2017–18 Portsmouth F.C. season

Portsmouth
2017–18 season
Owner	The Tornante Company
Chairman	Michael Eisner
Manager	Kenny Jackett
Stadium	Fratton Park
League One	8th
FA Cup	First round
EFL Cup	First round; (vs. Cardiff City)
EFL Trophy	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Brett Pitman (18); All: Brett Pitman (19)
Highest home attendance	19,210 vs. Charlton Athletic ; (21 April 2018)
Lowest home attendance	17,118 vs. Rotherham Utd ; (3 September 2017)
Average home league attendance	18,164
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 season was Portsmouth's 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.	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 (age 29)	50	0	–	–	Tottenham Hotspur	12 July 2017	Undisc.	30 June 2020
13	Stephen Henderson	GK	Dublin	2 May 1988 (age 29)	28	0	-	-	Nottingham Forest	31 January 2018	Loan	30 June 2018
35	Alex Bass	GK	Huntingdon	(1998-04-01) 1 April 1998 (age 26)	3	0	–	–	Academy	12 August 2014	Trainee	30 June 2018
Defenders
2	Anton Walkes	RB/DM	Lewisham	8 February 1997 (age 20)	12	1	-	-	Tottenham Hotspur	29 January 2018	Loan	30 June 2018
3	Tareiq Holmes-Dennis	LB	Farnborough	(1995-10-31) 31 October 1995 (age 29)	1	0	–	–	Huddersfield Town	5 July 2017	Loan	30 June 2018
5	Matt Clarke	CB	Barham	(1996-09-22) 22 September 1996 (age 28)	115	5	–	–	Ipswich Town	20 May 2016	Swap	30 June 2020
6	Christian Burgess	CB	Barking	(1991-10-07) 7 October 1991 (age 33)	127	6	–	–	Peterborough Utd.	25 June 2015	Undisc.	30 June 2020
16	Jack Whatmough	CB	Gosport	(1996-08-19) 19 August 1996 (age 28)	66	1	–	–	Academy	19 August 2013	Free	30 June 2019
20	Nathan Thompson	RB/CB/DM	Chester	(1990-11-09) 9 November 1990 (age 34)	40	0	–	–	Swindon Town	22 June 2017	Free	30 June 2019
29	Sylvain Deslandes	LB/CB	Kouoptamo	25 April 1997 (age 20)	2	0	–	–	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3 January 2018	Loan	30 June 2018
38	Brandon Haunstrup	LB	Waterlooville	(1996-10-26) 26 October 1996 (age 28)	26	0	–	–	Academy	25 June 2015	Free	30 June 2018
39	Joe Hancott	LB	Isle of Wight	(2001-03-08) 8 March 2001 (age 23)^[1]	1	0	–	–	Academy	15 August 2017	Trainee	30 June 2019
Midfielders
4	Danny Rose	CM	Bristol	(1988-02-21) 21 February 1988 (age 36)	59	5	–	–	Northampton Town	3 June 2016	Free	30 June 2018
7	Stuart O'Keefe	CM	Eye	(1991-03-04) 4 March 1991 (age 33)	25	2	–	–	Cardiff City	31 August 2017	Loan	31 May 2018
11	Matty Kennedy	LW/RW	Irvine	(1994-11-01) 1 November 1994 (age 30)	33	3	–	–	Cardiff City	31 August 2017	Loan	31 May 2018
14	Connor Ronan	CM/AM	Rochdale	6 March 1998 (age 19)	17	0	–	–	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3 January 2018	Loan	30 June 2018
17	Dion Donohue	CM/LM/LB	Bodedern	(1993-08-26) 26 August 1993 (age 31)	35	0	–	–	Chesterfield	18 August 2017	Undisc.	30 June 2019
18	Jamal Lowe	RW/LW	Harrow	(1994-07-21) 21 July 1994 (age 30)	64	12	–	–	Hampton & Richmond	1 January 2017	Undisc.	30 June 2020
22	Kal Naismith	RW/LW/ST	Glasgow	(1992-02-18) 18 February 1992 (age 33)	93	21	–	–	Accrington Stanley	28 May 2015	Undisc.	30 June 2018
26	Gareth Evans	RW/RB	Macclesfield	(1988-04-26) 26 April 1988 (age 36)	131	18	–	–	Fleetwood Town	28 July 2015	Free	30 June 2019
30	Adam May	CM	Southampton	(1997-12-06) 6 December 1997 (age 27)	25	0	–	–	Academy	17 April 2015	Free	30 June 2018
33	Ben Close	CM	Portsmouth	(1996-08-08) 8 August 1996 (age 28)	72	2	–	–	Academy	9 May 2014	Free	30 June 2020
Forwards
