FA Cup 4th Rd (2010) : SUNDERLAND (H) 2-1

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Portsmouth : Begovic, Vanden Borre, Kaboul, Wilson, Hreidarsson,Brown (Basinas 9), Diop (Mullins 68), Mokoena, Boateng, Utaka,Piquionne (Webber 90).

Subs Not Used: Ashdown, Sowah.

Booked: Utaka.

Goals: Utaka 42, 57.

Sunderland : Gordon, Bardsley (Healy 85), Da Silva, Turner,Richardson, Henderson, Cana, Meyler (Reid 72), Zenden,Jones (Campbell 80), Bent.

Subs Not Used: Carson, Malbranque, Murphy, Ryan Noble.

Booked: Richardson.

Goals: Bent 15.

Att: 10,315

Ref: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire).

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Premiership '09/10 : MANCHESTER CITY (H) 0-1

Michael Brown alongside Man. City's Stephen Ireland at Fratton Park.

Pompey's Richard Hughes challenges Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez.

John Utaka challenges for possession with Man. City midfielder Shaun Wright-Phillips.
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Tony Vanden Borre attempts to shrug off Man. City defender Wayne Bridge.
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Portsmouth : Begovic, Vanden Borre, Kaboul, Mokoena, Belhadj,Brown, Mullins, Hughes (Nugent 87), Smith (Utaka 68),Piquionne (Kanu 73), Kranjcar.

Subs Not Used: Ashdown, Basinas, Ward, Hreidarsson.

Booked: Hughes, Mokoena.

Man City : Given, Richards (Zabaleta 60), Toure, Lescott,Bridge, Wright-Phillips, Ireland (De Jong 76), Barry, Bellamy,Adebayor, Tevez.

Subs Not Used: Taylor, Onuoha, Robinho, Petrov, Weiss.

Booked: Zabaleta.

Goals: Adebayor 30.

Att: 17,826

Ref: Howard Webb (S Yorkshire).

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Premiership '09/10 : Arsenal (a) 1-4

Cesc Fabregas of Arsenal is challenged by Niko Kranjčar at the Emirates.

Arsenal midfielder Andrey Arshavin is closed down by Nadir Belhadj and Sylvain Distin.

Younes Kaboul climbs highest to head Pompey's only goal of the afternoon at the Emirates Stadium.
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John Utaka goes close with a headed effort during the match against Arsenal.

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Arsenal : Almunia, Eboue, Gallas, Vermaelen, Gibbs, Diaby,Fabregas (Ramsey 46), Denilson, Arshavin (Merida 71),van Persie, Eduardo (Bendtner 71).

Subs Not Used: Sagna, Mannone, Song Billong, Clichy.

Booked: Diaby.

Goals: Diaby 18, 21, Gallas 51, Ramsey 68.

Portsmouth : James (Begovic 75), Wilson (Vanden Borre 69),Kaboul, Distin, Belhadj, Utaka, Mokoena, Mullins, Kranjcar,Kanu (Nugent 68), Piquionne.

Subs Not Used: Hughes, Basinas, Ward, Ritchie.

Goals: Kaboul 37.

Att: 60,049

Ref: Steve Bennett (Kent).

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Premiership '08/09 : SUNDERLAND (H) 3-1

Hermann Hreidarsson battles with midfielder Steed Malbranque at Fratton Park.

John Utaka and Sunderland midfielder Dean Whitehead fight for the ball.

Sunderland striker Kenwyne Jones celebrates scoring the 59th minute opening goal.

John Utaka alongside Sunderland defender Phil Bardsley.

Portsmouth: Begovic ,Johnson ,Campbell ,Distin ,Hreidarsson ,Utaka ,Davis ,Mullins ,Hughes (Traore ,46 ) ,Kanu (Kaboul ,46 ) ,Crouch
Subs not used: Ashdown,Nugent,Basinas,Belhadj,

Sunderland: Fulop ,Bardsley ,Davenport ,Ferdinand ,Collins ,Tainio (Cisse ,80 ) ,Malbranque (Edwards ,54 ) ,Whitehead ,Leadbitter (Murphy ,85 ) ,Richardson ,Jones
Subs not used Colgan,Reid,Healy,McShane,

Bookings: Utaka (Portsmouth)

Attendance: 20398

Referee: A G Wiley (Staffordshire)

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Premiership '08/09 : ASTON VILLA (H) 0-1

Sean Davis challenging Aston Villa midfielder Gareth Barry.

Nadir Belhadj under pressure from Villa defender Carlos Cuellar.

Emile Heskey thumps home Aston Villa's winning goal after 21 minutes.

John Utaka in action during this evening's match vs Aston Villa.
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Portsmouth: James ,Johnson ,Campbell (Kaboul ,46 ) ,Distin ,Hreidarsson ,Pennant ,Davis ,Mullins ,Belhadj (sent off 71),Crouch ,Kanu (Utaka ,74)
Subs not used: Begovic,Nugent,Pamarot,Mvuemba,Armand Traore,

Aston Villa: Friedel ,Cuellar ,Knight ,Davies ,Luke Young ,Gardner (Sidwell ,65 ) ,Petrov ,Barry ,Milner ,Agbonlahor ,Heskey (Shorey ,83)
Subs not used Guzan,Harewood,Delfouneso,Salifou,Osbourne,

Bookings: Belhadj ,Johnson (Portsmouth) Milner ,Petrov (Aston Villa)

Attendance: 19073

Referee: P Walton (Northamptonshire)

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UEFA Cup 1st Rd 1st Leg : VITÓRIA S.C. (H) 2-0

Peter Crouch congratulates Lassana Diarra after his 39th minute opener for Pompey.

