Portadown have announced the signing of striker Harry Anderson on a two year contract.
Anderson, 18, is no stranger to Shamrock Park having spent ten years at Portadown as a youth before securing a move to Portsmouth in 2019 at the age of 16 just after breaking into the senior team.
He spent the next two seasons at Pompey as a regular in the Academy side, becoming a consistent goalscorer and picking up the League Football Education goal of the month for January 2020 for a spectacular goal against AFC Bournemouth.
Portadown manager Matthew Tipton said the following on Harry’s return
"Really excited about Harry. Obviously he was here prior to going to Portsmouth and was in and around the first team as soon as I came to the club and I was delighted he got his move to Portsmouth and kept in touch with him over the two years.
"Portsmouth aren’t having a under 23 team and he’s probably not ready for their first team just yet even though he scored bundles of goals over there in the last two years. It just didn’t work out and maybe he was thinking of trying to stay over there but I had a good conversation with him and his agent and explained what we’re doing here.
"He’s still only 18 and if he can come into our first team and hit the ground running the move back to England could happen."
Meanwhile, Anderson told the club website, "Matthew always kept in contact with me whenever I was over in England and he spoke to me and my agent and I’m happy to be back.
"The standard of the Irish League is getting higher and higher every year and I see it as a challenge to perform at the top level of Irish League football. Matthew was a good striker and I’m hoping he can develop my game even more."
