Vital QPR takes a look at Tuesday`s opponents Portsmouth
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Facts & Figures |
Founded: 1898
Nickname: Pompey
Ground: Fratton Park (20,224)
Manager : Steve Cotterill
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Selected Honours |
FA Cup: Winners – 1939, 2008
FA Cup: Runners Up – 1929, 1934, 2010
Football League First Division: Champions – 1948-49, 1949-50
Football League Division One: Champions – 2002-03
Football League Second Division: Runners Up: 1926-27, 1986-87
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Club Records |
Record Attendance: 51,385 v Derby County (FA Cup, 1949)
Record victory: 9-1 v Notts County (Division Two, 1927)
Record defeat: 0-10 v Leicester City (Division One, 1928)
Record Buy Peter Crouch – £11,000,000 from Liverpool
Record Sale: Lassana Diarra – £20,000,000 to Real Madrid
Record Appearances: Jimmy Dickinson, 834 -1946-65
Record Goals: Peter Harris, 194 – 1946-1960
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Squad |
Goalkeepers:
1. Jamie Ashdown
37. Darryl Flahavan
Defenders:
2. Greg Halford
3. Carl Dickinson
4. Aaron Mokoena
6. Hermann Hreidarsson
20. Joel Ward
25. Ibrahima Sonko
33. Ricardo Rocha
Midfielders:
7. Liam Lawrence
8. Hayden Mullins
11. Michael Brown
22. Richard Hughes
Strikers:
9. Danny Webber
10. David Nugent
17. John Utaka
18. Dave Kitson
24. Nadir Ciftci
27. Nwankwo Kanu
Key Player:
Liam Lawrence: The dynamic midfielder has been arguably Pompey`s best player this season which isn`t the hardest of tasks given the sheer size of their squad. The former Stoke City man has been in excellent form this season scoring 6 goals in 12 appearances. The Irish international has been the driving force behind Portsmouth`s ascent up the table. Lawrence started his career at Mansfield making 135 appearances and scored 35 goals before then Sunderland boss Mick McCarthy signed Lawrence in a deal worth £175,000. Lawrence made 73 appearances for the Black Cats scoring 10 times before moving to Stoke on loan and after impressing The Potters made the deal permanent for £500,000. He represented Stoke 105 times and scored 21 goals before joining Portsmouth this summer on an emergency loan after his proposed transfer was not completed before the deadline.
| Last Five Fixtures |
Loss: 0-2 v Derby (a)
Win: 2-1 v Nottingham Forest (h)
Win: 2-1 v Hull (a)
Win: 1-0 v Millwall (a)
Win: 3-2 v Watford (h)
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Last Five Fixtures v QPR |
Portsmouth 1-1 QPR on 14th Apr 01
QPR 1-1 Portsmouth on 4th Nov 00
Portsmouth 1-3 QPR on 7th May 00
QPR 0-0 Portsmouth on 23rd Oct 99
QPR 1-1 Portsmouth on 30th Jan 99
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