Pompey pass Brunton Park test
Around 600 Portsmouth fans were rewarded for their 750-mile round-trip with a win, but nobody was more relieved than Hart, whose job looked to be on the line when Ian Harte (2) put the League One side a goal up from the penalty spot.
Aaron Mokoena was the guilty party after hauling down Richard Offiong, but Pompey regained their composure quickly and strikes from Aruna Dindane, Danny Webber and Anthony Vanden Borre – all their first for the club – sealed the victory.
Dindane (26) netted from a yard out before Webber (33) flicked Hassan Yebda’s cross into the top corner.
And Dindane capitalised on an error to cut the ball back for Vanden Borre (63) who lashed it home for the third.