The Portsmouth Post
Squad10 Aug 2026
Nicolas Schmid signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Nicolas Schmid commits to Portsmouth for another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
John Swift in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Portsmouth this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jordan Williams falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market10 Aug 2026
Portsmouth buy the years ahead of Joshua Jones
He is 16, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Market10 Aug 2026
Portsmouth buy the years ahead of Jason Mitchell
He is 16, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Market10 Aug 2026
Portsmouth sign James Murray, one for the future
James Murray is 14, and Portsmouth have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
In brief
- Market A long bet from Portsmouth on Jacob Butler
- Squad Nicolas Schmid knocks on the manager's door