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As a player, Morrell made more than 100 appearances for Portsmouth, while he also feature for Cheltenham Town, Lincoln City and Luton Town.
He won 37 caps for Wales and played at Euro 2020 and the 2022 World Cup.
But he last appeared in January 2024 when he suffered knee cartilage damage and after months of rehab was released by Portsmouth at the end of that season.
He spent another
A draw at Blackburn on Friday ended Coventry’s 25-year wait for Premier League football but the players showed they were keen to secure the Championship title to go with promotion.
The Sky Blues last finished top of the second tier in 1967 and this is the first time they have finished top of a completed table since then.
They went up as champions on points-per-game in the Covid-19 curtailed League
Leicester, Premier League champions 10 years ago, had shouts for a penalty waved away by referee Gavin Ward in the opening 10 minutes when Conor Shaughnessy brought Patson Daka down in the box but nothing was given.
The hosts were forced into making two early changes when winger Keshi Anderson and full-back Terry Devlin, who recently picked up Portsmouth’s player of the season award, were withdrawn because of injury.
The
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Portsmouth extended the gap between themselves and the relegation zone with a 2-0 win over promotion-chasing Ipswich. John Mousinho spoke to Andy Moon after the full-time whistle at Fratton Park.
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Ipswich started the game well and had a great chance to open the scoring when Kasey McAteer was slipped in down the right and found George Hirst in the box, but his shot ended up being blocked behind for a corner.
The Blues had a brilliant effort well saved just before the half-hour mark when Millenic Ali let fly from 25 yards with a thunderous right-footed effort that had to
Saturday afternoon was by a country mile Pompey’s best win away from home all season, but also could prove to be an incredibly consequential result in the context of our fight for survival.
There is something so magical about a Portsmouth fan and academy product scoring one of the most significant winners of the campaign during his second spell at the club.
The scenes in the away end were completely
Was referee Josh Smith right to send Connor Ogilvie off at Fratton Park on Monday? Should Oxford’s Brodie Spencer have gotten his marching orders in the second half?
I don’t think so and probably, would be my answers but I’m not trying to re-open a debate about refereeing. I am highlighting just how tight things are at the bottom of the Championship.
Portsmouth have just six matches remaining. There is
Despite suffering an injury needing surgery, Mousinho said there was still a chance he could feature before the end of the season.
“There’s an issue with Zak’s knee, we’re going over a couple of permutations internally in terms of what that looks like and how risky it would be for him to play on it,” Mousinho added.
“We’ll make that descision in the next couple of days, we have to
A draw was never going really going to be enough for either side at Fratton Park.
However, given circumstances, it’s a good point for Pompey and one that got away for Oxford.
Connor Ogilvie’s early red card was very harsh. The reaction of the players and coaches on both sides showed no one was expecting it.
Oxford’s Brodie Spencer was lucky not to receive a yellow card in the second
Pompey made a breakthrough after nine minutes, when a headed pass to Colby Bishop rebounded off his leg to Anderson, who took a smart touch to his left before firing his side into the lead.
The shot flew into the net via keeper Jamie Cumming, who got a hand to the effort but could not keep it out.
Pompey’s momentum was then halted when referee Josh Smith produced a straight