8	Brett Pitman	ST	Saint Helier	(1988-01-31) 31 January 1988 (age 37)	41	25	–	–	Ipswich Town	13 July 2017	Undisc.	30 June 2020
9	Oliver Hawkins	ST/CB	Ealing	(1992-04-08) 8 April 1992 (age 32)	35	8	–	–	Dagenham & Redbridge	31 August 2017	Undisc.	30 June 2020
15	Nicke Kabamba	ST	Brent	1 February 1993 (aged 24)	5	0			Hampton & Richmond	18 January 2017	Undisc.	30 June 2018
19	Conor Chaplin	ST/LW	Worthing	(1997-02-16) 16 February 1997 (age 28)	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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Luke McGee	43	0	37+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Anton Walkes	9	1	9+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Tareiq Holmes-Dennis	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	MF	ENG	Danny Rose	19	0	13+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Matt Clarke	38	3	34+0	2	1+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	1
6	DF	ENG	Christian Burgess	36	0	32+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
7	MF	ENG	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	ENG	Oliver Hawkins	32	8	21+7	7	1+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	1
10	MF	SVK	Milan Lalkovič	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
11	MF	SCO	Matty Kennedy	30	3	20+6	3	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+2	0
13	GK	IRL	Stephen Henderson	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF	IRL	Connor Ronan	12	0	6+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
16	DF	ENG	Jack Whatmough	10	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
17	MF	WAL	Dion Donohue	29	0	23+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
18	MF	ENG	Jamal Lowe	41	7	30+5	5	1+0	0	0+0	0	3+2	2
19	FW	ENG	Conor Chaplin	30	5	11+13	5	0+1	0	0+1	0	2+2	0
20	DF	ENG	Nathan Thompson	32	0	26+2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
22	MF	SCO	Kal Naismith	23	3	12+7	2	0+0	0	1+0	0	2+1	1
23	MF	ENG	Kyle Bennett	22	0	10+7	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	2+1	0
25	DF	ENG	Drew Talbot	7	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+2	0
26	MF	ENG	Gareth Evans	29	2	19+5	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	1
29	DF	FRA	Sylvain Deslandes	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	MF	ENG	Adam May	18	0	10+3	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
33	MF	ENG	Ben Close	36	2	28+3	2	1+0	0	0+1	0	2+1	0
35	GK	ENG	Alex Bass	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
38	DF	ENG	Brandon Haunstrup	16	0	10+2	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+1	0
39	DF	ENG	Joe Hancott	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
Player(s) out on loan:
15	FW	ENG	Nicke Kabamba	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
Player(s) who left the club:
2	DF	IRL	Damian McCrory	4	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
7	MF	ENG	Carl Baker	4	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
14	FW	ENG	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.	Po.	Name	League One	League Cup	League Trophy	Total
1	8	CF	Brett Pitman	18	0	1	19
2	9	CF	Oliver Hawkins	7	0	1	8
3	18	RW	Jamal Lowe	5	0	2	7
4	19	CF	Conor Chaplin	5	0	0	5
5	5	CB	Matt Clarke	1	0	2	3
	7	CM	Stuart O'Keefe	1	0	2	3
	11	LW	Matty Kennedy	3	0	0	3
	22	AM	Kal Naismith	2	0	1	3
9	26	RW	Gareth Evans	1	0	1	2
9	33	CM	Ben Close	2	0	0	2
11	2	RB	Anton Walkes	1	0	0	1
11	N/A	CF	Curtis Main	0	0	1	1
Own Goals				2	1	0	3
Total				48	1	10	59

