Portsmouth 4-2 Charlton: The last Blues team to beat the Addicks at Fratton Park and where they are now 20-plus years later

Pompey welcome Charlton Athletic to Fratton Park tonight looking for their first home win against the Addicks since April 2005.

Since then, both teams have contested eight games at PO4, with the visitors running out winners on seven of those occasions.

The 2-2 draw that was played out during Pompey’s League One title-winning season (2023-24) broke that seven-match losing streak.

Now John Mousinho’s side will be looking to go one better than that and secure a much-needed Fratton Park win against Charlton - not just to improve their recent record against the south London outfit but also to boost their position in the current Championship standings.

Despite being on a three-match unbeaten run, the Blues go into tonight’s game third from bottom in the table and in desperate need of points that will help them climb the standings.

The same was said of Pompey back in April 2005, with new manager Alain Perrin - who was taking charge of the Blues for the first time - tasked with getting the club out of relegation trouble in the then Premiership.

Yet he and the team that day rose to the challenge, with Yakubu, Steve Stone, substitute Diomansy Kamara and Lomana LuaLua all on the mark as the home side recorded a 4-2 win and their first top-flight victory in seven attempts.

It helped the Blues finish 16th in the table that season and six points clear of the relegation zone.

No doubt, Pompey would snap your hand off at a similar scenario at the end of the current campaign.

In the meantime, though, he’s the Blues team that started that 2005 game against Charlton and where they are now, more than 20 years on from that match.

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