John Mousinho hailed Portsmouth’s “outstanding achievement” after the come-from-behind 3-2 win over Barnsley at Fratton Park secured the League One title and promotion to the Championship.
Pompey appeared to be lacking their alternative in entrance of their very own followers when, needing one level to return to the second tier after a 12-year absence, they had been 2-1 behind after Devante Cole and John McAtee struck both aspect of Kusini Yengi’s equaliser.
However the hosts hit again within the remaining seven minutes with Colby Bishop scoring from the penalty spot and Conor Shaughnessy heading residence the winner.
Mousinho advised BBC Radio Solent Sport: “I feel as soon as every thing settles down it is going to sink in correctly. I’ve by no means skilled something like that, the final quarter-hour, it was completely unimaginable.
“Even at 2-1 down, to get the momentum and the group behind us, I’m simply so pleased with the boys. I’m genuinely simply so happy for everybody related to the soccer membership. They’ve gone by a lot.
“Once we obtained it again to 3-2 I assumed now we have performed so poor, however discovered a strategy to win in some way in a recreation the place we actually struggled. It actually does sum up the boys.
“A tricky night time, powerful situations, however they obtained the job achieved. It’s arduous for me to sum it up, however I get what’s occurred over the past 15 years on the membership and the way troublesome it was, on the point of liquidation, to return again and have an evening like that is unimaginable to be concerned in.
“To be head coach, it’s a privilege. Hopefully we are able to have a number of extra nights like this.
“I by no means might have imagined this taking place this shortly. This was clearly the objective in some unspecified time in the future, however didn’t assume it will occur with two video games to go this season. It’s a outstanding achievement. That may be a severe effort to be topped champions forward of a few of the huge boys on this league as effectively.”
Play-off chasing Barnsley, having misplaced three of their final 4 video games, are 4 factors above seventh-placed Lincoln.
Boss Neill Collins advised the membership’s official web site: “There are lots of positives. However the greatest frustration is that each one these positives didn’t add as much as what I assumed can be a deserved victory.
“We carry out like that, we’ll be high-quality. We’ll win video games. It’s simply the high-quality margins. For me, it’s the high-quality margins which have gone in opposition to us the previous 4 or 5 video games.
“Tonight once more, it’s a few of our doing. However that’s what we have to focus on. That’s what the Soccer League is all about.”
