2004–05 Portsmouth F.C. season

Season summary

Portsmouth's campaign got off to a good start, winning four of their first ten games including the famous, brilliant 2–0 win over Manchester United as they maintained a strong mid-table position in late October. However, manager Harry Redknapp walked out on Portsmouth in November after a row with chairman Milan Mandaric over the appointment of new Director of Football Velimir Zajec at the club. Zajec replaced Redknapp as manager with immediate effect, but under his management the club's form dipped, bringing the club from the top ten to a few points above the relegation zone. In April, Zajec was replaced by Frenchman Alain Perrin; Perrin managed to secure Portsmouth's Premiership status with a few games of the season left. Despite this, Portsmouth still played a pivotal role in the "Survival Sunday" relegation drama - by losing 2–0 at West Bromwich Albion they both secured Albion's Premiership status and helped relegate arch-rivals Southampton (although Southampton were beaten 2–1 at home by Manchester United and would have been relegated even if Albion had lost).

Final league table

Main article: 2004–05 FA Premier League

Kit

Portsmouth retained the previous season's kit, manufactured under the club's own brand, Pompey Sport.

First-team squad

:Squad at end of season

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Transfers

In

• ENG Andy Griffin - ENG Newcastle United, free, 26 May 2004
• ENG Jamie Ashdown - ENG Reading, June 2004, undisclosed
• ENG David Unsworth - ENG Everton, free, 12 July 2004
• COD Lomana LuaLua - ENG Newcastle United, undisclosed (estimated £1,750,000), 12 July 2004
• ITA Andrea Guatelli - ITA Fiorenzuola, free, 2 August 2004
• SEN Aliou Cissé - ENG Birmingham City, £300,000, 6 August 2004
• JAM Ricardo Fuller - ENG Preston North End, £1,000,000, 20 August 2004
• SEN Diomansy Kamara - ITA Modena, £2,500,000, 30 August 2004
• CMR Valéry Mézague - FRA Montpellier, season loan, 31 August 2004
• GRE Giannis Skopelitis - GRE Egaleo, 28 January 2005, season loan with option of making permanent, £300,000 rising to £1,000,000 if made permanent
• GRE Kostas Chalkias - GRE Panathinaikos, 28 January 2005, nominal fee
• SLO Aleksander Rodić - SLO NK Gorica, 31 January 2005, undisclosed

Out

• ENG Tim Sherwood - ENG Coventry City, free, 9 July 2004
• ENG Teddy Sheringham ENG West Ham United, free, 14 July 2004
• JAM Deon Burton - ENG Brentford, undisclosed, 16 July 2004 (officially joined 1 August)
• CRO Ivica Mornar - FRA Rennes, season loan, 8 August 2004
• ENG Eddie Howe - ENG AFC Bournemouth, free, 12 November 2004
• ENG Lewis Buxton - ENG Stoke City, 24 December 2004
• WAL Anthony Pulis - ENG Stoke City, 24 December 2004
• ENG John Curtis - ENG Nottingham Forest, free, January 2005
• SCO Nigel Quashie - ENG Southampton, £2,100,000, 17 January 2005
• SEN Amdy Faye - ENG Newcastle United, £2,000,000, 23 January 2005
• ENG Kevin Harper - ENG Stoke City, undisclosed, 1 February 2005
• ISR Eyal Berkovic - ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv, 4 February 2005
• ENG David Unsworth - ENG Ipswich Town, four-month loan, 15 February 2005
• ENG Alan Knight - retired, 2004
• ENG Warren Hunt - ENG Fareham Town, 2004
• POL Sebastian Olszar - POL Polonia Warsaw, 2004
• WAL Carl Robinson - ENG Sunderland, 2004
• FRA Sébastien Schemmel - FRA Le Havre, December 2004
• NED Harald Wapenaar - NED Vitesse Arnhem, 2005
• ENG Rowan Vine - ENG Luton Town, loan, 2004
• SCO Mark Burchill - SCO Hearts, loan

:Transfers in: £5,750,000 :Transfers out: £4,100,000 :Total spending: £1,650,000

Results

Results per matchday

Premiership

Unsworth Yakubu Boa Morte Bocanegra Berger Popovic Charlton Berger Yakubu Ángel Solano Phillips Sibierski Bosvelt De Zeeuw LuaLua Earnshaw Cole Francis Osman Faye Robben Yakubu Keane Hitzlsperger McBride Boa Morte Stone Kamara LuaLua Murphy Luis García De Zeeuw LuaLua Fowler Richardson

FA Cup

• Third round: Portsmouth 1-0 Gillingham (Yakubu 49)
• Fourth round: Southampton 2-1 Portsmouth (Oakley 54, Crouch 90 pen.; Yakubu 57 pen.)

