GETTING PUMPED FOR CHARLTON
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Pompey are desperate to start turning positive performances into points when they make the short trip to London to face Charlton tonight. With their rivals in the Championship survival battle not playing, it's a golden opportunity for John Massinio's men to stretch their one-point cushion over the bottom three. They're up against a team that was in a bit of trouble themselves until a recent upturn in form eased the pressure. A goalless draw with QPR sandwiched between impressive wins over Leicester and Stoke, has seen the addicts move six points clear of the Blues, although they have played an extra game. It's been a much-needed turnaround for Nathan Jones' side, who, after a strong start to the season had seemed to be in freefall.
They earned their place in the division after finishing fifth in League One last term, getting past both Wickham and Leighton Orient in the playoffs. When the sides met in the final game of 2025, it looked like the Londoner's excellent record at Fratton Park was set to continue. Harvey Nibbs' stoppage-time strike cancelled out Connor Shaughnessy's opener, only for a sensational last-gasp winner from Min-hyuk Yang to finally end the hoodoo. On their last visit to the Valley back in February 2024, Pompey battled to a goalless draw on their way to clinching the Ligue 1 title. Before kick-off, a period of applause will be held in loving memory of Charlton fan Norman Headphones' Norm Barker, who sadly passed away after falling ill during the original fixture.
The applause will also be a thank you to both sets of supporters, for the incredible amount of money raised in Norm's memory. Pompey's injury curse struck again on Saturday, with Andre Dizel, ankle, and Adrian Sejic's leg both forced off. The pair will be unavailable tonight. The visitors are also without Aji Eleize, quad. Keshie Anderson, hamstring. Florian Bianchini, knee. Harvey Blair, hip. Connor Chaplin, groin. Josh Knight, back. Mark Kosnovsky, knee. Hayden Matthews, ankle. Josh Murphy, foot. Connor Shaughnessy, quad. Franco Ume, hamstring. And Thomas Waddingham, thigh. Charlton are missing Josh Edwards, ankle. And Harvey Nibbs, ankle. While Myles Liebern, shoulder, is also a doubt.
Yeah, this is worth underlining. Charlton are missing Josh Edwards and Harvey Nibbs, and they've got Miles Liebern, a doubt. Pompey are without Andre Dizel, ankle, Adrian Segecic, leg, Agialise, quad, Keshi Anderson, hamstring, Florian Bianchini, knee, Harvey Blair, hip, Connor Chaplin, groin, Josh Knight, back, Mark Kovnorski, knee, Hayden Matthews, ankle, Josh Murphy, foot, Connor Schochnessy, quad, Franco Ume, hamstring, and Thomas Waddingham, thigh. If this isn't a world record, an all-time in the history of football world record, then I am a poisonous South American frog. Andre Dizel, ankle. Adrian Segecic, leg. Agialesi, quad. Keshi Anderson, hamstring. Florian Bianchini, knee. Harvey Blair, hip.
Connor Chaplin, groin. Josh Knight, back. Mark Koznovsky, knee. Hayden Matthews, ankle. Josh Murphy, foot. Connor Shocknessy, quad. Franco Ume, hamstring. And Thomas Waddingham, knee. Michael Eisner has just been sat down by a senior American broadcasting organisation and quizzed about his involvement across sport and the general business activities of Tornante. But he took plenty of time out to break down how the Eisners went about finding the football club that they felt they needed and ensuring that it became a family business and not just a piece of naked entrepreneurship.
I thought a great asset and fun asset in the family that plays together, stays together. I thought it'd be great for my family. And we looked all over the world. We first looked at MLS here. It seemed overpriced to me at the time. We looked at teams in Europe. It seemed like the only real center of soccer, football, as it were, was the UK. We looked at teams in the UK.
You negotiated with a couple of Premier League clubs for a little bit, right?
We did. But at the end of the day, I just wanted to build from scratch.
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