Mousinho now longest-serving Pompey boss since Ball

Mousinho surpassed Kenny Jackett's record to become Portsmouth's longest-serving manager by continuous tenure since Alan Ball's first spell (1984-1989).

John Mousinho has become Portsmouth's longest-serving manager by continuous length of tenure since the late 1980s, moving past Kenny Jackett's 1,382 days in charge. Mousinho, 40 and in his first managerial job, guided Pompey to the League One title in his first full season and has kept them in the Championship for two years. He is currently 10th on the list of longest-serving bosses in the top four tiers of English football and the youngest of those 10. When asked about a timescale for returning Portsmouth to the Premier League, Mousinho said he would not put one on it, reflecting on the club's progression over the past four years. "If you said to me at that stage, 'in four years' time, where do you need to be?', we'd have said we needed to be in the Championship at some stage, and I think we got there slightly quicker than we'd anticipated," he told BBC Radio Solent.