2017–18 Portsmouth F.C. season

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Portsmouth
2017–18 season
OwnerThe Tornante Company
ChairmanMichael Eisner
ManagerKenny Jackett
StadiumFratton Park
League One8th
FA CupFirst round
EFL CupFirst round
(vs. Cardiff City)
EFL TrophyThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Brett Pitman (18)
All: Brett Pitman (19)
Away colours
Third colours

The 2017–18 season was Portsmouth's 119th season of existence and their first back in League One following their promotion as champions last season. Along with competing in League One, the club participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Players[]

Squad details[]

As of 5 May 2018
No. Name Pos. Nat. Place of Birth Date of Birth (Age) Club
apps 		Club
goals 		Int.
caps 		Int.
goals 		Signed from Date signed Fee Contract End
Goalkeepers
1 Luke McGee GK England Edgware (1995-09-02) 2 September 1995 (age 26) 50 0 – – Tottenham Hotspur 12 July 2017 Undisc. 30 June 2020
13 Stephen Henderson GK Republic of Ireland Dublin 2 May 1988 (age 29) 28 0 - - Nottingham Forest 31 January 2018 Loan 30 June 2018
35 Alex Bass GK England Huntingdon (1998-04-01) 1 April 1998 (age 23) 3 0 – – Academy 12 August 2014 Trainee 30 June 2018
Defenders
2 Anton Walkes RB/DM England Lewisham 8 February 1997 (age 20) 12 1 - - Tottenham Hotspur 29 January 2018 Loan 30 June 2018
3 Tareiq Holmes-Dennis LB England Farnborough (1995-10-31) 31 October 1995 (age 25) 1 0 – – Huddersfield Town 5 July 2017 Loan 30 June 2018
5 Matt Clarke CB England Barham (1996-09-22) 22 September 1996 (age 24) 115 5 – – Ipswich Town 20 May 2016 Swap 30 June 2020
6 Christian Burgess CB England Barking (1991-10-07) 7 October 1991 (age 29) 127 6 – – Peterborough Utd. 25 June 2015 Undisc. 30 June 2020
16 Jack Whatmough CB England Gosport (1996-08-19) 19 August 1996 (age 25) 66 1 – – Academy 19 August 2013 Free 30 June 2019
20 Nathan Thompson RB/CB/DM England Chester (1990-11-09) 9 November 1990 (age 30) 40 0 – – Swindon Town 22 June 2017 Free 30 June 2019
29 Sylvain Deslandes LB/CB France Kouoptamo 25 April 1997 (age 20) 2 0 – – Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 January 2018 Loan 30 June 2018
38 Brandon Haunstrup LB England Waterlooville (1996-10-26) 26 October 1996 (age 24) 26 0 – – Academy 25 June 2015 Free 30 June 2018
39 Joe Hancott LB England Isle of Wight (2001-03-08) 8 March 2001 (age 20)[1] 1 0 – – Academy 15 August 2017 Trainee 30 June 2019
Midfielders
4 Danny Rose CM England Bristol (1988-02-21) 21 February 1988 (age 33) 59 5 – – Northampton Town 3 June 2016 Free 30 June 2018
7 Stuart O'Keefe CM England Eye (1991-03-04) 4 March 1991 (age 30) 25 2 – – Cardiff City 31 August 2017 Loan 31 May 2018
11 Matty Kennedy LW/RW Scotland Irvine (1994-11-01) 1 November 1994 (age 26) 33 3 – – Cardiff City 31 August 2017 Loan 31 May 2018
14 Connor Ronan CM/AM Republic of Ireland Rochdale 6 March 1998 (age 19) 17 0 – – Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 January 2018 Loan 30 June 2018
17 Dion Donohue CM/LM/LB Wales Bodedern (1993-08-26) 26 August 1993 (age 28) 35 0 – – Chesterfield 18 August 2017 Undisc. 30 June 2019
18 Jamal Lowe RW/LW England Harrow (1994-07-21) 21 July 1994 (age 27) 64 12 – – Hampton & Richmond 1 January 2017 Undisc. 30 June 2020
22 Kal Naismith RW/LW/ST Scotland Glasgow (1992-02-18) 18 February 1992 (age 29) 93 21 – – Accrington Stanley 28 May 2015 Undisc. 30 June 2018
26 Gareth Evans RW/RB England Macclesfield (1988-04-26) 26 April 1988 (age 33) 131 18 – – Fleetwood Town 28 July 2015 Free 30 June 2019
30 Adam May CM England Southampton (1997-12-06) 6 December 1997 (age 23) 25 0 – – Academy 17 April 2015 Free 30 June 2018
33 Ben Close CM England Portsmouth (1996-08-08) 8 August 1996 (age 25) 72 2 – – Academy 9 May 2014 Free 30 June 2020
Forwards
8 Brett Pitman ST Jersey Saint Helier (1988-01-31) 31 January 1988 (age 33) 41 25 – – Ipswich Town 13 July 2017 Undisc. 30 June 2020
9 Oliver Hawkins ST/CB England Ealing (1992-04-08) 8 April 1992 (age 29) 35 8 – – Dagenham & Redbridge 31 August 2017 Undisc. 30 June 2020
15 Nicke Kabamba ST England Brent 1 February 1993 (aged 24) 5 0 Hampton & Richmond 18 January 2017 Undisc. 30 June 2018
19 Conor Chaplin ST/LW England Worthing (1997-02-16) 16 February 1997 (age 24) 121 25 – – Academy 20 October 2014 Free 30 June 2019

