Born on : August 1, 1970 (age 43The 34-year-old, From welwyn Garden city United kingdom. James has who had been at City since January 2004, became Harry Redknapp’s fourth summer signing after the arrival at Fratton Park of Glen Johnson, David Thompson and Sol Campbell, as Portsmouth looked to add experience to a side that had flirted with relegation in their previous two seasons.
James, who had been capped 35 times, made an immediate impact to Pompey’s bright start to the new season, keeping clean sheets in his first five appearances for the club.
As an ever-present in the side in his first season James's displays earned him the club’s Player of the Year award as Portsmouth finished ninth and he broke David Seaman’s Barclays Premier League record of 141 clean sheets.
James went on to captain Pompey to FA Cup final success in 2008 after, in January that year, becoming only the third player, after Gary Speed and Ryan Giggs, to reach 500 Barclays Premier League appearances. In total James made 134 top-flight appearances in his four seasons at Portsmouth.
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