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Saturday was the darkest day of Pompey’s season.
It left me, and I’m sure many present alongside us in the Loftus Road away end, genuinely shocked leaving the ground and heading home.
An argument you could’ve made heading into the weekend was that, although the results hadn’t been falling our way, Pompey weren’t being blown away and when losing, were usually losing by a single goal in games. On Saturday
After a tough build-up already before a ball was kicked at Loftus Road, with Portsmouth posting financial losses and on a poor run of form, it could not have been a much worse opening half hour for head coach John Mousinho.
It took his side only seven minutes to concede when a poor touch from Swift gave up the ball in midfield and Harvey Vale’s deflected pass found Smyth who
“Unsustainable”, “crazy”, “broken.” Pick your adjective to describe the state of the finances in the Championship. The league consistently spends more on wages than its entire income. You don’t need to be an accountant to know that is bad.
This is not a new problem. It has been going on for more than 15 years. For all the predictions of a financial implosion, it has not happened.
For most
Portsmouth do not have to drastically change the way they are playing to pull away from danger in the Championship, according to head coach John Mousinho.
Pompey have lost four of their past five league games and are just one point above the relegation zone as they prepare to visit QPR on Saturday (15:00 GMT).
“We need to make something happen – we need to commit more bodies in the
Portsmouth chairman Michael Eisner has warned of a looming financial catastrophe in the Championship after Pompey became the latest second-tier club to post losses.
While the £4.36m loss for the 2024-25 financial year is relatively modest compared to rivals Hull City, who reported a £41.7m loss in December, and Coventry City, who last month posted a £21.6m loss, it follows the same uncomfortable trend.
Eisner, 84, the former
To lose one game at home when you’ve largely dominated but can’t score is unfortunate. To lose three out of four is a very worrying pattern.
Potentially the most damning thing was Derby’s game plan. They seemed content to sit back and defend in the knowledge they could keep Pompey at bay and get a goal from a counter attack or a set-piece.
They were right. They hit the post
Portsmouth’s Championship survival prospects suffered a blow as Swansea City climbed into the top half of the table thanks to a 2-1 victory at Fratton Park.
Ethan Galbraith’s precise finish put Swansea in front and the visitors’ first-half control was rewarded with a second goal when Josh Key’s deflected drive dipped inside the far post.
Portsmouth had hit the woodwork through Jacob Brown early on, but laboured in attack until
The three sons of Portsmouth chairman Michael Eisner have become minority shareholders in the club.
Breck, Eric and Anders Eisner now each own 24.5% of the shares in Portsmouth FC LLC, which owns both the men’s and women’s teams, totalling 73.5% between them.
Michael Eisner, who previously owned 100% of the Championship club, now holds the remaining 26.5%, but retains full voting rights and is the only holder of a
One point and one place separated these two at kick-off, and with both still looking over their shoulder in the battle to avoid the Championship trap door this season, it was clear neither were willing to give an inch.
The hosts saw an early chance slip by when Yuki Ohashi blazed over unmarked from 10 yards, and the high-and-wide effort set the tone for most of this lunchtime fixture.
Ohashi
In the second half of last season, Colby Bishop was one of the best strikers in the Championship.
His nine goals from 1 January onwards put him near the top of the scoring charts for that period whilst playing for a side battling against relegation.
This after consecutive seasons of reaching 20 goals in League One and a remarkable comeback from heart surgery which could easily have ended his career.