Statistics[]

As of 26 March 2018
No. Pos Nat Player Total League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England Luke McGee 43 0 37+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
2 DF England Anton Walkes 9 1 9+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF England Tareiq Holmes-Dennis 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 MF England Danny Rose 19 0 13+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
5 DF England Matt Clarke 38 3 34+0 2 1+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 1
6 DF England Christian Burgess 36 0 32+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
7 MF England Stuart O'Keefe 19 2 14+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+1 2
8 FW Jersey Brett Pitman 33 19 27+3 18 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 1
9 FW England Oliver Hawkins 32 8 21+7 7 1+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 1
10 MF Slovakia Milan Lalkovič 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
11 MF Scotland Matty Kennedy 30 3 20+6 3 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+2 0
13 GK Republic of Ireland Stephen Henderson 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF Republic of Ireland Connor Ronan 12 0 6+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
16 DF England Jack Whatmough 10 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
17 MF Wales Dion Donohue 29 0 23+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
18 MF England Jamal Lowe 41 7 30+5 5 1+0 0 0+0 0 3+2 2
19 FW England Conor Chaplin 30 5 11+13 5 0+1 0 0+1 0 2+2 0
20 DF England Nathan Thompson 32 0 26+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
22 MF Scotland Kal Naismith 23 3 12+7 2 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+1 1
23 MF England Kyle Bennett 22 0 10+7 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 2+1 0
25 DF England Drew Talbot 7 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+2 0
26 MF England Gareth Evans 29 2 19+5 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 1
29 DF France Sylvain Deslandes 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 MF England Adam May 18 0 10+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
33 MF England Ben Close 36 2 28+3 2 1+0 0 0+1 0 2+1 0
35 GK England Alex Bass 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
38 DF England Brandon Haunstrup 16 0 10+2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+1 0
39 DF England Joe Hancott 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
Player(s) out on loan:
15 FW England Nicke Kabamba 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
Player(s) who left the club:
2 DF Republic of Ireland Damian McCrory 4 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
7 MF England Carl Baker 4 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
14 FW England Curtis Main 9 1 2+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 1

Goals record[]

As of 26 March 2018
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
1 8 Jersey CF Brett Pitman 18 0 0 1 19
2 9 England CF Oliver Hawkins 7 0 0 1 8
3 18 England RW Jamal Lowe 5 0 0 2 7
4 19 England CF Conor Chaplin 5 0 0 0 5
5 5 England CB Matt Clarke 1 0 0 2 3
7 England CM Stuart O'Keefe 1 0 0 2 3
11 Scotland LW Matty Kennedy 3 0 0 0 3
22 Scotland AM Kal Naismith 2 0 0 1 3
9 26 England RW Gareth Evans 1 0 0 1 2
33 England CM Ben Close 2 0 0 0 2
11 2 England RB Anton Walkes 1 0 0 0 1
N/A England CF Curtis Main 0 0 0 1 1
Own Goals 2 0 1 0 3
Total 48 0 1 10 59

