With Pompey plunging into administration for the second time in three seasons team skipper Liam Lawrence said he feared for the future for a number of players. And that means the worry that the former Stoke City man may himself have to dig up the roots he has planted in Warsash. The 30-year-old Pompey skipper said [...]
Portsmouth Football Club has gone into administration for the second time in three seasons. A High Court judge has accepted the club’s application today (February 17), which means as Pompey enters administration it could face a deduction of up to 20 points. The club will definitely lose 10 points as a result, but it will [...]
Pompey tickets go on sale next week for the derby clash with Saints in April. Portsmouth will have an allocation of 3,100 seats for the match at St Mary’s Stadium on April 7, which kicks off at 1pm. A priority ticketing scheme will be in place for the sale of seats. Blues supporters who buy match [...]
The company that owns Portsmouth Football Club – Convers Sports Initiatives (CSI) has gone into administration. And Pompey chairman Vladimir Antonov has resigned his post. Accountants Hacker Young, who handled Pompey’s administration in 2010, have been named to handle CSI’s insolvency. In a statement from the club Chief Executive David Lampitt said: ”It’s incredibly disappointing for [...]
Pompey manager Steve Cotterill has today (October 14) left his post at Fratton Park and is expected to take over as manager of Nottingham Forest. The 47-year-old manager said his farewells to the Pompey players at the club’s training ground in Eastleigh this morning before heading off to Nottingham for talks over the post left vacant [...]
Pompey’s owners have given their backing to manager Steve Cotterill in their first statement since buying the club three months ago. Vladimir Antonov, Roman Dubov and Chris Akers from Convers Sports Initiatives have not previously spoken about their plans for the club. But today they issued a statement through the club stressing that they have [...]
A view from the stand – a fan’s perspective of the match Pompey 0 Barnet 1 by Jonathan Colthart Barnet came to Fratton Park for the first round of the League Cup last night. Portsmouth hadn’t lost at this stage of the cup since 2001 when they were humbled by Colchester United and the Bees [...]
A view from the stand – a fan’s perspective of the match Middlesbrough 2, Pompey 2 by Jonathan Colthart For the first day of the 2011/2012 season Portsmouth made the 630 mile round journey to Middlesbrough and with the last three matches between Middlesbrough and Portsmouth ending up drawn that looked the most likely as [...]
