2004–05 Portsmouth F.C. season

Season summary

Portsmouth's campaign got off to a good start, winning four of their first ten games including the famous, brilliant 2-0 win over Manchester United as they maintained a strong mid-table position in late October. However, manager Harry Redknapp walked out on Portsmouth in November after a row with chairman Milan Mandaric over the appointment of new Director of Football Velimir Zajec at the club. Zajec replaced Redknapp as manager with immediate effect, but under his management the club's form dipped, bringing the club from the top ten to a few points above the relegation zone. In April, Zajec was replaced by Frenchman Alain Perrin; Perrin managed to secure Portsmouth's Premiership status with a few games of the season left. Despite this, Portsmouth still played a pivotal role in the "Survival Sunday" relegation drama - by losing 2–0 at West Bromwich Albion they both secured Albion's Premiership status and helped relegate arch-rivals Southampton (although Southampton were beaten 2–1 at home by Manchester United and would have been relegated even if Albion had lost).

Kit

Portsmouth retained the previous season's kit, manufactured under the club's own brand, Pompey Sport.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

In

Andy Griffin - Newcastle United, free, 26 May 2004

David Unsworth - Everton, free, 12 July 2004

Lomana Tresor LuaLua - Newcastle United, undisclosed (estimated £1,750,000), 12 July 2004

Andrea Guatelli - Fiorenzuola, free, 2 August 2004

Aliou Cissé - Birmingham City, £300,000, 6 August 2004

Ricardo Fuller - Preston North End, £1,000,000, 20 August 2004

Diomansy Kamara - Modena, £2,500,000, 30 August 2004

Valéry Mézague - Montpellier, season loan, 31 August 2004

Giannis Skopelitis - Egaleo, 28 January 2005, season loan with option of making permanent, £300,000 rising to £1,000,000 if made permanent

Kostas Chalkias - Panathinaikos, 28 January 2005, nominal fee

Aleksander Rodić - NK Gorica, 31 January 2005, undisclosed

Jamie Ashdown - Reading, undisclosed, June 2004, undisclosed

Out

Tim Sherwood - Coventry City, free, 9 July 2004

Teddy Sheringham West Ham United, free, 14 July 2004

Deon Burton - Brentford, undisclosed, 16 July 2004 (officially joined 1 August)

Ivica Mornar - Rennes, season loan, 8 August 2004

Eddie Howe - Bournemouth, free, 12 November 2004

Lewis Buxton - Stoke City, 24 December 2004

Anthony Pulis - Stoke City, 24 December 2004

Nigel Quashie - Southampton, £2,100,000, 17 January 2005

Amdy Faye - Newcastle United, £2,000,000, 23 January 2005

Kevin Harper - Stoke City, undisclosed, 1 February 2005

David Unsworth - Ipswich Town, four-month loan, 15 February 2005

Alan Knight - retired, 2004

Warren Hunt - Fareham Town, 2004

Sebastian Olszar - Polonia Warsaw, 2004

Carl Robinson - Sunderland, 2004

Sébastien Schemmel - Le Havre, December 2004

Eyal Berkovic - Maccabi Tel Aviv, January 2005

John Curtis - Nottingham Forest, free, January 2005

Harald Wapenaar - Vitesse Arnhem, 2005

Rowan Vine - Luton Town, loan, 2004

Mark Burchill - Hearts, loan

Transfers in: £5,750,000 Transfers out: £4,100,000 Total spending: £1,650,000

FA Cup

Third round: Portsmouth 1-0 Gillingham (Yakubu 49)

Fourth round: Southampton 2-1 Portsmouth (Oakley 54, Crouch 90 pen.; Yakubu 57 pen.)

League Cup

Second round: Tranmere Rovers 0-1 Portsmouth (Kamara 65)

Third round: Portsmouth 2-1 Leeds United (Kamara 14, Berkovic 32 pen.; Deane 40)

Fourth round: Cardiff City 0-2 Portsmouth (Yakubu 47, 55 pen.)

Quarter-finals: Watford 3-0 Portsmouth (Helguson 24, 57, Dyer 61)