Disciplinary Record[]

As of 26 March 2018
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
1 20 England CB Nathan Thompson 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 1
2 6 England CB Christian Burgess 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 1 0
3 5 England CB Matt Clarke 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
17 Wales CM Dion Donohue 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1
4 7 England CM Stuart O'Keefe 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
8 Jersey CF Brett Pitman 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
18 England RW Jamal Lowe 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1
26 England RW Gareth Evans 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
8 11 Scotland LW Matty Kennedy 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
10 30 England CM Adam May 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
11 1 England GK Luke McGee 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
9 England CF Charlie Hawkins 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
16 England CB Jack Whatmough 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
22 England CF Kai Naismith 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
38 England LB Brandon Haunstrup 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
N/A England RW Kyle Bennett 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 46 3 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 51 4 3

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
10 April 2017 AM England Jez Bedford Academy Promoted [2]
10 April 2017 CM England Theo Widdrington Academy Promoted [2]
1 July 2017 CB England Nathan Thompson Swindon Town Free [3]
12 July 2017 GK England Luke McGee Tottenham Hotspur Undisclosed [4]
14 July 2017 CF Jersey Brett Pitman Ipswich Town Undisclosed [5]
18 August 2017 MF Wales Dion Donohue Chesterfield Undisclosed [6]
31 August 2017 CF England Oliver Hawkins Dagenham & Redbridge Undisclosed [7]

Total losses: Decrease £0

Transfers out[]

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2017 CM Belgium Stanley Aborah Waterford Released [8][a]
1 July 2017 RB England Calvin Davies Bognor Regis Released [10][b]
1 July 2017 CM Republic of Ireland Michael Doyle Coventry City Free [12]
1 July 2017 ST Republic of Ireland Noel Hunt Wigan Athletic Released [8][c]
1 July 2017 CM Republic of the Congo Amine Linganzi Swindon Town Free [14]
1 July 2017 GK England Liam O'Brien Coventry City Free [15]
1 July 2017 LB Republic of Ireland Enda Stevens Sheffield United Free [16]
8 July 2017 ST England Harvey Bradbury Watford Free [17]
8 August 2017 LW England Gary Roberts Wigan Athletic Mutual consent [18][d]
31 August 2017 RM England Carl Baker Free agent Mutual consent [20]
31 August 2017 CB England Tom Davies Coventry City Undisclosed [21]
31 August 2017 CF England Michael Smith Bury Mutual consent [22][e]
19 December 2017 RB England Drew Talbot Chesterfield Mutual consent [24][25]
3 January 2018 ST England Curtis Main Motherwell Free transfer [26]
31 January 2018 LW/RW Slovakia Milan Lalkovič Free agent Mutual consent [27]
31 January 2018 LW/RW England Kyle Bennett Bristol Rovers Free transfer [28]
  1. ^ Stanley Aborah joined Waterford following his release.[9]
  2. ^ Calvin Davies joined Bognor Regis following his release.[11]
  3. ^ Noel Hunt joined Wigan Athletic following his release.[13]
  4. ^ Gary Roberts joined Wigan Athletic following his departure.[19]
  5. ^ Michael Smith joined Bury following his departure.[23]

Total gaining: Increase £0

Loans in[]

Start date Position Nationality Name From End date Ref.
5 July 2017 LB England Tareiq Holmes-Dennis Huddersfield Town 30 June 2018 [29]
31 August 2017 LB Republic of Ireland Damien McCrory Burton Albion January 2018 [30]
31 August 2017 CM England Stuart O'Keefe Cardiff City 30 June 2018 [31]
31 August 2017 RW Scotland Matty Kennedy Cardiff City 30 June 2018 [32]
3 January 2018 LB France Sylvain Deslandes Wolverhampton Wanderers 30 June 2018 [33]
3 January 2018 CM Republic of Ireland Connor Ronan Wolverhampton Wanderers 30 June 2018 [33]
29 January 2018 RB England Anton Walkes Tottenham Hotspur 30 June 2018 [34]
31 January 2018 GK Republic of Ireland Stephen Henderson Nottingham Forest 30 June 2018 [35]

