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Manchester United picked up their first win of the season with a 1-0 triumph at Portsmouth.

Portsmouth's Peter Crouch has a good touch for a big man, but a mediocre goalscoring rate for a striker. Photo: Alex Livesey/Getty Images

However, those two will link up tonight when the champions travel to Portsmouth hoping to gain their first victory of the new campaign with defender Nemanja Vidic expecting a much better performance.

We've agreed with Portsmouth that Linvoy Primus will come here, said Pardew.

Ryan Giggs echoed his manager's sentiments as United and Portsmouth prepared to face each other for the third time in a month. United defeated Harry Redknapp's team 2-1 in a pre-season friendly in Nigeria before Portsmouth lost out in a penalty shoot....

They took silver in Beijing on Saturday, losing 1-0 to Argentina in the Bird's Nest Stadium. Yakubu believes seeing the Super Eagles' heroics helped him reach triple figures hours later following 43 goals for Portsmouth and 35 for Middlesbrough befor....

Last night Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp admitted he would love the job.

Gritty, physical, relentless: Scolari got a view of the other side of football in England that was in stark contrast to the opening weekend when Chelsea passed the ball around Portsmouth in the sunshine at Stamford Bridge. Only the marble-hearted wou....

Portsmouth fans embrace their 11million record signing like a prodigal son despite his dalliance with rivals Southampton.

For Chelsea followers, it was just like watching Germany rather than Brazil this week. After their silky opening-day vanquishing of Portsmouth, Luiz Felipe Scolari’s side showed their steely trait, grinding out victory to frustrate lively oppon....

United, who play Portsmouth tonight, do not have another league game until they face Liverpool away on 13 September as they play in the European Super Cup this Friday against Zenit, which may further strengthen their bargaining power with Spurs. They....

It was far from the flowing football of the 4-0 mauling of Portsmouth as Chelsea showed a different side to their game but Scolari was still delighted.