Ahead of this year's Pompey Hall of Fame dinner on Friday 27th March, we chronologically feature each inductee.
The fifth man to be profiled is Kevin Dillon, who represented The Blues 249 times between 1983 and 1989.
Midfielder Dillon was nicknamed ‘Deadeye’ because of his unerring accuracy from the spot and he once scored a hat-trick of penalties in a 3-2 Full Members Cup victory over Millwall.
Having signed from top-flight Birmingham in the spring of 1983, he helped propel Bobby Campbell’s side closer to the Division Three title.
Eight penalties had been missed before his arrival, but two conversions in his second match at home to Reading showed he was the man to step up to the spot.
Dillon would often instruct team-mates to line-up on one side of the penalty box and then aim for the opposite corner of the net in order to fool the goalkeeper.
He also contributed his fair share of goals from open play, with arguably his most memorable arriving in an FA Cup tie at Blackburn, where he volleyed over the opposition keeper from 40 yards.
Dillon later played a key role in help Alan Ball’s Blues win promotion to the first division and grabbed a total of 56 strikes from 249 games.
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