Fleetwood 0 Portsmouth 1: Neil Allen's verdict - Flawed but display irrelevant as Blues embrace precious win

John Mousinho and Rich Hughes thundered a high handshake before warmly embracing amid biting Lancashire winds.

It has become largely customary for Pompey's sporting director to head pitchside to greet his manager post-match, yet in recent weeks the victory hugs have been replaced by sympathetic looks and words of comfort.

On Saturday, order was restored, a fixture where the performance was, on the whole, redundant. Mousinho was desperate for a win - and he got one.

It was a year to the day since Hughes sat alongside the former Oxford man for his Fratton Park unveiling and was challenged to explain the reasoning behind a left-field appointment which initially failed to unite an increasingly fragmented fanbase.