Wayne Rooney has been down to the bare bones of his Plymouth Argyle squad of late, so the news that Adam Randell could be back for the weekend’s trip to Derby County will be warmly welcomed by all at Home Park.

John Mousinho rejected questions over Pompey being hurt by their high-tempo approach fading in games at Championship level.

Wayne Rooney declared the result was the most important thing after Plymouth Argyle produced a well below-par Home Park performance but were still able to beat Portsmouth 1-0. Rooney rested a number of players when the Pilgrims went to Championship high ...

The victory, courtesy of substitute Michael Obafemi’s 82nd-minute strike, lifted Argyle up to 20th, leaving Portsmouth five points from safety.