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Description: | Ray Hirons was born in Gosport on 22 July 1943. He joined Pompey in 1964 and made his debut in September 1964. His 100th league goal was scored at home against Nottingham Forest.
Portsmouth Football Club was formed on the 5th April 1898 at 12 High Street Portsmouth. Five businessmen purchased land close to Goldsmith Avenue for a football club and Portsmouth Football Club was born.
The five men were John Brickwood, head of Brickwoods Brewery, George Oliver, founder of a local private school, Alfred Bourne, architect and surveyor, John Peters, a local wine importer and William Wigginton a governmental contractor.
Ref; Jeffs, P. Portsmouth Football Club 1898-1998. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | The News, Portsmouth | Subjects: | Fratton Park football pompey | Temporal: | start=1973-02-19; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | The News, Portsmouth | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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