The 20 Portsmouth striker signings who spectacularly bombed at Fratton

By Jordan Cross

Published 18th Apr 2020, 08:00 GMT

Updated 18th Apr 2020, 11:33 GMT

There’s been a few too many strikers who’ve arrived at Fratton Park to great fanfare down the years – and then desperately failed to live up to the hype.

We remember 20 of the players we had great hopes for – but couldn’t hit a barn door when they were at PO4.

Fans had big hopes for the striker but it never quite worked out for Kitson at Fratton | JPIMedia Photo: Allan Hutchings

Came from down the road and was barracked by supporters as his team suffered relegation | JPIMedia Photo: The News Portsmouth

One of the best in the business but fading by the time he came to Fratton | Getty Images Photo: Paul Gilham

The story goes Pompey ended up with Scott McGarvey instead of Mark Hughes | JPIMedia Photo: The News

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