Disciplinary record

As of 26 March 2018

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	League One			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			Total
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name
1	20		CB	Nathan Thompson	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	1
2	6		CB	Christian Burgess	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	1	0
3	5		CB	Matt Clarke	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
3	17		CM	Dion Donohue	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1
4	7		CM	Stuart O'Keefe	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	8		CF	Brett Pitman	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	18		RW	Jamal Lowe	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1
	26		RW	Gareth Evans	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
8	11		LW	Matty Kennedy	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
10	30		CM	Adam May	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
11	1		GK	Luke McGee	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	9		CF	Charlie Hawkins	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	16		CB	Jack Whatmough	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	22		CF	Kai Naismith	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	38		LB	Brandon Haunstrup	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	N/A		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	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]
18 August 2017	MF	Dion Donohue	Chesterfield	Undisclosed	^[6]
31 August 2017	CF	Oliver Hawkins	Dagenham & Redbridge	Undisclosed	^[7]

Total losses: £0

Transfers out

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

^ Stanley Aborah joined Waterford following his release.^[9]
^ Calvin Davies joined Bognor Regis following his release.^[11]
^ Noel Hunt joined Wigan Athletic following his release.^[13]
^ Gary Roberts joined Wigan Athletic following his departure.^[19]
^ Michael Smith joined Bury following his departure.^[23]

Total gaining: £0

Loans in

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

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
31 August 2017	CF		Nicke Kabamba	Colchester United	January 2018	^[36]
5 January 2018	CF		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 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	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 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 v t e	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:

^ 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

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	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	L	W
Position	3	12	13	14	16	14	13	12	15	11	15	13	8	11	12	14	11	10	11	7	7	7	8	8	6	6	6	7	9	9	9	8	9	10	10	11	12	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	9	8

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 46', 90+2' Lowe 81'	Report	Keane 21'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 18,009 Referee: Lee Probert

12 August 2017 2	Oxford United	3–0	Portsmouth	Oxford
15:00 BST	Thomas 47' van Kessel 82' Ruffels 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 74' (pen.) 87'	Report	Chambers 3' Leahy 47' Guthrie 55' Devlin 63' Bakayoko 67'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 17,198 Referee: Brett Huxtable

26 August 2017 4	Wigan Athletic	1–1	Portsmouth	Wigan
15:00 BST	Toney 8' Dunkley 59'	Report	Chaplin 76' Evans 25' 89'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 9,685 Referee: Robert Jones

3 September 2017 5	Portsmouth	0–1	Rotherham United	Portsmouth
14:30 BST	Burgess 80'	Report	Taylor 36' Potter 60' Purrington 71' Vaulks 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 14' Pitman 38' (pen.) Chaplin 50' May 63' Burgess 79'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 4,585 Referee: Kevin Johnson

12 September 2017 7	Northampton Town	3–1	Portsmouth	Sixfields
19:45 BST	Long 18', 70' Crooks 35'	Report	Thompson 11' O'Keefe 14' Clarke 42' Kennedy 49' Lowe 62'	Stadium: Sixfields Attendance: 5,855 Referee: Darren Drysdale

16 September 2017 8	Portsmouth	4–1	Fleetwood Town	Portsmouth
15:00 BST	Pitman 41', 78' Lowe 57', 70'	Report	Bolger 34' Cole 52' Dempsey 66' 85'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 17,192 Referee: Dean Whitestone

23 September 2017 9	Scunthorpe United	2–0	Portsmouth	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	Novak 12' Holmes 33'	Report		Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,685 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

26 September 2017 10	Portsmouth	3–0	Bristol Rovers	Portsmouth
19:45 BST	O'Keefe 29' Hawkins 42' Pitman 77', 85'	Report	Harrison 39' Lockyer 57'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 17,716 Referee: John Busby

30 September 2017 11	Portsmouth	1–2	Oldham Athletic	Portsmouth
15:00 BST	Pitman 90' O'Keefe 90+5'	Report	Doyle 16', 47' Dummigan 33' Bryan 51' Byrne 66' Banks 83' Davies 90+4' Placide 90+6'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 17,848 Referee: Craig Hicks

8 October 2017 12	Gillingham	0–1	Portsmouth	Gillingham
14:30 BST	Ehmer 85'	Report	Clarke 45+1' Kennedy 46' Thompson 74'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 8,163 Referee: Chris Sarginson

14 October 2017 13	Portsmouth	2–0	Milton Keynes Dons	Portsmouth
15:00 BST	Hawkins 14', 45+2' Kennedy 51'	Report	Williams 45' Ebanks-Landell 90' Nicholls 90'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 17,608 Referee: Graham Horwood

17 October 2017 14	Doncaster Rovers	2–1	Portsmouth	Doncaster
19:45 BST	Mandeville 3' Burgess 5' (o.g.) Rowe 78'	Report	Baudry 54' (o.g.) Burgess 58' Donohue 71' O'Keefe 87'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 7,211 Referee: Martin Coy

