2016–17 Portsmouth F.C. season

Portsmouth

2016–17 season
Owner	Pompey Supporters Trust
Chairman	Iain McInnes
Manager	Paul Cook
Stadium	Fratton Park
FA Cup	First round (vs. Wycombe Wanderers)
League Cup	First round (vs. Coventry City)
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season is Portsmouth's 118th season of existence and their fourth consecutive season in League Two.^[1] Along with competing in League Two, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Players

Squad details

As of 4 October 2016

No.	Name	Pos.	Nat.	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Club apps	Club goals	Int. caps	Int. goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	David Forde	GK		Galway	20 December 1979	11	0	24	0	Millwall	28 July 2016	Loan	30 June 2017
13	Liam O'Brien	GK		Ruislip	30 November 1991	2	0	–	–	Academy	8 August 2016	Free	8 October 2016
34	Nick Hall	GK		Portsmouth	29 December 1998	–	–	–	–	Academy	30 August 2016	Trainee	30 June 2018
Defenders
2	Tom Davies	CB		Warrington	18 April 1992	8	0	–	–	Accrington Stanley	22 June 2016	Free	30 June 2018
3	Enda Stevens	LB		Dublin	9 July 1990	63	0	–	–	Aston Villa	15 June 2015	Free	30 June 2017
5	Matt Clarke	CB/CM		Barham	22 September 1996	36	1	–	–	Ipswich Town	20 May 2016	Swap	30 June 2018
6	Christian Burgess	CB		Barking	7 October 1991	54	3	–	–	Peterborough Utd.	25 June 2015	Undisc.	30 June 2018
16	Jack Whatmough	CB		Gosport	19 August 1996[2]	41	0	–	–	Academy	19 August 2013	Free	30 June 2017
21	Adam Buxton	LB		Liverpool	12 May 1992	2	0	–	–	Accrington Stanley	4 August 2016	Free	30 June 2017
25	Drew Talbot	RB/LB/RM		Barnsley	12 July 1986	6	0	–	–	Chesterfield	22 June 2016	Free	30 June 2018
38	Brandon Haunstrup	LB		Waterlooville	26 October 1996	6	0	–	–	Academy	25 June 2015	Free	30 June 2017
—	Dominic Hyam	CB		Leuchars	20 December 1995	–	–	–	–	Reading	31 August 2016	Loan	8 January 2017
Midfielders
4	Danny Rose	CM		Bristol	21 February 1988	11	1	–	–	Northampton Town	3 June 2016	Free	30 June 2017
7	Carl Baker	RW/AM		Prescot	26 December 1982	11	4	–	–	MK Dons	14 June 2016	Free	30 June 2018
8	Michael Doyle	CM		Dublin	8 August 1981	61	2	1	0	Sheffield United	6 July 2015	Free	30 June 2017
10	Milan Lalkovič	LW/RW/ST		Košice	9 December 1992	10	1	–	–	Walsall	28 June 2016	Comp.	30 June 2018
11	Gary Roberts	LW/AM		Liverpool	18 March 1984	49	16	–	–	Chesterfield	17 June 2015	Undisc.	30 June 2018
22	Kal Naismith	RW/LW/ST		Glasgow	18 February 1992	33	4	–	–	Accrington Stanley	28 May 2015	Undisc.	30 June 2018
23	Kyle Bennett	LW/RW		Telford	9 September 1990	61	7	–	–	Doncaster Rovers	21 May 2015	Free	30 June 2017
24	Amine Linganzi	CM		Algiers	16 November 1989	5	0	4	0	Fréjus	8 August 2016	Free	8 October 2016
26	Gareth Evans	RW/LW		Macclesfield	26 April 1988	57	10	–	–	Fleetwood Town	28 July 2015	Free	30 June 2017
30	Adam May	CM		Southampton	6 December 1997	7	0	–	–	Academy	17 April 2015	Free	30 June 2017
32	C. Oxlade-Chamberlain	CM		Portsmouth	24 June 1998	1	0	–	–	Academy	31 October 2015	Trainee	30 June 2017
33	Ben Close	CM		Portsmouth	8 August 1996	25	0	–	–	Academy	3 May 2014	Free	30 June 2017
Forwards
9	Michael Smith	ST		Wallsend	17 October 1991	24	7	–	–	Swindon Town	23 June 2016	Undisc.	30 June 2018
14	Curtis Main	ST		South Shields	20 June 1992	11	5	–	–	Doncaster Rovers	4 July 2016	Undisc.	30 June 2018
19	Conor Chaplin	ST/LW		Worthing	16 February 1997	58	15	–	–	Academy	20 October 2014	Free	30 June 2018
20	Noel Hunt	ST		Waterford	26 December 1982	7	0	3	0	Ipswich Town	4 August 2016	Free	30 June 2017

