Very few records of Portsmouth Ladies games taking place exist during the period the FA banned Women’s teams playing on affiliated pitches.

Clad in the Portsmouth blue team colours so that they stood out, the hostesses walked around the ground selling programmes and looking after fans on match days.

Dave Coyle was manager during this time, and in 1999 he guided the team to beat Reading, thus winning the South West Combination League Cup.

In the 2002/3 season the team were Champions of the South West Combination and moved up to the Premier League Southern Division, which was tier 2 of the women’s game.

With the failing health of Dave Coyle, in the summer of 2015 Pompey President Mick Williams returned to his roots and took over running the club, supported by his wife and fellow director Ann.

Host Jake Smith covers the latest Portsmouth Women news on his Football Hour show and the station has provided live commentary of several games.

[2] Portsmouth Women had made steady progress in recent seasons under the stewardship of Jay Sadler, culminating in finishing only 7 points from clinching the Southern Premier Title in 2022/23.

[3] The Development team had shown a resurgence under Molly Small in the 22/23 season and claimed the FAWNL Reserve Section South West title.

On 25 February 2024, Portsmouth Women took on fully professional Newcastle in the Semi-Final of the League Cup at St James park in front a crowd of 22,307.

The players and staff had gathered in the Legends Lounge at Fratton Park to follow the Hashtag score line and the final whistle led to emotional celebrations.

The 2012/13 seasons also saw Pompey taking part in the bidding process – alongside 29 other teams around the country – to join the expanded Women's Super League.

The Women's Premier League Southern Division began with an inauspicious start for Portsmouth FC Ladies as the side fell to a 7–3 defeat at home to Cardiff City.

Pompey won them both, sealing the Women's Premier League Southern Division title with a victory at home in front of a large crowd.

The 2014/15 season was also significant for the Blues as Ini-Abasi Umotong became the first ever Portsmouth Ladies player to be capped at international senior level when she made her debut for Nigeria in a 2–2 draw against Mali.

This led to a spree of summer signings including Georgie Freeland, Beth Lumsden, Riva Casley, Emily Pitman, Kelci Bowers and Ella Humphrey.

After the Hashtag game Pompey announced the departure of Beth Lumsden to fully professional Newcastle United of the Northern Premier Division.

Pompey were presented with the Trophy on the stage at Southsea Common in front of an estimated 40,000 supporters who had gathered to celebrate the joint title wins for the men’s and women’s teams.

He got involved again when he took over from Dave Coyle in the summer of 2015 and, supported by his wife and fellow director Ann, was able to inject significant new capital into the club in order to ensure its survival.

During her time with Portsmouth Ladies, Hillier was offered the chance to join most of the top-league clubs in financially rewarding deals, but she remained loyal to Pompey, where she never received payment.

After making 15 senior appearances for the Seagulls – 10 of which arrived during their title-winning campaign – she had a nine-month sabbatical to go travel, prior to a brief spell with Lewes before joining Portsmouth.

In her early Portsmouth career she played as a central midfielder before moving to centre back where she formed a formidable partnership with Jazz Younger.

During the 2022/23 Danielle formed part of a formidable back line made up of mostly Jazz Younger, Nicole Barrett, Izzy Collins, Ella Wild, Evie Gane and goalkeeper Hannah Haughton.

A firm fan favourite at Portsmouth, Danielle was widely regarded as one of the best players in Tier 3 of the women's game during her time on the south coast.

She commented on the clubs official website "I am completely honoured and full of pride to be named captain of this team, This is what dreams are made of, not only playing with this group, but to lead them.

Hannah had an outstanding campaign between the sticks and won the Southern Premier Division Golden Glove award after keeping 14 clean sheets in 22 league games.

During the 2022/23 season Jazz formed part of a formidable back line that included Captain Dan Rowe, Nicole Barrett, Izzy Collins, Ella Wild, Evie Gane and goalkeeper Hannah Haughton.

At the end of the 2016–17 season the entire youth organisation was transferred to Pompey in the Community where it currently runs under the stewardship of former Portsmouth Women player Kirsty Pearce (McGee).

In the 2018/19 season, the team secured a deal with local side Baffins Milton Rovers to ground share their PMC stadium for home games.

From the start of the 2020/21 season Portsmouth agreed a deal with local side Havant and Waterlooville to use their new artificial pitch to train and play their home games on.

In the modern era of Portsmouth Women (post 1987), the known existing historic records show they have won 5 League Titles and 23 Cup Competitions.