Loans out[]

Start date Position Nationality Name To End date Ref.
31 August 2017 CF England Nicke Kabamba Colchester United January 2018 [36]
5 January 2018 CF England Nicke Kabamba Aldershot Town June 2018 [37]

Competitions[]

Friendlies[]

As of 22 June 2017, Portsmouth have announced five pre-season friendlies against Salisbury,[38] Eastleigh, Havant & Waterlooville,[39] AFC Bournemouth[40] and Crawley Town.[41]

On 19 June 2017, A joint decision was made to cancel the scheduled friendly against Cardiff City as the clubs were drawn together in the first round of the EFL Cup.[42]

1 July 2017 Salisbury 0–3 Portsmouth Old Sarum
15:00 BST Report Lalkovič Goal 57'
Davies Goal 63'
Close Goal 75'		 Stadium: The Raymond McEnhill Stadium
Attendance: 1,766
8 July 2017 Havant & Waterlooville 0–6 Portsmouth Havant
15:00 BST Report Molyneaux Goal 26' (o.g.)
Chaplin Goal 30', 39', 45+1'
Naismith Goal 47'
Main Goal 74' (pen.)		 Stadium: Westleigh Park
Attendance: 2,700
Referee:
11 July 2017 Poole Town 3–6 Portsmouth Poole
19:30 BST Goal 4'
Goal 7'
Goal 65'		 Report Kabamba Goal 15', 89'
Close Goal 30', 68'
Main Goal 59', 70' (pen.)		 Stadium: Tatnam Ground
Attendance: 407
Referee:
15 July 2017 Eastleigh P–P Portsmouth Eastleigh
15:00 BST Stadium: Ten Acres
15 July 2017 Bognor Regis Town 0–2 Portsmouth Bognor Regis
15:00 BST Report Pitman Goal 5', 86' Stadium: Nyewood Lane
Referee:
22 July 2017 Portsmouth 1–2 AFC Bournemouth Milton
15:00 BST Chaplin Goal 52' Report Mousset Goal 9'
Afobe Goal 54'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 7,182
Referee: Andy Davies
29 July 2017 Crawley Town 1–2 Portsmouth Crawley
15:00 BST Verheydt Goal 3' Report Pitman Goal 55', 75' Stadium: Checkatrade.com Stadium
Attendance: 1,603
Referee:

League One[]

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
6 Charlton Athletic 46 20 11 15 58 51 +7 71 Qualification for League One play-offs[a]
7 Plymouth Argyle 46 19 11 16 58 59 −1 68
8 Portsmouth 46 20 6 20 57 56 +1 66
9 Peterborough United 46 17 13 16 68 60 +8 64
10 Southend United 46 17 12 17 58 62 −4 63
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the EFL Championship.

Result summary[]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
21 10 2 9 26 24  +2 32 6 1 3 15 6  +9 4 1 6 11 18  −7

Last updated: 9 December 2017.
Source:[citation needed]

Results by matchday[]

Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAHAHAAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH
ResultWLDDLWLWLWLWWLLLWWLWWWLWWLDLLDWLLWLLWWWWDDLLLW
Position3121314161413121511151381112141110117778866679998910101112101010988898
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2018. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.[43][44]

