Portsmouth manager Steve Cotterill wants three more players before the transfer window closes in 13 days time. Following the captures of Benjani Mwaruwari and Erik Huseklepp in the last week Pompey now have a squad of 19 players but Cotterill still believes more are needed to be able to cope with a full Championship campaign. On a number of occasions last season Pompey were forced to delve into the youth team or not name a full compli...More

Kevin Phillips scored twice on his competitive home debut as Blackpool made it two wins in two following their return to the Championship. The 38-year-old scored either side of half time as the Seasiders earned a hard-fought 2-1 victory against last season’s League One play-off winners Peterborough. The loss for the visitors represents the first time that any of the three promoted sides have failed to pick up maximum points this seaso...More

Portsmouth were one of six Championship sides to crash out to lower league opposition as the Carling Cup got off to an enthralling start. Barnsley, Coventry, Derby, Hull and Ipswich also fell by the wayside in the first round but it was Lawrie Sanchez’s men who arguably stole the headlines with a shock 1-0 win at Fratton Park. The telling blow came in the 29th minute when former Northern Ireland international Mark Hughes headed home f...More

A resolute Nottingham Forest side earned a precious point at Championship leaders Queens Park Rangers on Sunday despite playing the majority of the match with ten men. Radoslaw Majewski's two-footed lunge was deemed worthy of a red card by referee Mark Clattenburg, a decision which looked set to condemn Billy Davies' men (who were trailing to a Tommy Smith goal at the time) to a rare defeat. However, the East Midlanders were not to be d...More

On the face of it, a 4-1 loss looks like a bit of a demolition job, but Portsmouth’s heavy defeat at Crystal Palace was far closer than the scoreline suggests. But for Pompey, an inability to find that final bit of quality at the end of an attack, be it a shot or a pass, has been costing the side dear all season, and was once again their main enemy on Tuesday evening. With just two goals registered in the league all season - one a ...More

Saturday’s goalless draw with Ipswich will go down in the record books as just another winless league game for Portsmouth at the start of this season, but for manager Steve Cotterill, and the thousands that pack Fratton Park each week, there was a sense of renewed optimism following the side’s best display of the season. If Pompey are not careful, they could well equal the seven game winless run which they began last season with, a...More