19/12/2025
🔵⚽ FLASHBACK MEMORY ⚽🔵
4 MAY 2003 — THE DAY PORTSMOUTH FINISHED THE JOB
Some days never fade.
Some seasons never repeat.
And some final whistles still give you goosebumps.
📍 Bradford City 0–5 Portsmouth
🏆 Football League Division One – Champions
📅 4th May 2003
Portsmouth walked into the final game of the season knowing the title was already theirs — and still delivered a statement performance.
No pressure.
No complacency.
Just champions playing like champions.
🔥 THE GOALS THAT SEALED IT
⚽ Gianluca Festa (20’)
⚽⚽⚽ Svetoslav Todorov (48’, 50’, 58’ pen)
⚽ Steve Stone (67’)
A Todorov hat-trick, a clean sheet, and a reminder of how good this side really was.
🧠 THE XI THAT FINISHED CHAMPIONS
Shaka Hislop
Gianluca Festa
Hayden Foxe
Arjan De Zeeuw
Linvoy Primus
Paul Merson
Nigel Quashie
Tim Sherwood
Steve Stone
Svetoslav Todorov
Yakubu
Promotion secured.
Title won.
Season complete.
💬 QUESTION FOR POMPEY FANS:
Where were you when the final whistle went?
👇 One word to describe this Portsmouth team?
