It's not very often fans cheer at the end of a 5-1 defeat, or strictly speaking about two minutes before the end when Oxford's result was confirmed, but the Pompey fans knew the job was done and Championship survival was ensured.

This was a game too far for Portsmouth, and Coventry were just too good.

A huge amount of physical and emotional energy was spent last week, the nine-point return put them on the brink. Wrexham finished the job for them on Tuesday night.

It's a funny old game. If you told anyone after the 6-1 drubbing at QPR on 21 March that Pompey would have been safe with two games to go they would have thought you were crazy.

You might have been, but you'd have been right.