5 August 2017 1 Portsmouth 2–0 Rochdale Portsmouth
15:00 BST Pitman Goal 46', 90+2'
Lowe Red card 81'		 Report Keane Red card 21' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 18,009
Referee: Lee Probert
12 August 2017 2 Oxford United 3–0 Portsmouth Oxford
15:00 BST Thomas Goal 47'
van Kessel Goal 82'
Ruffels Goal 90+4'		 Report Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 9,510 (1,810 away)
Referee: Graham Salisbury
19 August 2017 3 Portsmouth 1–1 Walsall Portsmouth
15:00 BST Pitman Goal 74' (pen.) Yellow card 87' Report Chambers Yellow card 3'
Leahy Goal 47'
Guthrie Yellow card 55'
Devlin Yellow card 63'
Bakayoko Yellow card 67'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 17,198
Referee: Brett Huxtable
26 August 2017 4 Wigan Athletic 1–1 Portsmouth Wigan
15:00 BST Toney Goal 8'
Dunkley Red card 59'		 Report Chaplin Goal 76'
Evans Yellow card 25' 		Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 9,685
Referee: Robert Jones
3 September 2017 5 Portsmouth 0–1 Rotherham United Portsmouth
14:30 BST Burgess Yellow card 80' Report Taylor Goal 36'
Potter Yellow card 60'
Purrington Yellow card 71'
Vaulks Yellow card 90+5'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 17,118
Referee: Gavin Ward
9 September 2017 6 AFC Wimbledon 0–2 Portsmouth Kingston upon Thames
15:00 BST Report O'Keefe Yellow card 14'
Pitman Goal 38' (pen.)
Chaplin Goal 50'
May Yellow card 63'
Burgess Yellow card 79'		 Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 4,585
Referee: Kevin Johnson
12 September 2017 7 Northampton Town 3–1 Portsmouth Sixfields
19:45 BST Long Goal 18', 70'
Crooks Goal 35'		 Report Thompson Yellow card 11'
O'Keefe Yellow card 14'
Clarke Yellow card 42'
Kennedy Goal 49'
Lowe Yellow card 62'		 Stadium: Sixfields
Attendance: 5,855
Referee: Darren Drysdale
16 September 2017 8 Portsmouth 4–1 Fleetwood Town Portsmouth
15:00 BST Pitman Goal 41', 78'
Lowe Goal 57', 70'		 Report Bolger Yellow card 34'
Cole Goal 52'
Dempsey Yellow card 66' Yellow-red card 85'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 17,192
Referee:
23 September 2017 9 Scunthorpe United 2–0 Portsmouth Scunthorpe
15:00 BST Novak Goal 12'
Holmes Goal 33'		 Report Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 4,685
Referee:
26 September 2017 10 Portsmouth 3–0 Bristol Rovers Portsmouth
19:45 O'Keefe Yellow card 29'
Hawkins Goal 42'
Pitman Goal 77', 85'		 Report Harrison Yellow card 39'
Lockyer Yellow card 57'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 17,716
Referee:
30 September 2017 11 Portsmouth 1–2 Oldham Athletic Portsmouth
15:00 BST Pitman Goal 90'
O'Keefe Yellow card 90+5'		 Report Doyle Goal 16', 47'
Dummigan Yellow card 33'
Bryan Yellow card 51'
Byrne Yellow card 66'
Banks Yellow card 83'
Davies Yellow card 90+4'
Placide Yellow card 90+6'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 17,848
Referee:
8 October 2017 12 Gillingham 0–1 Portsmouth Gillingham
14:30 BST Ehmer Yellow card 85' Report Clarke Yellow card 45+1'
Kennedy Goal 46'
Thompson Yellow card 74'		 Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 8,163
Referee:
14 October 2017 13 Portsmouth 2–0 Milton Keynes Dons Portsmouth
15:00 BST Hawkins Goal 14', 45+2'
Kennedy Yellow card 51'		 Report Williams Yellow card 45'
Ebanks-Landell Yellow card 90'
Nicholls Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 17,608
Referee:
17 October 2017 14 Doncaster Rovers 2–1 Portsmouth Doncaster
19:45 BST Mandeville Goal 3'
Burgess Goal 5' (o.g.)
Rowe Yellow card 78'		 Report Baudry Goal 54' (o.g.)
Burgess Yellow card 58'
Donohue Red card 71'
O'Keefe Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Attendance: 7,211
Referee:
21 October 2017 15 Blackburn Rovers 3–0 Portsmouth Blackburn
15:00 BST Dack Goal 38'
Graham Goal 58'
Nyambe Yellow card 60'
Samuel Red card 87'
Conway Goal 90'		 Report Donohue Yellow card 54' Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: Chris Kavanagh
Referee: 11,673
28 October 2017 16 Portsmouth 0–1 Bradford City Portsmouth
15:00 BST Donohue Yellow card 79'
Pitman Yellow card 86'		 Report McMahon Yellow card 75'
Kilgallon Goal 80'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 18,067
