On-loan Town central defender Matt Clarke went straight back into the Portsmouth side having been unavailable for the FA Cup replay against the Blues in midweek but Pompey fell to a 1-0 home defeat to fellow League Two promotion challengers Oxford United.

Clarke played the full 90 minutes as Portsmouth dropped to sixth following the loss to the division’s fourth-placed side.

Elsewhere, Josh Yorwerth played the full 90 minutes but was booked as Crawley lost 2-1 at Yeovil Town.

Blues keeper Michael Crowe made his Vanarama National League debut for Braintree as the Iron lost 1-0 at Forest Green Rovers.

Winger Cameron Stewart missed out on Doncaster’s League One 0-0 draw at Fleetwood with the neck injury he suffered against Gillingham last week.

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jert16 added 22:49 - Jan 23 I was at the game today in the oxford end as it was a mates birthday and he had a very assured game, very promising although got done by a ball over the top for Oxfords winner.
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LimitlessBlue added 07:01 - Jan 24 but surely no one can beat Portsmouth can they, aren't they dead certs to get an automatic promotion to the Premiership in the interest of fairness to other teams? You'd think so with the way some gushed about them...
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Seasider added 12:35 - Jan 24 Oh dear all our loan players on the losing side!
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jas0999 added 12:46 - Jan 24 Makes our defeat at Portsmouth look even worse! Fringe players obviously not good enough. Clarke, better than Digby and the Polish fella. But getting game time is a good thing. I still personally can't understand the Digby signing. Cheapness I suspect.
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commuterblue added 07:46 - Jan 25 Alternatively, Portsmouth feeling the hangover from playing their first XI
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gloucester_tractor added 15:11 - Jan 25 I am told Crowe had a good debut at Forest Green
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