2017–18 Portsmouth F.C. season

The 2017–18 season is Portsmouth's 119th season of existence and their first back in League One following their promotion as champions last season.^[1] Along with competing in League One, the club will also participate 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 25 July 2017

No.	Name	Pos.	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	Edgware	(1995-09-02) 2 September 1995	–	–	–	–	Tottenham Hotspur	12 July 2017	Undisc.	30 June 2020
35	Alex Bass	GK	Huntingdon	(1998-04-01) 1 April 1998	1	0	–	–	Academy	12 August 2014	Trainee	30 June 2018
Defenders
2	Tom Davies	CB	Warrington	(1992-04-18) 18 April 1992	15	0	–	–	Accrington Stanley	22 June 2016	Free	30 June 2018
3	Tareiq Holmes-Dennis	LB	Farnborough	(1995-10-31) 31 October 1995	–	–	–	–	Huddersfield Town	5 July 2017	Loan	30 June 2018
5	Matt Clarke	CB/CM	Barham	(1996-09-22) 22 September 1996	69	2	–	–	Ipswich Town	20 May 2016	Swap	30 June 2019
6	Christian Burgess	CB	Barking	(1991-10-07) 7 October 1991	88	6	–	–	Peterborough Utd.	25 June 2015	Undisc.	30 June 2018
16	Jack Whatmough	CB	Gosport	(1996-08-19) 19 August 1996	50	1	–	–	Academy	19 August 2013	Free	30 June 2019
20	Nathan Thompson	CB	Chester	(1990-11-09) 9 November 1990	–	–	–	–	Swindon Town	22 June 2017	Free	30 June 2019
25	Drew Talbot	RB/LB/RM	Barnsley	(1986-07-12) 12 July 1986	7	0	–	–	Chesterfield	22 June 2016	Free	30 June 2018
38	Brandon Haunstrup	LB	Waterlooville	(1996-10-26) 26 October 1996	6	0	–	–	Academy	25 June 2015	Free	30 June 2018
Midfielders
4	Danny Rose	CM	Bristol	(1988-02-21) 21 February 1988	40	5	–	–	Northampton Town	3 June 2016	Free	30 June 2018
7	Carl Baker	RW/AM	Prescot	(1982-12-26) 26 December 1982	46	9	–	–	MK Dons	14 June 2016	Free	30 June 2018
10	Milan Lalkovič	LW/RW/ST	Košice	(1992-12-09) 9 December 1992	16	1	–	–	Walsall	28 June 2016	Comp.	30 June 2018
11	Gary Roberts	LW/AM	Liverpool	(1984-03-18) 18 March 1984	80	20	–	–	Chesterfield	17 June 2015	Undisc.	30 June 2018
18	Jamal Lowe	RW/LW	Harrow	(1994-07-21) 21 July 1994	14	4	–	–	Hampton & Richmond	1 January 2017	Undisc.	30 June 2018
22	Kal Naismith	RW/LW/ST	Glasgow	(1992-02-18) 18 February 1992	63	18	–	–	Accrington Stanley	28 May 2015	Undisc.	30 June 2018
23	Kyle Bennett	LW/RW	Telford	(1990-09-09) 9 September 1990	95	13	–	–	Doncaster Rovers	21 May 2015	Free	30 June 2020
26	Gareth Evans	RW/RB	Macclesfield	(1988-04-26) 26 April 1988	94	16	–	–	Fleetwood Town	28 July 2015	Free	30 June 2019
30	Adam May	CM	Southampton	(1997-12-06) 6 December 1997	7	0	–	–	Academy	17 April 2015	Free	30 June 2018
32	Christian Oxlade-Chamberlain	CM	Port Solent	(1998-06-24) 24 June 1998	1	0	–	–	Academy	25 April 2016	Free	30 June 2018
33	Ben Close	CM	Portsmouth	(1996-08-08) 8 August 1996	27	0	–	–	Academy	9 May 2014	Free	30 June 2018
36	Jez Bedford	AM	Dorset	(1999-02-10) 10 February 1999	–	–	–	–	Academy	10 April 2017	Free	30 June 2018
37	Theo Widdrington	CM	Southampton	(1999-04-06) 6 April 1999	–	–	–	–	Academy	10 April 2017	Free	30 June 2018
Forwards
8	Brett Pitman	ST	Saint Helier	(1988-01-31) 31 January 1988	–	–	–	–	Ipswich Town	13 July 2017	Undisc.	30 June 2020
9	Michael Smith	ST	Wallsend	(1991-10-17) 17 October 1991	37	10	–	–	Swindon Town	23 June 2016	Undisc.	30 June 2018
14	Curtis Main	ST	South Shields	(1992-06-20) 20 June 1992	14	5	–	–	Doncaster Rovers	4 July 2016	Undisc.	30 June 2018
15	Nicke Kabamba	ST	Brent	(1993-02-01) 1 February 1993	4	0	–	–	Hampton & Richmond	18 January 2017	Undisc.	30 June 2018
19	Conor Chaplin	ST/LW	Worthing	(1997-02-16) 16 February 1997	89	20	–	–	Academy	20 October 2014	Free	30 June 2019

