North Lower: NLA, NLB, NLC, NLD, NLE, NLF, NLG, NLH, NLJ, NLK Fratton Park is built in a traditional English style with four separate stands of varied designs and sizes and arranged closely around the four sides of the football pitch.

At the time, the late nineteenth century village of Milton still retained a remote, rural and isolated feeling from the busy town of Portsmouth, and had no railway station of its own, the nearest being located one mile to the west in Fratton, in the centre of Portsea Island.

Their prospectus, dated 14 May 1898, revealed that they proposed to "acquire a piece of land in Goldsmith Avenue up to £1100 an acre" in Milton, to be used primarily for football and "for such outdoor games and exercises that were approved by the directors."

With the successful acquisition of a four-and-a-half-acre plot of market garden land, bought from the Goldsmith family who owned Milton Farm (and from whom which 'Goldsmith Avenue' is named after), a general meeting of shareholders was then held on 2 September 1898 at the Sussex Hotel in Landport, Portsmouth.

Eight months later, on 15 August 1899, more than 1,000 people, including some of the first Pompey players, attended the official opening day to see how the former Milton Farm potato field had been transformed into a modest football ground.

The first ever match at Fratton Park was a "friendly" against Southampton, and was played on the late afternoon of Wednesday 6 September 1899,[4] with goals from Dan Cunliffe (formerly with Liverpool) and Harold Clarke (formerly with Everton).

chairman Jim Gregory invested new money into the club, the South and North stands were both refurbished with new white exterior walls and azure blue metal roofs.

[32] By Tuesday 6 August 2019, the work to improve the South Stand roof, cladding and rooftop floodlights were completed in time for Fratton Park's first competitive match for the 2019–20 season, the first round of the League Cup against Birmingham City, an evening fixture in which Portsmouth won 3–0.

Current capacity: 8,147 (all seated) Originally opening to the south of Milton Lane on 15 August 1899, the uncovered North Terrace (as it was then called) had 'terracing which stretched for 240 feet' on the northern side of Fratton Park.

The official opening ceremony took place over loudspeakers from the directors box of the South Stand just before kickoff of the game against visitors Aston Villa, ironically captained by former Portsmouth defender Jimmy Allen!

chairman Jim Gregory invested new money into the club, the South and North stands were both refurbished with new white exterior walls and azure blue metal roofs.

On Saturday 17 December 2016, The Pompey Supporters Trust unveiled the 'Wall Of Fame' plaques to the rear wall of the North Stand,[42] featuring the names of all the 2300 PST shareholders who helped save Portsmouth FC from liquidation by the High Court Of Justice on 10 April 2013.

On Monday 6 April 2020 - during the COVID-19 coronavirus lockdown - Portsmouth FC announced that 'substantial' and 'essential works' to the North Stand had begun, which would involve the replacement of the roof, external cladding and beams.

In 1905, the sight lines for supporters at the east end of Fratton Park were improved by the construction of an open air solid earthbank terrace, covered with wooden plank steps over layers of cinders and compacted top soil.

[63] In 1905, the sight lines for supporters at the Railway End were improved by the construction of an open air earthbank terrace, surfaced with wooden planked steps (every 15 inches) over a layer of cinders and a sub-layer of compressed top soil.

It had been found that the aggregate obtained from The Solent used in the 1956 concrete mix contained high levels of sea salt and had caused the upper Fratton End's steel structure to corrode and weaken.

Many fans theorise Portsmouth's 1988 relegation from the top flight was in part attributed to the partial closure of the Fratton End, in terms of decreased crowd atmosphere, lower attendances which affected financial earnings.

[76] The Mowlem design would have been more modest than its ambitious 1991 predecessor, with a single-tier all-seated stand, with a row of eighteen corporate hospitality boxes situated along the top and back, each holding up to ten people.

After the site was cleared, TRY Build Ltd began immediate construction on the new single-tier, 4,500 seat, all-seated Fratton End stand - a simpler (and cheaper) design without any corporate boxes and no replacement of the existing floodlight towers.

On the rear of the Fratton End hangs a pub sign which reads 'The Pompey', and depicts an imagine of football player wearing blue and white Portsmouth home kit from the 1972–73 season.

In 1996, blue plastic seats were fixed onto the remaining Boilermakers Hump terrace, as part of the overall plan to make Fratton Park an all-seater stadium to meet Taylor Report standards.

[90] The Boilermakers Hump was reopened for the first time after extensive refurbishment work for the 3 February 2024 League One match against Northampton Town, in which Portsmouth won 4-1 to maintain their first-place position.

[84] The Pompey's hanging pub sign, which displays an image of a Portsmouth footballer Brian Lewis in 1972–73 season kit,[82][83] was later relocated and is currently hung on the rear wall of The Fratton End stand.

The pavilion was designed and constructed at the south-west corner of Fratton Park in Frogmore Road by Major Alfred H. Bone, a surveyor, architect and a founding director of the Portsmouth Football and Athletic Company.

[95][96] This repainting may have been authorised during the ownership of former Portsmouth chairman John Deacon, along with the enclosure of the pavilions' distinctive "1898" motif and surrounding detail within a plain white box structure, which on its front face were "PFC" initial letters (in a blue 3D plastic italicised font) attached to it, which lasted into the 1980s.

During initial surveying work, it was discovered that the South Stand roof was not capable of supporting the new lighting equipment, so the decision was taken to keep the two southern corner floodlight towers operational.

[131] By largest margin: By greatest number of goals conceded: By highest aggregate score: Portsmouth Airport was a grass field aerodrome formerly located in the north-east corner of Portsea Island that opened in 1932 and closed in December 1973 due to a series of aircraft accidents.

In 2008, a set of plans were approved, to build a new 35,000 capacity stadium and leisure/residential complex on Horsea Island, situated at the north of Portsmouth Harbour close to Port Solent marina.

By the time Portsmouth reached the FA Premier League in 2003, other clubs at this level had either built new stadiums or significantly redeveloped existing facilities along modern, less working-class lines, abolishing traditional features which have so far been preserved at Fratton Park, despite relocation being suggested as long ago as the early 1990s.

[139] On Friday 19 October 2018, Portsmouth's new chairman, Michael Eisner published a photograph on social media of behind the scenes work and plans that hinted towards a future redevelopment of Fratton Park.