Breaking news suggests that Portsmouth striker Jermaine Defoe has been handed a big fitness boost ahead of the weekends Premiership fixtures. The England star was injured during international duty in last weeks friendly against Germany and recent reports had suggested he may have faced surgery on the niggling calf injury - which would have seen him sidelined for around a month. Click to continue reading...

Boro have seen a number of late goals go in against them season, Huth OG against Spurs, Gerrard's winner at Anfield and Jermaine Defoe's late winner for Portsmouth. The reserves now know how the first team feel, leading with 5 minutes to go they drew their game with Hull 2-2. Click to continue reading...

Another late goal condemned Boro to a defeat at Fratton Park. Mido fired Boro into the lead but two goals from England striker Jermaine Defoe gave the 3 points to Harry Redknapp's side. Click to continue reading...

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Odd seeing Crouchy in a blue uniform, isn't it. Good on him though - Harry Redknapp's done well to land him andn look for him to flourish beside Jermaine Defoe this season. Click to continue reading...

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Ex-QPR, Pat Kanyuka, playing for Swindon came up against ex-QPR, Peter Crouch, playing for Portmsouth tonight. Final score: Swindon 1 Portsmouth 3. Also playing tonight: Ex-QPR loan, Ben Sahar.


Swindon Advertizer/Andy Cryer - Swindon Town 1 Portsmouth 3

SIMON Cox continued his sparkling pre-season form with a fourth goal in as many games but Town were beaten 3-1 in their pre-season friendly against FA Cup holders Portsmouth at the County Ground tonight. Click to continue reading...

After learning his lesson that buying solely African talent will leave you sparse come the African Cup of Nations, Harry Redknapp has continued his trend of buying top English talent. After sealing recent deals for Jermaine Defoe, Peter Crouch and Glen Little, Harry Redknapp is turning his eye to England and . Click to continue reading...

Peter Crouch is expected to transfer from Liverpool to Portsmouth before the 2008 / 2009 season kicks off. This will reunite him with his England striker partner, Jermaine Defoe. Sky Sports' Opta stats look at the numbers that the partnership has achieved.

The article is fairly bouyant about their work together, and provides this data:

Crouch and Defoe for England

Matches Played Together: 7
Goals Scored as Partnership: 10
Goals Scored by Crouch: 7
Goals Scored by Defoe: 3

Portsmouth's opening three fixtures are not easy: Chelsea away first up, Man Utd at home in week 2, then Everton away in the third week. Click to continue reading...

It would appear that Peter Crouch is on his way to Portsmouth from Liverpool. This is a wonderful signing for the South Coast club who will be looking to push on from last year's FA Cup win. The deal is believed to be worth between nine and eleven million pounds, depending on which newspaper you read, but is definitely well short of Rafa Benitez's original valuation of the lanky front man at fifteen million. Click to continue reading...

After this weekend a Google search for "Sven" and "Up the Arse" won't lead you astray as Arsenal defeated Manchester City 3-1 away from home to move to the top of the table. Adebayor dropped a deuce, scoring in his eighth straight match. Eduardo also controlled a ball magnificently with his chest to [. Click to continue reading...

It seems now that Jermaine Defoe has only been signed on loan by Portsmouth, but that they hope to ratify the full transfer, along with the Benjani move to Manchester City, this week.

The move was announced by all and sundry as a permanent transfer for around £9 million. This wasn't denied by Tottenham or Portsmouth, but has now been admitted. Click to continue reading...

It seems now that Jermaine Defoe has only been signed on loan by Portsmouth, but that they hope to ratify the full transfer, along with the Benjani move to Manchester City, this week.

The move was announced by all and sundry as a permanent transfer for around £9 million. This wasn't denied by Tottenham or Portsmouth, but has now been admitted. Click to continue reading...

Poor Manchester City and Benjani! The Portsmouth striker could have by now become a Man City striker had he been wary of time; instead he has to remain at Fratton Park until the end of the season at least. According to The Daily Telegraph, Man City were on the verge of signing the Zimbabwean international striker [. Click to continue reading...

It's final now. Jermaine Defoe is staying at White Hart Lane. The Mirror has reported that the 25-year old England international striker will be given a new four year contract and wil be on £40,000 a week plus bonuses. The move is a massive U-turn after manager Juande Ramos said last night that Defoe wouldn't [. Click to continue reading...

Is Frederic Kanoute heading back to the English Premier League? Well, not at the moment but as Goal.com has reported, time could soon come flying towards us when we observe the Malian star weaving his magic in the Premiership and that too in a Tottenham Hotspur shirt. Goal.com has quoted The Sun in reporting that Kanoute, [. Click to continue reading...

Tottenham boss Martin Jol could not guarantee Jermain Defoe a starting place for the weekend despite the striker coming on and scoring twice against Anorthosis Famagusta.

Spurs were in control against the Cypriots in the first leg of the UEFA Cup first-round clash at White Hart Lane when Defoe came off the bench and made an instant impact.

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