Portadown have announced the return of former Shamrock Park youth starlet Harry Anderson.
The striker has put pen-to-paper on a two-year contract with the Ports.
The 18-year-old came through Portadown's underage system and went on to make one senior appearance before joining for Portsmouth in 2019.
The teenager spent two seasons as a regular within Pompey's academy but is now back in Northern Ireland.
“Really excited about Harry," Portadown manager Matthew Tipton told the club's website.
"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."
Anderson said he was excited to be back at Portadown.
“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," he added.
"The standard of the Irish League is getting higher and higher every year and I see it as a challenge to preform at the top level of Irish League football. Matthew was a good striker and I’m hoping he can develop my game even more.”
