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Portsmouth hit by FA fine after Barnsley scenes at Fratton Park last season

Dan is a sports writer and broadcaster, who wrote for Breaking Media Limited's club sites including Pompey News between May 2024 and May 2025. Graduating from the University of Huddersfield in 2018 with First Class Honours in Sports Journalism, Dan has worked with several EFL clubs, as well as with BBC Radio, talkSPORT and TNT Sports. He previously resided in Sydney, Australia, where he continued his career as a freelancer in various sports. Dan was born and raised in Portsmouth, comes from a Pompey-supporting family, and was in attendance at both of the club's FA Cup finals in 2008 and 2010.

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16 Jan 2025, 9:52 am

Portsmouth have been fined £50,000 by the FA and issued a warning following the pitch invasion against Barnsley last season, Andy Moon has shared.

The BBC Radio Solent broadcaster posted on X (16 January) to share the news from the incident nine months ago after Pompey secured promotion back to the Championship.

Blues fans may believe it was worth every penny for the club, having returned to the second tier for the first time since the 2011-12 season with a 3-2 win over the Reds at Fratton Park.

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Portsmouth fans are anxiously watching the club in the January transfer window with many of the belief that if the squad is not adequately strengthened, they are returning straight back to League One.

At the end of the day, it's £50,000. A large sum to the everyman on the street; not to a Championship football club. You could probably find the thousands of fans who invaded the pitch and have a whip-round if you really wanted.

However, what the club cannot do is use this small blow as an excuse to paper over any cracks in the transfer window, as the hierarchies at some English clubs might attempt.

#Pompey fined £50k and given a warning for the pitch invasion at the Barnsley game last season
— Andrew Moon (@mrandrewmoon) January 16, 2025

Pompey have so far brought in two players on loan deals with a third signing lined up as a "development" transfer in the shape of teenage Australian striker Thomas Waddingham.

The defeat at Blackburn Rovers on 15 January was certainly helped by a poor performance from the officials, but it also highlighted the lack of quality that John Mousinho has at his disposal.

In other Portsmouth news, finance expert Dan Plumley has shared his verdict on the recent losses at Fratton Park.

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