Paul Cook cold shouldering Blake over Portsmouth, Catlin's Fratton Park optimism, Derry's loyalty to Graham Rix - our most-read stories this week

Robbie Blake's admission that Paul Cook refused to talk to him for almost two years is one of our most-read stories this week. Picture: Joe PeplerRobbie Blake's admission that Paul Cook refused to talk to him for almost two years is one of our most-read stories this week. Picture: Joe Pepler
Robbie Blake's admission that Paul Cook refused to talk to him for almost two years is one of our most-read stories this week. Picture: Joe Pepler | JPIMedia
Football has still not returned, but there have been plenty of Pompey stories in the past week. Here are our most-read articles...

Our most-read story was Mark Catlin’s ominous warning to fellow League One clubs that short-term thinking of ending the season could become more costly in the long-run.

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Number two was former Pompey skipper Shaun Derry’s confession that he quit in August 2002 purely because he disapproved of the handling of Graham Rix’s sacking.

Next we have Mark Catlin explaining his optimism over ongoing negotiations with Network Rail and others with the view to helping proposals for Fratton Park’s redevelopment.

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The fourth-most popular story was Robbie Blake revealing how he turned down the chance to follow Paul Cook to Wigan. As a consequence, Cook refused to talk to him for almost two years.

Finally, Mark Catlin revealed how the North stand may not have been in use next season had the current work not been authorised.

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