Havant & Waterlooville 2 Portsmouth 5: RECAP as ex-Norwich striker Gassan Ahadme nets 26-minute hat-trick
Members of the Fratton faithful get to watch their side in the flesh for the first time since December.
And it’ll also be the first time that they get to take Danny Cowley’s side live in action.
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Hide AdAfter taking the hot seat in March, all 12 of the Blues head coach’s games in charge were behind closed doors.
However, Cowley’s excited to finally be able to welcome supporters back to watch his side.
New signings Clark Robertson, Shaun Williams and Ryan Tunnicliffe will all be on show – although Liam Vincent is out injured.
There will also be a host of triallists on display as they aim to win Fratton Park deals.
We’ll have all the live updates of the Westleigh Park clash. Simply scroll down to get the latest...
Hawks 2 Pompey 5
Key Events
- Blues travel to Westleigh Park for traditional friendly
- Number of triallists will feature for Danny Cowley’s side
- Ellis Harrison, Michael Jacobs and Liam Vincent out injured
- Tommy Wright opens scoring for Hawks in 11th minute
- Ryan Tunnicliffe equalises on 17 minutes
- Connor Roberts puts Hawks back in front in 30th minute
- Triallist Gassan Ahadme nets quickfire double to edge Pompey in front
- Hackett-Fairhcild increased Blues’ lead
- Triallist Gassan Ahadme notches hat-trick in 81st minute
The starting triallist
Appears that Jake Hesketh is the triallist in Pompey’s starting XI. Likely to be in the No10 role.
Raggett arrvies
The centre-back has just arrived at Westleigh Park but doesn’t appear to be involved.
No Bazunu or Raggett
Man City loanee Gavin Bazunu is again absent after also missing Wednesday’s friendly at QPR.
Sean Raggett is also not named on the bench for Danny Cowley’s side. We’ll get more on that later when we speak to the Blues boss.