21 October 2017 15	Blackburn Rovers	3–0	Portsmouth	Blackburn
15:00 BST	Dack 38' Graham 58' Nyambe 60' Samuel 87' Conway 90'	Report	Donohue 54'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: Chris Kavanagh Referee: 11,673

28 October 2017 16	Portsmouth	0–1	Bradford City	Portsmouth
15:00 BST	Donohue 79' Pitman 86'	Report	McMahon 75' Kilgallon 80'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 18,067 Referee: Dean Whitestone

11 November 2017 17	Blackpool	2–3	Portsmouth	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Solomon-Otabor 74' Hawkins 83' (o.g.)	Report	Pitman 52', 86' Close 80' Clarke 82'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 5,032 Referee: Jonathan Moss

18 November 2017 18	Portsmouth	1–0	Southend United	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT	Pitman 54'	Report	White 76'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 18,431 Referee: Carl Boyeson

21 November 2017 19	Peterborough United	2–1	Portsmouth	Peterborough
19:45 GMT	Grant 54' Marriott 58' Clarke 70' (o.g.) Edwards 86'	Report	Burgess 69' Chaplin 78'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 5,217 Referee: Craig Hicks

25 November 2017 20	Portsmouth	1–0	Plymouth Argyle	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT	Naismith 25' Kennedy 90+3'	Report	Sawyer 32' Diagouraga 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 71'	Report	Magennis 47' (o.g.) Evans 70' Thompson 73'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 16,361 Referee: Andrew Madley

16 December 2017 22	Portsmouth	1–0	Bury	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT	Bennett 17' Clarke 62' Evans 78'	Report	O'Connell 27'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 17,549 Referee: John Brooks

23 December 2017 23	Shrewsbury Town	2–0	Portsmouth	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Morris 57' Whalley 59' Payne 81' Nolan 89'	Report	Clarke 17' Lowe 29' Haunstrup 43'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 7,429 Referee: Darren Handley

26 December 2017 24	Portsmouth	2–1	AFC Wimbledon	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT	Close 45' Pitman 72' (pen.)	Report	Soares 9' Barcham 26' Taylor 50' (pen.) Fuller 71' Trotter 89'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 18,644 Referee: Lee Collins

30 December 2017 25	Portsmouth	3–1	Northampton Town	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT	Kennedy 41' 90+2' Pitman 42' Hawkins 45' 48'	Report	Long 36' McGugan 45+2' O'Toole 57'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 18,539 Referee: Lee Swabey

1 January 2018 26	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Portsmouth	Horfield
15:00 GMT	Partington 81' Sinclair 84' Sercombe 90'	Report	Hawkins 64'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 10,014 Referee: David Webb

13 January 2018 27	Portsmouth	1–1	Scunthorpe United	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT	Lowe 15' Clarke 78' Hawkins 89'	Report	van Veen 53' Bishop 76' Adelakun 82'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 17,741 Referee: Charles Breakspear

20 January 2018 28	Rotherham United	1–0	Portsmouth	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Emmanuel 31' Mattock 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 16' Evans 37'	Report	Bolton 21' C. Morris 38' Rodman 60' Payne 90'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 17,779 Referee: David Coote

3 February 2018 30	Portsmouth	2–2	Doncaster Rovers	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT	Walkes 19' Burgess 45+3' Donohue 45+3' Pitman 81' Burgess 90+3'	Report	Coppinger 4' Marquis 45+3' Marquis 63' Anderson 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 21' Tymon 70'	Report	Clarke 84', 86' Thompson 90' Chaplin 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 30' Chaplin 50'	Report	Dack 3' Armstrong 21', 87' Travis 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 6' (o.g.) Demetriou 12', 84'	Report	Evans 36' Thompson 64'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 9,397 Referee: Lee Probert

20 February 2018 34	Fleetwood Town	1–2	Portsmouth	Fleetwood
19:45 GMT	McAleny 81', 90+2' Hunter 80'	Report	Lowe 24' Hawkins 75'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,561 Referee: David Webb

24 February 2018 35	Portsmouth	0–2	Blackpool	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT	Lowe 17'	Report	Vassell 41' Ryan 56' Robertson 63'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 17,895 Referee: Gavin Ward