Referee:
11 November 2017 17 Blackpool 2–3 Portsmouth Blackpool
15:00 GMT Solomon-Otabor Goal 74'
Hawkins Goal 83' (o.g.)		 Report Pitman Goal 52', 86'
Close Goal 80'
Clarke Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 5,032
Referee: Jonathan Moss
18 November 2017 18 Portsmouth 1–0 Southend United Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Pitman Goal 54' Report White Yellow card 76' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 18,431
Referee:
21 November 2017 19 Peterborough United 2–1 Portsmouth Peterborough
19:45 GMT Grant Yellow card 54'
Marriott Goal 58'
Clarke Goal 70' (o.g.)
Edwards Yellow card 86'		 Report Burgess Yellow card 69'
Chaplin Goal 78'		 Stadium: London Road Stadium
Attendance: 5,217
Referee:
25 November 2017 20 Portsmouth 1–0 Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Naismith Goal 25'
Kennedy Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Sawyer Yellow card 32'
Diagouraga Yellow card 90+9'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 17,923
Referee: Bobby Madley
9 December 2017 (2017-12-09) 21 Charlton Athletic 0–1 Portsmouth Charlton
15:00 GMT Holmes Yellow card 71' Report Magennis Goal 47' (o.g.)
Evans Yellow card 70'
Thompson Yellow card 73'		 Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 16,361
Referee: Andrew Madley
16 December 2017 22 Portsmouth 1–0 Bury Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Bennett Yellow card 17'
Clarke Goal 62'
Evans Yellow card 78'		 Report O'Connell Yellow card 27' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 17,549
Referee: England John Brooks
23 December 2017 23 Shrewsbury Town 2–0 Portsmouth Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT Morris Yellow card 57'
Whalley Goal 59'
Payne Goal 81'
Nolan Yellow card 89'		 Report Clarke Yellow card 17'
Lowe Yellow card 29'
Haunstrup Yellow card 43'		 Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Attendance: 7,429
Referee: England Darren Handley
26 December 2017 24 Portsmouth 2–1 AFC Wimbledon Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Close Goal 45'
Pitman Goal 72' (pen.)		 Report Soares Yellow card 9'
Barcham Yellow card 26'
Taylor Goal 50' (pen.)
Fuller Yellow card 71'
Trotter Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 18,644
Referee: England Lee Collins
30 December 2017 25 Portsmouth 3–1 Northampton Town Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Kennedy Goal 41' Yellow card 90+2'
Pitman Yellow card 42'
Hawkins Goal 45' Goal 48'		 Report Long Goal 36'
McGugan Yellow card 45+2'
O'Toole Yellow card 57'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 18,539
Referee: England Lee Swabey
1 January 2018 26 Bristol Rovers 2–1 Portsmouth Horfield
15:00 GMT Partington Yellow card 81'
Sinclair Goal 84'
Sercombe Goal 90'		 Report Hawkins Goal 64' Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 10,014
Referee: England David Webb
13 January 2018 27 Portsmouth 1–1 Scunthorpe United Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Lowe Goal 15'
Clarke Yellow card 78'
Hawkins Yellow card 89'		 Report van Veen Goal 53'
Bishop Yellow card 76'
Adelakun Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 17,741
Referee: England Charles Breakspear
20 January 2018 28 Rotherham United 1–0 Portsmouth Rotherham
15:00 GMT Emmanuel Yellow card 31'
Mattock Goal 90+1'		 Report Stadium: New York Stadium
Attendance: 9,129
Referee: Robert Jones
27 January 2018 29 Portsmouth 0–1 Shrewsbury Town Portsmouth
15:00 GMT May Yellow card 16' Yellow-red card
Evans Yellow card 37'		 Report Bolton Goal 21'
C. Morris Yellow card 38'
Rodman Yellow card 60'
Payne Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 17,779
Referee: David Coote
3 February 2018 30 Portsmouth 2–2 Doncaster Rovers Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Walkes Goal 19'
Burgess Yellow card 45+3'
Donohue Yellow card 45+3'
Pitman Goal 81'
Burgess Yellow card 90+3' 		Report Coppinger Goal 4'
Marquis Yellow card 45+3'
Marquis Goal 63'
Anderson Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 17,364
Referee: Graham Salisbury
10 February 2018 31 Milton Keynes Dons 1–2 Portsmouth Milton Keynes
15:00 GMT Ugbo Goal 21'
