Christopher Hill

Goalkeeper - Portsmouth U18
5 Sep 2026
Saturday
Process

Marked for Christopher Hill

3 Edition

The Portsmouth Post

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Márk Kosznovszky has said yes to Colchester United

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Portsmouth have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Market

Portsmouth sell Josh Knight for $5.7M

Josh Knight has left for Southampton in a $5.7M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

The terraces

Portsmouth sell a favourite for $5.7M

The accountants will call it good business and they will be right, which is not the point anybody outside the boardroom is making. Josh Knight was one of the reasons people came, and $5.7M does not replace that by itself.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Tony Springett

Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Boardroom

5 academy players handed senior numbers at Portsmouth

The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.

Transfer targets

Newcastle United tell Portsmouth: Bazoumana Touré is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

The terraces

One of their own: Abu Kamara

He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

Market

Portsmouth promote Christopher Hill from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Christopher Hill has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market

Portsmouth promote Benjamin Martin from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Benjamin Martin has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

In brief