Portsmouth F.C.

Founded in 1898, Portsmouth Football Club are an English association football club, based in the south coast city port of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey, and is currently playing in the Premier League. The club is owned by Serbian-American businessman Milan Mandarić. The best known chant from the Pompey supporters is the "Pompey Chimes" ("Play up Pompey, Pompey play up" sung to the tune of a striking clock), generally reckoned to be the oldest chant in football still sung.

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1898 - English - Association football - Portsmouth - Premier League - Milan Mandarić

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Former Olympique de Marseille coach Alain Perrin was appointed team manager on April 7, 2005 with a two-year contract.

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Olympique de Marseille - Alain Perrin - April 7 - 2005

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Portsmouth enjoy a fierce rivalry with Southampton; although very much in the shadow of Portsmouth during most of their history, Southampton were in a superior division for most of the 1980s and 90s, and this derby was recently reignited by Portsmouth's promotion to the Premiership in 2003. Portsmouth fans relished bringing their rivals closer to relegation to the Championship with a record 4-1 victory on 24 April, 2005.

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The club's biggest recent achievement came on 27 April 2003 when Pompey beat Rotherham 3-2 to clinch the First Division championship with a game in hand, giving the club promotion to the Premier League for the first time in its history.

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27 April - 2003 - Rotherham - First Division

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The 2005/06 season sees Portsmouth play in the Premier League for the third successive season.

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