Pompey
The Island City with a Football Club for a Heart
Published on 14. December 2020
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-1-78578-669-3 (ISBN)
Description
**THE FANS. THE PLAYERS. THE POMPEY FAMILY. YOU KNOW THEIR NAMES, NOW IT'S TIME FOR THEIR STORY**
At the start of the 2019-20 League One season, award-winning sports reporter Neil Allen set out to follow the fortunes of a team in the hunt for promotion. By the time it came to an end, the football almost felt like an afterthought.
Covering the highs and lows of a season like no other, Allen offers an exclusive insight into a club and a fanbase that has known more hardship than most, exploring the vital role a football club plays when the football is taken away.
Given unparalleled access, Allen interviews current players and club legends, the fans who saved the club in 2013 and those now tasked with ensuring its survival. The essential profile of Portsmouth Football Club, its fans and its recent history.
At the start of the 2019-20 League One season, award-winning sports reporter Neil Allen set out to follow the fortunes of a team in the hunt for promotion. By the time it came to an end, the football almost felt like an afterthought.
Covering the highs and lows of a season like no other, Allen offers an exclusive insight into a club and a fanbase that has known more hardship than most, exploring the vital role a football club plays when the football is taken away.
Given unparalleled access, Allen interviews current players and club legends, the fans who saved the club in 2013 and those now tasked with ensuring its survival. The essential profile of Portsmouth Football Club, its fans and its recent history.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Duxford
United Kingdom
Illustrations
16 Plates, color
Dimensions
Height: 237 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 47 mm
Weight
802 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78578-669-3 (9781785786693)
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E-Book
12/2020
Icon Books
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Persons
Neil Allen is The News' chief sports reporter covering Portsmouth Football Club. He has won the award for Regional Sports Journalist of the Year at the British Sports Journalism Awards two years running. He is the author of Played Up Pompey (2015), Played Up Pompey Too (2017) and Played Up Pompey Three (2020).
Ian Darke is one of the best-known voices in sport, commentating on football for BT Sport and ESPN. He was born in Portsmouth and has supported the club since the age of six.
Ian Darke is one of the best-known voices in sport, commentating on football for BT Sport and ESPN. He was born in Portsmouth and has supported the club since the age of six.