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Born: 1898

Home: Fratton Park (capacity 20,688).

Average attendance: 15,993.

Highest: 51,385 v Derby County (FA Cup) February, 1949

High: Look no further than May last year when they defeated Cardiff 1-0 at Wembley to lift the FA Cup for only the second time in their history. Their deserved victory over Cardiff's attempts to wrest the cup from the English was due in the end to a solitary strike from Kanu.

Low: Losing their first seven Premier League games of the season, seeing ownership of the club tossed around like a rag doll and watching a posse of frontline players scarper to warmer financial climes.

Record buy: £11m for Peter Crouch (from Liverpool, 2008)

Record sale: £20m from Real Madrid for Lassana Diarra in December 2008.

Premier League: 2003-present.

Last season: 14th.