Editing Portsmouth (section)

== Sport ==

[[File:Fratton Park, Sep 2006.jpg|thumb|right|Fratton Park, home of Portsmouth F.C.|alt=Fratton Park football stadium at night, home of Portsmouth F.C. The pitch is lit by floodlights.]]

[[Portsmouth F.C.]] play their home games at [[Fratton Park]]. They have won two [[Football League]] titles (1949 and 1950),<ref>{{cite web |title=Pompey FC Results – Season 1948 to 1949 |url=http://www.pompeyrama.com/pompey-fc-results-3-season-1948-49.html |publisher=Portsmouth Arena |access-date=31 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090811094825/http://www.pompeyrama.com/pompey-fc-results-3-season-1948-49.html |archive-date=11 August 2009}}</ref><ref name="rsssf">{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1949-50.html |title=English Football League 1949–50 |publisher=Rec Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=24 February 2010}}</ref> and won the [[FA Cup]] in 1939 and 2008.{{sfn|Neasom|1984|p=21}}<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/7393770.stm |work=BBC News |title=Portsmouth 1–0 Cardiff |date=17 May 2008 |access-date=22 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090121132638/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/7393770.stm |archive-date=21 January 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> The club returned to the [[Premier League]] in 2003.<ref>{{cite news |title=Portsmouth clinch promotion and championship |url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/2003/0427/portsmouth.html |publisher=RTÉ Sport |date=27 April 2003 |access-date=27 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810205524/http://www.rte.ie/sport/2003/0427/portsmouth.html |archive-date=10 August 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> They were relegated to the [[Football League Championship|Championship]] in 2010 and, experiencing serious financial difficulties in February 2012,<ref>{{cite web |title=Portsmouth FC winding up would be 'utter disaster' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-16911355 |website=BBC News |publisher=BBC |access-date=3 September 2016 |date=6 February 2012}}</ref> were relegated again to [[Football League One|League One]]. The club was relegated the following year to [[EFL League Two|League Two]], the fourth tier of [[Football in England#Men's League system|English football]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22182724 |title=Portsmouth relegation: Guy Whittingham remains positive |work=BBC Sport |date=17 April 2013}}</ref> Portsmouth{{nbsp}}F.C. was purchased in April 2013 by the Pompey Supporters Trust, becoming the largest fan-owned club in English Football history.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gibson |first1=Owen |title=Portsmouth fans celebrate 'historic day' as deal done for Fratton Park |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/apr/10/portsmouth-future-fratton-park-ownership |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=31 July 2016 |date=10 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Simon |first1=Mundie |title=Portsmouth FC begin new era as football league starts |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/23527669/portsmouth-fc-begin-new-era-as-football-league-starts |website=Newsbeat |publisher=BBC |access-date=3 September 2016 |date=2 August 2013}}</ref> In May 2017, as League Two champions, they were promoted to [[EFL League One|League One]] for the 2017–18 season. They won promotion back to the Championship as Champions of League One in May 2024.

[[Moneyfields F.C.]] have played in the [[Wessex Football League]] Premier Division since 1998.<ref>{{cite web |title=Moneyfields FC overview and statistics |url=https://www.fchd.info/MONEYFIE.HTM |publisher=Football Club History Database |access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> [[United Services Portsmouth F.C.]] (formerly known as Portsmouth Royal Navy) and [[Baffins Milton Rovers F.C.]] compete in Wessex League Division One; United Services was founded in 1962,<ref>{{cite web |title=United Services Portsmouth history |url=http://www.unitedservicesportsmouthfc.co.uk/HISTORY.htm |publisher=United Services Portsmouth |access-date=31 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070818043705/http://www.unitedservicesportsmouthfc.co.uk/HISTORY.htm |archive-date=18 August 2007}}</ref> and Baffins Milton Rovers in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=Baffins Milton Rovers FC overview |url=http://wessexleague.co.uk/?wfl-club=baffins-milton-rovers-fc |website=Sydenham |publisher=Wessex League |access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> The [[rugby union|rugby]] teams [[United Services Portsmouth Rugby Football Club|United Services Portsmouth RFC]] and [[Royal Navy Rugby Union]] play their home matches at the [[United Services Recreation Ground]]. Royal Navy Rugby Union play in the annual [[Army Navy Match]] at [[Twickenham]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navyrugbyunion.co.uk/fixtures/tables/senior-xv |title=Fixtures: Royal Navy Rugby Union |publisher=Navy Rugby Union |access-date=18 March 2015}}</ref>

Portsmouth began hosting [[first-class cricket]] at the United Services Recreation Ground in 1882,<ref>{{cite web |title=United Services Recreation Ground info |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/ground/57257.html |website=Cricinfo |publisher=ESPN |access-date=2 September 2016}}</ref> and [[Hampshire County Cricket Club]] matches were played there from 1895 to 2000. In 2000, Hampshire moved their home matches to the new [[Rose Bowl (cricket ground)|Rose Bowl]] cricket ground in [[West End, Hampshire|West End]].<ref name="PRO">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/89090.html |title=United Services Portsmouth – The Hampshire Years 1888–2000 |last=Allen |first=Dave |date=20 July 2000 |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=29 December 2011}}</ref> Portsmouth is home to two [[Field hockey|hockey]] clubs: Portsmouth Hockey Club, based at the [[Admiral Lord Nelson School]] and United Services Portsmouth Hockey Club, based on Burnaby Road.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/usphc/contact/ |title=United Services Hockey Club contact information |publisher=Pitcher |access-date=23 August 2016}}</ref> Great Salterns Golf Club, established in 1926,<ref>{{cite book |title=Records of the Corporation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vv8hAQAAIAAJ |year=1966 |publisher=Published under Official Authority by Charpentier |page=71}}</ref> is an 18-hole parkland course with two holes played across a lake;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.golftoday.co.uk/clubhouse/coursedir/hampshire/greatsalterns.html |title=Great Salterns Golf Course/Portsmouth Golf Centre |publisher=Golf Today |access-date=1 October 2016 |archive-date=2 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002045141/http://www.golftoday.co.uk/clubhouse/coursedir/hampshire/greatsalterns.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> there are coastal courses at [[Hayling Golf Club|Hayling]] and the Gosport and Stokes Bay Golf Club.<ref name="GM"/> Boxing was a popular sport between 1910 and 1960, and a monument commemorating the city's boxing heritage was built in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-40991890|title=Memorial commemorates Portsmouth boxing greats|date=21 August 2017|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>