Pompey History Society
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The society is registered Charity (No 1201687), run by supporters and recognised by the club, which is committed to preserving and celebrating the rich heritage of Portsmouth FC - Pompey to their fans across the globe - the most successful club in the south of England.
Featured Collections
The featured collections below are the first phase of a Heritage Fund project, run by the society, to tell the story of Pompey: Champions of England seventy years on.
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Latest News
February 2026 Newsletter
Posted on 2nd Feb 2026 by David Taylor
February Newsletter As this is our first newsletter of 2026, can we start by wishing you a belated “happy new year”. We might not have sent out a January newsletter but we have still been busy! Having achieved our Peter Harris medal appeal targe …
Peter Harris medal target reached
Posted on 19th Dec 2025 by David Taylor
Pompey legend Peter Harris’s two championship medals from 1949 and 1950 are now in the Pompey History Society’s archive after its 15-month campaign to raise £25,000 to buy them before the centenary of his birth on December 19 came to a suc …
Curry Night success
Posted on 3rd Dec 2025 by David Taylor
A Pompey-themed curry menu has helped the Pompey History Society close in on its £25,000 target to buy the championship medals of a club legend. The society’s campaign to raise £25,000 to buy Peter Harris’s medals from 1949 and 1950 raised aro …
