It’s been 10 years since Portsmouth and Reading shared 11 goals, a hat-trick and a missed penalty

There are seven scorelines that have occurred just once in Premier League history, and Portsmouth’s 7-4 triumph over Reading in 2007 is one of them.

In fact, it’s been a full decade now since 11 goals went in at Fratton Park that day – and with nine different goalscorers it was certainly eventful.

But even that stat doesn’t tell the full story.

One missed penalty, two own goals, one hat-trick and 90 minutes of pure chaos resulted in the 7-4 win for Pompey, who finished eighth ahead of Manchester City in the 2007/08 season.

Benjani was the hat-trick man, his goals putting Portsmouth 4-2 up, while own goals from Ivar Ingimarsson and Sol Campbell added to the tally.

Then Reading manager Steve Coppell said after the match: “There were 11 goals in the game and there could have been more. There was no indication at half-time that it was going to explode into life like that.”