Tymon Yellow card 70'		 Report Clarke Goal 84', Yellow card 86'
Thompson Yellow card 90'
Chaplin Goal 90+3'		 Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 14,762 (6,257 Portsmouth fans)
Referee: John Brooks
13 February 2018 32 Portsmouth 1–2 Blackburn Rovers Portsmouth
19:45 GMT Thompson Yellow card 30'
Chaplin Goal 50'		 Report Dack Yellow card 3'
Armstrong Goal 21', Goal 87'
Travis Red card 90+2'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 18,152
Referee: Oliver Langford
17 February 2018 33 Southend United 3–1 Portsmouth Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT Clarke Goal 6' (og)
Demetriou Goal 12', Goal 84'		 Report Evans Goal 36'
Thompson Red card 64'		 Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 9,397
Referee: Lee Probert
20 February 2018 34 Fleetwood Town 1–2 Portsmouth Fleetwood
19:45 GMT McAleny Goal 81', Yellow card 90+2'
Hunter Yellow card 80'		 Report Lowe Goal 24'
Hawkins Goal 75'		 Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 2,561
Referee: David Webb
24 February 2018 35 Portsmouth 0–2 Blackpool Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Lowe Yellow card 17' Report Vassell Goal 41'
Ryan Yellow card 56'
Robertson Goal 63'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 17,895
Referee: Gavin Ward
10 March 2018 36 Portsmouth 1–3 Gillingham Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Lowe Goal 19'
Burgess Yellow card 28'		 Report Wilkinson Goal 48'
Martin Goal 66', Goal 80'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 18,247
Referee: Carl Boyeson
17 March 2018 37 Oldham Athletic 0–2 Portsmouth Oldham
15:00 GMT Report Pitman Goal 29', Goal 42' Yellow card 90+5'
Clarke Yellow card 47'
Donohue Yellow card 90+9'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 4,306
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
25 March 2018 38 Portsmouth 3–0 Oxford United Portsmouth
15:00 Naismith Goal 5' Yellow card 46'
Thompson Yellow card 45'
McGee Yellow card 63'
Pitman Goal 69' Goal 79'		 Report Ledson Yellow card 14'
Dickie Yellow card 27'
Mowatt Red card 62'
Brannagan Yellow card 75'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 17,892 (1,050 away)
Referee: Charles Breakspear
31 March 2018 39 Walsall 0–1 Portsmouth Bescot
15:00 Devlin Yellow card 36'
Bakayoko Yellow card 58'
Guthrie Yellow card 76'
Morris Yellow card 87'		 Report Donohue Yellow card 43'
Evans Goal 79'
Walkes Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Attendance: 5,159
Referee: Darren Handley
2 April 2018 40 Portsmouth 2–1 Wigan Athletic Portsmouth
17:30 BST Thompson Yellow card 25'
Pitman Goal 40' (pen.)
Lowe Goal 55'
Walkes Yellow card 71'
Naismith Yellow card 81'		 Report Elder Yellow card 19'
Grigg Goal 89'
Walton Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 17,842
Referee: Tim Robinson
7 April 2018 41 Rochdale 3–3 Portsmouth Rochdale
15:00 BST Inman Goal 13'
Humphrys Goal 57'
Henderson Goal 71'		 Report Pitman Goal 26' Goal 62'
Done Goal 90+2' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3,781
Referee: Andy Haines
14 April 2018 42 Plymouth Argyle 0–0 Portsmouth Plymouth
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 14,634 (1,600 away)
Referee: Dean Whitestone
17 April 2018 43 Bradford City 3–1 Portsmouth Bradford
Knight-Percival Goal 14'
Lund Goal 71'
Wyke Goal 90+5'		 Report Pitman Goal 61', Yellow card 90'
O'Keefe Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 19,554
Referee: Andy Woolmer
21 April 2018 44 Portsmouth 0–1 Charlton Athletic Portsmouth
15:00 BST Pitman Yellow card 82'
Evans Yellow card 90+1'		 Report Ajose Goal 40'
Kashi Yellow card 79'
Dasilva Yellow card 81'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 19,210
Referee: Mark Heywood
28 April 2018 45 Bury 1–0 Portsmouth Bury
15:00 BST Miller Yellow card 53' Goal 67' Report Thompson Yellow card 40'
Donohue Yellow card 48'		 Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 4,575
Referee: Andy Haines
5 May 2018 46 Portsmouth 2–0 Peterborough United Portsmouth
17:30 BST Pitman Goal 13', 25'
Thompson Yellow card 55'		 Report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 18,118
Referee: John Busby

