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Potato field to world-renowned atmosphere – celebrating Portmouth’s Fratton Park

The Pompey pub club offices and matching clubhouse, with its mock-Tudor frontage, at Fratton Park. Colin McPherson/WSC Photos

For 125 years, opposition players and managers have left the Archibald Leitch-designed south coast stadium with the Pompey Chimes ringing in their ears

Monday, January 9th, 2023 - Stories

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Friday, May 13th, 2022 - Stories

Bringing down the house: Scoring a stadium’s final goal is an honour that can never be taken away

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From Doncaster loanee Theo Streete’s sole Football League strike to Thierry Henry capping off his Highbury love affair, being the last or first to score at a ground secures your place in history

Wednesday, January 6th, 2021 - Stories

Daniel Gray column: A stadium’s final farewell should come with a bang, not a whimper

Fans of Brentford, Boston United and York City didn’t get to say a proper goodbye to their beloved grounds – but at least they were spared the hollow choreography of a closing ceremony

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020 - Stories

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Potato field to world-renowned atmosphere – celebrating Portmouth’s Fratton Park

WSC 421 out now

June issue available now online and in store

Bringing down the house: Scoring a stadium’s final goal is an honour that can never be taken away

From Doncaster loanee Theo Streete’s sole Football League strike to Thierry Henry capping off his Highbury love affair, being the last or first to score at a ground secures your place in history

Daniel Gray column: A stadium’s final farewell should come with a bang, not a whimper

Fans of Brentford, Boston United and York City didn’t get to say a proper goodbye to their beloved grounds – but at least they were spared the hollow choreography of a closing ceremony