Transfers

In

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
35	GK		Alex Bass	18	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Summer	2017	Free	[3]
31	DF		Calvin Davies	18	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Summer	2017	Free	[3]
32	MF		Christian Oxlade-Chamberlain	16	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Summer	2017	Free	[3]
20	DF		Matt Clarke	19	EU	Ipswich Town	Swap	Summer	2018	Swap	[4]
4	MF		Danny Rose	28	EU	Northampton Town	Transfer	Summer	2017	Free	[5]
7	MF		Carl Baker	33	EU	Milton Keynes Dons	Transfer	Summer	2018	Free	[6]
25	DF		Drew Talbot	29	EU	Chesterfield	Transfer	Summer	2018	Free	[7]
9	FW		Michael Smith	24	EU	Swindon Town	Transfer	Summer	2018	Undisclosed	[8]
10	MF		Milan Lalkovič	23	EU	Walsall	Transfer	Summer	2018	Compensation	[9]
2	DF		Tom Davies	24	EU	Accrington Stanley	Transfer	Summer	2018	Free	[10]
14	FW		Curtis Main	24	EU	Doncaster Rovers	Transfer	Summer	2018	Undisclosed	[11]
1	GK		David Forde	36	EU	Millwall	Loan	Summer	2017	Free	[12]
21	DF		Adam Buxton	24	EU	Accrington Stanley	Transfer	Summer	2017	Free	[13]
20	FW		Noel Hunt	33	EU	Southend United	Transfer	Summer	2017	Free	[14]
24	MF		Amine Linganzi	26	EU	Fréjus	Transfer	Summer	2016	Free	[15]
13	GK		Liam O'Brien	24	EU	Dagenham & Redbridge	Transfer	Summer	2016	Free	[15]
	DF		Dominic Hyam	20	EU	Reading	Loan	Summer	2016	Free	[16]
17	FW		Jamal Lowe	22	EU	Hampton & Richmond	Transfer	Winter	2018	Undisclosed	[17]

Total spending: £0

Out

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
24	GK		Brian Murphy	32	EU	Cardiff City	Released	Summer	Free	[18][19]
—	DF		Chad Field	19	EU	Bognor Regis Town	Released	Summer	Free	[18]
—	DF		Snorre Nilsen	19	EU	Free agent	Released	Summer	Free	[18]
40	MF		Kaleem Haitham	17	EU	Free agent	Released	Summer	Free	[20]
31	FW		Brandon Joseph-Buadi	18	EU	Free agent	Released	Summer	Free	[20]
—	FW		Liam Sayers	18	EU	Free agent	Released	Summer	Free	[20]
20	DF		Matt Clarke	19	EU	Ipswich Town	Loan Return	Summer	Free	[18]
17	DF		Kieron Freeman	24	EU	Sheffield United	Loan Return	Summer	Free	[18]
27	GK		Ryan Fulton	19	EU	Liverpool	Loan Return	Summer	Free	[18]
10	FW		Marc McNulty	23	EU	Sheffield United	Loan Return	Summer	Free	[18]
25	FW		Conor Wilkinson	21	EU	Bolton Wanderers	Loan Return	Summer	Free	[18]
4	DF		Adam Webster	21	EU	Ipswich Town	Swap	Summer	£750,000+swap	[4]
2	DF		Ben Davies	35	EU	Grimsby Town	Transfer	Summer	Free	[21]
9	FW		Matt Tubbs	31	EU	Forest Green Rovers	Transfer	Summer	Free	[22]
7	FW		Adam McGurk	27	EU	Cambridge United	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[23]
1	GK		Paul Jones	30	EU	Norwich City	Transfer	Summer	Free	[24]
29	MF		Danny Hollands	30	EU	Crewe Alexandra	Transfer	Summer	Free	[25]
15	MF		Adam Barton	25	EU	Partick Thistle	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[26]
	MF		Christian Oxlade-Chamberlain	18	EU	Eastbourne Borough	Loan	During season	Free	[27]