FA Cup[]

On 16 October 2017, Portsmouth were drawn away to Luton Town in the first round.[45]

4 November 2017 First round Luton Town 1-0 Portsmouth Luton
15:00 GMT Stadium: Kenilworth Road

EFL Cup[]

On 16 June 2017, Portsmouth were drawn away to Cardiff City in the first round.[46]

8 August 2017 First round Cardiff City 2–1 (a.e.t.) Portsmouth Leckwith
19:45 BST Murphy Yellow card 45'
Mendez-Laing Goal 48'
Halford Goal 113'		 Report Goal 32' (og) Morrison Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 6,592
Referee: Steve Martin

EFL Trophy[]

On 12 July 2017, Portsmouth were drawn in Southern Group A against Charlton Athletic, Crawley Town and Fulham U23s.[47][48] After winning the group stages, Portsmouth were drawn at home to Northampton Town in the second round.[49] A third round trip to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea U21s was next for Pompey.[50]

Pos Div Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Yeovil Town 3 2 0 1 0 6 3 +3 7 Advance to Round 2
2 ACA Reading U21 3 1 1 0 1 5 6 −1 5
3 L2 Portsmouth 3 1 0 1 1 6 6 0 4
4 L1 Bristol Rovers 3 0 1 0 2 2 4 −2 2
Source: Sky Sports
16 August 2017 Group Game 1 Portsmouth 3–3
(2–4 p)		 Fulham U23s Portsmouth
19:45 BST Lowe Goal 54', 66'
Naismith Goal 57'		 Report Humphrys Goal 21'
Williams Goal 62' (pen.)
Adebayo Goal 82'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 1,520
Penalties
Chaplin Penalty scored
Naismith Penalty missed
Bennett Penalty scored
Evans Penalty missed		 Williams Penalty scored
Humphrys Penalty scored
Þorsteinsson Penalty scored
Kavanagh Penalty scored
3 October 2017 Group Game 2 Portsmouth 3–1 Crawley Town Portsmouth
19:45 BST May Yellow card 27'
Clarke Goal 30'
Hawkins Goal 35'
O'Keefe Goal 71'		 Report Djaló Yellow card 53'
Sanoh Goal 65'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 1,527
Referee: Tim Robinson
7 November 2017 Group Game 3 Charlton Athletic 0–1 Portsmouth Charlton
19:45 GMT Report Main Goal 19' Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 1,307
Referee:
2 December 2017 Second round Portsmouth 2–0 Northampton Town Portsmouth
12:30 GMT Evans Goal 41'
O'Keefe Goal 58'		 Report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 1,780
Referee:
9 January 2018 Third round Portsmouth 1-2 Chelsea U21s Portsmouth
19:45 GMT Pitman Goal 90+3'
Burgess Yellow card 90+4'		 Report Musonda Goal 58' Goal 90+6' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 3,116
Referee: England Gavin Ward

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