The 2018–19 season was Portsmouth's second season in EFL League One. Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covered the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.
Players
Squad
Transfers
In PlayerTransferred FromFeeDateSource3 Bristol Rovers Free Transfer 1 July 2018 11 Derry City Undisclosed 18 Bromley Free Transfer 15 Shrewsbury Town 7 Burton Albion 2 Tottenham Hotspur £200,000 18 July 2018 - AtalantaUndisclosed 31 July 2018 - Cliftonville 21 September 2018 14 Rochdale 2 January 2019 24 Shrewsbury Town 14 January 2019
Out PlayerTransferred toFeeDateSource36 Poole TownEnd of Contract1 July 201815 Havant & Waterlooville22 Wigan Athletic37 Bristol Rovers32 Notts County1 August 201819 Coventry CityUndisclosed4 January 20194 Swindon Town17 January 2019
Loaned in PlayerLoaned FromUntilDateSource22 Queens Park Rangers24 January 20197 August 201832 Millwall8 January 2019 17 August 201837 Aston Villa17 January 2019 20 August 201814 Wolves2 January 201931 August 201822 Cardiff City End of Season28 January 201937 Barnsley30 January 201919 Birmingham City31 January 201932 Wigan Athletic
Loaned out PlayerLoaned toUntilDateSource35 Torquay United 13 December 2018 9 July 201840 Bognor Regis TownEnd of Season25 July 2018341 January 201919 Coventry City4 January 201930 August 201830 Aldershot Town5 December 2018 20 September 2018 - Bognor Regis Town1 December 201810 October 2018291 January 201913 November 20183934 Cork CityEnd of Season21 February 201929 Bognor Regis Town22 February 201925 Basingstoke Town2 March 201923 Bognor Regis Town16 March 2019
Pre-season and friendlies
Portsmouth announced they will face Cork City, Havant & Waterlooville, Stevenage, Swindon Town and FC Utrecht as part of the pre-season preparations.
Competitions Overall record
League One
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches On 21 June 2018, the League One fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.
Play-offs
FA Cup
The first round draw was made live on BBC by Dennis Wise and Dion Dublin on 22 October. The draw for the second round was made live on BBC and BT by Mark Schwarzer and Glenn Murray on 12 November. The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018. The fourth round draw was made live on BBC by Robbie Keane and Carl Ikeme from Wolverhampton on 7 January 2019.
EFL Cup
On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.
EFL Trophy On 13 July 2018, the initial group stage draw bar the U21 invited clubs was announced. The draw for the second round was made live on Talksport by Leon Britton and Steve Claridge on 16 November. On 8 December, the third round draw was drawn by Alan McInally and Matt Le Tissier on Soccer Saturday. The Quarter-final draw was made conducted on Sky Sports by Don Goodman and Thomas Frank on 10 January 2019. The draw for the semi-finals took place on 25 January live on Talksport.
Statistics Appearances and goals
Player Total League One FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals1GK ENGLuke McGee 5 00+000+001+004+002DF ENGAnton Walkes 35 118+713+001+003+303DF ENGLee Brown 51 145+004+010+002+005DF ENGMatt Clarke 60 448+035+001+003+316DF ENGChristian Burgess 38 222+511+101+018+007MF ENGTom Naylor 53 445+044+001+002+108FW JERBrett Pitman 42 1317+16112+301+003+029FW ENGOliver Hawkins 48 1032+973+010+101+2210FW JAMJamal Lowe 55 1745+2154+011+002+1111FW IRLRonan Curtis 49 1237+5114+000+102+0114MF ENGAndy Cannon 2 01+100+000+000+0015GK SCOCraig MacGillivray 56 048+005+000+003+0016DF ENGJack Whatmough 30 026+004+000+000+0017MF WALDion Donohue 13 15+502+000+001+0118FW ENGLouis Dennis 8 10+102+000+004+1119FW NGAViv Solomon-Otabor 10 16+310+000+001+0020DF ENGNathan Thompson 30 032+102+000+003+0122FW ENGOmar Bogle 13 47+640+000+000+0024MF ENGBryn Morris 8 15+210+100+000+0026MF ENGGareth Evans 56 1336+8104+101+004+2329FW ENGLeon Maloney 1 00+000+000+000+1030MF ENGAdam May 5 00+001+000+004+0031DF ENGMatt Casey 3 00+000+000+003+0032FW ENGJames Vaughan 11 02+900+000+000+0033MF ENGBen Close 46 927+982+101+006+0134FW ENGDan Smith 2 00+000+000+002+0035GK ENGAlex Bass 1 00+000+000+001+0036DF TANHaji Mnoga 3 00+000+000+003+0038DF ENGBrandon Haunstrup 12 02+300+001+006+0039MF ENGFreddie Read 2 00+000+000+001+1040FW ENGBradley Lethbridge 2 00+000+000+002+00Player(s) who featured whilst on loan but returned to parent club during the season:14FW IRLJoe Mason 4 00+100+000+001+2022FW ENGDavid Wheeler 18 31+1000+211+004+0232MF ENGBen Thompson 27 319+423+010+000+1037FW ENGAndre Green 12 52+410+220+004+02Player(s) who featured but departed permanently during the season:4MF ENGDanny Rose 5 00+100+000+004+0019FW ENGConor Chaplin 1 00+000+000+100+00
Disciplinary record
Player Total League One FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy 2DF ENGAnton Walkes 2 0100000103DF ENGLee Brown 6 0501000005DF ENGMatt Clarke 5 0500000006DF ENGChristian Burgess 7 0501000107MF ENGTom Naylor 12 01100010008FW JERBrett Pitman 3 0300000009FW ENGOliver Hawkins 4 04000000010FW JAMJamal Lowe 10 07020001011FW IRLRonan Curtis 9 06020001016DF ENGJack Whatmough 6 05010000017MF WALDion Donohue 2 02000000018FW ENGLouis Dennis 1 00000001020DF ENGNathan Thompson 12 011010000122FW ENGOmar Bogle 2 02000000026MF ENGGareth Evans 7 05000002032FW ENGJames Vaughan 2 02000000033MF ENGBen Close 7 050001010Player(s) who featured whilst on loan but returned to parent club during the season:22FW ENGDavid Wheeler 1 01000000032MF ENGBen Thompson 5 151000000Squad Total1031851802080
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