Pompey's chairman says the club HAVE to get out of League Two next season - and pledges that the board will back Paul Cook's efforts to make sure it happens.

Iain McInnes told The News: 'We had started planning before Sunday’s match at Plymouth because we didn’t believe the targets would change very much if we were still in this league or in the next.

‘Plans are in place. We will have a board meeting at the end of May and there will be a plan to take this club forward for next season. Paul has learnt this season, I think he has found it a challenging job, a big job. He has found the division more difficult.

‘After the first leg of the play-offs, people in football rang me saying “That can’t be two League Two sides”. Sunday’s game was more League Two really. I think when we play games not in League Two we are a great team.

‘When we play games which are League Two then I don’t think we are so great, so that is probably what Paul has on his mind. Whatever he wants to do then we will continue to support him.’

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