Portsmouth title-winner Higham dies, aged 95

Peter Higham is running with an old leather ball at his feet in a tracksuit, alongside two other players at Nottingham Forest's City Ground in 1956, black and white photoGetty Images

Peter Higham (left, in 1956 at the City Ground) made one appearance during Pompey's 1949-50 First Division title defence, before playing for the likes of Preston and Nottingham Forest

Portsmouth's oldest living ex-player, former centre-forward Peter Higham, has died, aged 95.

Higham was the last surviving playing link with the Pompey teams that won the First Division title in 1948-49 and 1949-50.

He joined the club in 1948 as an amateur while serving in the Royal Marines, and made one appearance in Pompey's successful defence of their title in 1949-50.

Higham turned down the offer of a professional contract at Fratton Park, and chose to move back up north, joining Bolton Wanderers in 1950.

He went on to score 10 goals in 15 matches for Preston North End, before moving to Nottingham Forest where he won a Division Three (South) title medal in 1956.