Blackburn looked to take advantage having the extra man, it was the home team that took the lead through Fabrice Muamba, Mame Diouf equalised but a few seconds later Stuart Holden secured the points with a great volleyed goal, in a pulsating end to the match.

Wolves earned three much needed points with a 1-0 victory over Birmingham, which still sees Wolves in the relegation zone, but Birmingham are now only three points above them. Steven Hunt scored the goal for Wanderers, as they went onto to keep a clean sheet for the first time this season.

Chelsea, who are experiencing their worst run of results for 10 years, drew 1-1 with Tottenham Hotspur. Chelsea enjoyed more of the early possession with little result and they were punished as Spurs took a 1-0 lead through Roman Pavlyuchenko after 15 minutes. Didier Drogba, who had started as a substitute, first proved hero as he scored a second half equaliser and then turned villain as he missed an injury time penalty which could have sealed all three points for Chelsea, who now slip to 4th place in the league.

The Monday night game between Manchester United and Arsenal, sent United back to the top of the Premier league and they are now two points clear with a game in hand. Park Ji-sung scored the all important goal with a first-half header, which proved enough to win the game 1-0. United should have scored more and wasted a host of goal scoring opportunities, including a second-half penalty from Wayne Rooney which he sent over the cross bar. Arsenal were at best disappointing, and are yet again the Gunners are left reflecting on a missed opportunity

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