please log in to view this image Another local away match before the meaningless International weekend off, 4am alarm, 6.30 coach, every possibility it will be dark when we start and end the marathon trip. Mates on holiday, so it's a solo journey. https://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/ MANAGER John Michael Lewis Mousinho (born 30 April 1986) is an English professional football manager and former footballer. He is the head coach of EFL Championship club Portsmouth. Mousinho began his professional football career at Brentford, having previously played for Chesham United and Notre Dame Fighting Irish, the latter whilst studying at the University of Notre Dame. He spent two and a half years at Brentford, before joining Wycombe Wanderers in June 2008 on a free transfer. Mousinho played regularly for Wycombe for two seasons, experiencing both a promotion and relegation during his time there. He signed for Stevenage in June 2010 on a two-year contract. In his first season, Mousinho helped the club earn the second of back-to-back promotions, scoring the decisive goal in the 2011 League Two play-off final, and finishing as the club's joint-top goalscorer for the season. Following an injury-disrupted 2011–12 season, Mousinho left Stevenage and signed for Preston North End. In his final season at Preston, he was loaned out to Gillingham and then returned to Stevenage before being released and joining Burton Albion in June 2014. He made 127 appearances for Burton over three seasons, winning the League Two title in his first season and achieving promotion to the Championship a year later. In August 2017, he signed for Oxford United, where he made 151 appearances before retiring from playing in January 2023. Alongside his playing duties, Mousinho was elected as chairman of the PFA in May 2021, a position he held until January 2023, when he stepped down to take on his first managerial role, as head coach of League One club Portsmouth. He led the team to promotion to the Championship as champions of League One in the 2023–24 season. please log in to view this image SO FAR please log in to view this image please log in to view this image NEWBIES please log in to view this image HISTORY please log in to view this image HMS Warrior is a 40-gun steam-powered armoured frigate[Note 1] built for the Royal Navy in 1859–1861. She was the name ship of the Warrior-class ironclads. Warrior and her sister ship HMS Black Prince were the first armour-plated, iron-hulled warships, and were built in response to France's launching in 1859 of the first ocean-going ironclad warship, the wooden-hulled Gloire. Warrior conducted a publicity tour of Great Britain in 1863 and spent her active career with the Channel Squadron. Obsolescent following the 1873 commissioning of the mastless and more capable HMS Devastation, she was placed in reserve in 1875, and was "paid off" – decommissioned – in 1883. She subsequently served as a storeship and depot ship, and in 1904 was assigned to the Royal Navy's torpedo training school. The ship was converted into an oil jetty in 1927 and remained in that role until 1979, at which point she was donated by the Navy to The Maritime Trust for restoration. The restoration process took eight years, during which many of her features and fittings were either restored or recreated. When this was finished she returned to Portsmouth as a museum ship. Listed as part of the National Historic Fleet, Warrior has been based in Portsmouth since 1987. T'OTHER GAMES please log in to view this image Team News After picking up a rib injury in the midweek cup defeat, Milutin Osmajić will be assessed ahead of this fixture. Mads Frøkjær returned to training on Thursday and is expected to be available for the first time since North End faced Barrow in the Carabao Cup. Lewis Gibson, who has been suffering with a minor ankle injury, is also hoping to be good to go. The Hosts After finishing 16th in their first season back in the Championship following promotion in 2023/24, Portsmouth have made a steady start to the new campaign. John Mousinho’s side began with a bang on the opening day, beating Oxford United by a goal to nil, before a home defeat to Norwich City and a draw away at West Brom. They’ve been stung with the news this week that forward Callum Lang will miss up to 12 weeks with a hamstring injury. Loan man Florian Bianchini came in to fill that gap at the Hawthorns last weekend. Match Officials Referee: Tony Harrington Assistant Referees: Marc Perry and Craig Taylor Fourth Official: Craig Hicks Experienced official Tony Harrington will referee this weekend’s fixture. Ironically, the previous occasion which he took charge of a North End match was when they last took on Portsmouth, in March 2025. So far this season, he’s shown ten yellow cards and one red in three matches, with the latest of them being Grimsby Town’s cup upset against Manchester United. We’ve Met Before North End won 2-1 at Deepdale the last time these two met, with a brilliant goal from Stefán Thórdarson winning the game.
