Michael Mitchell

Striker - Free Agent
28 Oct 2030
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The Portsmouth Post

12 Nov 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Match6 Nov 2029

Portsmouth through in the cup

A 3‑1 win over Norwich City, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Player ratings12 Nov 2029

Both of them Abu Kamara's — 8.41

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.41, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Player ratings12 Nov 2029

A brace, and Franco Umeh takes the afternoon — 7.82

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Franco Umeh provided it, and the 7.82 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Player ratings12 Nov 2029

No sign of nerves from Michael Mitchell at 19 — 8.23

The hardest thing about being 19 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Michael Mitchell did not need any: 8.23, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

The dugout12 Nov 2029

Héctor Bracamonte keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Portsmouth may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Market12 Nov 2029

Abu Kamara wants more than Portsmouth are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

Squad12 Nov 2029

Words exchanged at Portsmouth

Alexis Vega and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Match10 Nov 2029

Abu Kamara sends Portsmouth past Aston Villa

It finished 3‑2, and it was Abu Kamara’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Portsmouth.

Player ratings12 Nov 2029

Nobody could get near Lucas Espinosa

Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

Back issues
169 Edition

The Portsmouth Post

22 Oct 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match20 Oct 2029

The wait goes on for Portsmouth

10 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Market22 Oct 2029

Michael Mitchell asks to leave Portsmouth

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad22 Oct 2029

Tempers go at Portsmouth

Alexis Vega was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match20 Oct 2029

Portsmouth are shipping goals every week

Two or more conceded in each of the last 5 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.

Player ratings22 Oct 2029

Abu Kamara was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 21. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

The dugout22 Oct 2029

The manager makes an example of Pierce Charles

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match20 Oct 2029

Portsmouth come up short against Leeds United

Leeds United left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad22 Oct 2029

A row about effort at Portsmouth

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Harvey Blair was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad22 Oct 2029

Lucas Espinosa wants to go home

“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Portsmouth can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.

In brief