Andy Awford says he is delighted he does not have to 'sell' his vision for Pompey's progress to sceptical bosses. He says the club's bosses are fully behind him - and he them - as all parties try to build up Pompey and make them a force tobe reckoned with once more.

In his latest interview with the club's website, the Fratton manager said: 'I have not had to hold a gun to anyone’s head or make any demands in the short time I’ve been manager,” Awford explains. “But it’s great to know there is a board of very good people who share my vision for the football club.

'There is a plan and we will try to stick to it. I have only been to two board meetings, but I was impressed by both. I have my own plans for the club as far as the football is concerned and I will try to make them happen. There have been short, medium and long-term plans put in place.

'And those I have spoken to were agreeable to that strategy. Of course there were questions. The type you would expect as people required clarification from me, just as I needed from them on other points. But it’s great that I didn’t have to argue — it’s a shared ambition.

'The relationship I have with (chief executive) Mark Catlin and (financial director) Tony Brown is first class. I speak with them every day and both have been a terrific help. When we need to speak to each other on any subject it is not a problem because that is the way we work. That makes things so much easier.

'Long may it continue and I’m looking forward to now leading the club as manager and seeing where we can get to.'

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