The ground has been the club's home since 1898 and will remain so in the near future after the new owner, Saudi Arabian property developer Ali Al Faraj, abandoned plans to build a new stadium at Horsea Island.

Storrie said: "He [Al Faraj] has seen the plans and is very supportive of the plans and he's happy with them.

"He would like to get a stadium quickly so therefore it's going to be Fratton because Horsea Island is going to take a long, long time and could go to public inquiries and God knows what else."
 

A plan announced in 2007 to build a new 36,000-capacity stadium near the city's Royal Naval base on reclaimed mud flats was also dropped because of opposition.

Storrie said Portsmouth are in the process of revising plans for Fratton Park to incorporate retail and boost capacity to 36,000-seater capacity with the ability to extend to 45,000 with temporary seating in place for World Cup games, which is required by FIFA.

Portsmouth are one of 16 cities and towns across England bidding to be part of the 2018 World Cup but is considered an outsider because of the state of the stadium.

It has only ever staged one international match, when England played Wales there in 1903.


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