Total gaining: £750,000

Contracts

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Status	Contract length	Expiry date	Source
33	MF		Ben Close	19	Signed	1 year	June 2017	[18]
30	MF		Adam May	18	Signed	1 year	June 2017	[18]
18	MF		Ben Tollitt	21	Signed	1 year	June 2017	[18]
36	DF		Dory Yates	18	Signed	6 months	January 2017	[20]

Last updated:

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

Sligo Rovers v Portsmouth

6 July 2016	Sligo Rovers	3–3	Portsmouth	Sligo
18:15	Peers  70' (pen.) Sadlier  85', 88'	Report	Roberts  9' Chaplin  17', 39'	Stadium: Showgrounds Referee: Alan Kelly

Bohemians v Portsmouth

9 July 2016	Bohemians	0–2	Portsmouth	Phibsborough
15:00		Report	Rose  33' Chaplin  45+1'	Stadium: Dalymount Park

Havant & Waterlooville v Portsmouth

13 July 2016	Havant & Waterlooville	0–5	Portsmouth	Havant
19:00		Report	Roberts  12' Baker  45', 56' Hunt  69' Main  73'	Stadium: West Leigh Park Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Dean Treleaven

Sutton United v Portsmouth

16 July 2016	Sutton United	2–1	Portsmouth	Sutton
15:00	Deacon  8' Gomis  33'	Report	Oxlade-Chamberlain  81'	Stadium: Gander Green Lane Attendance: 1,188 Referee: Craig Hicks

Portsmouth v AFC Bournemouth

23 July 2016	Portsmouth	3–3	AFC Bournemouth	Portsmouth
15:00	Roberts  4' Smith  26' May  88'	Report	Grabban  24' Ibe  70' Gosling  79'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 5,153 (531 away fans) Referee: James Linington

Bognor Regis Town v Portsmouth

27 July 2016	Bognor Regis Town	1–4	Portsmouth	Bognor Regis
19:15	Whyte  48'	Report	Chaplin  27' Main  43' Smith  67' (pen.) May  74'	Stadium: Nyewood Lane Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Tim Robinson

Bristol City v Portsmouth

30 July 2016	Bristol City	0–0	Portsmouth	Bristol
15:00		Report		Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 5,317 (721 Pompey fans) Referee: Kevin Friend

Portsmouth XI v Liverpool Foundation

1 August 2016	Portsmouth XI	7-0	Liverpool Foundation	Copnor
	Hunt May Evans Chaplin Tollitt Naismith	Report		Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

League Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
2	Carlisle United	19	10	8	1	37	23	+14	38	Promotion to Football League One
3	Plymouth Argyle	19	12	2	5	29	21	+8	38
4	Portsmouth	19	9	4	6	32	20	+12	31	Qualification for League Two play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
5	Luton Town	19	8	7	4	28	18	+10	31
6	Yeovil Town	19	8	4	7	24	23	+1	28

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

Matches

Portsmouth v Carlisle United

6 August 2016 1	Portsmouth	1–1	Carlisle United	Portsmouth
15:00 BST	Baker  42'	Report	Lambe  14' Devitt  28' Gillespie  73'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 17,570 (481 away fans) Referee: Graham Salisbury

