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They say a week is a long time in politics. Try a few years in football.

It is just six-and-a-half seasons since Portsmouth won the FA Cup. A team managed by Harry Redknapp containing Kanu, David James, Glen Johnson, Pedro Mendes. Sol Campbell. Niko Kranjcar of course. Always Niko Kranjcar.

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They had Milan Baros and Dave Nugent on the bench! Times were good. European football beckoned. Ties with AC Milan...

Since then? If you are fond of drastic understatements you could say things have been tough. Redknapp left, the money soon after. Tony Adams, Paul Hart, Steve Cotterill, Avram Grant, Michael Appleton, Guy Whittingham and Richie Barker have been in and out of the hotseat.

Richard Curtis would pen the story as 'An administration and three relegations.'

Tonight it's back to the FA Cup, but at the grassroots. Round one replay at non-league Aldershot. Keep believing. By 2021 they could be back in Europe...