Cup

So today it's F.A. Cup time. The last game of the round against Preston away we should be to strong for them' but this is the cup I can't wait for this one. I just hope Pompey's trip to Spain has done them some good!!!!!!!

Play Up Pompey!!!!!!

Bolton 0-1 Pompey

I know it's a bit late but I am still in shock about this win. No way in the world we should of won this, but it is good to get one back on this shower, and it was offside and stood good.
Play up Pompey

Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Andrew O'Brien, Cahill, Gardner, Nolan, Campo, Guthrie (Cohen 87), Diouf (Rasiak 60), Davies, Taylor (Giannakopoulos 82).
Subs Not Used: Al Habsi, Samuel.

Booked: Guthrie.

Portsmouth: James, Lauren, Campbell, Hreidarsson, Pamarot (Aubey 27), Hughes, Diarra, Diop, Kranjcar (Utaka 74), Baros (Kanu 46), Defoe.
Subs Not Used: Ashdown, Davis.

Booked: Hughes.

Goal: Diarra 81.

Att: 18,544

Ref: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire).

Pompey 1-1 Chelsea

Portsmouth: James, Johnson, Campbell, Pamarot, Hreidarsson, Davis (Mvuemba 68), Diarra, Hughes, Kranjcar, Baros, Defoe.
Subs Not Used: Ashdown, Aubey, Lauren, Pedro Mendes.

Booked: Davis, Pamarot.

Goals: Defoe 64.

Chelsea: Cech, Belletti, Ben-Haim, Alex, Ashley Cole, Makelele, Wright-Phillips, Ballack, Malouda (Pizarro 74), Joe Cole, Anelka.
Subs Not Used: Cudicini, Sidwell, Bridge, Ferreira.

Goals: Anelka 55.

Att: 20,488

Ref: Howard Webb (S Yorkshire)

Manchester United 2-0 Pompey

Well I knew this was a home banker and we were awful, hats why I forgot to post this result till now. I have to say what a free kick lovley one from Ronaldo top player.

Man Utd: Van der Sar, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Nani, Scholes (Anderson 62), Carrick, Park, Ronaldo (Hargreaves 73), Rooney (Tevez 73).
Subs Not Used: Kuszczak, O'Shea.

Goals: Ronaldo 10, 13.

Portsmouth: James, Johnson, Campbell, Distin (Hreidarsson 46), Pamarot, Lauren (Mvuemba 46), Davis, Diarra, Kranjcar, Baros (Hughes 78), Mwaruwari.
Subs Not Used: Begovic, Pedro Mendes.

Booked: Pamarot.

Att: 75,415

Ref: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire).

Defoe

Jermain Defoe signed for Pompey and immediately revealed that he wants to score the goals to fire Pompey into Europe. It's good to see him at Pompey at last. It is just a shame we my lose Benjani to Man City but thats Football.

Play Up Pompey!!!!!!!!!!

Pub

The Mary Rose, St George's Road, Old Portsmouth drink!!!!!!!

deadline day is over or is it?

Portsmouth have contacted the Premier League to see whether Benjani's move to Manchester City can still go ahead.

Pompey claim they went ahead with the purchase of Jermain Defoe from Spurs after City told them they had submitted the relevant forms for Benjani.

But City say the transfer collapsed because the Zimbabwean arrived too late in Manchester to complete the deal before the midnight deadline.

The Premier League is examining the timeline of the relevant paperwork.

Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp revealed the club had received a call at 2355 GMT - five minutes before the transfer window closed - from Manchester City saying they had completed the relevant documents to sign Benjani.

"That's when Peter Storrie (Portsmouth chief executive) gave the go-ahead for our forms (to register Defoe) to go through," said Redknapp.

"Once their forms were sent, we had to get ours off very quickly. I thought we were struggling for time."

But after completing the Defoe deal for £9m, Portsmouth were then contacted by the Premier League at 0015 GMT saying they had not received all the documents to complete the Benjani deal.

However, Manchester City maintain the 29-year-old did not turn up in time to complete a medical.

"Their one had dragged on a bit because Benji had a bit of a delay getting there with one thing and another," said Redknapp.

"As far as we knew, they sent their forms so I don't see why there should be a problem."

"The grey area now is what paperwork was sent (to the Premier League) at what time between 2355 GMT and midnight," said BBC Sport's John Southall.

If the Benjani deal does fall through, it could leave Portsmouth financially short having banked on using the reported £7m transfer fee to fund Defoe's move from White Hart Lane.

"If 'Benj' is back then we'll have to see where we go with that one," said Redknapp.

"He's a good player and we didn't want to lose him. But we just needed to balance the books with him going and Defoe coming."