10 March 2018 36	Portsmouth	1–3	Gillingham	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT	Lowe 19' Burgess 28'	Report	Wilkinson 48' Martin 66', 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 29', 42' 90+5' Clarke 47' Donohue 90+9'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 4,306 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

25 March 2018 38	Portsmouth	3–0	Oxford United	Portsmouth
15:00 BST	Naismith 5' 46' Thompson 45' McGee 63' Pitman 69' 79'	Report	Ledson 14' Dickie 27' Mowatt 62' Brannagan 75'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 17,892 (1,050 away) Referee: Charles Breakspear

31 March 2018 39	Walsall	0–1	Portsmouth	Bescot
15:00 BST	Devlin 36' Bakayoko 58' Guthrie 76' Morris 87'	Report	Donohue 43' Evans 79' Walkes 86'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 5,159 Referee: Darren Handley

2 April 2018 40	Portsmouth	2–1	Wigan Athletic	Portsmouth
17:30 BST	Thompson 25' Pitman 40' (pen.) Lowe 55' Walkes 71' Naismith 81'	Report	Elder 19' Grigg 89' Walton 90+4'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 17,842 Referee: Tim Robinson

7 April 2018 41	Rochdale	3–3	Portsmouth	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Inman 13' Humphrys 57' Henderson 71'	Report	Pitman 26' 62' Done 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 14' Lund 71' Wyke 90+5'	Report	Pitman 61', 90' O'Keefe 90'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 19,554 Referee: Andy Woolmer

21 April 2018 44	Portsmouth	0–1	Charlton Athletic	Portsmouth
15:00 BST	Pitman 82' Evans 90+1'	Report	Ajose 40' Kashi 79' Dasilva 81'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 19,210 Referee: Mark Heywood

28 April 2018 45	Bury	1–0	Portsmouth	Bury
15:00 BST	Miller 53' 67'	Report	Thompson 40' Donohue 48'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 4,575 Referee: Andy Haines

5 May 2018 46	Portsmouth	2–0	Peterborough United	Portsmouth
17:30 BST	Pitman 13', 25' Thompson 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 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.^[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 v t e	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	Advance to Round 2
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 54', 66' Naismith 57'	Report	Humphrys 21' Williams 62' (pen.) Adebayo 82'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 1,520
	Penalties
	Chaplin Naismith Bennett Evans		Williams Humphrys Þorsteinsson Kavanagh

3 October 2017 Group Game 2	Portsmouth	3–1	Crawley Town	Portsmouth
19:45 BST	May 27' Clarke 30' Hawkins 35' O'Keefe 71'	Report	Djaló 53' Sanoh 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 19'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 1,307 Referee: Nick Kinseley

2 December 2017 Second round	Portsmouth	2–0	Northampton Town	Portsmouth
12:30 GMT	Evans 41' O'Keefe 58'	Report		Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 1,780 Referee: Tom Nield

9 January 2018 Third round	Portsmouth	1-2	Chelsea U21s	Portsmouth
19:45 GMT	Pitman 90+3' Burgess 90+4'	Report	Musonda 58' 90+6'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 3,116 Referee: Gavin Ward

References

^ "Pompey 3 Fulham under-21s 3: Neil Allen's match report". The News. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Duo offered professional deals". Portsmouth F.C. 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.
^ "Pompey sign Donohue". Portsmouth Official Site. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ "Blues Bring In Hawkins". Portsmouth Official Site. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017

[10] Stanley Aborah joined Waterford following his release.^[9]

[13] Calvin Davies joined Bognor Regis following his release.^[11]

[16] Noel Hunt joined Wigan Athletic following his release.^[13]

[23] Gary Roberts joined Wigan Athletic following his departure.^[19]

[28] Michael Smith joined Bury following his departure.^[23]

[table_note_res_PLPO0.10534102428022-48] Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the EFL Championship.

[1] "Pompey 3 Fulham under-21s 3: Neil Allen's match report". The News. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.

[Pro-2] "Duo offered professional deals". Portsmouth F.C. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.

[3] "Pompey Sign Thompson". Portsmouth Official Site. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

[4] "Pompey Sign McGee". Portsmouth Official Site. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2017.

[5] "Pitman Signs For Pompey". Portsmouth Official Site. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.

[6] "Pompey sign Donohue". Portsmouth Official Site. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.

[7] "Blues Bring In Hawkins". Portsmouth Official Site. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017

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