Crewe Alexandra v Portsmouth

13 August 2016 2	Crewe Alexandra	0–0	Portsmouth	Crewe
15:00 BST	Dagnall  89'	Report	Naismith  84'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 4,742 (1,257 Pompey fans) Referee: Dean Whitestone

Morecambe v Portsmouth

16 August 2016 3	Morecambe	2-0	Portsmouth	Morecambe
19:45 BST	Edwards  10' Barkhuizen  21'	Report		Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,838 Referee: Nigel Miller

Portsmouth v Colchester United

20 August 2016 4	Portsmouth	2–0	Colchester United	Portsmouth
15:00 BST	Doyle  29' Roberts  79' (pen.), 84'	Report	Guthrie  17' Kinsella  27'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 15,967 (442 away fans) Referee: Charles Breakspear

Exeter City v Portsmouth

27 August 2016 5	Exeter City	0–1	Portsmouth	Exeter
15:00 BST	Harley  25' Sweeney  85' Riley-Lowe  90'	Report	Roberts  85' (pen.)	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 4,512 Referee: Gavin Ward

Portsmouth v Crawley Town

3 September 2016 6	Portsmouth	3–0	Crawley Town	Portsmouth
15:00 BST	Main  9', 37'  33' Roberts  12' Davies  63'	Report	Blackman  30'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 16,347 Referee: Ben Toner

Portsmouth v Wycombe Wanderers

10 September 2016 7	Portsmouth	4–2	Wycombe Wanderers	Portsmouth
15:00 BST	Roberts  28' Burgess  34' Chaplin  45+4' Baker  53'  72'	Report	Hayes  10', 45+1' Pierre  28' Sido Jombati  42' Thompson  45+6' Gape  61' Harriman  65' Blackman  72' Stewart  90+1'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 16,262 (489 away fans) Referee: Tim Robinson

Accrington Stanley v Portsmouth

17 September 2016 8	Accrington Stanley	1–0	Portsmouth	Accrington
15:00 BST	McConville  46' Lacey  52'	Report	Davies  86'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 2,461 (806 Pompey fans) Referee: Mark Haywood

Portsmouth v Barnet

24 September 2016 9	Portsmouth	5–1	Barnet	Portsmouth
15:00 BST	Chaplin  34'  72' Roberts  50'  88' Baker  56' Lalkovič  78' Rose  90+2'	Report	Akinde  27' (pen.) Watson  29' Batt  59' Dembélé  64'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 16,280 Referee: Darren England

Blackpool v Portsmouth

27 September 2016 10	Blackpool	3–1	Portsmouth	Blackpool
19:45 BST	Mellor  18' Potts  49' Vassell  65' Gnanduillet  76'	Report	Chaplin  34' Bennett  70' Doyle  86'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 3,055 Referee: David Webb

Portsmouth v Doncaster Rovers

1 October 2016 11	Portsmouth	1–2	Doncaster Rovers	Portsmouth
15:00 BST	Evans  36' Baker  41'	Report	Marquis  7'  90' Williams  34' Butler  58' Evina  88'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 16,950 Referee: Darren Deadman

Leyton Orient v Portsmouth

8 October 2016 12	Leyton Orient	0–1	Portsmouth	Leyton, London
15:00 BST		Report	Bennett  30' Stevens  34' Burgess  57'	Stadium: Matchroom Stadium Attendance: 6,078 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Plymouth Argyle v Portsmouth

15 October 2016 13	Plymouth Argyle	2–2	Portsmouth	Plymouth
15:00 BST	Songo'o  21'  21' Purrington  34' Slew  43' Smith  89'	Report	Chaplin  27' Bennett  40' Evans  45+1' Rose  86'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 13,508 Referee: Darren Handley

