Sherlock Holmes
was a Pompey Keeper

Worthy of the Great Detective himself, this book recounts the remarkable story of the connection between the creator of Sherlock Holmes and the founding years of football in Portsmouth. Here it was, in 1886 that Dr Author Conan Doyle sat down to write the first of his detective stories within days of turning out for his beloved football team Portsmouth AFC - nicknamed here 'The Original Pompey'.