What Portsmouth, Sunderland, Hull, Charlton, Ipswich and EVERY other manager is saying ahead of the new League One season
By Will Rooney
Published 11th Sep 2020, 12:00 BST
Updated 11th Sep 2020, 12:30 BST
The 2020-21 League One season is upon us.
The start of the latest third-tier campaign begins in earnest tomorrow.
Pompey’s aim is promotion, after suffering play-off semi-final defeat in the past two seasons. Kenny Jackett’s side raise their curtain by welcoming Shrewsbury to Fratton Park.
Joey Barton's side have lost several key loanees after reaching the play-offs last season, but the Cod Army believes when his side 'gel as a cohesive unit that's when clubs like ourselves can really punch above their weight and start to really surprise a few teams'. Photo: Lewis Storey
The Gills welcome Hull to Priestfield. While Steve Evans knows the Tigers are gunning for promotion, he says his side 'want to start well too and we want to make it competitive' as GIllingham look to better last season's 10th-place finish. Photo: Graham Hunt
Grant McCann admitted the Tigers weren't good enough to stay in the Championship but now 'have got an opportunity to bounce back and we're all looking forward to the challenge'. They travel to Gillingham. Photo: Jonathan Gawthorpe
Paul Lambert had strong words for his players after they returned for pre-season, having admitted that finishing 11th in League One was nowhere good enough' last term. The Tractor Boys host Wigan to kick-off their campaign. Photo: Graham Hunt