My Grandad served aboard HMS London in WW2 and he said that the bravest men in WW2 served in the merchant navy.
My Dad served in the merchant navy but not in wartime or on the treacherous Murmansk Covoys, which my Grandad did.

We have met 56 times and only won 14 times. 20 draws and 22 defeats.
Our biggest win was 5v0 back in 1925.
Our heaviest defeat was 5v1 in 1991.

Pompey, newly promoted, will, as always travel with a large and vocal support, even though they currently lie bottom of the league.
I wonder if those catching the train, will be on the 6:57 from Portsmouth.

After a summer of revolution at the MKM, now is the time when our squad should have gelled, the Head Coach should know his best 11.

I hope that we can kick on from our mixed fortunes, last week. We should have had a point vs Sunderland, we played well for a point against Burnley and we really should have beaten Derby.

This Saturday feels like a must win game, with no disrespect to our antagonists.

Losing Liam Millar is a big blow but we have Sinik returning to fitness and Ryan Longman not far off.

Our defence has looked robust, even more so with the influence of Charlie Hughes.

Let’s see which of these two great ports, sinks the other.

Prediction: Hull City 3v1 Pompey.

Team:
Pandur
Hughes
Coyle
Jones
Drameh
Puerta
Simons
Bedia
Kamara
Belloumi
Palmer

By Lee Dolman