Portsmouth v Notts County

22 October 2016 14	Portsmouth	1–2	Notts County	Portsmouth
15:00 BST	Chaplin  27' Doyle  74'	Report	Campbell  21', 71' Laing  48' Collins  77'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 17,269 Referee: Nigel Miller

Cambridge United v Portsmouth

29 October 2016 15	Cambridge United	0–1	Portsmouth	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Dunne  25' Halliday  80' Ikpeazu  85'	Report	Chaplin  24'  39' Linganzi  61' Doyle  77' Hunt  90+1' Roberts  90+4'	Stadium: The R Costings Abbey Stadium Attendance: 6,397 Referee: Ross Joyce

Portsmouth v Mansfield Town

12 November 2016 16	Portsmouth	4–0	Mansfield Town	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT	Roberts  11' (pen.) Baker  48'  88', 90+5' Chaplin  81' Hunt  84'	Report	Howkins  53', 57' Iacovitti  74'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 16,393 Referee: Roger East

Cheltenham Town v Portsmouth

19 November 2016 17	Cheltenham Town	1–1	Portsmouth	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT	Pell  7' Downes  11' O'Shaughnessy  65'	Report	Chaplin  52' Burgess  64' Baker  78' Smith  82'	Stadium: LCI Rail Stadium Attendance: 4,702 Referee: John Brooks

Luton Town v Portsmouth

22 November 2016 18	Luton Town	1–3	Portsmouth	Luton
19:45 GMT	Hylton  7' Lee  64' Sheehan  65'	Report	Smith  11' Evans  17'  45+2' Stevens  49' Rose  60' Naismith  85' Hunt  90+6'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Stadium Attendance: 8,805 Referee: David Coote

Portsmouth v Stevenage

26 November 2016 19	Portsmouth	1–2	Stevenage	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT	Clarke  73' Smith  80' Evans  90+1'	Report	Gorman  39' Wilkinson  45' Schumacher  71' Godden  75' King  90+4'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 15,987 Referee: Ben Toner

FA Cup

Portsmouth v Wycombe Wanderers

5 November 2016 First round	Portsmouth	1–2	Wycombe Wanderers	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT	Close  43' Evans  47'	Report	Cowan-Hall  27' O'Nien  70' Akinfenwa  84'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 8,130 Referee: Gavin Ward

EFL Cup

Coventry City v Portsmouth

9 August 2016 First round	Coventry City	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Portsmouth	Coventry
19:45 BST	Gadzhev  20'  82' Haynes  60' Stevenson  83' Rose  106' Lameiras  120+1'	Report	Main  20' (pen.) Naismith  85'  86'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 4,976 (722 Pompey fans) Referee: Andrew Madley

EFL Trophy

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Yeovil Town	3	2	0	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Reading Academy	3	1	1	0	1	5	6	−1	5
3	L2	Portsmouth	3	1	0	1	1	6	6	0	4
4	L1	Bristol Rovers	3	0	1	0	2	2	4	−2	2

Source: EFL.com

Yeovil Town v Portsmouth

30 August 2016 Group stage 1	Yeovil Town	4–3	Portsmouth	Yeovil
19:45 BST	Dolan  13' Eaves  22', 39' McLeod  27' Shephard  45+2' Khan  60'		Barton  4' Smith  10', 37', 55' Close  65'	Stadium: Huish Park

Portsmouth v Reading U23

4 October 2016 Group stage 2	Portsmouth	2–2 (3–4 p)	Reading U23	Portsmouth
19:45 BST	Main  57', 63'	Report	Novakovich  6' Mendes  52' (pen.) Rinomhota  78'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 1,355 Referee: Oliver Langford
		Penalties
	Smith Naismith Bennett Lalkovič Evans May Whatmough		Mendes Blackett Gravenberch Samuel Griffin Watson Frost

Portsmouth v Bristol Rovers

8 November 2016 Group stage 3	Portsmouth	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Portsmouth
19:45 GMT	Smith 6' Bennett  37' Davies  59' Naismith  88'	Report	Mansell  56' McChrystal  72'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Nick Kinseley

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