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Photo attributed to Ian Patterson
Will it look like this on Saturday, or will the big tent have turned it into a pristine surface

OPPOSITION

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MANAGER

John Michael Lewis Mousinho (born 30 April 1986) is an English professional football manager and former footballer who is head coach of EFL Championship club Portsmouth. Primarily a central midfielder early in his career, he was later utilised as a centre-back.

Mousinho began his senior football career at Brentford, having previously played for Chesham United and Notre Dame Fighting Irish while studying at the University of Notre Dame. He spent two and a half years at Brentford before joining Wycombe Wanderers in June 2008, playing regularly for two seasons and experiencing both a promotion and relegation. He signed for Stevenage in June 2010, helping the club earn the second of back-to-back promotions and scoring the decisive goal in the 2011 League Two play-off final, finishing as the club's joint-top goalscorer for the season.

After an injury-affected 2011–12 season, Mousinho joined Preston North End, with loan spells at Gillingham and a return to Stevenage. He signed for Burton Albion in June 2014, winning the League Two title in his first season and achieving promotion to the Championship a year later. Mousinho moved to Oxford United in August 2017, making 151 appearances before retiring in January 2023. During the latter part of his playing career, he served as chairman of the PFA from May 2021 until January 2023, when he stepped down to become Portsmouth's head coach, leading the club to the Championship as League One champions in the 2023–24 season.

FORM



MYSTIC MACS FORM RATINGS

PNE 7 POMPEY 11

Slightly better form than us, suggests a close game