If you’re a Portsmouth fan, the chances are you’ll be pretty pleased with how your team has started the current season.

In Paul Cook, Pompey have found a manager that seems to have a recipe for success and it’s paying off on the pitch. They sit fifth after just eight games and things are looking good as the season progresses.

But this relative success has come at a time where it hasn’t at all been plain sailing for Portsmouth. They’ve endured years of financial turmoil, successive administrations and a complete exodus of players, managers and staff. It’s safe to say Portsmouth had to completely start again but with the backing of the Supporters Trust, who now own the club, they’re back on the up.

The finances are settling back down, the supporters are happy and the club are finally playing good football on the pitch. After a couple of years of close shaves and teetering on the edge of relegation from League Two, it doesn’t seem like the drop is going to be on anyone’s mind throughout this campaign.

The club have got a squad with plenty of depth and the likes of Curtis Main, Milan Lalkovic, David Forde and Michael Doyle are all players with experience playing at a higher level.

Former Chesterfield manager Paul Cook seems to have figured out what needs to be done on the pitch and his side are looking seriously good at times. Good wins over Crawley, Colchester and Wycombe Wanderers have put Pompey back on the map and they’re now expected to keep pace with some of the other sides pushing for promotion back into the third tier.

It’s going to be tough, though. The likes of Plymouth, Doncaster, Crewe and Morecambe are all pushing for the automatic promotion spots and they’ve been there and done it before. But so has manager Paul Cook. He led former side Chesterfield to the League Two title before comfortably maintaining their League One status the following campaign. It’s promising stuff – to have players and managers that have been there and done it before will only be an asset and for a proud club like Portsmouth, it’s great to see them on the up again.

The years of turmoil were times that no football supporter in the world deserves to go through. The days they spent trying to avoid winding up orders are hopefully in the past for good and for the fans, they can now have a real say on how their club is being run.

If Portsmouth can continue their good form then there is absolutely no reason why they can’t do well this season. They could very well be on the rise once again.

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