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
10 April 2017	AM	Jez Bedford	Academy	Promoted	^[2]
10 April 2017	CM	Theo Widdrington	Academy	Promoted	^[2]
1 July 2017	CB	Nathan Thompson	Swindon Town	Free	^[3]
12 July 2017	GK	Luke McGee	Tottenham Hotspur	Undisclosed	^[4]
14 July 2017	CF	Brett Pitman	Ipswich Town	Undisclosed	^[5]

Total losses: £0

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	CM	Stanley Aborah	Free Agent	Released	^[6]
1 July 2017	RB	Calvin Davies	Free agent	Released	^[7]
1 July 2017	CM	Michael Doyle	Coventry City	Free	^[8]
1 July 2017	ST	Noel Hunt	Wigan Athletic	Released	^[6]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
1 July 2017	CM	Amine Linganzi	Swindon Town	Free	^[10]
1 July 2017	GK	Liam O'Brien	Coventry City	Free	^[11]
1 July 2017	LB	Enda Stevens	Sheffield United	Free	^[12]
8 July 2017	ST	Harvey Bradbury	Watford	Free	^[13]
8 August 2017	LW	Gary Roberts	Free agent	Mutual consent	^[14]

↑ Noel Hunt joined Wigan Athletic following his release.^[9]

Total gaining: £0

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
5 July 2017	LB		Tareiq Holmes-Dennis	Huddersfield Town	30 June 2018	^[15]

Competitions

Friendlies

As of 22 June 2017, Portsmouth have announed five pre-season friendlies against Salisbury,^[16] Eastleigh, Havant & Waterlooville,^[17] AFC Bournemouth^[18] and Crawley Town.^[19]

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.^[20]

1 July 2017	Salisbury	0–3	Portsmouth	Old Sarum
15:00 BST		Report	Lalkovič 57' Davies 63' Close 75'	Stadium: The Raymond McEnhill Stadium Attendance: 1,766

8 July 2017	Havant & Waterlooville	0–6	Portsmouth	Havant
15:00 BST		Report	Molyneaux 26' (o.g.) Chaplin 30', 39', 45+1' Naismith 47' Main 74' (pen.)	Stadium: Westleigh Park Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Alex Blake

11 July 2017	Poole Town	3–6	Portsmouth	Poole
19:30 BST	Balmer 4' Burbidge 7' Roberts 65'	Report	Kabamba 15', 89' Close 30', 68' Main 59', 70' (pen.)	Stadium: Tatnam Ground Attendance: 407 Referee: Gary Parsons

15 July 2017	Bognor Regis Town	0–2	Portsmouth	Bognor Regis
15:00 BST		Report	Pitman 5', 86'	Stadium: Nyewood Lane Referee: Gary Parsons

22 July 2017	Portsmouth	1–2	AFC Bournemouth	Milton
15:00 BST	Chaplin 52'	Report	Mousset 9' Afobe 54'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 7,182 Referee: Andy Davies

29 July 2017	Crawley Town	1–2	Portsmouth	Crawley
15:00 BST	Verheydt 3'	Report	Pitman 55', 75'	Stadium: Checkatrade.com Stadium Attendance: 1,603 Referee: Carl Brook