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John Utaka shields the ball from Vitória defender Jacques Momha.
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Pompey: James; Johnson, Campbell, Distin, Belhadj; Utaka (Diop 74), Diarra, Davis, A Traore (Hreidarsson 90); Crouch (Kanu 90), Defoe

Goals: Diarra 39, Defoe 60

Booked: Campbell

Vitoria: Nilson; Andrezinho, Danilo, Moreno, Gregory. Momha (Luciano 55); Fajardo (Coral 64), Wenio, Joao Alves, Desmarets; Roberto

Booked: Roberto, Fajardo, Moreno

Referee: Knut Kircher (Germany)

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Premiership '07/08 : Manchester City (a) 1-3

Sol Campbell tracks Manchester City striker Darius Vassell.

City keeper Joe Hart is beaten by John Utaka in the 24th minute.

Midfielder Elano Blumer tries to block a Sulley Muntari effort on goal.
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Hreidarsson is judged to be denying Vassell a goal-scoring opportunity and is red-carded in the 41st minute.
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Man City: Hart ,Elano ,Corluka ,Dunne (Williamson ,54 ) ,Ball ,Vassell ,Ireland (Geovanni ,75 ) ,Gelson ,Johnson ,Martin Petrov ,Benjani
Subs not used: Isaksson,Castillo,

Portsmouth: James ,Lauren ,Campbell ,Distin ,Hreidarsson (sent off 41),Utaka (Baros ,75 ) ,Muntari ,Diarra ,Diop (Aubey ,75 ) ,Kranjcar (Davis ,83 ) ,Defoe
Subs not used Begovic,Nugent,

Bookings: Williamson (Man City) Lauren (Portsmouth)

Attendance: 40205

Referee: A Marriner (W. Midlands)

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Premiership '07/08 : Reading (a) 2-0

With Reading down to ten men after just three minutes, Niko Kranjčar hits the post from the resultant penalty.

Skipper Sol Campbell opens the scoring after six minutes at the Madejski Stadium.

John Utaka battles with Reading midfielder Stephen Hunt.

Benjani goes for goal as Royals' defender Andre Bikey challenges.

Reading: Hahnemann ,Murty ,Sonko (sent off 3),Ingimarsson ,Shorey (De la Cruz ,71 ) ,Hunt ,Harper ,Cisse ,Convey (Bikey ,7 ) ,Doyle (Long ,83 ) ,Kitson
Subs not used: Federici,Lita,

Portsmouth: James ,Johnson ,Campbell ,Distin ,Hreidarsson ,Utaka ,Diop ,Hughes (Lauren ,83 ) ,Muntari ,Kranjčar (Taylor ,89 ) ,Benjani (Kanu ,63)
Subs not used Begovic,Nugent,

Bookings: Bikey ,Cisse ,Murty (Reading) Hughes (Portsmouth)

Attendance: 24084

Referee: M L Dean (Wirral)

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Premiership '07/08 : EVERTON (H) 0-0

A glanced header from Papa Bouba Diop is not quite enough to beat Tim Howard's right boot in the Everton goal.
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A long-range effort from Sulley Muntari this afternoon.
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John Utaka is challenged by Everton defender Nuno Valente.
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Portsmouth: James ,Johnson ,Campbell ,Distin ,Pamarot ,Utaka (Kanu ,57 ) ,Diop ,Pedro Mendes ,Muntari ,Kranjcar ,Benjani
Subs not used: Ashdown,Hreidarsson,Nugent,Taylor,

Everton: Howard ,Neville ,Yobo ,Lescott ,Nuno Valente ,Arteta ,Osman ,Carsley ,Cahill ,Pienaar (Johnson ,53 ) ,Yakubu (Anichebe ,67)
Subs not used Wessels,Hibbert,Jagielka,

Bookings: Muntari (Portsmouth) Cahill ,Pienaar (Everton)

Attendance: 20102

Referee: P Walton (Northamptonshire)

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Premiership '07/08 : Newcastle Utd (a) 4-1

Yes this really is the League Table on Saturday night 3rd Nov. '07

Three goals in as many minutes and Newcastle Utd were buried within the first quarter-of-an-hour. Noe Pamarot had opened the scoring with a fabulous 25-yard strike.

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Benj'i added the second in the ninth minute at St James' Park to compound the Toons' misery.

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Two minutes later and John Utaka makes it 3-0; Newcastle and their fans are left virtually shell-shocked as their unbeaten home record crumbles.
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Goal-scorer Niko Kranjčar in action today. The home side was outplayed for the entire match. It was Pompey's fourth straight league away win, their first victory at Newcastle since 1949 and their biggest win there since 1930. It was also the Magpies' heaviest Premiership home defeat for three years.
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At 346 miles, Newcastle and Portsmouth are the sides most distant in the Premiership

Newcastle: Harper ,Taylor ,Faye ,Cacapa (Rozehnal ,18 ) ,Jose Enrique (Martins ,57 ) ,N'Zogbia ,Butt ,Barton ,Milner (Emre ,69 ) ,Smith ,Owen
Subs not used: Forster,Geremi,

Portsmouth: James ,Pamarot ,Distin ,Campbell ,Johnson ,Davis ,Muntari (Pedro Mendes ,87 ) ,Diop ,Utaka ,Kranjčar ,Benjani (Kanu ,76)
Subs not used Ashdown,Lauren,Taylor,

Bookings: Butt ,Smith (Newcastle) Davis ,Distin (Portsmouth)

Attendance: 51490

Referee: C J Foy (Merseyside)

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