League Cup

• Second round: Tranmere Rovers 0-1 Portsmouth (Kamara 65)
• Third round: Portsmouth 2-1 Leeds United (Kamara 14, Berkovic 32 pen.; Deane 40)
• Fourth round: Cardiff City 0-2 Portsmouth (Yakubu 47, 55 pen.)
• Quarter-finals: Watford 3-0 Portsmouth (Helguson 24, 57, Dyer 61)

References

References

1. (24 November 2004). "Redknapp quits as Portsmouth boss".
2. (21 December 2004). "Zajec named as Pompey boss".
3. Zajec was caretaker manager from 24 November until being appointed permanently on 21 December.
4. (7 April 2005). "Pompey unveil Perrin as new boss".
5. Hislop was born in [[London Borough of Hackney. Hackney]], [[England]], and represented [[England]] at [[England national under-21 football team. U-21]] level, but also qualified to represent [[Trinidad and Tobago]] internationally and made his international debut for [[Trinidad and Tobago national football team. Trinidad and Tobago]] in 1999.
6. Kamara was born in [[Paris]], [[France]], but also qualified to represent [[Senegal]] internationally and made his international debut for [[Senegal national football team. Senegal]] in 2003.
7. Rodić was born in [[Dubica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Kozarska Dubica]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. SFR Yugoslavia]] (now [[Bosnia-Herzegovina]]).
8. Mézague was born in [[Marseille]], [[France]], but also qualified to represent [[Cameroon]] internationally and made his international debut for [[Cameroon national football team. Cameroon]] in 2003.
9. Harper was born in [[Oldham]], [[England]].
10. Quashie was born in [[London Borough of Southwark. Southwark]], [[England]], and represented [[England]] at [[England national under-21 football team. U-21]] and [[England B national football team. B]] level, but also qualified to represent [[Scotland]] internationally through his grandfather and made his international debut for [[Scotland national football team. Scotland]] in May 2004.
11. Pulis was born in [[Bristol]], [[England]], but also qualified to represent [[Wales national football team. Wales]] internationally and would later represent them at [[Wales national under-21 football team. U-21]] level.
12. Péricard was born in [[Efok]], [[Cameroon]], but also qualified to represent [[France]] internationally and has represented them at [[France national under-21 football team. U-21]] level.
13. (26 May 2004). "Pompey swoop for Griffin".
14. (21 September 2004). "Ashdown fee is agreed".
15. (12 July 2004). "Pompey seal double signing".
16. (2 August 2004). "Pompey sign keeper Guatelli".
17. (6 August 2004). "Cisse signs for Portsmouth".
18. (20 August 2004). "Pompey bag Fuller".
19. (30 August 2004). "Pompey land new striker".
20. (31 August 2004). "Pompey sign Mezague".
21. (28 January 2005). "Pompey seal swoop for Greek duo".
22. (31 January 2005). "Pompey bag Slovenia striker Rodic".
23. (9 July 2004). "Sherwood signs for Coventry".
24. (14 July 2004). "Sheringham joins West Ham".
25. (16 July 2004). "Brentford sign Burton".
26. (8 August 2004). "Mornar set for Rennes deal".
27. (12 November 2004). "Howe seals Bournemouth return".
28. (24 December 2004). "Stoke swoop for young Pompey duo".
29. "Forest sign Curtis".
30. (17 January 2005). "Quashie completes Saints switch".
31. (25 January 2005). "Newcastle complete Faye signing".
32. (1 February 2005). "Stoke sign Pompey winger Harper".
33. (2005-02-04). "Berkovic quits Portsmouth to return home".
34. (15 February 2005). "Unsworth agrees Ipswich loan move".