League One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Blackpool	2	1	1	2	2	0	3
12	Walsall	2	1	1	2	2	0	3
13	Portsmouth	2	1	1	2	3	−1	3
14	Charlton Athletic	2	1	1	1	2	−1	3
15	Southend United	2	1	1	2	6	−4	3

Updated to match(es) played on 12 August 2017. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

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
1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3	1	0	0	2	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 5 August 2017.
Source:

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H
Result	W
Position	3

Last updated: 5 August 2017.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.^[21]^[22]

5 August 2017 1	Portsmouth	2–0	Rochdale	Milton
15:00 BST	Pitman 46', 90+2' Lowe 81'	Report	Keane 21'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 18,009 Referee: Lee Probert

12 August 2017 2	Oxford United	v	Portsmouth	Oxford
15:00 BST				Stadium: Kassam Stadium

19 August 2017 3	Portsmouth	v	Walsall	Milton
15:00 BST				Stadium: Fratton Park

26 August 2017 4	Wigan Athletic	v	Portsmouth	Wigan
15:00 BST				Stadium: DW Stadium

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Portsmouth were drawn away to Cardiff City in the first round.^[23]

8 August 2017 First round	Cardiff City	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Portsmouth	Leckwith
19:45 BST	Murphy 45' Mendez-Laing 48' Halford 113'	Report	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.^[24]^[25]

Pos	Lge	Team	Qualification
1	ACA	Fulham U23s	Round 2
2	L1	Charlton Athletic	Round 2
3	L2	Crawley Town
4	L1	Portsmouth

First match(es) will be played on August – September 2017. Source: EFL.com

16 August 2017 Group Game 1	Portsmouth	v	Fulham U23s	Milton
19:45 BST				Stadium: Fratton Park

3 October 2017 Group Game 2	Portsmouth	v	Crawley Town	Milton
19:45 BST				Stadium: Fratton Park

7 November 2017 Group Game 3	Charlton Athletic	v	Portsmouth	Charlton
19:45 GMT				Stadium: The Valley

References

↑ "History". Statto.
1 2 "Duo offered professional deals". Portsmouth FC. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
↑ "Pompey Sign Thompson". Portsmouth Official Site. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
↑ "Pompey Sign McGee". Portsmouth Official Site. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
↑ "Pitman Signs For Pompey". Portsmouth Official Site. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
1 2 "Portsmouth: Noel Hunt among three released by League Two champions". BBC. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
↑ "Portsmouth FC Statement". Portsmouth Official Site. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
↑ "Doyle Set To Depart". Portsmouth Official Site. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
↑ "Noel Hunt: Wigan Athletic sign former Portsmouth forward". BBC. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
↑ "Amine Linganzi: Swindon sign Portsmouth midfielder". BBC. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
↑ "O'Brien To Join Coventry". Portsmouth Official Site. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
↑ "Stevens To Leave Pompey". Portsmouth Official Site. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
↑ "Watford sign West Ham keeper and Manchester City striker". Hertfordshire Mercury. 8 July 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
↑ "Farewell, Gary Roberts". Portsmouth Official Site. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
↑ "Pompey Sign Holmes-Dennis". Portsmouth Official Site. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
↑ "Blues Arrange Cardiff Friendly". Portsmouth Official Site. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
↑ "Three More Friendlies Confirmed". Portsmouth Official Site. 13 May 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
↑ "Pompey Arrange Bournemouth Friendly". Portsmouth Official Site. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
↑ "Pompey Add Crawley Friendly". Portsmouth Official Site. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
↑ "Cardiff Friendly Cancelled". Portsmouth Official Site. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
↑ "Blues Start At Home To Rochdale". Portsmouth Official Site. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
↑ "Fixture List". Portsmouth Official Site. June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
↑ "Cardiff Away In Carabao Cup". Portsmouth Official Site. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
↑ "Fulham U21s Complete Checkatrade Trophy Group". Portsmouth Official Site. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
↑ "Checkatrade Trophy Dates Confirmed". Portsmouth Official Site. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.

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