From Kusini Yengi damaging ligaments in his ankle after Christian Saydee fell on him, to Joe Rafferty straining his neck while drying his hair after training, the Blues have had a rotten run of luck when it comes to players’ availability.
And just when it seemed the current injury situation had turned a corner following the returns of Josh Murphy, Regan Poole and Tom McIntyre to first-team action in recent weeks, Pompey suffered another blow after it emerged that top-scorer Callum Lang was now out after suffering a groin problem in last Saturday’s defeat to Burnley.
At this rate, head coach John Mousinho must be wondering when he’ll catch a break and if he will ever approach the current Championship campaign with a clean bill of health. Indeed, heading into Saturday’s game with Sheffield United, there’s also doubts over the fitness of Conor Shaughnessy, Jacob Farrell, Kusini Yengi and Mark O’Mahony. Colby Bishop’s recent heart surgery, unfortunately, makes him an automatic non-starter!
Since the start of last season, we can reveal that the Blues have had 37 injuries that have ruled players out of games - 25 of which have come during matches, 11 during training and one in the pre-match warm-up (Yengi v West Brom).
Here’s those injuries in full as Pompey continue to strive for a clean bill of health!

9. Regan Poole - 1 injury
The Pompey centre-back tore the ACL in his knee in the first half of Pompey's FA Cup defeat at the hands of Chesterfield last November. Subsequently sat out the rest of Pompey's title-winning season but made his Blues comeback against West Brom this month to the delight of everyone! | National World

10. Zak Swanson - 3 injuries
The Pompey defender suffered ankle and groin (X2) issues last season, with the latter requiring surgery last December. That kept Swanson out for two months and limited him to 19 appearances last term. | National World

11. Colby Bishop - 1 injury
Pompey's top scorer last season was forced to miss two games in 2023-24 after picking up an ankle injury against Burton last November. Is currently sidelined following heart surgery, rather than injury. | National World Photo: Gareth Copley
12. Josh Oluwayemi - 1 injury
The now former Pompey keeper broke his thumb last November - albeit while on loan at Chelmsford City. | Jason Brown/ProSportsImages

