Pomey1-0Bolton

Three points nice just what the Doctor ordered.
With no pub picked for this game as Mum was staying over for the night, we thought we would pick a place to pick at random, having got to Pompey fairly early we went of in a random direction and went for a cuppa in a cafe.
We left and went in search for a pub,the Fort Cumberland was the first pub we found, after ordering the drinks we went into the Family room mainly because some bloke was talking over the bar to people on the other side in a very annoying voice, why he could not walk over and sit closer to them I do not know? Although he did ask a Pompey fan in a hat and Pompey shirt and flag wrapped round and all sorts of Pompey paraphernalia "Are you going to Cricket then?" I found that very funny.

So to the game I don't care for Bolton that much, I don't hate them but now they have Megson in charge I like them less.
This was a game I just knew we would win and we did, so now we are six points of the bottom three with a game against Manchester United coming up no points there then.
Portsmouth had dominated the first half, with Glen Johnson, in an unusual midfield role, going close to breaking the deadlock on three occasions.It was an interesting first half, especially for 24-year-old England international Johnson, whose return from suspension saw him find a series of attacking opportunities.With Younes Kaboul playing an industrious role directly behind him, Johnson frequently found himself free to drift inside and even towards the left side of the field as Bolton's defenders struggled to track his movements.Substitute Kanu's faint touch from a Nadir Belhadj corner gave Portsmouth a vital home win over Bolton.

Portsmouth manager Paul Hart: "I didn't really see what happened for the goal but we'll take it. I'm told Kanu has claimed it but it doesn't matter to me who scores as long as it is us and I thought we deserved it today.

"Bolton have a way of playing that makes them difficult to play against but I think you have to give our players credit even though we didn't dominate in the second half as much as in the first half."

Bolton boss Gary Megson: "We were poor and Pompey were not that much better than us. We've got to show a big improvement on this even though three of our last five matches are at home. We are certainly not thinking we are safe yet.

The defending for the corner was very bad, letting it go straight in like that from Belhadj's corner. Did Kanu claim it? Well, he would. I should know, having had him at West Bromwich Albion!"

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Portsmouth: James, Kaboul (Pennant 90), Campbell, Distin, Hreidarsson, Johnson, Davis, Mullins, Nugent (Kanu 71), Kranjcar (Belhadj 77), Crouch.
Subs Not Used: Begovic, Pamarot, Utaka, Hughes.

Booked: Kranjcar, Distin.

Goals: Kanu 78.

Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Andrew O'Brien, Cahill, Samuel, Basham, McCann, Gardner (Muamba 12), Kevin Davies, Elmander, Taylor.
Subs Not Used: Al Habsi, Hunt, Smolarek, Puygrenier, Makukula, Cohen.

Booked: Kevin Davies, Andrew O'Brien, Hunt, McCann.

Att: 20,158

Ref: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire).