Joe Briant retweeted
🚨 POINTLESS STAT OF THE DAY #128
PORTSMOUTH FC - THE ONLY CLUB WITH TWO 800+ LEGENDS!
This is actually far from being pointless as yesterday we worked our way through the top 10 players for most appearances for a single club in English and Scottish football history.
There was one name left in 10th place to reveal and a very special one to!
ALAN KNIGHT
And this one feels particularly poignant as Knight made 801 appearances for Portsmouth between 1978 and 2000. Enough to give Alan the record for the most appearances for a single club by a goalkeeper.
Sadly, Alan Knight died in September 2026, aged 65, after being diagnosed with prostate cancer but his legacy goes well beyond the numbers.
There is another rather extraordinary number hidden in the numbers. Knight wasn't just Portsmouth's second-highest appearance maker. He was the second Portsmouth player to pass 800 appearances. The first was Jimmy Dickinson, who made 828 appearances for Pompey.
Jimmy Dickinson (828) and Alan Knight (801) means @pompey are the only club in England and Scotland to have had two players make 800+ appearances for the same club.
Statty HQ believes nobody else has done it so our No.10 in the all-time list turns out to be a particularly special one.
A record-breaking goalkeeper.
A Portsmouth legend.
And one half of a statistical oddity that no other club in England or Scotland can match.
Alan Knight - 801 appearances for Portsmouth.
A true legend.
Use this information wisely. 🤓
@PompeyTrust @PompeyNewsNow
Joe Briant retweeted
So you can try to bomb a military base and walk out on bail, but slash a migrant dinghy and the state treats you like public enemy number one.
Complete shambles.
Joe Briant retweeted
That’s all folks we have officially sold out no more tickets left congratulations to everyone who got a ticket and to the people who didn’t sneak in fuck it yolo LG x
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Del Somerville, an English father of two, has today been labelled a "thug" by a judge and locked away for 2 years.
His "crime"? He threw a plastic bottle and swore at police during the unprecedented invasion of Portsmouth a last week.
The judge even admitted he only jailed him to stop others standing up against the invasion of our country.
Sickening times.
Joe Briant retweeted
Fair play to these Portsmouth lads, if there’s one place in the country that actually has the bollocks to fight off an invasion it’s this lot, if I was a migrant I’d get back on the boat and swerve this mob they don’t fuck about 😂
Joe Briant retweeted
There is one political party with the balls to do what is necessary - to mass deport those migrants who have broken into our country and invaded our home.
That party is Restore Britain.
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My home City! Home to the @RoyalNavy a once proud Military City now endangering its children, women and residents! City by city, town by town, the invasion/illegal activities continue whilst @UKLabour sit back, watch and allow it to happen! We the public are ultimately funding this through the @RNLI 🤦🏻♂️
I once supported this organisation however we must now stop funding them!
Cut off the funds, cut off the capability…
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Portsmouth Football Club are devastated to announce the passing of Alan Knight at the age of 65, surrounded by his close family.
The Pompey legend – who served the club as a goalkeeper, coach and ambassador – passed away this morning following a battle with prostate cancer.
He will be sadly missed by the Fratton faithful, teammates and all of us at the club who knew and loved him.
Rest in peace, Knightsie. 💙
🔗 portsmouthfc.co.uk/news/2026…
Joe Briant retweeted
You’ll never sing that.
8th in Prem to 16th in League 2 in 7 seasons is diabolical.
The worst to ever do it.
Up the Blues 🔵
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🚨 Abu Kamara, set to return to Portsmouth in the next days as deal now close to being agreed with Hull City.
Negotiations advancing with his agents from Concilium Sport, deal underway. 🔜
